ITINERARY
Nov 9th: Arrive in Cusco and straight out to Huacarpay Lake with picnic lunch. Night in Cusco capital of the Incas.
Nov 10th: Cusco to the Wayqecha Biological Station via Pissac with birding stops along the way; owling before dinner above Wayqecha. Night at Wayqecha Biological Station.
Nov 11th: Full day at Wayqecha: In the morning up the road to Acjanaco - Tres Cruses (Manu National Park) birding the Puna grassland and elfin forest. In the afternoon we birded up the road near the Lodge. Night at Wayqecha.
Nov 12th: Travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge with owling morning down the road below the tunnels, and after breakfast we went up the road until 7:30. Then we started the journey down the road continuing birding along the way. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Nov 13th: Full day at CORL: in the morning birding around the lodge itself and Manakin/monkey trail and in the afternoon we went up the road to above the Mirador (1780 mts). Night at CORL.
Nov 14th: Full day at CORL. In the morning up the road to above Rocotal (2370 mts) with picnic lunch and in the afternoon back up the road to the Mirador. Night CORL.
Nov 15th: Full day at CORL: in the morning down the road to 1120 mts, and in the afternoon we birded the Manakin trail and up the road to the Mirador for the Lyre-tailed Nightjar. Night at CORL.
Nov 16th: Travel day to Amazonia Lodge starting near Quitacalzon and continued to Chontachaca, Patria and below Pillcopata and we arrived at Atalaya 5pm, then a short boat trip to reach to Amazonia Lodge.
Nov 17th: Full day at Amazonia Lodge: all day birding the trail system on the floodplain forest. Night Amazonia Lodge.
Nov 18th: A full day birding the floodplain forest trail system. Night at Amazonian Lodge.
Nov 19th: Boat ride from Amazonia Lodge to Manu Wildlife Center on the Alto Madre de Dios River after a short birding morning. Night Manu Wildlife Center.
Nov 20th: Full day at MWC. In the morning we birded collpa trail and in the afternoon Riverside trail and GRID trail system. Night MWC.
Nov 21st: Full day at MWC. Today we visited Macaw Clay Lick early in the morning and in the afternoon we birded the GRID trail system. Night MWC.
Nov 22nd: Full day at MWC. In the morning to Camungo ox-bow Lake with its canopy platform and in the afternoon we made a loop on creekside and collpa trail. Night at Manu Wildlife Center.
Nov 23rd: Full day at MWC. Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake and around the garden of the Lodge itself and in the afternoon Collpa trail. Night MWC.
Nov 24th: Full day at MWC. In the morning to Antthrush trail (bamboo forest) and canopy platform of the lodge itself and in the afternoon collpa trail staying at the clay lick until 8:45 for the tapir that didn’t show up. Night MWC.
Nov 25th: Full day at MWC. In the morning to collpa trail and in the afternoon to the GRID trail system. Night MWC.
Nov 26th: Travel day to Puerto Maldonado via Boca Colorado and then by car to Puerto Punkiri Chico where we crossed by boat the Inambari River to Puerto Carlos where a van was waiting for us and then shortly onto Santa Rosa at km 140 and continue driving toward Puerto Maldonado town. After lunch near Santa Rosa we continued birding along the way. Night at Puerto Maldonado.
Nov 27th: Early birding morning to La Cachuela road and then on to Km 12 on the highway and then to La Pastora road, and then back to the Hotel for breakfast and shower and after mid-morning to the airport for the flight to Lima and back home.
SPECIES LIST
TINAMOUS
Gray Tinamou – Tinamous tao. Heard only.
Great Tinamou - Tinamus major. Heard only.
White-throated Tinamou – Tinamus guttatus. Heard only.
Hooded Tinamou - Nothocercus nigrocapillus. Heard only.
Cinereous Tinamou - Crypturellus cinereus. One seen at Amazonia lodge.
Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui. Seen at Amazonia lodge just by Alan.
Brown Tinamou - Crypturellus obsoletus. One seen below Pillahuata on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge from Wayqecha.
Black-capped Tinamou - Crypturellus atrocapillus. Heard only.
Bartlett’s Tinamou - Crypturellus bartletti. 2 seen just by Alan at Manu Wildlife Center.
SCREAMERS
Horned Screamer - Anhima cornuta. 10 individuals seen at Blanco Lake and a few more at Camungo ox-bow Lakes.
DUCKS
Andean Goose – Chloephaga melanoptera. Nice view of 2 individuals on the roadside near Tambomachay Inca ruins on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Orinoco Goose - Oressochen jubata. 3 seen on the Madre de Dios River bank between Manu Wildlife Center and Blanquillo macaw clay lick. Great views!
Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata. Seen two times, one individual in the Madre de Dios River. Formerly called Musk Duck because the drake has a musky smell.
Torrent Duck – Merganetta armata. We saw 3 below Cock of the Rock Lodge. How on earth does this species cope “acoustically” by living in such torrential waters?
Yellow-billed Teal - Anas flavirostris. The most common duck at Huacarpay Lake but more seen near the Abra (pass) Muruhijsa on our travel day to Wayqecha; 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. Also seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Puna Teal - Anas puna. Common at Huacarpay Lakes.
Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanoptera. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes. Very common.
Ruddy (Andean) Duck - Oxyura (ferruginea) jamaicenis. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Crested Duck – Laphonetta specularioides. Nice view of 2 in a small lagoon on the Tres Cruses road inside the Manu National Park at Acjanaco.
CHACHALACAS, GUANS & CURASSOWS
Andean Guan - Penelope montagnii. Common in the cloud forest of Manu road – seen around Wayqecha and Rocotal. In Greek mythology Penelope was daughter of Icarus and wife of Ulysses, King of Ithaca.
Spix’s Guan - Penelope Jacquacu. Good views at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center. Named after the German naturalist and collector in Brazil (1781-1826) Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix.
Blue-throated Piping Guan - Pipile cumanensis. 1 seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Speckled Chachalaca - Ortalis guttata. A very common bird of Amazonian lowlands. Common in more lightly wooded and forest edge areas in the lowlands.
Razor-billed Curassow - Mitu tuberosa. Good views on the wide-open jeep trail at Amazonia Lodge and heard at MWC.
NEW WORLD QUAIL
Rufous-breasted Wood- Quail - Odontophorus speciosus. Heard only.
Starred Wood Quail - Odontophorus stellatus. We flushed one at Manu Wildlife Center.
GREBES
White-tufted Grebe - Rollandia 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. 1 seen on the Madre de Dios River bank on our travel day from Amazonia Lodge.
CORMORANTS
Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus. Very common bird on the Madre de Dios River.
DARTERS
Anhinga - anhinga anhinga. Common on Blanco Oxbow and Camungo Lake.
HERONS & BITTERNS
Fasciated Tiger-Heron - Tigrisoma fasciatum. Common on the Alto Madre de Dios River.
Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum. 1 individual at Amazonia Lodge.
Black-crowned Night-Heron – Nycticorax nycticorax. 2 seen at Huacarpay Lake.
Striated Heron - Butorides striatus. At Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus Ibis. Common.
Cocoi Heron - Ardea Cocoi. Common bird on Madre de Dios River.
Great Egret Ardea albus. Common.
Capped Heron - Pilherodius pileatus. Very pretty bird seen on several occasions on the Alto Madre de Dios River and also in the pool on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula. A very common bird on the Madre de Dios River.
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea. Seen twice on the Madre de Dios River and one more at Huacarpay Lake.
FLAMINGOS
Chilean Flamingo – Phoenicopterus chilensis. 4 seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
IBIS & SPOONBILLS
Puna Ibis – plegadis ridgwayi. At Huacarpay Lake.
Green Ibis - Mesembrinibis cayennensis. 2 seen from the Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Andean Ibis – Theristicus branickii. Heard only.
Roseate Spoonbill - Ajaia ajaja. 6 on the Madre de Dios River bank on our travel day to Manu Wildlife Center and 1 more below Manu Wildlife Center.
AMERICAN VULTURES
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura. Very common bird. 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 lowland rainforest.
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus. Most common in the Amazon rainforest.
King Vulture - Sarcoramphus papa. Seen twice at Amazonia Lodge.
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture – Cathartes burrovianus. One on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
OSPREYS
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus. 5 on the Madre de Dios River and 1 more at Blanco ox-bow Lake.
KITES, HAWKS AND EAGLES
White-tailed Kite – Ellanus leucuros. One seen on our travel day near Puerto Maldonado.
