Trip Leader: Silverio Duri
This was a great trip in that we visited several wonderful lodges strategically placed at varying altitudes in the Cloud Forest and Lowland Amazonian rainforest of the Manu Biosphere Reserve, that enabled us to us to see birds of different altitudes. Some folks only did part of thre trip but even so managed o see a fantastic number of birds. A A remarkable added bonus was JAGUAR at Manu Wildlife Center, very good views and we even got pictures! We also saw a lot of Macaw at the Macaw Clay Lick of “Blanquillo” near Manu Wildlife Center. We had a high river ridre at Manu Wildlife Center and the water level got as high as the lodge and access was not possible to the trails up to the terra firme forest for a few days It was enjoyable trip for me , we saw a lot of good wonderfull birds like the Red and White Antpitta (Endemic), Orinoco Goose in the Lowland and Koepcke’s Hermit, Line-fronted Canastero up in the highlands at“Abra Acjanaco” and the Point-tailed Palmcreeper a bird that Bob had wanted to see for long time. A wonderfull trip!
SOME LOCALITIES WE BIRDED AT IN MANU
Ajcanacu : S 13 11 929 W 071 37 057 (3530 mts)
Esperanza Camp : S 13 10 478 W 071 35 478 (2910mts)
Pillahuata : S 13 09 725 W 071 35 670 ( 2600 mts)
Rocotal : S 13 06 081 W 071 34 145 (2010 mts)
Union Bridge S 13 04 457 W 071 34 157 (1550 mts)
Cock of the Rock Lodge: S 13 03 863 W 071 32 377 (1480 m.)
Quita Calzones or 1000 meter bridge : S 13 01 550 W 071 29 979 ( 1000 mts)
Patria ( Ricefields) S 12 57 394 W 71 25 112 ( 660 mts )
Pilcopata : S 12 54 518 W 071 24 196
Mirador above Atalaya ( Macaw Lookout) S 12 53 730 W 071 21 751
Atalaya : S 12 53 368 W 071 21 547
Amazonia Lodge : S 12 52 232 W 071 22 527 9 (500 mts)
Boca Manu Pueblo (where we had lunch!) S12°15'55.8'' W 070°54'42.8'' (300 mts)
Manu Wildlife Center S 12 21 327 W070 42 384 (250 mts)
Blanquillo Macaw Lick S12°26'39.4'' W070°42'15.3'' (250 mts)
Cocha Camungo at Lake S12°25'46.6'' W070°40'40.0'' (250 mts)
Cocha Blanco at Lake (250 mts)
Tapir Colpa MWC S 12 20 167 W 070 41 803 (250 mts)
DAY BY DAY ACTIVITIES
March 22: Morning flight to Cusco where Silverio was waiting and out to Hucarpay lakes with picnic lunch. Overnight in Cusco.
March 23: Cusco (3300 meters) to Pillahuata (Esperanza) camp (2910 meters) with stops at Huancarani, Paucartambo and Ajcanacu pass (3530 meters).
March 24: A full days birding in the Esperanza/Pillahuata area around 3000 meters.
March 25: Started birding by the tunnels down to the upper part of Rocotal (2010 meters). Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge
March 26: In the morning birding just around the Lodge and a little bit up the road and in the afternoon up to the Outlook for the Lyre-tailed Nightjar. Night Cock of the Rock Lodge
March 27: In the morning up to Rocotal (2010 mts) and in afternoon down to Quita Calzones (1000 mts). Night Cock of the Rock Lodge
March 28: In the morning we went down to Quita Calzones again and in the afternoon we birded just around the Lodge. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge
March 29: Cock of the Rock Lodge to Amazonia Lodge. “raining until mid day” we started birding from above Quita Calzones. We did a few stpos at the Patria rice-fields (660 meters), drove thru Pilcopata where we stopped for supplies and then onto Atalaya with some birding near the Mirador. In the late afternoon we crossed the Alto Madre de Dios River and walked into Amazonia Lodge. Night Amazonia Lodge
March 30: Full day on the trails at Amazonia Lodge at 500 meters particularly the jeep track trail. Night Amazonia Lodge
March 31: In the morning we went up to the hill trail above Amazonia Lodge 700 mts including the Canopy Tower. Night Amazonia Lodge
April 01: After breackfast (raining morning) to the river and by boat to Manu Wildife Center Lodge (250 meters). Night Manu Wildlife Center Lodge
April 02: Morning to the “Blanquillo” Macaw Lick and then just back to the Lodge for lunch. Afternoon walking the Grid trails. Night Manu Wildlife Center Lodge
April 03: In the morning to the “Cocha Camungo”where we just had time to do the Canopy Tower and in the afternoon birding just around the garden. Night Manu Wildlife Center Lodge
April 04: Morning to the “Cocha Blanco” ox-bow Lake and coming back to the Lodge before lunch we went to the “Toucan Loop”and in the afternoon just around the garden. Night Manu Wildlife Center Lodge
April 05: In the early morning we did try to go to “Cocha Camungo” but we couldn’t make it because it was flooded and we went to the “bamboo forest” at “Cocha Nueva”but the same thing we couldn’t go for too long because the trail was still flooded, so we went back to the Lodge and we went to the “River side” trail and w around the Grid and in the afternoon to the Canopy Platform. Night Manu Wildlife Center Lodge
April 06: Morning ……finaly we went to the Canopy Tower at “Cocha Camungo” and the Lake itself and in the afternoon we went to the “Cocha Nueva” in the bamboo forest. Night Manu Wildlife Center Lodge
April 07: In the morning we went to walk the Tapir trail and making a loop by the Creek side trail . Afternoon to the Tapir Clay Lick
April 08: Early start and we went down the Madre de Dios River for 8 hours to Laberinto where we took a bus to Puerto Maldonado and late afternoon birding along the road to Puerto Maldonado from Laberinto. Night at Cabaña Quinta Hotel
April 09: Morning birding up to km 17 outside Puerto Maldonado. Early afternoon flights to Cusco and Lima and home.
Species list
* = Heard Only
E = Endemic to Peru.
NE = near-endemic e.g. just sneaks into NW Bolivia, SW Brazil, SW Ecuador or N. Chile.
SACC = South American Checklist Comittee
*Great Tinamou Tinamus major
*White-throated Tinamou Tinamus guttatus
*Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus
Heard most days in the lowlands
*Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
*Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus
Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus
1 seen briefly on the Jeep Track at Amazonia Lodge the day we arrived on March 29th
*Black-capped Tinamou Crypturellus atrocapillus
Andean Tinamou Nothoprocta pentlandi
Fabulous looks at Huancarani in an open field after we saw the Chesnut-breasted Mountain-Finch on March 23rd
White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
Seen at Huacarpay Lake
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
1 seen well at Cocha Blanco on April 04th
Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
Seen only one and once at Cocha Blanco on April 04th
Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
Only one sen at the small agoon at Amazonia Lodge on March 30th
Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta
Good studies of this impressive species at the Lake
Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
Common at Huacarpay Lakes on March 22th
Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata
Great looks at 1 going down to Puerto Maldonado from Manu Wildife Center en route to Puerto Maldonado and 1 fliying around Manu Wildlife Center. A much rarer abd hard to see bird than most people think.
