June 19th: Meet at Chiclayo airport and directly to Chaparri Ecolodge (448mts). After an early flight to Chiclayo, we met our driver Elmer Santos and we drove directly to the private Chaparri Reserve owned by the local community of Santa Catalina de Chongoyape. In the Reserve the critically endangered White-winged Guan has been reintroduced and 3rd generation birds can be seen around the lodge. Night in Chaparri.
June 20th: Full day at Chaparri Reserve. After breakfast we went to a water seep below the lodge where impressive numbers of the endemic Sulphur-throated Finch came in to drink. We then made a loop in the reserve passing by the Spectacled Bear reintroduction pen. In the afternoon we birded at the Tinajones reservoir and around Chongoyape. Night in Chaparri.
June 21st: Chaparri Reserve to Olmos. Pre-dawn start with a picnic breakfast to Casupe at 1800 meters. After an early breakfast with a spectacular view at dawn, we spent most of the morning birding this tall wetter forest with great success: Ecuadorian Trogon and Piculet, Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner, Gray-breasted Flycatcher, Black-capped Sparrow and more. Then we went to the Bosque del Pomac (also known as Batan Grande). The Pomac Historical Sanctuary preserves about 6000 hectares of old forest, where we found almost all our targets. We also had excellent views of all the specialties of this dry habitat: Collared Antshrike, Rufous Flyctacher, Tumbes Swallow, Necklaced Spinetail, Amazilia Hummingbird, the beautiful Scarlet-backed Woodpecker and Streak-headed Woodcreeper. After that excellent morning and afternoon, we drove to Olmos. Night in Olmos.
June 22nd: Naupe and Quebrada Limon 307 mts). Dawn found us in the desert at Naupe where we successfully found our target–Peruvian Plantcutter. An easy mornings birding here concentrating on photography and sound recording. After a siesta we drove to the trails at Quebrada Limon (within the PIURA department). We stayed out late looking for Owls. Night in Olmos.
June 23rd: Quebrada Frijollilo 350 mts. We drove to Quebrada Limon and up Quebrada Frijollilo again for a dawn picnic breakfast which was accompanied by the trumpeting of White-winged Guan which we saw. These birds have always been in this canyon historically. We spent all morning in the canyon and took the afternoon off to watch the World Cup football! Night in Olmos.
June 24th: Olmos to Porculla pass (1769 mts) and Jaen. An hour’s drive to Limon de Porculla where we had breakfast first and then rapidly found all of our main targets: Black-cowled Saltator, Chapman's Antshrike, Line-cheeked Spinetail, Bay-crowned Brush-finch; Piura Chat-Tyrant joined us for breakfast. We also enjoyed the wonderful landscape! After an early lunch we drove to Jaen (a little bit more than 3 hours driving) with some stops on the way where we successfully hunted down Maranon Thrush. In the late afternoon we stopped in a dry streambed before Jaen but it was shot and we did not see much. Night in Jaen.
June 25th: Jaen 730 mts. We left pre-dawn to a spot on the La Coipa road near Tamborapa. Here we connected with all the Maranon endemics. A co-operative pair of the nominate form of West Peruvian Screech Owl were at breakfast. We spent most of the day here enjoying multiple Maranon Crescentchests, the leucogaster race of Northern Slaty Antshrike, Maranon and Chinchipe Spinetail and even Military Macaw! In the afternoon we went to a spot in the desert near Cayalti. Night in Jaen.
June 26th: Jaen 730 mts. Pre-dawn found us in the desert near Cayalti again. Scub Nightjar was common and after breakfast we found the soon to be split shumbae race of Collared Antshrike and the endemic Little Inca-Finch. We returned to the La Coipa road near Tamborapa for the rest of the day for photography. Night in Jaen.
June 27th: Jaen to Chiclayo and flight to Lima 730 mts. We drove over Porculla pass with a breakfast stop near a rice paddy where a very co-operative Spotted Rail let itself be photographed. We stopped at the pre-Colombian ruins of Tucame and then after a superb traditional lunch of goat and seafood we caught the afternoon flight to Lima.
BIRDLIST
Family: TINAMIDAE (TINAMOUS)
PALE-BROWED TINAMOU- Crypturellus transfasciatus. Heard only, at Quebrada Limon. Tumbezian Endemic.
