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CENTRAL PERU EXTENDED BIRDING TOUR

Possible Specialty Birds for Tour

PERU
BIRDING TOUR
ANY TIME*

Duration:18 days, 17 nights
Group Size:2-6
Anytime Price:$6950
Group Price:$6550
Single Suppl:$800
Est #Species:375-425
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
4Brown TinamouCrypturellus obsoletusRR 
5Black-capped TinamouCrypturellus atrocapillusRR 
6Tataupa TinamouCrypturellus tataupaRR 
7Curve-billed TinamouNothoprocta curvirostrisNE 
8Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgicaLC 
9Andean TealAnas andiumRR 
10Wattled GuanAburria aburri NT
11Sickle-winged GuanChamaepetes goudotiiLC 
12Razor-billed CurassowMitu tuberosum NT
13Rufous-breasted Wood-QuailOdontophorus speciosusRR 
14Stripe-faced Wood-QuailOdontophorus ballivianiNE 
15/Chilean Flamingo/Phoenicopterus chilensis NT
16Junin GrebePodiceps taczanowskiiEEN
17Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosaRR 
18Maroon-chested Ground DoveParaclaravis mondetouraLC 
19Golden-spotted Ground DoveMetriopelia aymaraRR 
20Tschudi's NightjarSystellura decussataNE 
21Lyre-tailed NightjarUropsalis lyraLC 
22Andean PotooNyctibius maculosusLC 
23/Chimney Swift/Chaetura pelagica V
24Black-throated HermitPhaethornis atrimentalisLC 
25White-browed HermitPhaethornis stuartiNE 
26Wire-crested ThorntailDiscosura popelairiiRR 
27Speckled HummingbirdAdelomyia melanogenysRR 
28Bronze-tailed CometPolyonymus caroliE 
29Gray-bellied CometTaphrolesbia griseiventrisEEN
30Green-headed HillstarOreotrochilus stolzmanniNE 
31Black-breasted HillstarOreotrochilus melanogasterE 
32Purple-backed ThornbillRamphomicron microrhynchumLC 
33Olivaceous ThornbillChalcostigma olivaceumNE 
34Coppery MetaltailMetallura theresiaeE 
35Fire-throated MetaltailMetallura eupogonE 
36Black MetaltailMetallura phoebeE 
37Buff-thighed PufflegHaplophaedia assimilisNE 
38Coppery-naped Puffleg**Eriocnemis sapphirophygiaNE 
39Emerald-bellied PufflegEriocnemis alineRR 
40White-tufted SunbeamAglaeactis castelnaudiiENT
41Rainbow StarfrontletCoeligena irisNE 
42Mountain VelvetbreastLafresnaya lafresnayiRR 
43Peruvian Racket-tailOcreatus peruanusRR 
44Rufous-booted Racket-tailOcreatus addaeNE 
45Rufous-vented WhitetipUrosticte ruficrissaLC 
46Rufous-webbed BrilliantHeliodoxa branickiiE 
47Peruvian SheartailThaumastura coraNE 
48Purple-collared WoodstarMyrtis fannyNE 
49Oasis HummingbirdRhodopis vesperNE 
50Spot-throated HummingbirdThaumasius taczanowskiiNE 
51Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amaziliaNE 
52Green-and-white HummingbirdElliotomyia viridicaudaE 
53Blackish RailPardirallus nigricansLC 
54Red-fronted CootFulica rufifronsRR 
55Junin Rail**Laterallus tuerosiEEN
56Diademed Sandpiper-PloverPhegornis mitchelliiLCNT
57Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus NT
58Jameson's SnipeGallinago jamesoniRR 
59Pantanal SnipeGallinago paraguaiaeRR 
60/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
61Peruvian TernSternula lorata EN
62#Inca Tern#Larosterna incaNENT
63/Elegant Tern/Thalasseus elegans NT
64Andean IbisTheristicus branickii NT
65Andean CondorVultur gryphus V
66Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsoniiRR 
67Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidoriLCEN
68Semicollared HawkMicrospizias collarisLC 
69Solitary EagleButeogallus solitarius NT
70Koepcke's Screech-OwlMegascops koepckeaeNE 
71Cloud-forest Screech-OwlMegascops marshalliNENT
72Peruvian Screech-OwlMegascops roboratusNE 
73Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusLC 
74Lanceolated MonkletMicromonacha lanceolataLC 
75Versicolored BarbetEubucco steeriiNE 
76Blue-chinned Barbet**Eubucco glaucogularisENT
77Blue-moustached BarbetEubucco versicolorNE 
78Chestnut-tipped ToucanetAulacorhynchus derbianusRR 
