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GRALLARIIDAE
Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis (H): Always too distant for even a lucky break. Genetic data
call for Grallaria to be placed in its own family, separate from Formicarius and
Chamaeza.
White-throated Antpitta Grallaria albigula (H): One bird was heard-only in rank undergrowth at
middle elevations in the cloud forest.
Red-and-white Antpitta Grallaria erythroleuca: A good sighting for Richard and also seen by Michael
but the rest struggled to see this bird in the bamboo.
Rufous Antpitta Grallaria rufula (H): We heard one in deep cover which proved impossible to see,
here the race occabambae.
Amazonian Antpitta Hylopezus berlepschi: This species eventually showed quite well at Amazonía
Lodge on our first morning there. We all had to do a bit of body-contorting but amazingly
the bird just stood there for the longest time which we were very grateful for. Named for
Hans Hermann Carl Ludwig Von Berlepsch (1850-1915), a German ornithologist who
sponsored several expeditions to South America.
Thrush-like Antpitta Myrmothera campanisona (H): At Amazonía Lodge this one was always too far
or too deep!
CONOPOPHAGIDAE
Slaty Gnateater Conopophaga ardesiaca: We saw a pair of this skulker very well in the cloud forest
understory.
RHINOCRYPTIDAE
Rusty-belted Tapaculo Liosceles thoracicus: One individual was fairly obliging for most of us at
Amazonía Lodge.
Trilling Tapaculo (Grey T) Scytalopus parvirostris: Most of us had at least some sort of tickable view
in the upper Manu cloud forest.
White-crowned Tapaculo (Northern White-crowned T) Scytalopus atratus: One sighting above Cockof-the-Rock
Lodge which most of us managed to see. Recent analysis has shown that
Manu birds are more closely allied to the Northern White-crowned rather than Bolivian
(Southern White-crowned T) birds, S. bolivianus, which occur north only to Puno.
However, look for the northern birds to be further split once their relationships are better
understood (a real taxonomic conundrum).
TYRANNIDAE
Sclater's Tyrannulet Phyllomyias sclateri: Good views of up to six individuals in the forest below
Machu Picchu during the extension.
Ashy-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias cinereiceps: We did quite well with this species towards the
end of our birding at Aguas Calientes.
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus: A few sightings at Amazonía Lodge and the Manu
lowlands.
Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii: Common by voice, with at least 4 sightings between Romero and
Manu Wildlife Centre.
Large Elaenia Elaenia spectabilis: We all had good views in the scope of this austral migrant at our
lunch stop en route to Amazonía.
White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps: Several were seen well at Huacarpay Lake, here either the
coastal modesta or the more local urubambensis.
Mottle-backed Elaenia Elaenia gigas: Good views of one bird on the shores of the upper Madre de
Dios.
Highland Elaenia Elaenia obscura: One individual of this species was seen in the Manu temperate
forest where it is a rather uncommon bird.
Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae: Fairly common at upper elevations, here the race intensa.
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