TATAUPA TINAMOU - Crypturellus tataupa. Heard only. Commonly heard on the La Coipa road.
ANDEAN TINAMOU - Nothoprocta pentlandii. Seen probing and feeding on ant larvae at Casupe – superb views. Named for Joseph Barkley: Pentland Irish traveler and diplomat in Bolivia 1836-1839.
Family: ANATIDAE (DUCKS)
COMB DUCK – Sarkidiornis melanotos. A pair at the Tinajones dam.
CINNAMON TEAL – Anas cyanoptera. Also seen at the Tinajones dam.
WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL - Anas nahamensis. At the Tinajones dam in large numbers.
Family: CRACIDAE (GUANS)
WHITE-WINGED GUAN - Penelope albipennis -. The re-introduced individuals at Chaparri Reserve are very tame around the Chaparri Lodge, even if the birds born in the wild stay away from the lodge. We also had 3 individuals at Quebrada Frijollilo. CRITICALLY ENDANGERED ENDEMIC.
SPECKLED CHACHALACA - Ortalis guttata. Heard only.
Family: PODICIPEDIFORMES (GREBES)
GREAT GREBE – Podiceps major. 2 on Tinajones Dam. Range Restricted.
Family: PELECANIDAE (PELICANS)
PERUVIAN PELICAN - Pelecanus thagus. At Puerto Eten.
Family: ARDEIDAE (HERONS)
STRIATED HERON - Butorides striata. Two seen.
CATTLE EGRET - Bubulcus ibis. Common throughout the trip.
COCOI HERON - Ardea cocoi. Individuals here and here.
GREAT EGRET - Ardea alba. Common throughout the trip.
SNOWY EGRET - Egretta thula. Common.
LITTLE BLUE HERON - Egretta caerulea. Seen at Tinajones dam.
Family: CATHARTIDAE (NEW WORLD VULTURES)
TURKEY VULTURE - Cathartes aura. Common throughout.
BLACK VULTURE - Coragyps atratus. Common throughout.
Family: ACCIPITRIDAE (HAWKS)
PEARL KITE - Gampsonyx swainsonii. One of the most beautiful raptors in South America . Named for English artist, naturalist and collector (1789 – 1855).
SAVANNA HAWK - Buteogalus meridionalis. One seen at the Tinajones dam on our way out of Chaparri Lodge.
ROADSIDE HAWK - Rupornis magnirostris. A few along the La Coipa road.
HARRIS’S HAWK - Parabuteo unicinctus. Seen around Chaparri Lodge. Jaramillo says in his excellent field guide about Birds of Chile: The harrisi group (Harris's Hawk) of the USA to coastal Peru and Ecuador differs consistently in size and plumage features from the more southern and eastern unicinctus group (Bay-winged Hawk). Adults of unicinctus have a more immature-like plumage (neoteny) compared to the more boldly patterned harrisi group. The latter is extremely social, often foraging and breeding in cooperative groups; this behavior is unknown in unicinctus. Ferguson-Lees & Christie (2001) suggest all species status may be warranted for the two. To some extent this may parallel the situation in Crested Caracara, although the division between the two taxa is not in the same geographic area.
BLACK-CHESTED BUZZARD-EAGLE - Geranoaetus melanoleucus. Seen at Abra Porculla.
VARIABLE HAWK - Geranoaetus polyosoma. Common at Abra Porculla. The taxonomy of this group is confusing, and some people try to split it as Puna Hawk B. poecilochrous and Red-backed Hawk B. polyosoma. SACC comment: Farquhar (1988) concluded that Buteo poecilochrous and B. polyosoma are conspecific, as they were formerly treated; he was unable to find any way to reliably diagnose the two forms using plumage characters or measurements. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001), Jaramillo (2003), and Schulenberg et al. (2007) followed this treatment and suggested "Variable Hawk" be retained for the composite species. Genetic data (Riesing et al.2003) are consistent with hypothesis that B. polyosoma and B. poecilochrous are conspecific.
Family: RALLIDAE (RAILS)
SPOTTED RAIL - Pardirallus maculatus. One bird seen well in a paddy field along the road near Chamaya and another near Olmos.
COMMON GALLINULE – Galinula galinata. Along the coast.
ANDEAN COOT – Fulica ardesiaca. Seen at the Tinajones dam and Chaparri Lodge.
