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HIGHLANDS/MACHU PICCHU/MANU ROAD TOUR

Possible Specialty Birds for Tour

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BIRDING TOUR
ANY TIME*

Duration:13 days, 12 nights
Group Size:2-6
Anytime Price:$4600
Group Price:$4250
Single Suppl:$700
Est #Species:450-500
Pace:Moderate
Difficulty:Moderate
* This tour is available for any dates of your choosing provided guide services and accommodations are available.

List of species possible on this tour that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

color codes

1Tawny-breasted TinamouNothocercus juliusRR 
2Hooded TinamouNothocercus nigrocapillusNE 
3Gray TinamouTinamus tao V
4Black TinamouTinamus osgoodiNEV
5Brown TinamouCrypturellus obsoletusRR 
6Black-capped TinamouCrypturellus atrocapillusRR 
7Taczanowski's TinamouNothoprocta taczanowskiiNEV
8Darwin's NothuraNothura darwiniiRR 
9White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduataRR 
10Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalisRR 
11Comb DuckSarkidiornis sylvicolaLC 
12\Brazilian Teal\Amazonetta brasiliensisRR 
13\Red Shoveler\Spatula plataleaRR 
14Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgicaLC 
15Crested GuanPenelope purpurascensRRNT
16Wattled GuanAburria aburri NT
17Sickle-winged GuanChamaepetes goudotiiLC 
18Razor-billed CurassowMitu tuberosum NT
19Rufous-breasted Wood-QuailOdontophorus speciosusRR 
20Stripe-faced Wood-QuailOdontophorus ballivianiNE 
21/Chilean Flamingo/Phoenicopterus chilensis NT
22Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosaRR 
23Maroon-chested Ground DoveParaclaravis mondetouraLC 
24Golden-spotted Ground DoveMetriopelia aymaraRR 
25Sapphire Quail-DoveGeotrygon saphirinaRR 
26Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi V
27Tschudi's NightjarSystellura decussataNE 
28Lyre-tailed NightjarUropsalis lyraLC 
29Silky-tailed NightjarAntrostomus sericocaudatusLC 
30Andean PotooNyctibius maculosusLC 
31OilbirdSteatornis caripensisLC 
32White-chinned SwiftCypseloides cryptusRR 
33/Chimney Swift/Chaetura pelagica V
34Pale-tailed BarbthroatThrenetes leucurusLC 
35Tawny-bellied HermitPhaethornis syrmatophorusRR 
36Koepcke's HermitPhaethornis koepckeaeENT
37White-browed HermitPhaethornis stuartiNE 
38Blue-fronted LancebillDoryfera johannaeRR 
39Brown VioletearColibri delphinaeLC 
40Wire-crested ThorntailDiscosura popelairiiRR 
41Butterfly CoquetteLophornis verreauxiiLC 
42Peruvian PiedtailPhlogophilus hartertiE 
43Speckled HummingbirdAdelomyia melanogenysRR 
44Purple-backed ThornbillRamphomicron microrhynchumLC 
45Olivaceous ThornbillChalcostigma olivaceumNE 
46Bearded MountaineerOreonympha nobilisE 
47Scaled MetaltailMetallura aeneocaudaNE 
48Buff-thighed PufflegHaplophaedia assimilisNE 
49Coppery-naped Puffleg**Eriocnemis sapphirophygiaNE 
50White-tufted SunbeamAglaeactis castelnaudiiENT
51Gould's IncaCoeligena incaNE 
52Mountain VelvetbreastLafresnaya lafresnayiRR 
53Rufous-booted Racket-tailOcreatus addaeNE 
54Rufous-webbed BrilliantHeliodoxa branickiiE 
55Black-throated BrilliantHeliodoxa schreibersiiLC 
56Peruvian SheartailThaumastura coraNE 
57Purple-collared WoodstarMyrtis fannyNE 
58Oasis HummingbirdRhodopis vesperNE 
59Little WoodstarChaetocercus bombusRRNT
60Many-spotted HummingbirdTaphrospilus hypostictusRR 
61Swallow-tailed HummingbirdEupetomena macrouraLC 
62Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatlRR 
63Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amaziliaNE 
64Andean EmeraldUranomitra franciaeRR 
65Green-and-white HummingbirdElliotomyia viridicaudaE 
66Paint-billed CrakeMustelirallus erythropsLC 
