Additional Peru Birding Itineraries

Day 1 Lima-Pantanos de Villa- Pucusana-Puerto Viejo. We start early by car. The habitats will be freshwater marshes, sandy beach, arid lowland scrub, coastal rocky shore and sea coast. The possibilities include Humboldt

Penguin, Great Grebe, Peruvian Pelican,

Blue-footed Booby, Peruvian Booby,

Guanay Cormorant, Red-legged Cormorant,

Least Bittern, White-cheeked Pintail,

Puna Teal, Southern Caracara, Blackish

Oystercatcher, American Oystercatcher,

Peruvian Thick-knee, Band-tailed Gull,

Gray Gull, KeIp Gull, Gray-headed Gull,

South American Tern, Peruvian Tern,

Inca Tern, West Peruvian Dove,

Croaking Ground-Dove, Dark-billed

Cuckoo, Burrowing Owl, Lesser

Nighthawk, Amazilia Hummingbird,

Coastal Miner, Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes, Tumbes Beardless-Tyrannulet, Rufescent Flycatcher, Vermilion Flycatcher, Dark faced ground-Tyrant, Short-tailed Field-Tyrant, Chestnut-collared Swallow, Yellowish Pipit, Long-tailed Mockingbird, Black-lored Yellowthroat, Slender-billed Finch, Collared Warbling-Finch, Drab Seedeater, Parrot-billed Seedeater, Chestnut-throated Seedeater, Grassland Yellow-Finch, Yellow-hooded Blackbird, Peruvian Meadowlark, Scrub Blackbird. Overnight Hotel in Lima.

Day 2 Lima-Marcapomacocha-Santa Eulalia. We start early by bus to the upper part of Lima over 4,000 meters to an area called Marcapomacocha. The habitats here are puna grassland and bogs, polylepis woodlands, and arid mountain scrub. From here we will descend to the Santa Eulalia Valley. The possibilities included: Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, Gray-breasted Seedsnipe, Black-breasted Hillstar, Olivaceous Thornbill, Dark-winged Miner, White-bellied Cinclodes, Junín Canastero, Plain-breasted Earthcreeper, Striated Earthcreeper, White-cheeked Cotinga, Cinereous Ground-Tyrant, White-fronted Ground-Tyrant, Black-fronted Ground-Tyrant, Correndera Pipit, Giant Conebill, Black Siskin, Overnight in Hotel in Santa Eulalia or Chosica.

Day 3 Santa Eulalia Valley-Lima. We start early to the upper part of the Santa Eulalia Valley. The habitats are arid mountain scrub, riparian tickets, agricultural fields, and streams. The possibilities include Ornate Tinamou, Black-winged Ground-Dove, Scarlet-fronted Parakeet, Mountain Parakeet, (West) Peruvian Pygmy-Owl, White-collared Swift, Andean Swift, Bronze-tailed Comet Black Metaltail, Oasis Hummingbird, Peruvian Sheartail, Purple-collared Woodstar, Black-necked Woodpecker, Andean Tit-Spinetail, Streaked Tit-Spinetail, Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail, Canyon Canastero, Cordilleran Canastero, Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant, Tumbes Pewee, Rufous-chested Tanager, Band-tailed Sierra-Finch, Great Inca-Finch, Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch, Collared Warbling-Finch, Rusty-bellied Brush-Finch, Golden-bellied Grosbeak, Scrub Blackbird. Overnight Hotel in Lima.

Day 4 Lima-Cusco-Huacarpay. Early transfer to the airport in Lima and with an hour flight we are in Cusco the capital city of the Inca

Empire. Here a bus will be waiting and we

will do a 45 minutes drive to the Hucarpay

lakes. The habitats are an Andean

freshwater lake amd marshes, arid

mountain scrub and agricultural lands. The

possibilities included Puna Ibis, Plumbeous

Rail, Andean Lapwing, White-backed Stilt,

Speckled, Puna Teal, Andean Duck, Yellow-

billed Pintail, Andean Gull, Bearded

Mountaineer, Sparkling Violetear, Green-

tailed Trainbearer, Giant Hummingbird,

Bare-faced Ground-Dove, Streak-fronted

Thornbird, Rusty-fronted Canastero,

Wren-like Rushbird, Andean Negrito,

Spot-billed and Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrants, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant, Blue-and-yellow

Tanager, Greenish Yellow-Finch, Band-tailed Seedeater, Ash-breasted, Mourning, and Peruvian Sierra-Finches, and Yellow-winged Blackbird. Overnight in Cusco.

