Site Report: Death Road, Bolivia
Barbara walks through the waterfall
Band-tailed Fruiteater (Pipreola intermedia)
Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata)
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii)
Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher (Myiophobus ochraceiventris)
Streak-necked Flycatcher (Mionectes striaticollis)
Golden-collared Tanager (Iridosornis jelskii)
Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris)
Pale-edged Flycatcher (Myiarchus cephalotes)
Three-striped Hemispingus (Hemispingus trifasciatus)
Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
Drab Hemispingus (Hemispingus xanthophthalmus)
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Barbara walks through the waterfall
Band-tailed Fruiteater (Pipreola intermedia)
Barred Fruiteater (Pipreola arcuata)
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii)
Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher (Myiophobus ochraceiventris)
Streak-necked Flycatcher (Mionectes striaticollis)
Golden-collared Tanager (Iridosornis jelskii)
Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris)
Pale-edged Flycatcher (Myiarchus cephalotes)
Three-striped Hemispingus (Hemispingus trifasciatus)
Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
Drab Hemispingus (Hemispingus xanthophthalmus)
Old road
Visits
- 2026-04-26: We arrived a bit late at the top level of the death road due to our late taxi driver. He claimed that there were roadblock protests over diesel fuel. The death road was quite the spectacular road, though you would have to be especially reckless to fly off the side of it.
- 2026-04-28: We got an early start on the way back to La Paz. We stopped at the upper reaches of the Death Road to see what we could find.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (36 records,
11 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(36 records,
11 images)
Class: Birds
(36 records,
11 images)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (3 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Scaly-naped Amazon (Amazona mercenarius)
- Speckle-faced Parrot (Pionus tumultuosus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(29 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Bolivian Brushfinch (Atlapetes rufinucha)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Citrine Warbler (Myiothlypis luteoviridis)
- Spectacled Redstart (Myioborus melanocephalus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Pearled Treerunner (Margarornis squamiger)
- Family: Swallows
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Blue-and-black Tanager (Tangara vassorii)
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Drab Hemispingus (Hemispingus xanthophthalmus)
- Golden-collared Tanager (Iridosornis jelskii)
- Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii)
- Hooded Mountain Tanager (Buthraupis montana)
- Masked Flowerpiercer (Diglossa cyanea)
- Orange-browed Hemispingus (Hemispingus calophrys)
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris)
- Three-striped Hemispingus (Hemispingus trifasciatus)
- Family: Tapaculo
- Diademed Tapaculo (Scytalopus schulenbergi)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Cinnamon Flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus)
- Ochraceous-breasted Flycatcher (Myiophobus ochraceiventris)
- Pale-edged Flycatcher (Myiarchus cephalotes)
- Rufous-bellied Bush-Tyrant (Myiotheretes fuscorufus)
- Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis)
- Streak-necked Flycatcher (Mionectes striaticollis)
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes parulus)
- White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Crimson-mantled Woodpecker (Colaptes rivolii)