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July 5th: Very early start from Cusco over the Eastern range of the Andes via Pisac, with very few birding stops. A picnic lunch on the way before we got to the Acjanaco pass and after that we continued birding down the road toward the Wayqecha Biological Station (2900 meters). Night at Wayqecha Research Station.
July 6th: Full day at Wayqecha. We spent the morning up the road above Wayqecha and in the afternoon we went down the road below the tunnels. Overnight at Wayqecha Biological Station.
July 7th: Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge, slowly birding down the road toward Cock of the Rock Lodge (2900-2300 mts). Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge (1400 mts).
July 8th: Full day at Cock of the Rock Lodge. In the morning we birded around the Lodge and also we went up the road below Union bridge and in the afternoon we went down the road and back up the road to above the Mirador “Chontachaca” for the Lyre-tailed Nightjar and we had good views of its display. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
July 9th: Full day at Cock of the Rock Lodge. In the morning we went up the road where we spend all morning birding around Rocotal area and in the afternoon we visited the Andean Cock of the Rock Lek and back to the Lodge to watch the hummingbird feeders. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
July 10th: Full day at Cock of the Rock Lodge. In the morning we went down the road to Quita Calzones (1000 mts) and in the afternoon we birded a little bit along the trails of the Lodge and up the road to Union bridge. Overnight at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
July 11th: Cock of the Rock Lodge to Amazonia Lodge; birding along the way with lots of stops along the way and lunch at Pillcopata and then further on more birding until Atalaya community from where we took our boat to cross the Alto Madre de Dios River to reach to Amazonia Lodge. Overnight at Amazonia Lodge.
July 12th: Full day at Amazonia Lodge. All day birding around the garden and some of the flood plain forest trail system including around the small lagoon where we saw lots of Hoatzin. Night at Amazonia Lodge (500mts).
July 13th: Four participants back to Cusco (end of their trip) and with the rest (3) we continued to Manu Wildlife Center by boat on the Madre de Dios River. Night at Manu Wildlife Center.
July 14th: Full day at MWC. In the early morning we went down River to the Blanquillo Macaw clay lick and in the afternoon Tapir clay lick birding along the way and back at 9 pm to the Lodge. Night at Manu Wildlife Center.
July 15th: Full day at MWC: In the morning we visited Cocha Camungo ox-bow Lake and in the afternoon we birded around the GRID trail system. Night at Manu Wildlife Center.
July 16th: Full day at MWC: In the morning we visited the Antthrush trail (bamboo forest), and in the afternoon the MWC canopy platform. Night at Manu Wildlife Center.
July 17th: Full day at MWC: morning to Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake and also around the clearing of the Lodge, and in the afternoon to the creekside trail. Night at Manu Wildlife Center.
July 18th: Full day at MWC: in the morning we went to the MWC canopy platform and creekside trail and back on collpa trail; in the afternoon Riverside trail. Night at Manu Wildlife Center.
July 19th: Full day at MWC: all day along the collpa trail with lunch at the Tapir clay lick and early afternoon back to the Lodge, and owling before breakfast. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
July 20th: Manu Wildlife Center to Pto. Maldonado via Boca Colorado and then short boat ride to cross the Inambari River to reach to Santa Rosa from Punkiri Chico and then continue our way on the trans-oceanic highway to get to Puerto Maldonado with some birding on our way. Night in Puerto Maldonado.
July 21st: Birding morning to La Cachuela road starting with the Macaw clay lick where we had great views of Blue-headed Macaw and then back to the Hotel for breakfast and then to the Airport for flights to Lima - End of the Trip.
SPECIES LIST
TINAMOUS
Great Tinamou - Tinamus major. 2 seen along the trail to Cocha Camungo.
White-throated Tinamou – Tinamus guttatus. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center, one roosting and another one along the collpa trail in the daytime.
Cinereous Tinamou - Crypturellus cinereus. One seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Brown Tinamou – Crypturellus obsoletus. Seen on two consecutive days in the garden by the hummingbird feeders at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Undulated Tinamou - Crypturellus undulatus. Two seen on the way in to Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Bartlett’s Tinamou - Crypturellus bartletti. 2 seen on the way to Cocha Camungo. Named for Abraham Dee Bartlett (1812-1897) English zoologist and taxidermist.
SCREAMERS
Horned Screamer - Anhima cornuta. Great views of this stunning bird; 25 seen only at Cocha Blanco and a few more along the Madre de Dios River.
DUCKS
Andean Goose - Oressochen melanoptera. Two seen in the higher Andes on our way to Wayqecha.
Orinoco Goose - Oressochen jubata. Seen on four different occasions with a total of 12 individual on the Madre de Dios River in the Manu lowlands.
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis. One male seen on the Madre de Dios River bank on our way down to Boca Colorado (our travel day to Puerto Maldonado).
Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata. Seen twice along the Madre de Dios River. Formerly called Musk Duck because the drake has a musky smell.
Torrent Duck – Merganetta armata. 2 seen at Paucartambo from the bridge and 2 more below Cock of the Rock Lodge. How on earth does this species cope “acoustically” by living in such torrential waters?
Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica. 9 in total seen before we got to the pass (between Pissac and Paucartambo). Most Common at Huacarpay Lakes. The SACC says “Hellmayr & Conover (1948a) and many earlier classifications treated andium (Andean Teal) as a separate species from A. flavirostris. Many authors, from Meyer de Schauensee (1970) to Dickinson (2003), have treated andium as a subspecies of A. flavirostris. Anas andium was considered a separate species from Anas flavirostris by Ridgely et al. (2001), and this was followed by Hilty (2003). SACC proposal passed to recognize andium as separate species. Jaramillo (2003) further suggested that the subspecies oxyptera may also deserve recognition as a separate species from A. flavirostris.
Ruddy Duck (Andean) - Oxyura ferruginea (jamaicensis). 5 seen at the small lagoon above Cusco on our way to Wayqecha. The SACC says “Andean populations of Ruddy Duck O. jamaicensis have often (e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1948a, Siegfried 1976, Sibley & Ahlquist 1990, AOU 1998, Ridgely et al. 2001, Jaramillo 2003) been treated as a separate species, O. ferruginea ("Andean Duck" or "Andean Ruddy-Duck"). However, see Adams and Slavid (1984), Fjeldså (1986), and McCracken & Sorenson (2005) for rationale for treating them as conspecific, as done previously (e.g., Blake 1977, Johnsgard 1979), and then followed by Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990) and Carboneras (1992f). Siegfried (1976) and Livezey (1995) considered ferruginea to be more closely related to O. vittata than to O. jamaicensis, but McCracken & Sorenson (2005) showed that this is incorrect.” However the IOC says “Oxyura ferruginea is split from O. jamaicensis (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001; Jaramillo 2003); H&M recognize; SACC does not.
CHACHALACA, GUANS & CURASSOWS
Andean Guan - Penelope montagnii. Common in the cloud forest especially around Wayqecha and Cock of the Rock Lodge – great views! In Greek mythology Penelope was daughter of Icarus and wife of Ulysses, King of Ithaca.
Spix’s Guan - Penelope jacquacu. Heard only.
Blue-throated Piping-Guan - Pipile cumanensis. Seen on three different days around Manu Wildlife Center.
Speckled Chachalaca - Ortalis guttata. Common in more lightly wooded and forest edge areas in the lowlands, seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge, Amazonia Lodge, and Manu Wildlife Center.
Razor-billed Curassow - Mitu tuberosa. Two seen at Amazonia Lodge and one more seen at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick around Manu Wildlife Center. Mitu is the name given to Currasows by the Tupi indigenous people of South America.
NEW WORLD QUAIL
Stripe-faced Wood Quail - Odontophorus balliviani. Heard only, below Wayqecha.
STORKS
Wood Stork – Mycteria americana. Seen on several occasions along the Madre de Dios River.
CORMORANTS
Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus. Common in the Amazonian lowlands.
DARTERS
Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga. Quite common in the ox-bow lakes in the Manu lowland. Seen at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco and a few more along the Madre de Dios River.
HERONS & BITTERNS
Fasciated Tiger-Heron - Tigrisoma fasciatum. One seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and a few more seen on the Madre de Dios River; crossing to Amazonia Lodge and on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge.
Rufescent Tiger-Heron - Tigrisoma lineatum. Very good views of 3 at Cocha Camungo.
Striated Heron - Butorides striatus. Quite common in the Lowland – seen at Cocha Blanco and one more at La Cachuela outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis. Common.
Cocoi Heron - Ardea cocoi. Common in the Manu Lowlands along the River; 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. Commonly seen along rivers and lakes.
Capped Heron - Pilherodius pileatus. Commonly seen along the Madre de Dios River around Manu Wildlife Center. This is the heron with shallow wing beats!
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula. Very common bird on the Madre de Dios River.
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea. Quite common in the Manu lowland along the Madre de Dios River.
IBIS & SPOONBILLS
Puna Ibis – plegadis ridgwayi. Common in the Andes but, we were surprised with few more seen in the lowland in the rice fields on our way to Puerto Maldonado.
Roseate Spoonbill – Ajaia ajaja. 2 seen on the Madre de Dios River, below Manu Wildlife Center – great views!
AMERICAN VULTURES
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura. Common. Jaramillo (2003) suggested that the resident tropical subspecies ruficollis and the southern subspecies group (jota and "falklandica") might merit recognition as separate species from the northern Cathartes aura group.
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture - Cathartes melambrotus. Common in the Manu lowlands.
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus. Common.
King Vulture - Sarcoramphus papa. Good views on several days in the Manu Lowland.
OSPREYS
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus. One seen along the Madre de Dios River on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge. Pandion I, a legendary king of Athens, father of the sisters Procne and Philomela. Pandion II, a legendary king of Athens, father of the brothers Aegeus, Pallas, Nisos and Lycus. Pandion (hero), the eponymous hero of the Attic tribe Pandionis, usually assumed to be one of the legendary Athenian.
