Birding Factoids

1,800+ species
in 68 families

104 endemics
50 speciality species
67 endangered species
including 21 endemics
3 week trip expectation -
600-650 species

    Peru
    Hotspots
Checklist of Peru BirdsConservation, Biodiversity and the EnvironmentTours and GuidesEco-LodgesSpeciality BirdsMap and General Country Information
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Check out The Peruvian Seabirds HomePage by Jaime Jahncke
and have a look at some Peruvian Birds by Huy Lloyd or Roy Beckemeyer's Peru Birds page
or the Macaws and Parrots of Tambopata by Harry Sell or Nick Lowton's Peru Page
Simon Woolley's Peru Gallery and Peter Bono's North-central Peru Bird Photos
or Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi's Peru Birding Page
or join the Birding Peru e-group for questions and comments
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Peru Specialities
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Andean Cock of the Rock - Peru's National Bird - Photo copyright Didier Godreau
Photo copyright Didier Godreau
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Many-colored Rush-Tyrant - Photo copyright Don DesJardin
Photo copyright Don DesJardin
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Long-whiskered Owlet - ENDANGERED - Photo copyright John DiGrazia of Birding Peru
Photo copyright John DiGrazia of Birding Peru
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Peruvian Thick-knee - Photo by Martin Reid
Photo copyright Martin Reid
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West Peruvian Screech-Owl - Photo copyright Tropical Birding
Photo copyright Tropical Birding
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Scale-backed Antbird - Photo copyright Jan Hein Ribot
Photo copyright Jan Hein Ribot
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Red-masked Parakeet - Photo copyright Mark Bittner
Photo copyright Mark Bittner
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Andean Goose - Photo copyright Mariano Jimenez
Photo copyright Mariano Jimenez
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Andean Flicker - Photo copyright Brian Schmidt
Photo copyright Brian Schmidt
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Paradise Tanager - Photo copyright Marcus Martin
Photo copyright Marcus Martin
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Olive Tanager - Photo copyright Jean Coronel
Photo copyright Jean Coronel
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Andean Pygmy-Owl - Photo copyright Cliff Buckton
Photo copyright Cliff Buckton
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Greenish Puffleg - Photo copyright Greg Lasley
Photo copyright Greg Lasley
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Humboldt Penguin - ENDANGERED - Photo copyright Peter and Barbara Barham
Photo copyright Peter and Barbara Barham
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Inca Tern - Photo copyright Jeremy Barker
Photo copyright Jeremy Barker
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Long-tailed Potoo - Photo copyright Amazonia Lodge
Photo copyright Amazonia Lodge
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Long-tailed Hermit - Photo copyright Allen Chartier
Photo copyright Allen Chartier
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Blue-headed Parrot - Photo copyright Harry Sell
Photo copyright Harry Sell
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Olive Finch - Photo copyright Neotropical Journeys
Photo copyright Neotropical Journeys
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Rufous-webbed Brilliant - Photo copyright John DiGrazia of Birding Peru
Photo copyright John DiGrazia of Birding Peru
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Peruvian Pelican - Photo copyright Juan Tassara
Photo copyright Juan Tassara
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    Explanation of icons....Cuzco Shintuya Road, Peru -
      no useable information available on the WWW
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    ....Coastal Chile, Peru and the Humbolt Current - by Angus Wilson. 
      The Humbolt Current brings cold Antarctic water to the surface along the coast of Chile and Peru, supporting an immense fish population which in turn attracts great numbers of seabirds. An exciting host of species are endemic to the Humbolt Current: Humbolt Penguin, Markham's Storm-petrel, Hornby's Storm-petrel, Peruvian Diving-Petrel, Peruvian Pelican, Peruvian Booby, Guanay Cormorant, Red-legged Cormorant, Grey Gull and Band-tailed Gull.
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    ....Adventure in Peru - this site provides brief
      descriptions of:
      • Parque Nacional Huascaràn
      • Colca Canyon
      • The Coastal Region - which supports an abundant and varied population of sea and bird life. Islas Ballestas and the Paracas Bird Reserve on the Peninsula de Paracas are the coast's most notable wildlife sanctuaries.
      • The Amazon Basin
      • Iquitos Region
      • ACEER Laboratory
      • Manu National Park
      • Tambopata Research Center
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    ....Birdwatching in Peru - Manu, Paracas and Marcapomacocha are 
      just a few of the many places that draw international birdwatchers to Peru.With more than twice as many species as the whole of North America, Peru is one of today's top birding destinations. Peru is the number one country in the world for birds, and stands at the top of the international birder's agenda. Its varied geography and topography, and its wildernesses of so many different life zones, have endowed Peru with the greatest biodiversity and density of birds on earth 
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    ....Peru's Abra Malaga - Birding Around the World -
      The Incomparable East Slope of the Andes- reprinted from Birder’s Journal, Vol. 2, #5
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    ....Manu Wildlife Centre - Manu Wildife Center is recognized as being
      the premier birdwatching location in Manu due to its carefuly planned location at the center of a mozaic of micro-habitats. The owners  are birders and the lodge has been planned for birders.The 30 plus kilometers of carefuly planned trails bisect the diferent micro-habitats including varzea, transitional floodplain and tierra firme forests, large stands of bamboo and successional willow and tesaria habitats. The lodge also has access to two diverse ox-bow lakes, a large Macaw and Parrot  lick, 2 walk up canopy towers in canopy emergent trees and a blind at a small forest clay lick attracts smaller forest parrots, Guans and Currasows. The lodge bird list stands at an astounding 566 species. 