Swallow tailed Kite - Elanoides forficatus. Seen twice around Puerto Maldonado.
Black-and-chestnut Eagle - Spizaetus isidori. Nice male seen at Rocotal in the Manu cloud forest! Named after Isidore Geoffrey Saint – Hilliaire 1805-1861 French zoologist. ENDANGERED.
Black-collared Hawk – Busarellus nigricollis. 1 seen at Blanco ox-bow Lake.
Double-toothed Kite - Harpagus bidentatus. Twice seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Plumbeous Kite - Ictinia plumbea. Very common on Amazon lowland forests.
Gray-bellied Goshawk – Accipiter poliogaster. One seen near the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center. A very hard bird to see anywhere.
Slate-colored Hawk - Buteogallus schistacea. One seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Great Black Hawk - Buteogallus urubitinga. Seen twice on the Madre de Dios River bank.
Montane Solitary Eagle - Buteogallus solitarius. Adult and immature on the nest seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Roadside Hawk - Rupornis magnirostris. Very common bird in Amazon lowland forest.
White-tailed Hawk - Geranoaetus albicaudatus. Good view of one on the roadside of the highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
Variable Hawk - Geranoaetus polyosoma. 2 seen at Tres Cruses road. 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.”
Broad-winged Hawk – Buteo platypterus. One seen at Rocotal.
Short-tailed Hawk – Buteo brachyurus. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula. One seen at Wayqecha Biological Station.
Zone-tailed Hawk – Buteo albonotatos. One seen from the Blanquillo macaw clay lick around Manu Wildlife Center.
LIMPKINS
Limpkin - Aramus guarauna. Heard only, at Amazonia Lodge.
TRUMPETERS
Pale-winged Trumpeter – Psophia leucoptera. 2 seen on the GRID trail system and 5 more on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
RAILS & CRAKES
Gray-cowled Wood Rail -Aramides cajanea. Common at Amazonia Lodge. The old Gray-necked Wood-Rail has been split two ways – Russet-naped Wood-Rail Aramides albiventris of Mexico and the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and the one we saw of the Pacific slope of Cosat Rica to Argentina.
Uniform Crake – Amaurolimnas concolor. One seen after hard work at Amazonia Lodge – a really hard bird to be seen!
Rufous-sided Crake - Laterallus melanophaius. Heard only.
Gray-breasted Crake – Laterallus exilis. One seen on the roadside near Patria on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge.
Plumbeous Rail - Pardirallus sanguinolentus. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
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).
Azure Gallinule – Porphyrio flavirostris. Great view of 1 at Blanco ox-bow 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 Camungo and Blanco ox-bow Lake.
PLOVERS
Collared Plover - Charandrius collaris. Common near the MWC on river islands.
Pied Lapwing - Vanellus (Haploxypterus) cayanus. Common on the Madre de Dios River.
Southern Lapwing – Vanellus chilensis. 2 seen on the fresh ploughed rice field on the highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
SANDPIPERS AND SNIPES
Spotted Sandpiper – Actitis macularia. Common on the Madre de Dios River bank.
Lesser Yellowlegs – Tringa flavipes. One seen in the small lagoon at Tres Cruces road at Acjanaco into the Manu Park.
Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos. Only one seen at Tres Cruces on the small lagoon.
JACANAS
Wattled Jacana - Jacana jacana. Very common at Camungo and Blanco ox-bow Lake and few more on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado on the fresh ploughed agricultural field.
GULLS & TERNS
Andean Gull - Chroicocephlus serranus. Very common at Huacarpay Lakes.
Large-billed Tern - Phaetusa simplex. Common in lower Madre de Dios River.
Yellow-billed Tern - Sterna superciliaris. 4 seen by some on our travel day to Boca Colorado “rainy boat ride” on the Madre de Dios River.
SKIMMERS
Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger. 10+ seen on the alto “upper” Madre de Dios River and 4 more on our travel day to Boca Colorado.
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia. Common near human habitation.
Spot-winged Pigeon – Patagioenas maculosa. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes commonly.
Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata. Seen around the Wayqecha Biological Station.
Pale-vented Pigeon - Patagioenas cayennensis. Common near water in the lowlands.
Pumbeous Pigeon -Patagioenas plumbea. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Ruddy Pigeon - Patagioenas subvinacea. 4 seen at Amazonia Lodge - VULNERABLE.
Eared Dove – Zenaida auriculata. Common at Huacarpay Lakes. Numbers increasing rapidly.
Gray fronted Dove - Leptotila rufaxilla. Seen very common at MWC in the garden. 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 – Geotrygon frenata. Heard only.
Ruddy Quail-Dove - Geotrygon montana. We flushed on three different occasions a female, seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Ruddy Ground-Dove – Columbina talpacoti. Seen on the roadside of the highway on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
Bare-faced Ground-Dove - Metriopelia ceciliae. 2 seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
HOATZIN
Hoatzin - Opisthocomus hoazin. Common in the small lagoon at Amazonia Lodge and also at Camungo and Blanco ox- bow Lake.
CUCKOOS
Little Cuckoo - Coccycua minuta. 1 at the small lagoon at Amazonia Lodge and also at the Camungo ox-bow Lake at Manu Wildlife Center. Nice views.
Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana. Very common in the foothill and lowland rainforest.
Black-bellied Cuckoo - Piaya melanogaster. 3 in total seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Greater Ani – Crotophaga major. Great views at Blanquillo macaw clay lick and also at Camungo ox-bow Lake.
Smooth billed Ani - Crotophaga ani. Very common in amazon lowland forest on river islands.
TYPICAL OWLS
Rufescent Screech-Owl - Megascops ingens. Seen twice at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl - Megascops watsonii. Seen at Amazonia lodge - a very good view just in the garden. Recent analyses of genetic and vocal differences (König et al. 1999) confirm a major division of the screech-owls into New World Otus (except O. flammulatus) and Old World groups, as noted by Amadon & Bull (1988).
White-throated Screech-Owl – Megascops albogularis. One seen really well above Wayqecha Biological Station.
Crested Owl - Lophostrix cristata. An amazing view of 1 that perched above the trail very low after being scared by Capuchin Monkeys on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Band-bellied Owl - Pulsatrix melanota. Very good view of one just at the garden at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Great (Lesser) Horned Owl – Bubo (magellanicus) virginianus. One seen very well roosting at Huacarpay Lakes.
Black-banded Owl - Ciccaba huhula. One seen well at Amazonia Lodge.
Rufous-banded Owl – Ciccaba albitarsus. After hard work on the second try below the tunnels near Wayqecha – finally the persistence paid off, because we had great views after all!
Amazonian Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium hardyi. One seen in the GRID trail system and another one near the MWC canopy platform.
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl - Glaucidium brasilianum. One seen at Antthrush trail.
Yungas Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium bolivianum. Heard only.
Burrowing Owl – Athene cunicularia. Great view of one in the cattle ranch on the highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado. We are not sure what subspecies occurs – presumably bolivianus here.
POTOOS
Great Potoo - Nyctibius grandes. One individual seen roosting between Pillcopata and Atalaya community.
Common Potoo – Nyctibius griseus. Heard only.
Andean Potoo – Nyctibius maculosus. One seen roosting near Rocotal – great views!
NIGHTHAWKS & NIGHTJARS
Sand-colored Nighthawk - Chordeiles rupestris. 60+ seen on the Madre de Dios River bank.
Swallow-tailed Nightjar – Uropsalis segmentata. Amazing display of a male one above Wayqecha with its female.
Lyre-tailed Nightjar - Uropsalis lyra. Great views on the Manu road near the San Pedro Mirador.
Ladder-tailed Nightjar - Hydropsalis climacocerca. A female seen on the Madre de Dios River bank near Manu Wildlife Center.
SWIFTS
Chestnut-collared Swift - Streptoprocne rutilus. Seen below Wayqecha and also at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-collared Swift - Streptoprocne zonaris. Common.
Gray-rumped Swift - Chaetura cinereiventris. One seen by Steve at the MWC canopy platform.
Pale-rumped Swift – Chaetura egregia. One seen from the Camungo canopy platform.
Amazonian Swift – Chaetura viridipennis. 4 seen on our travel day from Cusco to Wayqecha.
Short-tailed Swift - Chaetura brachyuran. Seen in the lowland rainforest on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge from CORL.
Neotropical Palm Swift - Tachornis squamata. Common Swift in the Lowland rainforest.
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift - Panyptila cayennensis. From the Camungo canopy tower - nice looks.