Family: BURHINIDAE (THICK-KNEES)
PERUVIAN THICK-KNEE - Burhinus superciliaris. About 6+ seen on our drive to Casupe.
Family: RECURVIROSTRIDAE (STILTS AND AVOCETS)
BLACK-NECKED STILT – Himantopus mexicanus. Common along the coast breeding.
KILLDEER – Charadrius vociferus. 4 at Puerto Eten.
Family: LARIDAE (GULLS)
GRAY-HOODED GULL – Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus. Seen at the Tinajones dam and at Puerto Eten.
GRAY GULL – Leucococephalus modestus. Around 20 at Puerto Eten. Range Restricted.
BELCHER ́S GULL – Larus belcheri. Around 25 at Puerto Eten.
KELP GULL – Larus dominicanus. Around 15 at Puerto Eten.
GULL-BILLED TERN - Gelochelidon nilotica. 2 at Puerto Eten in breeding plumage.
INCA TERN– Larosterna inca. A few offshore a Puerto Eten. Range Restricted.
Family: COLUMBIDAE (PIGEONS)
PERUVIAN PIGEON - Patagioenas oenops. 3 seen after rain on the La Coipa road. VULNERABLE MARANON ENDEMIC.
EARED DOVE - Zenaida auriculata. Common.
WEST PERUVIAN DOVE - Zenaida meloda. Common on the west side of the Andes.
PLAIN-BREASTED GROUND-DOVE - Columbina minuta. A few along the coast.
ECUADORIAN GROUND-DOVE - Columbina buckleyi. 3 in the Jaen area –here the ruddy dorstii subspecies. Named for Col. Charles Buckley US ornithologist and collector in Bolivia and Ecuador 1878. Range Restricted.
CROAKING GROUND-DOVE - Columbina cruziana. Common.
BLUE GROUND-DOVE - Claravis pretiosa. Seen around Jaen.
WHITE-TIPPED DOVE - Leptotila verreauxi. Common throughout the trip. Named for Jules Pierre Verreaux ( 1808- 1873) French natural history dealer and collector.
Family: CUCULIDAE (CUCKOOS)
SQUIRREL CUCKOO - Piaya cayana. 4 along the La Coipa road.
GROOVE-BILLED ANI - Crotophaga sulcirostris. Common on the west slope of the Andes and in the Maranon canyon.
STRIPED CUCKOO - Tapera naevia. Heard only.
Family: STRIGIDAE (OWLS)
WEST PERUVIAN SCREECH-OWL - Megascops roboratus pacific us. Very nice view at Chaparri Lodge. König et al. (1999) suggested that the subspecies pacificus might deserve recognition as a separate species from Megascops roboratus. Range Restricted.
WEST PERUVIAN SCREECH-OWL - Megascops roboratus roberatus. Very nice view along the La Coipa road. Range Restricted.
PERUVIAN PYGMY-OWL - Glaucidium peruanum. Few birds seen at Chaparri, Quebrada Limon.
BURROWING OWL - Athene cunicularia. A couple seen at Tinajones dam.
STRIPED OWL - Pseudoscops clamator. Heard only, at Quebrada Frejollilo. This pacific coastal form probably deserves species rank. Range Restricted.
Family: CAPRIMULGIDAE (NIGHTJARS)
SCRUB NIGHTJAR - Caprimulgus anthonyi. Great looks at multiple birds pre-dawn near Cayalti. Named for Harold E Anthony US zoologist and Curator of mammals at the AMNH. Range Restricted.
COMMON PAURAQUE - Nyctidromus albicollis. Heard only.
Family: APODIDAE (SWIFTS)
CHESTNUT-COLLARED SWIFT - Streptoprocne rutila. One in Quebrada Frejollilo.
WHITE-COLLARED SWIFT - Streptoprocne zonaris. A few.
SHORT-TAILED (TUMBES) SWIFT - Chaetura brachyuran ocypetes. Seen at Quebrada Limon. This form is sometimes split as Tumbes Swift.
WHITE-TIPPED SWIFT - Aeronautes montivagus andecolus. One at Abra Porculla.
Family: TROCHILIDAE (HUMMINGBIRDS)
GRAY-CHINNED HERMIT - Phaethornis griseagularis porcullae. One seen well feeding on at Abra Porculla and a couple in the Maranon canyon.