KITES, HAWKS & EAGLES
White-tailed Kite – Ellanus leucurus. One seen near Puerto Maldonado on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
Swallow-tailed Kite - Elanoides forficatus. Seen on two consecutive days in the Lowland around Manu Wildlife Center.
Black Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus tyrannus. One seen on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge.
Ornate Hawk-Eagle – Spizaetus ornatus. One seen in flight at Cocha Camungo – around Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-and-chestnut Eagle - Spizaetus isidori. One immature seen on our way down to Cock of the Rock Lodge from Wayqecha. Named after Isidore Geoffrey Saint – Hilliaire 1805-1861 French zoologist. ENDANGERED.
Black-collared Hawk – Busarellus nigricollis. Two seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake.
Snail Kite - Rostrhamus sociabilis. 4 seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lake. Guess what – they eat snails!
Slender-billed Kite – Heliolestes hamatus. One seen around Manu Wildlife Center.
Double-toothed Kite - Harpagus bidentatus. One immature seen at Amazonia Lodge and one adult at Manu Wildlife Center.
Plumbeous Kite - Ictinia plúmbea. Common in the lowlands.
Crane Hawk – Geranospiza caerulescens. One seen on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge.
Slate-colored Hawk - Buteogallus schistacea. One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Great Black-Hawk – Buteogallus urubitinga. 3 times seen on the River bank around Manu Wildlife Center.
Roadside Hawk - Rupornis magnirostris. Common in the Lowlands.
Plain-breasted (Sharp-shinned) Hawk - Acciatus striatus ventralis. One seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Variable Hawk - Geranoaetus polyosoma. Two seen above Wayqecha; The SACC says “Farquhar (1988) concluded that Buteo poecilochrous (Puna Hawk) and B. polyosoma (Red-backed Hawk) 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), Jaramillo (2003), and Schulenberg et al. (2007) 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. SACC proposal passed to treat as conspecific. Cabot & de Vries (2004, in press) and Cabot et al. (in press) present additional data that support their recognition as separate species. SACC proposal to re-elevate poecilochrous to species rank did not pass.”
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle - Geranoaetus melanoleucus. One seen in the higher mountains on our way to Wayqecha Biological Station.
Gray-lined Hawk – Buteo nitidus. One seen on our way down to Amazonia Lodge and 3 more on our travel day to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge. Miller & Griscom (1921) and Sibley & Monroe (1990) considered the Middle American subspecies plagiatus to deserve recognition as a separate species from Buteo nitidus, but this treatment has not been widely accepted; see Hellmayr & Conover (1949) for rationale for treating them as conspecific, although numerous authors have mentioned that they might be best treated as separate species. Millsap et al. (2011) provided morphological, vocal, and plumage (for all age categories) evidence for treatment as separate species. SACC proposal passed to treated extralimital plagiatus as separate species.
LIMPKIN
Limpkin - Aramus guarauna. Four seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake.
TRUMPETERS
Pale-winged Trumpeter - Psophia leucoptera. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center - 5 seen on the trail on the way in to Cocha Camungo and 7 more with two chicks on the trail on the way in to Cocha Blanco. Psophia comes from the Greek and means “nay inarticulate sound” Pennat in 1773 said of this bird “ makes a strong noise with its mouth, which it answers by a differnet noise from its belly, as if it came from the anus”!!!!
RAILS & CRAKES
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail - Aramides cajanea. Seen on two consecutive days at Amazonia Lodge. The old Gray-necked Wood-Rail has ben split two ways – Russet-naped Wood-Rail Aramides albiventris of Mexico and the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and the one we saw of the Pacific slope of Cosat Rica to Argentina.
Rufous-sided Crake – Laterallus melanophaius. 3 seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake.
Gray-breasted Crake - Laterallus exilis. 1 seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake.
Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata. Seen at the small lagoon above Cusco on our travel day to Wayqecha. Note that the New World form has been split from the Common Moorhen of Eurasia. Common Gallinule of Western Hemisphere is split from Common Moorhen on the basis of morphological, genetic, and vocal differences (Groenenberg et al 2008).
Slate-colored Coot - Fulica ardesiaca. Also seen at this small lagoon above Cusco on travel day to Wayqecha; Called "Andean Coot" in Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990), Taylor (1996 and Ridgely et al. (2001) but other authors use Slate-colored Coot.
FINFOOTS
Sungrebe - Heliornis fulica. One seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake Greek – Helios = sun, ornis = bird. This may be an error made by Latahm and should refer to the following species.
SUNBITTERNS
Sunbittern – Eurypyga helias. One seen on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
PLOVERS
Collared Plover - Charandrius collarIs. Seen on three different occasions on the Madre de Dios River bank in the Manu Lowlands.
Pied Lapwing (Plover) - Vanellus (Haploxypterus) cayanus. Also seen on the Madre de Dios River bank on three different days.
Southern Lapwing - Vanellus chilensis. 31 individuals seen in the rice field with the Puna Ibis on our way in to Puerto Maldonado and one more next day at La Cachuela on the Madre de Dios River bank. Not known in Peru 20 years ago it is now exploding rapidly.
Andean Lapwing. Vanellus resplendens. 2 seen in the higher mountain on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha.
JACANAS
Wattled Jacana. Jacana jacana. Common at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake and also in the rice fields on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
GULLS & TERNS
Andean Gull - Chroicocephlus serranus. 3 seen above Cusco on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Large-billed Tern - Phaetusa simplex. Seen several times on the Madre de Dios River between Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center and at Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake.
Yellow-billed Tern – Sterna superciliaris. Seen several times in the Manu lowlands along the Madre de Dios River.
SKIMMERS
Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger. Seen on several days in the Manu Lowlands along the Madre de Dios River.
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia. Common – but seen only one at Pillcopata village on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge.
Scaled Pigeon – Patagioenas speciosa. 7 seen at La Cachuela clay lick up on the tree tops, outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Spot-winged Pigeon – Patagioenas maculosa. 6 seen in the higher mountains of the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha.
Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata. Common in the higher Cloud Forest, seen around Wayqecha and Rocotal.
Pale-vented Pigeon – Patagioenas cayennensis. Common at Cocha Blanco and few along the road on our way down to Puerto Maldonado.
Plumbeous Pigeon - Patagioenas plumbea. Common in the foothills, and also in the Lowlands.
Ruddy Pigeon - Patagioenas subvinacea. 1 seen at the Tapir clay lick at Manu Wildlife Center. VULNERABLE.
White-tipped Dove - Leptotila verreauxi decipiens. One seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Grey-fronted Dove – Leptotila rufaxilla. Seen at Amazonia lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center, quite common. This and the previous species have complicated distribution with places where they occur side by side and other where only one occurs or is more common. In this part of Peru the two species appear to segregate one another by elevation. White-tipped is found in the foothills and Gray-fronted in the lowlands. At least one is far more common than the other at different elevations.
Ruddy Ground-Dove – Columbina talpacoti. A male seen at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick and a few more along the road on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
HOATZIN
Hoatzin - Opisthocomus hoazin. Common in the Lowlands – seen at Amazonia Lodge and also at Cocha Blanco and Cocha Camungo ox-bow Lake. The hoatzin is an herbivore, eating leaves and fruit, and has an unusual digestive system with an enlarged crop used for fermentation of vegetable matter, in a manner broadly analogous to the digestive system of mammalian ruminants. The alternative name of "stinkbird" is derived from the bird's foul odour, which is caused by the fermentation of food in its digestive system.
CUCKOOS
Little Cuckoo – Coccycua minuta. Two seen at Cocha Camungo and one more at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lake.
Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana. Common in the Amazon lowlands, seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge, Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani. Common in the open secondary forest in the Lowland rainforest.
OWLS
Rufescent Screech-Owl – Megascops ingens. Amazing views of one individual a little bit below the Lyre-tailed Nightjar spot above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Tawny-bellied Screech Owl - Megascops (usta) watsonii. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center. 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).
White-throated Screech-Owl – Megascops albogularis. Very nice views of two individual above Wayqecha.
Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata. Heard only.
Spectacled Owl – Pulsatrix perspicillata. Heard only.
Black-banded Owl – Ciccaba huhula. Great views of one at Amazonia Lodge.
Amazonian Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium hardyi. One seen really well along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum. Very good views of one on Riverside trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Yungas Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium bolivianum. Heard only. Range Restricted.
Burrowing Owl – Athene cunicularia. 3 individuals seen on the roadside by the cattle ranches on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado from Manu Wildlife Center. In Greek mythology Athene was the goddess of Wisdom, War and the Liberal Arts, whose favorite bird was the Owl.
POTOOS
Great Potoo – Nyctibius grandis. One seen roosting near Atalaya community and one more also roosting on the ceiba tree at the canopy platform of Cocha Camungo.
Long-tailed Potoo – Nyctibius aethereus. Heard only.
Common Potoo – Nyctibius griseus. Two seen roosting between Patria and Pillcopata village on our way to Amazonia Lodge.
Andean Potoo – Nyctibius maculosus. One seen roosting in the Cloud forest bellow Rocotal and Mirador San Pedro – above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
NIGHTHAWKS & NIGHTJARS
Sand-colored Nighthawk - Chordeiles rupestris. 8+ seen flying below Manu Wildlife Center and 14 more roosting on logs on the Madre de Dios River on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado from Manu Wildlife Center.
Common Pauraque – Nyctidromus albicollis. One seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Lyre-Tailed Nightjar – Uropsalis lyra. One individual seen in flight below the Mirador San Pedro above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Ocellated Poorwill – Nyctiphrynus ocellatus. Heard only.
SWIFTS
White-collared Swift – Streptoprocne zonaris. Common.
