ITINERARY
Aug 2nd : Arival in Lima and overnight.
Aug 3rd: Morning out to Villa Marsh which was closed a it opens late on Sundays, so that is why we ended up birding at San Pedro beach first and after that we returned to Villa marsh where we saw some good birds like Peruvian Thick-knee. We then we went to Pucusana fishing port where we took a two hour boat trip round the bay finding 2 Humboldt Penguins swimming and giving good views. After the boat trip we had a great lunch at Pucusana and headed back to our Hotel in Miraflores with a few birding stops-around San Pedro two more Peruvian Thick-knees posed for great photos. Night at Casa Andina Centro Miraflores.
Aug 4th: Morning flight to Cusco and straight out to Huacarpay Lakes with picnic lunch and then onto Ollantaytambo, where on our way we got great views of the endemic Bearded Mountaineer (around Pisac). Night at Ollantaytambo at the Pakaritampu Hotel.
Aug 5th: Ollantaytambo to Aguas Caliente where we met Vilma our cultural guide who took us to the bus station where after a long wait in the line we got to one of the seven wonders of the world, Macch Picchu and Vilma took us on the wonderful 2 hours tour then a great buffet lunch at the Sanctuary Hotel restaurant. After lunch we went to see the endemic Inca Wren and it behaved very well and after seeing this beautiful bird we took the bus down the road. We got off the bus a few bends before the Urubamba River where we had great afternoon birding all the way back to our Hotel. Night at Aguas Caliente at the El Mapi Hotel.
Aug 6th: Machu-Picchu to Cusco via Ollantaytambo train station, with a birding morning around Puente Ruinas and along the Urubamba River; after birding and lunch at the Indio Feliz restaurant there was a little bit of free time for some shopping and in the late afternoon we took our train back to Cusco via Ollantaytambo train station. Night in Cusco at the Casa Andina Plaza Hotel.
Aug 7th: Early start from Cusco over the eastern range of the Andes via Huancarani (highest point 3800 meters), with several birding stops along the way like right before Huancarani for the Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch and farther on where we found the Slender-billed Miner and Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant and then we drove straight to Cock of the Rock Lodge with almost no stops for more birding because it started to rain before we got to Acjanaco the pass and it kept raining until the Lodge. We even had a landslide above Rocotal were we got stuck for more than one hour. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Aug 8th: Full day at Cock of the Rock Lodge. The morning we spent birding just around the Lodge and in the afternoon we birded up and down the road and in the late afternoon up the road to the (Lyre-tailed Nightjar 1700 mts) spot; where we had a fantastic views of the Lyre-tailed Nightjar. We then continued to the Lodge. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Aug 9th: Cock of the Rock Lodge to Manu Wildlife Center where we didn’t have much time for birding along the way to Atalaya, but we did manage to do some....and we had a long but nice boat ride to Manu Wildlife Center along the Madre de Dios River. Night at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Aug 10th: Full day at MWC – AM - early morning to the canopy platform and after a few hours we went down to the collpa trail, and in the afternoon to the GRID trail system. Night at Manu Wildlife Center.
Aug 11th: Full day at MWC – AM – to the Blanquillo macaw clay lick....there all morning and in the afternoon we went to the Tapir clay lick birding slowly our way in and owling our way back late at night after seen one tapir. Night at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Aug 12th: Full day at MWC: In the morning we visited the Cocha Blanco and Antthrush trail on our way back to the Lodge; and in the afternoon we went to the Riverside trail. Night at MWC.
Aug 13th: Full day at MWC. This day we had to split the group because we had someone that couldn`t go the first day to the macaw clay lick so this was her opportunity and ....I took this little group to the Blanquillo clay lick and Roy had to take the rest of the people to the MWC canopy platform; and my group saw a Jaguar at the macaw clay lick. Amazing!!!!! And in the afternoon a few people joined me to the Riverside trail again where finally saw the Amazonian Antpitta. Night at Manu Wildlife centre.
Aug 14th: Boat ride from Manu Wildlife Center to Puerto Maldonado via Boca Colorado (gold mining town) where we took cars to go to Puerto Carlos and then we took a short boat ride to cross the Inambari River and from the other side we took a bus to go to Puerto Maldonado, with lunch on the highway and a little bit of birding at the Restaurant trail where we saw Fiery-capped Manakin, Striated Antbird, Sulphury Flycatcher, Neotropical Palm Swift nesting and few others and then we continued to Puerto Maldonado with one more stop at Km 13 for Point-tailed Palmcreeper. Night in Puerto Maldonado at Cabaña Quinta Hotel.
Aug 15th: Early birding morning outside of Puerto Maldonado to Pastora port and the highway up to km 7 then back to the Hotel for late breakfast and after breakfast we went to the Airport to take our afternoon flight to Lima and connections home.
THE BIRDLIST
SCREAMERS
Horned Screamer - Anhima cornuta. Great views of this stunning bird; first time along the Madre de Dios River on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center from Atalaya and also better views at Cocha Blanco around Manu Wildlife Centre.
DUCKS
Orinoco Goose - Neochen jubata. Three different encounters in the lowland; first time along the Madre de Dios River on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center from Atalaya and twice around Manu Wildlife Center. This bird has two main populations – The Manu River and the Orinoco Delta. The Manu birds migrate to Beni in Bolivia when the river rises and are under threat from hunting on their wintering grounds.
Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata. Quite common Duck in the Lowland rainforest; seen at Cocha Blanco.
Torrent Duck - Merganetta armata. Amazing birds! Seen on our way in and out to Machu-Picchu from the train on the Urubamba River and scope views from the road on our walk from and to Puente Ruinas below Machu-Picchu.
Yellow-billed (Speckled) Teal - Anas flavirostris. Common at Huacarpay Lakes; The SACC says “Hellmayr & Conover (1948a) and many earlier classifications treated andium (Andean Teal) as a separate species from A. flavirostris. Many Authors, from Meyer de Schauensee (1970) to Dickinson (2003), have treated andium as a subspecies of A. flavirostris. Anas andium was considered a separate species from Anas flavirostris by Ridgely et al. (2001), and this was followed by Hilty (2003). SACC proposal passed to recognize andium as separate species. Jaramillo (2003) further suggested that the subspecies oxyptera may also deserve recognition as a separate species from A. flavirostris.
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica. Quite common, also seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
White-cheeked Pintail - Anas bahamensis. Very nice views at San Pedro beach outside of Lima.
Puna Teal - Anas puna. Common at Huacarpay Lakes.
Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanopteras. Seen at the small lagoon of San Pedro beach outside of Lima.
