Site Report: Chorrillos, Peru
Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
Red-legged Cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi)
Belcher's Gull (Larus belcheri)
Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata)
Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata)
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Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
Red-legged Cormorant (Poikilocarbo gaimardi)
Belcher's Gull (Larus belcheri)
Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata)
Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata)
Beach walk
Visits
- 2026-05-14: We still had a few hours to kill before heading to the airport, so we walked back from Chorrillos. It was a fairly long walk back, and we did not see the Surf Cinclodes as hoped for.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (19 records,
4 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(19 records,
4 images)
Class: Birds
(17 records,
4 images)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- West Peruvian Dove (Zenaida meloda)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
- Order: Pelicans (6 records)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
- Family: Pelicans
- Peruvian Pelican (Pelecanus thagus)
- Family: Penguins
- Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
- Order: Perching Birds
(2 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Wrens
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Belcher's Gull (Larus belcheri)
- Gray Gull (Leucophaeus modestus)
- Inca Tern (Larosterna inca)
- Family: Plovers
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Class: Mammals
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Otariidae
- South American Sea Lion (Otaria byronia)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Sea Turtles
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)