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    ....The Birds Of The Manu Biosphere Reserve - The Greatest
      Concentration of Species on Earth! Peru's Manu Biosphere Reserve has the highest concentration of bird life on Earth. Approximately, 925 species have been recorded
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    ....Manu - Peru's Hidden Rainforest
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    ....Birders Journal Tour of the Manu World Biosphere Reserve -
      Manu is simply the birdiest place anyone could travel to, a pristine reserve where avian speciation reaches dizzying proportions. Although the itinerary was designed to concentrate in a few areas, our list still topped 500 species and we were all aware of the birds that we might have seen if only we had a little more time…..
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    ....Rio Abiseo National Park - In addition to the many birds
      found at lower altitudes, altitude zonation has strongly influenced the avifauna; there are over 132 bird species between 3,000m and 4,100m. More threatened species include nine endemics to the country and five species of restricted distribution, found otherwise only in the northern part of Bolivia. The park is the northern limit for the distribution of a variety of scarce species.
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    ....Huascaran National Park - Some of the most notable
      bird species of the 112 that have been recorded include Gurney's buzzard, Andean condor, giant hummingbird, giant coot, and ornate tinamou.
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    ....Peru - Directory of Wetlands of International Importance
      includes information on all Peru's Ramsar designated sites, including:
      • Paracas
      • Pacaya Samiria
      • Lagunas de Mejía
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    ....Wetlands of La Puna - At an altitude of 3,500 - 4,000m, La Puna or 
      the High Andean Plateau of the Central Andes, is shared by Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru. It is a cold, desert region with intense solar radiation and strong winds which cause extreme temperature variations. Yet in the middle of this desert landscape, the greatest explosion of life is without a doubt associated with the lakes and 'salares'; the great variety and number of birds, many of them endemic to La Puna, is particularly striking.
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    ....Paracas Regional Reserve, Ica, Peru. Part of the Western 
      Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. The Paracas National Reserve is the most important point along the Peruvian coast for many species of mammals, including two species of seals, 160 species of birds, and numerous fish and shellfish. It hosts large colonies of guano birds. There are tens of thousands of shorebirds that feed about 15 miles north at the Río Pisco Mouth, and spend the night within the reserve boundaries. 
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    ....Huascaran National Park - Some of the most
      notable bird species of the 112 that have been recorded include Gurney's buzzard, Andean condor, giant hummingbird, giant coot, and ornate tinamou.
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    ....Reserva Comunal de Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo - The western Amazon 
      rainforest, found in Peru, is known to have the greatest diversity of flora and fauna found in the world. Biologists refer to this region as the "green paradise" of the Amazon forest. 
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    ....Trip Report: Wild Peru - Rio de Las Piedras, Tambopata and the 
      Andes - 11 July 2002 - August 30th 2002. By Tim Allwood. The whole trip was absolutely stunning and I’d thoroughly recommend it to anyone. It’s got to be up there as some of the best birding in the world - some people say it is the best. A trip that incorporates the high Andes and the lowlands will produce an excellent trip list and a stunning example of how bird distribution changes with altitude, often over very short distances. The birding is difficult, particularly in the lowlands and we were grateful to have Dave with us to help with the ID of lots of birds and teach us a few of the calls too. This is not a detailed report telling you which bird was in which tree and when etc. but is intended as an overview of the area.
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    ....Expedition Tambopata - Madre de Dios province of Peru - By 
      Harold Armitage. The Tambopata research Centre was featured in the B.B.C. documentary "Look who's talking". It was too much for my wife. Twelve months later we set off on an expedition to the Tambopata Research Centre and the adjacent "clay lick" where hundreds of parrots come daily in order to eat clay. It is assumed this protects them from the poisonous seeds which is a major part of their diet in the dry season and possibly provides trace minerals.
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    ....Andean Hummingbirds, June 1999 - by Tom Davis. I had finally 
      talked my wife Ellyn into participating on an Earthwatch expedition, and we were in Manu National Park in Peru, volunteering our labor on a hummingbird research project. We were trying to capture as many hummingbirds as possible so their flight characteristics could be tested, but there's no such thing as a net that catches only hummers -- we spent perhaps two-thirds of our time extracting other birds and freeing them. 
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    ....Trip Report: Birding & Sightseeing in Peru with Don Messersmith: 
      Amazon River, Machu Picchu, Cusco, and Lima - 7/17-30/04. This profusely illustrated photo journal makes it seem like you are really there!
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    ....Trip Report: Peru - July 24th - August 16th 2003. By Simon Woolley. 
      What follows is a blow-by-blow birding account of a 3+ week trip made by 'Peru Crew 2003' (Julia Casson, Jacky Harris, Chris Mills, Simon Woolley).We started planning the trip at Christmas 2002, once we'd decided on a likely destination (Malaysia and South Africa had been in the equation at one point). Having looked at a variety of options, ranging from total self-organisation through to a fully-serviced Manu Expeditions tour, we decided on our now regular format of a 'modular' bespoke tour with a Peruvian company.


