CHECKLIST
TARGET BIRDS

PERU BIRDING TRIP REPORT

TRIP REPORT
PERU

Start:08/12/2023
End:08/28/2023
Duration:17 days
#Species:398
#Endemics:73
#Heard Only:17

2023 Central Peru Birding Tour

ENDEMIC BIRDS POSSIBLE FOR TOUR

List of endemic and near endemic birds for locations visited on this tour along with which species were actually seen. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN. Endemic birds (E) are those with a restricted range in a single country. Near endemic birds (NE) are those with a restricted range in two (or rarely three) neighboring countries. The right-most column indicates whether species was seen on the tour. If blank, the species wasn't seen.*

color codes

1Hooded TinamouNothocercus nigrocapillusNE 
2Curve-billed TinamouNothoprocta curvirostrisNE 
3Stripe-faced Wood-QuailOdontophorus ballivianiNE 
4Tschudi's NightjarQuechuavis decussataNE 
5White-browed HermitPhaethornis stuartiNEY
6Bronze-tailed CometPolyonymus caroliE 
7Gray-bellied CometTaphrolesbia griseiventrisE 
8Green-headed HillstarOreotrochilus stolzmanniNEY
9Black-breasted HillstarOreotrochilus melanogasterEY
10Olivaceous ThornbillChalcostigma olivaceumNEY
11Coppery MetaltailMetallura theresiaeEY
12Fire-throated MetaltailMetallura eupogonEY
13Black MetaltailMetallura phoebeEY
14Buff-thighed PufflegHaplophaedia assimilisNE 
15Coppery-naped Puffleg**Eriocnemis sapphirophygiaNE 
16White-tufted SunbeamAglaeactis castelnaudiiE 
17Rainbow StarfrontletCoeligena irisNEY
18Rufous-booted Racket-tailOcreatus addaeNEY
19Rufous-webbed BrilliantHeliodoxa branickiiE 
20Peruvian SheartailThaumastura coraNE 
21Purple-collared WoodstarMyrtis fannyNEY
22Oasis HummingbirdRhodopis vesperNE 
23Spot-throated HummingbirdThaumasius taczanowskiiNE 
24Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amaziliaNEY
25Green-and-white HummingbirdElliotomyia viridicaudaE 
26Junin Rail**Laterallus tuerosiEY
27#Inca Tern#Larosterna incaNEY
28Junin GrebePodiceps taczanowskiiEY
29Peruvian Diving-PetrelPelecanoides garnotiiNEY
30Koepcke's Screech-OwlMegascops koepckeaeNE 
31Cloud-forest Screech-OwlMegascops marshalliNE 
32Peruvian Screech-OwlMegascops roboratusNE 
33Versicolored BarbetEubucco steeriiNEY
34Blue-chinned Barbet**Eubucco glaucogularisE 
35Blue-moustached BarbetEubucco versicolorNE 
36Blue-banded ToucanetAulacorhynchus coeruleicinctisNEY
37Fine-barred PiculetPicumnus subtilisNE 
38Black-necked WoodpeckerColaptes atricollisE 
39Andean ParakeetBolborhynchus orbygnesiusNE 
40Black-winged ParrotHapalopsittaca melanotisNEY
41Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestisNE 
42Cordilleran ParakeetPsittacara frontalusNE 
43Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenysNE 
44Creamy-bellied AntwrenHerpsilochmus motacilloidesEY
45Stripe-headed AntpittaGrallaria andicolusNE 
46Bay AntpittaGrallaria capitalisE 
47Oxapampa AntpittaGrallaria centralisE 
48Chestnut AntpittaGrallaria blakeiE 
49Chachapoyas AntpittaGrallaria gravesiE 
50Junin AntpittaGrallaria obscuraEY
51Ancash TapaculoScytalopus affinisE 
52White-winged TapaculoScytalopus krabbeiE 
53Puna TapaculoScytalopus simonsiNEY
54Jalca TapaculoScytalopus frankeaeEY
55Neblina TapaculoScytalopus altirostrisEY
56Trilling TapaculoScytalopus parvirostrisNE 
57Bolivian TapaculoScytalopus bolivianusNE 
58Rufous-vented TapaculoScytalopus femoralisE 
59Large-footed TapaculoScytalopus macropusE 
60Junin TapaculoScytalopus gettyaeE 
61Tschudi's TapaculoScytalopus acutirostrisEY
62Coastal MinerGeositta peruvianaEY
63Thick-billed MinerGeositta crassirostrisE 
64Grayish MinerGeositta maritimaNEY
65Dark-winged MinerGeositta saxicolinaEY
66Striated EarthcreeperGeocerthia serranaE 
67White-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia albigulaNE 
68White-bellied CinclodesCinclodes palliatusEY
69Surf CinclodesCinclodes taczanowskiiE 
70Rufous-backed TreehunterThripadectes scrutatorNE 
71Rusty-crowned Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura pileataEY
72White-browed Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura xenothoraxEY
73Streaked Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura striataNE 
74Mantaro Thornbird**Phacellodomus sp.E 
