Trip Report: Peru (2016-08-29 - 2016-09-07)
Inca Wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
Cusco - Plaza de Armas
Cusco - View
Paucartambo Bridge
Glasswing Butterfly
Unidentified Toad
Coca Leaves
Crumbling Bridge
Back to Civilization
Ninamarca
View from Abra Malaga
Another View from Abra Malaga
Kwik E Mart
Ollantaytambo
Machu Picchu from Sun Gate
Machu Picchu Intihuatana Stone
Still Another View of Machu Picchu
Another View of Machu Picchu
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus)
Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)
Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone)
Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei)
Blue-throated Piping-Guan (Pipile cumanensis)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper (Dendrexetastes rufigula)
Taczanowski's Ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola griseus)
Stripe-headed Antpitta (Grallaria andicolus)
Mourning Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus fruticeti)
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajaneus)
Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
Gray-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)
Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps)
Andean Guan (Penelope montagnii)
Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
Violet-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) - Female
Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii)
Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
Bolivian Squirrel (Sciurus ignitus)
Brown Agouti (Dasyprocta variegata)
Large-headed Capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus)
Large-headed Capuchin (Sapojus macrocephalus) - Male
Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
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Inca Wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
Cusco - Plaza de Armas
Cusco - View
Paucartambo Bridge
Glasswing Butterfly
Unidentified Toad
Coca Leaves
Crumbling Bridge
Back to Civilization
Ninamarca
View from Abra Malaga
Another View from Abra Malaga
Kwik E Mart
Ollantaytambo
Machu Picchu from Sun Gate
Machu Picchu Intihuatana Stone
Still Another View of Machu Picchu
Another View of Machu Picchu
Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus)
Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)
Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone)
Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei)
Blue-throated Piping-Guan (Pipile cumanensis)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper (Dendrexetastes rufigula)
Taczanowski's Ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola griseus)
Stripe-headed Antpitta (Grallaria andicolus)
Mourning Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus fruticeti)
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajaneus)
Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
Gray-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)
Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps)
Andean Guan (Penelope montagnii)
Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
Violet-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) - Female
Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii)
Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
Bolivian Squirrel (Sciurus ignitus)
Brown Agouti (Dasyprocta variegata)
Large-headed Capuchin (Sapajus macrocephalus)
Large-headed Capuchin (Sapojus macrocephalus) - Male
Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
A trip to Peru visiting the highland areas around Cusco including the cloud forest at Manu National Park.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (229 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(229 records)
Class: Birds
(222 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(8 records)
- Family: Screamers
- Horned Screamer (Anhima cornuta)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Andean Duck (Oxyura ferruginea)
- Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Puna Teal (Spatula puna)
- Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata)
- Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)
- Yellow-Billed Teal (Anas flavirostris)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(5 records)
- Family: Limpkin
- Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata)
- Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajaneus)
- Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
- Slate-colored Coot (Fulica ardesiaca)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Family: Hoatzin
- Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (7 records)
- Order: Gabuliformes (2 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(24 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus)
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii)
- Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas)
- Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone)
- Gray-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)
- Green-and-white Hummingbird (Elliotomyia viridicauda)
- Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
- Lesser Violetear (Colibri cyanotus)
- Many-spotted Hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus)
- Rufous-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus addae)
- Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei)
- Sapphire-spangled Emerald (Chionomesa lactea)
- Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis)
- Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
- Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys)
- Violet-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri)
- White-bellied Hummingbird (Elliotomyia chionogaster)
- White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant)
- White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
- Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii)
- Family: Swifts
- Andean Swift (Aeronautes andecolus)
- Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila)
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- White-tipped Swift (Aeronautes montivagus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars (5 records)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Black-banded Owl (Strix huhula)
- Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
- Yungas Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium bolivianum)
- Order: Parrots
(7 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
- Dusky-headed Parakeet (Aratinga weddellii)
- Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa)
- Speckle-faced Parrot (Pionus tumultuosus)
- White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus)
- Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
- Order: Pelicans
(18 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
- Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis)
- Mountain Caracara (Daptrius megalopterus)
- Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus)
- Family: Grebes
- White-tufted Grebe (Rollandia rolland)
- Family: Herons
- Fasciated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis)
- Puna Ibis (Plegadis ridgwayi)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Order: Perching Birds
