ITINERARY
July 8th. – Arrival in Lima.
July 9th. – Early start and drive to Paracas, with key stops along the way, birding the Pantanos de Villa, Pucusana and Puerto Viejo nature reserve. We then continued onto our lovely country hacienda hotel the Hacienda San Jose in Chincha.
July 10th. – After breakfast we left for Paracas Bay, for a three-hour morning trip to the Ballestas Islands which hold immense nesting colonies of Guanay and Red-legged Cormorants as well as Peruvian Boobies. This is a stunning sight, not to mention the colonies of South- American Sea-lions. We also explored the Peninsular and saw a variety of shorebirds. After lunch we went to Lagunillas, looking for Coastal Miner and Peruvian Seaside (Surf) Cinclodes. Night at La Hacienda Hotel in Paracas.
July 11th. – Early start for a birding drive to Nazca – We went in to the Jumana Plateau famous for the Nazca lines. We stopped and climbed a tower to look at one before pulling into the dusty town of Nazca and our comfortable winery hotel Wasi Punko for the night.
July 12th. – After a delicious breakfast we set off for a long day to Sondondo Valley. We spent the first hours in nearby scrub before starting our climb with selected stops up the Andes. Moving onwards and upwards we looked for an un-described form of Dark-winged Canastero until we reached one of Peru's oldest reserves - Pampas Galeras. Taking a side road we passed lakes and Andean bogs and spent time birding and photographing the Andean birdlife, Vizcachas and Vicuñas. We then continued to some high lakes until arriving at the village of Andamarca in the unbelievable Sondondo valley with its megalithic terracing and Inca remains. Night at a simple Misky Punuy hotel in Andamarca.
July 13th. – An early departure to the Sondondo Valley Condor Look Out, with coffee and delicious traditional breakfast in hand waiting for Condors to fly over. Today was not a spectacular day, the severe fog of the morning did not provide much opportunity for Condors. After trying we picked our way back through megalithic terracing and headed for our very comfortable country hotel at Chalhuanca. Overnight at our comfortable Tampu Mayu hotel near Chalhaunca.
July 14th. – After breakfast we left the hotel making stops along the road, and then continued on making a detour to the Polylepis of Anantay Lake to search for key species of the habitat. We returned to the main road and onto the busy town of Abancay for the night, Night Hotel de Turistas Abancay.
July 15th. – Leaving Abancay we headed towards Cusco. Our first stop was in Ampay National Sanctuary just off the main road. Our target priorities being Apurimac endemic birds. Night at the comfortable Casa Andina Hotel in Cusco.
SPECIES LIST
TINAMOUS (Tinamidae)
Andean Tinamou – Nothoprocta pentlandii. One seen on our way to Andamarca and four more on the way to Chacoche village and Anantay Lake.
DUCKS AND GEESE (Anatidae)
Andean (Ruddy) Duck - Oxyura (jamaicensis) ferruginea. About eight at Pantanos de Villa and one more along the way to Andamarca at the highland lakes. Oxyura ferruginea is split from O. jamaicensis (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001; Jaramillo 2003, Dickinson 2003); SACC does not (thus Clements!).
Andean Goose - Ossochen melanoptera. Several seen on the way to Andamarca, Puquio lagoons and more on the way to Anantay Lake.
Torrent Duck - Merganetta armata. Seen on the way to Chalhuanca, Only two individuals at a stream just by the road.
Yellow-billed Teal - Anas flavirostris. Fairly common at lagoons near Andamarca and more on the way to Chalhuanca.
Crested Duck - Lophonetta specularioides. About twelve on the way to Chalhuanca and a couple more near Anantay Lake.
White-cheeked Pintail - Anas bahamensis. Seen at Pantanos de Villa. Eight individuals.
Puna Teal - Anas puna. Two seen at Islacocha Lagoon near Puquio.
Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanoptera. Several seen at Pantanos de Villa and a couple more on the way to Andamarca.