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    ....Trip Report: Northern Peru - 3 - 13 October 2002. On early 

      morning of October 2, the three of us jumped into my trusty Rodeo and left Quito in the dark. Twelve straight hours in a car is never too much fun, but after a few hours birding in the morning waiting for the border to open (Slaty Becard), we crossed into Peru without incident and started a whirlwind trip to most of the best sites of northern Peru. The original plan was just to check out some sites for Tropical Birding's upcoming Tumbesian Endemics tour, but it didn't make sense to drive all that way and not visit the Marañon valley with its suite of endemics. We're sure glad we did, since we ended up seeing almost all of them! Then it was only a short drive to get to the eastern slopes of the Andes with it's own avian treasures. See also their trip report for Manu in 2003
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    ....Trip Report: Birding the Lima Coast and Central Highway. A Little
      Adventure around Lima – 2-7 September 2002. By David Chantler, with input from Peter Bono and Hugh Buck. Our 6-day pre-trip turned out better than any of us had expected—we certainly saw more birds than we had planned for and much of it was due to the exceptional leadership of Barry Walker.  This little adventure is highly recommended, even for veterans of South American and Peru travel, because it offers the opportunity to see a number of birds that are overlooked on longer tours or that are awkward to fit into those longer tours.
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    ....Trip Report: Northern and Central Peru - July 21st – August 20th 2000.
      By Simon Allen. After a very successful trip last year, I was delighted to have the opportunity to return to northern Peru in the summer of 2000, to lead the same tour for Kolibri Expeditions, in addition to visiting a number of little-known areas in the centre of the country. See also, Simon's 1999 report.
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    ....Trip Report:Southern Peru - 12 June - 4 July 2000. By Rob and 
      Evelien Goldbach. Following two earlier trips elsewhere within South America (Brazil, 1995 and 1996) this was our first trip to Peru and therefore we chose a combination of habitats bringing us in very diverse landscapes: firstly the rainforests of Peruvian Amazonia (Explorer's Inn in Tambopata NR), then the High Andes (Cusco, Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu and the Abra Malaga pass), and finally the coastal area of Paracas peninsula, including the Islas Ballestas.
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    ....Trip Report: Amazon Basin - September, 1999 - by Doug and Arlene
      Ripley. It’s almost a surreal memory now – a week in a world of riverboats, tropical rainforests, scenic rivers, exotic flora and fauna, perfect weather and memorable friendships. What an amazing journey we had to the Amazon Basin.This excellent trip report is illustrated with many photos. 
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    ....Trip report : Peru by Didier Godreau – August 12 to 28, 1999.
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    ....Birding Peru: June 24-July 9 1995 - by Eva Casey
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    ....Trip Report: Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia - 6 June – 5 August 1999. 
      By Samuel Hansson with Mathias Bergström. Mathias and I had only met once before, very briefly, when we decided to make this journey together. As Mathias only had 4 weeks of vacation to spare, I decided to continue on my own after he'd gone home. South America is fantastic and the birding unrivalled! As long as you keep yourself well informed about where it's safe to go and not, and as long as you use your common sense, you should be safer in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia or any other South American country than in many European or American cities.
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    ....Peru 1999 (South: Tambopata, Cuzco, Paracas): from John van 
      der Woude
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    ....Birdwatching in Peru - Jul.-Aug. 1997, by Erik Mølgaard, Jesper 
      Meedom & Ulrik Andersen. (NOTE: this is a downloadable report from the Danish Ornithological Society´s website).  In July and August 1997, the excursions committee of the Copenhagen chapter of the Danish Ornithological Society (DOF) carried out its first tour to Peru. The tour was designed to give the participants a good coverage of the most typical habitats and of the biodiversity of the country. We concentrated on four main areas: The arid coastal areas between Lima and Paracas, the high Andes between Lima and Lake Junin, areas in and around the Cusco valley and the famous Manu biosphere reserve.