75Chestnut-backed ThornbirdPhacellodomus dorsalisE 
76Line-fronted CanasteroAsthenes urubambensisNE 
77Junin CanasteroAsthenes virgataEY
78Streak-throated CanasteroAsthenes humilisNEY
79Canyon CanasteroAsthenes pudibundaNE 
80Eye-ringed ThistletailAsthenes palpebralisEY
81Marcapata SpinetailCranioleuca marcapataeE 
82Creamy-crested SpinetailCranioleuca albicapillaEY
83|Line-cheeked Spinetail|Cranioleuca antisiensisNEY
84Cactus CanasteroPseudasthenes cactorumEY
85Mantaro Spinetail**Synallaxis sp.EY
86Great SpinetailSynallaxis hypochondriacaE 
87Russet-bellied SpinetailSynallaxis zimmeriEY
88Jet ManakinChloropipo unicolorNEY
89Cerulean-capped ManakinLepidothrix coeruleocapillaEY
90Band-tailed FruiteaterPipreola intermediaNE 
91Masked FruiteaterPipreola pulchraEY
92White-cheeked CotingaZaratornis stresemanniE 
93Bay-vented CotingaDoliornis sclateriEY
94Inca FlycatcherLeptopogon taczanowskiiEY
95Cinnamon-faced TyrannuletPhylloscartes parkeriNE 
96Ochraceous-breasted FlycatcherNephelomyias ochraceiventrisNE 
97Black-crested Tit-TyrantAnairetes nigrocristatusNE 
98Pied-crested Tit-TyrantAnairetes reguloidesNE 
99Ash-breasted Tit-TyrantAnairetes alpinusNE 
100Unstreaked Tit-TyrantUromyias agraphiaEY
101Peruvian TyrannuletZimmerius viridiflavusNEY
102Fulvous-faced Scrub-TyrantEuscarthmus fulvicepsNEY
103Rufescent FlycatcherMyiophobus rufescensNE 
104Olive FlycatcherMitrephanes olivaceusNE 
105Tumbes PeweeContopus punensisNE 
106Taczanowski's Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola griseusNEY
107Rufous-bellied Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes fuscorufusNE 
108Peruvian Chat-Tyrant**Silvicultrix spodionotaNE 
109Jelski's Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix jelskiiNE 
110Golden-browed Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix pulchellaNE 
111Maroon-belted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca thoracicaNE 
112Piura Chat-TyrantOchthoeca piuraeE 
113Baird's FlycatcherMyiodynastes bairdiiNE 
114White-collared JayCyanolyca viridicyanusNEY
115Peruvian MartinProgne murphyiNEY
116Chestnut-collared SwallowPetrochelidon rufocollarisNE 
117Fasciated WrenCampylorhynchus fasciatusNE 
118Mantaro Wren**Pheugopedius sp.EY
119Superciliated WrenCantorchilus superciliarisNE 
120Peruvian WrenCinnycerthia peruanaEY
121Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatusNEY
122White-eared SolitaireEntomodestes leucotisNEY
123Peruvian PipitAnthus peruvianusNEY
124Rufous-eared BrushfinchAtlapetes rufigenisEY
125Peruvian Slaty BrushfinchAtlapetes taczanowskiiEY
126Bay-crowned BrushfinchAtlapetes seebohmiNEY
127Rusty-bellied BrushfinchAtlapetes nationiEY
128Black-spectacled BrushfinchAtlapetes melanopsisEY
129Dusky-green OropendolaPsarocolius atrovirensNEY
130Southern Mountain CaciqueCacicus chrysonotusNE 
131Black-lored YellowthroatGeothlypis auricularisNE 
132Cuzco WarblerMyiothlypis chrysogasterNE 
133Slaty TanagerCreurgops dentatusNE 
134Brown-flanked TanagerThlypopsis pectoralisEY
135ParduscoNephelornis oneilliEY
136Golden-backed Mountain TanagerCnemathraupis aureodorsalisE 
137Chestnut-bellied Mountain TanagerDubusia castaneoventrisNEY
138Golden-collared TanagerIridosornis jelskiiNE 
139Yellow-scarfed TanagerIridosornis reinhardtiEY
140White-browed ConebillConirostrum ferrugineiventreNE 
141Moustached FlowerpiercerDiglossa mystacalisNEY
142Peruvian Sierra FinchPhrygilus punensisNEY
143Tit-like DacnisXenodacnis parinaNEY
144Great Inca-FinchIncaspiza pulchraEY
145Rufous-backed Inca-FinchIncaspiza personataE 
146Drab HemispingusPseudospingus xanthophthalmusNEY
147Rufous-browed HemispingusPoospiza rufosuperciliarisE 
148Plain-tailed Warbling FinchPoospiza alticolaEY
149Rufous-breasted Warbling FinchPoospiza rubeculaEY
150Collared Warbling FinchPoospiza hispaniolensisNE 
151Three-striped HemispingusPoospiza trifasciatusNE 
152Raimondi's Yellow-FinchSicalis raimondiiNE 
153Parrot-billed SeedeaterSporophila peruvianaNE 
154Drab SeedeaterSporophila simplexNE 

 

 *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.

BIRDING LOCALES

ENDEMIC CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic68
NENear Endemic87