Site Report: Ollantaytambo, Peru
Ollantaytambo
Geometer Moth (Ennomini sp)
Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
Pearl Moth (Diaphania fumosalis)
Geometer Moth (Ennominae sp)
Carpet Moth (Larentiinae sp)
Knot-horn Moth (Phycitini sp)
White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii)
Black-throated Flowerpiercer (Diglossa brunneiventris)
Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasp (Ophioninae sp)
Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Geometer Moth (Perusia sp)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch (Poospizopsis caesar)
Tachinid Fly (Eudejeania sp)
Wandering Spider (Ctenidae sp)
Plume Moth (Platyptiliini sp)
Emerald Moth (Ennominae sp)
Pug Moth (Eupithecia sp)
Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
Carpet Moth (Larentiinae sp)
Geometer Moth (Ennomini sp)
Wave Moth (Sterrhinae sp)
Geometer Moth (Perusia sp)
Geometer Moth (Graphidipus sp)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Geometer Moth (Ennominae sp)
Pearl Moth (Steniodes sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
Meessid Moth (Eudarcia sp)
Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricinae sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricinae sp)
Pyralid Snout Moth (Phycitini sp)
White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii)
White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)
Rusty-fronted Canastero (Asthenes ottonis)
Geometer Moth (Ennomini sp)
Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Eucosmini sp)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
Cutworm Moth (Anicla ignicans)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Creamy-crested Spinetail (Cranioleuca albicapilla)
Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus)
Firetip (Metardaris cosinga)
Biting Midge (Forcipomyia sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Knot-horn Moth (Phycitini sp)
Lauxanid Fly (Lauxaniidae sp)
Geometer Moth (Ennominae sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Taczanowski's Tinamou (Nothoprocta taczanowskii)
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Ollantaytambo
Geometer Moth (Ennomini sp)
Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
Pearl Moth (Diaphania fumosalis)
Geometer Moth (Ennominae sp)
Carpet Moth (Larentiinae sp)
Knot-horn Moth (Phycitini sp)
White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii)
Black-throated Flowerpiercer (Diglossa brunneiventris)
Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasp (Ophioninae sp)
Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Geometer Moth (Perusia sp)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch (Poospizopsis caesar)
Tachinid Fly (Eudejeania sp)
Wandering Spider (Ctenidae sp)
Plume Moth (Platyptiliini sp)
Emerald Moth (Ennominae sp)
Pug Moth (Eupithecia sp)
Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
Carpet Moth (Larentiinae sp)
Geometer Moth (Ennomini sp)
Wave Moth (Sterrhinae sp)
Geometer Moth (Perusia sp)
Geometer Moth (Graphidipus sp)
Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
Geometer Moth (Ennominae sp)
Pearl Moth (Steniodes sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
Meessid Moth (Eudarcia sp)
Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricinae sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricinae sp)
Pyralid Snout Moth (Phycitini sp)
White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii)
White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)
Rusty-fronted Canastero (Asthenes ottonis)
Geometer Moth (Ennomini sp)
Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Eucosmini sp)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
Cutworm Moth (Anicla ignicans)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Creamy-crested Spinetail (Cranioleuca albicapilla)
Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus)
Firetip (Metardaris cosinga)
Biting Midge (Forcipomyia sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Knot-horn Moth (Phycitini sp)
Lauxanid Fly (Lauxaniidae sp)
Geometer Moth (Ennominae sp)
Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
Taczanowski's Tinamou (Nothoprocta taczanowskii)
Ancient Inca City.
Visits
- 2026-05-05: We arrived in the afternoon in Ollantaytambo. We made a visit to the ruins before getting pizza in the main square.
- 2026-05-08: We rode back over the Abra Malaga pass to get dropped off just outside Ollantaytambo. We went to the nearby hotel, and we walked around on some trails in the area.
- 2026-05-09: We left early and moved up the pass a ways to do some more hiking. Then, we headed back to Ollantaytambo in order to continue on to Cusco.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (78 records,
59 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(48 records,
48 images)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Wandering Spiders
- Wandering Spider (Ctenidae sp)
Class: Insects
(47 records,
47 images)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Ichneumonid Wasps
- Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasp (Ophioninae sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths (43 records)
- Family: Cutworm Moths and Allies
- Cutworm Moth (Anicla ignicans)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Carpet Moth (Larentiinae sp)
- Carpet Moth (Larentiinae sp)
- Emerald Moth (Ennominae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Ennominae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Ennominae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Ennomini sp)
- Geometer Moth (Ennomini sp)
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Graphidipus sp)
- Geometer Moth (Perusia sp)
- Geometer Moth (Perusia sp)
- Pug Moth (Eupithecia sp)
- Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
- Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
- Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
- Pug Moth (Eupitheciini sp)
- Wave Moth (Sterrhinae sp)
- Family: Meessid Moths
- Meessid Moth (Eudarcia sp)
- Family: Plume Moths
- Plume Moth (Platyptiliini sp)
- Family: Pyralid Snout Moths
- Knot-horn Moth (Phycitini sp)
- Knot-horn Moth (Phycitini sp)
- Pyralid Snout Moth (Phycitini sp)
- Family: Skippers
- Firetip (Metardaris cosinga)
- Family: Tortricid Leafroller Moths
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Archipini sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Eucosmini sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricidae sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricinae sp)
- Tortricid Leafroller Moth (Tortricinae sp)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Order: Flies
(3 records)
- Family: Biting Midges
- Biting Midge (Forcipomyia sp)
- Family: Lauxaniid Flies
- Lauxanid Fly (Lauxaniidae sp)
- Family: Tachinid Flies
- Tachinid Fly (Eudejeania sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(30 records,
11 images)
Class: Birds
(30 records,
11 images)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(7 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas)
- Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)
- Green-and-white Hummingbird (Elliotomyia viridicauda)
- Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis)
- Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
- Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
- White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Andean Parakeet (Bolborhynchus orbygnesius)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Order: Perching Birds
(17 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Hooded Siskin (Spinus magellanicus)
- Family: Dippers
- White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Creamy-crested Spinetail (Cranioleuca albicapilla)
- Rusty-fronted Canastero (Asthenes ottonis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Black-throated Flowerpiercer (Diglossa brunneiventris)
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Rauenia bonariensis)
- Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch (Poospizopsis caesar)
- Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum)
- Golden-billed Saltator (Saltator aurantiirostris)
- Plain-colored Seedeater (Catamenia inornata)
- Scarlet-bellied Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus igniventris)
- Family: Tapaculo
- Diademed Tapaculo (Scytalopus schulenbergi)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Chiguanco Thrush (Turdus chiguanco)
- Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Red-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rubrocristatus)
- Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Tinamous
- Taczanowski's Tinamou (Nothoprocta taczanowskii)