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
Several sightings of this large Duck at Manu Wildlife Center
Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris
Common at Huacarpay Lake
Yellow-billed Pinteal Anas georgica
A few seen at Huacarpay Lake
Puna Teal Anas puna
A lot of them at Huacarpay Lakes
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
Common at Huacarpay Lake
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
A lot of them seen along the Alto Madre de Dios River and at Madre de Dios River
Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
Common along the lowland Rivers. The South American Checklist committee says “Formerly (e.g., Meyer de Schauensee 1970) known as "White-necked Heron," but this name is also used (e.g., Martínez-Vilata & Motis 1992) for Old World Ardea pacifica.”
Great Egret Ardea albus
Common along the lowland rivers and around Puerto Maldonado
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron Butorides striatus
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Common at Huacarpay Lake
Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
A few on the fast-flowing sections of the Alto Madre de Dios between Amazoni Lodge and Boca Manu
Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
One seen at Amazonia Lodge and another one by a small pond along the road on the way down to Puerto Maldonado from Laberinto
Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi
Common at Huacarpay
Andean Ibis Theristicus branickii
5 seen along the Manu road near Saylla on March 23th. The SACC says “Theristicus melanopis is often (e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1948a, Meyer de Schauensee 1970, Blake 1977, Hancock et al. 1992) considered conspecific with T. caudatus. However, it (with branickii) was considered a separate species by Steinbacher (1979), Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990), Matheu & del Hoyo (1992), Ridgely et al. (2001), etc., but no explicit rationale has been published [?]; they form a superspecies (Steinbacher 1979). Sibley & Monroe (1990) considered branickii as separate species ("Andean Ibis") from melanopis. Proposal?
Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
5 of them seen at “Blanquillo” Macaw clay lick at Manu Wildlife Center
Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja
Seen for several days along the Madre de Dios River and the Alto Madre
Wood Stork Mycteria americana
Along the Madre de Dios River
Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
Seen few of them on the sandbar on the Madre de Dios on April 01th and 08th
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus
King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
Seen in three days in the Lowland
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Common on the lowland rivers and ox-bow lakes
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
1at Km 20 west of PM on April 8th a rarity in Peru, recently extending its range from Brazila nd Bolivia
Slender-billed Kite Rostrhamus hamatus
Seen two of them soaring at Cocha Blanco on April 04th
Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
1 seen perch from the Canopy Tower at cocha Camungo on April 6th and another one flying at Amazonia Lodge on March 30th
Cinereous Harrier Circus Cinereous
Seen at Huacarpay Lake on March 22nd and some others ones seen on the way to the Espeanza camping site
Plain-breasted (Sharp-shinned) Hawk Accipiter (striatus) ventralis
1seen in the higher Cloud Forest by Tor and Paul on March 25th
Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
One on April 4th
Slate-colored Hawk Leucopternis schistacea
White-Hawk Leucopternis albicollis
1 seen in way up on top of the ridge at Amazonia Lodge
Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
A couple on the Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes at manu Wildlife Center on April 6th
Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius
1 seen at Rocotal up Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 27th
Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
Puna (Variable) Hawk Buteo poecilochrous
3 at Abra Malaga
Red-backed (Variable) Hawk Buteo polyosoma
One seen in the upper cloud forest on March 23rd. By some autorities considered a superspecies – Variable Hawk – with Puna Hawk. The SACC says “Farquhar (1988) concluded that Buteo poecilochrous and B. polyosoma are conspecific, as they were formerly treated (REF); he was unable to find any way to reliably diagnose the two forms using plumage characters or measurements. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Jaramillo (2003) followed this treatment and suggested "Variable Hawk" be retained for the composite species. Genetic data (Riesing et al. 2003) are consistent with hypothesis that B. polyosoma and B. poecilochrous are conspecific. [incorp. Cabot & De Vries 2003] [incorp. Vaurie 1962]. Proposal badly needed.
Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
One seen flying along the River on the way down to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge on April 1th
Black Caracara Daptrius ater
Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus
Many sightings of this noisy bird!
Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus
Common in the highlands but we saw only once by the road on the way to the Esperanza camping site
Southern Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Seen outside of Puerto Maldonado on April 8th on the way from Laberinto to Puerto Maldonado
Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
One sen on Apirl 9th, on the road outside of Puerto Maldonado; a bird that Robert realy wanted to see
*Collared Forest-falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Aplomado falcon Falco femoralis
One seen well at Huacarpay Lake on March 22th
Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
Many at Manu Wildlife Center
Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata
Common in the lowlands
Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
Seen twice in the Cloud Forest
Spix’s Guan Penelope jacquacu
Frequent sightings at Manu Wildlife Center
Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis
Common at Manu Wildlife Center. The SACC says “As noted by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001), evidence for species rank for the four species of Pipile is weak, and various authors have used just about every possible permutation of species limits. Many authors (e.g., Hilty & Brown 1986, Hilty 2003) continue to treat them as a single species, Pipile pipile ("Common Piping-Guan"), whereas others (e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1942, Meyer de Schauensee 1966, Sibley & Monroe 1990, del Hoyo 1994) consider all four major groups as separate species, the treatment followed here. Sibley & Monroe (1990) and del Hoyo (1994) considered P. pipile, P. cumanensis, and P. cujubi to form a superspecies, but excluded P. jacutinga. Although the latter has been considered sympatric with P. p. grayi in eastern Paraguay (Blake 1977), del Hoyo & Motis (2004 REF) noted that the evidence for sympatry is weak. Meyer de Schauensee (1970) and Blake (1977) considered cumanensis to be conspecific with P. pipile, but considered cujubi and jacutinga to be separate species. Peters (1934) considered the genus to contain three species: P. pipile, P. cumanensis, and P. jacutinga. Pinto (1938) treated cujubi as a subspecies of P. pipile (and cumanensis, grayi, and jacutinga as species), but later (Pinto 1964) treated cujubi as a subspecies of P. jacutinga. Where P. cujubi nattereri and P. cumanensis grayi meet in eastern Bolivia, they interbreed freely, forming a hybrid swarm (del Hoyo and Motis 2004), and so this suggests that species limits should be re-evaluated and returned to those of Delacour & Amadon (1973), who considered the genus to contain two species: P. pipile (including cumanensis, cujubi, etc.) and P. jacutinga. Proposal needed. [incorp. Vaurie (1967a)]
Starred Wood-Quail Odontophorus stellatus
Seen briefly at Amazonia Lodge
Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
1 bird seen well including pictures at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake
Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
Seen twice at Amazonia Lodhe and three more crossing the road outside of Puerto Maldonado
*Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
At Amazonia Lodge
Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
Several seen at Huacarpay Lake
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus
1 seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca.
Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Spotted Sandpiper Tringa macularia
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
3 at Huacarpay Lakes
Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
A few of this Amazonian River shorebird on the Madre de Dios River
Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus
Several sightings on the Madre de Dios River
Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
Seen at Huacarpay Lake
Andean Gull Larus serranus
Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris
Daily on the lowland Amaazonian rivers
Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
Seen most days on the lowland rivers
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
1 seen on the way down to Puerto Maldonado from Manu Wildlife Center
Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa
Seen along the road on the way down to the camping site
Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
Common in the higher Cloud Forest. Common in the highlands. Johnson & Clayton (2000a), Johnson et al. (2001), and Johnson (2004) found strong evidece that Columba is paraphyletic, with Old World Columba more closely related to Streptopelia than to New World "Columba." This is consistent with previously recognized differences between New World and Old World Columba in terms of morphology (Ridgway 1916), serology (Cumley & Irwin 1944), and behavior (Johnston 1962, > Goodwin 1959a). Johnston (1962), however, considered the P. fasciata superspecies to be more closely related to Old World Columba than to New World species due to plumage characters (but see Goodwin 1983); genetic data (Johnson et al. 2001) indicate that fasciata is basal to other New World, but that they still form a monophyletic .
Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
Common in the lowland s
Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea
Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina tapalcoti
Seen alon the road outside of Puerto Maldonado on April 08th and 09th
Picui Ground-Dove Columbina Picui
Seen briefly from the bus on the way from Laberinto to Puerto Maldonado
Bare-faced Ground-Dove Metriopelia ceciliae
At Huacarpay Lakes and on the Manu Road
Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
Seen at Manu Wildlife Center
Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center
Blue-and-Yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
Manu is Macaw paradise and these guys flying across the river at dusk in the late afternoon sun were a real treat.
Military Macaw Ara militaris
A foothill bird which is an Amazonia Lodge speciality; we saw them flying from the Canopy Tower at Amazonia Lodge
Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
Less common than the next species ut good studies of this species
Red-and-Green Macaw Ara chloropterus
Star performer at the Macaw Lick – could not be better.
Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa
Common small Macaw of the lowlands
Red-bellied Macaw Ara manilata
Likes Mauritia palms and several groups flying over on the way to and from feeding and roosting sites and very good look outside of Puerto Maldonado
Blue-headed Macaw Ara couloni
6 birds seen perched near Patria on the way to Amazonia Lodge
White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus
Common in the lowlands below Cock of the Rock Lodge and around Amazonia Lodge
Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii
Many sightings including at the nest hole
Rose-faced Parakeet Pyrrhura roseifrons
The painted Parakeet complex ahs recently been split into several species and the Manu bird is now Rose-faced Parakeet.
Dusky-billed Parrotlet Forpus sclateri
A wonderfull view outside of Puerto Maldonado telescope view of 5 of them; always a pleasure to see and can be difficult
Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera cyanoptera
Common and noisy in lowland forest
Tui Parakeet Brotogeris sanctithomae
Much less common than the former but seen on every day seen in the Manu Wildlife Center area
*White-bellied Parrot (NE) Pionites leucogaster
Orange-cheeked Parrot Pionopsitta barrabandi
Seen briefly from the Canopy Tower at Cocha Camungo
Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
A lot of them seen at the Macaw Lick but only up on the trees a common lowland forest resident
Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala
Great ‘scope studies at the Macaw lick, but only a few perched up on the tree tops
Scaly-naped Parrot Amazona mercenaria
A cloud forest Amazonas – big flocks near Pillahauta and Cock of the Rock Lodge
Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa
Common in the lowlands and good ‘scope looks at the Macaw Lick also up on the trees. Noisy birds
Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
Little Cukoo Piaya minuta
Seen well at Cocha Camungo on April 6th
Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin
Punk chickens! Noisy and clumbsy; Always a pleasure to watch
Greater Ani Crotophaga major
Good looks at Cocha Camungo on April 06th
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
Common in the lowland
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii
Great look in response to playback at Amazonia Lodge and heard every night in the lowlands. Recent analyses of genetic and vocal differences (König et al. 1999) confirm a major division of the screech-owls into New World Otus (except O. flammulatus) and Old World groups, as noted by Amadon & Bull (1988).
Rufescent Screch-Owl Megascops ingens
Good look after a lot of work below the Lyre-tailed Nightjar spot
*Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
Amazonian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium hardyi
1 responded to palyback at the Canopy Tower at Manu Wildlife Center on April 5th Howell and Robbins (1995) and Robbins and Howell (1995) supported recognition of hardyi as a species separate from Glaucidium minutissimum, and they also showed that Middle American taxa in this group should also be considered separate species. This treatment has been followed by König et al. (1999) and Marks et al. (1999).
Sand-colored Nighthawk Chordeiles rupestris
Great looks along the Madre de Dios River; roosts on sanbars and dead logs in the river; How does it handle the heat?
Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
1 seen at Amazonia Lodge
*Ocellated Poorwill Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris
1 seen at Espernaza on March 24th along the road
Ladder-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis climacocerca
Several seen roosting along the edge of ox-bow lakes including full tailed males
Swallow-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis segmentata
A stunning full tailed male responded to playback at the Pillahuata camp on March 24th
Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra
Seen briefly at the mirador above Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 26th
Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutilus
Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge
White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
Pale-rumped Swift Chaetura egregia
Several sightings in the lowlands
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift Tachornis squamata
Several sightings in the Lowland
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
A few numbers seen at Manu Wildlife Center on April 03th
Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
Great looks at the feeders at Cock of the Rock Lodge
White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus
The common forest Hermit in the lowlands; Seen well at the flowers at Manu Wildlife Center
Koepcke’s Hermit (E) Phaethornis koepckeae
A Peruvian endemic and a speciality at Amazonia Lodge on March 30th
Redish Hermit Phaethornis ruber
1 well seen at Manu Wildlife Center on April 07th
Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
Seen up around Rocotal on March 27th
Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis
Daily at the Amazonia Lodge feeders
White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
1 seen from the Canopy Tower at Amazonia Lodge on March 30th
Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
Sparkling Violet-ear Colibri coruscans
Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
Juvenal male and female daily at Amazonia Lodge
Wire-crested Thorntail Popelairia popelairii
Good looks of females at Cock of the Rock Lodge and one Male seen in the flowering tree near the 1000 meter bridge below Cock of the Rock Lodge
Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
Common at the Butterfly bushes at Amazonia Lodge
Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone
Many-spotted Hummingbird Taphrospilus hypostictus
Great looks at the Cock of the Rock Lodge feeders
Sapphire-spangled Emerald Amazilia lactea
1 seen briefly on April 9th near Puerto Maldonado
Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
Gould’s Jewelfront Helidoxa aurescens
A fantastic bird at the Butterfly Bushes at Amazonia Lodge on March 30th
Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri
Common at the Cock of the Rock Lodge feeders every day
Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
2 at Huacarpay Lakes ‘scoped – the worlds largest Hummingbird
Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis caumatonotus
Usually common in the higher cloud forest but we saw only once on March 23th
Great Sapphrewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
Seen in the higher cloud forest as well
Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
1 just below Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 27th
Gould’s Inca (NE) Coeligena inca
One seen in the Cloud Forest on March 25th
Violet-throated Starfrontlet (NE) Coeligena violifer osculans
Fairly common around the camping site
Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
Seen twice around Pillahuata
Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis
Very common in the Cloud forest
Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii annae
Good views at Cock of the Rock Lodge feeders
Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina smaragdinicollis
Common in the cloud forest
Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
A couple of sightings including one male
Wedge-billed Hummingbird Schistes geoffroyi
Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge bushes
Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx aurita
1 perofrmed well at the bushes at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center
White-bellied Woodstar Acestrura mulsant
Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps
Fantastic view of 1 at the waterfall where we had lunch, the day we went down to Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 25th and another one in the next day around Cock of the Rock Lodge
Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus
One seen at Amazonia Lodge on March 31st. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered mesurus (Ecuadorian Trogon) of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru to be a separate species from Trogon melanurus (Black-tailed Trogon) SACC proposal to recognize this split did not pass because of insufficient published data.
Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
Masked Trogon Trogon personatuts
Seen three times in the Cloud forest
Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui
Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus
One seen up in the terra firme forest at Manu Wildlife Center on April 07th
Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata
Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota
Highland Motmot Momotus aequatorialis
Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 27th. The SACC lumps this with Blue-crowned Motmot. They say - Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990) proposed that the Andean form aequatorialis was a separate species from M. momota, and this was followed by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Dickinson (2003), thus returning to the classification of Cory (1919) and Chapman (1923, 1926). However, no formal analysis has ever been published, and the published evidence in support of treating aequatorialis as a species-level taxon is weak. SACC proposal passed for treating aequatorialis as conspecific with M. momota (and we hope that this decision stimulates further research on the M. momota complex).
