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CENTRAL PERU BIRDING TOUR

Target Birds List

PERU
BIRDING TOUR
ANY TIME*

Duration:15 days, 14 nights
Group Size:2-6
Anytime Price:$5800
Group Price:$5500
Single Suppl:$550
Est #Species:325-375
Pace:Moderate
Difficulty:Moderate
* This tour is available for any dates of your choosing provided guide services and accommodations are available.

List of target birds for this tour broken down by locations we visit.

Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

color codes

1Hooded TinamouNothocercus nigrocapillusBSNE
2Curve-billed TinamouNothoprocta curvirostrisBUNE
3Stripe-faced Wood-QuailOdontophorus ballivianiBSNE
4Junin GrebePodiceps taczanowskiiLJE
5Tschudi's NightjarSystellura decussataLDLNE
6White-browed HermitPhaethornis stuartiSRNE
7Bronze-tailed CometPolyonymus caroliMCPA,SEVE
8Green-headed HillstarOreotrochilus stolzmanniBU,LJ,SEVNE
9Black-breasted HillstarOreotrochilus melanogasterLJ,MCPA,SEVE
10Olivaceous ThornbillChalcostigma olivaceumLJ,MCPA,SRNE
11Coppery MetaltailMetallura theresiaeBU,CPTE
12Fire-throated MetaltailMetallura eupogonMV,SRE
13Black MetaltailMetallura phoebeManyE
14Buff-thighed PufflegHaplophaedia assimilisBSNE
15Coppery-naped Puffleg**Eriocnemis sapphirophygiaSRNE
16White-tufted SunbeamAglaeactis castelnaudiiBU,SRE
17Rainbow StarfrontletCoeligena irisBUNE
18Rufous-booted Racket-tailOcreatus addaeBS,SRNE
19Rufous-webbed BrilliantHeliodoxa branickiiBSE
20Peruvian SheartailThaumastura coraLDL,SEVNE
21Purple-collared WoodstarMyrtis fannyLDL,SEVNE
22Oasis HummingbirdRhodopis vesperLDL,SEVNE
23Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amaziliaLDL,MCPA,SEVNE
24Green-and-white HummingbirdElliotomyia viridicaudaBS,SRE
25Junin Rail**Laterallus tuerosiLJE
26Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidoriCPT,SREN
27Koepcke's Screech-OwlMegascops koepckeaeMV,SRNE
28Cloud-forest Screech-OwlMegascops marshalliBS,SRNE
29Rufous-capped NunletNonnula ruficapillaBC
30Versicolored BarbetEubucco steeriiNE
31Blue-chinned Barbet**Eubucco glaucogularisBS,SRE
32Blue-moustached BarbetEubucco versicolorBS,SRNE
33Blue-banded ToucanetAulacorhynchus coeruleicinctisBS,SRNE
34Fine-barred PiculetPicumnus subtilisSRNE
35Black-necked WoodpeckerColaptes atricollisSEVE
36Andean ParakeetBolborhynchus orbygnesiusCPT,SEVNE
37Black-winged ParrotHapalopsittaca melanotisBS,SRNE
38Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestisLDL,SEVNE
39Cordilleran ParakeetPsittacara frontalusLDL,MCPA,MV
SEV
NE
40Creamy-bellied AntwrenHerpsilochmus motacilloidesBS,SRE
41Stripe-headed AntpittaGrallaria andicolusManyNE
42Bay AntpittaGrallaria capitalisBS,BU,CPT,SRE
43Oxapampa AntpittaGrallaria centralisBS,SRE
44Chestnut AntpittaGrallaria blakeiBU,CPTE
45Chachapoyas AntpittaGrallaria gravesiBU,CPTE
46Junin AntpittaGrallaria obscuraBS,SRE
47White-winged TapaculoScytalopus krabbeiBUE
48Puna TapaculoScytalopus simonsiBUNE
49Jalca TapaculoScytalopus frankeaeMV,SRE
50Neblina TapaculoScytalopus altirostrisBUE
51Trilling TapaculoScytalopus parvirostrisBS,BU,CPT,SRNE
52Bolivian TapaculoScytalopus bolivianusSRNE
53Rufous-vented TapaculoScytalopus femoralisBS,BU,CPT,SRE
54Large-footed TapaculoScytalopus macropusBS,BU,CPT,SRE
55Junin TapaculoScytalopus gettyaeLJ,SRE
56Tschudi's TapaculoScytalopus acutirostrisBU,CPT,MV,SRE
57Coastal MinerGeositta peruvianaLDL,LPE
58Thick-billed MinerGeositta crassirostrisLDL,SEVE
59Grayish MinerGeositta maritimaLDL,SEVNE
60Dark-winged MinerGeositta saxicolinaLDL,LJ,MCPA
SEV
E
61Striated EarthcreeperGeocerthia serranaBU,MCPA,SEV
SR
E
62White-bellied CinclodesCinclodes palliatusMCPA,SEVE
63Surf CinclodesCinclodes taczanowskiiLPE
64Rufous-backed TreehunterThripadectes scrutatorBS,BU,CPTNE
65Rusty-crowned Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura pileataLDL,MCPA,SEVE
66Streaked Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura striataLDL,MCPA,SEVNE
67Mantaro Thornbird**Phacellodomus sp.MV,SRE
68Line-fronted CanasteroAsthenes urubambensisBUNE
69Junin CanasteroAsthenes virgataLJ,MCPA,SEV
SR
E