Day 5 Cusco - Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge. Early start by car with several stops before the pass to the eastern slope. The habitats here are arid Andean habitats and Puna. The possibilities include Andean Tinamou, Mountain Caracara, Variable Hawk, Spot-winged Pigeon, Creamy-crested Spinetail, Brown-bellied Swallow, Hooded Siskin, Cinereous Conebill, Golden-billed Saltator, Peruvian Sierra-Finch, Mourning Sierra Finch, Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch. Over the pass, the habitat becomes elfin forest, humid mountain scrub, second growth scrub, upper mountain evergreen forest, chusquea bamboo finally arriving to our lodge in lower mountain evergreen forest, streams. The possibilities are Tyrian Metaltail, White-collared Jay, Golden-collared Tanager, Moustached Flower-Piercer, and Mountain Cacique, Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Barred Fruiteater, Red-crested Cotinga, Hooded, Scarlet-bellied, and Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Tanagers. We shall spend the next 3 nights at the Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge.

Days 6 & 7 Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge. Two full days to bird the trails of the lodge and the Manu Road both above and below our lodge. This represents an altitude range of 7,000 ft to 2,000 ft. One of the mornings we will visit the

lek of Andean Cock-of-the-Rock where we

can watch males display at very close range.

Besides this the possibilities include

Highland Motmot, Versicolored Barbet, Wattled

Guan, Golden-headed Quetzal, Rufous-breasted

Antthrush, Slaty Gnateater, Yungas and Cerulean

-capped Manakins, and Spotted Nightingale-

Thrush.

Booted Racket-tail, Crested Quetzal, Black-

streaked Puffbird, White-crowned Tapaculo,

Gray-mantled Wren, Green (Inca) Jay, Golden-

eared, Orange-eared and Black-goggled, Golden,

Saffron-crowned, Orange-eared and Paradise Tanagers, Orange-bellied Euphonia, Black-eared Hemispingus, Golden-collared Honeycreeper, and Dusky-green Oropendola. One morning we will drive up the road into a different life zone where we will look for stunners like Solitary Eagle, White-throated Hawk, Andean Guan, Speckle-faced (Plum-crowned) Parrot, Blue-banded Toucanet, Yungas Pygmy-Owl, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Rufous-capped Thornbill, Greater Scythebill, Striped Treehunter, White-capped Dipper, White-eared Solitaire, Glossy-black Thrush, Band-tailed Fruiteater. We will also spend time along the road below the lodge. Here we will watch for Sunbittern, Black-and-chestnut Eagle, Amazonian Umbrellabird, Chestnut-backed Antshrike, Ornate Antwren, Mottle-backed Elaenia, and Swallow Tanager to name a few. All nights Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge.

Day 8 Cock-of-the Rock Lodge- Amazonia Lodge. We will take the entire day to travel and bird the route to Amazonia Lodge. The habitats are upper tropical forest, lower mountain evergreen forest, lowland guadua bamboo, secondary forest, agricultural fields and pastures. The possibilities include Black Caracara, Blue-headed Macaw, Lanceolated Monklet, Peruvian Piedtail, Dark-breasted Spinetail, Ornate Flycatcher, Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher, White-winged Tanager, Amazonian Umbrellabird, Plum-throated Cotinga, Two-banded Warbler, Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch, Chestnut-bellied Seedeater, Epaulet Oriole, etc. We arrive to the river Alto madre de Dios at Atalaya, which we will cross by canoe to Amazonia Lodge. Night at Amazonia Lodge

Day 09 -11 Three full days at Amazonia Lodge. The lodge is situated at premountain zone, the habitats are lowland terra firme evergreen forest, secondary forest, lower mountain evergreen, lowland bamboo, small oxbow lake, Amazonian river edge forest, large river. To get to these habitats it is not necessary to take

a boat or car, just walking short distances.

The lodge has a porch with a view of the

garden and feeders, where is possible

to see several species of hummingbirds

including Rufous-crested Coquete,

Amethist Woodstar, Gray-breasted

Sabrewing, Black-eared Fairy, Golden-

tailed Saphire, Blue-tailed Emerald.

