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BIRDS AND ANIMALS OF PERU<br />
Roger Marchant
BIRDS AND ANIMALS OF PERU<br />
A photographic record of the birds and animals seen in selected parts of<br />
Peru<br />
Roger Marchant<br />
NatureFocus Publishing<br />
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
Giant Ameiva - Ameiva ameiva<br />
© 2018 by the author of this book. The author retains sole<br />
copyright to his contributions to this book.<br />
Published: November 2018<br />
Pucusana Harbour
INTRODUCTION<br />
This visit to Peru took place over a three week period during October-<br />
November 2018. The trip started with an overnight in Lima before a flight<br />
to Tarapoto in northern Peru and a visit to Aconabikh Private Reserve. The<br />
following day involved a drive to the town of Moyobamba, with a stay in<br />
Waqanki Lodge which allowed a visit to the Arena Blanca Private Reserve to<br />
see the Tinamous before transferring to Abra Patricia lodge. A short<br />
distance from Abra Patricia was the Fundo Alto Nieva reserve with<br />
hummingbird and Tanager feeders and La Llanteria with feeders for<br />
Sicklebill hummingbirds, although the sicklebills did not make an<br />
appearance. From Abra Patricia the next location was Huembo Lodge the<br />
prime site for viewing the Marvellous Spatuletail Hummingbird. Surprisingly<br />
this unusual hummingbird was a regular visitor to the feeders and<br />
photographic opportunities were frequent. From Huembo Lodge we drove<br />
to the town of Jaén for a return flight to Lima with an overnight in the<br />
capital before an early flight the next morning to the city of Puerto<br />
Maldonado in the southern Amazonian region of Peru. A one hour bus ride<br />
in heavy rain took us from the airport to the river port for a two hour boat<br />
ride up the Tambopata River to Posada Amazonas Lodge. Two nights in this<br />
lodge was then followed by a transfer a further three hours up river to<br />
Tambopata Research Centre Lodge where we stayed for four nights and<br />
finally a one night stop in Refugio Amazonas Lodge on the way back to<br />
Puerto Maldonado. During our stay in the Amazonian region we were<br />
fortunate to see two jaguars at very close range in the open and large<br />
numbers of macaws at the clay licks. From Puerto Maldonado we flew back<br />
to Lima and stayed one night in the Miraflores area of Lima, using our final<br />
day to explore sea birds at the small fishing village of Pucusana south of<br />
Lima, together with the private reserve of Lomas de Asia with an unusual<br />
seasonal vegetation and finally the marsh area of Pantanos de Villa.<br />
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Northern Peru<br />
Hummingbirds<br />
Andean Emerald - Amazilia franciae<br />
Andean Emerald - Amazilia franciae<br />
Andean Emerald -<br />
Amazilia franciae<br />
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Black-bellied Thorntail -<br />
Discosura langsdorffi<br />
Blue-tailed Emerald -<br />
Chlorostilbon mellisugus<br />
Blue-fronted Lancebill - male<br />
Doryfera johannae<br />
Blue-fronted Lancebill - female<br />
Doryfera johannae<br />
3
Bronzy Inca - Coeligena coeligena<br />
Bronzy Inca - Coeligena coeligena<br />
4
Chestnut-breasted Coronet - Boissonneaua matthewsii<br />
Chestnut-breasted Coronet -<br />
Boissonneaua matthewsii<br />
Chestnut-breasted Coronet -<br />
Boissonneaua matthewsii<br />
5
Collared Inca - Coeligena torquata<br />