Gray-rumped Swift – Chaetura cinereiventris. 5 seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center.
Pale-rumped Swift – Chaetura egregia. 1 seen near Pillcopata on our way down to Amazonia Lodge.
Neotropical Palm Swift – Tachornis squamata. Common in the Lowlands – seen around Manu Wildlife Center.
HUMMINGBIRDS
White-necked Jacobin – Florisuga mellivora. Common at Amazonia Lodge but also seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Green Hermit – Phaethornis guy. Seen on two different days at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-bearded Hermit - Phaethornis hispidus. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-browed Hermit – Phaethornis stuarti. One seen near Quita Calzon on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge and one more at Amazonia Lodge. Range Restricted.
Needle-billed Hermit – Phaethornis philippii. One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Blue-fronted Lancebill – Doryfera johannae. Seen on two consecutive days at Cock of the Rock Lodge. Named for Johanna Loddiges the daughter of British Hummingbird expert/collecter George Loddiges.
Wedge-billed Hummingbird – Schistes geoffroyi. Great views at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Sparkling Violetear - Colibri coruscans. Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge and Amazonia Lodge.
Black-throated Mango - Anthracothorax nigricollis. One seen near Puerto Maldonado on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
Amethyst-throated Sunangel - Heliangelus amethysticollis. Common in the higher cloud forest around Wayqecha.
Wire-crested Thorntail – Discosura popelairii. A female seen commonly at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Rufous-crested Coquette – Lophornis delattrei. Male and female seen at Amazonia Lodge – the specialty of Amazonia Lodge. Named after French naturalist/collector Henri de Lattre (1838).
Festive Coquette – Lophornis schalybeus. Seen on two different days at Manu Wildlife Center.
Peruvian Piedtail – Phlogophilus harterti. Seen on four consecutive days at Cock of the Rock Lodge. Named for Ernst Johann Otto Hartert (1859-1933) German ornithologist and curator of the Rothchilds museum, Tring. ENDEMIC.
Speckled Hummingbird - Adelomyia melanogenys. Common at Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge.
Long-tailed Sylph – Aglaiocercus kingi. Seen on two consecutive days at Cock of the Rock Lodge. This long-tailed hummingbird was named for Admiral Philip Parker King, British marine surveyor, naturalist and traveler in tropical America 1825-1830.
Green-tailed Trainbearer – Lesbia nuna. 1 seen on our travel day to Wayqecha. Lesbia – a woman of Lesbos.
Rufous-capped Thornbill – Chalcostigma ruficeps. 2 individuals seen at Wayqecha.
Tyrian Metaltail – Metallura tyrianthina smaragdinicollis. Common in the higher cloud forest – seen around Wayqecha. Named after the color Tyrian purple. Variously known as Royal purple, Tyrian purple, purple of the ancients, this ancient dyestuff, mentioned in texts dating about 1600 BC, was produced from the mucus of the hypo branchial gland of various species of marine mollusks, notably Murex. Although originating in old port of Tire in modern day Syria (hence the name), man's first large scale chemical industry spread throughout the world. With the decline of the Roman Empire, the use of the dye also declined and large-scale production ceased with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was replaced by other cheaper dyes like lichen purple and madder.
Shining Sunbeam – Aglaeactis cupripennis caumatonotus. Quite common around Wayqecha.
Bronzy Inca – Coeligena coeligena. 2 seen at Rocotal area on two separate days in the Manu cloud forest.
Violet-throated Starfrontlet – Coeligena violifer osculans. Seen on two consecutive days around Wayqecha.
Great Sapphirewing – Pterophanes cyanopterus. 3 seen above Wayqecha.
Chestnut-breasted Coronet – Boissonneaua matthewsii. Seen on two consecutive days around Wayqecha and 6 more seen at Rocotal.
Booted Racket-tail – Ocreatus underwoodii. Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge. The “Racquet-tailed Puffleg" was unknown in life but sepciemens existed in various London cabinets, whence a drawing was sent to Lesson (1832) by Mr. Underwood on behalf of Charles Stokes a London stockbroker and collector.
Gould’s Jewelfront – Heliodoxa aurescens. Great views at Amazonia Lodge. Named for Englishman John Gould (1804-1881) publisher, entrepreneur, artist and naturalist.
Violet Fronted Brilliant – Heliodoxa leadbeateri. Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge’s feeders.
Giant Hummingbird – Patagona gigas. 1 seen on our travel day to Wayqecha – the world’s largest Hummingbird.
White-bellied Woodstar – Chaetocercus mulsant. One seen around Wayqecha.
Blue-tailed Emerald – Chlorostilbon mellisugus. Seen commonly at Amazonia lodge in the garden feeding in the verbena flowers and one female more seen at Antthrush trail below Manu Wildlife Center.
Violet-headed Hummingbird – Klais guimeti. Seen on three consecutive days at Amazonia Lodge.
Gray-breasted Sabrewing – Campylopterus largipennis. Common at Amazonia Lodge.
Fork-tailed Woodnymph – Thalurania furcata. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu wildlife Center - quite common.
Many-spotted Hummingbird – Taphrolesbia hypostictus. Seen daily at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-bellied Hummingbird – Amazilia chionogaster. Surprisingly one seen twice on the feeders at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Sapphire-spangled Emerald – Amazilia láctea. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and one more seen at La Cachuela road, outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Golden-tailed Sapphire – Chysuronia oenone. Common at Amazonia Lodge, but also seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-chinned Sapphire – Hylocharis cyanus. Male and female seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
TROGONS AND QUETZALS
Crested Quetzal – Pharomachrus antisianus. Heard only.
Black-tailed Trogon - Trogon melenurus. A female seen at Amazonia Lodge and 5 more at Manu Wildlife Center.
Green-backed Trogon – Trogon viridis. A total of 4 seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Collared Trogon – Trogon collaris. 3 in total seen around Manu Wildlife Center.
Masked Trogon – Trogon personatuts. A female seen at Wayqecha and a male seen at Rocotal above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Blue-crowned Trogon – Trogon curucui. One male seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Amazonian Trogon – Trogon ramonianus. Great views of a male at Amazonia Lodge and two more at Manu Wildlife Center. The subspecies ramonianus and caligatus were formerly (e.g., Cory 1919, Pinto 1937) considered separate species from Trogon violaceus (Violaceous Trogon) but Peters (1945) considered them all conspecific. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered caligatus (Gartered Trogon) of Middle America and northwestern South America to be a separate species from Trogon violaceus, and this was followed by Hilty (2003); Genetic data (DaCosta & Klicka 2008) indicate that caligatus is basal to a group that includes Amazonian T. violaceus, T. curucui, and T. surrucura (and that Amazonian violaceus may be paraphyletic with respect to the latter two species). SACC proposal was passed to recognize caligatus as a species. SACC proposal passed to recognize ramonianus as a separate species from T. violaceus. So in short you have 3 species that came out of Violaceous Trogon:
Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus – S. Mexico to NW Peru;
Amazonian Trogon - Trogon ramonianus – the Amazon Basin;
Guianan Trogon –Trogon viridis – Trinidad and the Guianan Shield.
KINGFISHERS
Ringed Kingfisher – Megaceryle torquata. Quite common along the Madre de Dios River and at Cocha Blanco and Cocha Camungo ox-bow Lake.
Amazon Kingfisher – Chloroceryle amazona. Common along the Madre de Dios River.
Green Kingfisher – Chloroceryle americana. One seen at Blanquillo Macaw clay lick and one more at Cocha Blanco.
MOTMOTS
Broad-billed Motmot – Electron platyrhynchum. Seen on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Amazonian Motmot – Momotus momota. One seen at Antthrush trail below Manu Wildlife Center. So there are now 6 recognized species that came out of the old Blue-crowned Motmot:
Momotus coeruliceps Blue-crowned Motmot – NE and Central Mexico;
Momotus lessoni Blue-diademed Motmot – South Mexico to Central Panama;
Momotus subrufescens Whooping Motmot - E Panama to NC Venezuela and the Magdalena Valley of Colombia; SE Ecuador and extreme NW Peru;
Momotus bahamensis Trinidad Motmot – Trinidad & Tobago;
Momotus momota Amazonian Motmot - Venezuela (S of the Orinoco) and the Guianas, S through the entire Amazon basin to extreme N Argentina and Paraguay;
Momotus aequatorialis Andean Motmot – The Andes from NC Colombia to NE Bolivia.
Andean Motmot – Momotus aequatorialis. Common in the cloud forest – seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
JACAMARS
Purus Jacamar – Galbalcyrhynchus purucianus. 8 seen at Cocha Camungo Ox-bow Lake. Named for the Purus River that runs from eastern Peru into Brazil. Range Restricted.
White-throated Jacamar - Brachygalba albogularis. Great views of 2 at La Cachuela road outside of Puerto Maldonado. Range Restricted.
Bluish-fronted Jacamar – Galbula cyanescens. Common in the Lowland rainforest, seen below CORL, Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center. Range Restricted.
Paradise Jacamar – Galbula dea. 2 seen really well on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Great Jacamar – Jacamerops aureus. Heard only.
PUFFBIRDS AND NUNBIRDS
Chestnut-capped Puffbird – Bucco macrodactylus. Two seen at Antthrush trail around Manu Wildlife Center. Excellent views.
Western Striolated Puffbird – Nystalus obamai. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center. Named for the out-going President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama who served two terns of office.
Semicollared Puffbird – Malacoptila semicincta. One seen at GRID trail system at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-streaked Puffbird – Malacoptila fulvogularis. Seen on two different days at Rocotal above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Lanceolated Monklet – Micromonacha lanceolata. Great views of 1 individual below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Rufous-capped Nunlet – Nonnula ruficapilla. One seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Black-fronted Nunbird – Monasa nigrifrons. Very common in the Amazon lowlands. Monasa is Greek for solitary or a monk a reference to the plain plumage and quiet behavior of the Nunbirds.