Ruddy (Andean) Duck - Oxyura (ferruginea) jamaicensis. Common at Huacarpay Lakes; The SACC says “Andean populations of Ruddy Duck O. jamaicensis have often (e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1948a, Siegfried 1976, Sibley & Ahlquist 1990, AOU 1998, Ridgely et al. 2001, Jaramillo 2003) been treated as a separate species, O. ferruginea ("Andean Duck" or "Andean Ruddy-Duck"). However, see Adams and Slavid (1984), Fjeldså (1986), and McCracken & Sorenson (2005) for rationale for treating them as conspecific, as done previously (e.g., Blake 1977, Johnsgard 1979), and then followed by Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990) and Carboneras (1992f). Siegfried (1976) and Livezey (1995) considered ferruginea to be more closely related to O. vittata than to O. jamaicensis, but McCracken & Sorenson (2005) showed that this is incorrect.” However the IOC says “Oxyura ferruginea is split from O. jamaicensis (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001; Jaramillo 2003); IOC recognize; SACC does not.
CHACHALACA, CURRASOWS AND GUANS
Andean Guan - Penelope montagnii. Seen around Puente Ruinas below Machu-Picchu. In Greek mythology Penelope was daughter of Icarus and wife of Ulysses, King of Ithaca.
Spix’s Guan - Penelope jacquacu. Seen around Manu Wildlife Center. Named for the German naturalist and collector in Brazil (1781-1826) Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix.
Blue-throated Piping-Guan - Pipile cumanensis. Another common Guan in the Amazonian Lowland rainforest, seen Manu Wildlife Center. VULNERABLE.
Speckled Chachalaca - Ortalis guttata. Common in more lightly wooded and forest edge areas in the lowlands, seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge, Manu Wildlife Center and around Puerto Maldonado.
PENGUINS
Humboldt Penguin - Spheniscus humbolti. Very nice views of a couple at Pucusana fishing port and one more at Villa marsh off shore. VULNERABLE.
GREBES
White-tufted Grebe - Rollandia rolland. Great views at Villa marshes. Named for Master Gunner Roland of the French Corvette L’Uranie which circumnavigated the globe in 1817-1820.
Least Grebe - Tachybaptus dominicus. Seen very nicely at Cocha Blanco around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps. Good views at Villa marshes outside of Lima.
Great Grebe – Podiceps major. Another beautiful Grebe seen at Villa marshes.
STORKS
Wood Stork – Mycteria americana. Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Centre.
IBIS
Andean Ibis - Theristicus branickii. Surprisingly one seen before Huancarani where we saw the Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch, on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge from Cusco.
HERONS AND BITTERNS
Striated Heron - Butorides striatus. Seen at Cocha Blanco Ox-bow lakes around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis. Common.
Cocoi Heron - Ardea cocoi. Common in the Manu Lowlands.
Great Egret - Ardea albus. Common.
Capped Heron - Pilherodius pileatus. Seen several times along the Madre de Dios River around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula. Common.
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea. Seen at Villa marshes and in the Manu lowland along the Madre de Dios River.
PELICANS
Peruvian Pelican – Pelecanus thagus. Wonderful views at Pucusana fishing port outside of Lima.
BOOBIES
Peruvian Booby – Sula variegata. Also seen at Pucusana fishing port outside of Lima.
CORMORANTS
Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus. Common in the Amazonian lowlands but also seen at Pucusana.
Guanay Cormorant – Phalacrocorax bougainvillii. Amazing views at Pucusana.
Red-legged Cormorant – Phalacrocorax gaimardi. Also seen at Pucusana.
DARTERS
Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga. Seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake - around Manu Wildlife Centre.
AMERCAN VULTURES
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus. Common.
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura. Common; Jaramillo (2003) suggested that the resident tropical subspecies ruficollis and the southern subspecies group (jota and "falklandica") might merit recognition as separate species from the northern Cathartes aura group.
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture - Cathartes melambrotus. Common in the Manu lowlands.
King Vulture - Sarcoramphus papa. Seen on three different occasions in the Lowland rainforest.
OSPREYS
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus. One seen along the Madre de Dios River on our way down to Boca Colorado, the day we were going to Puerto Maldonado.
KITES, HAWKS AND EAGLES
Gray-headed Kite - Leptodon cayanensis. One seen from the catamaran at Cocha Blanco – soaring up in the sky.
Swallow-tailed Kite - Elanoides forficatus. Seen from the boat on our way to Boca Colorado from Manu Wildlife Centre.
White-tailed Kite - Elanus leucurus. A recent colonizer to Peru, one seen along the Trans-Oceanic highway near Puerto Maldonado on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
Plumbeous Kite - Ictinia plumbea. Common in the Manu Lowlands.
Crane Hawk - Geranospiza caerulescens. Seen on three different occasions in the Manu lowlands along the riverbank.
Slate-colored Hawk - Buteogallus schistacea. One seen at Cocha Blanco around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Great Black Hawk - Buteogallus urbitinga. One seen along the Alto Madre de Dios River on our way down to Manu Wildlife Centre.
Harris’s Hawk - Parabuteo unicinctus. One seen at Villa marshes outside of Lima.
Black-collared Hawk - Busarellus nigricollis. Very nice view at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes.
Variable Hawk - Geranoaetus polyosoma. Seen on three consecutive days around the Andes.
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle - Geranoaetus melanoleucus. One seen in the higher mountains on our way to Ollantaytambo from Cusco.
Roadside Hawk – Rupornis magnirostris. Common.
Short-tailed Hawk - Buteo brachyurus. One seen at Cocha Blanco.
Zone-tailed Hawk – Buteo albonutatus. One seen from the boat on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center from Atalaya.
SUNBITTERNS
Sunbittern - Eurypyga helias. Seen twice at Blanquillo macaw clay lick and another one at Cocha Blanco.
SUNGREBE
Sungrebe - Heliornis fulica. Great views at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes around Manu Wildlife Centre.
RAILS & CRAKES
Gray-necked Wood-Rail - Aramides cajanea. Heard only.
Gray-breasted Crake - Laterallus exilis. Heard only.
Black-banded Crake – Anurolimnas fasciatus. Seen very well at La Pastora port outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Plumbeous Rail - Pardirallus sanguinolentus. Heard only.
Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinicus. Fairly common at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lake.
Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata. Common at Villa marshes and Huacarpay lakes. Note that the New World form has been split from the Common Moorhen of Eurasia. Common Gallinule of Western Hemisphere is split from Common Moorhen on the basis of morphological, genetic, and vocal differences (Groenenberg et al 2008).
Andean (Slate-colored) Coot - Fulica ardesiaca. Common at Villa marshes and Huacarpay lakes; Called "Andean Coot" in Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990), Taylor (1996), and Ridgely et al. (2001) but other authors use Slate-colored.
LIMPKIN
Limpkin - Aramus guarauna. Seen at Cocha Blanco Ox-bow Lake.
THICK-KNEES
Peruvian Thick-knee - Burhinus superciliaris. It took me a little while to find one at Villa marshes, but in the end on our way back to the Hotel from Pucusana I found 4 more where we had great views including pictures.