Purus Jacamar Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus
Several seen well on Cocha Camungo at Manu Wildlife Center and 1 more outside of Puerto Maldonado. Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis and G. purusianus were formerly (e.g., Cory 1919, Pinto 1937) treated as separate species, but Peters (1948) and Meyer de Schauensee (1970) considered them conspecific ("Chestnut Jacamar"). Haffer (1974) noted that they are parapatric in the Río Ucayali area with no sign of interbreeding and that they differ in plumage to the same degree as other jacamars currently ranked as species; they constitute a superspecies (Haffer 1974, Sibley & Monroe 1990, Tobias et al. 2002).
White-throated Jacamar (NE) Brachygalba albogularis
Very good look of 1 of them outside of Puerto Maldonado “La Pastora Port”on April 9th A tricky bird to see
Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens
Common in the Amazonian lowlands
Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus
Seen on the terra firme forest, responded to playback, ‘scope views on April 07th
Striolated Puffbird Nystalus striolatus
2 ‘scoped from the canopy Tower at manu Wildlife Center.
Semicollared Puffbird Malacoptila semicincta
Very good look 1 of them on the Tapir trail on April 07th
Black-streaked Puffbird Malacoptila fulvogularis
1 individual seen well up at Rocotal on March 27th
Rufous-capped Nunlet Nonnula ruficapilla
1 seen in the bamboo forest at “Cocha Nueva” at Manu Wildlife Center
Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons
White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus
Swallow-wing Chelidoptera tenebrosa
Common along the lowland rivers
Gilded Barbet Capito auratus
1 seen around the GRID trail at Manu Wildife Center on April 05th
Lemon-throated Barbet Eubucco richardsoni
Seen several days at Manu Wildlife Center
Scarlet-hooded Barbet (E) Eubucco tucinkae
1 well seen including pictures at Amazonia Lodge on March 31th
Versicolored Barbet Eubucco versicolor
Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge
Blue-banded Toucanet (NE) Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis
Seen in two ays at Rocotal up in the Cloud Forest
Ivory-billed Aracari Pteroglossus azarae
Seen in two days around Manu Wildlife Center
Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis
The common Amazonian lowland Aracari around Manu Wildlife Center
Curl-crested Aracari (NE) Pteroglossus beauharnaesii
A total of 3 birds all at Manu Wildlife Center from the Canaopy Tower
*Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan Andigena hypoglauca
Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii
1 seen well on the Tapir trail on the way to the Tapir lick on April 7th
*Chanel-billed Toucan Ramphastos culminatus
Cory (1919) and Meyer de Schauensee (1966, 1970) considered R. culminatus ("Yellow-ridged Toucan") and R. citrolaemus ("Citron-throated Toucan") as separate species from Ramphastos vitellinus. Haffer (1974) treated these as a subspecies of R. vitellinus, and this treatment, actually a partial return to the classification of Pinto (1937) and Peters (1948), has been followed by most subsequent authors (but not Sibley & Monroe 1990, Hilty 2003). Haffer identified broad hybrid zones between vitellinus and culminatus wherever they meet; see Short & Horne (2001) for additional information
White-throated (Cuvier’s) Toucan Ramphastos tucanus
Haffer (1974) showed that R. cuvieri ("Cuvier's Toucan") and R. tucanus form a broad hybrid zone in northern and eastern Amazonia, and, therefore, treated cuvieri (with inca, also considered a separate species by Peters 1948) as a subspecies of Ramphastos tucanus; see also Short & Horne (2001); this treatment has been followed by most subsequent authors, but Sibley & Monroe (1990) continued to treat cuvieri as a species, following earlier classifications (e.g., Cory 1919, Peters 1948, Meyer de Schauensee 1970).
Bar-breasted Piculet Picumnus aurifrons
1 at MWC from the canopy tower with a mixed species flock posed well enough to see whit telescope
Fine-barred Piculet (E) Picumnus subtilis
2 seen seen just arriving to the Lowland coming down from Cock of the Rock Lodge on April 28th
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus
Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus
Red-stained Woodpecker Venilornis affinis
1 individual seen with mixed canopy flocks from the “Camungo”Canopy Tower at Manu Wildlife Center and another one outside of Puerto Maldonado on April 9th
White-throated Woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus
1seen at Cocha Camungo from the Canopy Tower
Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros
Seen around the GRID trails on April 05th at Manu Wildlife Center
Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
Seen on March 26th
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii atriceps
2 in the Cloud Forest
Scaly-breasted Woodpecker Celeus grammicus latifasciatus
2 of them seen at Manu Wildlife Center from the Canopy Tower
Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus
The cream of Woodpeckers, well seen from the Canopy Tower of Manu wildlife Center
Rufous-headed Woodpecker Celeus spectabilis
1 very good look in the bamboo forest at Cocha Nueva on April 6th
*Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus
One responded well to palyback at Cocha Nueva but was diffcult to see well
Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis
Pretty common at Manu Wildlife Center, we saw two of them on the Tapir trail
Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
Seen well at Amazonia Lodge
Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura longicauda pallida
1 seen around the GRID trails at Manu Wildlife Center on April 05th
Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus amazonus
1 seen in understory mixed flock on April 7th This race will be elevated to species level in the future. Keep track of these subspecies. Sittasomus griseicapillus almost certainly consists of multiple species (Hardy et al. 1991, Ridgely & Tudor 1994, Parker et al. 1995, Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, Hilty 2003), with at least five subspecies groups possibly deserving separate species status (Marantz et al. 2003).
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
One of the commoner Amazonian Woodcreepers
Long-billed Woodcreeper Nasica longirostris
A very good look of one of them on two days around Manu Wildlife Center
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula
Several days seen well at Manu Widlife Center
Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
1 seen weel before getting to the Canopy Tower at Cocha Camungo on April 6th . The SACC says The orenocensis subspecies group was formerly (e.g., Cory & Hellmayr 1925, AOU 1983) treated as a separate species from Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus, and Ridgely & Tudor (1994) suggested that this would be found to be the correct treatment. The emigrans subspecies group of Middle America was also formerly (e.g., Ridgway 1911) considered a separate species. Zimmer (1934c), however, was unable to find a clear demarcation in plumage between the two groups, and Marantz et al. (2003) noted that voices were remarkably similar among these forms, given their pronounced plumage differences; clearly, a thorough analysis is required. Proposal needed?
Amazonian Barred Woodpecker Dendrocolaptes certhia
Seen in two days around Manu Wildlife Center
Straight-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus (or Dendroplex) picus picus
1 seen at Cocha Camungo on April 6th Nesting in the garden at Amazonia Lodge. Xiphorhynchus picus and X. kienerii (= necopinus) were formerly (e.g., Cory & Hellmayr 1925, Zimmer 1934c, Pinto 1937, Phelps & Phelps 1950a) treated in a separate genus, Dendroplex, but this was merged into Xiphorhynchus by Peters (1951). Wetmore (1972), however, maintained Dendroplex as a separate genus based not only on bill shape but on (unstated) cranial characters.