Ecuadorian Piedtail - Phlogophilus hemileucurus<br />
6
Emerald-bellied Puffleg - Eriocnemis aline<br />
Emerald-bellied Puffleg - Eriocnemis aline<br />
7
Fawn-breasted Brilliant - Heliodoxa rubinoides<br />
Gould's Jewelfront - Heliodoxa aurescens<br />
8
Fork-tailed Woodnymph - Thalurania furcata<br />
Fork-tailed Woodnymph - Thalurania furcata<br />
9
Golden-tailed Sapphire - Chrysuronia oenone<br />
Golden-tailed Sapphire - Chrysuronia oenone<br />
10
Grey-breasted Sabrewing -<br />
Campylopterus largipennis<br />
Grey-breasted Sabrewing - Campylopterus largipennis<br />
11
Green Hermit - Phaethornis guy<br />
Green Hermit - Phaethornis guy<br />
12
Greenish Puffleg - Haplophaedia aureliae<br />
Greenish Puffleg - Haplophaedia aureliae<br />
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14<br />
Lesser Violetear - Colibri cyanotus
Long-tailed Hermit - Phaethornis superciliosus<br />
Little Woodstar - Chaetocercus bombus<br />
15
Long-billed Starthroat - Heliomaster longirostris<br />
Long-tailed Sylph - Aglaiocercus kingii<br />
16
Many-spotted Hummingbird -<br />
Taphrospilus hypostictus<br />
Reddish Hermit - Phaethornis ruber<br />
17
Marvellous Spatuletail - Loddigesia mirabilis<br />
Marvellous Spatuletail - Loddigesia mirabilis<br />
18
Peruvian Racket-tail - Ocreatus peruanus<br />
Peruvian Racket-tail - Ocreatus peruanus<br />
19
Purple-collared Woodstar - Myrtis fanny<br />
Purple-collared Woodstar - Myrtis fanny<br />
20
Rufous-crested Coquette -<br />
Lophornis delattrei<br />
Violet-headed Hummingbird -<br />
Klais guimeti<br />
21
Sapphire-spangled Emerald - Amazilia lactea<br />
Sparkling Violetear - Colibri coruscans<br />
22
White-bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia chionogaster<br />
Speckled Hummingbird - Adelomyia melanogenys<br />
23
Sword-billed Hummingbird - Ensifera ensifera<br />
Sword-billed Hummingbird -<br />
Ensifera ensifera<br />
Sword-billed Hummingbird -<br />
Ensifera ensifera<br />
24
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri<br />
Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri<br />
25
White-bellied Woodstar - Chaetocercus mulsant<br />
White-bellied Woodstar - Chaetocercus mulsant<br />
26
White-necked Jacobin - Florisuga mellivora<br />
White-chinned Sapphire - Hylocharis cyanus<br />
27
Tanagers<br />
Black-faced Tanager - Schistochlamys melanopis<br />
Black-bellied Tanager -<br />
Ramphocelus melanogaster<br />
28
Blue-necked Tanager - Tangara cyanicollis<br />
Blue -grey Tanager - Thraupis episcopus<br />
29
Silvery Tanager - Tangara viridicollis<br />
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager -<br />
Anisognathus somptuosus<br />
30
Hepatic Tanager - Piranga flava (female)<br />
Hepatic Tanager - Piranga flava (male)<br />
31
32<br />
Yellow-throated Tanager - Iridosornis analis
Golden-headed Manakin - Ceratopipra erythrocephala<br />
Purple Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes caeruleus<br />
33
Chestnut Antpitta - Grallaria blakei<br />
Rusty-tinged Antpitta - Grallaria przewalskii<br />
34
Cinereous Tinamou - Crypturellus cinereus<br />
35
36<br />
Little Tinamou - Crypturellus soui
Stygian Owl - Asio stygius<br />
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl - Glaucidium brasilianum<br />
37
Black-billed Thrush - Turdus ignobilis<br />
Great Thrush - Turdus fuscater<br />
38
Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus<br />
Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus<br />
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40<br />