OYSTERCATCHERS
American Oystercatcher – Haematopus palliatus. Nicely seen at Villa marshes by the shore.
Blackish Oystercatcher – Haematopus ater. Seen at Pucusana fishing port.
STILTS
Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus. Seen at Villa marshes.
PLOVERS
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus. Seen at San Pedro beach outside of Lima.
Collared Plover – Charadrius collaris. Seen once along the Madre de Dios River around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Pied Plover – Hoploxypterus (Vanellus) cayanus. Great views along the Madre de Dios River – a cracker! Called Pied Lapwing (it is clearly not a vanellus!) and formerly in that genus.
Andean Lapwing - Vanellus resplendens. Seen at Huacarpay lakes and also on the Manu road on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge from Cusco.
JACANAS
Wattled Jacana - Jacana jacana. Common on the Oxbow Lakes in Manu, especially at Cocha Blanco.
SANDPIPERS AND SNIPES
Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca. Seen on three occasions along the Madre de Dios River in the Manu Lowlands.
Willet - Tringa semipalmatus. Seen at San Pedro beach outside of Lima.
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularia. Common along the Rivers in the Lowland rainforest.
Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos. One seen along the Madre de Dios River on our way back from Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes.
Pectoral Sandpiper – Calidris melanotus. Also seen at San Pedro beach.
White-rumped Sandpiper – Calidris fuscicollis. A few of them seen at San Pedro beach.
GULLS & TERNS
Belcher`s Gull - Larus belcheri. Very good views at Villa marshes.
Kelp Gull – Larus dominicanus. Very good studies at Villa marshes.
Gray-headed Gull - Chroicocephalu cirrocephalus. Seen at Villa marshes.
Andean Gull - Chroicocephalus serranus. Also seen at Villa marshes and on a few more days around the Andes.
Gray Gull – Leucophaeus modestus. Quite common at Villa Marshes and San Pedro beach.
Franklin’s Gull – Leucophaeus pipixcan. Good views at Villa marshes.
Large-billed Tern - Phaetusa simplex. Quite common in the Manu lowland.
Yellow-billed Tern - Sternula superciliaris. Also common in the lowland rainforest.
Inca Tern – Larosterna inca. Very nice views and great pictures at Pucusana fishing port.
SKIMMERS
Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger. Common in the Manu lowlands.
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Feral Pigeon – Columba livia. What can I say......?
Spot-winged Pigeon - Patagioenas maculosa. Seen near Huancarani on the Manu road on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Pale-vented Pigeon - Patagioenas cayennensis. Common in the Lowlands.
Plumbeous Pigeon - Patagioenas plumbea. Common in the foothills and lowlands.
Ruddy Pigeon - Patagioenas subvinacea. Seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Eared Dove - Zenaida auriculata. Common in the Coast and also in the arid montane forest.
Pacific Dove – Zenaida meloda. Common in the coast, seen around Lima.
Ruddy Ground-Dove - Columbina talpacoti. Seen along the Trans-oceanic highway outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Croaking Ground-Dove - Columbina cruziana. Great views around Lima.
Bare-faced Ground-Dove - Metriopelia ceciliae. Seen around Huacarpay Lakes, and also along the Manu road on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge. Named for Cecile Gautrau daughter of French naturalist Rene Lesson.
White-tipped Dove - Leptotila verreauxi decipiens. Seen around Machu-Picchu and Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Gray-fronted Dove - Leptotila rufaxilla. Quite common in the Lowland seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
CUCKOOS
Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana. Common in the Lowlands.
Little Cuckoo – Coccycua minuta. Great views at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake.
Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani. Common in the open secondary forest in the Lowland rainforest.
HOATZIN
Hoatzin - Opisthocomus hoazin. Noisy and clumsy! Always a pleasure to watch, seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes.
OWLS
Rufescent Screech-Owl - Megascops ingens. Heard only.
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium brasilianum. Very nice view of one individual along the trail to the Blanquillo macaw clay lick on our way back to the River.
POTOOS
Great Potoo - Nyctibius griseus. One seen roosting along the road on the way to Atalaya where we took the boat to Manu Wildlife Centre.
Andean Potoo – Nyctivius maculosus. One seen roosting bellow Rocotal, around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
NIGHTHAWKS & NIGHTJARS
Sand-colored Nighthawk - Chordeiles rupestris. Great looks on the Madre de Dios River where we stopped for great views and pictures; Roosts on sandbars and dead logs in the river.
Pauraque - Nyctidromus albicollis. One seen along the Riverside trail at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Ocellated Poorwill - Nyctiphrynus ocellatus. A nice male one seen along the collpa trail on our way back from the Tapir clay lick at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Silky-tailed Nightjar - Caprimulgus sericocaudatus. Heard only.
Ladder-tailed Nightjar - Hydropsalis climacocerca. One seen along the River bank around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Lyre-tailed Nightjar – Uropsalis lyra. Nice male seen at its usual spot below the mirador, up the road from Cock of the Rock Lodge.
SWIFTS
Chestnut-collared Swift - Streptoprocne rutilus. Seen in the cloud forest and quite common at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-collared Swift - Streptoprocne zonaris. Common.
Pale-rumped Swift – Chaetura agregia. Nice views at Blanquillo macaw clay lick around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Short-tailed Swift - Chaetura brachyura. Seen outside of Puerto Maldonado.
White-tipped Swift - Aeronautes montivagus. Seen at Machu-Picchu.
Andean Swift - Aeronautes andecolus. Seen around Ollantaytambo.
(Neotropical) Fork-tailed Palm Swift – Tachornis squamata. Quite common in the Lowlands, one individual seen nesting by the restaurant on the highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift - Panyptila cayennensis. Seen from the hide at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
HUMMINGBIRDS
Reddish Hermit - Phaethornis ruber. Common at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Sparkling Violet-ear - Colibri coruscans. Common in the humid mountain and cloud forest.
Festive Coquette - Lophornis chalybeus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Wire-crested Thorntail - Discosura popelairii. Seen at Cock of the Rock lodge on the butterfly bushes.
Fork-tailed Woodnymph - Thalurania furcata. Common understory Hummer in the Amazonian lowlands, seen at Manu Wildlife Centre.
White-chinned Sapphire - Hylocharis cyanus. Very good views at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Golden-tailed Sapphire - Chrysuronia oenone. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Many-spotted Hummingbird - Taphrospilus hypostictus. Great views at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Green-and-White Hummingbird - Leucippus viridicauda. Good studies at Machu-Picchu. ENDEMIC.
White-bellied Hummingbird – Leucippus chionogaster. Seen at the Pakaritampu Hotel.
Amazilia Hummingbird – Amazilia amazilia. Nice views around Lima.