SPARKLING VIOLETEAR - Colibri coruscans. Fairly common at Abra Porculla.
TUMBES HUMMINGBIRD - Leucippus baeri. Excellent views on the east slope and along the coast . Named for G. A Baer (1839-1918) French naturalist and collector in Peru and Brazil). TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
SPOT-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD - Leucippus taczanowskii. Great views near Jaen. Named for the prolific Wladislaw Taczanowski Polish ornithologist and collector in Peru. MARANON ENDEMIC.
ANDEAN EMERALD - Amazilia franciae. Seen daily near Jaen.
AMAZILIA HUMMINGBIRD – Amazilia amazilia. Common.
BLACK-TAILED TRAINBEARER - Lesbia victoriae. 2 at Abra Porculla. Named for Victoire Mulsant mother of French ornithologist Martial Mulsant.
LONG-BILLED STARTHROAT - Heliomaster longirostris. 4 seen in total.
PURPLE-COLLARED WOODSTAR - Myrtis fanny. Common at Chaparri Lodge and one at Abra Porculla. Named for Francis (fanny) Wilson, wife of collector Edward Wilson.
SHORT-TAILED WOODSTAR – Myrmia micrura. Seen everyday around Chaparri Reserve and around Quebrada Limon. Range Restricted.
WHITE-BELLIED WOODSTAR - Chaetocercus mulsant. Seen at Abra Porculla.
Family: TROGONIDAE (TROGONS)
ECUADORIAN TROGON – Trogon mesurus. One seen very well at Casupe.
Family: ALCEDINIDAE (KINGFISHERS)
RINGED KINGFISHER - Megaceryle torquata. Twice seen.
GREEN KINGFISHER - Chloroceryle Americana. 2 along the coast.
Family: PICIDAE (WOODPECKERS)
ECUADORIAN PICULET - Picumnus sclateri. Great looks at Casupe, Quebrada Frillolio and more. Named for English ornithologist and collector Edward Lutley Sclater (1829-1913). TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
SCARLET-BACKED WOODPECKER - Veniliornis callonotus. Common at the beginning of the trip; Chaparri Reserve, Quebrada Limon, Jaen. Range Restricted.
GOLDEN-OLIVE WOODPECKER - Colaptes rubiginosus. Excellent views at Batan Grande and Quebrada Limon-here the strange looking rubipileus form.
Family: FALCONIDAE (FALCONS)
CRESTED CARACARA - Caracara cheriway. 2 seen on our way to Olmos and another one at Quebrada Limon. SACC comment: Caracara cheriway and C. plancus (Southern Caracara) were formerly considered conspecific (e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1949, Phelps & Phelps 1958a), sometimes also including C. lutosus of Guadalupe Island (e.g., Meyer de Schauensee 1970, Stresemann and Amadon 1979), but the ranges of cheriway and plancus are nearly parapatric with no sign of intergradations, contrary to earlier interpretations; they constitute a super species. The three forms had previously been considered separate species by Pinto (1938), and Friedmann (1950).
LAUGHING FALCON - Herpetotheres cachinnans. One bird seen aliong the La Coipa road.
AMERICAN KESTREL - Falco sparverius. A few individuals.
Family: PSITTACIDAE (PARROTS)
PACIFIC PARROTLET - Forpus coelestis. Very common on the west side of the Andes and in the lower part of the Maranon drainage. Range Restricted.
RED-MASKED PARAKEET – Psitticara erythrogenys. Seen at the Chaparri Reserve and very common at Quebrada Frijollilo. Also in the Maranon. Range Restricted.
MILITARY MACAW - Ara militaris. Seen along the La Coipa road.
Family: THAMNOPHILIDAE (ANTBIRDS)
COLLARED ANTSHRIKE -Thamnophilus bernardi. Fairly common at Chaparri Reserve and Quebrada. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
COLLARED ANTSHRIKE – Thamnophilus bernaardi shumbae. Seen well in the Maranon desert. This is in the process
of being split from the former species. Range Restricted.
