Site Report: Cusco

Cusco - Plaza de Armas

Cusco - View

Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)

Black-throated Flowerpiercer (Diglossa brunneiventris)

Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)

Peruvian city on top of a Spanish city on top of an Incan city.

2016-08-30: After some delay at the airport, I finally made it to Cusco. I didn't have a lot of time left in the day, so I walked over to the nearby Plaza de Armas. I spent half my time here trying to convince various sales people that I was not there to shop for knick-knacks.

Kingdom: Animals (7 records)

Phylum: Chordates (7 records)

Class: Birds (7 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)

Order: Perching Birds (4 records)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum)
- Black-throated Flowerpiercer (Diglossa brunneiventris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Chiguanco Thrush (Turdus chiguanco)