FLAMINGOS (Phoenicopteridae)
Chilean Flamingo - Phoenicopterus chilensis. One at Pantanos de Villa, about fifty at Paracas peninsular and a couple more on the way to Chalhuanca.
GREBES (Podicipedidae)
White-tufted Grebe - Rollandia Rolland. One seen at Pantanos de Villa and two more on the way to Andamarca. Rollandia: Specific name Podiceps rolland. rolland= In honor of Thomas Pierre Rolland, Master Gunner (1776-1847) French Navy, of the corvette L’Uranie which circled the globe 1817-1848.
Pied-billed Grebe - Podilymbus podiceps. Several seen at Pantanos de Villa.
Silvery Grebe - Podiceps occipitalis juninensis. One seen at Islacocha Lagoon near Puquio on the way to Chalhuanca. Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990) and Jaramillo (2003) suggested that the northern Andean subspecies, juninensis, might merit recognition as a separate species from Podiceps occipitalis. Del Hoyo & Collar (2014) treated them as separate species, Nothern and Southern Silvery Grebe and indeed some lists already split this. The gene tree in Ogawa et al. (2015) gene tree is consistent with treating juninensis as a separate species.
PIGEONS AND DOVES (Columbidae)
Rock Dove - Columba livia. Common.
Spot-winged Pigeon - Patagioenas maculosa. Saw two near Quillarumiyoc on the way to Cusco.
Croaking Ground-Dove - Columbina cruziana. Four at Pantanos de Villa and forty more at Wasi Punko Ecolodge.
Black-winged Ground-Dove - Metriopelia melanoptera. About six seen on the way to Chalhuanca and six more on the way to Anantay Lake.
West Peruvian (Pacific) Dove - Zenaida meloda. Several seen at Pantanos de Villa, more at Paracas Peninsular and more on the way to Nazca.
Eared Dove - Zenaida auriculata. Two seen at Pantanos de Villa and six more at Chacoche on the way to Anantay Lake.
CUCKOOS AND ANIS (Cuculidae)
Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani. One near Chalhuanca and another at Limatambo on the way to Cusco.
Groove-billed Ani - Crotophaga sulcirostris. Dozen seen at Pantanos de Villa and two more by Paracas Peninsular, also four by Nazca.
SWIFTS (Apodidae)
Andean Swift - Aeronautes andecolus. Seen near Sondondo Valley and more on the way to Cusco.
HUMMINGBIRDS (Trochilidae)
Sparkling Violetear - Colibri coruscans. One seen near Chacoche Village and five more on the way to Cusco.
Speckled Hummingbird - Adelomyia melanogenys. Three seen at Ampay National Park.
Green-tailed Trainbearer - Lesbia nuna. One seen by Quillarumiyoc on the way to Cusco. Lesbia is Greek – a woman of Lesbos. Nuna – named for fictitious Indian virgin Nouna-Koali in Jean F.Denis’s novel.
Bearded Mountaineer - Oreonympha nobilis. Two seen at the Condor look out at Sondongo Valley. The albolimbata subspecies with whitish line bordering the crown which is considered by some a distinct species. Oreonympha: Gr. oros, oreos= mountain and numphē= nymph. nobilis: L. nobilis= admirable, famous, renowned, noble, high-born, nobleman. The albolimbata subspecies of WC Peru is considered a distinct species by Birdlife International. The ornithologist John Gould described the species in 1869, from a specimen collected by H. Whitely at Tinta near Cuzco. ENDEMIC.
Tyrian Metaltail - Metallura tyrianthina. One seen near Chalhuanca on the way to Anantay Lake.
Peruvian Sheartail - Thaumastura cora. Two seen at Wasi Punko Ecolodge.
Giant Hummingbird - Patagona gigas. Two seen near Puquio and a few more near Andamarca.
Oasis Hummingbird - Rhodopis vesper. Two seen at Wasi Punko Ecolodge and more near Nazca.
Amazilia Hummingbird - Amazilia amazilia. Two seen at Pantanos de Villa, a few more by Paracas Peninsular and by Nazca area.
RAILS (Rallidae)
Plumbeous Rail - Pardirallus sanguinolentus. Three seen at Pantanos de Villa.
Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata. Common at Pantanos de Villa and more near Puquio Lagoons.
Giant Coot - Fulica gigantean. About ten near Puquio Lagoons and five more at Anantay Lake.
Slate-colored (Andean) Coot - Fulica ardesiaca. One at Pantanos de Villa and a dozen on the way to Andamarca, common in highland lagoons. Called "Andean Coot" in Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990), Taylor (1996), and Ridgely et al. (2001) but other authors use Slate-colored.
PLOVERS (Charadriidae)
Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus. Common at Pantanos de Villa.
Snowy Plover - Charadrius alexandrines. Three seen near Lagunillas at Paracas National Reserve.
Andean Lapwing - Vanellus resplendens. About six on the way to Chalhuanca, and more on the way to Anantay Lake.
OYSTERCATCHERS (Haematopodidae)
American Oystercatcher - Haematopus palliates. Common at Pantanos de Villa and about one hundred at the Paracas Peninsular.
Blackish Oystercatcher - Haematopus ater. Six seen at Pucusana and forty seen at the Ballestas Islands.
STILTS AND AVOCETS (Recurvirostridae)
Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus. Two seen at Pantanos de Villa and three more at the Paracas Peninsular. Taxonomy is a bit confusing. The SACC says “Himantopus mexicanus was formerly considered a subspecies of Old World H. himantopus ("Common Stilt"). Some authors have treated southern South American melanurus (White-backed Stilt) as a separate species. The six taxa in the genus Himantopus form near-globally distributed superspecies and between one to six species-level taxa recognized by various authors. Virtually no data are available relevant to taxon-ranking of allopatric populations. The contact between mexicanus and melanurus in South America, where at least some hybridization occurs, affords one of the best opportunities for such study.
SANDPIPERS (Scolopacidae)
Hudsonian Whimbrel - Numenius (hudsonicus) phaeopus. Twenty seen at the Paracas Peninsular.
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres. About forty seen at Pucusana and maybe four hundred at the Paracas Peninsular.
Puna Snipe - Gallinago andina. One seen at Anantay Lake.
Willet - Tringa semipalmata. Seven seen at Pantanos de Villa.
SKIMMERS (Rhynchopidae)
Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger. About one hundred seen at Pantanos de Villa and two more at the Paracas Peninsular.
THICK-KNEES (Burhinidae)
Peruvian Thick-knee - Burhinus superciliaris. Two seen at Puerto Viejo.
GULLS AND TERNS (Laridae)
Belcher's Gull - Larus belcheri. About fifty seen at Pantanos de Villa and one hundred at Paracas Peninsular. This is a split from Band-tailed Gull. Larus belcheri and L. atlanticus were formerly considered conspecific, but recent publications provided rationale for treatment as separate species. Named for Admiral Sir Edward Belcher, British Naval explorer of the Pacific coast of the Americas.
Kelp Gull - Larus dominicanus. Dozen at Pantanos de Villa and one hundred at Paracas Peninsular and the Ballestas Islands.
Gray-hooded Gull - Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus. Dozen seen at Pantanos de Villa and ten more at Paracas Peninsular.
Gray Gull - Leucophaeus modestus. About fifty seen at Paracas Peninsular.
Andean Gull - Chroicocephalus serranus. Common and seen several in highland regions.
Laughing Gull - Leucophaeus atricilla. Ten at Pantanos de Villa.
Peruvian Tern - Sternula lorata. Ten seen at Paracas Peninsular. ENDANGERED, Range Restricted.
Inca Tern - Larosterna inca. One hundred fifty at Pantanos de Villa and Pucusana, and about one thousand at the Ballestas Islands. Extremely common and pretty – restricted to the Humboldt Current. Mass dispersal and breeding failures have resulted periodically from El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. Range Restricted.
PENGUINS (Spheniscus)
Humboldt Penguin - Spheniscus humbolti. Ten seen at Pucusana and fifteen more at the Ballestas Islands. Named for the impressive sounding Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic philosophy. VULNERABLE
BOOBIES (Sulidae)
Peruvian Booby - Sula variegata. Large numbers, probably two hundred seen at Pucusana and about two thousand seen at the Ballestas Islands.
