Site Report: Saqsaywaman, Peru
Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris)
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Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris)
Inca ruins
Visits
- 2026-05-05: Continuing our tour of Cusco by taxi, this time we got a lift to Saqsaywaman, where we walked around for awhile looking for the 12-angled stone. After finding out the stone was somewhere else, we walked back to Cusco to look for it.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (13 records,
1 image)
Phylum: Chordates
(13 records,
1 image)
Class: Birds
(13 records,
1 image)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Spot-winged Pigeon (Patagioenas maculosa)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Order: Perching Birds
(7 records)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum)
- Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Chiguanco Thrush (Turdus chiguanco)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps)
- Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes flavirostris)
- Family: Wrens
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)