79Blue-banded ToucanetAulacorhynchus coeruleicinctisNE 
80Gray-breasted Mountain-ToucanAndigena hypoglaucaRRNT
81Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus NT
82Ocellated PiculetPicumnus dorbignyanusRR 
83Fine-barred PiculetPicumnus subtilisNE 
84Yellow-vented WoodpeckerDryobates dignusRR 
85Powerful WoodpeckerCampephilus pollensRR 
86Crimson-mantled WoodpeckerColaptes rivoliiRR 
87Black-necked WoodpeckerColaptes atricollisE 
88Orange-breasted FalconFalco deiroleucus NT
89Andean ParakeetBolborhynchus orbygnesiusNE 
90Black-winged ParrotHapalopsittaca melanotisNE 
91Red-billed ParrotPionus sordidusRR 
92Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestisNE 
93Black-capped ParakeetPyrrhura rupicolaRR 
94<Golden-plumed Parakeet>Leptosittaca branickiiRR 
95Cordilleran ParakeetPsittacara frontalusNENT
96Mitred ParakeetPsittacara mitratusRR 
97Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenysNENT
98Chestnut-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus palliatusRR 
99Uniform AntshrikeThamnophilus unicolorRR 
100Creamy-bellied AntwrenHerpsilochmus motacilloidesENT
101Undulated AntpittaGrallaria squamigeraRR 
102Stripe-headed AntpittaGrallaria andicolusNE 
103Bay AntpittaGrallaria capitalisE 
104Oxapampa AntpittaGrallaria centralisE 
105Chestnut AntpittaGrallaria blakeiENT
106Chachapoyas AntpittaGrallaria gravesiE 
107Junin AntpittaGrallaria obscuraE 
108Ochre-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula flavirostris NT
109Ancash TapaculoScytalopus affinisE 
110White-winged TapaculoScytalopus krabbeiE 
111Puna TapaculoScytalopus simonsiNE 
112Jalca TapaculoScytalopus frankeaeE 
113Neblina TapaculoScytalopus altirostrisE 
114Trilling TapaculoScytalopus parvirostrisNE 
115Bolivian TapaculoScytalopus bolivianusNE 
116Rufous-vented TapaculoScytalopus femoralisE 
117Large-footed TapaculoScytalopus macropusE 
118Junin TapaculoScytalopus gettyaeENT
119Tschudi's TapaculoScytalopus acutirostrisE 
120Coastal MinerGeositta peruvianaE 
121Thick-billed MinerGeositta crassirostrisE 
122Grayish MinerGeositta maritimaNE 
123Dark-winged MinerGeositta saxicolinaE 
124Striated EarthcreeperGeocerthia serranaE 
125White-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia albigulaNE 
126White-bellied CinclodesCinclodes palliatusECR
127Surf CinclodesCinclodes taczanowskiiE 
128Rufous-backed TreehunterThripadectes scrutatorNE 
129Pearled TreerunnerMargarornis squamigerRR 
130Rusty-crowned Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura pileataE 
131White-browed Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura xenothoraxEEN
132Streaked Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura striataNE 
133Andean Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura andicolaLC 
134Mantaro Thornbird**Phacellodomus sp.E 
135Chestnut-backed ThornbirdPhacellodomus dorsalisENT
136Creamy-breasted CanasteroAsthenes dorbignyiRR 
137Line-fronted CanasteroAsthenes urubambensisNENT
138Many-striped CanasteroAsthenes flammulataRR 
139Junin CanasteroAsthenes virgataE 
140Streak-throated CanasteroAsthenes humilisNE 
141Canyon CanasteroAsthenes pudibundaNE 
142Eye-ringed ThistletailAsthenes palpebralisE 
143White-chinned ThistletailAsthenes fuliginosaRR 
144Marcapata SpinetailCranioleuca marcapataeE 
145Creamy-crested SpinetailCranioleuca albicapillaE 
146|Line-cheeked Spinetail|Cranioleuca antisiensisNE 
147Cactus CanasteroPseudasthenes cactorumE 
148Azara's SpinetailSynallaxis azaraeRR 
149Mantaro Spinetail**Synallaxis sp.E 
150Cabanis's SpinetailSynallaxis cabanisiRR 
151Great SpinetailSynallaxis hypochondriacaENT
152Russet-bellied SpinetailSynallaxis zimmeriEV
153Jet ManakinChloropipo unicolorNE 
154Cerulean-capped ManakinLepidothrix coeruleocapillaE 