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    ....Trip Report: Pilot trip to Tambopata Area August 2001. By David 
      Geale. It was our first experience in the true amazonian lowlands. We got an invitation from the lodge owners. The trip was offered as alternative to more expensive lowland Manu, and it stands up very well as such and many of the key birds of the Manu area are actually easier to get at Tambopata. Combining at least three lodges in the region one can get a very good selection of habitats. 
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    ....Trip Report: Peru Travel Diary - October 10 - 30, 2001. By James 
      Owenby. Our destination is the Manu Biosphere Preserve in the southeastern lowlands, where live perhaps the greatest diversity of birds on the planet. 
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    ....Trip Report: Manu, Peru - October - November 2000. By Nancy Lee. 
      I just got back yesterday from the IAATE Peru Bio-tour guided by Charlie Munn and Steve Martin. It was the most vivid, memorable, fun experience I've had in my adult life ( and I must again thank my husband for arranging this trip as a midlife birthday surprise). We traveled by bus from Cuzco over the Andes and then down again to the Amazon basin, seeing several distinct ecosystems along the way. Scrub forest, elfinwood, cloud forest and rain forest were the main ones I think, with sub-types between. Each type of forest hosts its own set of indiginous species.
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    ....Birding Trip to Manu, Peru -  November 2000.By Roger Boyd.
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    ....Trip Report: Southeast Peru - 8 May - 1 June 2000. By Garry George. 
      The unique thing about the itinerary of this trip was the ability to spend time in all the habitat zones. The Manu Road from Cusco to Atalaya travels through all of the zones (except Polylepis forest) with prolonged stops at different elevations.
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    ....Trip Report: PERU: Cuzco to Lima - 4 – 11 Sept 1999. By Jon 
      Hornbuckle. We only had time to visit Bosque Ampay and the Rio Apurímac Valley, spending the rest of the time driving to Lima with some birding stops. Bosque Ampay was good, meriting longer than we had available, but the Apurímac Valley was disappointing. Our final day was spent going up to Marcapomacocha Road returning         down the Santa Eleulia Road. See also Jon's 1998 Report.
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    ....Trip Report: Wild Peru - Rio de Las Piedras, Tambopata and the 
      Andes, 11 July 2002 - August 30th 2002, by Tim Allwood. This report details a trip to Peru made by myself and my partner Claire  Stephenson. The whole trip was absolutely stunning and I'd thoroughly recommend it to anyone. It's got to be up there as some of the best  birding in the world - some people say it is the best. A trip that incorporates the high Andes and the lowlands will produce an  excellent trip list and a stunning example of how bird distribution changes with altitude, often over very short distances. 
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    ....Peru Trip Reports - a number of Peru trip reports are available
      from Blake Maybank's "Birding the Americas: Trip Report and Trip Planning Repository". 
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    ....Peru Trip Reports - you can find Peru trip reports on John
      Girdley's BirdTours website by following the South America/Peru link from the main page.

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Conservation, Biodiversity

and Environment

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Harpy Eagle - Photo copyright Raoul
Photo copyright Raoul Aras de Para
    ....Infierno Harpy Eagle Project, Peru - A  project to monitor the ecological
      requirements of the Harpy Eagle and other large raptors in the territory of the Infierno native community in the vicinity of the Tambopata River, Peru. The project, which is being conducted by the Communidad Nativa Ese'eja de Infierno, is working to locate and protect eagle nests from disturbance and hunting, and is developing a community education and ecotourism outreach project in the area. Visitors can stay at the Rainforest Expeditions lodge and explore the forest and the culture of the indigenous community. This project is also supported by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. To find information on visiting the area see the Rainforest Expeditions web site.

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Tours and Guides

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birdingpal.com...>> A Birding Pal is not a paid guide, but someone who likes to help out of town visitors. You can become a Birding Pal today! Help someone to enjoy your local birding spots and find a pal to help you when you travel. Click here for Peruvian Birding Pals, or join to be a Birding Pal!

