ITINERARY:
July 20th: full day birding Huacarpay Lakes with picnic lunch and spend the Night in Cusco.
July 21st: Early start from Cusco over the Eastern range of the Andes via Huancarani (highest point 3900 meters), with several birding stops along the way like: at the Nina Marca archaeological site and also after Paucartambo and then lunch at Acjanaco (the Pass) 3560 meters. In the afternoon after lunch we birded slowly down toward the Wayqecha Biological Station (2900 meters). Night at Wayqecha Research Station.
July 22nd: Full day birding near the Wayqecha Research Station. Early breakfast and after that we birded down the road to Pillahuata area and in the afternoon up the road. Night at Wayqecha.
July 23rd: Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge, birding our way down until above Rocotal “pepper farm” 2200mts. Late afternoon arrival to Cock of the Rock Lodge. Night at CORL (1500mts).
July 24th: Full day at Cock of the Rock Lodge. Up the road to Rocotal and in the afternoon we birded near the Lodge and the Cock of the Rock lek. Night at CORL.
July 25th: Full day at Cock of the Rock Lodge. Early breakfast and after we birded down the road and after lunch we did the same (1200m). Night CORL.
July 26th: Full day at Cock of the Rock Lodge. We birded the roadside near the lodge and in the afternoon we birded down the road. Night CORL.
July 27th: Cock of the Rock Lodge to Amazonia Lodge birding all the way down the road to Quitacalzon, “Chontachaca” the first village after reaching the lowlands surrounded by agricultural areas and pastures. We had lunch just before Pillcopata and then further on more birding before the quick stop at the look-out above Atalaya community from where we took our boat across to Amazonia Lodge. Night spent at Amazonia Lodge.
July 28th: Full day at Amazonia Lodge. Early Breakfast and after that we birded trails both morning and afternoon. Night Spent at Amazonia Lodge (620m).
July 29th: Full day at Amazonia Lodge. Early Breakfast and then we birded up the trail to the canopy tower and in the afternoon we visited a small oxbow lake. Night Amazonia lodge (620m).
July 30th: Amazonia Lodge to MWC. Early Breakfast at the lodge and after that boat to Manu Wildlife Centre. Night MWC (250m).
July 31st: Full day at MWC. Early Breakfast and after that we went to the canopy tower and in the afternoon we birded the bamboo trail. Night at MWC.
August 01st: Full day at MWC: In the morning we visited the Blanquillo claylick, and in the afternoon Fig pass trail. Night MWC.
August 02nd: Full day at MWC: Early breakfast and then we visited Cocha Blanco Lake and in the afternoon we birded the Collpa Tapir trail. Night at MWC.
August 03rd: Full day at MWC: Early Breakfast and after that we birded Collpa trail and in the afternoon we birded the Toucan Loop. Night MWC.
August 04th: Full day at MWC: Early Breakfast and then we birded the Canopy tower and grid trails and in the afternoon we birded Collpa Trail and collpa tapir lick.
August 05th: Full day at MWC: Early Breakfast and then we visited the Riverside trail and in the afternoon we birded Cocha Camungo Lake and canopy tower. Night MWC.
August 06th: Boat ride from Manu Wildlife Center to Boca Colorado (the gold mining town) where we took three cars to go to Puerto Carlos and then we took a boat to cross the Inambari River and from the other side we took a bus to go finally to Puerto Maldonado, with some birding stops along the way. Overnight at the Cabaña Quinta Hotel.
August 07th: Early birding morning outside of Puerto Maldonado at La Pastora, one of the best places to see the Purus Jacamar, Black banded Crake, Cream-colored Woodpecker, Hooded Tanager, Gray Hawk and Slate colored Hawk and then back to the Hotel Cabaña Quinta to the airport and flight to Cusco or Lima. In the afternoon we went to Piuray Lake where we had a picnic luch and after some birding we went to Ollantaytambo for the night.
THE BIRDLIST
TINAMOUS
Great Tinamou - Tinamus major. Heard only, at MWC.
Hooded Tinamou – Nothocercus nigrocapillus. Heard only, at Rocotal. VULNERABLE.
Cinereous Tinamou - Crypturellus cinereous. Seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Little Tinamou - Crypturellus soui. Seen at Amazonia lodge on the trail to the small Oxbow Lake.
Brown Tinamou - Crypturellus obsoletes. Heard only, many times near cock of the rock lodge.
Undulated Tinamou - Crypturellus undulates. Seen at trail to the Macaw clay lick walking for long time.
Black-capped Tinamou - Crypturellus atricapillus. Heard only. We heard several times at Amazonia Lodge on the trails.
SCREAMERS
Horned Screamer - Anima cornet. Great views of this stunning bird; first time along the Madre de Dios River on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge and also better views at Cocha Blanco and on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
DUCKS
Orinoco Goose - Oressochen jubata. We saw this species near Barraca along the Madre de Dios River on our way to MWC.
Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata. Six individuals ay Blanco Oxbow Lake and we saw more on the way to Boca Colorado.
Torrent Duck – Merganetta armata. We saw two at Paucartambo on the Mapacho River – a pair.
Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanoptera. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Brazilian Teal – Amazonetta brasilensis. We saw one group comprising 4 adults and 6 juveniles on the way to Santa Rosa from Puerto Maldonado very good views. A recent colonizer to Peru.
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica. Also seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Puna Teal - Anas puna. Common at Huacarpay Lakes.
Yellow-billed 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.
Ruddy Duck (Andean) - Oxyura ferruginea (jamaicensis). Seen at Huacarpay Lakes. Quite 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 syas “Oxyura ferruginea is split from O. jamaicensis (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001; Jaramillo 2003); H&M recognize; SACC does not.
CHACHALACA, GUANS & CURASSOWS
Speckled Chachalaca - Ortalis guttata. Common in more lightly wooded and forest edge areas in the lowlands, seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge, Amazonia Lodge, Manu Wildlife Center and Puerto Maldonado at La Pastora.
Andean Guan - Penelope montagnii. Seen on three separate days in the cloud forest around Wayqecha and Cock of the Rock Lodge. In Greek mythology Penelope was daughter of Icarus and wife of Ulysses, King of Ithaca.
Spix’s Guan - Penelope jacquacu. Two individuals seen at Amazonia Lodge and more at MWC. Named after the German naturalist and collector in Brazil (1781-1826) Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix.
Blue-throated Piping-Guan - Pipile cumanensis. Seen several times at Amazonia Lodge and more seen around Manu Wildlife Centre.
Razor-billed Curassow. Heard only, at MWC.
NEW WORLD QUAIL
Starred Wood Quail - Odontophores stellatus. Seen 3 on 3 occasions at Amazonia lodge and twice at MWC - unheard of!
GREBES
White-tufted Grebe - Rolland rolland. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes. Named for Master Gunner Roland of the French Corvette L’Uranie which circumnavigated the globe in 1817-1820.
STORKS
Wood Stork. – Mycteria americana. 3 individuals on the beach on the Madre de Dios River on our way to Cocha Blanco.
Jabiru - Jabiru mycteria. One individual on the beach (Madre de Dios river), on our way to Boca Colorado.
CORMORANTS
Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus. Common in the Amazonian lowlands, most of them seen along the Madre de Dios River, Cocha Blanco and Cocha Camungo.
DARTERS
Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga. We saw several at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake and Cocha Camungo.
HERONS & BITTERNS
Rufescent Tiger-Heron - Tigresoma lineatum. Nice views at Amazonia Lodge on the small Oxbox Lake and at Cocha Blanco.
Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum. Seen several individuals on the Alto Madre de Dios River.
Cocoi Heron - Ardea cocoi. Common in the Manu Lowlands; The South American Checklist committee says “Formerly (e.g., Meyer de Schauensee 1970) known as "White-necked Heron," but this name is also used (e.g., Martínez-Vilata & Motis 1992) for Old World Ardea pacifica.”
Great Egret - Ardea albus. Commonly seen along rivers and lakes.
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula. Very common bird on the Madre de Dios River.
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea. Seen several times on the Alto Madre de Dios River.
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis. Seen 3 times one around Patria and Pilcopata and two on our way from Amazonia lodge to MWC.
Striated Heron - Butorides striatus. Three individuals seen at Amazonia lodge and Cocha Blanco Lake.
Capped Heron - Pilherodius pileatus. Seen on three different days around Manu Wildlife Center and on our way to Boca Colorado. This is the heron with shallow wing beats!
IBIS & SPOONBILLS
Puna Ibis – plegadis ridgwayi. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes several individuals and on our way to Wayqecha Research Station.
Roseate Spoonbill. – Ajaia ajaja. Two individuals on different days on our way to Amazonia lodge to MWC and to Boca Colorado.
AMERICAN 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 and two at Puerto Maldonado.
