Site Report: Pucara, Peru
Black-winged Ground Dove (Metriopelia melanoptera)
Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti)
Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch (Sicalis uropygialis)
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus)
Black Siskin (Spinus atratus)
Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maculirostris)
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Black-winged Ground Dove (Metriopelia melanoptera)
Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti)
Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch (Sicalis uropygialis)
Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus)
Black Siskin (Spinus atratus)
Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maculirostris)
Old town with a museum and church
Visits
- 2026-05-03: We crossed into Puno and spent the night walking around the center. It was striking how much more touristy it was in Peru compared to Bolivia. We then were on an early morning bus that made a few stops on the way to Cusco. In Pukara, many of the people on the bus went into a museum. I walked over to the edge of town where there was a rocky area. There were some dogs that seemed unhappy with my appearance, but they could not reach me from the top of the cliff.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (9 records,
6 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(9 records,
6 images)
Class: Birds
(9 records,
6 images)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Black-winged Ground Dove (Metriopelia melanoptera)
- Spot-winged Pigeon (Patagioenas maculosa)
- Order: Perching Birds
(7 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Black Siskin (Spinus atratus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Swallows
- Andean Swallow (Orochelidon andecola)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Ash-breasted Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis plebejus)
- Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch (Sicalis uropygialis)
- Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maculirostris)