Blue-footed Booby - Sula nebouxii. Only one noted at Pucusana.
CORMORANTS (Phalacrocoracidae)
Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus. Large number seen at Pantanos de Villa and Pucusana, and probable twenty thousand at the Ballestas Islands.
Guanay Cormorant - Phalacrocorax bougainvillii. Fifty at Pucusana and maybe two thousand at the Ballestas Islands.
Red-legged Cormorant - Phalacrocorax gaimardi. About twenty at Pucusana and two hundred seen at the Ballestas Islands. Named for French surgeon/naturalist/explorer Joseph Paul Gaimard (1793-1858).
PELICANS (Pelicanidae)
Peruvian Pelican - Pelecanus thagus. Couple dozen seen at Pucusana and one thousand seen at Ballestas Islands.
HERONS (Ardeidae)
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea. Three seen at Pantanos de Villa and two more at Paracas Peninsular.
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula. Seen at Pantanos de Villa and twenty along Paracas Peninsular.
Great Egret - Ardea alba. One seen at Pantanos de Villa and another at Paracas Peninsular.
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis. Dozen seen at Pantanos de Villa.
Striated Heron - Butorides striata. Two seen at Pantanos de Villa.
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax. Fairly common.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea. Only one seen at Pantanos de Villa – a species spreading south.
IBISES AND SPOONBILLS Threskiornithidae)
Puna Ibis - Plegadis ridgwayi. Fairly common in highlands.
AMERICAN VULTURES (Cathartidae)
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus. Common.
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura. A few at Pantanos de Villa and about one hundred at the Ballestas Islands. 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.
Andean Condor - Vultur gryphus. About three on the way to Anantay Lake.
HAWKS AND EAGLES (Accipitridae)
Cinereous Harrier - Circus cinereus. Two seen at Pantanos de Villa.
Harris's Hawk - Parabuteo unicinctus. Two seen at Pantanos de Villa.
Variable (Red-backed) Hawk - Geranoaetus polyosoma. Seen, near Pampas Galeras, two at Sondondo Valley and three more on the way to Anantay Lake. Sightings of the “Puna Hawk” form in the highlands and “Red-backed” form along the coast. The taxonomy of this group is confusing, and some authors try to split it as Puna Hawk B. poecilochrous and Red-backed Hawk B. polyosoma. SACC comments: Farquhar (1988) concluded that Buteo poecilochrous and B. polyosoma are conspecific, as they were formerly treated; he was unable to find any way to reliably diagnose the two forms using plumage characters or measurements. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001), Jaramillo (2003), and Schulenberg et al. (2007) followed this treatment and suggested "Variable Hawk" be retained for the composite species. Genetic data (Riesing et al. 2003) are consistent with hypothesis that B. polyosoma and B. poecilochrous are conspecific. 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. The IOC does not split these either as yet.
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle - Geranoaetus melanoleucus. One near Puquio and two more on the way to Anantay Lake.
TYPICAL OWLS (Strigidae)
Koepcke's (Apurimac) Screech-Owl - Megascops koepckeae hockingii. A pair seen at the parking lot of the Tampumayo Hotel. These Apurimac birds represent the hockingii subspecies – slight vocal differences between these and the northern Peruvian populations, and they tend to ignore playback of the northern calls. Megascops: Gr. Megas, megale= large, great and scops= an owl. In reference of Old World generally eared owls. koepckeae: In honor of Maria Emilia Koepcke née von Mikulicz-Radecki (1924-1971) German ornithologist in Peru 1949-1971, explorer, and collector. ENDEMIC.
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium jardinii. One seen near Chalhuanca on the way to Chacoche Village of the undescribed inter Andean subspecies.
Burrowing Owl - Athene cunicularia. One seen at country hacienda hotel the Hacienda San Jose in Chincha and also heard at Wasi Punku Ecolodge.