King Vulture - Sarcoramphus papa. Seen at Amazonia Lodge resting in a tree very good views and anothers seen on our way to Amazonia lodge to Manu MWC.
OSPREYS
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus. Seen one individual on the Alto Madre de dios River on our way to Manu Wildlife Center.
KITES, HAWKS & EAGLES
White-tailed Kite. – Ellanus leucuros. One individual near Puerto Maldonado - very good views.
Crested Eagle. – Morphnus guianensis. Seen at Macaw Clay Lick - one individual perched in a big tree on the right side of the Lick - very nice views with the scope. This is a very difficult bird to see, harder than Harpy Eagle and a Monkey eating specialist.
Ornate Hawk-Eagle - Spizaetus ornatus. Seen three defferent days - First at Macaw Clay Lick - it was in Crested Eagle tree at the same time - nice views after all activity of Parrots and macaws. And others we saw in flight around MWC.
Black-and-chestnut Eagle - Spizaetus isidori. Seen in flight at the San Pedro lookout - only one individual. We had eye level views of this majestic eagle. Named after Isidore Geoffrey Saint – Hilliaire 1805-1861 French zoologist. ENDANGERED.
Black-collared Hawk - Busarellus nigricollis. One individual seen at Cocha Blanco Lake.
Double-toothed Kite - Harpagus bidentatus. Three individuals seen in flight at Amazonia lodge, the canopy tower at Manu Wildlife center and Cocha Blanco Lake.
Plumbeous Kite - Ictinia plúmbea. Common in Amazonia.
Cinereous Harrier - Circus cinereus. Wonderful views at Huacarpay Lakes.
Slate-colored Hawk - Buteogallus schistacea. Seen on three different days at Manu Wildlife Center and in Puerto Maldonado at La Pastora.
Great Black Hawk - Buteogallus urbitinga. Several views on our way from Amzonia Lodge to MWC on the riverside.
Roadside Hawk - Rupornis magnirostris. A most Common bird.
Variable Hawk - Geranoaetus polyosoma. Seen at Huacarpay lakes and on our way to Waykecha; The SACC says “Farquhar (1988) concluded that Buteo poecilochrous (Puna Hawk) and B. polyosoma (Red-backed Hawk) are conspecific, as they were formerly treated (REF); 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. SACC proposal passed to treat as conspecific. Cabot & de Vries (2004, in press) and Cabot et al. (in press) present additional data that support their recognition as separate species. SACC proposal to re-elevate poecilochrous to species rank did not pass.”
White Rumped Hawk - Parabuteo leucorrhous. One individual in flight near Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White Hawk - Pseudaster albicollis. Very good views at the canopy tower at Amazonia lodge.
White-throated Hawk - Buteo albigula. Seen one individual near Wayqecha in flight.
LIMPKIN
Limpkin - Aramus guarauna. Three individuals seen at Cocha Blanco Lake - very nice views.
TRUMPETERS
Pale-winged Trumpeter - Psophia leucoptera. Seen three different days. Wonderful views on the Collpa trail eating ficus fruits at Manu Wildlife Center.
RAILS & CRAKES
Gray-necked Wood-Rail - Aramides cajanea. Very common at Amazonia Lodge; seen also at Cocha Blanco.
Plumbeous Rail - Pardirallus sanguinolentus. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes commonly.
Black-banded Crake - Laterallus fasciatus. One individual at La Pastora in Puerto Maldonado.
Rufous-sided Crake - Laterallus melanophaius. Heard only at Cocha Blanco Oxbow Lake.
Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes, very common. 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).
Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinicus. Several seen at cocha Blanco Oxbow Lake.
Azure Gallinule - Porphyrio flavirostris. One individual at Cocha Blanco Lake.
Slate-colored Coot - Fulica ardesiaca. Common at Huacarpay lakes; Called "Andean Coot" in Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990), Taylor (1996 and Ridgely et al. (2001) but other authors use Slate-colored Coot.
FINFOOTS
Sungrebe - Heliornis fulica. Seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lake preening for a long-time and very nice views.
SUNBITTERNS
Sunbittern - Eurypyga helias. One individual seen below Boca Manu on the riverbank.
PLOVERS
Collared Plover Charandrius collarIs. Three idividuals on a River Island of the Madre de Dios River.
Pied Lapwing (Plover) - Vanellus (Haploxypterus) cayanus. One individual on the Madre de Dios River on our way from Amazonia lodge to MWC.
Southern Lapwing. Vanellus chilensis. Seen one individual on the Manu Road at Chontachaca in one of the pastures.
Andean Lapwing. Vanellus resplendens. Seen many, very common in Huacarpay Lakes and the Manu road.
SANDPIPERS AND SNIPES
Pectoral Sandpiper- Calidris melanotos. One individual on Madre de Dios River between MWC and Cocha Blanco Lake.
JACANAS
Wattled Jacana. Jacana jacana. Many seen on Cocha Blanco and Cocha Camungo, very nice views.
GULLS & TERNS
Andean Gull - Chroicocephlus serranus. Very common at Huacarpay Lakes and throughout the Andes.
Large-billed Tern - Phaetusa simplex. Seen several times on the Madre de Dios River beween Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center and Cocha Blanco Lake.
Yellow -billed Tern - Sterna superciliaris. Common on the Madre de Dios River.
SKIMMERS
Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger. Two individuals on the Alto Madre de Dios River - very nice views.
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia. Common near human habitation.
Scaled Pigeon - Patagioenas speciosa. One individual at La Pastora.
Spot Winged Pigeon – Patagioenas maculosa. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes commonly and at Paucartambo.
Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata. Common in the higher Cloud Forest, seen around Wayqecha and Rocotal.
Pale-vented Pigeon – Patagioenas cayennensis. Common at Amazonia lodge to MWC and Cocha Blanco.
Plumbeous Pigeon - Patagioenas plumbea. Common in the foothills and lowlands.
Ruddy Pigeon - Patagioenas subvinacea. Heard only, at Canopy Tower at Manu Wildlife Center. VULNERABLE.
Eared Dove – Zenaida auriculata. Common in the highlands. Numbers increasing rapidly.
Bare-faced Ground-Dove - Metriopelia ceciliae. Very nice views at Huacarpay Lakes. This is the ground dove with the big orange eye- ring. Named for Cecile Gautrau daughter of French naturalist Rene Lesson.
White-tipped Dove - Leptotila verreauxi decipiens. Seen at Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge in the garden.
Grey-fronted Dove – Leptotila rufaxilla. Seen at Amazonia lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center, very common. This and the previous species have complicated distribution with places where they occur side by side and other where only one occurs or is more common. In this part of Peru the two species appear to segregate one another by elevation. White-tipped is found in the foothills and Gray-fronted in the lowlands. At least one is far more common than the other at different elevations.
White-throated Quail-Dove - Zentrygon frenata. Seen at Cock of the rock Lodge on the roadside - very nice views.
Ruddy Ground Dove – Columbina talpacoti. Seen at La Pastora only one individual.
HOATZIN
Hoatzin - Opisthocomus hoazin. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes.
CUCKOOS
Little Cuckoo – Coccycua minuta. Two individuals seen at Cocha Blanco Ox-bow Lake within 7 meters of the Catamaran.
Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana. Common in the Amazon lowlands.
Black-bellied Cuckoo – Piaya melanogaster. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center at the canopy tower – excellent views.
Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani. Common in the open secondary forest in the Lowland rainforest.
OWLS
Tawny-bellied Screech Owl - Megascops (usta) watsonii. Seen at Amazonia lodge.
Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. Heard only, at Manu Wildlife Center at the Tapir Clay lick.
Black-banded Owl – Ciccaba huhula. Heard only, at Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Amazonian Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium hardyi. Seen at MWC. Grid Trail - very nice views for a long time.
Yungas Pygmy Owl – Glaucidium bolivianum.. Seen at Pillahuata very good views. Named for John William Hardy US Ornithologist and founder of the Florida Museum of Natural History.
POTOOS
Great Potoo – Nyctibius grandis. Seen beween Pilcopata and Atalaya nesting in a dead dry tree - great views.
Long-tailed Potoo – Nyctibius aethereus. Seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Andean Potoo – Nyctibius maculosus. Seen in Cloud forest between Rocotal and mirador San Pedro.
NIGHTHAWKS & NIGHTJARS
Sand-colored Nighthawk - Chordeiles rupestris. Seen at Shintuya on a river island - many in flight.
Common Pauraque – Nyctidromus albicollis. Seen at Amazonia Lodge one individual on the trail in the evening.
Swallow Tailed Nightjar – Uropsalis segmentata. Seen one individual at Wayqecha.
Lyre-tailed Nightjar – Uropsalis lyra. One individual at Mirador San Pedro very nice views perched and in flight.
Ladder-tailed Nightjar – Hydropsalis climacocerca. Heard only, at Manu Wildlife Center.