CHAPMAN'S ANTSHRIKE - Thamnophilus zarumae. We had excellent views of a pair at the Porculla pass. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
NORTHERN [MARANON] SLATY-ANTSHRIKE -Thamnophilus punctatus leucogaster. Fairly common near Jaen. Ridgely & Greenfield recognized leucogaster of the Marañon Valley as a separate species from huallagae of the Huallaga Valley; this taxon was tentatively retained as a subspecies of T. punctatus by Isler, et al. (1997), with further evidence confirming subspecies status presented by Isler, Walker et al. (2001). MARANON ENDEMIC.
LINED ANTSHRIKE - Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus. Stunning views of a male along the La Coipa road.
Family: MELANOPAREIIDAE (CRESCENTCHESTS)
ELEGANT CRESCENTCHEST - Melanopareia elegans. Two seen very well at the Chaparri Reserve, and also at Porculla pass. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
MARAÑON CRESCENTCHEST - Melanopareia maranonica. Good views along the La Coipa road. Definitely one of the most beautiful birds of the trip!! MARANON ENDEMIC.
Family: GRALLARIIDAE (ANTPITTAS)
CHESTNUT-CROWNED ANTPITTA - Grallaria ruficapilla. Heard only, at Casupe and Abra Porculla.
Family: FURNARIIDAE (OVENBIRDS)
STREAK-HEADED WOODCREEPER - Lepidocolaptes souleyetii. Fairly common at Bosque de Pomac, and another one on our way to Quebrada Limon.
PACIFIC HORNERO - Furnarius cinnamomeus. Very common the first few days of the trip, and in the middle Maranon; these ones belong to the cinnamomeus subspecies and are often considered as a valid species. SACC comments: The subspecies cinnamomeus of W. Ecuador and NW. Peru may deserve recognition as a separate species from F. leucopus (Ridgely & Tudor 1994) and was treated as such by Parker & Carr (1992) and Ridgely & Greenfield (2001). The subspecies longirostris was also treated as a separate species by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Hilty (2003). Although vocal and behavioral differences have been reported, no real analysis has been published to support these splits. SACC proposal to elevate cinnamomeus to species rank did not pass because of insufficient published data. IOC Splits. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
WREN-LIKE RUSHBIRD - Phleocryptes melanops. Heard only, at Puerto Eten.
[MARANON] RUFOUS-FRONTED THORNBIRD - Phacellodomus rufifrons. Several good sightings during the trip; Here the Sub-species peruvianus sometimes referred to a distinct species. SACC comments: Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered northern inornatus (with Castillo) a separate species from Phacellodomus rufifrons, and this was followed by Hilty (2003); vocalizations are reported to differ, but no analysis or data have been published. SACC proposal to recognize inornatus as separate species did not pass because of insufficient published data. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) also suggested that the subspecies peruvianus of the Marañon valley deserved recognition as a separate species. MARANON ENDEMIC.
HENNA-HOODED FOLIAGE-GLEANER - Clibanornis erythrocephalus. Great looks of two individuals at Casupe and heard at Abra Porculla. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
RUFOUS-NECKED FOLIAGE –GLEANER - Syndactyla ruficollis. Heard only, at Casupe and Abra Porculla. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
LINE-CHEEKED SPINETAIL - Cranioleuca antisiensis. A couple seen well at Abra Porculla.
MARANON SPINETAIL - Synallaxis maranonica. Surprisingly common this year along the La Coipa road. MARANON ENDEMIC.
NECKLACED SPINETAIL - Synallaxis stictothorax. Common at Chaparri and Quebrada Limon; These belong to the maculata subspecies. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
[CHINCHIPE SPINETAIL]- Synallaxis stictothorax chinchipensis. Seen very well around Jaen; this sub-species may be a forthcoming split. SACC comment: Ridgely & Tudor (1994) and Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered the upper Marañon population chinchipensis as a separate species, but no analysis or data published. SACC proposal to elevate chinchipensis to species rank did not pass because of insufficient published data. MARANON ENDEMIC.
Family: TYRANNIDAE (TYRANT FLYCATCHERS)
PACIFIC ELAENIA - Myiopagis subplacens. Common at Casupe. Range Restricted.
YELLOW-BELLIED ELAENIA - Elaenia flavogaster. A couple near Jaen.
LESSER ELAENIA. Comon along the La Coipa road.
SOUTHERN BEARDLESS-TYRANNULET Camptostoma obsoletum. A common bird seen several times during the trip.