67Blackish RailPardirallus nigricansLC 
68Uniform CrakeAmaurolimnas concolorLC 
69Gray-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilisLC 
70Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisRREN
71Pale-winged TrumpeterPsophia leucoptera NT
72Southern LapwingVanellus chilensisRR 
73Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsoniaRR 
74Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus NT
75Imperial SnipeGallinago imperialisLCNT
76Jameson's SnipeGallinago jamesoniRR 
77/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
78/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
79Peruvian TernSternula lorata EN
80#Inca Tern#Larosterna incaNENT
81/Elegant Tern/Thalasseus elegans NT
82Humboldt PenguinSpheniscus humboldti V
83/Waved Albatross/Phoebastria irrorata CR
84Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseus NT
85Peruvian Diving-PetrelPelecanoides garnotiiNENT
86/Magnificent Frigatebird/Fregata magnificensRR 
87Red-legged CormorantPoikilocarbo gaimardi NT
88Guanay CormorantLeucocarbo bougainvillii NT
89Peruvian PelicanPelecanus thagus NT
90Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violaceaRR 
91Andean IbisTheristicus branickii NT
92Andean CondorVultur gryphus V
93Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis NT
94Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja V
95Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
96Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidoriLCEN
97Semicollared HawkMicrospizias collarisLC 
98Slender-billed KiteHelicolestes hamatusLC 
99\Gray-bellied Hawk\Accipiter poliogaster NT
100Solitary EagleButeogallus solitarius NT
101Barred HawkMorphnarchus princepsLC 
102Subtropical Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium parkeriRR 
103Lanceolated MonkletMicromonacha lanceolataLC 
104White-faced NunbirdHapaloptila castaneaRR 
105Scarlet-hooded BarbetEubucco tucinkaeRR 
106Red-headed BarbetEubucco bourcieriiRR 
107Blue-chinned Barbet**Eubucco glaucogularisENT
108Blue-moustached BarbetEubucco versicolorNE 
109Chestnut-tipped ToucanetAulacorhynchus derbianusRR 
110Blue-banded ToucanetAulacorhynchus coeruleicinctisNE 
111Gray-breasted Mountain-ToucanAndigena hypoglaucaRRNT
112Collared AracariPteroglossus torquatusRR 
113Golden-collared ToucanetSelenidera reinwardtiiRR 
114Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus NT
115Ocellated PiculetPicumnus dorbignyanusRR 
116Rufous-breasted PiculetPicumnus rufiventrisLC 
117Fine-barred PiculetPicumnus subtilisNE 
118Red-rumped WoodpeckerDryobates kirkiiRR 
119Yellow-vented WoodpeckerDryobates dignusRR 
120Powerful WoodpeckerCampephilus pollensRR 
121Rufous-headed WoodpeckerCeleus spectabilisLC 
122Crimson-mantled WoodpeckerColaptes rivoliiRR 
123Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayRR 
124Andean ParakeetBolborhynchus orbygnesiusNE 
125White-winged ParakeetBrotogeris versicolurusRR 
126Red-billed ParrotPionus sordidusRR 
127Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestisNE 
128Maroon-tailed ParakeetPyrrhura melanuraRR 
129Black-capped ParakeetPyrrhura rupicolaRR 
130Blue-headed MacawPrimolius couloni V
131Military MacawAra militarisRRV
132<Golden-plumed Parakeet>Leptosittaca branickiiRR 
133Cordilleran ParakeetPsittacara frontalusNENT
134Mitred ParakeetPsittacara mitratusRR 
135Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenysNENT
136Rufous-rumped AntwrenEuchrepomis callinotaRR 
137Yellow-rumped AntwrenEuchrepomis sharpeiNEEN
138Bamboo AntshrikeCymbilaimus sanctaemariaeRR 
139Rufous-capped AntshrikeThamnophilus ruficapillusRR 
140Chestnut-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus palliatusRR 