Black-necked Stilt - Himantopus mexicanus
Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola<br />
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet - Phylloscartes ventralis<br />
41
Chestnut-eared Aracari - Pteroglossus castanotis<br />
Chestnut-eared Aracari - Pteroglossus castanotis<br />
42
Cinnamon Flycatcher - Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus<br />
Common Tody-flycatcher - Todirostrum cinereum<br />
43
Johnson's Tody-flycatcher - Poecilotriccus luluae<br />
Short-crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus ferox<br />
44
Yellow-bellied Elaenia - Elaenia flavogaster<br />
Purple-throated Euphonia - Euphonia chlorotica<br />
45
House Wren - Troglodytes musculus<br />
Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus<br />
46
Gilded Barbet - Capito auratus (male)<br />
Gilded Barbet - Capito auratus (female)<br />
47
Golden-bellied Euphonia - Euphonia chrysopasta<br />
Golden-bellied Grosbeak - Pheucticus chrysogaster<br />
48
Little Woodpecker - Veniliornis passerinus<br />
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker - Melanerpes cruentatus<br />
49
Smoky-brown Woodpecker - Picoides fumigatus<br />
Speckle-chested Piculet - Picumnus steindachneri<br />
50
Smoky Bush Tyrant - Myiotheretes fumigatus<br />
Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani<br />
51
Common Moorhen - Gallinula chloropus<br />
Inca Jay - Cyanocorax yncas<br />
52
Masked Flowerpiercer - Diglossopis cyanea -<br />
Orange-billed Sparrow - Arremon aurantiirostris<br />
53
Olivaceous Woodcreeper - Sittasomus griseicapillus<br />
Olive-backed Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus triangularis<br />
54
Point-tailed Palmcreeper - Berlepschia rikeri<br />
Straight-billed Woodcreeper - Dendroplex picus<br />
55
Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner -Philydor erythrocercum<br />
Montane Foliage-gleaner - Anabacerthia striaticollis<br />
56
Streaked Xenops - Xenops rutilans<br />
Snail Kite - Rostrhamnus sociabilis (immature)<br />
57
White-eyed Parakeet - Psittacara leucophthalma<br />
Great Potoo - Nyctibius grandis<br />
58
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet - Tyrannulus elatus<br />
Yellow-bellied Seedeater - Sporophila nigricollis (female)<br />
59
Variable Antshrike - Thamnophilus caerulescens<br />
Common Scale-backed Antbird - Willisornis poecilinotus<br />
60
Northern Rufous-capped Antshrike -<br />
Thamnophilus subfasciatus<br />
Highland Elaenia - Elaenia obscura<br />
61
Yellow-breasted Brush-finch - Atlapetes latinuchus<br />
Rufous-fronted Thornbird - Phacellodomus rufifrons<br />
62
Rufous-collared Sparrow - Zonotrichia capensis<br />
63
Southern Peru - Amazonia<br />
Red-and-Green Macaw - Ara chloropterus<br />
Red-and-Green Macaw - Ara chloropterus<br />
64
Blue-and-Yellow Macaw - Ara ararauna<br />
Blue-and-Yellow Macaw - Ara ararauna<br />
65
66<br />
Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao
Social Flycatcher - Myiozetetes similis<br />
Agami Heron - Agamia agami<br />
67
68<br />
Blue-throated Piping-Guan - Aburria cumanensis
Spix's Guan - Penelope jacquacu<br />
69
Violaceous Jay - Cyanocorax violaceus<br />
Black-fronted Nunbird - Monasa nigrifrons<br />
70
Amazonian Pygmy Owl - Glaucidium hardyi<br />
Amazonian Pygmy Owl - Glaucidium hardyi<br />
71
Yellow-rumped Cacique - Cacicus cela<br />
Roseate Spoonbill - Platalea ajaja<br />
72
Dusky-headed Parakeet - Aratinga weddellii<br />
Mealy Parrot - Amazona farinosa<br />
73
Common Potoo - Nyctibius griseus<br />