HUMMINGBIRDS
White-necked Jacobin - Florisuga mellivora. Common on the feeders at Amazonia Lodge.
Rufous-breasted Hermit - Glaucis hirsutus. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Pale-tailed Barbthroat – Threnetes leucurus. 1 seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Green Hermit - Phaethornis guy. Seen twice at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Great-billed Hermit – Phaethornis malaris. 2 seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Koepcke’s Hermit – Phaethornis koepckeae. One seen at Amazonia Lodge. A Peruvian endemic and a specialty of 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.
Needle-billed Hermit – Phaethornis philippii. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-bearded Hermit - Phaethornis hipidus. Seen at MWC on the Antthrush trail sitting for long time and very good views.
Reddish Hermit - Phaethornis ruber. 1 at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-browed Hermit - Phaethornis stuarti. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Blue-fronted Lancebill - Doryfera johannae. One seen at Quebrada Quitacalzon and another one seen at Amazonia Lodge. Named for Johanna Loddiges the daughter of British Hummingbird expert/collecter George Loddiges.
Green-fronted Lancebill - Doryfera ludovicae. One seen at Rocotal.
Wedge-billed Hummingbird - Schistes geoffroyi. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the garden, very nice views.
Lesser Violet-ear - Colibri cyanotus. One around the Wayqecha Biologicat Station at flowers. The Central and Middle American form of Green Violetar have been split into Mexican Violetear by the AOU-our form which occurs from Costa Rica to Bolivia is now this species.
Green Violet-ear – Colibri thalassinus. One seen below Rocotal.
Sparkling Violet-ear - Colibri coruscans. Seen several times.
Black-eared Fairy - Heliothryx aurita. Good views at Amazonia Lodge.
Black-throated Mango - Anthracothorax nigricollis. A male one seen at La Cachuela road.
Amethyst-throated Sunangel - Heliangelus amethysticollis. Common in the higher cloud forest around Wayqecha Biological Station.
Wire-crested Thorntail - Discosura langsdorffi. 2 seen on the verbena flowers at Cock of the rock lodge in the garden.
Black-bellied Thorntail – Discosura langsdorffi. A female one seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Rufous-crested Coquette - Lophornis delattrei. Another Verbena lover, seen at Amazonia Lodge in the garden males and females and great looks. Named after French naturalist/collector Henri de Lattre (1838).
Festive Coquette - Lophornis chalybeus. An immature seen at Amazonia Lodge and females seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Peruvian Piedtail - Phlogophilus harterti. Seen twice below Cock of the Rock Lodge and a male one seen at Quita Calzon on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge. ENDEMIC.
Speckled Hummingbird - Adelomyia melanogenys. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the garden feeding on flowers.
Long-tailed Sylph - Aglaiocercus kingi. 3 in total seen at Rocotal. 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 on the humid Montane forest of Manu road above Paucartambo on our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco. Lesbia is Greek – a woman of Lesbos. Victoriae – named for Victoire Mulsant wife of French naturalist Martial Muslsant.
Green-tailed Trainbearer – Lesbia nuna. One seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Bearded Mountaineer – Oreonympha nobilis. Nice view of 1 across the Huambutio Bridge near Huacarpay Lakes. ENDEMIC.
Tyrian Metaltail – Metallura tyrianthina smaragdinicollis. Seen twice around Wayqecha. 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.
Buff-thighed Puffleg -Haplophaedia assimilis. Seen near the San Pedro lookout “mirador” above Cock of the Rock Lodge only one individual but a nice view. Range Restricted.
Sapphire-vented Puffleg – Eriocnemis sapphiropygia. One seen near Acjanaco on our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco.
Shining Sunbeam – Aglaeactis cupripennis caumatonotus. Quite common at Wayqecha Biological Station.
Bronzy Inca - Coeligena coeligena. Seen at Rocotal.
Collared Inca – Coeligena torquata. Also seen at Rocotal.
Violet-throated Starfrontlet - Coeligena violifer osculans. Seen around Wayqecha Biological Station twice.
Great Sapphirewing – Pterophanes cyanopterus. One seen near Acjanaco on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Anna’s Racket-tail - Ocreatus underwoodii. Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge. The “Racquet-tailed Puffleg was unknown in life but sepciemens 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. A new paper in Zootaxa 4200 (1): 083–108 by KARL-L. SCHUCHMANN1, ANDRÉ-A. WELLER1 & DIETMAR JÜRGENS, suggests that the Booted Raquet-tail is in fact 4 species. If correct this article would provide Bolivia with an endemic species and gives Peru 2 species -one an endemic!
Gould ́s Jewelfront - Heliodoxa aurescens. Seen at Amazonia Lodge coming to feeders.
Fawn-breasted Brilliant – Heliodoxa rubinoides. 1 seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri. Very common at Cock of the rock Lodge.
Giant Hummingbird -Patagona gigas. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes and also on the Manu road – the world’s largest Hummer.
White-bellied Woodstar - Chaetocercus mulsant. Several times around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Blue-tailed Emerald - Chlorostilbon mellisugus. Seen at Amazonia lodge, common.
Violet-headed Hummingbird - Klais guimeti. Seen at Amazonia lodge in the garden at the verbena flowers.
Gray-breasted Sabrewing - Campylopterus largipennis. Another common Hummingbird at Amazonia lodge.
Fork-tailed Woodnymph - Thalurania furcata. A few seen throughout the trip.
Many-spotted Hummingbird - Taphrolesbia hypostictus. Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Sapphire-spangled Emerald - Amazilia lactea. Common hummingbird at Amazonia Lodge and one more seen at La Cachuela road.
Golded-tailed Sapphire - Chrysuronia oenone. Very common at Amazonia lodge.
TROGONS AND QUETZALS
Crested Quetzal - Pharomachrus antisianus. Heard only.
Golden-headed Quetzal - Pharomachrus auriceps. One seen in the cloud forest of Manu road on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Pavonine Quetzal - Pharomachrus pavoninus. A fly-by on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-tailed Trogon - Trogon melanurus. Seen several times at Amazonia lodge and Manu wildlife Center.
Green-backed Trogon – Trogon viridis. One seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Collared Trogon -Trogon collaris. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Masked Trogon - Trogon personatus. One seen in the cloud forest of Manu road on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Blue-crowned Trogon - Trogon curucui. Seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Amazonian Trogon - Trogon ramonianus. Seen at Amazonia Lodge. 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. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Amazon Kingfisher - Chloroceryle amazona. Seen on the Madre de Dios River and at Blanco Lake.
Green Kingfisher - Chloroceryle americana. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Green and Rufous Kingfisher - Chloroceryle inda. One seen flying across at Camungo Lake.
American Pygmy Kingfisher – Chloroceryle aenea. One seen by Steve at Amazonia Lodge and another one seen by Alan at Manu Wildlife Center.
MOTMOTS
Broad-billed Motmot - Electron platyrhynchum. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the collpa trail.
Rufous Motmot - Baryphthengus martii. One seen on collpa trail.
Amazonian Motmot - Momotus momota. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center.
Andean Motmot - Momotus aequatorialis. One of the very attractive birds seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
JACAMARS
Purus Jacamar - Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus. 10+ seen at Camungo ox-bow Lake. Named for the Purus River that runs from eastern Peru into Brazil.
White-throated Jacamar - Brachygalba albogularis. 2 seen really well of this range restricted bird at La Pastora port. Range Restricted.
Bluish-fronted Jacamar - Galbula cyanescens. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Paradise Jacamar – Galbula dea. One seen well on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
PUFFBIRDS AND NUNBIRDS
White-necked Puffbird - Notharchus hyperrhynchus. A pair at the canopy tower at Manu Wildlife Center.
Pied Puffbird - Notharchus tectus. Nice looks at 2 of this tricky species at the Canopy Tower at Manu Wildlife Center.
Spotted Puffbird – Bucco tamatia. Great view of one on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Western Striolated Puffbird – Nystalus obamai. 2 seen very well at the Camungo canopy platform. Named for Barrack Obama the former President of the United States.
Black-streaked Puffbird - Malacoptila fulvogularis. 4 in total seen at Rocotal.
Rufous-capped Nunlet - Nonnula ruficapilla. Good views of 2 at Antthrush trail in the bamboo forest.
Black-fronted Nunbird - Monasa nigrifrons. Common in amazon lowland forest. 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. A bird of terra firma forest seen at Manu Wildlife Center. Morpheous was the son of sleep and god of dreams a referral to the lethargic behavior of this Nunbird.