WOODPECKERS (Picidae)
Andean Flicker - Colaptes rupicola. Seen a few on the way to Andamarca, and more on the way to Cusco, common in highland regions.
CARACARAS AND FALCONS (Falconidae)
Mountain Caracara - Phalcoboenus megalopterus. Dozen seen on the way Chalhuanca and more on the way to Anantay Lake.
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius. One seen at Pantanos de Villa, and more at Wasi Punko, and few more on the way to Cusco.
Aplomado Falcon - Falco femoralis. One brief sighting near Puquio lagoons on the way to Chalhuanca.
Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus. One seen at Wasi Punko Ecolodge.
MACAWS AND PARROTS (Psittacidae)
Mitred Parakeet - Psitticara mitrata. Twenty-five at the look-out in the Sondondo Valley. Allocation to subspecies is highly confusing – it’s possible that the Apurimac birds represent a different subspecies, but throughout its range, this species is so variable in plumage characteristics. There is a paper proposing numerous splits in the complex but it’s based solely on morphological characteristics, no genetic or vocal data were presented. “Variable Parakeet” would be a more suitable vernacular name.
ANTPITTAS (Grallaridae)
Stripe-headed Antpitta - Grallaria andicola punensis. About six seen at Anantay Lake (Polypepis forest). note the punensis ssp. may deserve species rank.
OVENBIRDS (Funariinae)
Common Miner - Geositta cunicularia. Two near Puquio lagoon on the way to Chalhuanca.
Coastal Miner - Geositta peruviana. Four seen near the museum at Paracas at the Paracas peninsular. ENDEMIC.
Thick-billed Miner – Geositta crassirostris. One seen by Mina del Sol, near Nazca on the way to Pampas Galera. ENDEMIC.
Wren-like Rushbird - Phleocryptes melanops. Four seen at Pantanos de Villa.
Cream-winged Cinclodes - Cinclodes albiventris. One seen by Chacoche on the way to Anantay Lake. Jaramillo (2003) suggested that the albiventris group might warrant recognition as a separate species from Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus. Unfortunately, Chesser's (2004a) sampling did not include populations of C. fuscus from the Andes north of Argentina. Sanín et al. (2009) sampled C. fuscus from throughout its range and found that it was polyphyletic, with various populations more closely related to C. olrogi, C. oustaleti, C. comechingonus, and C. antarcticus. SACC proposal passed to elevate the albiventris and albidiventris groups to species rank. As for English names, Jaramillo (2003) proposed Cream-winged Cinclodes for C. albiventris and Buff-winged Cinclodes for C. fuscus, and Jaramillo (see proposal 415) proposed Chestnut-winged Cinclodes for C. albidiventris.
Surf Cinclodes - Cinclodes taczanowskii. Two seen at Lagunillas on the Paracas Reserve. Named for Wladyslaw Taczanowski a member of an old noble (szlachta) magnate family from the Poznań region. ENDEMIC.
White-winged Cinclodes - Cinclodes atacamensis. About fifteen seen near Pampas Galeras, more near Puquio lagoon, and more on the way to Anantay lake - Unlike the previous species it prefers clear running water.
White-browed Tit-Spinetail - Leptasthenura xenothorax.About five seen at Anantay Lake (Polypepis forest). ENDANGERED ENDEMIC.
Streaked Tit-Spinetail - Leptasthenura striata. Two seen near Chalhuanca at the Tampumayo hotel. Range Restricted.
Dark-winged (Creamy-breasted) Canastero - Asthenes (huancavelicae) arequipae. One seen at the Puquio lagoons on the way to Chalhuanca. The SACC says: The subspecies huancavelicae and arequipae were considered separate species ("Pale-tailed Canastero" and "Dark-winged Canastero") from Asthenes dorbignyi by Fjelds & Krabbe (1990) and Ridgely & Tudor (1994). SACC proposal to recognize huancavelicae and arequipae as separate species did not pass because published data are incomplete and insufficient. ENDEMIC.