Ocellated Poorwill – Nyctiphrynus ocellatus. One individual at Manu Wildlife Center nesting alongside the Collpa trail.
SWIFTS
Chestnut-collared Swift – Streptoprocne rutilus. Seen at Waykecha and Amazonia Lodge many times.
White-collared Swift – Streptoprocne zonaris. Common.
Pale-rumped Swift – Chaetura egregia. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Canopy Tower.
Short-tailed Swift – Chaetura brachyura. Seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Neotropical Palm Swift – Tachornis squamata. Common in the Amazon Lowlands.
HUMMINGBIRDS
White-necked Jacobin – Florisuga mellivora. Common at Amazonia lodge and MWC.
Rufous-breasted Hermit – Glaucis hirsuta. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center in heliconia flowers.
Pale-tailed Barbthroat – Threnetes leucurus. Seen at Amazonia lodge. One individual.
Green Hermit – phathornis guy. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-bearded Hermit - Phaethornis hispidus. Seen at MWC on the Bamboo Trail several in Heliconia Flowers feeding.
Great-billed Hermit - Phaethornis malaris. Seen at MWC.
Koepcke ́s Hermit – Phaethornis koepckeae. Seen at Amazonia Lodge near the canopy tower. A Peruvian endemic and a specialty at Amazonia Lodge. This bird was named after the German Ornithologist Maria Koepcke. She conducted bird studies in Peru and wrote the seminal book “The Birds of the Department of Lima”. She was killed in a plane crash in Peru in 1977. ENDEMIC.
Reddish Hermit - Phaethornis ruber. Common in the lowlands, very common at Manu Wildlife Center.
Green-fronted Lancebill – Doryfera ludovicae. One individual on our way to Amazonia Lodge below Cock of the Rock Lodge nesting.
Green Violetear – Colibri thalassinus. Seen on the Manu Road around the Rocotal area.
Sparkling Violetear - Colibri coruscans. Seen at Huacarpay Lake and on our way to Wayqecha Lodge and also at CORL.
Black-eared Fairy – Heliothryx aurita. Seen at Amazonia lodge very nice views feeding.
Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis. Common in the higher cloud forest round the Wayqecha area.
Wire-crested Thorntail – Discosura popelairii. Seen at Cock of the rock lodge in the garden.
Rufous-crested Coquette - Lophornis delattrei. Males and females seen at Amazonia Lodge. This is perhaps the most sought after hummingbird at Amazonia Lodge. We had great looks at adult males and females at Amazonia Lodge. This little firecracker was named after French naturalist/collector Henri de Lattre (1838).
Festive Coquette – Lophornis schalybeus. Seen at MWC.
Speckled Hummingbird - Adelomyia melanogenys. Seen at Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge.
Long-tailed Sylph – Aglaiocercus kingi. Seen around Rocotal one individual - nice views feeding. This long-tailed hummingbird was named for Admiral Philip Parker King, British marine surveyor, naturalist and traveler in tropical America 1825-1830.
Black-tailed Trainbearer – Lesbia victoriae. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes in a Ecalyptus tree.
Green-tailed Trainbearer – Lesbia nuna. Seen at Huambutio in feeding in Nicotania bushes. Lesbia – a womon of Lesbos.
Rufous-capped Thornbill – Chalcostigma ruficeps. Seen at Wayqecha.
Bearded Mountaineer – Oreonympha nobilis. Seen at Huambutio feeding in Nicotania flowers. ENDEMIC.
Tyrian Metaltail – Metallura tyrianthina smaragdinicollis. Seen many beween Paucartambo to Wayquecha. Named after the color Tyrian purple. Variously known as Royal purple, Tyrian purple, purple of the ancients, this ancient dyestuff, mentioned in texts dating about 1600 BC, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gland of various species of marine mollusks, notably Murex. Although originating in old port of Tire in modern day Syria (hence the name), man's first large scale chemical industry spread throughout the world. With the decline of the Roman Empire, the use of the dye also declined and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was replaced by other cheaper dyes like lichen purple and madder.
Shining Sunbeam – Aglaeactis cupripennis caumatonotus. One individual near Paucartambo.
Bronzy Inca – Coeligena coeligena. Seen at Pillahuata.
Violet-throated Starfrontlet – Coeligena violifer osculans. Common around Wayquecha and Pillahuata. Range Restricted.
Great Sapphirewing – Pterophanes cyanopterus. Seen at Ajcanacu Pass one individual in flight.
Chestnut -breasted Coronet – Boissonneaua matthewsii. Seen near Rocotal two individuals feeding in flowers and we got nice views.
Booted Racket-tail – Ocreatus underwoodii. A pair seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and near the San Pedro mirador. The “Raquet- tailed Puffleg was unknown in life but specimens existed in various London cabinets, whence a drawing was sent to Lesson (1832) by Mr Underwood on behalf of Charles Stokes a London stockbroker and collector.
Violet Fronted Brilliant – Heliodoxa leadbeateri. Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Giant Hummingbird – Patagona gigas. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes – the worlds largest Hummingbird!
White-bellied Woodstar – Chaetocercus mulsant. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the Garden.
Blue-tailed Emerald – Chlorostilbon mellisugus. Seen at Amazonia lodge in the garden feeding in vervane flowers.
Violet-headed Hummingbird – Klais guimeti. Seen at Amazonia lodge only one individual.
Gray-breasted Sabrewing – Campylopterus largipennis. Common at Amazonia Lodge.
Fork-tailed Woodnymph – Thalurania furcata. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu wildlife Center - quite common.
Many-spotted Hummingbird – Taphrolesbia hypostictus. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge - two individuals.
White-bellied Hummingbird – Amazilia chionogaster. We saw only one individual after Paucartambo in a Eucalyptus tree.
Sapphire-spangled Emerald – Amazilia láctea. Common at Amazonia lodge.
Golden-tailed Sapphire – Chysuronia oenone. Common at Amazonia Lodge.
White-chinned Sapphire – Hylocharis cyanus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
TROGONS AND QUETZALS
Crested Quetzal – pharomachrus antisianus. Heard only, at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Golden Headed Quetzal – Pharomachrus auriceps. Seen at Pacchayoc very nice views perched for a long time.
Pavonine Quetzal – Pharomachrus pavoninus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Collpa Trail.
Black-tailed Trogon - Trogon melenurus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the grid trail.
Collared Trogon – Trogon collaris. Common at Manu Wildlife Center.
Masked Trogon – Trogon personatus. Seen in the Cloud Forest at Pacchayoc and Rocotal –Great looks!
Amazonian Trogon – Trogon ramonianus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Lookout Trail. 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 on our way by boat to Amazonia lodge and at Manu wildlife Center.
Amazon Kingfisher – Chloroceryle amazona. Common on the Madre de Dios River.
Green Kingfisher – Chloroceryle americana. Seen at Amazonia lodge and on the Madre de Dios River.
Green and Rufous Kingfisher – Chloroceryle inda. Seen at Amazonia lodge.
MOTMOTS
Broad-billed Motmot – Electron platyrhynchum. Seen at Manu Wildlife center in collpa trail very well.
Rufous Motmot – Baryphthengus martii. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge sitting in the garden - nice views.
Amazonian Motmot – Momotus momota. Seen at Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife center.
Andean Motmot – Momotus aequatorialis. Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
JACAMARS
Purus Jacamar – Galbalcyrhynchus purucianus. Seen at cocha Blanco Oxbow Lake and at La Pastora in Puerto Maldonado. Named for the Purus River that runs from eastern Peru into Brazil. Range Restricted.
Bluish-fronted Jacamar – Galbula cyanescens Common in lowland rainforest. Range Restricted.
Great Jacamar – jacamerops aureus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center once very nice views.
PUFFBIRDS AND NUNBIRDS
White-necked Puffbird – Notharchus hyperrhynchus. Seen at MWC. On the Lookout trail – it was a treat!
Chestnut-capped Puffbird – Bucco macrodactylus. Seen at MWC near the bridge. Excellent views.
Collared Puffbird – Bucco capensis. Seen at Manu wildlife Center on the Collpa trail - great views and photos.
(Western) Striolated Puffbird – Nystalus (obamai) striolatus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center from the Canopy Tower very nice views of only one individual. The SACC says, “Whitney et al. (2013) described the population of western Amazonia as a new species, Nystalus obamai naed for US presideny Barack Obama and also recommended treating the subspecies torridus of SE Amazonia as a separate species. SACC proposal pending.
Semi-collared Puffbird – Malacoptila semicincta. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center before reaching the canopy tower.
Black -streaked Puffbird – Malacoptila fulvogularis. We saw one in the cloudforest around Rocotal very good views.
Rufous-capped Nunlet – Nonnula ruficapilla. Seen at Amazonia Lodge - two individuals on the island trail bamboo.