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Scarlet Macaw - Photo copyright Didier Godreau
Photo copyright Didier Godreau
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Blackish Oystercatcher - Photo copyright Eric Van Poppel
Photo copyright Eric Van Poppel
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Whistling Heron  - Photo copyright Mariano Jiménez
Photo copyright Mariano Jiménez
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Peruvian Booby - Photo copyright Juan Tassara
Photo copyright Juan Tassara
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Yellow-billed Pintail - Photo copyright Eric Van Poppel
Photo copyright Eric Van Poppel
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White-eared Puffbird - Photo copyright Centro de Estudos Ornitológicos
Photo copyright Centro de Estudos Ornitológicos
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Least Seedsnipe - Photo copyright Cliff Buckton
Photo copyright Cliff Buckton
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Royal Sunangel - ENDEMIC - Photo copyright Thoma Valqui, with Neotropical Journeys
Photo copyright Thoma Valqui, with Neotropical Journeys
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Surf Cinclodes - Photo copyright Jeremy Barker
Photo copyright Jeremy Barker
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Yellow-billed Cacique - Photo copyright Jean Coronel
Photo copyright Jean Coronel
    **..South American Tours with Tropical Birding. Our trips are generally 
      for keen birders, both experienced and inexperienced. It is not necessary to be an expert or a super-lister to enjoy yourself. Our tours are designed for enthusiastic travellers who enjoy spending most, if not all, of their holiday time birding. Our goal is to get birders to the world's most amazing places, seeing the world's most amazing birds, in as much comfort as possible. Our trips range from shorter day-trips out of Cape Town to intensive three-week birding safaris throughout the continent and we offer both set departure and custom-made tours.
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    **..Investigate parrot behaviour at clay lick sites - with 
      Biosphere Expeditions, a non-profit-making research and conservation organisation offering hands-on wildlife conservation and adventures with a purpose for everyone. These projects are not tours, photographic safaris or excursions, but genuine wildlife expeditions placing ordinary people with no research experience alongside scientists who are at the forefront of conservation work. These
      expeditions are open to all, there are no special skills (biological or
      otherwise) required to join and there are no age limits whatsoever.
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    **..Birdwatching in Peru - with Kohlibri Expeditions. Kolibri Expeditions
      is based in Lima, Peru. We are pioneers to take our customers to some of the rarest and most hard to find birds in the country.  Trips with Kolibri Expeditions to Peru contribute to the general knowledge of the Peruvian bird fauna and gives economical incentives locally to start conservation projects. We offer the most complete Peru program of any operators. We don’t shun to rough it if necessary to get the rare birds. We also provide more comfortable tours where our expertise and experience comes to their full rights for the perfect, frills-free birding holiday that many comfort-demanding customers seek
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    **..Manu Expeditions - Manu Expeditions is a Peruvian based eco-tour
      operator and outfitter, specializing in birding tours to Peru. They are the longest established bird tour operator in Peru and Bolivia and, being birders themselves, can cater for your birding needs.
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    **..Birding in Peru - Birding in Peru is a birders dream. If you are an 
      avid birder looking for a quality and amazing birding tour experience in Peru, Bolivia or Chile, we have that birding trip for you. We cover all birding areas of these countries including what is probably the best birding trip in the world, birding Peru's Manu Biosphere Reserve from the high altitude Puna Grasslands, thru lush Cloud Forests to the incomparable Amazon Rainforest. Travel with us and we will ensure that you have the most complete birding experience ever with expert neo-tropical bird tour leaders!
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    **..Peru Birding with Neotropical Journeys - The tours and programs
      offered by Neotropical Journeys are designed to visit destinations with rich avifaunas, outstanding wildlife, wilderness and cultural significance at their seasonal best. Neotropical Journeys is actively involved in regional and local conservation projects and organizes tours aimed to raise funds for bird and nature conservation. 
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    **..Amazon Eco-Tours - Get away to the Amazon, the world's greatest 
      wilderness and a true wonder of Nature! We cater to people who want to "do things" and who want to experience the Amazon to the fullest. As a family owned and operated business, we have outfitted expeditions to the Peruvian Amazon since 1983. We know the Amazon and its people well, and take great pride in our service.
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    **..Birding Expeditions in Peru - Birding Peru was formed in 2001 
      with the goals of providing birders with affordable, reliable, and knowledgeable service in Peru. As well as promoting and providing sustainable ecotourism, Birding Peru also is involved in conservation of Peruvian habitats, and a portion of your payment goes directly to conservation projects in the very areas we visit on our trips.
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    **..Nature and Culture Tours in Peru with Tanager Tours - Peru is one of 
      the most difficult countries for bird watchers. With the enormous diversity of bird species, the difficult terrain and the lack of a fieldguide, personalized attention from Wim ten Have will make your birding experiences in Manu and elsewhere in Peru an exiting and rewarding adventure! Visit the Eastern slope of the Andes , Manu and Tambopata Rainforest, Colca Canyon. Tanager Tours offers:
      • bird watching tours with a guide specialised in birds
      • combined birdwatching & culture tours
      • other services for bird watchers.
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    **..Peru: Manu National Park & Biosphere Reserve with Victor Emanuel
      Nature Tours (VENT) - This trip offers participants an opportunity to visit one of the wildest and most pristine rainforests on the planet–a region where all of the top predators from Jaguars and Harpy Eagles to the smallest prey species are still present. Now this priceless area can be visited in comfort with good lodges at all three places we visit. The huge Manu National Park of Peru and its surrounding biosphere reserve, spanning over four and a half million acres, preserves an entire ecosystem–not a single element is missing or removed. This is a place where humans still exists in a natural environment. Such a statement can be made for relatively few other places on earth at present.  VENT offers nearly 140 tours to over 100 land-based destinations each year and is the largest tour company in the world specializing in birding and natural history.
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    **..Northern Peru with Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (VENT) - Northern
      Peru is a land of contrasts, from mangrove swamps and stark, coastal deserts to dripping wet, epiphyte-laden cloud forests, and from deciduous forests dominated by huge bombax trees to wind-swept páramo above treeline. This region harbors not only a diverse avifauna, but one that is highly endemic with many species that can be found nowhere else in the world. This new tour is designed to survey the incredible diversity of the region while maximizing the number of endemics seen.
      • Northern Peru - October 24 – November 10, 2005 (18 days – Limit 14) with Kevin Zimmer & Barry Walker. See also Tumbe extension (November 9 to 15, 2005).
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    **..Amazonian Peru: Explornapo & Explorama Lodges & the Rainforest
      Canopy Walkway with Victor Emanuel Nature Tours (VENT) - Three lodges in Peru are visited: the Explorama and Explornapo Lodges, as well as the ACEER (Amazon Center for Environmental Education & Research) lodge adjacent to the newly completed rainforest canopy walkway. The first lodge is located downstream from the port city of Iquitos and adjacent to the Amazon River. The other two are 50 miles further downstream and near the mouth of the Napo River. Good trails provide easy access to seasonally flooded varzea forest, oxbow lakes, and upland terra firme forest. 
      • Amazonian Peru - January 23 - February 2, 2005 (11.0 days - Limit 14) with leaders Steve Hilty & TBA. See also the Machu Picchu Extension Feburary 1 - 7, 2005 (7 days - Limit 14).
       