TUMBESIAN TYRANNULET - Phaeomyias tumbezana. Fairly common the first days at Chaparri Lodge and around Olmos. Ridgely & Tudor (1994) noted that vocal differences suggest that Phaeomyias murina might consist of more than one species. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered the subspecies tumbezana (with inflava and maranonica) of southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru to represent a separate species based on differences in vocalizations. Range Restricted.
TAWNY-CROWNED PYGMY-TYRANT - Euscarthmus meloryphus. Seen several times and common vocally.
GRAY-AND-WHITE TYRANNULET Pseudelaenia leucospodia. Commonly seen. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
COMMON TODY-FLYCATCHER - Todirostrum cinereum. A few seen througout the trip.
YELLOW-BILLED TIT-TYTANT - Anairetes flavirostris. Heard only.
YELLOW-OLIVE TOLMOMYIAS – Tolmomyias sulphurescens aequatorialis. Heard only. A couple heard along the La Coipa road.
BRAN-COLORED FLYCATCHER - Myiophobus fasciatus crypterythrus. One bird seen at Chaparri Reserve.
[TUMBES] TROPICAL PEWEE - Contopus cinereus punensis. Seen at Chaparri and Quebrada Limon; All of them belonging to the punensis subspecies. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered the subspecies punensis of southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru to represent a separate species from Contopus cinereus based on vocal differences.
VERMILION FLYCATCHER - Pyrocephalus rubinus. Particularly common in the dry areas like Chaparri Reserve, Marañon canyon.
PIURA CHAT-TYRANT - Ochthoeca piurae. One seen well at the Porculla pass for breakfast. ENDEMIC.
TUMBES TYRANT - Tumbezia salvini. One of the most beautiful flycatchers of the trip; seen very well at 3 locations. Named for Osbert Salvini English ornithologist and curator of Cambridge museum ( 1835-1898). TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
SHORT-TAILED FIELD-TYRANT - Muscigralla brevicauda. A few. Range Restricted.
RUFOUS FLYCATCHER - Myiarchus semirufus. Two individuals seen really well at Pomac forest and one at Naupe. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
SOOTY-CROWNED FLYCATCHER - Myiarchus phaeocephalus. Seen along the La Coipa road here the subspecies interior. Range Restricted.
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER - Myiarchus tuberculifer. Heard only.
BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER - Myiarchus tyrannulus. Good views in the Maranon.
TROPICAL KINGBIRD - Tyrannus melancholicus. Very common.
BAIRD'S FLYCATCHER - Myiodynastes bairdii. Several sightings especially at Quebrada Limon. Named for Spencer Fullerton Baird US ornithologist and assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institute. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
Family: COTINGIDAE (COTINGAS)
PERUVIAN PLANTCUTTER - Phytotoma raimondii. Great looks at 4 at Naupe. Named for Antonio Raimondi (1825-1890) Italian naturalist and explorer in Peru. ENDEMIC.
Family: TITYRIDAE (TITYRAS)
BLACK-AND-WHITE BECARD - Pachyramphus albogriseus. Seen on consecutive days along the La Coipa road.
YELLOW-CHEEKED BECARD – Pachyramphus xanthogenys. Two pair seen on consecutive days along the La Coipa road.
Family: VIREONIDAE (VIREOS)
RUFOUS-BROWED PEPPERSHRIKE - Cyclarhis gujanensis. Several encounters during the trip.
[CHIVI] RED-EYED VIREO - Vireo olivaceus (chivi). Seen along the La Coipa road. Some classifications (e.g., Pinto 1944) have considered the South American chivi group as a separate species ("Chivi Vireo") from V. olivaceus, or as conspecific with V. flavoviridis (Hamilton 1962). Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) suggested, however, that more than one species may be involved within the South American chivi group.
WHITE-TAILED JAY - Cyanocorax mystacalis. Several sightings around Chaparri Reserve and Quebrada Frijillio. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
[INCA] GREEN JAY - Cyanocorax yncas. Fairly common, seen twice throughout the trip. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Hilty (2003) treated Middle American populations as a separate species, C. luxosus ("Green Jay") from South American C. yncas ("Inca Jay"), but no data presented; they were formerly considered separate species.
Family: HIRUNDINIDAE (SWALLOWS)
GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN - Progne chalybea. Common mily: HIRUNDINIDAE (SWALLOWS)
on the coast.