White-fronted Nunbird – Monasa morphoeus. Common in the Manu Lowland rainforest – seen around Manu Wildlife Center. Morpheus from Greek mythology – the god of sleep and dreams.
Swallow-wing – Chelidoptero tenebrosa. Common in lowland along the Rivers – seen on our travel day to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge.
NEW WORLD BARBETS
Gilded Barbet – Capito auratus. Good views on three different occasions at Manu Wildlife Center.
Lemon-throated Barbet – Eubucco richardsoni. 3 in total seen at Manu Wildlife Center. Named for Sir john Richardson Scottish naval surgeon, explorer, botanist, geologist and zoologist (1787-1865). Like many early “Natural philosophers” he was a product of the armament of the European and US Navy’s during the Napoleonic Wars 1803–1815 when many medical men (such as Charles Darwin) travelled the world as ships surgeons and were pioneering naturalists.
Scarlet-hooded Barbet – Eubucco tucinkae. 2 seen at Amazonia Lodge. Range Restricted.
Versicolored Barbet – Eubucco versicolor. Seen on three different days at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
TOUCANS
Channel-billed Toucan – Ramphastos vitellinus. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-throated Toucan – Rumphastos tucanus. 12 in total seen at Manu Wildlife Center on two different days.
Emerald (Black-throated) Toucanet – Aulacorhynchus (atrigularis) prasinus. Good views of 3 seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Chestnut-tipped Toucanet - Aulacorhynchus derbianus. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Blue-banded Toucanet – Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis. Great views of two individuals at Rocotal. Range Restricted.
Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan – Andigena hypoglauca. Great views of 4 individuals above Wayqecha.
Golden-collared Toucanet – Selenidera reinwardtii. 3 seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Chestnut-eared Aracari – Preroglossus castanotis. The commonest Aracari in the Lowlands – two seen at Manu Wildlife Center. In Greek Pteroglossus means “feather tongued” a reference to the slim feather-like tongues of toucans and aracaris.
WOODPECKERS & PICULETS
Rufous-breasted Piculet – Picumnus rufiventris. 3 seen at Antthrush trail below Manu Wildlife Center.
Fine-barred Piculet – Picumnus subtilis. One seen in the lowlands on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge. Range Restricted.
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker – Melanerpes cruentatus. Seen on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center.
Little Woodpecker – Veniliornis passerinus. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Red-stained Woodpecker – Veniliornis affinis. One seen at Manu wildlife Center.
White-throated Woodpecker – Piculus leucolaemus. One seen from the Cocha Camungo canopy platform.
Golden-green Woodpecker – Piculus chrysochloros. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Golden-olive Woodpecker – Piculus rubiginosus. One seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Spot-breasted Woodpecker – Colaptes punctigula. Very good views of one individual on the way back to the River from the Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Andean Flicker – Colaptes rupícola. 3 seen in the higher Andes on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Scaly-breasted Woodpecker – Celeus grammicus latifasciatus. One seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center.
Cream-colored Woodpecker – Celeus flavus. One seen from the Cocha Camungo canopy platform. The cream of Woodpeckers!
Lineated Woodpecker – Dryocopus lineatus. Heard only.
Crimson-bellied Woodpecker - Campephilus haematogaster. One seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Red-necked Woodpecker – Campephilus rubricollis. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Crimson-crested Woodpecker – Campephilus melanoleucos. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center.
CARACARAS & FALCONS
Laughing Falcon - Herpetotheres cachinnans. Heard only, at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black Caracara – Daptrius ater. Quite common along the riverbanks in the Manu lowlands. There are no true Crows in South America and the Caracaras fill that ecological niche as scavengers.
Red-throated Caracara – Ibycter americanus. Scope views along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Mountain Caracara – Phalcoboenus megalopterus. 3 seen around Wayqecha. Common in the Andes.
Southern Caracara – Caracara plancus. Seen several times along the Madre de Dios River and a few more seen on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
American Kestrel – Falco sparverius. Common in the Andes.
Aplomado Falcon – Falco femoralis. 2 seen on our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco.
Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. 3 seen on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado from Manu Wildlife Center – quite common in the Lowlands.
PARROTS
Amazonian Parrotlet – Nannopsittaca dachilleae. Heard only, at Manu Wildlife Center.
Cobalt-winged Parakeet – Brotogeris cyanoptera. Common in the Amazon Lowlands.
Tui Parakeet – Brotogeris sanctithomae. Seen at the Blanquillo Macaw clay lick and a few more seen at Cocha Camungo.
Orange-cheeked Parrot – Pyrilia barrabandi. 10 seen at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick. Named after Jaques Barrand (1767-1809), French bird and flower illustrator.
Blue-headed Parrot - Pionus menstruus. The commonest Parrot in the Amazon lowlands – seen at Amazonia Lodge and a lot of them at Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Yellow-crowned Amazon – Amazona ochrocephala. Great views at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick and a few more flying by at Cocha Blanco.
Scaly-naped Amazon – Amazona mercenaria. 12 seen on our travel day from Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Mealy Amazon – Amazona farinosa. Surprisingly only two at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick, but a few more seen in flght around Manu Wildlife center. Farinosa is Latin for “Sprinkled with Flour” referring to the “dusted” appearance of this Amazon.
Dusky-billed Parrotlet – Forpus sclateri. 7 fly by’s seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-bellied Parrot – Pionites leucogaster. Heard only, at Manu Wildlife Center.
Rose-fronted Parakeet – Pyrrhura roseifrons. A few seen at Manu Wildlife Center. Range Restricted.
Dusky-headed Parakeet – Aratinga weddellii. Common in Amazonian lowlands – seen several times around Manu Wildlife Center.
Red-bellied Macaw – Orthopsittaca manilata. Seen in flight around Manu Wildlife Center.
Blue-headed Macaw – Primolius couloni. Seen twice in flight around Manu Wildlife Center and 6 more seen really well at La Cachuela macaw clay lick - VULNERABLE.
Blue-and-Yellow Macaw – Ara ararauna. Common in the Amazonian Lowland.
Military Macaw – Ara militaris. Great numbers seen twice below Cock of the Rock Lodge. VULNERABLE.
Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao. Common in Manu but scarcer than the following species.
Red and Green Macaw – Ara chloropterus. Seen at the Blanquillo Macaw Clay lick. Star performer at the Macaw Lick. Lots of frolicking birds all over the place. Frolicking at the clay lick.
Chestnut-fronted Macaw - Ara severa. Common.
White-eyed Parakeet – Psitticara leucophthalmus. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
ANTBIRDS
Chestnut-shouldered Antwren -Euchrepomis humeralis. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Yellow-rumped Antwren – Euchrepomis sharpie. Heard only. ENDANGERED, Range Restricted.
Fasciated Antshrike – Cymbilaimus lineatus. A female seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Bamboo Antshrike – Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae. A male seen on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Great Antshrike – Taraba major. A male seen at Amazonia Lodge and one more male at Manu Wildlife Center.
Barred Antshrike - Thamnophilus doliatus. One seen at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick and a pair seen at Cocha Camungo.
Chestnut-backed Antshrike – Thamnophilus palliatus. Seen twice below Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Plain-winged Antshrike - Thamnophilus schistaceus. A male seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Dusky-throated Antshrike – Thamnomanes ardesiacus. Seen at Manu wildlife Center, common in the trails usually with mixed understory flocks.
Bluish-slate Antshrike – Thamnomanes schistogynus. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge - the leader of the understory mixed flocks.
Plain-throated Antwren – Isleria hauxwelli. A male seen at Manu Wildlife Center. The genus is named for Mort and Phyllis Isler who specialize in Antbird voclaizations.
Spot-winged Antshrike – Pygiptila stellaris. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center.
Ornate Antwren – Epinecrophylla ornate meridionalis. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Sclater’s Antwren - Myrmotherula sclateri. One male seen at Manu Wildlife Center. Range Restricted.
Amazonian Streaked Antwren – Myrmotherula multostriata. Seen on three different days around Manu Wildlife Center - a waterside specialist.
Stripe-chested Antwren – Myrmotherula longicauda. Seen on two different days below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-flanked Antwren – Myrmotherula axillaris. 4 in total seen at Manu Wildlife Center – common with understory flocks. Willis (1984), Ridgely & Tudor (1994), Hilty (2003), and Zimmer & Isler (2003) noted that vocal differences among several subspecies of Myrmotherula axillarissuggest that more than one species is involved.
Long-winged Antwren – Myrmotherula longipennis garbei. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center - common in understory mixed flocks.
Gray Antwren – Myrmotherula menetriesii. One female seen at Manu Wildlife center.
Yellow-breasted Antwren –Herpsilochmus axillaris. 3 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge. ENDANGERED.
Dot-winged Antwren – Microrhopias quixensis. 2 seen near Chontachaca as we reached to the Lowland rainforest, on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge.
Striated Antbird – Drymophila devillei. One individual seen between Pillcopata and Atalaya village on our way to Amazonia Lodge – great views!
Streak-headed Antbird - Drymophila striaticeps. One seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge Isler et al. (2012) proposed that the broadly defined Drymophila caudata consists of four species: (1) klagesi, with aristeguietana; (2) hellmayri; (3) nominate caudata; and (4) striaticeps, with occidentalis, peruviana, and boliviana.
Manu Antbird – Cercomacra manu. Great views of 5 in the bamboo forest at Antthrush trail below Manu Wildlife Center and one more previously near Chontachaca on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge. Range Restricted.
White-backed Fire-eye – Pyriglena leuconota marcapatensis. Heard only.
White-browed Antbird – Myrmoborus leucophrys. 1 seen at Amazonia Lodge.
Black-faced Antbird - Myrmoborus myotherinus. A male seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird – Hypocnemis subflava. 2 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge in the bamboo forest.