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Eco-Lodges

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Capped Heron - Photo copyright Greg Neise
Photo copyright Greg Neise

Band-tailed Manakin - Photo copyright Amazonia Lodge

Photo copyright Amazonia Lodge

Andean Gull - Photo copyright Allen Chartier

Photo copyright Allen Chartier
    ....Manu Wildlife Centre - Manu Wildife Center is recognized as being
      the premier birdwatching location in Manu due to its carefuly planned location at the center of a mozaic of micro-habitats. The owners  are birders and the lodge has been planned for birders.The 30 plus kilometers of carefuly planned trails bisect the diferent micro-habitats including varzea, transitional floodplain and tierra firme forests, large stands of bamboo and successional willow and tesaria habitats. The lodge also has access to two diverse ox-bow lakes, a large Macaw and Parrot  lick, 2 walk up canopy towers in canopy emergent trees and a blind at a small forest clay lick attracts smaller forest parrots, Guans and Currasows. The lodge bird list stands at an astounding 566 species.
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    np..Manu Wild Life Center - A 35-minute flight
      from Cusco to the mouth of the Manu River and a 90 minute boat ride down the Madre de Dios River brings you to the single best wildlife destination in the entire Amazon: Manu Wildlife Center
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    np..Amazonia Lodge - Amazonia lodge is the perfect place to see birds.
      It is an old tea plantation in the Andean foothills and is now being allowed to return to original forest.  There are miles of good trails, a long shady entrance road, and lots of spectacular birds and primates.  Part of the allure, of course, is that more than six hundred species of birds have been recorded on the property of the Hacienda Amazonia. 
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    np..Tahuayo Lodge - in the Reserva Comunal de Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo. 
      Travel to the lodge requires that you fly into Iquitos, Peru. From Iquitos we take you by boat up the mighty Amazon River, for a distance of about  50 miles, then up the Tahuayo tributary, another 40 miles. All guests of the lodge are allowed unlimited canopy access (using a zip-line canopy system). 
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    np..Pantiacolla Lodge - The scenic Pantiacolla Lodge in the 
      Manu foothills is the obvious choice for the second night on a road-and-river entry to the Manu lowlands. This 16-bed lodge with communal toilets and showers is owned and operated by a family of long-term rain forest pioneers in partnership with the two conservation groups Selva Sur and InkaNatura. Though the lodge clearing offers superb birding without even stepping into the forest, the 20 km of gridded forest trails in all habitat types offer unparalleled access to the world's finest birding forests. .

