Site Report: Pantanos de Villa, Peru
Great Grebe (Podiceps major)
Many-colored Rush Tyrant (Tachuris rubrigastra)
Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis)
Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) - Juvenile
Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)
Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia)
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus)
Mullet (Mugilidae sp)
Gray-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Chestnut-throated Seedeater (Sporophila telasco)
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Great Grebe (Podiceps major)
Many-colored Rush Tyrant (Tachuris rubrigastra)
Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis)
Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) - Juvenile
Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)
Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia)
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus)
Mullet (Mugilidae sp)
Gray-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Chestnut-throated Seedeater (Sporophila telasco)
Swamp
Visits
- 2026-05-14: For our last day in Peru, we took a taxi early morning to arrive in a swamp just outside town. With the required guide, we walked around on some trails in the swamp. We even saw a new bird for the guide (White-tufted Grebe)! We walked over to the other end of the swamp closer to the beach, and there was quite the spectacle of gulls and their pals.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (64 records,
12 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(64 records,
12 images)
Class: Birds
(63 records,
11 images)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata)
- 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)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Red-masked Parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys)
- White-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus)
- Order: Pelicans (24 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Family: Grebes
- Great Grebe (Podiceps major)
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- White-tufted Grebe (Rollandia rolland)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Puna Ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
- Family: Pelicans
- Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus)
- Family: Penguins
- Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
- Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(14 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi)
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Chrysomus icterocephalus)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Wren-like Rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Chestnut-throated Seedeater (Sporophila telasco)
- Grassland Yellow-Finch (Sicalis luteola)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Many-colored Rush Tyrant (Tachuris rubrigastra)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
- Family: Wrens
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(11 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
- Belcher's Gull (Larus belcheri)
- Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
- Elegant Tern (Thalasseus elegans)
- Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan)
- Gray Gull (Leucophaeus modestus)
- Gray-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
- Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
- Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
- Family: Plovers
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Class: Ray-finned Fish
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Mullets and Glassfishes
(1 record)
- Family: Mulletts
- Mullet (Mugilidae sp)