Speckled Hummingbird - Adelomyia melanogenys. Seen at Machu-Picchu and also at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Fawn-breasted Brilliant – Heliodoxa rubinoides. An uncommon hummingbird seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri. Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Giant Hummingbird - Patagona gigas. Great views around the garden of the Pakaritampu Hotel and also on the Manu road on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Shining Sunbeam – Aglaeactis cupripennis caumatonotus. Seen on the Manu road on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Great Sapphirewing - Pterophanes cyanopterus. Seen on the Manu road.
Violet-throated Starfrontlet - Coeligena violifer osculans. Seen in the cloud forest on the Manu road on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Booted Racket-tail - Ocreatus underwoodii annae. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge feeders.
Bearded Mountaineer - Oreonympha nobilis. Seen twice throughout the trip; first time seen near Pissac on our way to Ollantaytambo from Cusco and the second one at the beginning of the Manu road on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge. ENDEMIC.
White-bellied Woodstar - Chaetocercus mulsant. Seen around Machu-Picchu and also at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the butterfly bushes.
TROGONS & QUETZALS
Black-tailed Trogon - Trogon melanurus. Seen on two separate days around Manu Wildlife centre.
Collared Trogon – Trogon collaris. Heard only.
Blue-crowned Trogon – Trogon curucui. Quite common Trogon in the Lowlands rainforest – seen on several occasions around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Amazonian Trogon - Trogon ramonianus. Seen around Manu Wildlife Center. The subspecies ramonianus and caligatus were formerly (e.g., Cory 1919, Pinto 1937) considered separate species from Trogon violaceus (Violaceous Trogon) but Peters (1945) considered them all conspecific. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered caligatus (Gartered Trogon) of Middle America and northwestern South America to be a separate species from Trogon violaceus, and this was followed by Hilty (2003); Genetic data (DaCosta & Klicka 2008) indicate that caligatus is basal to a group that includes Amazonian T. violaceus, T. curucui, and T. surrucura (and that Amazonian violaceus may be paraphyletic with respect to the latter two species). SACC proposal was passed to recognize caligatus as a species. SACC proposal passed to recognize ramonianus as a separate species from T. violaceus.
KINGFISHERS
Ringed Kingfisher - Megaceryle torquata. Common in the lowland rainforest; seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lake.
Amazon Kingfisher - Chloroceryle amazona. Common along the rivers and lakes in the lowland rainforest.
Green Kingfisher - Chloroceryle americana. One seen on the little creek in front of the hide at Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Green and Rufous Kingfisher - Chloroceryle inda. Quite good views at Cocha Blanco.
American Pygmy Kingfisher - Chloroceryle aenea. Seen briefly at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes.
MOTMOTS
Andean Motmot – Momotus aequatoriales. Seen on two consecutive days at Machu-Picchu and a few more on the Manu road on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
JACAMARS
Purus Jacamar - Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus. Several of them seen well on Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes and also at La Pastora port outside of Puerto Maldonado. Range Restricted.
White-throated Jacamar - Brachygalba albogularis. Wonderful views at La Pastora port outside of Puerto Maldonado. Range Restricted.
Bluish-fronted Jacamar - Galbula cyanescens. Common in the Amazonian lowlands; seen around Manu Wildlife Centre. Range Restricted.
PUFFBIRDS
Semicollared Puffbird - Malacoptila semicincta. One seen along the trail to the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Black-fronted Nunbird - Monasa nigrifrons. Common in the Lowlands. Monasa is Greek for solitary or a monk a reference to the plain plumage and quiet behavior of the Nunbirds.
White-fronted Nunbird – Monasa morphoeus. Also seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Swallow-winged Puffbird - Chelidoptera tenebrosa. Common along the lowland rivers.
BARBETS
Lemon-throated Barbet – Eubucco richardsoni. A male one seen on the riverside trail at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Versicolored Barbet – Eubucco versicolor. Seen around Puente Ruinas bellow Machu-Picchu.
TOUCANS
Blue-banded Toucanet - Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis. Heard only. Range Restricted.
Curl-crested Aracari - Pteroglossus beauharnaesii. Seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Channel-billed Toucan - Ramphastos vitellinus. Seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus. Seen on three different occasions around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan – Andigena hypoglauca. Stunning views below Wayqecha Biological Station.
WOODPECKERS AND PICULETS
Ocellated Piculet - Picumnus dorbygnianus. Nice views around Puente Ruinas below Machu-Picchu on two different days.
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker - Melanerpes cruentatus. Common Woodpecker in the Lowland rainforest, seen on several occasions around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Little Woodpecker - Veniliornis passerinus. One seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Red-stained Woodpecker - Veniliornis affinis. One seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
White-throated Woodpecker - Piculus leucolaemus. Very nice views from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Golden-olive Woodpecker - Piculus rubiginosus. Quite common in the cloud forest, seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Spot-breasted Woodpecker - Colaptes punctigula. Very nice views at La Pastora port outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Andean Flicker - Colaptes rupicola. Seen in the higher part of the Manu road on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Cream-colored Woodpecker – Celeus flavus. Very beautiful woodpecker seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Lineated Woodpecker - Dryocopus lineatus. Seen on the Manu road before getting to Atalaya on our way to Manu Wildlife Centre.
Red-necked Woodpecker - Campephilus rubricollis. Seen around the GRID trail system at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos. Quite common in the lowland rainforest; seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
FALCONS
Black Caracara - Daptrius ater. Quite common in the Manu lowlands.
Red-throated Caracara - Ibycter americanus. Seen once around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Mountain Caracara - Phalcoboenus megalopterus. Seen in the higher section of the Manu road on our way down to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Southern Caracara - Caracara cheriway. Seen along the trans-oceanic highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
Laughing Falcon - Herpetotheres cachinnans. One seen around Manu Wildlife Center and another one on the highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado, spotted by Kelvin who was really desperate to see one!
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius. Common.
Bat Falcon - Falco rufigularis. One seen on our way to Boca Colorado from Manu Wildlife Centre.
PARROTS
Blue-and-Yellow Macaw - Ara ararauna. Manu is Macaw paradise and these guys flying across the river at dusk in the late afternoon sun were a real treat, seen several days around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao. Less common than the next species but good studies of this species in Manu Lowland.
Red-and-Green Macaw - Ara chloropterus. Star performer at the Macaw Lick – could not be better.
Chestnut-fronted Macaw - Ara severa. Common small Macaw of the lowlands.
Red-bellied Macaw - Orthopsittaca manilata. Likes Mauritia palms, great views outside of Pto. Maldonado Km 13 on the Trans-oceanic highway.
Blue-headed Macaw - Primolius couloni. Scope views near Atalaya community on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center. VULNERABLE.
White-eyed Parakeet - Psittacara leucophthalmus. Common in the Lowland rainforest.
