Site Report: La Paz to Coroico, Bolivia

The new death road

Map of Site Report: La Paz to Coroico, Bolivia

Visits

2026-04-24: We arrived in La Paz, meeting up at the airport with our taxi driver and also the guide. We had managed to spend much of our money, so we had to take a detour to El Alto. This turned out the be traffic chaos. After some time waiting for the car to turn around, we were finally on our way to the lodge.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (7 records, 0 images)

Phylum: Chordates (7 records, 0 images)

Class: Birds (7 records, 0 images)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Andean Goose (Oressochen melanopterus)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Giant Coot (Fulica gigantea)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)

Order: Perching Birds (3 records)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Cream-winged Cinclodes (Cinclodes albiventris)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)

Lifelists

Trips

No trip reports available.