Cordilleran Canastero - Asthenes modesta. One seen at Anantay Lake.
Rusty-fronted Canastero - Asthenes ottonis. About four seen at Sondondo Valley and a few more near Chalhuanca. ENDEMIC.
Cactus Canastero - Pseudasthenes cactorum. Four seen near Mina del Sol, near Nazca on the way to Pampas Galeras. Irestedt et al. (2006) and Moyle et al. (2009) found that Asthenes is a polyphyletic genus. Derryberry et al. (2010b, 2011), with more complete taxon-sampling, showed that four species currently placed in Asthenes are actually more closely related to a group of genera that consists of Pseudoseisura, Xenerpestes, etc., and named a new genus, Pseudasthenes, for these four species (humicola, patagonica, steinbachi, cactorum). SACC proposal passed to recognize Pseudasthenes. ENDEMIC.
Creamy-crested Spinetail - Cranioleuca albicapilla. Two seen near Chacoche Village and two more at Ampay National Park on the way to Cusco. ENDEMIC.
Apurimac Spinetail - Synallaxis courseni. Four seen at Ampay National Park. Named for US businessman Charles Blair Coursen – President of the Biological Supply House of Chicago. VULNERABLE ENDEMIC.
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (Tyrannidae)
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet - Camptostoma obsoletum. One seen at Pantanos de Villa.
White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps. One seen at Wasi Punko Ecolodge the modesta subspecies near Nazca, which may deserve species rank as Peruvian Elaenia.
Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant - Anairetes flavirostris. Five seen on the way to Andamarca at Sondongo Valley.
Tufted Tit-Tyrant - Anairetes parulus. One seen at Sondongo Valley on the way out of Andamarca.
Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant - Anairetes reguloides. One seen at Wasi Punko Ecolodge. Range Restricted.
Many-colored Rush Tyrant - Tachuris rubrigastra. About ten seen at Pantanos de Villa.
Bran-colored Flycatcher - Myiophobus fasciatus. Four seen at Wasi Punko Ecolodge.
Vermilion Flycatcher - Pyrocephalus obscurus. Five seen at Pantanos de Villa coastal race, also al Paracas peninsular and more at Wasi Punko Ecolodge.
Andean Negrito - Lessonia oreas. One at the Puquio lagoons on the way to Chalhuanca.
Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant - Muscisaxicola maculirostris. Several seen at Sondondo Valley and more at Puquio Lagoons on the way to Chalhuanca. Fairly common in highland regions.
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant – Muscisaxiola rufivertex. Six seen near Puquio lagoons on the way to Chalhuanca.
Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant - Agriornis montanus. Two seen at the Condor look out in the Sondondo Valley, and one more on the way to Anantay lake.
Crowned (Kalinowski’s) Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca (Silvicultrix) spodionota. Two seen at Ampay National Park.
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca rufipectoralis. A few seen near Chacoche and couple more near Ampay National Park on the way to Cusco.
d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca oenanthoides. Two seen on the way out of Andamarca and six more on the way to Abancay.
White-browed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca leucophrys. About six at the Sondondo Valley and on the way out of Andamarca.
White-winged Black-Tyrant - Knipolegus aterrimus. Two seen near Limatambo on the way to Cusco.
Tropical Kingbird – Tyrannus melancholicus. One at Pantanos de Villa and one more at the Paracas peninsular.
SWALLOWS (Hirundinidae)
Blue-and-white Swallow - Pygochelidon cyanoleuca. Common at Pantanos de Villa and the Paracas peninsular.
Andean Swallow - Orochelidon andecola. Fairly common in highland region, seen at Pampas Galera National Park and few on the way to Andamarca and Chalhuanca.
Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota. Three seen at Pantanos de Villa and a few more at the Paracas peninsular.
WRENS (Troglodytidae)
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon. Two at Pantanos de Villa and two more at Wasi Punko Ecolodge Andamarca and Sondondo Valley, also on the way to Anantay Lake.
DIPPERS (Cinclidae)
White-capped Dipper - Cinclus leucocephalus. One seen near Chalhuanca.
