Site Report: Laguna Alalay, Bolivia

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)

White-tipped Plantcutter (Phytotoma rutila)

Greater Wagtail-Tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides)

Wren-like Rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops)

Lake

Map of Site Report: Laguna Alalay, Bolivia

2026-04-13: When we arrived at the airport in Cochabamba, we found out that our flight was cancelled. We were going to be stuck for another 24 hours in Cochabamba. Fortunately, we were able to rearrange our hotels for the next few days. In Cochabamba, we visited the Jesus statue. Then, the next morning, we took a taxi to a lake on the edge of town.

Kingdom: Animals (41 records, 4 images)

Phylum: Chordates (41 records, 4 images)

Class: Birds (40 records, 4 images)

Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Andean Duck (Oxyura ferruginea)
- Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides)
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
- Puna Teal (Spatula puna)
- White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
- Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
- Slate-colored Coot (Fulica ardesiaca)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Bare-faced Ground Dove (Metriopelia ceciliae)
- Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Picui Ground Dove (Columbina picui)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus)

Order: Pelicans (8 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Grebes
- Silvery Grebe (Podiceps occipitalis)
- White-tufted Grebe (Rollandia rolland)
- Family: Herons
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

Order: Perching Birds (17 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Grayish Baywing (Agelaioides badius)
- Yellow-winged Blackbird (Agelasticus thilius)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Gray-crested Finch (Lophospingus griseocristatus)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Masked Gnatcatcher (Polioptila dumicola)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus)
- Rusty-vented Canastero (Asthenes dorbignyi)
- Wren-like Rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops)
- Family: Swallows
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata)
- Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
- Sayaca Tanager (Thraupis sayaca)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Creamy-bellied Thrush (Turdus amaurochalinus)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Greater Wagtail-Tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- White-tipped Plantcutter (Phytotoma rutila)
- Family: Wrens
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
- Family: Plovers
- Collared Plover (Anarhynchus collaris)

Class: Mammals (1 record, 0 images)

Order: Rodents (1 record)
- Family: Cavies
- Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus)

No trip reports available.