70Streak-throated CanasteroAsthenes humilisManyNE
71Canyon CanasteroAsthenes pudibundaLDL,MCPA,SEVNE
72Eye-ringed ThistletailAsthenes palpebralisMV,SRE
73Marcapata SpinetailCranioleuca marcapataeSRE
74Creamy-crested SpinetailCranioleuca albicapillaMV,SRE
75|Line-cheeked Spinetail|Cranioleuca antisiensisBU,CPTNE
76Cactus CanasteroPseudasthenes cactorumLDLE
77Mantaro Spinetail**Synallaxis sp.MVE
78Jet ManakinChloropipo unicolorBS,SRNE
79Cerulean-capped ManakinLepidothrix coeruleocapillaSRE
80Band-tailed FruiteaterPipreola intermediaBU,CPT,SRNE
81Masked FruiteaterPipreola pulchraBS,BU,CPTE
82White-cheeked CotingaZaratornis stresemanniMCPAE
83Bay-vented CotingaDoliornis sclateriBUE
84Inca FlycatcherLeptopogon taczanowskiiBS,CPT,SRE
85Cinnamon-faced TyrannuletPhylloscartes parkeriBS,SRNE
86Ochraceous-breasted FlycatcherNephelomyias ochraceiventrisBU,CPT,SRNE
87Black-crested Tit-TyrantAnairetes nigrocristatusBU,SEVNE
88Pied-crested Tit-TyrantAnairetes reguloidesManyNE
89Unstreaked Tit-TyrantUromyias agraphiaBU,CPT,SRE
90Peruvian TyrannuletZimmerius viridiflavusBS,CPT,SRNE
91Rufescent FlycatcherMyiophobus rufescensSEVNE
92Olive FlycatcherMitrephanes olivaceusBSNE
93Tumbes PeweeContopus punensisSEVNE
94Taczanowski's Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola griseusLJ,MCPANE
95Rufous-bellied Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes fuscorufusBS,BU,CPT,SRNE
96Peruvian Chat-Tyrant**Silvicultrix spodionotaCPTNE
97Jelski's Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix jelskiiBU,CPTNE
98Golden-browed Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix pulchellaBU,CPTNE
99Maroon-belted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca thoracicaBS,BU,CPT,SRNE
100Baird's FlycatcherMyiodynastes bairdiiLDLNE
101White-collared JayCyanolyca viridicyanusBS,BU,CPT,SRNE
102Peruvian MartinProgne murphyiLDLNE
103Chestnut-collared SwallowPetrochelidon rufocollarisLDLNE
104Fasciated WrenCampylorhynchus fasciatusBU,CPTNE
105Mantaro Wren**Pheugopedius sp.MV,SRE
106Peruvian WrenCinnycerthia peruanaBS,BU,CPT,SRE
107Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatusLDL,SEVNE
108White-eared SolitaireEntomodestes leucotisBS,BU,CPT,SRNE
109Peruvian PipitAnthus peruvianusLDL,LPNE
110Rufous-eared BrushfinchAtlapetes rufigenisCPTE
111Bay-crowned BrushfinchAtlapetes seebohmiCPTNE
112Rusty-bellied BrushfinchAtlapetes nationiMCPA,SEVE
113Black-spectacled BrushfinchAtlapetes melanopsisMV,SRE
114Dusky-green OropendolaPsarocolius atrovirensBS,SRNE
115Southern Mountain CaciqueCacicus chrysonotusCPT,SRNE
116Black-lored YellowthroatGeothlypis auricularisLDL,SEVNE
117Cuzco WarblerMyiothlypis chrysogasterCPT,SRNE
118Slaty TanagerCreurgops dentatusSRNE
119Brown-flanked TanagerThlypopsis pectoralisBU,CPTE
120ParduscoNephelornis oneilliBU,CPT,SRE
121Golden-backed Mountain TanagerCnemathraupis aureodorsalisBUE
122Chestnut-bellied Mountain TanagerDubusia castaneoventrisBS,BU,CPT,SRNE
123Golden-collared TanagerIridosornis jelskiiBU,CPT,SRNE
124Yellow-scarfed TanagerIridosornis reinhardtiBS,BU,CPT,SRE
125White-browed ConebillConirostrum ferrugineiventreBU,SRNE
126Moustached FlowerpiercerDiglossa mystacalisBS,BU,CPT,SRNE
127Peruvian Sierra FinchPhrygilus punensisManyNE
128Tit-like DacnisXenodacnis parinaBU,MCPA,SRNE
129Great Inca-FinchIncaspiza pulchraMCPA,SEVE
130Drab HemispingusPseudospingus xanthophthalmusManyNE
131Rufous-browed HemispingusPoospiza rufosuperciliarisBU,CPTE
132Rufous-breasted Warbling FinchPoospiza rubeculaMCPA,SEVE
133Collared Warbling FinchPoospiza hispaniolensisLDL,MCPA,SEVNE
134Three-striped HemispingusPoospiza trifasciatusBU,CPT,SRNE
135Raimondi's Yellow-FinchSicalis raimondiiLDL,SEVE
136Parrot-billed SeedeaterSporophila peruvianaLDLNE
137Drab SeedeaterSporophila simplexLDL,SEVNE

 

 *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.

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BIRDING LOCALES

REASON CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic58
NENear Endemic77
CRCritically Endangered0
ENEndangered1
BCBest Seen in This Country1
ATAlways a Target0