THRUSHES (Turdidae)
Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus (BM). Two seen at Wasi Punko Ecolodge and a couple more near Chalhuanca.
Great Thrush - Turdus fuscater. Four seen at Anantay Lake.
Chiguanco Thrush - Turdus chiguanco. Common in highland region.
MOCKINGBIRDS (Mimidae)
Long-tailed Mockingbird - Mimus longicaudatus. Three seen at Pantanos de Villa and a few more at Paracas peninsular, seems common in coastal vegetation.
TANAGER AND ALLIES (Thraupidae)
Rust-and-yellow Tanager - Thlypopsis ruficeps. Four seen at Ampay National Park.
Black-throated Flowerpiercer - Diglossa brunneiventris. Several seen on the way out of Andamarca.
Cinereous Conebill - Conirostrum cinereum. Dozen seen at Wasi Punko Ecolodge.
Giant Conebill - Conirostrum binghami. About six seen at Anantay Lake (Polylepis forest).
Peruvian Sierra Finch Peruvian Sierra-Finch - Phrygilus punensis. A few seen on the way to Andamarca and several more on the way to Anantay lake.
Mourning Sierra-Finch - Phrygilus fruticeti. Ten seen at Sondondo Valley and a few more on the way to Andamarca.
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch - Phrygilus alaudinus. Two seen at Sondondo Valley.
White-winged Diuca-Finch - Idiopsar speculifer. Two seen near Puquio lagoon.
Plumbeous Sierra-Finch - Geospizopsis unicolor. Six seen on the way to Anantay lake.
Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch - Geospizopsis plebejus. Dozen seen on the way to Andamarca and more near Anantay lake.
Slender-billed Finch - Xenospingus concolor. About five seen at Wasi Punko Ecolodge in Nazca. Range Restricted.
Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch - Poospiza Caesar. One seen at Quillarumiyoc on the way to Cusco. ENDEMIC.
Collared Warbling-Finch - Poospiza hispaniolensis. A few seen at Huacachina on the way to Nazca. Range Restricted.
Greenish Yellow-Finch - Sicalis olivascens. Dozen seen at Sondondo Valley and more on the way to Chalhuanca.
Blue-black Grassquit - Volatinia jacarina. Several seen on way out of Paracas, common.
Parrot-billed Seedeater - Sporophila peruviana. One seen on the way out of Paracas to Nazca.
Chestnut-throated Seedeater - Sporophila telasco. One seen on the way out of Paracas to Nazca and a few more at Wasi Punko Ecolodge near Nazca.
Band-tailed Seedeater - Catamenia analis. A dozen seen on the way to Andamarca.
Streaked Saltator - Saltator striatipectus. Four seen at Wasi Punko Ecolodge near Nazca.
Golden-billed Saltator - Saltator aurantiirostris. One seen at Sondondo Valley.
NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES (Emberizidae)
Rufous-collared Sparrow - Zonotrichia capensis. Common and widespread.
Apurimac Brushfinch - Atlapetes forbesi. Two seen at Ampay National Park near Abancay. ENDEMIC.
CARDINALS AND GROSBEAKS (Cardinalidae)
Black-backed Grosbeak - Pheucticus aureoventris. One seen near Limatambo.
OROPENDOLAS, ORIOLES AND BLACKBIRDS (Icteridae)
Shiny Cowbird - Molothrus bonariensis. Thee seen at Pantanos de Villa.
Scrub Blackbird - Dives warczewiczi. Four seen at Pantanos de Villa near Lima.
Yellow-hooded Blackbird - Chrysomus icterocephalus. About eight seen at Pantanos de Villa, probably a feral population.
FINCHES (Fringillidae)
Hooded Siskin - Spinus magellanica. Several on the way to Andamarca and Sondondo Valley.
Black Siskin - Sporagra atrata. Three seen on the way to Puquio lagoon, leaving Andamarca.
OLD WORLD SPARROW (Passeridae)
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus. Two seen at Wasi Punko Ecolodge near Nazca.