141Uniform AntshrikeThamnophilus unicolorRR 
142Rufescent AntshrikeThamnistes rufescensNE 
143Slaty AntwrenMyrmotherula schisticolorRR 
144Creamy-bellied AntwrenHerpsilochmus motacilloidesENT
145Yellow-breasted AntwrenHerpsilochmus axillaris V
146Striated AntbirdDrymophila devilleiRR 
147White-lined AntbirdMyrmoborus lophotesRR 
148Brownish-headed AntbirdMyrmelastes brunneicepsNE 
149Goeldi's AntbirdAkletos goeldiiRR 
150Slaty GnateaterConopophaga ardesiacaNE 
151Undulated AntpittaGrallaria squamigeraRR 
152Scaled AntpittaGrallaria guatimalensisRR 
153Chestnut-crowned AntpittaGrallaria ruficapillaRR 
154Stripe-headed AntpittaGrallaria andicolusNE 
155White-throated AntpittaGrallaria albigulaRR 
156Red-and-white AntpittaGrallaria erythroleucaE 
157Urubamba AntpittaGrallaria occabambaeE 
158Ochre-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula flavirostris NT
159Puna TapaculoScytalopus simonsiNE 
160Diademed TapaculoScytalopus schulenbergiNE 
161Trilling TapaculoScytalopus parvirostrisNE 
162Unicolored TapaculoScytalopus unicolorENT
163Barred AntthrushChamaeza mollissimaRR 
164Gray-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularis NT
165Coastal MinerGeositta peruvianaE 
166Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosaRR 
167Brown-billed ScythebillCampylorhamphus pusillusRR 
168Greater ScythebillDrymotoxeres pucheranii NT
169Slender-billed XenopsXenops tenuirostrisLC 
170Royal CinclodesCinclodes aricomaeNECR
171Surf CinclodesCinclodes taczanowskiiE 
172Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleanerAnabazenops dorsalisLC 
173Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia ruficaudataLC 
174Peruvian RecurvebillSyndactyla ucayalaeRRNT
175Ruddy Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rubiginosusLC 
176Rufous-backed TreehunterThripadectes scrutatorNE 
177Brown-rumped Foliage-gleanerAutomolus melanopezusLC 
178Pearled TreerunnerMargarornis squamigerRR 
179White-browed Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura xenothoraxEEN
180Andean Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura andicolaLC 
181Streak-fronted ThornbirdPhacellodomus striaticepsLC 
182Line-fronted CanasteroAsthenes urubambensisNENT
183Junin CanasteroAsthenes virgataE 
184Scribble-tailed CanasteroAsthenes maculicaudaLC 
185Streak-throated CanasteroAsthenes humilisNE 
186Puna ThistletailAsthenes helleriNE 
187Rusty-fronted CanasteroAsthenes ottonisE 
188Speckled SpinetailThripophaga gutturataLC 
189Plain SofttailThripophaga fuscicepsLC 
190Marcapata SpinetailCranioleuca marcapataeE 
191Creamy-crested SpinetailCranioleuca albicapillaE 
192|Line-cheeked Spinetail|Cranioleuca antisiensisNE 
193Azara's SpinetailSynallaxis azaraeRR 
194Apurimac SpinetailSynallaxis courseniEV
195Cabanis's SpinetailSynallaxis cabanisiRR 
196Marañon SpinetailSynallaxis maranonicaNECR
197Jet ManakinChloropipo unicolorNE 
198Yungas ManakinChiroxiphia bolivianaNE 
199Golden-winged ManakinMasius chrysopterusRR 
200Green ManakinCryptopipo holochloraRR 
201Cerulean-capped ManakinLepidothrix coeruleocapillaE 
202Green-and-black FruiteaterPipreola riefferiiRR 
203Band-tailed FruiteaterPipreola intermediaNE 
204Barred FruiteaterPipreola arcuataRR 
205Masked FruiteaterPipreola pulchraE 
206Olivaceous PihaSnowornis cryptolophusLC 
207One-colored BecardPachyramphus homochrousRR 
208Crested BecardPachyramphus validusRR 
209SharpbillOxyruncus cristatusLC 
210McConnell's FlycatcherMionectes macconnelliRR 
211Slaty-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon superciliarisRR 
212Inca FlycatcherLeptopogon taczanowskiiENT
213Cinnamon-faced TyrannuletPhylloscartes parkeriNE 
