Site Report: Rurrenabaque, Bolivia
Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus)
Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus)
Orinoco Goose (Oressochen jubatus)
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus croconotus)
Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare)
Red-bellied Macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus)
White-bellied Parrot (Pionites leucogaster)
Epaulet Oriole (Icterus cayanensis)
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Channel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus)
Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus)
Orinoco Goose (Oressochen jubatus)
Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus croconotus)
Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare)
Red-bellied Macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus)
White-bellied Parrot (Pionites leucogaster)
Epaulet Oriole (Icterus cayanensis)
Rainforest City
Visits
- 2026-04-17: We arrived in Rurrenabaque, and shortly after that we were in a boat on the Beni River, heading to Madidi National Park for a 2-night stay.
- 2026-04-19: We got back into the boat for our return to Rurrenabaque. I had a rip in my pants, and we walked all around town looking for someone who could sew it. We eventually found a person, and it was only $1 to fix.
- 2026-04-20: After a night of R&R in Rurrenabaque, we left early in the morning for our trip to Sadiri Lodge Area of Madidi National Park. We stopped many times on the main road for various wildlife.
- 2026-04-23: We drove back to Rurrenabaque birding along the way.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (91 records,
10 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(91 records,
10 images)
Class: Birds
(90 records,
9 images)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Brazilian Teal (Amazonetta brasiliensis)
- Orinoco Goose (Oressochen jubatus)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
- Order: Cuckoos
(2 records)
- Family: Anis
- Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (6 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (4 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift (Tachornis squamata)
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Order: Parrots
(7 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
- Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
- Cobalt-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera)
- Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus)
- Red-bellied Macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus)
- White-bellied Parrot (Pionites leucogaster)
- Order: Pelicans (11 records)
- Family: Herons
- Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus)
- Family: Jacanas
- Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Family: Storks
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Order: Perching Birds (35 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Chopi Blackbird (Gnorimopsar chopi)
- Velvet-fronted Grackle (Lampropsar tanagrinus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Point-tailed Palmcreeper (Berlepschia rikeri)
- Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus)
- Family: Swallows
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- White-banded Swallow (Atticora fasciata)
- White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Magpie Tanager (Cissopis leverianus)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Sayaca Tanager (Thraupis sayaca)
- Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis)
- Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
- White-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila leucoptera)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Drab Water Tyrant (Ochthornis littoralis)
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis)
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon amaurocephalus)
- Sulphury Flycatcher (Tyrannopsis sulphurea)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(5 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger)
- Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)
- Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris)
- Order: Trogons
(1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Black-tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)
- Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (8 records)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Alligators
- Yacare Caiman (Caiman yacare)