155Green-and-black FruiteaterPipreola riefferiiRR 
156Band-tailed FruiteaterPipreola intermediaNE 
157Barred FruiteaterPipreola arcuataRR 
158Masked FruiteaterPipreola pulchraE 
159White-cheeked CotingaZaratornis stresemanniEV
160Bay-vented CotingaDoliornis sclateriEV
161Red-ruffed FruitcrowPyroderus scutatusRR 
162Green-backed BecardPachyramphus viridisRR 
163Crested BecardPachyramphus validusRR 
164Slaty-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon superciliarisRR 
165Inca FlycatcherLeptopogon taczanowskiiENT
166Cinnamon-faced TyrannuletPhylloscartes parkeriNE 
167Marble-faced Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus ophthalmicusLC 
168Pearly-vented Tody-TyrantHemitriccus margaritaceiventerRR 
169Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescensRR 
170Cliff FlycatcherHirundinea ferrugineaLC 
171Ornate FlycatcherMyiotriccus ornatusRR 
172Ochraceous-breasted FlycatcherNephelomyias ochraceiventrisNE 
173White-throated TyrannuletMecocerculus leucophrysRR 
174Sulphur-bellied TyrannuletMecocerculus minorRR 
175Black-crested Tit-TyrantAnairetes nigrocristatusNE 
176Pied-crested Tit-TyrantAnairetes reguloidesNE 
177Ash-breasted Tit-TyrantAnairetes alpinusNEEN
178Unstreaked Tit-TyrantUromyias agraphiaE 
179Choco ElaeniaMyiopagis parambaeRR 
180\Greenish Elaenia\Myiopagis viridicataRR 
181Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogasterLC 
182Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensisLC 
183Highland ElaeniaElaenia obscuraLC 
184Sooty-headed TyrannuletPhyllomyias griseicepsLC 
185Tawny-rumped TyrannuletPhyllomyias uropygialisRR 
186Plumbeous-crowned TyrannuletPhyllomyias plumbeicepsLC 
187Peruvian TyrannuletZimmerius viridiflavusNE 
188Fulvous-faced Scrub-TyrantEuscarthmus fulvicepsNE 
189Rufescent FlycatcherMyiophobus rufescensNE 
190Olive FlycatcherMitrephanes olivaceusNE 
191Tumbes PeweeContopus punensisNE 
192White-winged Black-TyrantKnipolegus aterrimusRR 
193Taczanowski's Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola griseusNE 
194\Black-fronted Ground-Tyrant\Muscisaxicola frontalisRR 
195White-tailed Shrike-TyrantAgriornis albicaudaLCV
196Rufous-bellied Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes fuscorufusNE 
197Peruvian Chat-Tyrant**Silvicultrix spodionotaNE 
198Jelski's Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix jelskiiNE 
199Golden-browed Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix pulchellaNE 
200Maroon-belted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca thoracicaNE 
201Rufous-breasted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca rufipectoralisRR 
202Brown-backed Chat-TyrantOchthoeca fumicolorRR 
203Piura Chat-TyrantOchthoeca piuraeE 
204\Brown-crested Flycatcher\Myiarchus tyrannulusRR 
205Lemon-browed FlycatcherConopias cinchoneti V
206Golden-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes hemichrysusRR 
207Baird's FlycatcherMyiodynastes bairdiiNE 
208Lemon-chested GreenletHylophilus thoracicusLC 
209Olivaceous GreenletHylophilus olivaceusLC 
210White-collared JayCyanolyca viridicyanusNENT
211Peruvian MartinProgne murphyiNENT
212White-thighed SwallowAtticora tibialisLC 
213Andean SwallowOrochelidon andecolaRR 
214Chestnut-collared SwallowPetrochelidon rufocollarisNE 
215Grass WrenCistothorus platensisLC 
216Fasciated WrenCampylorhynchus fasciatusNE 
217Plain-tailed WrenPheugopedius euophrysRR 
218Mantaro Wren**Pheugopedius sp.E 
219Superciliated WrenCantorchilus superciliarisNE 
220Rufous WrenCinnycerthia unirufaRR 
221Peruvian WrenCinnycerthia peruanaE 
222Chestnut-breasted WrenCyphorhinus thoracicusRR 
223Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatusNE 
224White-eared SolitaireEntomodestes leucotisNE 
225Glossy-black ThrushTurdus serranusRR 
226Yellowish PipitAnthus chiiRR 