214Marble-faced Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus ophthalmicusLC 
215Bronze-olive Pygmy-TyrantPseudotriccus pelzelniRR 
216Hazel-fronted Pygmy-TyrantPseudotriccus simplexNE 
217Buff-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus rufigularisRRNT
218Ochre-faced Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus plumbeicepsRR 
219Black-backed Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus pulchellusE 
220Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescensRR 
221Cliff FlycatcherHirundinea ferrugineaLC 
222Ornate FlycatcherMyiotriccus ornatusRR 
223Handsome FlycatcherNephelomyias pulcherRR 
224Ochraceous-breasted FlycatcherNephelomyias ochraceiventrisNE 
225White-throated TyrannuletMecocerculus leucophrysRR 
226Ash-breasted Tit-TyrantAnairetes alpinusNEEN
227Unstreaked Tit-TyrantUromyias agraphiaE 
228Subtropical DoraditoPseudocolopteryx acutipennisLC 
229Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogasterLC 
230Highland ElaeniaElaenia obscuraLC 
231White-fronted TyrannuletPhyllomyias zeledoniLC 
232Sclater's TyrannuletPhyllomyias sclateriRR 
233Tawny-rumped TyrannuletPhyllomyias uropygialisRR 
234Plumbeous-crowned TyrannuletPhyllomyias plumbeicepsLC 
235Red-billed TyrannuletZimmerius cinereicapilla V
236Golden-faced TyrannuletZimmerius chrysopsRR 
237Peruvian TyrannuletZimmerius viridiflavusNE 
238Bolivian TyrannuletZimmerius bolivianusNE 
239Unadorned FlycatcherMyiophobus inornatusNE 
240Rufescent FlycatcherMyiophobus rufescensNE 
241Olive FlycatcherMitrephanes olivaceusNE 
242/Olive-sided Flycatcher/Contopus cooperi NT
243Amazonian Scrub-FlycatcherSublegatus obscuriorLC 
244White-winged Black-TyrantKnipolegus aterrimusRR 
245Taczanowski's Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola griseusNE 
246Rufous-bellied Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes fuscorufusNE 
247Peruvian Chat-Tyrant**Silvicultrix spodionotaNE 
248Golden-browed Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix pulchellaNE 
249Maroon-belted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca thoracicaNE 
250Rufous-breasted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca rufipectoralisRR 
251Brown-backed Chat-TyrantOchthoeca fumicolorRR 
252Rufous-tailed FlatbillRamphotrigon ruficaudaRR 
253Lemon-browed FlycatcherConopias cinchoneti V
254Golden-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes hemichrysusRR 
255Sulphury FlycatcherTyrannopsis sulphureaLC 
256Lemon-chested GreenletHylophilus thoracicusLC 
257White-collared JayCyanolyca viridicyanusNENT
258Purplish JayCyanocorax cyanomelasRR 
259White-tailed JayCyanocorax mystacalisNE 
260Peruvian MartinProgne murphyiNENT
261White-thighed SwallowAtticora tibialisLC 
262Andean SwallowOrochelidon andecolaRR 
263Chestnut-collared SwallowPetrochelidon rufocollarisNE 
264Tawny-faced GnatwrenMicrobates cinereiventrisLC 
265Grass WrenCistothorus platensisLC 
266Inca WrenPheugopedius eisenmanniE 
267Sharpe's WrenCinnycerthia olivascensRR 
268Fulvous WrenCinnycerthia fulvaNE 
269Chestnut-breasted WrenCyphorhinus thoracicusRR 
270Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatusNE 
271White-eared SolitaireEntomodestes leucotisNE 
272\Creamy-bellied Thrush\Turdus amaurochalinusRR 
273Glossy-black ThrushTurdus serranusRR 
274Yellowish PipitAnthus chiiRR 
275Peruvian PipitAnthus peruvianusNE 
276Chestnut-breasted ChlorophoniaChlorophonia pyrrhophrysRR 
277Orange-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia saturataRR 
278<Yellow-bellied Siskin>Spinus xanthogastrusRR 
279Thick-billed SiskinSpinus crassirostrisRR 
280Ashy-throated ChlorospingusChlorospingus canigularisLC 