(118 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Dusky-green Oropendola (Psarocolius atrovirens)
- Mountain Cacique (Cacicus chrysonotus)
- Olive Oropendola (Psarocolius bifasciatus)
- Orange-backed Troupial (Icterus croconotus)
- Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
- Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi)
- Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
- Yellow-winged Blackbird (Agelasticus thilius)
- Family: Antpittas
- Stripe-headed Antpitta (Grallaria andicolus)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Glacier Finch (Idiopsar speculifer)
- Hooded Siskin (Spinus magellanicus)
- Orange-eared Tanager (Chlorochrysa calliparaea)
- Rust-and-yellow Tanager (Thlypopsis ruficeps)
- Family: Cotingas
- Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
- Family: Dippers
- White-capped Dipper (Cinclus leucocephalus)
- Family: Donacobius
- Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas)
- Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus)
- Family: Manakins
- Round-tailed Manakin (Ceratopipra chloromeros)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Black-faced Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanolaemus)
- Golden-crowned Brushfinch (Atlapetes tricolor)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Citrine Warbler (Myiothlypis luteoviridis)
- Pale-legged Warbler (Myiothlypis signata)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Spectacled Redstart (Myioborus melanocephalus)
- Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Amazonian Plain-Xenops (Xenops genibarbis)
- Azara's Spinetail (Synallaxis azarae)
- Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper (Dendrexetastes rufigula)
- Cream-winged Cinclodes (Cinclodes albiventris)
- Greater Scythebill (Drymotoxeres pucheranii)
- Montane Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger)
- Olive-backed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus triangularis)
- Pale-legged Hornero (Furnarius leucopus)
- Streaked Xenops (Xenops rutilans)
- White-browed Tit-Spinetail (Leptasthenura xenothorax)
- Wren-like Rushbird (Phleocryptes melanops)
- Family: Swallows
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Brown-bellied Swallow (Orochelidon murina)
- Brown-chested Martin (Progne tapera)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- White-banded Swallow (Atticora fasciata)
- White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Band-tailed Seedeater (Catamenia analis)
- Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis)
- Black-and-white Seedeater (Sporophila luctuosa)
- Black-throated Flowerpiercer (Diglossa brunneiventris)
- Blue-and-black Tanager (Tangara vassorii)
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Rauenia bonariensis)
- Blue-capped Tanager (Sporathraupis cyanocephala)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Blue-necked Tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons)
- Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum)
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Golden-eared Tanager (Tangara chrysotis)
- Golden-naped Tanager (Chalcothraupis ruficervix)
- Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus)
- Greenish Yellow-Finch (Sicalis olivascens)
- Hooded Mountain Tanager (Buthraupis montana)
- Magpie Tanager (Cissopis leverianus)
- Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
- Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti)
- Moustached Flowerpiercer (Diglossa mystacalis)
- Orange-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia xanthogaster)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis)
- Plumbeous Sierra Finch (Geospizopsis unicolor)
- Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
- Saffron-crowned Tanager (Tangara xanthocephala)
- Short-billed Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris)
- Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
- Silvery Tanager (Stilpnia viridicollis)
- Yellow-throated Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavigularis)
- Family: Tapaculo
- Puna Tapaculo (Scytalopus simonsi)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Andean Slaty Thrush (Turdus nigriceps)
- Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)
- Chiguanco Thrush (Turdus chiguanco)
- Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Blackish Antbird (Cercomacroides nigrescens)
- Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
- Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes alpinus)
- Ashy-headed Tyrannulet (Tyranniscus cinereiceps)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
- Cinnamon Flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus)
- Crowned Slaty Flycatcher (Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus)
- Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus)
- Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Highland Elaenia (Elaenia obscura)
- Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis)
- Pale-edged Flycatcher (Myiarchus cephalotes)
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon amaurocephalus)
- Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox)
- Sierran Elaenia (Elaenia pallatangae)
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon superciliaris)
- Smoke-colored Pewee (Contopus fumigatus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Taczanowski's Ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola griseus)
- Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- White-browed Chat-Tyrant (Ochthoeca leucophrys)
- White-browed Ground-Tyrant (Muscisaxicola albilora)
- White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps)
- White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
- Family: Vireos
- Brown-capped Vireo (Vireo leucophrys)
- Family: Wrens
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Inca Wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
- Mountain Wren (Troglodytes solstitialis)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
- Family: Plovers
- Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Tinamous
- Brown Tinamou (Crypturellus obsoletus)
- Order: Trogons (4 records)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Andean Guan (Penelope montagnii)
- Blue-throated Piping-Guan (Pipile cumanensis)
- Speckled Chachalaca (Ortalis guttata)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(7 records)
- Family: New World Barbets
- Versicolored Barbet (Eubucco versicolor)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Andean Flicker (Colaptes rupicola)
- Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)
- Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
- Little Woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus)
- Ocellated Piculet (Picumnus dorbignyanus)
- Family: Toucans
- Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis)
Class: Mammals
(6 records)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Camelidae
- Alpaca (Lama pacos)
- Order: Primates (2 records)
- Order: Rodents
(3 records)
- Family: Agoutis
- Brown Agouti (Dasyprocta variegata)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Anoles
- Brown-eared Anole (Anolis fuscoauratus)