Common Potoo - Nyctibius griseus<br />
74
Razor-billed Curassow - Mitu tuberosum<br />
75
76<br />
Jaguar - Panthera onca
Jaguar - Panthera onca<br />
77
Chestnut-capped Puffbird -<br />
Bucco macrodactylus<br />
Blue-crowned Trogon - Trogon curucui<br />
78
Hauxwell's Thrush - Turdus hauxwelli<br />
Blue-crowned Motmot - Momotus momota<br />
79
Rufous Motmot - Baryphthengus martii<br />
Broad-billed Motmot - Electron platyrhynchum<br />
80
Brown-mantled Tamarin - Saguinus fuscicollis<br />
Purus Red Howler - Alouatta puruensis<br />
81
Hoatzin - Ophisthocomus hoazin<br />
Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga<br />
82
White-throated Toucan - Ramphastos tucanus<br />
King Vulture - Sarcoramphus papa<br />
83
Bluish-fronted Jacamar - Galbula cyanescens<br />
Cocoi Heron - Ardea cocoi<br />
84
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl - Megascops watsonii<br />
Black-banded Woodcreeper -<br />
Dendrocolaptes picumnus<br />
85
86<br />
Round-tailed Manakin - Ceratopipra chloromeros
Plain-winged Antshrike -<br />
Thamnophilus schistaceus (female)<br />
White-throated Jacamar - Brachygalba albogularis<br />
87
White-winged Shrike-Tanager - Lanio versicolor<br />
Ruddy Pigeon - Patagioenas subvinacea<br />
88
Red-necked Woodpecker - Campephilus rubricollis<br />
Casqued Oropendola - Cacicus oseryi<br />
89
Rainbow Boa - Epicrates cenchria<br />
Amazonian Tree Boa - Corallus hortulanus<br />
90
Banded Antbird - Dichrozona cincta<br />
White-fronted Nunbird - Monasa morphoeus<br />
91
Band-tailed Manakin - Pipra fasciicauda<br />
Elegant Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus elegans<br />
92
Brown Cappuchin Monkey - Sapajus apella<br />
93
94<br />
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper - Glyphorhynchus spirurus White-browed Antbird -<br />
Myrmoborus leucophrys (female)
Orange-cheeked Parrot - Pyrilia barrabandi Chestnuy-fronted Macaw -<br />
Ara severus<br />
95
Collared Trogon - Trogon collaris (female)<br />
Collared Trogon - Trogon collaris (male)<br />
96
Orinoco Goose - Neochen jubata<br />
Crested Oropendola - Psarocolius decumanus<br />
97
98<br />
Brown Agouti - Dasyprocta variegata
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture - Cathartes melambrotus<br />
99
100<br />
Three-striped Poison Dart Frog - Ameerega trivittatus Tigerleg Monkey Tree Frog -<br />
Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis
Great Potoo - Nyctibius grandis<br />
Southern Lapwing - Vanellus chilensis<br />
101
Masked Tityra - Tityra semifasciata<br />
Pied Lapwing - Vanellus cayanus<br />
102
Central Coastal Peru<br />
Inca Tern - Larosterna inca<br />
103
104<br />
Peruvian Pelican - Pelecanus thagus
Neotropical Cormorant -<br />
Phalacrocorax brasilianus<br />
Blackish Oystercatcher - Haematopus ater<br />
105
Belcher's Gull - Larus belcheri<br />
Kelp Gull - Larus dominicanus<br />
106
Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres<br />
Surf Cinclodes - Cinclodes taczanowskii<br />
107
Red-legged Cormorant - Phalacrocorax gaimardi<br />
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus<br />
108
Band-tailed Sierra Finch - Phrygilus alaudinus<br />
Cinereous Conebill - Conirostrum cinereum<br />
109
Eared Dove - Zenaida auriculata<br />
Croaking Ground Dove - Columbina cruziana<br />
110
Blue-black Grassquit - Volatinia jacarina<br />
Raimondi's Yellow Finch - Sicalis raimondii<br />
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Oasis Hummingbird - Rhodopsis vesper
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