281Grassland SparrowAmmodramus humeralisRR 
282Olive FinchArremon castaneicepsLCNT
283Tricolored BrushfinchAtlapetes tricolorRR 
284Slaty BrushfinchAtlapetes schistaceusRR 
285Cuzco BrushfinchAtlapetes canigenisE 
286Black-faced BrushfinchAtlapetes melanolaemusNE 
287Yellow-breasted BrushfinchAtlapetes latinuchaRR 
288\White-browed Meadowlark\Leistes superciliarisRR 
289Dusky-green OropendolaPsarocolius atrovirensNE 
290Selva CaciqueCacicus koepckeaeENT
291Southern Mountain CaciqueCacicus chrysonotusNE 
292White-edged OrioleIcterus graceannaeNE 
293Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thiliusRR 
294Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalusRR 
295Black-lored YellowthroatGeothlypis auricularisNE 
296/Cerulean Warbler/Setophaga cerulea NT
297Two-banded WarblerMyiothlypis bivittataRR 
298Cuzco WarblerMyiothlypis chrysogasterNE 
299Russet-crowned WarblerMyiothlypis coronataRR 
300Black-backed GrosbeakPheucticus aureoventrisRR 
301Ecuadorian SeedeaterAmaurospiza aequatorialisNE 
302Black-faced TanagerSchistochlamys melanopisLC 
303Rufous-crested TanagerCreurgops verticalisRR 
304Slaty TanagerCreurgops dentatusNE 
305Black-capped HemispingusKleinothraupis atropileusRR 
306Parodi's HemispingusKleinothraupis parodiiENT
307Rust-and-yellow TanagerThlypopsis ruficepsRR 
308Black-goggled TanagerTrichothraupis melanopsLC 
309Inti TanagerHeliothraupis oneilliNE 
310White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufusRR 
311Lemon-rumped Tanager**Ramphocelus icteronotusRR 
312Blue-capped TanagerSporathraupis cyanocephalaRR 
313Scarlet-bellied Mountain TanagerAnisognathus igniventrisRR 
314Buff-breasted Mountain TanagerDubusia taeniataRR 
315Chestnut-bellied Mountain TanagerDubusia castaneoventrisNE 
316Golden-collared TanagerIridosornis jelskiiNE 
317Yellow-scarfed TanagerIridosornis reinhardtiE 
318Orange-eared TanagerChlorochrysa calliparaeaRR 
319Golden-naped TanagerChalcothraupis ruficervixRR 
320Green-throated TanagerStilpnia argyrofengesRR 
321Blue-and-black TanagerTangara vassoriiRR 
322Metallic-green TanagerTangara labradoridesRR 
323Giant ConebillConirostrum binghami NT
324White-browed ConebillConirostrum ferrugineiventreNE 
325Blue-backed ConebillConirostrum sitticolorRR 
326Moustached FlowerpiercerDiglossa mystacalisNE 
327Masked FlowerpiercerDiglossa cyaneaRR 
328Peruvian Sierra FinchPhrygilus punensisNE 
329Glacier FinchIdiopsar speculiferaRR 
330Short-tailed FinchIdiopsar brachyurusRR 
331Tit-like DacnisXenodacnis parinaNE 
332Drab HemispingusPseudospingus xanthophthalmusNE 
333Gray-hooded Bush TanagerCnemoscopus rubrirostrisRR 
334Collared Warbling FinchPoospiza hispaniolensisNE 
335Three-striped HemispingusPoospiza trifasciatusNE 
336Chestnut-breasted Mountain-FinchPoospizopsis caesarE 
337Saffron FinchSicalis flaveolaRR 
338Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteolaLC 
339Raimondi's Yellow-FinchSicalis raimondiiE 
340Parrot-billed SeedeaterSporophila peruvianaNE 
341Drab SeedeaterSporophila simplexNE 
342Black-billed Seed-FinchSporophila atrirostrisLC 
343Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvinaRR 
344Slate-colored SeedeaterSporophila schistaceaLC 
345Paramo SeedeaterCatamenia homochroa NT

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

 

TOUR NOTES

Air fare within Peru included in the price.

 

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DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic129
LCLocal167
NENear Endemic206
RRRestricted Range331

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened47
VVulnerable14
ENEndangered6
CRCritically Endangered3

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.