Swallow-Wing - Chelidoptera tenebrosa. A few times seen around Manu Wildlife Center.
NEW WORLD BARBETS
Gilded Barbet - Capito auratus. Heard only.
Lemon-throated Barbet - Eubucco richardsoni. Seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Scarlet-hooed Barbet – Eubucco tucinkae Great views of 1 at Amazonia Lodge – pretty bird! Range Restricted.
Versicolored Barbet - Eubucco versicolor. Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
TOUCANS
Channel-billed Toucan -Ramphastos vitellinus. Three individuals seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-throated Toucan - Ramphastos tucanus. Several times seen around Manu Wildlife Center.
Emerald (Black-throated) Toucanet - Aulacorhynchus (atrigularis) prasinus. 2 seen at Amazonia Lodge. Range Restricted.
Blue banded Toucanet - Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis. We observed on 2 different days. Range Restricted.
Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan – Andigena hypoglauca. Heard only.
Golden-collared Toucanet - Selenidera reinwardtii. Seen on two different occasions at Manu Wildlife Center.
Chestnut-eared Aracari - Pteroglossus castanotis. Seen twice at Amazonia Lodge and one more at Manu Wildlife Center. In Greek Pteroglossus means “feathertongued” a reference to the slim feather-like tongues of toucans and aracaris.
WOODPECKERS & PICULETS
Rufous-breasted Piculet - Picumnus rufiventris. At MWC on the Antthrush Trail – nice looks of 1 individual.
Fine-barred Piculet - Picumnus subtilis. Male and female seen at Amazonia Lodge. Range Restricted.
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker - Melanerpes cruentatus. Seen at Manu wildlife Center.
Little Woodpecker - Veniliornis passerines. 2 at Antthrush trail.
Red-stained Woodpecker – Veniliornis affinis. One seen just by Alan at Manu Wildlife Center.
Golden-Olive Woodpecker - Piculus rubiginosus. Seen twice around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker - Piculus rivolii. 4 seen at Rocotal.
Spot-breasted Woodpecker - Colaptes punctigula. 2 seen at Camungo Oxbow Lake.
Andean Flicker – Colaptes rupícola. 2 seen in the Andes on our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco.
Scaly-breasted Woodpecker - Celeus grammicus latifasciatus. 2 seen at the Camungo canopy platform and twice on collpa trail at MWC.
Chestnut Woodpecker – Celeus elegans. Great view of 1 after a play-back on our walk back from the Camungo Lake.
Cream-colored Woodpecker – Celeus flavus. Nice views of 2 at the Camungo canopy platform.
Rufous-headed Woodpecker – Celeus spectabilis. 1 seen well at Antthrush trail – one of the difficult bamboo specialists.
Lineated Woodpecker - Dryocopus lineatus. One seen just by Alan at Manu Wildlife Center.
Red-necked Woodpecker - Campephilus rubricollis. 2 seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Crimson-crested Woodpecker- Campephilus melanoleucos. Twice seen at Amazonia Lodge.
CARACARAS & FALCONS
Laughing Falcon - Herpetotheres cachinnas. One seen perched in front of the Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Black Caracara - Daptrius ater. A few times seen on the Madre de Dios River bank and River Island.
Mountain Caracara – Phalcoboenus megalopterus. Seen well at Huacarpay Lakes and on two more days around Wayqecha.
Southern Caracara - Caracara plancus. Seen on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
American Kestrel – Falco sparverius. Common bird of Andes – but only 1 seen by Alan.
Bat Falcon - Falco rufigularis. One seen from the boat on our travel day to Manu Wildlife Center.
PARROTS
Barred Parakeet - Bolborhynchus lineola. In flight seen twice around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Amazonian Parrotlet - Nannopsittaca dachilleae. 6 seen at the Macaw clay lick.
Cobalt-winged Parakeet - Brotogeris cyanoptera. A very common bird in the Amazon lowlands – 5 seen at the MWC canopy platform.
Tui Parakeet - Brotogeris sanctithomae. 4 at the Macaw clay lick and 6 more at Camungo ox-bow Lake.
Orange Cheeked Parrot - Pyrilia barrabandi. 20+ at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick. Named after Jaques Barrand (1767-1809), French bird and flower illustrator.
Blue-headed Parrot - Pionus menstruus. Very common in amazon lowland forest – lots of them at the macaw clay lick.
Yellow-crowned Amazon - Amazona ochrocephala. 10+ at the macaw clay lick and a few more flying around Manu Wildlife Center.
Scaly-naped Amazon - Amazona mercenaria. Seen around Wayqecha Biological Station and Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Mealy Amazon - Amazona farinosa. 100+ at the macaw clay lick. Farinosa is Latin for “Sprinkled with Flour” referring to the “dusted” appearance of this Amazon.
White-bellied Parrot- Pionites leucogaster. 2 seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Rose-fronted Parakeet - Pyrrhura roseifrons. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center from the canopy platform.
Red-bellied Macaw - Orthopsittaca manilata. A few seen in flight from the macaw clay lick and also from the MWC canopy platform.
Blue-headed Macaw – Primolius couloni. Very nice view of 3 that stopped in front of the Blanquillo macaw clay lick - VULNERABLE.
Blue-and-Yellow Macaw - Ara ararauna. Lots of them in flight around Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao. Seen very commonly in the Manu lowland forest between Amazonia lodge and MWC.
Red and Green Macaw - Ara chloropterus. Very common at the Macaw Clay lick at Manu Wildlife Center.
Chestnut-fronted Macaw - Ara severa. One of the very common Macaws in the amazon lowland forest.
ANTBIRDS
Chestnut-shouldered Antwren – Euchrepomis hhumeralis. Seen twice briefly at Manu Wildlife Center.
Yellow-rumped Antwren - Euchrepomis sharpie. 2 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge - ENDANGERED, Range Restricted.
Fasciated Antshrike - Cymbilaimus lineatus. Male and female seen on the creekside trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Bamboo Antshrike - Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae. At Amazonia Lodge in bamboo patch - great view of a male and female.
Great Antshrike - Taraba major. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Barred Antshrike - Thamnophilus doliatus. Male and female seen at La Cachuela road outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Chestnut-backed Antshrike - Thamnophilus palliatus. Seen on three different occasions around Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Plain-winged Antshrike - Thamnophilus schistaceus. Commonly heard in the Amazonian Lowland – seen at Amazonia Lodge and MWC.
Plain Antvireo - Dysithamnus mentalis. A male one seen just by Sandy below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Dusky-throated Antshrike - Thamnomanes ardesiacus. Seen a couple of times at Manu Wildlife Center.
Bluish-slate Antshrike -Thamnomanes schistogynus. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Plain-throated Antwren – Isleria hauxwelli. 6 in total seen at Manu Wildlife Center. The genus is named for Mort and Phyllis Isler who worked extensively on Antbirds.
Spot-winged Antshrike - Pygiptila stellaris. 2 seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Collpa trail in a mixed flock.
White-eyed Antwren - Epinecrophylla leucophthalma. One seen on the creekside trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Ornate Antwren - Epinecrophylla ornata meridionalis. Seen twice below Cock of the Rock Lodge and one more at Amazonia Lodge.
Pygmy Antwren- Myrmotherula brachyuran. Heard only.
Sclater ́s Antwren - Myrmotherula sclateri. Seen on the collpa trail with mix-species flock at Manu Wildlife Center.
Amazonian Streaked Antwren - Myrmotherula multostriata. One seen just behind the cabin by the creek at Manu Wildlife Center Lodge.
Stripe-chested Antwren -Myrmotherula longicauda. 5 in total seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-flanked Antwren- Myrmotherula axillaris. A male one seen on the Riverside trail 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. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center.
Gray Antwren - Myrmotherula menetriesii. Common in lowland Amazon forest – seen at Amazonia lodge and MWC.
Banded Antbird – Dichrozona cincta. One seen quite well in the GRID at Manu Wildlife Center.
Yellow-breasted Antwren -Herpsilochmus axillaris. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge - VULNERABLE.
Dot-winged Antwren – Microrhopias quixensis. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge and also at Amazonia Lodge.
Gray Antbird - Cercomacra cinerascens. Seen on collpa trail at Manu wildlife Center.
Manu Antbird - Cercomacra manu. Seen on the Antthrush trail at Manu Wildlife Center – a bamboo specialist. Range Restricted.
Riparian Antbird - Cercomacroides fuscicauda. Seen at Antthrush trail in the bamboo forest.