Dusky-headed Parakeet - Aratinga weddellii. Seen at Cocha Blanco ox bow lakes around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Black-capped (Rocked) Parakeet - Pyrrhura rupicola. A few seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Dusky-billed Parrotlet - Forpus sclateri. Another great bird seen at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Pacific Parrotlet - Forpus coelestis. Brief views at San Pedro beach.
Cobalt-winged Parakeet - Brotogeris cyanoptera cyanoptera. Common and noisy in lowland forest.
Tui Parakeet - Brotogeris sanctithomae. Very nice views at Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Amazonian Parrotlet - Nannopsittaca dachilleae. Very good views at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Orange-cheeked Parrot - Pionopsitta barrabandi. Great views at the “Blanquillo” macaw clay lick.
Blue-headed Parrot - Pionus menstruus. Hundreds at the Macaw Lick and a common lowland forest resident.
Yellow-crowned Amazon - Amazona ochrocephala. At the Macaw lick.
Mealy Amazon - Amazona farinosa. Common in the lowlands; Farinosa is Latin for “Sprinkled with Flour” referring to the “dusted” appearance of this Amazon.
ANTBIRDS
Fasciated Antshrike - Cymbilaimus lineatus. One seen on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Bamboo Antshrike – Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae. Great views at La Pastora port outside of Puerto Maldonado. Named after Santa Maria which was the type locality in Bolivia.
Great Antshrike – Taraba major. Also seen at La Pastora outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Barred Antshrike - Thamnophilus doliatus. Nice views also at La Pastora port outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Chestnut-backed Antshrike – Thamnophilus palliatus. Seen on the Manu road below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-shouldered Antshrike - Thamnophilus aethiops. Seen along the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Plain-winged Antshrike - Thamnophilus schistaceus. Common lowland Antshrike seen at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Variable Antshrike - Thamnophilus caerulescens. Seen on two consecutive days at Machu-Picchu.
Spot-winged Antshrike – Pygiptila stellaris. A canopy Antshrike seen on two occasions at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Dusky-throated Antshrike – Thamnomanes ardesiacus. One of the commonest Lowland Antshrikes in the understory mixed-species flocks, seen twice around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Pygmy Antwren – Myrmotherula brachyura. Seen around Amazonia Lodge.
Amazonian-streaked Antwren - Myrmotherula multostriata. Good views at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda. One of the commoner Myrmotherula in the foothills seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Plain-throated Antwren – Isleria hauxwelli. Good views around Manu Wildlife Center. Named for J. Hauxwell English collector in Peru and Brazil the early 1800’s. He has a Thrush named after him as well.
White-flanked Antwren – Myrmotherula axillaris. Fairly common lowland rainforest Antwren, seen on two different days at Manu Wildlife Center. Willis (1984), Ridgely & Tudor (1994), Hilty (2003), and Zimmer & Isler (2003) noted that vocal differences among several subspecies of Myrmotherula axillaris suggest that more than one species is involved.
Long-winged Antwren – Myrmotherula longipennis garbei. Another common lowland rainforest Antwren in the under-story mixed species flocks; seen at MWC.
Gray Antwren – Myrmotherula menetriesii. The commonest Antwren in the understory mixed species flocks in the lowland rainforest, seen twice around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Yellow-breasted Antwren – Herpsilochmus axillaris. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Striated Antbird - Drymophila devillei. Surprisingly seen at the very little patch of bamboo forest of the restaurant where we had lunch along the highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
Yellow-rumped Antwren – Euchrepomis sharpie. One seen briefly below Cock of the Rock Lodge. ENDANGERED, Range Restricted.
Gray Antbird - Cercomacra cinerascens. Good views along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Manu Antbird – Cercomacra Manu. If you are in Manu.....You have to see this bird! Seen on the Antthrush (bamboo) trail around Manu Wildlife Center, one of the bamboo specialists! Range Restricted.
White-browed Antbird – Myrmoborus leucophrys. Common in the Lowland rainforest, seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird - Hypocnemis subflava. Another one seen at the little patch of bamboo forest of the La Collpa restaurant along the highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
Silvered Antbird – Sclateria naevia. Very nice views of male and female at Cocha Blanco.
White-lined Antbird – Percnostola lophotes. Another bamboo specialist! Also seen at the little patch of bamboo forest of La Collpa restaurant. Range just creeps over the border into NW Bolivia. Range Restricted.
Plumbeous Antbird - Myrmeciza hyperythra. Seen around the GRID trail system at Manu Wildlife Centre.
ANTTHRUSHES
Rufous-capped Antthrush – Formicarius colma. Seen on two consecutive days at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Black-faced Antthrush – Formicarius analis. Two seen along the Cocha Blanco trail around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Rufous-fronted Antthrush – Formicarius rufifrons. Heard only. Heard at the little patch of bamboo forest of Riverside trail at Manu Wildlife Centre.
ANTPITTAS
Amazonian Antpitta – Hylopezus berlepschi. After really hard work we finally saw one at the little patch of bamboo forest at Manu Wildlife Centre.
TAPACULOS
Rusty-belted Tapaculo – Liosceles thoracicus. The biggest and easiest one to see, one seen at Manu Wildlife Centre.
OVENBIRDS
Slender-billed Miner – Geositta tenuirostris. Very good views along the Manu road in the higher section.
Long-tailed Woodcreeper - Deconychura longicauda pallida. Heard only.
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper – Glyphorynchus spirurus albigularis. Common in the lowland rainforest.
Long-billed Woodcreeper - Nasica longirostris. Wonderful views just around the garden of Manu Wildlife Centre.
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper - Dendrexetastes rufigula. Seen around the garden of Manu Wildlife Centre.
Black-banded Woodcreeper – Dendrocolaptes picumnus. Seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Elegant Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus elegans jurua. One of the commonest Lowland Woodcreepers in the understory mixed-species flocks; seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Buff-throated Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus guttatus. The commonest lowland rainforest Woodcreeper, seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center. Some authorities consider Buff throated Woodcreeper of SE Brazil as distinct but some authorities consider the reason for splitting weak.
Olive-backed Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus triangularis. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Inambari (Lineated) Woodcreeper – Lepidocolaptes (albolineatus) fatimalimae. Seen from the Canopy platform of Manu Wildlife Center. SACC says: The Amazonian fuscicapillus subspecies group (with madeirae and layardi) was formerly (e.g., Cory & Hellmayr 1925) treated as a separate species from Lepidocolaptes albolineatus, but recent authors have followed Zimmer (1934c) in treating them as conspecific; Hilty (2003) suspected that this treatment will be shown to be correct, and Marantz et al. (2003) suspected that more than one species was involved. Rodrigues et al. (2013) treated all diagnosable taxa in the complex as separate species, but they did not use BSC criteria; they also described a new species, Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae, from southwestern Amazonia. SACC proposal pending.
Red-billed Scythebill– Campylorhamphus trochilirostris. Quite good views along the riverside trail at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes - Cinclodes taczanowskii. Great views at Pucusana fishing port outside of Lima. ENDEMIC.