BLUE-AND-WHITE SWALLOW - Pygochelidon cyanoleuca. Very common.
TUMBES SWALLOW - Tachycineta stolzmanni. A few seen at Batan Grande and a nest found in an old Carob tree. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
CHESTNUT-COLLARED SWALLOW - Petrochelidon rufocollaris. One seen near Chaparrri. Range Restricted.
Family: TROGLODYTIDAE (WRENS)
FASCIATED WREN - Campylorhynchus fasciatus. Very common around the Chaparri Reserve and also in the Maranon.
SPECKLE-BREASTED WREN - Thryothorus sclateri paucimaculatus. Very nice views at Casupe and Quebrada Frejollilo.
SPECKLE-BREASTED WREN - Thryothorus sclateri sclateri. Seen well in the Maranon. MARANON ENDEMIC.
SUPERCILIATED WREN - Thryothorus superciliaris. Fairly common. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
Family: POLIOPTILIDAE (GNATCATCHERS)
TROPICAL GNATCATCHER - Polioptila plumbea. Many seen the first 4 days of the trip, belonging here to the Tumbesian bilineata subspecies.
[MARANON] TROPICAL GNATCATCHER - Polioptila plumbea maior. Seen in the Marañon canyon. Polioptila plumbea likely includes several species (Atwood and Lerman 2006). The subspecies maior of the Marañon Valley (treated as a separate species by Hellmayr 1934) and the bilineata group of northern South American and Middle America may each warrant species recognition, but a published analysis is lacking (Ridgely & Tudor 1989). Even within populations east of the Andes, vocal differences suggest that more than one species is involved (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, Hilty 2003). MARANON ENDEMIC.
Family: TURDIDAE (THRUSHES)
CHIGUANCO THRUSH - Turdus chiguanco. A couple seen at Abra Porculla.
PLUMBEOUS-BACKED THRUSH - Turdus reevei. Fairly Common. Named for J. P Reeve US collector in Ecuador. Range Restricted.
MARAÑON THRUSH -Turdus maranonicus. Excellent view along the La Coipa road and one on the drive to Jaen. MARANON ENDEMIC.
Family: MIMIDAE (MOCKINGBIRDS)
LONG-TAILED MOCKINGBIRD - Mimus longicaudatus. Very common on the west slope of the Andes and in the Maranon drainage.
Family: THRAUPIDAE (TANAGERS)
BUFF-BELLIED TANAGER -Thlypopsis inornata. 4 seen along the La Coipa road. MARANON ENDEMIC.
RUFOUS-CHESTED TANAGER -Thlypopsis ornata. 2 at Abra Porculla.
BLUE-GRAY TANAGER -Thraupis episcopus. Common.
FAWN-BREASTED TANAGER – Pipraeidea melanonota. Nice view at Abra Porculla.
BLUE AND BLACK TANAGER - Tangara vassorii. One at Abra Porculla was a surprise.
SILVERY TANAGER -Tangara viridicollis. One with the former at Abra Porculla.
CINEREOUS CONEBILL - Conirostrum cinereum. Seen at Abra Porculla and Batan Grande.
WHITE-SIDED FLOWERPIERCER - Diglossa albilatera. Seen once at Abra Porculla.
CINEREOUS FINCH - Piezorhina cinerea. Excellent views at Chaparri and also around the Tinajones dam. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
LITTLE INCA-FINCH - Incaspiza watkinsi. What a beautiful little bird! Several near Cayalti. Named for Charles Watkins English collector in Peru ( fl 1912). ENDEMIC.
COLLARED WARBLING-FINCH - Poospiza hispaniolensis. Several seen the first 3 days of the trip. Range Restricted.
SAFFRON FINCH - Sicalis flaveola. Common.
SULPHUR-THROATED FINCH - Sicalis taczanowskii. Good views at Chaparri where we found nice flocks at the water seep. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
ASH-BREASTED SIERRA-FINCH - Phrygilus plebejus. Several of them at the Porculla pass and in the Guan canyons here the ocularis form.
BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT - Volatinia jacarina. Seen around Jaen.
BLACK-AND-WHITE SEEDEATER – Sporophila luctuosa. Seen near Abra Porculla.