Black-fronted Nunbird – Monasa nigrifrons. Very common in the Amazon 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. Seen at MWC in collpa trail and look out trail two times. Morpheus from Greek mythology – the god of sleep and dreams.
Yellow-billed Nunbird – Monasa flavirostris. Seen below Pilcopata - three individuals very good views.
Swallow-wing – Chelidoptero tenebrosa. Common in lowland rainforest and on river Islands.
NEW WORLD BARBETS
Gilded Barbet – Capito auratus. Seen at MWC on the Lookout trail in the canopy.
Lemon-throated Barbet – Eubucco richardsoni. Seen at Amazonia lodge in garden sitting in the breadfruit tree.
Versicolored Barbet – Eubucco versicolor. We saw it at Cock of the Rock Lodge three times when roadside birding.
TOUCANS
Channel-billed Toucan – Ramphastos vitellinus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center two different days one in canopy tower and Cocha Blanco.
White-throated Toucan – Rumphastos tucanus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center two different days.
Emerald (Black-throated) Toucanet – Aulacorhynchus (atrigularis) prasinus. We saw below Pilcopata three individuals very good views together with Yellow- billed Nunbird.
Blue-banded Toucanet – Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis. Seen around Rocotal two individuals - very well! Range Restricted.
Grey-breasted Mountain-Toucan – Andigena hypoglauca. Seen at Wayqecha only one individual near the first tunnel very nice views.
Golden-collared Toucanet – Selenidera reinwardtii. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the lookout trail.
Ivory billed (Brown-mandibled) Aracari – Pteroglossus (mariae) azarae. Seen at Manu Wildlife canopy tower.
Chestnut-eared Aracari – Preroglossus castanotis. Seen on our way by boat from Amazonia lodge to Manu Wildlife Center in flight.
Curl Crested Aracari – Pteroglossus beauharnaesii. Several seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Collpa trail in a fig tree eating fruits. The cool afro crest feels like plastic to the touch! (On museum specimens).
WOODPECKERS & PICULETS
Fine-barred Piculet – Picumnus subtilis. Heard only at Amazonia lodge. Range Restricted.
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker – Melanerpes cruentatus. Seen at Cocha Blanco Oxbow Lake in dead trees. Two individuals - nice views.
Little Woodpecker – Veniliornis passerinus. Seen at Amazonia lodger two different days nesting in a Cecropia tree.
Red-stained Woodpecker – Veniliornis affinis. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center in canopy tower. Red-stained is found in the canopy of interior forest while the similarly looking Little Woodpecker is found at forest edges and middle age second growth.
White-throated Woodpecker – Piculus leucolaemus. Heard only, in MWC in Collpa Trail.
Golden Olive Woodpecker – Piculus rubiginosus. Seen around Cock of the Rock lodge in a mixed flock.
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker – Piculus rivolii. Seen at Pacchayoc very well.
Andean Flicker – Colaptes rupícola. Seen at Huacarpay Lake and Manu road -quite common.
Scaly-breasted Woodpecker – Celeus grammicus latifasciatus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Collpa trail.
Cream-colored Woodpecker – Celeus flavus. Seen at La Pastora four individuals very nice views sitting in a Cecropia tree.
Ringed Woodpecker – Celeus toquatus. Seen at MWC near the canopy tower – stays high and can be difficult to see but its ringing call is commonly heard.
Lineated Woodpecker – Dryocopus lineatus. Common in Amazon lowland forest.
Crimson-bellied Woodpecker – Campephilus haematogaster. Seen at Pacchayoc one indidual.
Red-necked Woodpecker – Campephilus rubricollis. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Collpa trail.
Crimson-crested Woodpecker – Campephilus melanoleucos. Seen at Amazonia lodge and MWC two times.
CARACARAS & FALCONS
Laughing Falcon - Herpetotheres cachinnans. Seen near Itahuania.
Lined Forest Falcon – Micrastur gilvicollis. Seen at Blanquillo in Macaw Claylick one individual sitting.
Buckley ́s Forest Falcon – Micrastur buckleyi. Seen on the boat trip Amazonia to MWC near Pantiacolla Lodge, perched in a Cecropia tree. Named for Col. Charles Buckley, US entymologist and collector in the late 1800’s in Bolivia and Ecuador.
Black Caracara – Daptrius ater. Common on river islands.
Red-throated Caracara – Ibycter americanus. Common in Amazon Lowlands.
Mountain Caracara – Phalcoboenus megalopterus. Seen on our way from Cusco Wayqecha. Common in the Andes.
Southern Caracara – Caracara plancus. Seen in the Puerto Maldonado area in grasslands.
American Kestrel – Falco sparverius. Common in the Andes.
Bat Falcon – Falco Rufigularis. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center three times sitting in one of the big trees near the lodge.
Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. Seen at Wayquecha in flight.
PARROTS
Barred Parakeet – Bolborhynchus Lineola. Seen around Rocotal in Manu Road a big flock in flight. A nimad that is tied to seeding bamboo wher it breeds when the bamboo periodically flowers and seeds.
Cobalt-winged Parakeet – Brotogeris cyanoptera. Common in the Amazon Lowlands.
Tui Parakeet – Brotogeris sanctithomae. Seen at Barraca near the indiginous community on a small riverside parakeet Claylick.
Orange-cheeked Parrot – Pyrilia barrabandi. Seen at Macaw Claylick Blanquillo.
Blue-headed Parrot - Pionus menstruus. Common in the Amazon lowlands.
Yellow-crowned Amazon – Amazona ochrocephala. Several seen at Amazonia Lodge and on the Macaw claylick.
Scaly-naped Amazon – Amazona mercenaria. Seen around cloudforest at Rocotal and Cock of the Rock Lodge in flight.
Mealy Amazon – Amazona farinosa.. Seen at Macaw Claylick very common. Farinosa is Latin for “Sprinkled with Flour” referring to the “dusted” appearance of this Amazon.
White-bellied Parrot – Pionites leucogaster. Seen at MWC and Macaw Claylick in flight.
Rose-fronted Parakeet – Pyrrhura roseifrons. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center in Canopy tower in flight. Range Restricted.
Dusky-headed Parakeet – Aratinga weddellii. Common in Amazon lowlands.
Blue and Yellow Macaw – Ara ararauna. Common in Amazon Lowlands.
Military Macaw – Ara militaris. Seen at Amazonia lodge near the canopy tower great looks perched in trees. VULNERABLE.
Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao. Common in Manu but scarser than the following species.
Red and Green Macaw – Ara chloropterus. Seen at Macaw Caylick very common and at MWC. Star performer at the Macaw Lick. Lots of frolicking birds all over the place.
Chestnut-fronted Macaw - Ara severa. Common.
Mitred Parakeet - Psitticara mitrata alticola. Seen around Paucartambo in flight - a big flock.
White-eyed Parakeet – Psitticara leucophthalmus. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and in the Amazon Lowlands.
ANTBIRDS
Yellow Rumped Antwren – Euchrepomis sharpei. Seen at Cock of the Lodge very good views of a pair in a mixed flock. Named for Dr. Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847-1909) – British Ornithologist. ENDANGERED, Range Restricted.
Bamboo Antshrike – Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae. Seen at Amazonia Lodge in bamboo forest - male and female.
Great Antshrike – Taraba major. Seen at Amazonia Lodge in bamboo Forest and at MWC.
Barred Antshrike – Thamnophilus doliatus. Seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Chestnut-backed Antshrike – Thamnophilus palliatus. Seen around Chontachaca in bamboo – a pair. Range Restricted.
Plain-winged Antshrike - Thamnophilus schistaceus. Seen at Amazonia loldge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Variable Antshrike – Thamnophius caerulescens. Seen one bird near Mirador San Pedro.
White-shouldered Antshrike – Thamnophilus aethiops. Seen at Amazonia Lodge near the canopy tower.
Dusky-throated Antshrike – Thamnomanes ardesiacus. Seen at Manu wildlife Center common in the trails usually with mixed understory flocks.
Bluish-slate Antshrike – Thamnomanes schistogynus. Seen at Amazonia lodge and in Manu Wildlife Center commonly - the leader of the understory mixed flocks.
Plain-throated Antwren – Isleria hauxwelli. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Grid trail – just the one –always stays close to the ground. The genus name is for Mort and Phyllis Isler who have done a lot of work on Antbirds. The specific name is named for J. Hauxwell English collector in Peru and Brazil the early 1800’s. Has a Thrush named after him also.
Spot-winged Antshrike – Pygiptila stellaris. A pair seen at MWC on the Collpa trail in a mixed flock.
Foothill Antwren – Epinecrophylla spodionota. Heard only, at Cock of the Rock Lodge in bamboo.
Pygmy Antwren – Myrmotherula brachyura. Seen at Amazonia lodge and MWC commonly in mixed canopy flocks.