White-winged Cinclodes - Cinclodes atacamensis. One individual seen from the bridge at Paucartambo town, on our way down to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Pale-legged Hornero - Furnarius leucopus tricolor. Common at Manu Wildlife Center.
Azara’s Spinetail - Synallaxis azarae urubambae. Common in the Manu cloud forest, but also seen at Machu-Picchu.
Dark-breasted Spinetail - Synallaxis albigularis. One seen from the hide at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Plain-crowned Spinetail - Synallaxis gujanensis. Very good views at La Pastora port outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Ash-browed Spinetail – Cranioleuca curtata. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Creamy-crested Spinetail – Cranioleuca albicapilla albicapilla. Very nice views in the humid montane forest, on the Manu road above Paucartambo town. ENDEMIC.
Rusty-fronted Canastero – Asthenes ottonis. Heard only, ENDEMIC.
Streak-fronted Thornbird – Phacellodomus striaticeps. Heard only.
Wren-like Rushbird – Phleocryptes melanops. Great views in the reeds at Huacarpay lakes.
Point-tailed Palmcreeper - Berlepschia rikeri. A wonderful view of one individual at Km 13 near Puerto Maldonado on the Trans – Oceanic highway. Named for Clarence B Riker US collector and ornithologist in Brazil 1884-1887.
Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis. Fairly common in the Cloud forest, seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner – Philydor erythropterum. Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center with canopy mixed-species flocks.
Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner – Automolus infuscatus. Seen briefly around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Rufous-tailed Xenops - Xenops milleri. One seen at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Streaked Xenops – Xinops rutilans. Very good views at Machu-Picchu.
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Streak-necked Flycatcher – Mionectes striaticollis. Quite common in the cloud forest – seen at Machu-Picchu.
Sepia-capped Flycatcher - Leptopogon amaurocephalus. Seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Johannes’s Tody-Tyrant - Hemitriccus iohannis. Great views at La Pastora port, outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Common Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum cinereum. Very good views at Machu-Picchu.
Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Sclater’s Tyrannulet - Phyllomyias sclateri. Quite common at Machu-Picchu.
Ashy-headed Tyrannulet - Phyllomyias cinereiceps. Also seen at Machu-Picchu.
Bolivian Tyrannulet – Zimmerius bolivianus. Good views in the cloud forest, seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
White-bellied Tody-Tyrant – Hemitriccus griseipectus. Seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet – Tyrannulus elatus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center – says “Free Beer”.
Forest Elaenia - Myiopagis gaimardii. Seen around the garden of Manu Wildlife Centre.
White-crested Elaenia – Elaenia albiceps. Seen at Huacarpay lakes.
Small-billed Elaenia – Elaenia parvirostris. Austral migrant seen at Machu-Picchu.
Highland Elaenia – Elaenia obscura. Seen at Machu-Picchu.
Torrent Tyrannulet – Serphophaga cinerea. Seen on two consecutive days at Machu-Picchu.
Plain Tyrannulet – Inezia inornata. Seen at Blanquillo macaw clay lick and also at La Pastora port outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant - Anairetes flavirostris. One seen at the beginning of the Manu road on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Tufted Tit-Tyrant - Anairetes parulus. Also seen along the Manu road in the humid montane forest on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Many-colored Rush-Tyrant – Tachuris rubrigastra. Wonderful views at Huacarpay lakes.
Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant – Phylloscartes ophthalmicus. Quite common in the cloud forest, seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet - Phylloscartes ventralis. Seen on two consecutive days at Machu-Picchu.
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant – Lophotriccus pileatus. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Dusky-tailed Flatbill - Ramphotrigon fuscicauda. Very good views in the little patch of bamboo forest of the Riverside trail at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Rufous-tailed Flatbill - Ramphotrigon ruficauda. Seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Centre.
White-crested Spadebill - Platyrinchus platyrhynchos. Heard only.
Ornate Flycatcher - Myiotriccus ornatus. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Bran-colored Flycatcher - Myiophobus fasciatus. One seen from the hide at Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Black Phoebe – Sayornis nigricans latirostris. Fairly common on rushing streams along the road to Manu; this is the southern race Sayornis nigricans latirostris. The change from the darker-winged nominate n. nigricans to the white-winged latirostris is a north-south cline, with larger amounts of white gradually appearing further south.
Vermilion Flycatcher - Pyrocephalus rubinus. Common.
White-browed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca leucophrys. One seen at Huacarpay lakes.
Drab Water-Tyrant - Ochthornis littoralis. Common along the Amazonian rivers; Not at all Drab! It’s pretty!
Rufous-webbed Bush-Tyrant - Polioxolmis rufipennis. Seen in the higher elevation of the Manu road on our way to Cock to the Rock Lodge.
Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant - Muscisaxicola maculirostris. One seen on the Manu road on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant - Muscisaxicola rufivertex. A few seen on the Manu road, on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-winged Black-Tyrant - Knipolegus aterrimus. Seen at Machu-Picchu around the Inca Ruins.
Long-tailed Tyrant - Colonia colonus. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge on our way down to Atalaya.
Grayish Mourner - Rhytipterna simplex. One seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
White-rumped Syristes - Sirystes albocinerea. One seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center. The Sirystes has recently been split into 4 species.
Short-crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus ferox. Seen on two different days around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Tropical Kingbird - Tyrannus melancholicus. Common.
Crowned Slaty Flycatcher – Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus. One seen around Manu Wildlife Center. The bird with the longest scientific name of them all!
Sulphury Flycatcher - Tyrannopsis sulphurea. Very nice views at La Collpa restaurant along the highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
Boat-billed Flycatcher - Megarynchus pitangua. One seen at La Pastora outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Golden-crowned Flycatcher - Myiodynastes chrysocephalus. Quite common at Machu-Picchu.
Streaked Flycatcher – Myiodynastes maculatus. Seen on our way to Puerto Maldonado from Manu Wildlife Centre.
Rusty-margined Flycatcher - Myiozetetes cayanensis. Two individuals seen at La Pastora outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Social Flycatcher - Myiozetetes similis. Common.
Lesser Kiskadee - Pitangus lictor. Fairly common alongside Ox-bow lakes – seen at Cocha Blanco.
Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus. Seen on several occasions in the Manu lowland.
COTINGAS
Cinereous Mourner - Laniocera hypopyrra. One seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Red-crested Cotinga - Ampelion rubrocristata. Seen in the Manu cloud forest on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Screaming Piha – Lipaugus vociferans. Commonly heard at Manu Wildlife Center and seen on two different occasions.
Plum-throated Cotinga - Cotinga maynana. Seen from the Manu Wildlife Center canopy platform.