Jurua (Elegant) Woodcreeper Xiphorynchus (elegans) juruanus
Seen with a mixed flock. Zimmer (1934d), Pinto (1937), Ridgely & Tudor (1994), and Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered Xiphorhynchus elegans and X. spixii conspecific, but see Haffer (1997) for rationale for treating them as separate species, as in Peters (1951) and Meyer de Schauensee (1970). Aleixo (2002) also found molecular support for treating nominate spixii as a separate species from all other taxa in the group; they constitute a superspecies. Cory & Hellmayr (1925) treated the subspecies juruanus and insignis as separate species from X. spixii, and Pinto (1947) also maintained juruanus as a separate species; but they were considered conspecific by Zimmer (1934d) and Peters (1951).
Buff-throated (Lafraneye’s) Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus (guttatus) guttatoides
Commonest Woodcreeper and one to learn well; recently split from Buff throated Woodcreeper but some authorities consider the reason for splitting weak
Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis
One in the Cloud Forest
Montane Woodcreeper Xiphorynchus lacrymiger
Quiet common seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge
Lineated Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes albolineatus
Good looks from the Canopy Tower at Manu Wildlife Center
Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
Wonderfull views on a small pach of Bamboo forest on the way from Pilcopata to Amazonia Lodge and another one at Amazonia Lodge on March 30th
White-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes atacamensis
1 seen on the way from Cusco to the Esperanza camping site on March 23th – much more restricted to water than the preceeding species
Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus tricolor
Puna Thistletail Schizoeaca helleri
1 seen well in response to playback in the upper cloud forest on March 24th
Azara’s Spinetail Synallaxis azarae urubambae
Dark-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albigularis
1 seen at Cocha Camungo on April 6th
Cabanis’ Spinetail (NE) Synallaxis cabanisi
Seen at Amazonia Lodge on March 30th
Marcapata Spinetail (E) Cranioleuca marcapatae marcapatae
2 seen well bellow the tunnels, (below the camping site) in Chusquea Bamboo. A highly localised endemic (Cuzco only)
*Creamy-crested Spinetail (E) Cranioleuca albicapilla albigula
Line-fronted Canastero (NE) Asthenes urubambansis
Seen well at Acjanaco “the pass”after lunch on the way to the Camping site on March 23th
Streak-fronted Thornbird Pacellodomus striaticeps
One seen at “Huancarane”one of ouer official birding spot on March 23th
Plain Softtail Thripophaga fusciceps dimorpha
Seen most days at Manu Wildlife Center
Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptus melanops
At Huacarpay Lakes
Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
Common in the higher Cloud forests
Point-tailed Palmcreeper Berlepschia rikeri
Good response from 1at a mauritia palm stand outside Puerto Maldonado on April 9th – Thought to be rare some yearsw ago its now found in most palm stands in the lowlands.
*Striped Woodhaunter Hyloctistes subulatus
Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis
Fairly common in the Cloud forest near Cock of the Rock Lodge
Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner Philydor erythropterus
Seen for a couple of days at Manu Wildife Center
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus
One seen at Amazonia Lodge
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus ochrolaemus
One responded well to playback on the Tapir trail at Manu Wildlife Center on April 7th
*Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner Automolus melanopezus
Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner Automolus rufipileatus
One seen at Manu Wildlife Center
Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner Automolus dorsalis
Bamboo specialist seen on 2 occasions
Black-tailed Leaftosser Sclerurus caudacutus
Two of them seen quiet well around the GRID trails on April 2th
Slender-billed Xenops Xenops tenuirostris
One at Amazonia Lodge and one at Manu Wildlife Center
Plain Xenops Xenops minutes
One seen Manu Widlife Center
Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans
Seen around the Cock of the Rock Lodge on April 27th and 28th
*Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
Bamboo Antshrike (NE) Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae
Seen well at Amazonia Lodge and heard in the Guadua bamboo on the Cocha Nueva trail at Manu Wildife Center
Great Antshrike Taraba major
1 female seen briefly at Amazonia Lodge on March 31th
Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
Seen at Cocha Camungo on April 6th
Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus
Heard daily below Cock of the Rock Lodge and one seen well there
Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus
Spot-winged Antshrike Pygiptila stellaris
Common in the lowlands
Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus ardesiacus
1at Amazonia Lodge and another one at Manu Wildlife Center
Bluish-slate Antshrike Thamnomanes schistogynus
Understory flock leader and common – seen twice around ManuWildlife Center
Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura brachyura
Heard several days but seen only once at Manu Wildlife Center on April 7th
*Sclater's Antwren Myrmotherula sclateri
Amazonia Streaked Antwren Myrmotherula surinamensis
Seen at Manu Wildlife Center behind the cabins
Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda
One of the commoner Myrmotherula in the foothills; seen from the dining room at Cock of the Rock Lodge
Plain-throated Antwren Myrmotherula hauxwelli
1 seen at Manu Wildife Center on April 2th around the GRID trails
White-eyed Antwren Myrmotherula leucophthalma
1in the Tierra Firme forest at manu Wildife Center (tapir trail). Birds in SE Peru do not show a white iris. Adead leaf cluster specialist
White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
Common in understory flocks. Common in understory flocks. Willis (1984b), Ridgely & Tudor (1994), Hilty (2003), and Zimmer & Isler (2003) noted that vocal differences among several subspecies of Myrmotherula axillaris suggest that more than one species is involved. This is my experience and there are at least two species in peru and more elsewhere – keep track of where you see this species.
Long-winged Antwren Myrmotherula longipennis garbei
Seen twice in one, one at Cocha Nueva trail ond another one at near the Lodge at Manu Wildlife Center whit understory mix-flog on April 7th
Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii
Common in the lowlands with mixed flocks
*Banded Antbird Dichrozona cincta
Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris
A couple seen at eye level below Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 27th
Striated Antbird Drymophila devillei
1 seen weel by the small pach of bamboo forest along the “River side trail” at Manu Widlife Center
Black Antbird Cercomacra serva
1 seen at Amazonia Lodge on the ridge trail on the way up to the canopy tower on March 31th
*Manu Antbird (NE) Cercomacra manu
They refuce to show up at the bamboo forest at Cocha Nueva trail; Only described in 1990, the range just creeps into nw Bolivia and s. Amazonian Brazil.
*White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota marcapatensis
Bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge
White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys
1 seen at Amazonia Lodge and another one at Cock of the Rock Lodge
Peruvian Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis peruviana
This form we saw mostly in the foothills. One thing’s for sure it does not warble! We saw both yellow breasted and white breasted birds. The SACC says: Ridgely & Tudor (1994) and Zimmer & Isler (2003) noted that the yellow-bellied (flavescens) subspecies group is almost certainly a separate species from Hypocnemis cantator (as treated by Cory & Hellmayr [1924] and Pinto [1937]). Following Zimmer (1932a), they have been treated as conspecific. Vocal differences and documentation of syntopy and parapatry among taxa formerly ranked as subspecies (Isler et al. 2007) indicate that H. cantator actually consists of at least six species, H. flavescens, peruviana, subflava, ochrogyna, striata. SACC proposal passed to revise species limits.
Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis subflava
This form was in the lowlands.
Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia
One responded well to playback at the pont at Amazonia Lodge on March 30th
White-lined Antbird (NE) Percnostola lophotes
Another bamboo specialists; Range just creeps over the border into nw Bolivia. 1 seen at Amazonia Lodge and another one at Manu Wildife Center on April 6th whit bether look
Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza hemimelaena
1 seen at the Cocha Nueva trail on April 6th
Plumbeous Antbird Myrmeciza hyperythra
1 bird seen on the Cocha Nueva trail on April 6th – a pretty bird indeed!