Peruvian Warbling Antbird – Hypocnemis peruviana. 2 seen really well by the little creek near the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center.
Band-tailed Antbird – Hypocnemoides maculicauda. Also seen at the little creek by the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center.
Silvered Antbird – Sclateria naevia. A female seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-lined Antbird – Pernoctola lophotes. Seen at Amazonia Lodge. Another bamboo specialist! Range just creeps over the border into NW Bolivia. Range Restricted.
Chestnut-tailed Antbird – Myrmeciza hemimelaena. 2 seen well at Amazonia Lodge.
Plumbeous Antbird - Myrmeciza hyperythra. Heard only.
Goeldi ́s Antbird – Myrmeciza goeldii. 1 seen at Amazonia Lodge and two more seen at Antthrush trail. Favors Bamboo but is not restricted to it. Named for Emil August Goeldi, German naturalist resident in Brazil and author of “Aves do Brasil” 1894. Range Restricted.
Sooty Antbird – Myrmecisa fortis. 2 seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-throated Antbird – Myrmecisa atrothorax. 1 seen at Amazonia Lodge.
White-throated Antbird - Gymnopithys salvini. One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-spotted Bare-eye - Phlegopsis nigromaculata. One seen at Antthrush trail below Manu Wildlife Center.
GNATEATERS
Slaty Gnateater – Conopophaga peruviana. 1 seen on the trail of Cock of the Rock Lodge.
ANTPITTAS
Undulated Antpitta – Grallaria squamigera. 1 seen above Paucartambo on our way to Wayqecha.
Red and White Antpitta – Grallaria erythroleuca. 2 seen really well below Wayqecha on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge. ENDEMIC.
Rufous (Urubamba) Antpitta – Grallaria rufula occabambae. 2 seen above Wayqecha Biological Station. Range Restricted.
Amazonian Antpitta – Hylopezus berlepschi. One seen on the Riverside trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Thrush Like Antpitta – Myrmotherola campanisona. Heard only, at Manu Wildlife Center.
Rusty-breasted Antpitta – Grallaricula ferrugineipectus. Heard only, below Wayqecha.
TAPACULOS
Rusty-belted Tapaculo – Liosceles throracicus. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Trilling Tapaculo – Scytolopus parvirostris. Heard only, at Wayqecha.
White-crowned Tapaculo – Scytolopus atratus. Heard only, above Wayqecha.
Diademed Tapaculo - Scytalopus schulenbergi. One seen near Acjanaco on our travel day to Wayqecha. Named for US ornithologist Thomas S Schulenberg author of a Field Guide to the Birds of Peru. Range Restricted.
ANTHRUSHES
Striated Antthrush – Chamaeza nobilis. One seen on Cocha Camungo trail.
Barred Antthrush – Chamaeza mollissima yungae. Heard only, at Rocotal.
OVENBIRDS
Black-tailed Leaftooser – Sclerurus caudacutus. One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Slender-billed Miner – Geositta tenuirostris. 1 seen in the higher mountain on the Manu road on our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco.
Olivaceous Woodcreeper – Sittasomus griseicapillus amazonus. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center. 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). The subspecies viridis and amazonus are elevational replacements in southern Peru with different song types (Robbins et al. 2013).
Tyrannine Woodcreeper - Dendrocincla tyrannina. One seen below Wayqecha on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-chinned Woodcreeper – Dendrocincla merula. One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center – an army ant follower!
Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper - Dendrexetastes rufigula. Seen at Amazonia Lodge in the garden and also at Manu Wildlife Center. Always present at clearings of houses or lodges where they roost.
Long-billed Woodcreeper - Nasica longirostris. One seen on Antthrush trail below Manu Wildlife Center.
Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper – Dendrocolaptes certhia. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-banded Woodcreeper – Dendrocolaptes picumnus. Also seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Strong-billed Woodcreeper – Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus. One seen at Rocotal – above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Tschudi's (Ocelllated) Woodcreeper - Xiphorynchus (ocelatus) chunchotambo. One seen along the Riverside trail at Manu Wildlife Center. The subspecies chunchotambo of the Andean foothills was formerly (e.g., Cory & Hellmayr 1925) treated as a separate species from Xiphorhynchus ocellatus, but they were considered conspecific by Peters (1951). Aleixo (2002) found that Xiphorhynchus ocellatus is paraphyletic with respect to X. pardalotus, and suggested that X. chunchotambo of the foothills of the Andes be recognized as a separate species from lowland X. ocellatus; this was followed by Marantz et al. (2003), who treated chunchotambo (with napensis and brevirostris) as a separate species ("Tschudi's Woodcreeper").
Elegant (Jurua) Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus elegans juruanus. Heard only. Zimmer (1934a), Pinto (1938), 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 Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus guttatus. The most common Lowland rainforest Woodcreeper, seen at Manu Wildlife Center; some authorities consider Buff throated Woodcreeper of SE Brazil as distinct but some authorities consider the reason for splitting weak.
Olive-backed Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus triangularis. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Straight-billed Woodcreeper – Dendroplex picus. One seen at Cocha Blanco Ox-bow Lake.
Red-billed Scythebill – Campylorhamphus trochilirostris. Heard only, below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Montane Woodcreeper – Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger. Fairly common in the cloud forest – seen below Wayqecha and at Rocotal area.
Inambari Woodcreeper – Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae. 2 seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center. SACC says The Amazonian fuscicapillus subspecies group (with madeirae and layardi) was formerly (e.g., Cory & Hellmayr 1925) treated as a separate species from Lepidocolaptes albolineatus – Lineated Woodcreeper but recent authors have followed Zimmer (1934c) in treating them as conspecific; Hilty (2003) suspected that this treatment will be shown to be correct, and Marantz et al. (2003) suspected that more than one species was involved. Rodrigues et al. (2013) treated all diagnosable taxa in the complex as separate species; they also described a new species, Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae, from southwestern Amazonia. SACC proposal passed to recognize fatimalimae as a species and also elevate subspecies layardi and fuscicapillus to species rank. So there are now 5 species:
Lepidocolaptes albolineatus = Guianan Woodcreeper;
Lepidocolaptes duidae = Duida Woodcreeper;
Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae = Inambari Woodcreeper;
Lepidocolaptes fuscicapillus = Rondonia Woodcreeper;
Lepidocolaptes layardi = Layard’s Woodcreeper.
Plain Xenops – Xinups minutus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Point-tailed Palmcreeper – Berlepschia rikeri. One seen near Puerto Maldonado on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
Rufous-tailed Xenops – Microxenops milleri. Seen on two separate days at Manu Wildlife Center.
Streaked Tuftedcheek – Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii. Quite common in the cloud forest – 3 seen at Rocotal, Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Rusty-winged Barbtail - Premnornis guttuligera. One seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Pale-legged Hornero - Furnarius leucopus. Common at Amazonia Lodge, but also seen at Manu Wildlife Center in the garden.
Cream-winged Cinclodes - Cinclodes albiventris. 4 seen on the higher mountains of the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha. Jaramillo (2003) suggested that the albiventris group might warrant recognition as a separate species from Cinclodes fuscus. Unfortunately, Chesser's (2004a) sampling did not include populations of C. fuscus from the Andes north of Argentina. Sanín et al. (2009) sampled C. fuscus from throughout its range and found that it was polyphyletic, with various populations more closely related to C. olrogi, C. oustaleti, C. comechingonus, and C. antarcticus. SACC proposal passed to elevate the albiventris and albidiventris groups to species rank. Derryberry et al. (2011) also corroborated this treatment. As for English names, Jaramillo (2003) proposed Cream-winged Cinclodes for C. albiventris and Buff-winged Cinclodes for C. fuscus, and Jaramillo (see proposal 415) proposed Chestnut-winged Cinclodes for C. albidiventris; these are used here tentatively until formal SACC action. SACC proposal needed.
Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner – Anabazenops dorsalis. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge and also seen at Antthrush trail (bamboo forest) around Manu Wildlife Center
Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner – Philydor pyrrhodes. One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner – Philydor erythropterum. 1 seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner – Philydor rufus. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Montane Foliage-gleaner - Anabacerthia striaticollis. Fairly common in the Cloud forest; seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner - Anabecerthia ruficaudatus. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Peruvian Recurvebill – Syndactyla ucayalae. 2 seen near Chontachaca on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge. Range Restricted.
Chestnut-winged Hookbill – Ancistrops strigilatus. Seen on two different days at Manu Wildlife Center.
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner - Automolus ochrolaemus. One seen on our travel day to Manu Wildlife Center from Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Eastern Woodhaunter – Automolus subulatus. Heard only, at Manu Wildlife Center.
Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner – Automolus infuscatus. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center with understory mix-species flock.
Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner – Automolus rufipileatus. One seen at Antthrush trail below Manu Wildlife Center.
Pearled Treerunner - Margarornis squamiger. Common in the higher Cloud Forests seen around Wayqecha.
Puna Thistletail – Asthenes helleri. 2 seen above Wayqecha. Named for Edmund Heller (1875-1944) US naturalist and collector who worked at the Field Museum of Natural History. VULNERABLE, Range Restricted.
Plain Softtail - Thripophaga fusciceps dimorpha. Very good views of 2 individuals at Amazonia Lodge.
Ash-browed Spinetail – Cranioleuca curtata. 3 seen below the road at Cock of the Rock Lodge. VULNERABLE.
Marcapata Spinetail – Cranioleuca marcapatae marcapatae. 1 seen below Wayqecha in bamboo forest - great views. Named for the town of Marcapata not far from Cusco. VULNERABLE ENDEMIC.
Creamy-crested Spinetail – Cranioleuca albicapilla albicapilla. 4 in total seen above Paucartambo near Acjanaco on our travel day to Wayqecha. ENDEMIC.