Sclater ́s Antwren – Myrmotherula sclateri. Seen at MWC at the canopy tower in a mixed flock.
Amazonian Streaked Antwren – Myrmotherula multostriata. A pair seen at Cocha Blanco Oxbow Lake- a waterside specialist.
Stripe-chested Antwren – Myrmotherula longicauda. A pair seen around Chontachaca in bamboo.
White-flanked Antwren – Myrmotherula axillaris. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center – common with understory flocks. 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. Seen at Manu Wildlife center common in mixed understory flocks.
Gray Antwren – Myrmotherula menetriesii. Common in Amazon lowland forest.
Gray Antbird – Cercomacra cinerascens. Seen at Amazonia lodge at the canopy tower.
Black Antbird – Cercomacra serva. Seen at Amazonia lodge.
White-backed Fire-eye – Pyriglena leuconota marcapatensis. One near Cock of the Rock Lodge in bamboo.
White-browed Antbird – Myrmoborus leucophrys. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-faced Antbird – Myrmoborus myotherinus. Seen at Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center in terra firme forest.
Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird – Hypocnemis subflava. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge in bamboo.
Silvered Antbird – Sclateria naevia. Heard only, at Cocha Blanco Oxbow Lake.
White-lined Antbird – Pernoctola lophotes. Seen at Amazonia Lodge in bamboo. Another bamboo specialist! Range just creeps over the border into NW Bolivia. Range Restricted.
Chestnut-tailed Antbird – Myrmeciza hemimelaena. Seen at Amazonia lodge near the canopy tower.
Plumbeous Antbird – Myrmeciza hyperythra. Heard only, on the figpass trail at MWC.
Goeldi ́s Antbird – Myrmeciza goeldii. Heard only, at Aamazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center. Favors Bamboo but is not restricted to it. Named for Emil August Goeldi, German naturalist resident in Brazil and author of “Aves do Brasil” 1894. Range Restricted.
White-throated Antbird – Gymnopithys salvini. A pair seen at MWC on the Figpass trail. This is an Army Antswarm specialist.
Black Spotted Bare-eye – Phlegopsis nigromaculata. Heard only at MWC on the Figpass trail.
GNATEATERS
Slaty Gnateater – Conopophaga ardesiaca. One seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
ANTPITTAS
Scaled Anpitta – Grallaria Guatimalensis sonoria. Heard only, near Amazonia Lodge.
White-throated Antpitta – Grallaria albigula. Heard near Rocotal – at the northern end of its range here. Range Restricted.
Red and White Antpitta – Grallaria erythroleuca. 2 seen at Pillahuata - very nice views at two meters. ENDEMIC.
Amazonian Antpitta – Hylopezus berlepschi. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Riverside trail – satisfying prolonged views.
Thrush Like Antpitta – Myrmotherola campanisona. Heard only, at Amazonia Lodge and MWC.
TAPACULOS
Rusty-belted Tapaculo – Liosceles throracicus. Heard only, at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Trilling Tapaculo – Scytolopus parvirostris. Seen at Wayqecha on the roadside one individual.
White-crowned Tapaculo – Scytolopus atratus. One seen near Rocotal.
ANTHRUSHES
Rufous-capped Anthrush – Fornicarius colma. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Grid Trail - excellent views.
Black-faced Anthrush –Fonicarius analis. Seen at Amazonia Lodge on the way to the canopy tower.
Rufous-fronted Anthrush – Fornicarius rufifrons. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center in bamboo trail, perhaps the most special bird of Manu and almost an endemic – just sneaks into Brazil. Range Restricted.
Rufous-breasted Anthrush – Fornicarius rufipectus thoracicus. Heard only, near Cock of the Rock Lodge on numerous occasions.
Striated Anthrush – Chamaeza nobilis. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Grid Trail – a tricky bird to see.
OVENBIRDS
Black-tailed Leaftosser – Sclerurus caudacutus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Figpass Trail - good views of one individual.
Olivaceous Woodcreeper - Sittasomus griseicapillus amazonicus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center - a common species. Watch this one their calls differ dramatically in different regions and several species are involved.
Long-tailed Woodcreeper – Deconychura longicauda pallida. Seen at Manu wildlife Center well on Grid Trail.
Plain-brown Woodcreeper - Dendrocincla fuliginosa. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Figpass Trail.
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper – Glyphorynchus spirurus. Common in the lowland rainforest.
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper - Dendrexetastes rufigula. Seen at Amazonia Lodge in the garden. Always present at clearings of houses or lodges where they roost.
Long-billed Woodcreeper - Nasica longirostris. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center. Wonderfull views in the garden.
Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper – Dendrocolaptes certhia. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Riverside Trail.
Black-banded Woodcreeper – Dendrocolaptes picumnus. Seen at Amazonia lodge in the garden.
Straight-billed Woodcreeper – Dendroplex picus. Seen at la Pastora in Puerto Maldonado nice views. Likes more lightly wooded and open country.
Strong-billed Woodcreeper – Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus. Seen near Pillahuata and at Manu Wildlife Center.
Elegant (Jurua) Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus elegans juruanus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Creekeside trail.
Buff-throated Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus guttatus. The most common lowland rainforest Woodcreeper, seen at Amazonia Lodge and 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 in the cloud forest above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Red-billed Scythebill – Campylorhamphus trochilirostris. Seen at Amazonia Lodge in bamboo and at MWC.
Montane Woodcreeper – Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger. Fairly common in the cloud forest.
Inambari Woodcreeper - Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae. Wounderfull views at the Canopy tower at MWC. The 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 – Lineated Woodcreeper 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; they also described a new species, Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae, from southwestern Amazonia. SACC proposal passed to recognize fatimalimae as a species and also elevate subspecies layardi and fuscicapillus to species rank. So there are now 5 species.
Point-tailed Palmcreeper - Berlepschia rikeri. Heard only, on the highway outside of Puerto Maldonado in Mauritia Palm trees.
Plain Xenops - Xenops minutus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center at the Canopy Tower wonderful views.
Streaked Xenops – Xenops rutilans. Heard only, near Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Streaked Tuftedcheek - Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii. Seen in the cloud forest, below Wayqecha Research Station – a bromeliad specialist.
Pale-legged Hornero - Furnarius leucopus. Common at Amazonia Lodge, seen also at Manu Wildlife Center in the gardens.
Wren-like Rushbird– Phleocryptes melanops. Seen at Huacarpay Lake’s several individuals – restricted to reedbeds.
White-winged Cinclodes - Cinclodes atacamensis. Great views from the bridge at Paucartambo town on our way to Wayqecha.
Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner – Anabazenops dorsalis. Seen at Amazonia lodge in bamboo on the island trail.
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner – Philydor rufus. Seen at Amazonia lodge and in Manu wildlife center in the Canopy Tower. Great views.
Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis. Fairly common in the Cloud forest; seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner - Anabacerthia ruficaudatum. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center in collpa trail in a mixed flock.
Chestnut-winged Hookbill - Ancistrops strigilatus. Seen around Manu Wildlife Center collpa trail in mixed flock.
Black-billed Treehunter – Thripadectes melanorhynchus. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner – Automolus rufipileatus. Seen around Amazonia lodge.
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner - Automolus ochrolaemus. Heard only, around Amazonia lodge and MWC.
Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner – Automolus infuscatus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Collpa trail.
Spotted Barbtail – Premnoplex brunnescens. Seen around Wayqecha during roadside birding.
Pearled Treerunner - Margarornis squamiger. Seen in the higher Cloud Forests below the Ajacnaco Pass.
Streak-fronted Thornbird – Phacellodomus striaticeps. Heard only in Huacarpay Lakes.
Puna Thistletail – Asthenes helleri. Seen in the higher cloud forests below the Ajanaco Pass. Named for Edmund Heller (1875-1944) US naturalist and collector who worked at the Field Museum of Natural History. ENDANGERED, Range Restricted.
Rusty-fronted Canastero – Asthenes ottonis. Seen at Huacarpay lakes. A Peruvian endemic! ENDEMIC.
Plain Softtail - Thripophaga fusciceps dimorpha. Very good views at Amazonia Lodge.
Ash-browed Spinetail – Cranioleuca curtata. Seen near the Cock of the Rock Lodge. VULNERABLE.
Marcapata Spinetail – Cranioleuca marcapatae marcapatae. Seen around Wayqecha below the Tunnels in bamboo forest great views. Named for the town of Marcapata not far from Cusco. VULNERABLE ENDEMIC.
Creamy-crested Spinetail – Cranioleuca albicapilla albicapilla. Seen between Challabamba to Ajanacco great views of several. ENDEMIC.
Azara ́s Spinetail – Synallaxis azarae urubambae. Common in the Cloud Forest.
Dark-breasted Spinetail – Synallaxis albigularis. Seen at the Macaw Claylick on the river island.