Spangled Cotinga - Cotinga cayana. Also seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Bare-necked Fruitcrow – Gymnoderus foetidus. Seen several times around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock – Rupicola peruviana. Well what can we say – great views at the lek of Manu Cloud Forest Lodge above Cock of the Rock Lodge – but also seen at Machu-Picchu.
MANAKINS
Cerulean-capped Manakin – Pipra coeruleocapilla. Very nice view bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge. ENDEMIC.
Yungas Manakin – Chiroxiphia boliviana. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Fiery-capped Manakin - Machaeropterus pyrocephalus. Another bird that we saw at the little forest of La Collpa restaurant along the highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
TITYRAS AND BECARDS
Black-tailed Tityra - Tityra cayana. Seen on several occasions around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Masked Tityra – Tityra semifasciata. Quite common in the Manu lowland.
Barred Becard – Pachyramphus versicolor. Good views at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-winged Becard - Pachyramphus polychopterus. Seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Pink-throated Becard - Pachyramphus minor. Nice view of male and female at Manu Wildlife Centre.
INCERTAE SEDIS-1
Wing-barred Piprites - Piprites chloris. One of the main lowland targets for Kelvin, seen on Cocha Blanco trail on our way back from the lake.
VIREOS & GREENLETS
Chivi (Red-eyed) Vireo - Vireo chivi (olivaceus). A few of the resident non red-eyed form seen at Machu-Picchu and Manu Wildlife Center; 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), but see Hellmayr (1935), Zimmer (1941d), Eisenmann 1962a, Johnson & Zink (1985), and Ridgely & Tudor (1989). Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) suggested, however, that more than one species may be involved within the South American chivi group.
Brown-capped Vireo – Vireo leucophrys. Also seen at Machu-Picchu.
JAYS
White-collared Jay - Cyanolyca viridicyana. Very good views in the Manu cloud forest of the Manu road. Range Restricted.
Purplish Jay - Cyanocorax cyanomelas. Fairly common in the Manu Lowland rainforest, seen around Manu Wildlife Centre. Range Restricted.
Violaceous Jay - Cyanocorax violaceus. Common in the Lowland rainforest; seen along the highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
SWALLOWS
Blue-and-white Swallow - Pygochelidon cyanoleuca. Common.
Brown-bellied Swallow - Orochelidon murina. Seen at Paucartambo Town from the bridge on our way to Wayqecha Lodge.
Brown-chested Martin – Progne tapera. Seen twice in the Manu lowland.
Gray-breasted Martin – Progne chalybea. A few of them seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes.
White-winged Swallow – Tachycineta albiventer. The commonest Swallow of the lowland rainforest rivers and oxbow lakes.
White-banded Swallow - Atticora fasciata. Common lowland swallow along the Rivers.
Southern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx ruficollis. Common lowland Swallow.
DONACOBIUS
Black-capped Donacobius – Donacobius atricapillus. Common on the ox-bow lakes and marshes of the lowlands – seen at Amazonia Lodge and around Manu Wildlife Center ox-bow-lakes.
WRENS
Scaly-breasted (Southern Nightingale) Wren - Microcerculus marginatus. One seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Thrush-like Wren - Campylorhynchus turdinus. Seen twice around the garden at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Gray-mantled Wren - Odontorchilus branickii. Very good views around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Inca Wren - Pheugopedius eisenmanni. Wonderful views at Machu-Picchu. ENDEMIC.
House Wren – Troglodytes aedon. Common in the highlands; Many authors (e.g., Hellmayr 1934, Pinto 1944, Phelps & Phelps 1950a) formerly treated Neotropical mainland populations as a separate species T. musculus; see also Brumfield and Capparella (1996); this treatment was followed by Brewer (2001) and Kroodsma & Brewer (2005). The Falklands population, T. a. cobbi, might also be best treated as a species (Wood 1993), as was done by Brewer (2001), Mazar Barnett & Pearman (2001), Jaramillo (2003), and Kroodsma & Brewer (2005).
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren – Henicorhina leucophrys. Commonly heard in the cloud forest, good views at Machu-Picchu.
MOCKINGBIRDS
Long-tailed Mockingbird - Mimus longicaudatus. Common in the coast; seen around Lima.
DIPPERS
White-capped Dipper - Cinclus leucocephalus. Very good views at Machu-Picchu along the Urubamba River.
THRUSHES
Andean Solitaire – Myadestes ralloides. One seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-eared Solitaire - Entomodestes leucotis. Nice views – above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Chiguanco Thrush – Turdus chiguanco chiguanco. The common Andean Thrush.
Great Thrush – Turdus fuscater ockenderi. The common Thrush of the higher Cloud Forest.
Glossy-black Thrush - Turdus serranus. Great views at Machu-Picchu.
Creamy-bellied Thrush - Turdus amaurochalinus. Very good views right on the trail to Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Lawrence`s Thrush - Turdus lawrencii. Seen twice from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Hauxwell’s Thrush - Turdus hauxwelli. Seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
White-necked Thrush - Turdus albicollis. Seen on three different occasions around Manu Wildlife Centre.
TANAGERS & ALLIES
Red-capped Cardinal – Paroaria gularis. Common in the lowlands, especially around the ox-bow lakes.
Magpie Tanager – Cissopis leveriana. The biggest Tanager in the Amazonian Lowland, and fairly common.
Oleaginous Hemispingus – Hemispingus frontalis. Very nice views at Machu-Picchu.
Black-eared Hemispingus – Hemispingus melanotis berlepschi. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Rust and Yellow Tanager – Thlypopsis ruficeps. Fairly common in the cloud forest with mixed species flocks; seen at Machu-Picchu.
Hooded Tanager – Nemosia pileata. Seen at Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
White-winged Shrike-Tanager – Lanio versicolor. Seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Slaty Tanager – Creurgops dentata. Seen at Machu-Picchu and also on the Manu road. Range Restricted.
White-shouldered Tanager - Tachyphonus luctuosus. Male and female seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Silver-beaked Tanager – Ramphocelus carbo. Common lowland Tanager - good-looker.
Blue-gray Tanager – Thraupis episcopus. Common.
Palm Tanager – Thraupis palmarum. Common.
Blue-capped Tanager – Thraupis cyanocephala. Fairly common in the Manu cloud forest and also at Machu-Picchu.
Blue-and-yellow Tanager - Thraupis bonariensis. Seen at Huacarpay lakes and also at Machu-Picchu.
Orange-eared Tanager – Chlorochrysa calliparaea. Very beautiful little Tanager; seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Turquoise Tanager – Tangara mexicana. A lowland species, seen around Manu Wildlife Center; Not found in Mexico!
Paradise Tanager – Tangara chilensis. What can you say! A pleasure to have such a pretty species so common; not found in Chile!
Green-and-gold Tanager – Tangara schrankii. Another lowland Tanager present in most canopy flocks; great views at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Golden Tanager – Tangara arthus. Great birds! Great looks around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Saffron-crowned Tanager – Tangara xanthocephala lamprotis. Another Christmas tree ornament! Wonderful views around Cock of the Rock Lodge and Machu-Picchu.