Goeldi's Antbird (NE) Myrmeciza goeldii
1 seen at Amazonia Lodge and another one at Manu Wildlife center alondg the River side trail “bether look”. Likes Bamboo but is not restricted to it
White-throated Antbird Gymnopithys salvini
1 seen around the GRID trail at Manu Wildlife Center on April 2th; An obligate Army Ant follower and a real prize
*Brownish-headed Antbird Percnostola brunneiceps
Formally part of the Spot-winged Antbird group
*Black-spotted Bare-eye Phlegopsis nigromaculata
Rufous-capped Antthrush Formicarius colma colma/nigrifrons
1 seen well at Manu Wildife Center on April 2 around the GRID trail
*Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
Striated Antthrush Chamaeza nobilis
*Stripe-headed Antpitta (NE) Grallaria andicola
*White-throated Antpitta Grallaria albigula
Red-and-white Antpitta (E) Grallaria erythroleuca
A Peruvian endemic restricted to the Department of Cusco. Some effort needed to see this but we were fortunate in having easy views of 2 individuals near Pillahuata in the Cloud Forest.
Rufous Antpitta (NE) Grallaria rufula occobambae
One seen well bellow Acjanaco “the pass” in the chusquea bamboo forest, 1 responde d well to play back. This is the occobambae race of a superspecies that will be split into at least 7 species. The occobambae race is found in extreme southern Peru and Northrn Bolivia. Peru hosts no less than 4 of the soon to be splits. The SACC says “Geographic variation in song strongly suggests that Grallaria rufula includes more than one species (Krabbe & Schulenberg 2003a).”
*Amazonian Antpitta Hylopezus berlepschi
*Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona
*Rusty-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula ferriginepectus leymeybambae
Slaty Gnateater (NE) Conopophaga ardesiaca
1 seen briefly at Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 26th
Chesnut-crowned Gnateater Conopophaga castaneiceps
1 individual seen briefly at Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 28th
Rusty-belted Tapaculo Liosceles thoracicus
1 seen very well at Manu Wildlife Center on April 07th
Trilling Tapaculo Scylotopus parvirostris
1 seen near our camp at Pillahuata
*White-crowned Tapaculo Scytolopus atratus
The atratus group certainly contains several taxa and will be split in the future. Manu birds sound distinctly different form birds further north.
Cinereous Mourner Laniocerca hypopyra
A pair on the GRID trail at Manu Wildife Center
Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristata
Seen before getting to Acjanaco “the pass” on March 23th
Barred Fruiteater Pipreola arcuata
Great looks near the tunnels above Pillahuata on March 24th and 25th
Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans
Commonly heard at Manu Wildife Center and one seen for Paul
Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana
1 bird seen including ‘scoped from the Canopy Tower
Spangled Cotinga Cotinga cayana
Only one female from the canopy Tower
Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
Fairly common in foothill/lowland forest, and one seen at MWC
*Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock Rupicola peruviana
Well what can we say – common but sunning expecially at the lek at the lodge named after this bird; The lek at dawn is a very special experience.
Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda
Good loks at the the leks on the GRID trail
Round-tailed Manakin (NE) Pipra chloromeros
At Amazonia Lodge on March 31th
*Blue-crowned Manakin Pipra coronata exquisita
*Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola regina
Yungas Manakin Chiroxiphia boliviana
Seen from the road at Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 26th
Fiery-capped Manakin Machaeropterus pyrocephalus
One at the lek on the jeep track at Amazonia Lodge – a very pretty bird
Dwarf Tyrant-Manakin Tyranneutes stolzmanni
1 seen along the “creek side”trail at MWC
Wing-barred Piprites Piprites chloris
1 seen at Manu Wildlife Center on April 5th
Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
McConnell’s Flycatcher Mionectes macconnelli
1 seen briefly at bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge
Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
1 seen at manu Wildlife Center
Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge
*Hazel-fronted Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus simplex
White-bellied Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus griseipectus
1 seen on the GRID trail at MWC on April 5th
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemmitriccus granadensis
After some effort seen near Pillahuata in the Cloud Forest on March 25th
*Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus latirostre
Ringed Antpipit Corythopis torquata
1 seen up on the ridge by the canopy tower at Amaonia Lodge on March 31th
Bolivian Tyrannulet Zimmerius bolivianus
Good looks at one perched atop a canopy leaf along the Manu road on March 28th
White-lored Tyrannulet Ornithion inerme
One seen well at Amazonia Lodge on March 30th
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
A couple of individuals seen just by the garden of the Lodge at Manu Wildlife Center
*Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps urabambensis
A couple near Pillahuata (Sierran commoner here but with a different call)
Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostri
Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
Common at Pillahuata
Slaty Elaenia Elaenia estrepera
1 seen just by Tor at Manu Wildlife Center on April 4th
White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
A sprightly Tyrranulet seen on several days in the higher Cloud forest
White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
Some seen bellow Pillahuata
Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
2 seen from the bridge on the road at Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 26th
River Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
1 very good look from the Macaw hide at “Blanquillo” Macaw lick
Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
1 individual seen briefly bellow the camping site at Pillahuata on March 25th
Many-colored Rush-Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra
1 at Huacarpay Lakes – always a treat!
Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant Phylloscartes ophthalmicus
A coomin mixed flock species near Cock of the Rock Lodge
Variegated Bristle-Tyrant Phylloscartes orbitalis
Seen also around Cock of the Rock Lodge
Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet Phylloscartes parkeri
1seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge on 27th
*Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
Large-headed Flatbill Ramphotrigon megacephala
One on the Cocha Nueva “bamboo” trail at manu Wildife Center – indeed magacephala!
Gray-crowned Flycatcher Tolmomyias poliocephalus
Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) used the English group name "Flatbill" for the species of Tolmomyias, returning to a name used by Cory & Hellmayr (1925). However there is already a long established genus which carries the vulgar name Flatbill (Ramphotrigon) so I feel its best to use Tolmomyias
Yellow-breasted (Olive-faced) Flycatcher Tolmomyias (viridiceps) flaviventris
One below Cock of the Rock Lodge. Tolmomyias flaviventris almost certainly involves more than one species; see Bates et al. (1992) and Ridgely & Tudor (1994). The subspecies viridiceps is almost certainly a distinct species, and was so considered by Ridgely et al. (2001) and Hilty (2003). However, Zimmer (1939a) considered them conspecific because he considered the subspecies subsimilis and dissors to represent taxa that were intermediate between the two, and this treatment was followed by Fitzpatrick (2004) in the absence of published data supporting a split.
Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
1 seen at Manu Wildife Center
White-crested Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
1 seen well on the GRID trail on April 5th
Unadorned Flycatcher Myiophobus onornatus
1 seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 27th
Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea
Common in the Cloud Forest
Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri
One at Amazonia Lodge
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
One near Cock of the Rock Lodge
Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
Western Wood-Pewee/Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus/ virens
A few near Cok of the Rock Lodge and 1 Eastern Wood Pewee at Manu Wildlife Center
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans latirostris
Fairly common on rushing streams along the road to Manu; This is the southern race Sayornis nigricans latirostris. The change from the darker-winged nominate n. nigricans to the white-winged latirostris is a north-south cline, with larger amounts of white gradually appearing further south.