PARROT-BILLED SEEDEATER - Sporophila peruviana. Seen in two consecutive days around Chaparri Reserve. Range Restricted.
DRAB SEEDEATER - Sporophila simplex. Seen first around Chaparri Reserve and also near Jaen. Range Restricted.
CHESTNUT-THROATED SEEDEATER – Sporophila telasco. Seen in the rice fields of the Maranon.
RED-CRESTED FINCH - Coryphospingus cucullatus. Seen near Jaen and Cayalti.
BANANAQUIT - Coereba flaveola. Common.
DULL-COLORED GRASSQUIT - Tiaris obscurus. Common in the Maranon canyon.
INCERTAE SEDIS
BLACK-COWLED SALTATOR - Saltator nigriceps. Very good views of two birds at the Porculla pass and one at Casupe. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
STREAKED SALTATOR - Saltator striatipectus. Common on the coast (un-streaked race) and around Jaen (streaked race).
Family: EMBERIZIDAE (SPARROWS)
RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW - Zonotrichia capensis. Very common.
TUMBES SPARROW - Rhynchospiza stolzmanni. Common at Chaparri Reserve. Named for Jan Sztoleman another Polish collector and zoologist in Peru 1875- 1883. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
BLACK-CAPPED SPARROW - Arremon abeillei abeillei. Seen well at Casupe and Quebrada Friollilo. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
BLACK-CAPPED SPARROW - Arremon abeillei nigriceps. Some seen on the road to La Coipa here with a green mantle. MARANON ENDEMIC.
BAY-CROWNED BRUSH-FINCH - Atlapetes seebohmi. Common at Porculla pass. Range Restricted.
WHITE-WINGED BRUSH-FINCH – Atlapetes leucopterus. Common at Porculla pass, Casupe and Quebrada Frijollilo. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
WHITE-HEADED BRUSH-FINCH - Atlapetes albiceps. Seen several times at Chaparri at the feeders. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
Family: CARDINALIDAE (CARDINAL GROSBEAKS)
BLOOD RED TANAGER – Piranga lutea. One seen at Quebrada Limon. Meyer de Schauensee (1966) and Ridgely & Tudor (1989) proposed that this species probably consists of two or three separate species; two occur in South America: nominate flava of southern and eastern South America, and the lutea group of the Andes region (and also Panama and Costa Rica). See Zimmer (1929) concerning earlier claims of sympatric between flava and lutea. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) treated the three groups as separate species. Haverschmidt and Mees (1994) treated the subspecies haemalea of the Tepuis as a separate species from P. flava based on habitat differences. Piranga lutea is split from P. hepatica (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, Burns et al 2003); SACC needs proposal; revisit English name.
GOLDEN GROSBEAK - Pheucticus chrysogaster. A common bird seen several times during the trip.
Family: PARULIDAE (WOOD-WARBLERS)
TROPICAL PARULA - Setophaga pitiayumi. Several sightings during the trip.
GRAY-AND-GOLD WARBLER - Myiothlypis fraseri. Nice views of this pretty warbler at Casupe. Named for Louis Fraser English natural history dealer and curator of the Knowlsely collection (1819-1883). TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
THREE-BANDED WARBLER - Basileuterus trifasciatus. Very nice view at the Porculla pass. TUMBEZIAN ENDEMIC.
Family: ICTERIDAE (BLACKBIRDS)
YELLOW-TAILED ORIOLE - Icterus mesomelas. On the La Coipa road.
WHITE-EDGED ORIOLE - Icterus graceannae. Seen several times. Range Restricted.
SCRUB BLACKBIRD - Dives warszewiczi. Common west of the Andes.
SHINY COWBIRD - Molothrus bonariensis. Small groups here and there.
PERUVIAN MEADOWLARK - Sturnella bellicosa. Seen at Chaparri, Quebrada Limon and around Jaen.
Family: FRINGILLIDAE (FINCHES)
PURPLE-THROATED EUPHONIA - Euphonia chlorotica. Fairly common the Maranon Canyon.
THICK-BILLED EUPHONIA - Euphonia laniirostris. Fairly common.
HOODED SISKIN - Carduelis magellanica. Fairly common, seen on three different days during the trip.
Family: PASSERIDAE (OLD WORLD SPARROWS)
HOUSE SPARROW - Passer domesticus. Seen in Jaen.