The list of the lodge is over 600 species

of birds possibilities include, Black-

capped Tinamou, Blackish Rail, Hoatzin,

Buckley's Forest Falcon, Wattled Guan,

Military Macaw, Blue-headed Macaw,

Rufous-vented Ground- Cuckoo, Koepcke's Hermit, White-bearded Hermit, Bluish fronted Jacamar, Fine-barred Piculet, Scarlet-hooded Barbet, Cabani's Spinetail, Crested (Dusky-cheeked) Foliage-Gleaner, Red-billed Scythebill, Bamboo Antshrike, Manu, White-Lined, Silvered and Band-tailed Antbirds, Amazonian Antpitta, Trush like Antpitta, Rusty-belted Tapaculo, Black -spotted Bare eye, Johanni's tody-tyrant, White-cheecked Tody tyrant, Ringed Antpipit, Pink-throated Becard, Purplish and Violaceous Jays, White-winged Shrike-Tanager, Yellow-crested Tanager, Golden-bellied Warbler, Band-tailed, Round-tailed and Fire-capped Manakins, Plum-throated Cotinga, Masked-crimson Tanager, Yellow-bellied Dacnis, etc. Also there are possibilities for Mottled Owl, Tawny-bellied Screech-owl, Ferruginous pygmy Owl, Great, Long-tailed and Common Potoo. All nights at the comfortable Amazonia Lodge.

Day 12 Amazonia Lodge - Urubamba (Ollantaytambo). Early start from Atalaya by bus. On the way are possibilities to find flocks of tanagers, raptors, etc. Night at Hotel in Urubamba.

Day 13 Excursion to Habra Malaga by bus to the sector of Canchayoc. The pass is over 4,200 meters over sea level. The habitats are humid and semi arid andean scrub, second growth scrub, agricultural fields, stream, semiarid mountain scrub, puna grasslands, and bogs The possibilities include the Andean Snipe, Andean Ibis, White-rumped Hawk, White- tufted Sumbeam, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Coppery-naped Puffleg, Scaled Metaltail, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Puna Thistletail, Marcapata Spinetail, Paramo Pipit, Rufous Antpitta, White-throated and White-banded Tyrannulets, Unstreaked Tit-tyrant, Parodi's Hemispingus, Golden-collared Tanager, Plush-capped Finch, Tit-like Dacnis, White-browed Conebill,.Inca Wren, Pale-footed Swallow, etc. Night at Hotel in Urubamba.

Day 14 Excursion to the polylepis forest at Abra Malaga. On this day we will spent time for White- tufted Sumbeam, Creamy-crested Spinetail, Chesnut-breasted Mountain-finch, Tufted Tit-tyrant, Stripe-headed Antpitta; Puna, Ochre-Naped, White-browed, Plain-capped Ground Tyrants. In the polylepis forest the possibilities are, Lined fronted Canastero, Tawny Tit-spinetail, White browed Tit-spinetail, Puna Tapaculo, Ash breasted Tit-Tyrant, Giant Conebill, the Andean Condor is possible too. Night at Hotel in Urubamba.

Day 15 Urubamba-Machupicchu. Early morning transfer by bus from hotel in Urubamba to the train station in Ollantaytambo (20 minutes).

From Ollantaytambo we take a train for 1.5

hours to the town of Aguas Calientes. We

will then leave our packs in the Hotel after

that we take the bus to the magic Inca city

of Machupicchu. After the guided visit of

the ruins and the lunch we start

the birding in the way down to Aguas Calientes

with the possibilities including Mitred Parakeet,

the endemic Green and White Hunmingbird,

Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Sclater's

Tyrannulet, Ashy-headed Tyrannulet, White-

winged Black-Tyrant, Silver-backed, Saffron-

Crowned, Beryl-spangled, Golden Naped

Tanagers, Tricolored brush Finch, the

endemic Inca Wren, Pale-legged Warbler,

Russet-crowned Warbler. In the river, Torrent

Duck, White-capped Dipper, Torrent Tyrannulet, etc. Overnight Hotel In Machupicchu.

Day 16 Machupicchu-Cusco. Early breakfast and after that we start the walk in the direction of the Mandor Valley. The possibilities include Speckle-face Parrot, Streak Xenops, Variable Antshrike, the endemic Masked Fruiteater, Ocellated Piculet, Black-streaked Puffbird, Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager, Slaty Tanager, Capped Conebill, etc. We walk back to the town of Aguas Calientes and after the lunch we take the train to Cusco. Overnight Hotel in Cusco.

Day 17 We will take a morning flight from Cusco back to Lima. There is waiting us a bus and we will go to the area call Lomas de Lachay what is a mist oasis. The habitas are arid lowland scrub and the unique vegetation tipe call lomas vegetation. The possibilities here are Tawny-throated Dotterel, Least Seedsnipe, Gray-capped Cuckoo, Grayish, Coastal and thick-billed Miners, Cactus Canastero, Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant, Collared Warbling Finch, Dull-colored Grassquit, Grassland and Raymondis Yellow finches, etc. Transfer to the hotel until the time for the transfer to the airport for the international fly.