Cabani ́s Spinetail – Synallaxis cabanisi. Heard only, at Amazonia lodge. Range Restricted.
Plain-crowned Spinetail – Synallaxis gujanensis. Seen at Amazonia lodge. Great view.
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
White-banded Tyrannulet – Mecocerculus strictopterus. A common Tyrannulet in the canopy mixed-species flocks in the cloud forest.
White-throated Tyrannulet – Mecocerculus leucophrys. Common in the cloud forest Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant - Anairetes flavirostris. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Mottle-backed Elaenia – Elaenia gigas. Seen below the Cock of the Rock Lodge two individuals on a small River Island.
Lesser Elaenia – Elaenia chiriquensis. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center in Canopy tower.
Forest Elaenia - Myiopagis gaimardii. Seen around MWC in canopy tower great views.
White-crested Elaenia – Elaenia albiceps urubambaensis. Seen at Huacarpay lakes.
Sierran Elaenia – Elaenia pallatangae. Several individuals seen in the higher cloud forest around Wayqecha Research Station and around CORL.
Torrent Tyrannulet - Serpophaga cinerea. Seen at Paucartambo town.
Yellow Tyrannulet – Capsiempis flaveola. Heard around Chontachaca in bamboo.
Mouse-colored Tyrannulet – Phaeomyias murina. Seen at La Pastora in Puerto Maldonado.
Ringed Antpipit – Corythopis torquata. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Riverside trail - great view.
Bolivian Tyrannulet – Zimmerius Bolivianus. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the garden. Range Restricted.
Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant – Phylloscartes ophthalmicus. Seen at Cock of the rock lodge in mixed flocks.
Variegated Bristle Tyrant – Phyllocartes poecilotis. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge in mixed flocks.
Cinnamon Faced Tyrannulet – Phylloscartes parkeri. Seen below the Cock of the Rock Lodge. Named for Theodore A Parker the III –pioneer US ornithologist tragically killed in plane crash in souther Ecuador in 1993. Range Restricted.
Inca Flycatcher – Leptopogon taczanowskii. Great view seen around Pacchayoc on the Manu road. A scarce Peruvian endemic; Named for Wladislaw Taczanowskii, Polish ornithologist and author of “Ornithologie du Perou” 1884. ENDEMIC.
Slaty-capped Flycatcher – Leptopogon superciliaris. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge very common.
Amazonian Scrub Flycatcher – Sublegatus obscurior. Seen at Amazonia Lodge in the garden in the breadfruit tree.
Many-colored Rush Tyrant – Tachuris rubrigastra. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant – Lophotriccus pileatus. Common around Cock of the rock lodge.
Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant – Myiornis ecaudatus. Great views seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Flammulated Bamboo-tyrant – Hemitriccus flammulatus. Seen at Amazonia lodge. Although in SE Peru it is restricted to bamboo its not in other places!
White-bellied Tody-Tyrant - Hemitriccus griseipectus. Heard only, at Manu Wildlife Center on the Grid Trail.
Black-throated Tody -Tyrant – hemitriccus granadensis. Seen near Waykecha Biological Station.
Rusty-fronted Tody Flycatcher – poecilotriccus latirostre. Seen near Chontachaca great views in the Bamboo.
Ochre-faced Tody Flycatcher – Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps. Seen near San Pedro lookout a pair.
Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher - Poecilotriccus pulchellus. Two seen around Chontachaca in bamboo. A localized Peruvian endemic. ENDEMIC.
Spotted Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum maculatum. Seen around the Blanquillo Claylick.
Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher – Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum. Heard only, in Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Gray-crowned Tolmomyias – Tolmomyias viridiceps. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center in mixed flocks in the canopy.
Fulvous breasted Flatbill – Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus. One seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge – nice looks.
Golden-crowned Spadebill - Platyrinchus coronatus. Heard only, in Grid trail in Manu Wildlife Center.
Cinnamon Flycatcher – Pyrrhosmyias cinnamomea. Common in the Cloud Forest on the Manu Road.
Bran-colored Flycatcher - Myiophobus fasciatus. Seen at La Pastora in Puerto Maldonado – an austral migrant here.
Smoke-colored Pewee – Contopus fumigatus. Quite common in the cloud forest on the Manu Road.
Black Phoebe – Sayornis nigricans latirostris. Common on the rivers and small streams along the Manu Road. 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 in the Manu lowland rainforest and along the Madre de Dios River. Also an austral migrant here.
Andean Negrito – Lessonia oreas. Seen at Huacarpay lakes.
Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis. Common along the Amazonian rivers.
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant – Muscisaxicola rufivertex. Seen at Huacarpay lakes and on the the Manu road.
Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant - Myiotheretes striaticollis. One seen around Wayquecha Biological Station.
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca rufipectoralis. Seen several times at Wayquecha Biological Station and around Pacchayoc. The SACC says Rufous-bellied Bush Tyrant – Myiotheretes fuscorufus At Wayqecha seen three individual perched great views
Slaty-backed (Maroon-belted) Chat-Tyrant – Ochthoeca(thoracia)cinnamomeiventris Seen near Pacchayoc in manu road great views. “Garcia-Moreno et al. (1998) suggested that the plumage and genetic differences between subspecies groups north and south of the Maranon should be recognized at the species level, with Ochthoeca thoracica the name for the southern species. Ridgely & Tudor (1994) reported that there are also vocal differences that would support this split. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Hilty (2003) further recognized Venezuelan nigrita as a separate species from O. cinnamomeiventris, as done by Cory & Hellmayr (1927); see Zimmer (1937b) for the rationale for treating them all as conspecific based on plumage pattern, the treatment followed by Fitzpatrick (2004). Proposal needed.
White-browed Chat-Tyrant- Ochthoeca leucophyrys. Seen twice near Huambutio.
Long-tailed Tyrant - Colonia colonus. Seen around Amazonia lodge and on our way to Manu Wildlife Center.
Social Flycatcher – Myiozetetes similis. Common in Amazon lowlands.
Gray-capped Flycatcher - Myiozetetes granadensis. Common lowland forest.
Great Kiskadee – pitangus sulphuratus. Seen at Macaw Claylick in a river swamp.
Lesser Kiskadee – pitangus lictor. Seen around the Macaw Claylick.
Lemon Browed Flycatcher – Conopias cinchoneti. Seen below the Cock of the Rock Lodge. VULNERABLE.
Golden-crowned Flycatcher – Myiodynastes chrysocephalus. Seen in cloud forest near Rocotal.
Streaked Flycatcher – Myiodynastes maculatus. Seen at Amazonia lodge and MWC from the canopy tower.
Sulpher-bellied Flycatcher – Myiodynastes luteiventris. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center from the canopy tower.
Boat-billed Flycatcher – Megarynchus pitangua. Seen at Amazonia lodge and MWC.
Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher – Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus. Seen at MWC in canopy tower.
Tropical Kigbird – Tyrannus melancholicus. Very common.
Grayish Mourner – Rhytipterna simplex. Seen at Manu wildlife Center from the canopy great view.
White-rumped Sirystes – Sirystes albocinerea. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center from the canopy tower.
Dusky Capped Flycatcher – Myiarchus tuberculifer. Seen near Ajanacco Pass.
Swainson ́s Flycatcher – Myiarchus swainsoni. Seen at MWC in Canopy Tower.
Short-crested Flycatcher – Myiarchus ferox. Seen at Amazonia lodge.
Rufous-tailed Flatbill – Ramphotrigon ruficauda. Seen at Manu wildlife Center on the Collpa trail.
Dull-capped (White-eyed) Attila - Attila bolivianus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center in Lookout trail.
Bright-rumped Attila - Attila spadiceus. Heard only, around MWC.
COTINGAS
Barred Fruiteater – Pipreola arcuata. Two seen around the tunnels on the Manu Road.
Red-crested Cotinga – Ampelion rubrocristata. Seen at Wayqecha - two individuals.
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock – Rupicola peruviana. We saw at the lek several good views of these pretty birds.
Purple-throated Fruitcrow – Querula purpurata. Seen at Canopy tower at MWC.
Amazonian Umbrellabird – Cephalopterus ornatus. A pair seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge – nice looks.
Plum-throated Cotinga – Cotinga maynana. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center from the canopy tower.
Spangled Cotinga – cotinga cayana. Seen at MWC on the collpa trail eating fruits.
Screaming Piha – Lipaugus vociferans. Commonly heard at Manu Wildlife Center; but also seen several days around Manu Wildlife Center.
Bare-necked Fruitcrow – Gymnoderus foetidus. Seen at Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center in the canopy.
MANAKINS
Dwarf-tyrant Manakin – Tyranneutes stolzmanni. Great views around Manu Wildlife Center in collpa trail.
Blue-backed Manakin – Chiroxiphia pareola regina. Seen along the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Band-tailed Manakin – Ceratopipra fasciicauda. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the figpass trail.