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Endemics and Specialities

in Peru

Peruvian Plantcutter - ENDEMIC - Photo copyright Jeremy Flanagan with Neotropical Journeys
Photo copyright Jeremy Flanagan with Neotropical Journeys

Information on endemics and specialities is derived from Sibley & Monroe checklists and bird distribution lists in Thayer's Birder's Diary - Version 2.5, supplemented by material found in Where to Watch Birds in South America - by Nigel Wheatley. South American speciality birds, while not endemic, are those that can only be found in three or less countries of South America. Information on endangered birds is derived from the IUCN Red List, Birdlife International. The endemic, endangered and speciality birds may be uncommon, extremely rare vagrants, may be extirpated in the country now or may only be present in migration. However, documented sightings of each species noted below 
have been made in Peru.
Peruvian Pigeon - ENDEMIC - Photo copyright Neotropical Journeys
Photo copyright Neotropical Journeys
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Endemics in Peru
___ Ancash Tapaculo
___ Apurimac Spinetail
___ Ash-throated Antwren
___ Baron's Spinetail
___ Bay Antpitta
___ Bearded Mountaineer
___ Black-backed 
___ Tody-Flycatcher
___ Black-breasted Hillstar
___ Black-faced Cotinga
___ Black-necked Woodpecker
___ Black-tailed Antbird
___ Bronze-tailed Comet
___ Brown-flanked Tanager
___ Buff-bridled Inca-Finch
___ Cactus Canastero
___ Canyon Canastero
___ Cerulean-capped Manakin
___ Chestnut Antpitta
___ Chestnut-backed Thornbird
___ Chestnut-breasted 
___ Mountain-Finch
___ Chinchipe Spinetail
___ Cloud-forest Screech-Owl
___ Coastal Miner
___ Coppery Metaltail
___ Creamy-bellied Antwren
___ Creamy-crested Spinetail
___ Cuzco Tapaculo
___ Dark-winged Miner
___ Elfin Forest Tapaculo
___ Elusive Antpitta
___ Eye-ringed Thistletail
___ Fine-barred Piculet
___ Fire-throated Metaltail
___ Golden-backed
___ Mountain-Tanager
___ Great Inca-Finch
___ Great Spinetail
___ Green-and-white Hummingbird
___ Green-capped Tanager
___ Grey-bellied Comet
___ Grey-winged Inca-Finch
___ Huallaga Tanager
___ Inca Flycatcher
___ Inca Wren
___ Junin Canastero
___ Junin Rail
___ Kalinowski's Tinamou
___ Koepcke's Hermit
___ Large-footed Tapaculo
___ Little Inca-Finch
___ Long-whiskered Owlet
___ Maranon Gnatcatcher
___ Marcapata Spinetail
___ Marvellous Spatuletail
___ Masked Fruiteater
___ Ochre-fronted Antpitta
___ Pale-billed Antpitta
___ Pale-tailed Canastero
___ Pardusco
___ Parodi's Hemispingus
___ Peruvian Piedtail
___ Peruvian Plantcutter
___ Peruvian Tyrannulet
___ Piura Chat-Tyrant
___ Plain-tailed Warbling-Finch
___ Puna Grebe
___ Puna Thistletail
___ Purple-backed Sunbeam
___ Raimondi's Yellow-Finch
___ Red-and-white Antpitta
___ Royal Sunangel
___ Rufous Flycatcher
___ Rufous-backed Inca-Finch
___ Rufous-breasted 
___ Warbling-Finch
___ Rufous-browed Hemispingus
___ Rufous-eared Brush-Finch
___ Rufous-fronted Antthrush
___ Rufous-webbed Brilliant
___ Russet-mantled Softtail
___ Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch
___ Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail
___ Rusty-fronted Canastero
___ Rusty-tinged Antpitta
___ Selva Cacique
___ Sharp-billed Tapaculo
___ Sira Tanager
___ Speckle-chested Piculet
___ Spot-breasted Hummingbird
___ Spot-throated Hummingbird
___ Striated Earthcreeper
___ Surf Cinclodes
___ Taczanovski's Tinamou
___ Thick-billed Miner
___ Tumbes Tyrant
___ Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant
___ Vilcabamba Thistletail
___ White-bellied Cinclodes
___ White-browed Tit-Spinetail
___ White-cheeked Cotinga
___ White-cheeked Tody-Tyrant
___ White-masked Antbird
___ White-tufted Sunbeam
___ White-winged Guan
___ Yellow-browed Toucanet
___ Yellow-faced Parrotlet
___ Yellow-scarfed Tanager
Endangered Birds in Peru
(endemics are printed in bold italic)