Maroon-chested Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca thoracia
1 seen well, below the tunnels on March 25th biochemical work done at Copenhagen University by Jon Fjeldsa indicates this is a seperate species from Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant – O. cinnamomeiventris to the north of the Maranon valley. A good looking bird and one of Barry’s favorites. García-Moreno et al. (1998) suggested that the plumage and genetic differences between subspecies groups north and south of the Marañon should be recognized at the species level, with Ochthoeca thoracica the name for the southern species. Ridgely & Tudor (1994) reported that there are also vocal differences that would support this split. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Hilty (2003) further recognized Venezuelan nigrita as a separate species from O. cinnamomeiventris, as done by Cory & Hellmayr (1927); see Zimmer (1937b) for the rationale for treating them all as conspecific based on plumage pattern, the treatment followed by Fitzpatrick (2004).
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis rufipectoralis
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor berlepschi
Seen in two days, including pictures at Acjanaco “the Pass”on top of the sing
White-browed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys
2 at Huacarpay Lakes
Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis
Not at all Drab! It’s pretty!
Rufous-bellied Bush-Tyrant Myiotheretes fuscorufus
Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola rufivertex occipitalis
At Huacarpay Lakes
Andean Negrito Lessonia oreas
2 at Huacarpay Lakes. At Huacarpay Lakes and Lake Junin. Lessonia oreas was formerly (e.g., Cory & Hellmayr 1927, Meyer de Schauensee 1970) considered conspecific with L. rufa (with composite species known as "Rufous-backed Negrito"), but see Traylor (1977) for recognition of the two as separate species, as suggested by Meyer de Schauensee (1966); they form a superspecies (Sibley & Monroe 1990).
Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
*White-eyed Attila Attila bolivianus
Several heard and one seen I response to playback. An Amazonian species.
Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
1 seen well after some effort at on the terra firme forest “Tapir trail”on April 7th
Sirystes Sirystes sibilator
Seen well from the Canopy Tower at Manu Wildife Center
Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
Swainson’s Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savanna
Few migrants in the Lowland
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
Many migrant flocks
Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrranus aurantioatrocristatus
The bird with the longest scientific name in the world was seen from the Canopy Tower at Manu Wildlife Center and also from around the garden of the Lodge
Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea
2 near Puerto Maldonado on April 9th
Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
2 near Puerto Maldonado a day before the end of the trip snuck onto our trip list!
Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti
Several sightings around Cock of the Rock Lodge
Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
Fairlu common above and below Cock of the Rock Lodge
Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
Fairly common alongside Ox-bow lakes
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
1 seen at Rocotal on March 25th
White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
1 weel seen at Amazonia Lodge on March 30th
Black-capped Becard Pachyramphus marginatus
A pair on two consecutive days at Manu Wildife Center
Pink-throated Becard Pachyramphus minor
Seen from the canopy Tower at Cocha Camungo
Black-tailed Tityra Tityra cayana
Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
Crested Becard Pachyramphus validus
1 individual seen just by Tor
White-collared Jay (NE) Cyanolyca viridicyana
A group of 4 or 5 seen near Pillahuata
Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas
Fairly common in the lowlands from Amazonai Lodge to Manu Wildlife Center; At the northern edge of its range here
Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus
Fairly common in the lowlands
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas yncas
Thought by some to be a sepreate species from the Central American birds but eveidence is weak. 3 seen near Cock of the Rock Lodge
Red-eyed (Chivi) Vireo Vireo (chivi) olivaceus
This non-red eyed resident form is considered by some authorities to be a distinct species from the red eyed North American migrants – Chivi Vire.The SACC says : Some classifications (e.g., Pinto 1944) have considered the South American chivi group as a separate species ("Chivi Vireo") from V. olivaceus, or as conspecific with V. flavoviridis (Hamilton 1962), but see Hellmayr (1935), Zimmer (1941d), Eisenmann 1962a, Johnson & Zink (1985), and Ridgely & Tudor (1989). Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) suggested, however, that more than one species may be involved within the South American chivi group.
Lemon-chested Greenlet Hylophilus thoracicus
1 seen from the Canopy Tower at Cocha Camungo
Dusky-capped Greenlet Hylophilus hypoxanthus
1 seen on the GRID trail; Always with canopy flocks
White-capped Dipper Cinclus leucocephalus
1 seen from the bridge at Cock of the Rock Lodge
*Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides ralloides
Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco chiguanco
Great Thrush Turdus fuscater ockenderi
Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
*Lawrence’s Thrush Turdus lawrencii
Fulvous Wren (NE) Cinnycerthia fulva
Good looks at a noisy family group at Rocotal – likes Chusquea bamboo
*Moustached Wren Thryothorus genibarbis
*Buff-breasted Wren Thrylothorus leucotis
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Common Wren seen in 3 ocacions in diferent places
Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus
1 briefly seen at the little pach of bamboo forest between Pillcaopata and Atalaya before getting to Amazonia Lodge. Microcerculus marginatus formerly (e.g., Meyer de Schauensee 1970) included Middle American M. philomela, but see Stiles (1983) for treatment of the Middle American taxa as two separate species, both separate from South American M. marginatus, a return to the classification of Hellmayr (1934); they form a superspecies (Sibley & Monroe 1990). More than one species is almost certainly involved within South American populations based on vocalizations (see Ridgely & Tudor 1989, Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, Hilty 2003, Kroodsma & Brewer 2005). Microcerculus marginatus was called "Southern Nightingale-Wren" by Ridgely & Tudor (1989), Brewer (2001), and Kroodsma & Brewer (2005);
Chestnut-breasted Wren Cyphorhinus thoracicus
1 briefly seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge
Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapillus
Common on the ox-bow lakes and marshes of the lownds; Also known as Don O’Cobius – that famous little Irishman!
White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
Brown-chested Martin Phaeoprogne tapera
Southern Martin Progne elegans
1 seen perch on top af the tree by the garden at Manu Wildlife Center on April 3th
Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon murina
In the highlands
Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata
White-thiged Swallow Neochelidon tibialis
A few birds seen at Amazonia Lodge
Andean Swalllow Stelgidopteryx andecola
Few numbirds seen by Acjanaco “the pass”
Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Seen at the Plaza de Armas in Puerto Maldonado on April 8th
Hooded Siskin, Carduelis magellanica urubambensis
Olivaceous Siskin Carduelis olivacea
Seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge
Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
Spectacled Whitestart Myioborus melanocephalus
Two-banded Warbler Basileuterus bivittatus
Common just below Cock of the Rock Lodge
Cuzco (Golden-bellied) Warbler (E) Basileuterus (chrysogaster) chlorophrys
Formerly considered a superspecies with B. c. chlorophrys; Now considered a Peruvian endemic. 2 bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge The SACC says: Considered a superspecies with B. c. chlorophrys of Colmbia and Ecuador. Considered a seperate species by some and if so would be a Peruvian endemic (Cuzco Warbler..Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) treated the northern subspecies chlorophrys as a separate species from Basileuterus chrysogaster based on differences in descriptions of songs; see Zimmer (1949) for rationale for considering them sister taxa. SACC proposal to split chlorophrys from chrysogaster did not pass due to insufficient published data.
Citrine Warbler Basileuterus luteoviridis striaticeps
Fairly common near Pillahuata
Russet-crowned Warbler Basileuterus coronatus
Several seen in the Manu Cloud Forest
Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus
Common in the Manu Cloud Forest
Buff-rumped Warbler Phaeothlypus fulvicauda
Seen by the creek like going to the port at Amazonia Lodge. Phaeothlypis fulvicauda and P. rivularis have been treated as conspecific by many authors (e.g., Meyer de Schauensee 1966, 1970); most recent authors (e.g., Lowery & Monroe 1968, AOU 1983, 1998, Ridgely and Tudor 1989) followed the suggestion by Miller (1952) that they should be regarded as separate species, as they had been treated by Hellmayr (1935); they constitute a superspecies (AOU 1983, Sibley & Monroe 1990). MtDNA gene trees (Lovette 2004) suggest that P. fulvicauda and P. rivularis may not be monophyletic groups, although this in part may be due to gene flow between the two in southwestern Amazonia.