Blue-crowned Manakin – Pipra coronata exquisite. Heard only at MWC on the Collpa trail.
TITYRAS AND BECARDS
Black-tailed Tityra – Tityra cayana. Super views in Canopy tower at Manu Wildlife Center.
Varzea Schiffornis – Schiffornis major. Seen at Cocha Blanco Oxbow lake great views.
Cinereous Mourner – laniocera hypopyrra. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Barred Becard – Pachyrampus versicoor. Excellent looks near Pillahuata in a mixed flock.
White-winged Becard – Pachyrampus polychopterus. Seen at Amazonia lodge in the garden.
Pink-throated Becard – Pachyramphus minor. A pair seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
INCERTAE SEDIS
Wing Barred Piprites – piprites chloris. Seen at Amazonia lodge and MWC.
VIREOS & GREENLETS
Rufous Browed Peppershrike – Cyclarhis gujanensis. Seen around La Pastora in Puerto Maldonado.
Brown-capped Vireo – Vireo leucophrys. Seen around Cock-of-the-rock Lodge.
Red-eyed Vireo – Vireo olivaceus chivi. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center several from the canopy tower. 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.
Dusky Capped Greelet – Pachysylvia hypoxanthus. Seen at Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center from the Canopy Tower.
JAYS
White-collared Jay - Cyanolyca viridicyana One individual below Pacchayoc. Range Restricted.
Inca (Green) Jay - Cyanocorax (luxosus) yncas. 3 seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge. 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 (e.g., REFS) considered separate species. Proposal needed?
Purplish Jay - Cyanocorax cyanomelas. Fairly common in the Manu Lowland rainforest. Range Restricted.
Violaceous Jay - Cyanocorax violaceus. Common in the Lowland rainforest.
SWALLOWS
Blue-and-white Swallow - Notiochelidon cyanoleuca. Common.
Brown-bellied Swallow - Notiochelidon murina. Seen at Paucartambo town from the bridge on our way to Wayqecha Lodge.
White-banded Swallow - Atticora fasciata. Common on lowland rivers.
Southern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx ruficollis. Common.
Gray-breasted Martin - Progne chalybea. One individual seen at Cocha Blanco Lake.
Brown-chested Martin - Progne tapera. Seen along the Alto Madre de Dios River below Boca Manu.
White-winged Swallow – Tachycineta albiventer. The most common Swallow of the lowland rainforest rivers and oxbow lakes.
WRENS
Scaly-breasted (Southern Nightingale) Wren - Microcerculus marginatus. Seen round Manu Wildlife Center on the collpa trail two individuals very good views.
House Wren – Troglodytes aedon. Common in the highlands, seen at Huacarpay lakes and at Wayquecha. 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, is treated as a species (Wood 1993), as was done by Brewer (2001), Mazar Barnett & Pearman (2001), Jaramillo (2003), and Kroodsma & Brewer (2005).
Mountain Wren – Troglodytes solstitialis. Seen at Wayqecha very common.
Thrush-like Wren - Campylorhynchus turdinus. Seen at MWC.
Moustached Wren – Pheugopedius genibarbis. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Fulvous Wren - Cinnycerthia fulva. Heard only, around Pillahuata in bamboo. Range Restricted.
Buff-breasted Wren – Cantorchilus leucotis. Seen at La Pastora in Puerto Maldonado.
Chestnut-breasted Wren – Cyphorhinus thoracicus. Heard only, near Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Musician Wren – Cyphorhinus aradus. Seen at Manu Wildlife center on the Collpa Trail - great views.
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren – Henicorhina leucophrys. Commonly heard in the cloud forest and two individuals seen.
DONOCOBIUS
Black-capped Donacobius – Donacobius atricapillus. Common on the ox-bow lakes and marshes of the lowlands – seen around Amazonia lodge and Cocha Blanco Lakes.
DIPPERS
White Capped Dipper – Cinclus leucocephalus. Seen between Cock of the Rock Lodge and Quebrada Quita Calzon.
THRUSHS AND SOLITAIRES
Andean Solitaire – Myadestes ralloides. Seen around Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge.
White-eared Solitaire - Entomodestes leucotis. Seen in the Rocotal área one individual.
Spotted Nightingale Thrush – Catharus dryas. Heard only, near Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Slaty Thrush – Turdus nigriceps. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the garden. Great looks.
Swainson ́s Thrush – Catharus usthulatus. Seen at Cock of the rock lodge in the Garden in fruit trees.
Hauxwell's Thrush - Turdus hauxwelli. Heard only, at Amazonia lodge.
Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis. The common Amazonian Thrush.
Great Thrush – Turdus fuscater ockenderi. The common Thrush of the higher Cloud Forest.
Chiguanco Thrush – Turdus chiguanco chiguanco. The common Andean Thrush seen at Huacarpay and along the Manu road.
Glossy-black Thrush – Turdus serranus. Seen at Wayqecha Reserch Station in the gardens.
White-necked Thrush - Turdus albicollis. Heard only, at Manu Wildlife Centre.
TANAGERS AND ALLIES
Red-capped Cardinal – Paroaria gularis. Common in the lowlands, especially around the ox-bow lakes.
Magpie Tanager – Cissopis leveriana. The biggest Tanager in Amazonian lowlands and fairly common.
Slaty Tanager – Creurgops dentata. Fairly common around Rocotal and Cock of the Rock lodge in Cloudforest. Range Restricted.
White-browed (Black-capped) Hemispingus - Hemispingus (aricuaris) atropileus. Seen around Wayqecha reserch Station in bamboo. The subspecies auricularis is distinct genetically and morphologically, and should presumably given taxonomic rank (Garcia-Moreno et al. 2001, Garcia-Moreno & Fjeldsa 2003). Proposal needed. ENDEMIC.
Oleaginous Hemispingus – Hemispingus Frontalis. Seen around Pacchayoc in a mixed flock.
Superciliaried Hemispingus - Hemispingus superciliaris. Common around Pillahuata in the Manu Cloudforest.
Black-eared Hemispingus – Hemispingus melanotis berlepschi. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge and Rocotal. Common in mixed flocks.
Rust-and-yellow Tanager – Thlypopsis ruficeps. Fairly common in the cloud forest associated with mixed-species flocks. Range Restricted.
Black-goggled Tanager – Trichothraupis melanops. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Flame-crested Tanager – Tachyphonus cristatus. Seen around MWC on the Collpa trail in a mixed flock.
White-winged Shrike-Tanager – Lanio versicolor. Seen on three occasions at MWC in canopy mixed-species flocks. The canopy flock leader.
Masked Crimson Tanager – Ramphocelus nigrogularis. Stunning Tanager common at Amazonia Lodge and in cocha Blanco oxbow lake.
Silver-beaked Tanager – Ramphocelus carbo. Another common good-looking Tanager.
Hooded Mountain-Tanager – Buthraupis montana. Common around Wayqecha Biological Station; the display is pretty acrobatic for such a large Tanager.
Grass Green Tanager - Chlorornis riefferii. Seen in three occasions around Wayqecha Biological Station.
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager - Anisognathus igniventris igniventris. Fairly common around Wayqecha – common but spectacular.
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager – Anisognathus somptuosus. Seen around mirador San Pedro good views of three individuals.
Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Tanager – Debusia castaneoventris. Seen below Wayquecha Biological Station; amazing color contrast between the upper and underparts! Range Restricted.
Yellow-throated Tanager - Iridosornis analis. Seen near San Pedro lookout.
Golden-collared Tanager - Iridosornis jelskii. Seen twice above Wayquecha Biological Station Great views.
Blue-and-yellow Tanager – Thraupis bonariensis. Unlike most Peruvian Tanagers this one in paticular likes arid and semi arid areas; seen at Huacarpay Lakes and along the Manu road.
Orange-eared Tanager – Chlorochrysa calliparaea. Very beautiful little Tanager; seen several times around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Blue-gray Tanager – Thraupis episcopus. Common.
Palm Tanager – Thrupis cyanocephala. Common.
Blue-capped Tanager – Thraupis cyanocephala. Fairly common in the Manu cloud forest.
Golden-naped Tanager - Tangara ruficervix. Seen around Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge.
Blue-necked Tanager – Tangara cyanicollis. Another Christmas-tree bird! Common.
Yellow-bellied Tanager – Tangara xanthogaster. Seen between Cock of the Rock Lodge and Chontachaca.
Spotted Tanager – Tangara punctata. Replaces the former in the higher foothills, not uncommon around 1000 meters; Seen on several days around Cock of the Rock Lodge at fruiting trees.
Masked Tanager – Tangara nigrocincta. This species seen at Manu Wildlife Center from the canopy tower.
Blue-and-black Tanager - Tangara vassorii atrocaerulea. Seen around Wayqecha.
