Site Report: Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu from Sun Gate
Machu Picchu Intihuatana Stone
Still Another View of Machu Picchu
Another View of Machu Picchu
Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)
Silvery Tanager (Tangara viridicollis)
Silvery Tanager (Tangara viridicollis)
Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis)
Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanicollis)
Saffron-crowned Tanager (Tangara xanthocephala)
Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens) - Female
Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
Spectacled Redstart (Myioborus melanocephalus)
Azara's Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae)
Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
Inca Wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Pipraeidea bonariensis)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons) - Male
Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons) - Female
Blue-and-black Tanager (Tangara vassorii)
Golden-naped Tanager (Tangara ruficervix)
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis)
Ashy-headed Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias cinereiceps)
Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus)
Green-and-white Hummingbird (Amazilia viridicauda)
White-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia chionogaster)
Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens) - Male
Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa)
Ocellated Piculet (Picumnus dorbignyanus)
Pale-legged Warbler (Myiothlypis signata)
Rust-and-yellow Tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps)
Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata)
Pale-edged Flycatcher (Myiarchus cephalotes)
Highland Elaenia (Elaenia obscura)
Golden-crowned Brushfinch (Atlapetes tricolor)
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans)
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Machu Picchu from Sun Gate
Machu Picchu Intihuatana Stone
Still Another View of Machu Picchu
Another View of Machu Picchu
Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)
Silvery Tanager (Tangara viridicollis)
Silvery Tanager (Tangara viridicollis)
Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis)
Blue-necked Tanager (Tangara cyanicollis)
Saffron-crowned Tanager (Tangara xanthocephala)
Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens) - Female
Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
Spectacled Redstart (Myioborus melanocephalus)
Azara's Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae)
Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
Inca Wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Pipraeidea bonariensis)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons) - Male
Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons) - Female
Blue-and-black Tanager (Tangara vassorii)
Golden-naped Tanager (Tangara ruficervix)
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis)
Ashy-headed Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias cinereiceps)
Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus)
Green-and-white Hummingbird (Amazilia viridicauda)
White-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia chionogaster)
Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens) - Male
Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa)
Ocellated Piculet (Picumnus dorbignyanus)
Pale-legged Warbler (Myiothlypis signata)
Rust-and-yellow Tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps)
Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata)
Pale-edged Flycatcher (Myiarchus cephalotes)
Highland Elaenia (Elaenia obscura)
Golden-crowned Brushfinch (Atlapetes tricolor)
Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans)
Ruins
Visits
- 2016-09-06: Not sure what to do next, I decided on the last minute trip to Machu Picchu. From the train station at Aguas Calientes, I walked up the path to the ruins. This walk was supposed to take 1.5 hours, but it took me three hours. I continued walking to the top of the pass at the Sun Gate. I planned on walking back to town, but the time was getting close for the train, and I was forced to take the bus back into town. Anyway, the train ended up leaving late, so maybe I should have walked. In the end, I finally saw the Torrent Ducks in town near the train station.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (46 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(46 records)
Class: Birds
(46 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- White-throated Quail-Dove (Zentrygon frenata)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (4 records)
- Family: Swifts
- White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(37 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Dusky-green Oropendola (Psarocolius atrovirens)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Rust-and-yellow Tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps)
- Family: Dippers
- White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Golden-crowned Brushfinch (Atlapetes tricolor)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Spectacled Redstart (Myioborus melanocephalus)
- Pale-legged Warbler (Myiothlypis signata)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Azara's Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae)
- Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans)
- Family: Swallows
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum)
- Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Rauenia bonariensis)
- Saffron-crowned Tanager (Tangara xanthocephala)
- Golden-naped Tanager (Chalcothraupis ruficervix)
- Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis)
- Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis)
- Blue-and-black Tanager (Tangara vassorii)
- Silvery Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis)
- Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Ashy-headed Tyrannulet (Tyranniscus cinereiceps)
- Highland Elaenia (Elaenia obscura)
- Sierran Elaenia (Elaenia pallatangae)
- Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
- Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis)
- Smoke-colored Pewee (Contopus fumigatus)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Pale-edged Flycatcher (Myiarchus cephalotes)
- Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: New World Barbets
- Versicolored Barbet (Eubucco versicolor)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Ocellated Piculet (Picumnus dorbignyanus)