Trip Report: Peru (2016-08-29 - 2016-09-07)
Inca Wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
Cusco - View
Glasswing Butterfly
Kwik E Mart
Back to Civilization
Another View from Abra Malaga
Ninamarca
Another View of Machu Picchu
View from Abra Malaga
Paucartambo Bridge
Machu Picchu from Sun Gate
Machu Picchu Intihuatana Stone
Still Another View of Machu Picchu
Unidentified Toad
Coca Leaves
Crumbling Bridge
Ollantaytambo
Cusco - Plaza de Armas
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus)
Mourning Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus fruticeti)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
Taczanowski's Ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola griseus)
Stripe-headed Antpitta (Grallaria andicolus)
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper (Dendrexetastes rufigula)
Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)
Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone)
Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei)
Blue-throated Piping-Guan (Pipile cumanensis)
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajaneus)
Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
Gray-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)
Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
White-winged Diuca-Finch (Diuca speculifera)
Alpaca (Lama pacos)
Chiguanco Thrush (Turdus chiguanco)
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)
Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
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Inca Wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
Cusco - View
Glasswing Butterfly
Kwik E Mart
Back to Civilization
Another View from Abra Malaga
Ninamarca
Another View of Machu Picchu
View from Abra Malaga
Paucartambo Bridge
Machu Picchu from Sun Gate
Machu Picchu Intihuatana Stone
Still Another View of Machu Picchu
Unidentified Toad
Coca Leaves
Crumbling Bridge
Ollantaytambo
Cusco - Plaza de Armas
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus)
Mourning Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus fruticeti)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
Taczanowski's Ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola griseus)
Stripe-headed Antpitta (Grallaria andicolus)
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper (Dendrexetastes rufigula)
Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)
Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone)
Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei)
Blue-throated Piping-Guan (Pipile cumanensis)
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajaneus)
Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
Gray-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)
Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
White-winged Diuca-Finch (Diuca speculifera)
Alpaca (Lama pacos)
Chiguanco Thrush (Turdus chiguanco)
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)
Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
A trip to Peru visiting the highland areas around Cusco including the cloud forest at Manu National Park.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (229 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(229 records)
Class: Birds
(222 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(8 records)
- Family: Screamers
- Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Andean Duck (Oxyura ferruginea)
- Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Yellow-Billed Teal (Anas flavirostris)
- Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)
- Puna Teal (Spatula puna)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(5 records)
- Family: Limpkin
- Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajaneus)
- Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
- Slate-colored Coot (Fulica ardesiaca)
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Family: Hoatzin
- Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (7 records)
- Order: Gabuliformes (2 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(24 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
- Gray-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)
- White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
- Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
- Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei)
- Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii)
- Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus)
- Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone)
- Many-spotted Hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus)
- Green-and-white Hummingbird (Elliotomyia viridicauda)
- White-bellied Hummingbird (Elliotomyia chionogaster)
- Sapphire-spangled Emerald (Chionomesa lactea)
- Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys)
- Violet-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri)
- Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas)
- Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis)
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii)
- White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant)
- Lesser Violetear (Colibri cyanotus)
- Rufous-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus addae)
- Family: Swifts
- Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila)
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus)
- Andean Swift (Aeronautes andecolus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars (5 records)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
- Black-banded Owl (Strix huhula)
- Yungas Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium bolivianum)
- Order: Parrots
(7 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
- White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus)
- Dusky-headed Parakeet (Aratinga weddellii)
- Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
- Speckle-faced Parrot (Pionus tumultuosus)
- Yellow-crowned Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala)
- Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa)
- Order: Pelicans
(18 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus)
- Mountain Caracara (Daptrius megalopterus)
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Family: Grebes
- White-tufted Grebe (Rollandia rolland)
- Family: Herons
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Fasciated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Puna Ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi)
- Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Order: Perching Birds
(118 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Dusky-green Oropendola (Psarocolius atrovirens)
- Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
- Olive Oropendola (Psarocolius bifasciatus)
- Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
- Mountain Cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus)
- Yellow-winged Blackbird (Agelasticus thilius)
- Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi)
- Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus croconotus)
- Family: Antpittas
- Stripe-headed Antpitta (Grallaria andicolus)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Hooded Siskin (Spinus magellanicus)
- Rust-and-yellow Tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps)
- Orange-eared Tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea)
- White-winged Diuca-Finch (Idiopsar speculifer)
- Family: Cotingas
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
- Family: Dippers
- White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)
- Family: Donacobius
- Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas)
- Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus)
- Family: Manakins
- Round-tailed Manakin (Ceratopipra chloromeros)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Black-faced Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanolaemus)
- 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)
- Citrine Warbler (Myiothlypis luteoviridis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- White-browed Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura xenothorax)
- Azara's Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae)
- Wren-like Rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops)
- Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans)
- Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper (Dendrexetastes rufigula)
- Olive-backed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus triangularis)
- Greater Scythebill (Drymotoxeres pucheranii)
- Montane Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger)
- Cream-winged Cinclodes (Cinclodes albiventris)
- Pale-legged Hornero (Furnarius leucopus)
- Amazonian Plain-Xenops (Xenops genibarbis)
- Family: Swallows
- White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
- Brown-chested Martin (Progne tapera)
- Brown-bellied Swallow (Orochelidon murina)
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- White-banded Swallow (Atticora fasciata)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
- Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum)
- Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons)
- Magpie Tanager (Cissopis leverianus)
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Short-billed Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris)
- Yellow-throated Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavigularis)
- Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
- Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Rauenia bonariensis)
- Hooded Mountain-Tanager (Buthraupis montana)
- Orange-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia xanthogaster)
- Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis)
- Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
- Saffron-crowned Tanager (Tangara xanthocephala)
- Golden-eared Tanager (Tangara chrysotis)
- 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)
- Mourning Sierra-Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti)
- Plumbeous Sierra-Finch (Geospizopsis unicolor)
- Greenish Yellow-Finch (Sicalis olivascens)
- Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa)
- Band-tailed Seedeater (Catamenia analis)
- Moustached Flowerpiercer (Diglossa mystacalis)
- Black-throated Flowerpiercer (Diglossa brunneiventris)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Family: Tapaculo
- Puna Tapaculo (Scytalopus simonsi)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Chiguanco Thrush (Turdus chiguanco)
- Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)
- Slaty Thrush (Turdus nigriceps)
- Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens)
- Blackish Antbird (Cercomacroides nigrescens)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon amaurocephalus)
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon superciliaris)
- Ashy-headed Tyrannulet (Tyranniscus cinereiceps)
- White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps)
- Highland Elaenia (Elaenia obscura)
- Sierran Elaenia (Elaenia pallatangae)
- White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
- Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
- Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes alpinus)
- Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis)
- Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
- Cinnamon Flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus)
- Smoke-colored Pewee (Contopus fumigatus)
- Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- White-browed Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca leucophrys)
- White-browed Ground-Tyrant (Muscisaxicola albilora)
- Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox)
- Pale-edged Flycatcher (Myiarchus cephalotes)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Crowned Slaty Flycatcher (Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus)
- Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Taczanowski's Ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola griseus)
- Family: Vireos
- Brown-capped Vireo (Vireo leucophrys)
- Family: Wrens
- Mountain Wren (Troglodytes solstitialis)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Inca Wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
- Family: Plovers
- Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Tinamous
- Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus)
- Order: Trogons (4 records)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)
- Andean Guan (Penelope montagnii)
- Blue-throated Piping-Guan (Pipile cumanensis)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(7 records)
- Family: New World Barbets
- Versicolored Barbet (Eubucco versicolor)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Ocellated Piculet (Picumnus dorbignyanus)
- Little Woodpecker (Dryobates passerinus)
- Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)
- Andean Flicker (Colaptes rupicola)
- Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
- Family: Toucans
- Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis)
Class: Mammals
(6 records)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Camelidae
- Alpaca (Lama pacos)
- Order: Primates (2 records)
- Order: Rodents
(3 records)
- Family: Agoutis
- Brown Agouti (Dasyprocta variegata)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Anoles
- Brown-eared Anole (Anolis fuscoauratus)