Black Antbird – Cercomacroides serva. 2 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-backed Fire-eye - Pyriglena leuconota marcapatensis. Also seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-browed Antbird - Myrmoborus leucophrys. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-faced Antbird- Myrmoborus myotherinus. Also seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird - Hypocnemis subflava. 2 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Band-tailed Antbird - Hypocnemoides maculicauda. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center. Range Restricted.
Silvered Antbird – Sclateria naevia. Good views at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
White-lined Antbird - Percnostola lophotes. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and MWC in bamboo – common. Another bamboo specialist! Range just creeps over the border into NW Bolivia. Range Restricted.
Brownish-headed Antbird - Schistocichla brunneiceps. Heard only, below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Chestnut-tailed Antbird - Myrmeciza hemimelaena. 1 seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Plumbeous Antbird – Myrmecisa hyperythra. 2 seen on our walk back to the River from the Camungo Lake.
Goeldi ́s Antbird -Myrmeciza goeldii. One at Antthrush trail. 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.
Sooty Antbird – Myrmeciza fortis. Seen on two different days at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-throated Antbird - Myrmeciza atrothorax. 2 at Amazonia Lodge.
White-throated Antbird - Gynopithys salvini. 4 seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Hairy-crested Antbird - Rhegmatorhina melanosticta. Heard only at Manu Wildlife Center.
Common Scale-backed Antbird - Willisornis poecilinota griseiventralis. A female seen with army ants on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-spotted Bare-eye - Phlepogsis nigromaculata. Heard only.
GNATEATERS
Ash-throated Gnateater - Conopophaga péruviana. Just amazing! The way we saw this bird.... because, a night before leaving the Lodge the other guide told me where they had seen it that day.... and I decided to try a last gasp effort.... we went to the spot and right after play-back there it was...a male came out and perched off the ground at eye level where we all had great views! A new family for Alan. Seen on the fig pass at Manu Wildlife Center.
ANTPITTAS
Red and White Antpitta - Grallaria erythroleuca. 1 at the “paccha” below Pillahuata on our way down from Wayqecha to CORL. ENDEMIC.
Rufous (Urubamba) Antpitta - Grallaria rufula occabambae. One seen above Wayqecha Biological Station. Watch which sub-species of this bird you see as they WILL be elevated to species rank.
Amazonian Antpitta- Hylopezus berlepschi. 1 seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Thrush-like Antpitta – Myrmothera campanisona. Heard only.
Rusty-breasted Antpitta – Grallaricula ferrugineipectus. 1 seen just by Steve below Wayqecha.
TAPACULOS
Rusty-belted Tapaculo - Liosceles thoracicus. One seen by the creekside at Manu Wildlife Center.
Trilling Tapaculo – Scytalopus parvirostris. 2 seen above Wayqecha.
White-crowned Tapaculo - Scytalopus atratus. 1 seen at Rocotal.
Diademed Tapaculo – Scytalopus schulenbergi. Very nice view of 1 near Acjanaco on our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco. Range Restricted.
ANTHRUSHES
Rufous-capped Antthrush - Formicarius colma. One seen on the cocha Camungo trail on our walk back from the Lake.
Black-faced Antthrush- Formicarius analis. At Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Rufous-breasted Antthrush – Formicarius rufipectus thoracicus. Heard only.
Barred Antthrush – Chamaeza mollissima yungae. Heard only, above Rocotal.
OVENBIRDS.
Tawny-throated (Peruvian) Leaftosser – Sclerurus mexicanus peruvianus. One seen well on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-tailed Leaftosser -Sclerurus caudacutus. Seen at Manu wildlife center on the collpa trail.
Slender-billed Miner – Geositta tenuirostris. 2 seen at the pass (Abra Muruhijsa) on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Olivaceous Woodcreeper - Sittasomus griseicapillus amazonus. 5 in total seen at Manu Wildlife Center. Certainly consists of multiple species (Hardy et al. 1991, Ridgely & Tudor 1994, Parker et al. 1995, Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, Hilty 2003), with at least five subspecies groups possibly deserving separate species status (Marantz et al. 2003). The subspecies viridis and amazonus are elevational replacements in southern Peru with different song types (Robbins et al. 2013).
Long-tailed Woodcreeper - Deconychura longicauda pallida. Seen on three different occasions at Manu Wildlife Center.
Plain-brown Woodcreeper - Dendrocincla fuliginosa. We encountered this at Manu Wildlife Center on the collpa trail with army ants.
White-chinned Woodcreeper – Dendrocincla merula. Heard only.
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper - Glyphorynchus spirurus. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center.
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper -Dendrexetastes rufigula. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and MWC. A common bird of lodge clearings.
Long-billed Woodcreeper - Nasica longirostris. One of the very nice birds seen at Manu Wildlife Center in the garden.
Black-banded Woodcreeper- Dendrocolaptes picumnus. Seen on the Riverside trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Elegant Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus elegans juruanus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center. We saw the jurua subspecies. Note that Zimmer (1934d), Pinto (1937), Ridgely & Tudor (1994), and Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered Xiphorhynchus elegans and X. spixii (Spix’s Woodcreeper) conspecific, but see Haffer (1997) for rationale for treating them as separate species, as in Peters (1951) and Meyer de Schauensee (1970). Aleixo (2002) also found molecular support for treating nominate spixii as a separate species from all other taxa in the group. Cory & Hellmayr (1925) treated the subspecies juruanus and insignis as separate species from X. spixii (Jurua Woodcreeper), and Pinto (1947) also maintained juruanus as a separate species; but they were considered conspecific by Zimmer (1934d) and Peters (1951).
Buff-throated Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus guttatus. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center. The most common Lowland rainforest Woodcreeper; 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. Several times seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Straight-billed Woodcreeper - Dendroplex picus. A bird of lighter woodland and farmlands - we observed this at La Cachuela road outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Red-billed Scythebill - Campylorhamphus trochilirostris. Seen below the Cock of the Rock Lodge in bamboo.
Montane Woodcreeper - Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger. This bird we observed around Rocotal on our travel ay to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Inambari Woodcreeper - Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae. 1 seen near the Manu Wildlife Center canopy platform. 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.
Plain Xenops - Xenops minutus. Seen at Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Streaked Xenops - Xenops rutilans. Seen near Cock of the Rock Lodge in a mixed flock.
Pale-legged Hornero - Furnarius leucopus. Common at Amazonia lodge and MWC.
Wren-like Rushbird - Phleocryptes melanops. Seen at Huacarpay Lake –only found in reedbeds.
Cream-winged Cinclodes – Cinclodes albiventris. One seen on the Manu road on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner - Anabazenops dorsalis. Seen at Amazonia Lodge in bamboo.
Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner – Philydor erythrocercum. 2 seen on the Riverside at Manu Wildlife Center.
Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner - Philydor erythropterum. Three times seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner - Philydor rufus. 2 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Montane Foliage-gleaner - Anabacerthia striaticollis. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Peruvian Recurvebill – Syndactyla ucayalae. 1 seen very well at Antthrush trail at Manu Wildlife Center –a most wanted bird. Range Restricted.
Chestnut-winged Hookbill - Ancistrops strigilatus. Heard only.
Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner -Automolus infuscatus. Heard only.
Ruddy Foliage-gleaner – Automolus rubiginosus. One seen by Alan at Manu Wildlife Center.
Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner - Automolus rufipileatus. Heard only.
Spotted Barbtail – Premnoplex brunnescens. One seen by Alan on the trail at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Pearled Treerunner - Margarornis squamiger. Seen at Wayqecha and Rocotal.
Streak-fronted Thornbird - Phacellodomus striaticeps. 2 seen on Huacarpay Lakes.
Puna Thistletail - Asthenes helleri. One seen on Tres Cruses road at Acjanaco – nice looks! Named for Edmund Heller (1875-1944) US naturalist and collector who worked at the Field Museum of Natural History – VULNERABLE, Range Restricted.
Rusty-fronted Canastero - Asthenes ottonis. 2 seen at Huacarpay Lakes and 4 more at Tambomachay Inca ruins on our way to Wayqecha. ENDEMIC.
Line-fronted Canastero – Asthenes urubambensis. One seen just by Jenny on Tres Cruses road at Acjanaco – NEAR THREATENED, Range Restricted.
Scribble-tailed Canastero – Asthenes maculicauda. A good view of 1 in the puna grassland on the Tres Cruses road at Acjanaco. Range Restricted.
Plain Softtail - Thripophaga fusciceps. 2 seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Ash-browed Spinetail - Cranioleuca curtata. Seen twice around Cock of the Rock Lodge. VULNERABLE.