Beryl-spangled Tanager – Tangara nigroviridis. Fairly common around Cock of the Rock Lodge and Rocotal.
Turquoise Tanager – Tangara mexicana. A lowland species, seen at Amazonia lodge and several times around Manu Wildlife Center and not found in Mexico!
Paradise Tanager – Tangara chilensis. What can you say! A pleasure to have such a pretty species so common in Cloudforest but not found in Chile!
Opal-rumped Tanager – Tangara callophrys. Seen from the canopy tower at Manu Wildlife Center.
Bay-headed Tanager – Tangara gyrola. Seen once near Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Golden-eared Tanager – Tangara chrysotis. A very nice Tanager, seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Saffron-crowned Tanager – Tangara xanthocephala lamprotis. Wonderful views around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Green-and-gold Tanager – Tangara schrankii. Another lowland Tanager present in most canopy flocks seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Golden Tanager – Tangara arthus. Great looks around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Swallow Tanager - Tersina viridis. Several individuals seen near Chontachaca.
Black-faced Dacnis – Dacnis lineata. Nice views below CORL. Wonderful views from the canopy tower of Manu Wildlife Center.
Yellow-bellied Dacnis – Dacnis flaviventer. This species was seen at Manu Wildlife Center from the canopy tower.
Blue Dacnis – Dacnis cayana. Seen at Amazonia lodge and MWC. Fairly common.
Purple Honeycreeper – Cyanerpes caeruleus. Seen from the canopy tower at Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Green Honeycreeper – Chlorophanes spiza. Seen from the Canopy tower at Amazonia Lodge.
Golden-collared Honeycreeper – Iridophanes pulcherrima. Wonderful views at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Capped Conebill – Conirostrum albifrons. Common with mixed-species flocks in the cloud forest.
White-browed Conebill – Conirostrum ferrugineneiventre. Seen around Ajanacco in a mixed flock. Range Restricted.
Cinereous Conebill – Conirostrum cinereum cinereum. Common in the highlands.
Moustached Flowerpiercer - Diglossa mystacalis. Seen around Ajacnaco Passand Wayquecha Biological Station. Range Restricted.
Black-throated Flowerpiercer - Diglossa brunneiventris. Seen at Huacarpay lakes and around Wayquecha Biological Station.
Deep-blue (Golden-eyed) Flowerpiercer - Diglossa glauca. Seen around Rocotal and Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Masked Flowerpiercer - Diglossa cyanea. Fairly common in the Manu cloud forest.
Rusty Flowerpiercer – Diglossa sittoides. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Peruvian Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus punensis. Seen at Huacarpay and on our way to Paucartambo. Named for the Southern Peruvian Department of Puno. Range Restricted.
Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus plebejus. A common drab Finch of the Andes.
Saffron Finch - Sicalis flaveola. Nice views outside Puerto Maldonado. Origin of this population unknown.
Greenish Yellow Finch – Sicalis olivascens. Seen well at Huambutio.
Double-collared Seedeater – Sporophila caerulenscens. Seen at La Pastora near Puerto Maldonado.
Band-tailed Seedeater – Catamenia analis analis. Common in the Andes where there is some vegetation, several birds at Huacarpay lakes and along the Manu road.
Plain-colored Seedeater – Catamenia inornata. Seen around Huacarpay lakes and common in the Andes.
Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola. Seen at Amazonia Lodge – not common in Manu.
INCERTAE SEDIS-2
Buff-throated Saltator – Saltator maximus. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge, Amazonia Lodge and MWC. Common.
Grayish Saltator – Saltator coerulescens. Seen at La Pastora in Puerto Maldonado.
Golden-billed Saltator – Saltator aurantiirostris. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes and around Paucartambo.
NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES
Black-faced Brushfinch – Atalaptes melanolaemus. Common in the Manu cloud forest. The Atlapetes genus has been completely revamped based on bio-chemical data and work done at Copenhagen Field Museum. Formerly considered part of Rufous-napped 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.
Tricolored Brushfinch – Atlapetes tricolor. Seen above Challabamba with a mixed flock. Becomes a Peruvian endemic with the split of Cjoco Brushfinch. ENDEMIC.
Yellow-browed Sparrow – Ammodramus aurifrons. Seen below Quita Calzones on our way to Pillcopapa and along the highway on the way to Puerto Maldonado.
Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonatrichia capensis. Only in the Andes. A pretty Sparrow.
Common Chlorospingus - Chlorospingus flavopectus. Seen around Mirador San Pedro and a common bird of the Cloud Forest. 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”.
Short-billed (Yellow-whiskered) Chlorospingus - Chlorospingus parvirostris. Seen around the Cock of the Rock Lodge in the garden.
Yellow-throated Chlorospingus – Chlorospingus flavigularis. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
CARDINAL GROSBEAKS
White-winged Tanager – Piranga leucoptera. Seen below the Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager – Habia rubica. Seen on the Grid Trails in mixed species flocks.
Carmiol’s Tanager – Chlorothraupis carmioli. Seen at Amazonia lodge upper trail to canopy Tower.
Hepatic Tanager – Piranga flava. Seen around Rocotal in the Manu Cloudforest.
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Tropical Parula – Setophaga pitiayumi. Seen near Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Citrine Warbler – Myiothlypis luteoviridis striaticeps. Common in the cloud forest and seen around Wayquecha Biological Station.
Pale-legged Warbler - Myiothlypis signatus. Seen below Wayqecha along the roadside. Range Restricted.
Buff-rumped Warbler - Myiothlypis fulvicauda. Seen twice at Amazonia Lodge in garden.
Two-banded Warbler – Myiothlypis bivittatus. Seen near Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Golden-bellied (Cuzco) Warbler – Myiothlypis chrysogaster. Seen below Quitacalzon and in Amazonia Lodge on the upper trails. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) treated the northern subspecies chlorophrys as a separate species – Choco Warbler - from Myiothlypis chrysogaster based on differences in descriptions of songs; see Zimmer (1949) for rationale for considering them sister taxa. This Golden-bellied warbler becomes a Peruvian endemic. ENDEMIC.
Russet-crowned Warbler - Myiothlypis coronatus. Seen near Rocotal in the Manu Cloudforest.
Three-striped (Yungas) Warbler – Basileuterus (punctipectus) tristriatus. Seen near Cock of the Rock Lodge and Rocotal. Donegan (2014) provided evidence that the Bolivian punctipectus group (including canens) should be treated as a separate species. SACC proposal needed. Range Restricted.
Slate-throated Redstart (Whitestart) – Myioborus miniatus. Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Spectacled Whitestat (Whitestart) – Myioborus melanocephalus. Fairly common in Manu Cloudforest generally higher than the former.
OROPENDOLAS, ORIOLES AND BLACKBIRDS
Pale-eyed Blackbird – Agelaius xanthophthalmus. Good views seen at Cocha Blanco Lake. Range Restricted.
Yellow-winged Blackbird – Agelaius thilius. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Giant Cowbird – Molothrus oryzivorus. Common in the lowlands and in Madre de Dios river.
Epaulet Oriole – Icterus cayanensis. Seen below Quita Calzones.
Orange-backed Troupial – Icterus croconotus. Seen at Amazonia lodge.
Solitary Cacique - Cacicus solitarius. Seen at La Pastora in Puerto Maldonado.
Yellow-rumped Cacique – Cacicus cela. Common.
Southern Mountain Cacique - seen in cloud forest on the Manu road.
Crested Oropendola – Psarocolius decumanus maculosus. Common in the amazon lowlands.
Dusky-green Oropendola – Psarocolius atrovirens. Seen at Cock of the rock lodge and Manu Cloudforest - fairly common.
Russet-backed Oropendola – Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi. Common.
Olive Oropendola – Psarocolius bifasciatus. Seen at Manu Wildllife Center from the Canopy Tower.
Casqued Oropendola – Clypicterus oseryi. Seen at MWC from the canopy tower in flight.
FINCHES
Thick-billed Euphonia - Euphonia laniirostris. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center in the canopy tower nesting.
Golden-bellied (White-lored) Euphonia – Euphonia chrysopasta. Seen at Amazonia lodge and MWC from the canopy tower.
Bronze-green Euphonia – Euphonia mesochrysa. Several seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Orange-bellied Euphonia – Euphonia xanthogaster brunneifrons. Common Euphonia around CORL and Manu Wildlife Center.
Rufous-bellied Euphonia - Euphonia rufiventris. A pair seen at Manu Wildlife Center from the canopy tower - great views.
Hooded Siskin – Sporaga magellanica urubambensis. Seen around Huacarpay Lakes and along the Manu road near Acjanaco pass.
Olivaceous Siskin – Sporaga olivacea. Seen near Cock-of-the-Rock lodge – a humid forest Siskin.
Blue-naped Chlorophonia – Chlorophonia cyanea. Seen around the Cock of the Rock Lodge in the garden – nice looks.