Canada Warbler
1 seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge on March 26th
Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons
Common in open areas in the lowlands
Pectoral Sparrow Arremon taciturnus
One on the hill trail at Amzonia Lodge
Rufous-naped Brush-Finch (NE) Atalaptes melanolaemus
Quite common around Pillahuata
Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis
Common in the lowlands
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
Rare in Manu a few seen in the lower Cloud Forest
White-browed Conebill (NE) Conirostrum ferrugineiventre
A super bird, seen around pillahuata
Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor
1 seen in the Manu Cloud Forest
Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons
Common at Machu Picchu and a few near Cock of the Rock Lodge
Black-faced Tanager Schistochlamus melanopis
A pair in the grasslands around Puerto Maldonado on April 8th
Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana
Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii
Stunning! several seen in the Cloud Forest
Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus cinereocephalus
Common between Pillahuata and Cock of the Rock Lodge
Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus parvirostris
Mostly found below the next bird, its congener, but often in mixed flocks. Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge
Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus flavigularis flavigularis
Above and below Cock of the Rock Lodge
Superciliaried Hemispingus Hemispingus superciliaris
Fairly common at Pilllahuata
Oleaginous Hemispingus Hemispingus frontalis
Good looks in response to plaback of at least 10 birds at Machu Picchu
Black-eared Hemispingus Hemispingus melanotis berlepschi
Several above and below Cock of the Rock Lodge, the berlepschi race is quite different and may deserve full species status. The SACC says: If split would be a Peruvian Endemic. Hemispingus calophrys was formerly (e.g., Hellmayr 1936, Meyer de Schauensee 1970, Storer 1970a) considered a subspecies of H. atropileus, but Weske & Terborgh (1974) provided rationale for treating southern calophrys as a species separate from H. atropileus; this treatment has been followed by most recent authors (e.g., Ridgely & Tudor 1989, Sibley & Monroe 1990), but not by Isler & Isler (1987). The subspecies auricularis is at least as distinct genetically and morphologically, and should presumably given equal taxonomic rank (Garca-Moreno et al. 2001), whether species or subspecies. Proposal needed. Taxa ranked as species in this group form a superspecies (Sibley & Monroe 1990).
Three-striped Hemispingus Hemispingus trifasciatus
Few seen around the camping site
Orange-headed Tanager Thlypopsis sordid
1 seen well from the Blindat the Blanquillo macaw lick on April 2th
White-winged Shrike-Tanager Lanio versicolor
Canopy flock leader a voice to remember for locating these flocks; Pairs and small family groups seen in several canopy flocks.
Slaty Tanager (NE) Creurgops dentata
Above Cock of the Rock Lodge
Yellow-crested Tanager (NE) Tachyphonus rufiventer
Seen around the GRID trail at Manu Wildlife Center on April 04th
White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus
Seen on several dates in the lowlands; A widespread and common species.
Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops
1 seen just by Tor and Paul around Cock of the Rock Lodge
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica peruviana
A few in the understory at Manu Wildlife Center
Masked Crimson Tanager Ramphocelus nigrogularis
Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
Blue-Gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala
Common around Puillahuata camp
Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis bonariensis
Unlike most Peruvian Tanagers likes arid and semi arid areas; At Huacarpay Lakes and also on the Manu road
Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis montana
Quite a few on 2 days around the Pillhauta camp; the display is pretty acrobatic for such a large Tanager
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris igniventris
Fairly common around Pillahuata common but spectacular
Yellow-throated Tanager Iridosornis analis
All members of this genus are stunning and this was no exception, seen at Rocotal on March 27th
Golden-collared Tanager (NE) Iridosornis jelskii
Quiet common around Pillahuata camp
Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
Widely distributed but scarce; the color of its underparts defies definition. We saw twice of this handsome bird.
Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
Seen one day at Amazonia Lodge and several days at Manu Wildlife Center
Golden-bellied Euphonia Euphonia chrysopasta
Seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu wildlife Center
White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
Few of them seen at Manu Wildlife Center
Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster brunneifrons
The commonest Euphonia in Manu
Rufous-bellied Euphonia Euphonia rufiventris
3 sightings at Manu Wildlfe Center
Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea
Fairly common around Cock of the Rock Lodge
Orange-eared Tanager Chlorochrysa calliparaea
Common in the Cloud Forest
Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana
A lowland species seen from the Canopy Tower at MWC and at Cocha Camungo
Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis
What can you say! A plesure to have such a pretty species so common
Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii
Another lowland Tanager present in most canopy flocks
Golden Tanager Tangara arthus
Phew! Showy around Cock of the Rock Lodge
Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala lamprotis
Another Christams Tree ornament. In most Cloud Foest mixed flocks.
Spotted Tanager Tangara punctata
Replaces the former in the higher foothills; Not uncommon around 1000 meters
Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis
Another Christamas Tree bird - Common
Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii atrocaerulea
Commoner than the former but often to-gether
Opal-rumped Tanager Tangara velia
2 in the scope from the canopy tower
Opal-crowned Tanager Tangara callophrys
Rather commoner than the former from the Canopy Tower.
Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata
Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer
Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus
Peruvian Sierra-Finch (NE) Phrygilus punensis
Fairly common in open highland areas
Mourning Sierra-Finch Phrygilus fruticeti
At Huacarpay Lakes and Hunacarani
Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch Phrygilus plebejus
Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch (E) Poospiza caesar
Limited range endemic found only in the Departments of Cusco and Puno; 3 seen at he usual site near the village of Huancarani.
Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
Squiet a few near Patria and near Puerto Maldonado
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater Sporophila castaneiventris
Common in open areas in the lowlands
Chesnut-bellied Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis
Seen around Puerto Maldonado
Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis analis
Moustached Flower-piercer (NE) Diglossa mystacalis albilinear
Common near treeline on the Manu Road
Black-throated Flower-piercer Diglossa brunneiventris
Deep-blue Flower-piercer Diglossopis glauca
Only one seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge
Masked Flower-piercer Diglossopis cyanea
Common in the upper Cloud Forest
Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens
Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris albociliaris
Casqued Oropendola (NE) Psarocolius oseryi
Seen three dates at Manu Wildlife Center
Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus maculosus
Dusky-green Oropendola (NE) Psarocolius atrovirens
Just sneaks into Bolivia , Replaces Russet-backed Oropendola in the Cloud Forest.
Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi
Amazonian Oropendola Psarocolius bifasciatus
At Manu Wildlife Center
Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
Mountain Cacique Cacicus leucorhampus chrysonotus
Seen both days around Pillahuata camp, often with White-collared Jays; this southern race deserves full species status and will be split form northern birds
Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis
One scoped on two occasions from the Canopy Tower at Manu Wildlife Center
Pale-eyed Blackbird (NE) Agelaius xanthophthalmus
2 seen well on Cocha Camungo; Described relatively recently, in 1969, and known from only a handful of Peruvian and Ecuadorian sites; a Oxbow lake and marsh specialist.
Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelaius thilius
Common at Hucarapay at the northern end of its range here
Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris
Seen outside of Puerto Maldonado on April 8th
Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
Common in the lowlands
A grand total of 535 species of which 42 were heard only, 5 were endemics and 25 near-endemics.