Golden-eared Tanager – Tangara chrysotis. Very nice Tanager, seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Spotted Tanager – Tangara punctata. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Golden-naped Tanager – Tangara ruficervix. Very good view around Cock of the Rock Lodge and Machu-Picchu.
Blue-necked Tanager – Tangara cyanicollis. Another Christmas tree bird – Common, seen at Machu-Picchu and Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Beryl-spangled Tanager - Tangara nigroviridis. Quite common around Cock of the rock Lodge and also at Machu-Picchu.
Silver-backed Tanager - Tangara viridicollis. Seen on two consecutive days at Machu-Picchu.
Swallow Tanager - Tersina viridis. Seen at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Rusty Flower-piercer - Diglossa sittoides. Very good views on two consecutive days at Machu-Picchu.
Black-throated Flower-piercer – Diglossa brunneiventris. Quite common.
Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer - Diglossopis glauca. Very nice views around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Black-faced Dacnis - Dacnis lineata. Seen at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Yellow-bellied Dacnis – Dacnis flaviventer. Wonderful views at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Blue Dacnis – Dacnis cayana. Fairly common, seen at Machu-Picchu.
Purple Honeycreeper – Cyanerpes caeruleus. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Peruvian Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus punensis. Seen just before Huancarani town, on the Manu road; Named for the Southern Peruvian Department of Puno. Range Restricted.
Mourning Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus fruticeti. Good views along the Manu road.
Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus plebejus. A common Finch of the Andes – seen at Huacarpay lakes and also along the Manu road.
Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch - Poospiza caesar. Limited range, endemic found only in the Departments of Cusco and Puno; very good views just before Huancarani town on the Manu road, on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge. ENDEMIC.
Greenish Yellow-Finch - Sicalis olivascens. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Black-and-white Seedeater – Sporophila luctuosa. Seen at Machu-Picchu.
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater - Sporophila castaneiventris. A male one seen on the River bank at the lunch stop on our way down to Manu Wildlife Centre.
Band-tailed Seedeater - Catamenia analis. Common at Huacarpay lakes.
Dull-colored Grassquit - Tiaris obscura. Good studies at Machu-Picchu.
INCERTAE SEDIS
Buff-throated Saltator - Saltator maximus. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Grayish Saltator - Saltator coerulescens. Seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Golden-billed Saltator - Saltator aurantiirostris. Great views along the Manu road near Huancarani village on our way down to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES
Rufous-collared Sparrow - Zonatrichia capensis. Only in the Andes; Common but pretty Sparrow.
Yellow-browed Sparrow – Ammodramus aurifrons. Seen on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
Black-faced Brush-Finch – Atalaptes melanolaemus. Quite common in the Manu cloud forest; The Atlapetes genus has been completely revamped based on biochemical data and work done at Copenhagen Field Museum. Formerly considered part of Rufous-naped Brush-Finch complex A. rufinucha. Atlapetes melanolaemus was formerly (Hellmayr 1938, Paynter 1970a, Meyer de Schauensee 1970, Ridgely & Tudor 1989, Sibley & Monroe 1990) considered a subspecies of A. rufinucha, but see García-Moreno & Fjeldså (1999). Range Restricted.
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch - Atlapetes brunneinucha. One seen at Machu-Picchu.
Common Chlorospingus – Chlorospingus ophthalmicus. Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge. Genetic data (REFS, Burns et al. 2002, 2003) indicate the genus Chlorospingus is not a member of the Thraupidae, but (Klicka et al. 2007) a member of the Emberizidae. SACC proposal passed to transfer to Emberizidae. Barker et al. (2013) further confirmed the placement of the genus with the New World sparrows. Frank Pitelka (in Tordoff 1954a) long ago noted the emberizine-like behavior of Chlorospingus. SACC proposal passed to change English names of the species in the genus from “Bush- Tanager” to “Chlorospingus”.
Yellow-throated Chlorospingus – Chlorospingus flavigularis. Quite common around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
CARDINALS - GROSBEAKS
Black-backed Grosbeak - Pheucticus aureoventris. Good views at Machu-Picchu.
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager – Habia rubica. Seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Highland Hepatic Tanager – Piranga lutea. One seen around Machu-Picchu.
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Tropical Parula – Setophaga pitiayumi. Seen around Machu-Picchu.
Slate-throated Whitestart – Myioborus miniatus. Common in the cloud forest.
Two-banded Warbler – Myiothlypis bivittatus. Heard only.
Golden-bellied (Cuzco) Warbler – Myiothlypis chrysogaster. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge. ENDEMIC.
Russet-crowned Warbler - Myiothlypis coronatus. Seen on two consecutive days at Machu-Picchu.
OROPENDOLAS, ORIOLES AND BLACKBIRDS
Casqued Oropendola – Clypicterus oseryi. Seen on three different days around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Crested Oropendola – Psarocolius decumanus maculosus. A couple of times seen in the Manu lowlands.
Dusky-green Oropendola – Psarocolius atrovirens. Quite common around Cock of the Rock Lodge and Machu-Picchu; just sneaks into Bolivia. Replaces Russet-backed Oropendola in the Cloud Forest. Range Restricted.
Russet-backed Oropendola – Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi. The commonest Oropendola in the Lowlands.
Olive Oropendola – Psarocolius bifasciatus. Seen on two different days around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Yellow-rumped Cacique – Cacicus cela. Common.
Epaulet Oriole – Icterus cayanensis. Seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Centre.
Orange-backed Troupial – Icterus croconotus. Seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Pale-eyed Blackbird – Agelaius xanthophthalmus. Good views of this near-endemic at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lake. Range Restricted.
Yellow-winged Blackbird – Agelaius thilius. Common at Huacarpay Lakes.
Scrub Blackbird - Dives warszewiczi. Quite common in the coast – seen around Lima.
Red-breasted Blackbird – Sturnella militaris. Seen outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Peruvian Meadowlark - Sturnella bellicosa. Great views at San Pedro beach outside of Lima.
Giant Cowbird – Molothrus oryzivorus. Common in the lowlands.
FINCHES
Thick-billed Euphonia – Euphonia laniirostris. Seen on two consecutive days at Machu-Picchu; the genus name means “fine-voiced”.
Golden-bellied [White-lored] Euphonia – Euphonia chrysopasta. Great views around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Bronze-green Euphonia - Euphonia mesochrysa. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Orange-bellied Euphonia – Euphonia xanthogaster brunneifrons. The commonest Euphonia in Manu.
Hooded Siskin – Sporaga magellanica urubambensis. Seen on several occasions throughout the tour.
Olivaceous Siskin – Sporaga olivacea. Good studies in the cloud forest above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow – Passer domesticus. Common on the coast.