Speckled Spinetail – Cranioleuca gutturata. 2 seen at Amazonia Lodge and 1 more seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Azara ́s Spinetail – Synallaxis azarae urubambae. Common in the Cloud Forest – seen at Rocotal and around Cock of the Rock Lodge. Named for Brigadier General Felix Manuel de Azara (1742-1821) Spanish military engineer commanding the Paraguaya/Brazilian frontier 1781-1801.
Dark-breasted Spinetail – Synallaxis albigularis. Very good views of two individuals around the edge of the vegetation at Cocha Camungo ox-bow Lake.
Plain-crowned Spinetail – Synallaxis gujanensis. Heard only.
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
White-crested Elaenia – Elaenia albiceps urubambensis. Seen on two consecutive days at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Forest Elaenia – Myiopagis gaimardii. Seen on two different occasions around Manu Wildlife Center.
Mottle-backed Elaenia – Elaenia gigas. One seen on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge from Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Sierran Elaenia – Elaenia pallatangae. One seen in the higher cloud forest around Wayqecha Research Station.
White-lored Tyrannulet – Ornithion inerme. Seen on two different days around Manu Wildlife Center.
Southern Beardless Tyrannulet - Camptostoma obsoletum. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-throated Tyrannulet – Mecocerculus leucophrys. Common in the cloud forest - seen around Wayqecha and also at Rocotal.
White-banded Tyrannulet – Mecocerculus stictopterus. Common in the cloud forest – seen on two consecutive days around Wayqecha.
Tufted Tit-Tyrant – Anairetes parulus. 2 seen above Paucartambo on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Yellow Tyrannulet - Capsiempis flaveola. 2 seen between Pillcopata village and Atalaya community on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge.
Bolivian Tyrannulet – Zimmerius bolivianus. One seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Slender-footed Tyrannulet – Zimmerius gracilipes. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant – Phylloscartes ophthalmicus. Seen several times at Cock of the rock lodge in mixed flocks.
Variegated Bristle Tyrant – Phylloscartes poecilotes. 1 seen at Rocotal on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Cinnamon Faced Tyrannulet – Phylloscartes parkeri. Very good views of two of them below Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Streak-necked Flycatcher – Mionectes striaticollis. Quite common in the cloud forest – seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Olive-striped Flycatcher – Mionectes olivaceus. One seen around Quita Calzones below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Inca Flycatcher – Leptopogon taczanowskii. Seen on two different days at Rocotal above Cock of the Rock Lodge. A scarce Peruvian endemic; Named for Wladislaw Taczanowskii, Polish ornithologist and author of “Ornithologie du Perou” 1884. ENDEMIC.
Slaty-capped Flycatcher – Leptopogon superciliaris. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Ornate Flycatcher – Myiotriccus ornatus. Two seen at Quita Calzones on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge.
Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant – Lophotriccus pileatus. Seen twice below Cock of the Rock lodge.
Flammulated Pygmy-Tyrant – Hemitriccus flammulatus. One responded really well to playback at Amazonia Lodge. Range Restricted.
White-bellied Tody-Tyrant - Hemitriccus griseipectus. 1 seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant – Hemitriccus granadensis. 2 seen above Wayqecha.
Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher – Poecilotriccus latirostre. Good views of 1 individual at Antthrush trail below Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher - Poecilotriccus pulchellus. 2 seen near Chontachaca on our way to Amazonia. A localized Peruvian endemic. ENDEMIC.
Spotted Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum maculatum. Seen from the hide of Blanquillo Macaw Clay lick and another one at Cocha Camungo ox-bow Lake.
Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher – Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum. Good views of 2 at the Manu Wildlife Center canopy platform.
Zimmers Tolmomyias – Tolmomyias assimilis. Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center.
Golden-crowned Spadebill – Platyrinchus coronatus. 2 seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-crested Spadebill - Platyrinchus platyrhynchos. One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Amazonian Royal Flycatcher – Onychorhynchus coronatus. Very good views of one along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Unadorned Flycatcher – Myiophobus inornatus. One seen in the cloud forest on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Bran-colored Flycatcher – Myiophobus fasciatus. 1 seen at Blanquillo macaw clay lick and another one seen at La Cachuela macaw clay lick outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Cinnamon Flycatcher – Pyrrhosmyias cinnamomea. Common in the Cloud Forest on the Manu Road.
Yellow-breasted Flycatcher – Tolmomyias flaviventris. Seen twice below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Smoke-colored Pewee – Contopus fumigatus. Quite common in the cloud forest of Manu Road – seen at Rocotal.
Black Phoebe – Sayornis nigricans latirostris. Common on the rivers and small streams along the Manu Road, seen at Paucartambo town and one more around Cock of the Rock Lodge. 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.
Austral Vermilion Flycatcher - Pyrocephalus rubinus. Seen several times in the Manu lowlands. In a recent paper – Carmi el al 2016 it istrongly suggests several taxonomic changes to the genus Pyrocephalus, including elevating three currently recognized subspecies to full species status: the austral migrant South American subspecies rubinus, and the two Galápagos subspecies dubius
and nanus. As such, they propose a revised taxonom:
Pyrocephalus rubinus (Boddaert, 1783), Austral Vermilion Flycatcher;
Pyrocephalus obscurus Gould, 1839, Vermilion Flycatcher;
Pyrocephalus nanus Gould, 1838, Galápagos Vermilion Flycatcher;
Pyrocephalus dubius Gould, 1839, San Cristóbal Vermilion Flycatcher. The San Cristobal Vermillion Flycatcher is extinct.
Rufous-tailed Tyrant - Knipolegus poecilurus. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Drab Water-Tyrant - Ochthornis littoralis. Common along the Madre de Dios River.
Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant - Myiotheretes striaticollis. 2 seen around Wayqecha.
Rufous-bellied Bush-Tyrant – Myiotheretes fuscorufus. 3 seen below the tunnel on our travel day from Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Rufous-webbed Bush-Tyrant – Polioxolmis rufipennis. 2 seen in the higher Mountains of the Manu road on our travel day to Wayqecha. Range Restricted.
Slaty-backed (Maroon-belted) Chat-Tyrant – Ochthoeca (thoracica) cinnamomeiventris. 2 seen in the cloud forest on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge from Wayqecha. Garcia-Moreno et al. (1998) suggested that the plumage and genetic differences between subspecies groups north and south of the Maranon 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). Proposal needed.
Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca rufipectoralis. Common in the cloud forest of Manu road – seen around Wayqecha.
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor. 4 seen above Wayqecha.
Long-tailed Tyrant – Colonia colonus. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge and on two more days at Amazonia Lodge.
Social Flycatcher – Myiozetetes similis. Common in Amazon lowlands.
Gray-capped Flycatcher - Myiozetetes granadensis. Common in lowland rainforest – seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Great Kiskadee – pitangus sulphuratus. Seen several times around Manu Wildlife Center.
Lesser Kiskadee – pitangus lictor. Seen at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lakes.
Lemon Browed Flycatcher – Conopias cinchoneti. 3 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge. ENDANGERED.
Golden-crowned Flycatcher – Myiodynastes chrysocephalus. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Boat-billed Flycatcher – Magarynchus pitangua. One seen on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado from Manu Wildlife Center.
Crowned-slaty Flycatcher - Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus. One seen from the hide of Blanquillo Macaw clay lick. The bird with the longest scientific name in the world.
Tropical Kingbird – Tyrannus melancholicus. Very common.
Grayish Mourner - Rhytipterna simplex. One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-rumped Sirystes – Sirystes albocinerea. Seen on two consecutive days around Manu Wildlife Center.
Dusky Capped Flycatcher – Myiarchus tuberculifer. Seen twice around Wayqecha.
Short-crested Flycatcher – Myiarchus ferox. One seen at Blanquillo macaw clay lick and another one at Cocha Camungo ox-bow Lake below Manu Wildlife Center.
Large-headed Flatbill – Ramphotrigon megacephala. One seen along Antthrush trail at Manu Wildlife Center – an obligate bamboo specialist.
Dusky-tailed Flatbill – Ramphotrigon fuscicauda. One seen at Antthrush trail below Manu Wildlife Center – another bamboo specialist.
Rufous-tailed Flatbill – Ramphotrigon ruficauda. Very good views of two on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Dull-capped (White-eyed) Attila – Attila bolivianus. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Bright-rumped Attila – Attila spadiceus. Heard only.
COTINGAS
Red-crested Cotinga – Ampelion rubrocristata. 7 in total seen above Wayqecha.
Chestnut-crested Cotinga – Ampelion rufaxilla. 2 seen around Rocotal on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge – great views!
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock – Rupicola peruviana. We saw at the lek several individuals and a few more around Cock of the Rock Lodge - good views of the Peruvian National bird.
Purple-throated Fruitcrow – Querula purpurata. Seen on two consecutive days around Manu Wildlife Center.
Amazonian Umbrellabird – Cephalopterus ornatus. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge.
Spangled Cotinga – Cotinga cayana. 2 seen from the Manu Wildlife Center canopy platform.
Screaming Piha – Lipaugus vociferans. 2 seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Bare-necked Fruitcrow – Gymnoderus foetidus. A female seen at the Manu Wildlife Center canopy platform.
MANAKINS
Dwarf-tyrant Manakin – Tyranneutes stolzmanni. Great views on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Yungas Manakin – Chiroxiphia boliviana. Heard only, at Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Band-tailed Manakin – Ceratopipra fasciicauda. 3 seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-bearded Manakin – Manacus manacus. 1 seen between Chontachaca and Patria village on our way to Amazonia Lodge.
Round-tailed Manakin – Pipra chloromeros. Seen on three different occasions at Manu Wildlife Center.
Blue-crowned Manakin – Pipra coronata exquisite. Good views of two on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
TITYRAS AND BECARDS
Black-tailed Tityra – Tityra cayana. 2 seen from the Cocha Camungo canopy platform below Manu Wildlife Center.
