Site Report: Road from Samaipata to Saipina, Bolivia
Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
Dull-colored Grassquit (Asemospiza obscura)
Creamy-bellied Thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus)
Cliff Parakeet (Myiopsitta luchsi)
Checkerspot (Nymphalidae sp)
Grayish Baywing (Agelaioides badius)
Spot-backed Puffbird (Nystalus maculatus)
White-bellied Hummingbird (Elliotomyia chionogaster)
White-bellied Hummingbird (Elliotomyia chionogaster)
White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum)
Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
Ringed Warbling Finch (Microspingus torquatus)
Cliff Flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea)
Gray-crested Finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus)
Blue-crowned Parakeet (Thectocercus acuticaudatus)
Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus)
Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
Gray-crested Finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus) - Juvenile
Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Rauenia bonariensis)
Ultramarine Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa brissonii) - Male
Ultramarine Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa brissonii) - Female
Black-capped Warbling Finch (Microspingus melanoleucus)
Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens)
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Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
Dull-colored Grassquit (Asemospiza obscura)
Creamy-bellied Thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus)
Cliff Parakeet (Myiopsitta luchsi)
Checkerspot (Nymphalidae sp)
Grayish Baywing (Agelaioides badius)
Spot-backed Puffbird (Nystalus maculatus)
White-bellied Hummingbird (Elliotomyia chionogaster)
White-bellied Hummingbird (Elliotomyia chionogaster)
White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum)
Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
Ringed Warbling Finch (Microspingus torquatus)
Cliff Flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea)
Gray-crested Finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus)
Blue-crowned Parakeet (Thectocercus acuticaudatus)
Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus)
Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
Gray-crested Finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus) - Juvenile
Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Rauenia bonariensis)
Ultramarine Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa brissonii) - Male
Ultramarine Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa brissonii) - Female
Black-capped Warbling Finch (Microspingus melanoleucus)
Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens)
Sites along the road
Visits
- 2026-04-10: After a late breakfast in Mataral, we stopped at a few places along the way to Saipata. We arrived to our hotel for the night, and we did a few walks in the area.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (43 records,
20 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record,
1 image)
Class: Insects
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Checkerspot (Nymphalidae sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(42 records,
19 images)
Class: Birds
(42 records,
19 images)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Picui Ground Dove (Columbina picui)
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(27 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Grayish Baywing (Agelaioides badius)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
- Ultramarine Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa brissonii)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Bolivian Blackbird (Oreopsar bolivianus)
- Gray-crested Finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus)
- Red-crested Finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Masked Gnatcatcher (Polioptila dumicola)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Bolivian Earthcreeper (Upucerthia harterti)
- Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus)
- Sooty-fronted Spinetail (Synallaxis frontalis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Black-capped Warbling Finch (Microspingus melanoleucus)
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Rauenia bonariensis)
- Dull-colored Grassquit (Asemospiza obscura)
- Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris)
- Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava)
- Hooded Mountain Tanager (Buthraupis montana)
- Ringed Warbling Finch (Microspingus torquatus)
- Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Creamy-bellied Thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Giant Antshrike (Batara cinerea)
- Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Cliff Flycatcher (Hirundinea ferruginea)
- Greater Wagtail-Tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides)
- Family: Vireos
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Red-faced Guan (Penelope dabbenei)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
(3 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)
- White-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cactorum)
- Family: Puffbirds
- Spot-backed Puffbird (Nystalus maculatus)