Marcapata Spinetail - Cranioleuca marcapatae marcapatae. Very good views of 2 below the tunnels on our travel day from Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge – VULNERABLE ENDEMIC.
Creamy-crested Spinetail - Cranioleuca gutturata. 1 seen at Tambomachay Inca ruins on our travel day from Cusco to Wayqecha. ENDEMIC.
Azara ́s Spinetail - Synallaxis azarae urubambae. A very common bird of the upper cloud forest.
Dark-breasted Spinetail – Synallaxis albigularis. Heard only.
Plain-crowned Spinetail - Synallaxis gujanensis. Seen at Amazonia lodge in the garden.
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS.
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet – Tyrannulus elatus. One seen at the Camungo ox-bow Lake.
Forest Elaenia - Myiopagis gaimardii. Seen on three different occasions around Manu Wildlife Center.
Small-billed Elaenia – Elaenia parvirostris. This austral migrant was seen at Rocotal.
Mottle-backed Elaenia - Elaenia gigas. 1 on the River Island at Amazonia Lodge.
Sierran Elaenia - Elaenia pallatangae. Common around Wayqecha biological station.
White-throated Tyrannulet – Mecocerculus leucophrys. Common in the cloud forest Wayqecha to Rocotal.
White-banded Tyrannulet - Mecocerculus stictopterus. Another common bird around Wayqecha.
Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant – Anairetes flavirostris. Nice view of 2 at Tambomachay Inca ruins on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Tufted Tit-Tyrant - Anairetes parulus. Seen between Paucartambo and Acjanaco Pass - 2 individuals.
Torrent Tyrannulet - Serpophaga hypoleuca. Seen on the Union River above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Ringed Antpipit - Corythopis torquata. Seen by Sandy at Amazonia Lodge and heard at Manu Wildlife Center.
Bolivian Tyrannulet - Zimmerius bolivianus. Seen at Rocotal and at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant - Phylloscartes opthalmicus. Quite common around Manu Wildlife Center.
Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet - Phylloscartes parkeri. Seen twice below Cock of the Rock Lodge. One of the several birds named for Theodore A Parker III – pioneer US ornithologist tragically killed in plane crash in souther Ecuador in 1993.
Streak-necked Flycatcher - Mionectes striaticollis. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Inca Flycatcher -Leptopogon taczanowskii. This Peruvian endemic was seen at Rocotal, 3 of them. Named for Wladislaw Taczanowskii, Polish ornithologist and author of “Ornithologie du Perou” 1884. ENDEMIC.
Slaty-capped Flycatcher- Leptopogon superciliaris. Common in cloud forest in mixed understory flocks – seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Many-colored Rush-Tyrant - Tachuris rubrigastra. This reeedbed specialist was seen at Huacarpay Lakes – a stunning bird.
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant - Lophotriccus pileatus. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Johannes ́ Tody-Tyrant - Hemitriccus iohannis. Heard only.
White-bellied Tody-Tyrant – Hemitriccus griseipectus. One seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center. Range Restricted.
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant – Hemitriccus granadensis. One seen well below Wayqecha.
White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher – Poecilotriccus albifacies. What a wonderful surprise! One seen really well at Antthrush trail “bamboo forest” where I always go birding and have never seen here before. Range Restricted.
Rusty-Fronted Tody-Flycatcher - Poecilotriccus latirostre. Also seen at Antthrush trail.
Black-backed Tody-Tyrant – Poecilotriccus pulchellum. Good view of 2 near Chontachaca on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge from CORL. ENDEMIC.
Spotted Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum maculatum. 1 at the macaw clay lick and 3 more at Camungo Lake.
Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher – Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum. One seen at Amazonia Lodge and another one at the MWC canopy platform.
Zimmers Tolmomyias - Tolmomyias assimilis. 1 seen in mixed-species flock at Manu Wildlife Center.
Olive-faced Tolmomyias – Tolmomyias viridiceps. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Golden-crowned Spadebill - Platyrinchus coronatus. One seen at the GRID trail system and another one seen just by Alan at MWC.
White-crested Spadebill - Platyrinchus platyrhynchos. 2 seen also in the GRID at Manu Wildlife Center.
Cinnamon Flycatcher - Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea. Very common bird in the Manu Cloud Forest.
Euler ́s Flycatcher - Lathrotriccus euleri. One seen on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge from CORL.
Alder Flycatcher – Empidonax alnorum. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Smoke-colored Pewee - Contopus fumigatus. Two seen at Rocotal.
Western Wood-Pewee – Contopus sordidulus. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Eastern Wood-Pewee – Contopus virens. Heard only.
Olive-sided Flycatcher – Contopus cooperi. One seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center. NEAR THREATENED.
Black Phoebe - Sayornis nigricans. Seen twice around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Rufous-tailed Tyrant - Knipolegus poecilurus. 1 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-winged Black-Tyrant - Knipolegus aterrimus. Seen above Paucartambo male and female.
Drab Water-Tyrant - Ochthornis littoralis. Very common bird on the banks of the Madre de Dios River.
Little Ground-Tyrant - Muscisaxicola fluviatilis. Seen on the Madre de Dios River bank below Manu Wildlife Center.
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant - Muscisaxicola rufivertex. A few seen on the higher mountain of the Manu road on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Cinereous Ground-Tyrant – Muscisaxicola cinereus. One on the Manu road on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Slaty-backed (Maroon-belted) Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca (thoracica) cinnamomeiventris. Seen twice at Rocotal. 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.
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca rufipectoralis. Common around Wayqecha.
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor. 3 seen on the Tres Cruses road at Acjanaco.
White-browed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca leucophrys. 2 seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Long-tailed Tyrant - Colonia colonus. 1 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Piratic Flycatcher- Legatus leucophaius. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Rusty-margined Flycatcher - Myiozetetes cayanensis. Seen at La Cachuela by the roadside - fantastic view.
Social Flycatcher- Myiozatetes similis. Common in Amazon lowland forest.
Gray-capped Flycatcher - Myiozetetes granadensis. Seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus. At Manu Wildlife Center.
Lesser Kiskadee - Pitangus lector. Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center – always near water.
Lemon-browed Flycatcher - Conopias cinchoneti. Seen on two different days at Cock of the Rock Lodge. VULNERABLE.
Golden-crowned Flycatcher - Myiodynastes chrysocephalus. Also seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Streaked Flycatcher - Myiodynastes maculatus. Seen around Puerto Maldonado.
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher - Myiodynastes luteiventris. 2 at Amazonia Lodge.
Boat-billed Flycatcher - Megarynchus pitangua. Heard only.
Sulphury Flycatcher - Tyrannopsis sulphuera. 2 seen outside of Puerto Maldonado – a Mauritia Palm specialist.
Tropical Kingbird - Tyrannus melancholicus. Very common bird in the Lowland rainforest.
Eastern Kingbird – Tyrannus tyrannus. At Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Grayish Mourner - Rhytipterna simplex. 1 on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Short-crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus ferox. Seen at Camungo Lake at Manu Wildlife Center.
Large-headed Flatbill - Ramphotrigon megacephala. 1 seen very well at Antthrush trail – an obligate bamboo specialist!
Rufous-tailed Flatbill - Ramphotrigon ruficauda. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the Quetzal trail.
White-eyed (Dull-capped) Attila - Attila bolivianus. Heard only.
COTINGAS
Band-tailed Fruiteater - Pipreola intermedia. 2 seen below Wayqecha Biological Station.
Red-crested Cotinga - Ampelion rubrocristata. Two seen on Tres Cruses road at Acjanaco.
Chestnut-crested Cotinga – Ampelion rufaxilla. 1 seen well at Pillahuata and two more at Rocotal.
Andean Cock of the Rock - Rupicola peruviana. Seen at Puente Union dancing at the lek and also around CORL - fantastic!
Purple-throated Fruitcrow - Querula purpurata. Seen in the GRID at Manu Wildlife Center.
Amazonian Umbrellabird - Cephalopterus ornatus. A male one seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Screaming Piha - Lipaugus vociferans. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the grid trail.
Bare-necked Fruitcrow - Gymnoderus foetidus. Several times at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-faced Cotinga – Conioptilon mcilhennyi. Seen really well at two different times at the MWC canopy platform – great surprise! Range Restricted.
MANAKINS
Dwarf Tyrant Manakin - Tyranneutes stolzmanni. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Blue-backed Manakin - Chiroxiphia pareola regina. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the collpa trail.