Masked Tityra - Tityra semifasciata. Several days seen around Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-crowned Tityra – Tityra inquisitor. 1 female seen from the canopy platform at Cocha Camungo.
Cinereous Mourner – laniocera hypopyrra. Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center.
Chestnut-crowned Becard - Pachyramphus castaneus. Good views of 2 from the canopy platform at Cocha Camungo.
White-winged Becard – Pachyrampus polychopterus. Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center.
Black-capped Becard - Pachyramphus marginatus. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Pink-throated Becard – Pachyramphus minor. Seen on two different days around Manu Wildlife Center.
INCERTAE SEDIS
Wing Barred Piprites – piprites chloris. 1 seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
VIREOS & GREENLETS
Red-eyed Vireo – Vireo olivaceus chivi. Seen several times around Manu Wildlife Center. 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.
Brown-capped Vireo – Vireo leucophrys. One seen at Rocotal above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Dusky-capped Greenlet - Pachysylvia hypoxanthus. Heard only.
Tawny-crowned Greenlet - Pachysylvia ochraceiceps. Heard only.
JAYS
White-collared Jay - Cyanolyca viridicyana. 3 seen below Wayqecha on our way to Cock of the Rock Lodge. Range Restricted.
Purplish Jay - Cyanocorax cyanomelas. Fairly common in the Manu Lowland rainforest – seen at Amazonia Lodge and along the River on our travel day to Boca Colorado. Range Restricted.
Violaceous Jay - Cyanocorax violaceus. Common in the Lowland rainforest.
Inca (Green) Jay - Cyanocorax (luxosus) yncas. Seen several times around Cock of the Rock Lodge. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Hilty (2003) treated Middle American populations as a separate species, C. luxosus ("Green Jay") from South American C. yncas ("Inca Jay"), but no data presented; they were formerly (e.g., REFS) considered separate species. Proposal needed?
SWALLOWS
Blue-and-white Swallow - Notiochelidon cyanoleuca. Common.
White-banded Swallow - Atticora fasciata. Common along the Rivers in the Lowland rainforest – seen at Amazonia Lodge and around Manu Wildlife Center.
White-thighed Swallow – Atticora tibialis. Great views of 7 at Amazonia Lodge.
Southern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx ruficollis. Common.
Brown-chested Martin – Progne tapera. 10 seen on the Madre de Dios River on our travel day to Manu Wildlife Center.
White-winged Swallow – Tachycineta albiventer. The most common Swallow of the lowland rainforest rivers and oxbow lakes.
WRENS
Southern Nightingale-Wren - Microcerculus marginatus. Heard only.
House Wren – Troglodytes aedon. Common. Many authors (e.g., Hellmayr 1934, Pinto 1944, Phelps & Phelps 1950a) formerly treated Neotropical mainland populations as a separate species T. musculus; see also Brumfield and Capparella (1996); this treatment was followed by Brewer (2001) and Kroodsma & Brewer (2005). The Falklands population, T. a. cobbi, is treated as a species (Wood 1993), as was done by Brewer (2001), Mazar Barnett & Pearman (2001), Jaramillo (2003), and Kroodsma & Brewer (2005).
Mountain Wren – Troglodytes solstitialis. Good views at Rocotal above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Puna Wren – Cistothorus minimus. 2 seen above Wayqecha. Recently split from Sedge Wren. Range Restricted.
Thrush-like Wren - Campylorhynchus turdinus. Seen on three consecutive days around Manu Wildlife Center.
Moustached Wren – Pheugopedius genibarbis. Seen at Antthrush trail below Manu Wildlife Center and 2 more at La Cachuela road.
Fulvous Wren - Cinnycerthia fulva. Very good views of one individual below Wayqecha - in chusquea bamboo forest, very nice views of this tricky to see species. Range Restricted.
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren – Henicorhina leucophrys. Commonly heard in the cloud forest – seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Chestnut-breasted Wren – Cyphorhinus thoracicus. Heard only, at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
DONOCOBIUS
Black-capped Donacobius – Donacobius atricapillus. Common on the ox-bow lakes and marshes of the lowlands – seen at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake.
DIPPERS
White Capped Dipper – Cinclus leucocephalus. Seen on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
THRUSHES AND SOLITAIRES
Andean Solitaire – Myadestes ralloides. One seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Pale-eyed Thrush – Turdus leucops. A female seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Chiguanco Thrush – Turdus chiguanco chiguanco. The common Andean Thrush.
Great Thrush – Turdus fuscater ockenderi. The common Thrush of the higher Cloud Forest.
Black-billed Thrush - Turdus ignobilis. The common Amazonian Thrush.
Lawrence’s Thrush – Turdus lawrencii. One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Hauxwell’s Thrush - Turdus hauxwelli. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-necked Thrush – Turdus albicollis. Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center.
PIPITS
Short-billed Pipit – Anthus furcatus. One seen in the high Andes on our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco.
TANAGERS AND ALLIES
Red-capped Cardinal – Paroaria gularis. Common in the lowlands, especially around the ox-bow lakes – seen at Amazonia Lodge and around Manu Wildlife Center.
Red-billed Pied-Tanager – Lamprospiza melanoleuca. 2 seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center. Range Restricted.
Magpie Tanager – Cissopis leveriana. The biggest Tanager in Amazonian lowlands and fairly common – seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center.
Slaty Tanager – Creurgops dentata. Seen on two consecutive days around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-browed (Black-capped) Hemispingus - Hemispingus (aricuaris) atropileus. 5 seen above Wayqecha Biological Station in bamboo. The subspecies auricularis is distinct genetically and morphologically, and should presumably given taxonomic rank (Garcia-Moreno et al. 2001, Garcia-Moreno & Fjeldsa 2003). Proposal needed. ENDEMIC.
Superciliaried Hemispingus - Hemispingus superciliaris. Quite common in the cloud forest – seen on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Black-eared Hemispingus - Hemispingus melanotis berlepschi. Quite common around Cock of the Rock Lodge – seen on two consecutive days.
Drab Hemispingus - Hemispingus xanthophthalmus. 3 seen below Wayqecha with mix-species flock. Range Restricted.
Rust-and-yellow Tanager – Thlypopsis ruficeps. Fairly common in the cloud forest associated with mixed-species flocks – seen on two consecutive days around Wayqecha and also seen at Rocotal. Range Restricted.
Black-goggled Tanager – Trichothraupis melanops. 2 seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
White-shouldered Tanager - Tachyphonus luctuosus. A male seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
White-winged Shrike-Tanager – Lanio versicolor. Seen three times at Manu Wildlife Center. The canopy flock leader.
Masked Crimson Tanager – Ramphocelus nigrogularis. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Silver-beaked Tanager – Ramphocelus carbo. Another common good-looking Tanager – common in the Lowland rainforest.
Hooded Mountain-Tanager – Buthraupis montana. Common around Wayqecha Biological Station; the display is pretty acrobatic for such a large Tanager.
Grass-green Tanager - Chlorornis riefferii. 2 seen around Wayqecha Biological Station.
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager - Anisognathus igniventris igniventris. Fairly common around Wayqecha – common but spectacular.
Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Tanager – Debusia castaneoventris. 4 in total seen around Wayqecha plus 2 more at Rocotal on a different day; amazing color contrast between the upper and underparts! Range Restricted.
Yellow-throated Tanager - Iridosornis analis. Seen on two different days around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Golden-collared Tanager – Iridosornis jelskii. 4 seen above Wayqecha. Range Restricted.
Blue-and-yellow Tanager – Thraupis bonariensis. Unlike most Peruvian Tanagers this one in particular likes arid and semi-arid areas but it’s also present in the cloud forest – 1 seen around Wayqecha. The southernmost ranging Tanager named for the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.
Orange-eared Tanager – Chlorochrysa calliparaea. Very beautiful little Tanager; seen several times around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Blue-gray Tanager – Thraupis episcopus. Common.
Palm Tanager – Thrupis cyanocephala. Common.
Blue-capped Tanager – Thraupis cyanocephala. Fairly common in the cloud forest of the Manu road – seen around Wayqecha and Rocotal.
Blue-necked Tanager – Tangara cyanicollis. Another Christmas-tree bird! Common, seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Yellow-bellied Tanager – Tangara xanthogastra. One seen on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge.
Spotted Tanager – Tangara punctata. Replaces the former in the higher foothills, not uncommon around 1000 meters; Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Blue-and-black Tanager – Tangara vassorii atrocaerulea. Quite common in the cloud forest – seen around Rocotal.
Beryl-spangled Tanager – Tangara nigroviridis. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Turquoise Tanager – Tangara mexicana. A lowland species, seen at Manu Wildlife Center - not found in Mexico!
Paradise Tanager – Tangara chilensis. What can we say! A pleasure to have such a pretty species so common in Cloud forest but not found in Chile! – seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge, Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Opal-rumped Tanager – Tangara velia. Seen on two different occasions at Manu Wildlife Center.
Opal-crowned Tanager – Tangara callophrys. One seen at the canopy platform of Manu Wildlife Center.
Bay-headed Tanager – Tangara gyrola. 1 seen on our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Golden-eared Tanager – Tangara chrysotis. Seen on two consecutive days at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Saffron-crowned Tanager – Tangara xanthocephala lamprotis. Great views around Cock of the Rock Lodge. Another nice colorful bird seen in the cloud forest – here the subspecies with an orange not saffron crown.
Green-and-gold Tanager – Tangara schrankii. Seen on several days around Manu Wildlife Center.
Golden Tanager – Tangara arthus. Great looks around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Black-faced Dacnis – Dacnis lineata. Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center.
Yellow-bellied Dacnis – Dacnis flaviventris. A male seen at Amazonia Lodge and 2 more seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Blue Dacnis – Dacnis cayana. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center. Fairly common.