Breeding Birds

Non-Breeding Birds

___ Andean Flamingo
___ Apurimac Spinetail
___ Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant
___ Ash-throated Antwren
___ Bearded Guan
___ Black Tinamou
___ Black-masked Finch
___ Black-tailed Antbird
___ Blackish-headed Spinetail
___ Brown Wood-Rail
___ Chestnut-bellied Cotinga
___ Chilean Woodstar
___ Coppery-chested Jacamar
___ Golden-backed 
___ Mountain-Tanager
___ Golden-plumed Parakeet
___ Green-capped Tanager
___ Grey-backed Hawk
___ Grey-bellied Comet
___ Grey-breasted Flycatcher
___ Grey-headed Antbird
___ Henna-hooded 
___ Foliage-Gleaner
___ Horned Curassow
___ Junin Rail
___ Kalinowski's Tinamou
___ Little Woodstar
___ Markham's Storm-Petrel
___ Marvelous Spatuletail
___ Masked Mountain-Tanager
___ Military Macaw
___ Ochre-bellied Dove
___ Ochraceous Attila
___ Orange-throated Tanager
___ Pacific Royal Flycatcher
___ Pale-tailed Canastero
___ Peruvian Diving-Petrel
___ Peruvian Pigeon
___ Peruvian Plant-cutter
___ Plain-tailed Warbling-Finch
___ Puna Grebe
___ Puna Flamingo
___ Purple-backed Sunbeam
___ Red-faced Parrot
___ Ringed Storm-Petrel
___ Royal Cinclodes
___ Royal Sunangel
___ Rufous-breasted 
___ Warbling-Finch
___ Rufous-fronted Antthrush
___ Rufous-headed Chachalaca
___ Rufous-necked
___ Foliage-Gleaner
___ Russet-bellied Spinetail
___ Saffron Siskin
___ Selva Cacique
___ Slender-billed Finch
___ Spot-winged Parrotlet
___ Taczanowski's Tinamou
___ Tamarugo Conebill
___ Wattled Curassow
___ White-bellied Cinclodes
___ White-browed Tit-Spinetail
___ White-cheeked Cotinga
___ White-masked Antbird
___ White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant
___ White-winged Guan
___ Yellow-faced Parrotlet
___ Yellow-rumped Antwren
___ Markham's Storm-Petrel

Other Speciality and Spectacular Birds in Peru
(from Where to Watch Birds in South America - by Nigel Wheatley.)

___ Amazonian Umbrellabird
___ Andean Avocet
___ Andean Cock-of-the-Rock
___ Andean Condor
___ Andean Flamingo
___ Ash-throated Gnateater
___ Band-tailed Fruiteater
___ Black Metaltail 
___ Black-necked Red-Cotinga
___ Bogota Rail 
___ Chestnut Jacamar
___ Chestnut-crowned Cotinga
___ Cinereous Finch 
___ Cocha Antshrike
___ Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
___ Golden-collared Tanager
___ Grass-green Tanager
___ Grey-backed Hawk
___ Hoatzin
___ Inca Tern
___ Lesser Rhea
___ Maranon Crescent-chest 
___ Maranon  Spinetail 
___ Moustached Flowerpiercer
___ Neblina Metaltail
___ Nocturnal Curassow
___ Orange-crested Manakin 
___ Pale-winged Trumpeter
___ Pearly-breasted Cone-bill
___ Peruvian Pigeon 
___ Peruvian Sheartail
___ Peruvian Thick-knee
___ Plum-throated Cotinga
___ Puna Flamingo
___ Purple-throated Cotinga
___ Rufous-bellied Seed-snipe
___ Russet-bellied Spinetail 
___ Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater
___ Scarlet-hooded Barbet
___ Short-Winged Grebe
___ Slender-billed Finch
___ Spangled Cotinga
___ Subittern
___ Tamarugo Conebill
___ Tit-like Dacnis
___ White-browed Purpletuft
___ White-capped Tanager
___ White-eared Solitaire
___ Yellow-scarfed Tanager
___ Zig-zag Heron

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