Yungas Manakin - Chiroxiphia boliviana. A female seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Fiery-capped Manakin - Machaeropterus pyrocephalus. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Band-tailed Manakin - Ceratopipra fasciicauda. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
White-bearded Manakin – Manacus manacus. A male one seen between Patria and Pillcopata on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge.
Round-tailed Manakin-Pipra chloromeros. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the collpa trail - fantastic view.
Blue-crowned Manakin – Pipra coronata coronata exquisite. A male one seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
TITYRAS AND BECARDS
Black-tailed Tityra -Tityra cayana. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center.
Masked Tityra - Tityra semifasciata. Three times seen around Manu Wildlife Center.
Brown-winged Schiffornis – Schiiffornis turdinus. Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center.
Cinereous Mourner - Laniocera hypopyrra. Seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-browed Purpletuft - Lodopleura isabellae. 1 seen by Sandy and Steve from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center.
Barred Becard - Pachyramphus versicolor. 2 seen at Rocotal.
Chestnut-crowned Becard - Pachyramphus castaneus. Heard only.
White-winged Becard -Pachyramphus polichopterus. A female seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Black-capped Becard - Pachyramphus marginatus. Heard only.
Pink-throated Becard - Pachyramphus minor. 2 seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
INCERTAE SEDIS
Wing-barred Piprites – Piprites chloris. One seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
VIREOS & GREENLETS
Red-eyed Vireo – Vireo olivaceus chivi. 1 seen at 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.
Dusky-capped Greenlet - Pachysylvia hypoxanthus. Good view of one at Manu Wildlife Center.
Tawny-crowned Greenlet - Pachysylvia ochraceiceps. One seen well on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
JAYS
White-collared Jay - Cyanolyca viridicyana. Seen on two different days at Pacchayuc below Pillahuata. Range Restricted.
Purplish Jay - Cyanocorax cyanomelas. 1 seen by Alan at Amazonia Lodge and 5 more on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
Violaceous Jay - Cyanocorax violaceus. Common Jay in the lowland – seen below CORL and Manu Wildlife Center.
Green Jay - Cyanocorax luxuosus. Our last of the four Jays that inhabit Manu seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
SWALLOWS & MARTINS
Blue and White Swallow - Pygochelidon cyanoleuca. Common.
Brown-bellied Swallow - Orochelidon murina. A few seen at Acjanaco.
Pale-footed Swallow - Orochelidon flavipes. Seen below Wayqecha.
White-banded Swallow - Atticora fasciata. Common bird along the Madre de Dios River.
White-thighed Swallow - Atticora tibialis. Seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Southern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx ruficollis. Another common bird in the lowland rainforest.
Brown-chested Martin - Progne tapera. Seen perched on dry branches on the Madre De Dios River.
White-winged Swallow -Tachycineta albiventer. Most common bird on Madre De Dios River and lakes.
Barn Swallow – Hirundo rustica. A few seen at Huacarpay and Acjanaco.
WRENS
Southern Nightingale Wren - Microcerculus marginatus. Heard only.
House Wren – Troglodytes aedon. Seen on our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco. 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 below Wayqecha on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Puna Wren – Cistothorus minimus. 2 seen in the puna grassland on the Tres Cruces road at Acjanaco.
Thrush-like Wren - Campylorhynchus turdinus. 2 in the garden at Manu Wildlife Center Lodge.
Moustached Wren - Pheugopedius genibarbis. Also seen at the garden edge at Manu Wildlife Center Lodge.
Buff-breasted Wren – Cantorchilus leucotis. 2 seen at the Camungo Lake.
Fulvous Wren - Cinnycerthia fulva. 2 seen below the tunnels on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Gray-breasted Wood Wren - Henicorhina leucophrys. Seen at Rocotal and commonly heard.
Chestnut-breasted Wren - Cyphorhinus thoracicus. 1 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Ferruginous (Musician) Wren – Cyphorhinus (aradus) modulator. One seen by Sandy and Jenny at Manu Wildlife Center. Range Restricted.
GNATWRENS AND ALLIES
Long-billed Gnatwren - Ramphocaenus melanurus. 2 on the Antthrush trail at Manu Wildlife.
DONACOBIUS
Black-capped Donacobius - Donacobius atricapillus. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and also at Camungo and Blanco ox-bow Lakes - fantastic views!
THRUSHES AND SOLITAIRES
Andean Solitaire - Myadestes ralloides. Seen twice around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Swainson’s Thrush – Catharus ustulatus. Seen on several occasions throughout the trip.
White-eared Solitaire - Entomodestes leucotis. Seen on three different occasions above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Chiguanco Thrush - Turdus chiguanco chiguanco. Very common bird of Andes.
Great Thrush - Turdus fuscater ockenderi. Another common thrush.
Glossy-black Thrush – Turdus serranus. 1 seen above Wayqecha.
Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis. The common lowland Thrush.
Lawrence’s Thrush – Turdus lawrencii. Heard only.
Hauxwell’s Thrush – Turdus hauxwelli. Seen twice at Amazonia Lodge.
White-necked Thrush – Turdus albicollis. 1 seen on the way to the MWC canopy platform.
TANAGERS AND ALLIES
Red-capped Cardinal - Paroaria gularis. Another common bird at Amazonia Lodge and on oxbow lakes around MWC.
Magpie Tanager - Cissopis leveriana. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center - nice views.
Slaty Tanager – Creugops dentada. Seen in the cloud forest at Rocotal. Range Restricted.
Superciliaried Hemispingus - Hemispingus superciliaris urubambae. A few seen below Wayqecha on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Black-eared Hemispingus- Hemispingus melanotis berlepschi. Heard only.
Rust and Yellow Tanager - Thlypopsis ruficeps. Seen on two different occasions in the cloud forest.
Black-goggled Tanager - Trichothraupis melanops. 3 in total around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-shouldered Tanager - Tachyphonus luctuosus. A few times seen around Manu Wildlife Center in mixed flocks.
White-winged Shrike-Tanager - Lanio versicolor. The canopy flock leader seen several times at Manu Wildlife Center.
Masked-crimson Tanager - Ramphocelus nigrogulari. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Silver-beaked Tanager - Ramphocelus carbo. Common in the Amazonian lowlands.
Hooded Mountain-Tanager - Buthraupis montana. Seen around Wayqecha Biological Station.
Grass-green Tanager - Chlorornis riefferii. Also seen around Wayqecha.
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager - Anisognathus igniventris. Another attractive bird with nice colors and we had seen around Wayqecha Biological Station.
Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Tanager - Dubusia castaneoventris. 1 seen below Wayqecha. Range Restricted.
Golden-collared Tanager - Iridosornis jelskii. Nice view of 2 above Wayqecha Biological Station.
Fawn-breasted Tanager – Pipraeidea melanonota. One seen at Rocotal.
Blue and Yellow Tanager - Pipraeidea bonariensis. Also seen at Rocotal.
Orange-eared Tanager - Chlorochrysa calliparaea. Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the garden and along the road.
Blue-Gray Tanager - Thraupis episcopus. A common bird in open areas in the Amazon. Episcopus – a reference to the episcopal blue plumage of this species.
Palm Tanager - Thraupis palmarum. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Blue-capped Tanager- Thraupis cyanocephala. Seen around Wayqecha Biological Station commonly and also at Rocotal.
Golden-naped Tanager - Tangara ruficervix. At Cock of the Rock Lodge and at Rocotal.
Blue-necked Tanager - Tangara cyanicollis. Another common bird around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Spotted Tanager - Tangara punctate. Another common tanager around Cock of the Rock Lodge always present in mixed flocks.
Blue and Black Tanager - Tangara vassorii atrocaerulea. 4 seen near Rocotal.
Beryl-spangled Tanager - Tangara nigroviridis. Another common bird around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Turquoise Tanager - Tangara mexicana. Few times seen around Manu Wildlife Center.
Paradise Tanager - Tanagara chilensis. Stunning Tanager found in the foothills and lowlands of Manu – seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center. Not found in Chile!
Opal-crowned Tanager - Tangara callophrys. Seen at Manu Wildlife center from the canopy tower, nice views of 2 birds.
Bay-headed Tanager - Tangara gyrola. 2 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Saffron-crowned Tanager - Tangara xanthocephala lamprotis. Another nice colorful bird seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge – here the subspecies with an orange not saffron crown.
Green-and-Gold Tanager - Tangara arthus. Seen several days at Manu Wildlife Center.