Purple Honeycreeper – Cyanerpes caeruleus. 10 seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Green Honeycreeper – Chlorophanes spiza. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center.
Yellow-backed Tanager – Hemithraupis flavicollis. Seen on two different days at Manu Wildlife Center.
Cinereous Conebill – Conirostrum cinereum cinereum. Common in the highlands – seen around Wayqecha.
Blue-backed Conebill – Conirostrum sitticollor. 6 seen above Wayqecha.
Capped Conebill – Conirostrum albifrons. Common with mixed-species flocks in the cloud forest – 3 seen at Rocotal.
Rusty Flowerpiercer – Diglossa sittoides. One seen above Wayqecha.
Moustached Flowerpiercer - Diglossa mystacalis. 4 seen around Wayqecha Biological Station. Range Restricted.
Black-throated Flowerpiercer - Diglossa brunneiventris. Also seen around Wayqecha Biological Station.
Deep-blue (Golden-eyed) Flowerpiercer – Diglossopis glauca. Seen very well on three different days around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Masked Flowerpiercer - Diglossa cyanea. Fairly common in the Manu cloud forest – seen around Wayqecha.
Peruvian Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus punensis. 3 seen in the higher mountains on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha. Named for the Southern Peruvian Department of Puno. Range Restricted.
Mourning Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus fruticeti. 1 seen also on our travel day to Wayqecha.
Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus plebejus. Seen also on the higher mountains of the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha.
Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch – Poospiza caesar. 3 individuals seen in the higher mountains On our way to Wayqecha – amazing views! ENDEMIC.
Saffron Finch – Sicalis flaveola. Quite common in Puerto Maldonado, seen on two consecutive days.
Buff-throated Saltator – Saltator maximus. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge, Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center. Klicka et al. (2007) found strong genetic support for a sister relationship between Saltator and core Thraupidae. Sushkin (1924) proposed that Saltator was thraupine, not emberizine/cardinaline. SACC proposal passed to transfer Saltator from Cardinalidae to Incertae Sedis. SACC proposal to transfer to Thraupidae did not pass. Barker et al. (2013) found that Saltator and Saltatricula were embedded in the Thraupidae. SACC proposal passed to transfer to Thraupidae. Chavez et al. (2013) found that relationships within the genus are not consistent with the current linear sequence of species. SACC proposal passed to revise linear sequence.
Grayish Saltator – Saltator coerulescens. Seen at Amazonia Lodge along the road on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
Golden-billed Saltator – Saltator aurantirostris. 3 seen on our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco.
Slate-colored Seedeater – Sporophila schistacea. 6 seen around the Blanquillo macaw clay lick.
Black-and-white Seedeater – Sporophila luctuosa. 1 seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Double-collared Seedeater – Sporophila caerulenscens. 12 seen at the Cocha Camungo ox-bow lake.
Chestnut-bellied Seedeater – Sporophila castaneiventris. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge and 4 more at La Cachuela road outside of Puerto Maldonado.
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch – Sporophila angolensis. 3 seen on our travel day to Amazonia Lodge. Not found in Angola!
Band-tailed Seedeater – Catamenia analis analis. Common in the Andes where there is some vegetation, several birds on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha.
Plain-colored Seedeater – Catamenia inornata. Seen in the higher mountains of the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha.
Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and at Amazonia Lodge – not common in Manu.
NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES
Rufous-collared Sparrow - Zonatrichia capensis. Only in the Andes. A pretty Sparrow but common.
Yellow-browed Sparrow – Ammodramus aurifrons. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge and by Boca Colorado port on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
Black-faced Brushfinch – Atalaptes melanolaemus. Common in the Manu road in the cloud forest – seen around Wayqecha and around Cock of the Rock Lodge. The Atlapetes genus has been completely revamped based on bio-chemical data and work done at Copenhagen Field Museum. Formerly considered part of Rufous-napped Brush-Finch complex A. rufinucha. Atlapetes melanolaemus was formerly (Hellmayr 1938, Paynter 1970a, Meyer de Schauensee 1970, Ridgely & Tudor 1989, Sibley & Monroe 1990) considered a subspecies of A. rufinucha, but see García- Moreno & Fjeldså (1999). Range Restricted.
Common Chlorospingus - Chlorospingus flavopectus. Seen around Rocotal and Cock of the Rock Lodge. Genetic data (REFS, Burns et al. 2002, 2003) indicate the genus Chlorospingus is not a member of the Thraupidae, but (Klicka et al. 2007) a member of the Emberizidae. SACC proposal passed to transfer to Emberizidae. Barker et al. (2013) further confirmed the placement of the genus with the New World sparrows. Frank Pitelka (in Tordoff 1954a) long ago noted the emberizine-like behavior of Chlorospingus. SACC proposal passed to change English names of the species in the genus from “Bush-Tanager” to “Chlorospingus”.
Short-billed Chlorospingus – Chlorospingus parvirostris. Seen at Rocotal and above Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Yellow-throated Chlorospingus – Chlorospingus flavigularis. Seen on several days around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
CARDINAL GROSBEAKS
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager – Habia rubica. A male seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Golden Grosbeak - Pheucticus chrysogaster. One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge and also on two consecutive days at Cock of the Rock Lodge.
NEW WORLD WARBLERS
Tropical Parula – Setophaga pitiayumi. A couple of days seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Citrine Warbler – Myiothlypis luteoviridis striaticeps. Common in the cloud forest – seen around Wayqecha Biological Station.
Pale-legged Warbler - Myiothlypis signatus. 2 seen above Paucartambo on our travel day to Wayqecha. Range Restricted.
Two-banded Warbler – Myiothlypis bivittatus. Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Golden-bellied (Cuzco) Warbler – Myiothlypis chrysogaster. Seen at Quitacalzones on our way down to Amazonia Lodge. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) treated the northern subspecies chlorophrys as a separate species – Choco Warbler - from Myiothlypis chrysogaster based on differences in descriptions of songs; see Zimmer (1949) for rationale for considering them sister taxa. This Golden–bellied warbler becomes a Peruvian endemic. ENDEMIC.
Russet-crowned Warbler - Myiothlypis coronatus. 5 seen around Rocotal in the Manu Cloud forest.
Three-striped (Yungas) Warbler – Basileuterus (punctipectus) tristriatus. Quite common in the cloud forest – seen at Rocotal area. Donegan (2014) provided evidence that the Bolivian punctipectus group (including canens) should be treated as a separate species. SACC proposal needed. Range Restricted.
Slate-throated Redstart (Whitestart) – Myioborus miniatus. Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Spectacled Redstart (Whitestart) – Myioborus melanocephalus. Fairly common in Manu Cloud forest generally higher than the former – seen around Wayqecha and Rocotal area.
OROPENDOLAS, ORIOLES AND BLACKBIRDS
Crested Oropendola – Psarocolius decumanus maculosus. Common in the Amazon lowlands – seen at Amazonia Lodge and around MWC.
Dusky-green Oropendola – Psarocolius atrovirens. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the Manu Cloud forest - fairly common. Range Restricted.
Russet-backed Oropendola – Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi. Common – the commonest Oropendola in the Amazon lowlands.
Olive Oropendola – Psarocolius bifasciatus. Seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.
Casqued Cacique – Clypicterus oseryi. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Yellow-rumped Cacique – Cacicus cela. Common.
(Southern) Mountain Cacique – Cacicus chrysonotus. Seen below Wayqecha Biological Station. The northern (leucoramphus) and southern (chrysonotus) groups of subspecies were treated as separate species by Blake (1968b), but most classifications have treated them as a single species (e.g., Hellmayr 1937, Meyer de Schauensee 1966, 1970, Ridgely & Tudor 1989, Fjeldså & Krabbe 1990; and usually as Cacicus leucoramphus, an error, because chrysonotus has priority) because specimens near the contact zone show some signs of gene flow (Hellmayr 1937, Bond 1953). However, see Jaramillo & Burke (1999) for possible reasons for ranking them as species; this was followed by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001), Hilty (2003), and Fraga (2011). Powell et al. (2014) found that the two were deeply divergent genetically, more so than some Cacicus treated as species, but did not sample populations anywhere near the contact zone. SACC proposal to treat leucoramphus as a separate species did not pass. Hosner et al. (2015b) found evidence for intergradation between the taxa in Ayacucho, Peru.
Epaulet Oriole – Icterus cayanensis. Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.
Orange-backed Troupial – Icterus croconotus. Good views at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes.
Pale-eyed Blackbird – Agelaius xanthophthalmus. 5 in total – 3 inbetween Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake and 2 more in a swamp area on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado near Santa Rosa. Range Restricted.
Shiny Cowbird – Molothrus bonariensis. 2 seen on the Madre de Dios River below Manu Wildlife Center.
Giant Cowbird – Molothrus oryzivorus. Common in the lowlands – seen along the Madre de Dios River.
Red-breasted Meadowlark – Sturnella militaris. 2 seen in the cattle ranch along the road on our travel day to Puerto Maldonado.
FINCHES
Hooded Siskin – Spinus magellanica urubambensis. Seen on the Manu road on our travel day to Wayqecha and even at Amazonia Lodge in the garden.
Olivaceous Siskin – Spinus olivacea. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge – a humid forest Siskin.
Thick-billed Euphonia - Euphonia laniirostris. Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on two consecutive days.
White-lored (golden-bellied) Euphonia – Euphonia chrysopasta. One seen at Manu Wildlife Center.
Orange-bellied Euphonia – Euphonia xanthogaster brunneifrons. Common Euphonia around Cock of the Rock Lodge.
Rufous-bellied Euphonia – Euphonia rufiventris. Heard only.
Blue-naped Chlorophonia – Chlorophonia cyanea. Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center.
Purple-throated Euphonia – Euphonia chlorotica. Heard only, at La Cachuela road.