227Peruvian PipitAnthus peruvianusNE 
228Correndera PipitAnthus correnderaLC 
229Chestnut-breasted ChlorophoniaChlorophonia pyrrhophrysRR 
230Thick-billed SiskinSpinus crassirostrisRR 
231White-browed BrushfinchArremon torquatusRR 
232Rufous-eared BrushfinchAtlapetes rufigenisE 
233Tricolored BrushfinchAtlapetes tricolorRR 
234Slaty BrushfinchAtlapetes schistaceusRR 
235Bay-crowned BrushfinchAtlapetes seebohmiNE 
236Rusty-bellied BrushfinchAtlapetes nationiE 
237Black-spectacled BrushfinchAtlapetes melanopsisENT
238Yellow-breasted BrushfinchAtlapetes latinuchaRR 
239Dusky-green OropendolaPsarocolius atrovirensNE 
240Southern Mountain CaciqueCacicus chrysonotusNE 
241Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalusRR 
242Black-lored YellowthroatGeothlypis auricularisNE 
243/Cerulean Warbler/Setophaga cerulea NT
244Black-crested WarblerMyiothlypis nigrocristataRR 
245Two-banded WarblerMyiothlypis bivittataRR 
246Cuzco WarblerMyiothlypis chrysogasterNE 
247Russet-crowned WarblerMyiothlypis coronataRR 
248Red-hooded TanagerPiranga rubricepsRR 
249Black-backed GrosbeakPheucticus aureoventrisRR 
250Black-faced TanagerSchistochlamys melanopisLC 
251White-capped TanagerSericossypha albocristataRRV
252Rufous-crested TanagerCreurgops verticalisRR 
253Slaty TanagerCreurgops dentatusNE 
254Black-capped HemispingusKleinothraupis atropileusRR 
255Rust-and-yellow TanagerThlypopsis ruficepsRR 
256Brown-flanked TanagerThlypopsis pectoralisE 
257ParduscoNephelornis oneilliE 
258Black-goggled TanagerTrichothraupis melanopsLC 
259White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufusRR 
260Blue-capped TanagerSporathraupis cyanocephalaRR 
261Golden-backed Mountain TanagerCnemathraupis aureodorsalisEEN
262Scarlet-bellied Mountain TanagerAnisognathus igniventrisRR 
263Buff-breasted Mountain TanagerDubusia taeniataRR 
264Chestnut-bellied Mountain TanagerDubusia castaneoventrisNE 
265Golden-collared TanagerIridosornis jelskiiNE 
266Yellow-scarfed TanagerIridosornis reinhardtiE 
267Orange-eared TanagerChlorochrysa calliparaeaRR 
268Golden-naped TanagerChalcothraupis ruficervixRR 
269Blue-and-black TanagerTangara vassoriiRR 
270Giant ConebillConirostrum binghami NT
271White-browed ConebillConirostrum ferrugineiventreNE 
272Blue-backed ConebillConirostrum sitticolorRR 
273Moustached FlowerpiercerDiglossa mystacalisNE 
274Masked FlowerpiercerDiglossa cyaneaRR 
275Peruvian Sierra FinchPhrygilus punensisNE 
276Glacier FinchIdiopsar speculiferaRR 
277Tit-like DacnisXenodacnis parinaNE 
278Great Inca-FinchIncaspiza pulchraE 
279Rufous-backed Inca-FinchIncaspiza personataE 
280Drab HemispingusPseudospingus xanthophthalmusNE 
281Gray-hooded Bush TanagerCnemoscopus rubrirostrisRR 
282Rufous-browed HemispingusPoospiza rufosuperciliarisE 
283Plain-tailed Warbling FinchPoospiza alticolaEEN
284Rufous-breasted Warbling FinchPoospiza rubeculaEEN
285Collared Warbling FinchPoospiza hispaniolensisNE 
286Three-striped HemispingusPoospiza trifasciatusNE 
287Saffron FinchSicalis flaveolaRR 
288Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteolaLC 
289Raimondi's Yellow-FinchSicalis raimondiiE 
290Parrot-billed SeedeaterSporophila peruvianaNE 
291Drab SeedeaterSporophila simplexNE 
292Black-billed Seed-FinchSporophila atrirostrisLC 
293Paramo SeedeaterCatamenia homochroa NT
294Red-crested FinchCoryphospingus cucullatusRR 
295Masked SaltatorSaltator cinctusLC 

 

 *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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DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic129
LCLocal167
NENear Endemic206
RRRestricted Range331

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened32
VVulnerable9
ENEndangered10
CRCritically Endangered1

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.