Golden Tanager - Tangara arthus. Very common at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Swallow Tanager - Tersina viridis. A pair seen at Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Black-faced Dacnis -Dacnis lineata. 2 seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Yellow-bellied Dacnis - Dacnis flaviventer. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Purple Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes caeruleus. 1 male seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Green Honeycreeper - Chlorophanes spiza. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge and at Amazonia Lodge.
Cinereous Conebill - Conirostrum cinereum cinereum. Seen on our travel day to Wayqecha and at Acjanaco.
Capped Conebill - Conirostrum albifrons. Common in cloud forest mixed flocks – seen at Rocotal.
Tit-like Dacnis – Xenodacnis parina. A female seen at Tambomachay Inca ruins on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Rusty Flowerpiercer – Diglossa sittoides. One seen at Huacarpay Lakes.
Moustached Flowerpiercer - Diglosa mystacalis albilinear. Seen at Tres Cruses road at Acjanaco.
Black-throated Flowerpiercer - Diglossopis brunneiventris. Commonly seen bird around Huacarpay Lakes and Wayqecha.
Masked Flowerpiercer - Diglossopis cyanea. Seen around Wayqecha Biological Station and Rocotal.
Plushcap - Catamblyrhynchus diadema. 1 seen just by Alan below the tunnels on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Peruvian Sierra-Finch - Phrygilus punensis. Seen at Tambomachay Inca ruins on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Mourning Sierra-Finch - Phrygilus fruticeti. Good views at Huacarpay Lakes and also at Tambomachay Inca ruins.
Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch - Phrygilus plebejus. A few seen beyond the Muruhijsa pass on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch – Poospiza Caesar. Nice views of 2 at Tambomachay Inca ruins on our travel day to Wayqecha. ENDEMIC.
Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch – Sicalis uropygialis. 5 seen by the Muruhijsa pass on our travel day to Wayqecha via Pissac.
Saffron Finch - Sicalis flaveola. Seen at La Cachuela road outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Blue-black Grassquit – Volatinia jacarina. 5 seen by the human habitation near Patria on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge.
Buff-throated Saltator - Saltator maximus. Seen at Amazonia Lodge. Klicka et al. (2007) found strong genetic support for a sister relationship between Saltator and core Thraupidae. Sushkin (1924) proposed that Saltator was thraupine, not emberizine/cardinaline. SACC proposal passed to transfer Saltator from Cardinalidae to Incertae Sedis. SACC proposal to transfer to Thraupidae did not pass. Barker et al. (2013) found that Saltator and Saltatricula were embedded in the Thraupidae. SACC proposal passed to transfer to Thraupidae. Chavez et al. (2013) found that relationships within the genus are not consistent with the current linear sequence of species. SACC proposal passed to revise linear sequence.
Grayish Saltator - Saltator coerulescens. Seen at Macaw clay lick and Camungo Lake.
Golden-billed Saltator – Saltator aurantiirostris. We saw this at Huacarpay Lakes and on the humid Montane of the Manu road.
Black and White Seedeater – Sporophila luctuosa. 2 at the garden of Manu Wildlife Center Lodge.
Double-collared Seedeater - Sporophila caerulescens. 4 seen at Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater - Sporophila angolensis. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge. Not found in Angola!
Black-billed Seed-Finch – Sporophila atrirostris. 2 seen really well at Camungo ox-bow Lake.
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch – Sporophila angolensis. Seen at Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Band-tailed Seedeater - Catamenia analis. Seen at Huacarpay Lakes and Manu road – a common bird of the Andes.
Plain-colored Seedeater -Catamenia inornata. 2 seen up on the Andes of the Manu road on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and Amazonia Lodge – not common in Manu.
Dull-colored Grassquit – Tiaris obscura. 1 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES
Rufous-collared Sparrow - Zonotrichia capensis. A very common bird of the Andes throughout Peru and South America.
Yellow-browed Sparrow - Ammodramus aurifrons. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Grassland Sparrow - Ammodramus humeralis. 1 seen really well by the cattle ranch of the Highway on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
Pectoral Sparrow - Arremon taciturnus. One seen on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-faced Brushfinch - Atalaptes melanolaemus. Common between Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge. 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.
Common Chlorospingus – Chlorospingus flavopectus. Quite common between Rocotal and Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Short-billed Chlorospingus - Chlorospingus parvirostris. Seen around Rocotal. 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. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge - common in mixed flocks.
CARDINAL GROSBEAKS
Summer Tanager – Piranga rubra. Seen twice around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Scarlet Tanager – Piranga olivacea. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and Amazonia Lodge.
White-winged Tanager – Piranga leucoptera. A male one seen by Sandy at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager - Habia rubica. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center.
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Blackburnian Warbler – Setophaga fusca. 2 seen at Rocotal.
Cerulean Warbler – Dendroica cerulea. A male one seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge – rare to uncommon boreal migrant. ENDANGERED.
Citrine Warbler - Myiothlypis luteoviridis striaticeps. Seen below the tunnels on the Manu cloud forest.
Pale-legged Warbler - Myiothlypis signatus signatus. Seen below Wayqecha. Range Restricted.
Two-banded Warbler - Myiothlypis bivittatus. Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Golden-bellied (Cuzco) Warbler - Myiothlypis chrysogaster. Seen around Quebrada Quitacalzon in a mixed flock on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge. 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.
Russet-crowned Warbler - Myiothlypis coronatus. Seen near Rocotal in a mixed flock.
Three-striped (Yungas) Warbler - Basileuterus tristriatus punctipectus. Seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge. Gutiérrez-Pinto et al. (2012) found that broadly defined Basileuterus tristriatus consists of 10 distinct clades, one of which is B. trifasciatus, which is the sister group to B. tristriatus tacarcunae of the Darién. Donegan (2014) provided evidence that the Bolivian punctipectus group (including canens) should be treated as a separate species.
Slate-throated Redstart (Whitestart) - Myioborus miniatus. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Spectacled Redstart (Whitestart) - Myioborus melanocephalus. Seen around Wayqecha and Rocotal in mixed flocks.
BLACKBIRDS
Crested Oropendola - Psarocolius decumanus maculosus. Seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Dusky-green Oropendola - Psarocolius atrovirens. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and around Rocotal, very common.
Russet-backed Oropendola - Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi. Common in the Amazon lowlands.
Olive Oropendola - Psarocolius bifasciatus. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center - great views!
Casqued Cacique -Cacicus oseryi. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Yellow-rumped Cacique - Cacicus cela. Very common bird in the Amazon lowland forest, always nesting near the lodges.
(Southern) Mountain Cacique - Cacicus chrysonotus. 7 seen above Wayqecha. The northern (leucoramphus) and southern (chrysonotus) groups of subspecies were treated as separate species by Blake (1968b), but most classifications have treated them as a single species (e.g., Hellmayr 1937, Meyer de Schauensee 1966, 1970, Ridgely & Tudor 1989, Fjeldså & Krabbe 1990; and usually as Cacicus leucoramphus, an error, because chrysonotus has priority) because specimens near the contact zone show some signs of gene flow (Hellmayr 1937, Bond 1953). However, see Jaramillo & Burke (1999) for possible reasons for ranking them as species; this was followed by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001), Hilty (2003), and Fraga (2011). Powell et al. (2014) found that the two were deeply divergent genetically, more so than some Cacicus treated as species, but did not sample populations anywhere near the contact zone. SACC proposal to treat leucoramphus as a separate species did not pass. Hosner et al. (2015b) found evidence for intergradation between the taxa in Ayacucho, Peru.
Solitary Cacique – Cacicus solitaries. 1 seen at Camungo Lake.
Epaulet Oriole - Icterus cayanensis. Seen at Camungo Canopy tower - a good view.
Orange-backed Troupial - Icterus croconotus. Seen at Camungo oxbow lake.
Pale-eyed Blackbird - Agelaius xanthophthalmus. Good view of 1 at Camungo ox-bow Lake.
Giant Cowbird - Molothrus oryzivora. Common on Madre de Dios River islands – a brood parasite.
Red-breasted Meadowlark – Sturnella militaris. One seen very well in the cattle ranch on the highway.
FINCHES
Hooded Siskin - Spinus magellanica urubambensis. Very common bird of the Andes seen at Huacarpay Lakes and Amazonia Lodge.
Olivaceous Siskin - Spinus olivacea. 16 seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-lored Euphonia - Euphonia chryssopasta. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-vented Euphonia – Ephonia minuta. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Orange-bellied Euphonia - Euphonia xanthogaster. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.