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NORTHERN PERU EXTENDED BIRDING TOUR

Target Birds List

PERU
BIRDING TOUR
ANY TIME*

Duration:21 days, 20 nights
Group Size:2-6
Anytime Price:$7000
Group Price:$6600
Single Suppl:$650
Est #Species:650-700
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.*

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1Hooded TinamouNothocercus nigrocapillusAMPF,AP,FAN
HCR
NE
2Curve-billed TinamouNothoprocta curvirostrisHL,RCVNE
3Peruvian PigeonPatagioenas oenopsManyNE
4Ecuadorian Ground DoveColumbina buckleyiBA,HL,TPNE
5Ochre-bellied DoveLeptotila ochraceiventrisCRNE
6Tschudi's NightjarSystellura decussataPHSNE
7Scrub NightjarNyctidromus anthonyiCR,PHS,TPNE
8Koepcke's HermitPhaethornis koepckeaeCE,HCR,WQE
9Purple-throated SunangelHeliangelus violaAP,HCR,LB,RCVNE
10Royal SunangelHeliangelus regalisManyNE
11Bronze-tailed CometPolyonymus caroliRCVE
12Gray-bellied CometTaphrolesbia griseiventrisRCVE
13Green-headed HillstarOreotrochilus stolzmanniBA,RCVNE
14Coppery MetaltailMetallura theresiaeLBE
15Black MetaltailMetallura phoebeRCV,SME
16Marvelous SpatuletailLoddigesia mirabilisAP,HCR,LBE
17Rainbow StarfrontletCoeligena irisManyNE
18Pink-throated BrilliantHeliodoxa gularisAMPFBC
19Peruvian SheartailThaumastura coraCR,PHSNE
20Short-tailed WoodstarMyrmia micruraCR,PHS,RCVNE
21Purple-collared WoodstarMyrtis fannyManyNE
22Oasis HummingbirdRhodopis vesperBA,CR,PHSNE
23Tumbes HummingbirdThaumasius baeriCR,PHSNE
24Spot-throated HummingbirdThaumasius taczanowskiiManyNE
25Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amaziliaManyNE
26Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidoriManyEN
27Koepcke's Screech-OwlMegascops koepckeaeHCR,LBNE
28Peruvian Screech-OwlMegascops roboratusBA,CR,PHS,TPNE
29Long-whiskered OwletXenoglaux loweryiAMPF,AP,FANE
30Rufous-capped NunletNonnula ruficapillaAMPF,PL,WQBC
31Scarlet-banded BarbetCapito wallaceiPLE
32Versicolored BarbetEubucco steeriiAMPF,AP,WQNE
33Blue-moustached BarbetEubucco versicolorManyNE
34Ecuadorian PiculetPicumnus sclateriCR,PHS,TPNE
35Speckle-chested PiculetPicumnus steindachneriManyE
36Black-necked WoodpeckerColaptes atricollisManyE
37Andean ParakeetBolborhynchus orbygnesiusHL,RCVNE
38Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestisManyNE
39Yellow-faced ParrotletForpus xanthopsBA,HLE
40Cordilleran ParakeetPsittacara frontalusManyNE
41Collared AntshrikeThamnophilus bernardiCR,HL,PHS,TPNE
42Marañon Slaty-Antshrike**Thamnophilus leucogasterTPNE
43Rufescent AntshrikeThamnistes rufescensAMPF,AV,FAN
PL
NE
44Ash-throated AntwrenHerpsilochmus parkeriAMPF,MDC,WQE
45Plataforma Antbird**Myrmeciza ferrugineaPLE
46Cordillera Azul AntbirdMyrmodenus eowilsoniPLE
47Marañon CrescentchestMelanopareia maranonicaRCV,TPNE
48Elegant CrescentchestMelanopareia elegansCR,PHSNE
49Watkins's AntpittaGrallaria watkinsiCRNE
50Stripe-headed AntpittaGrallaria andicolusBA,RCVNE
51Pale-billed AntpittaGrallaria carrikeriAP,HCRE
52Rusty-tinged AntpittaGrallaria przewalskiiAMPF,AP,FAN
HCR
E
53Cajamarca AntpittaGrallaria cajamarcaeBA,CV,HL,RCVE
54Chestnut AntpittaGrallaria blakeiAMPF,AP,FANE
55Chachapoyas AntpittaGrallaria gravesiAP,FANE
56Ochre-fronted AntpittaGrallaricula ochraceifronsAMPF,AP,FANE
57Trilling TapaculoScytalopus parvirostrisAP,FAN,HCR,PLNE
58Rufous-vented TapaculoScytalopus femoralisManyE
59Utcubamba TapaculoScytalopus intermediusAP,FAN,HCR,LBE
60Unicolored TapaculoScytalopus unicolorSME
61Tschudi's TapaculoScytalopus acutirostrisAPE
62Coastal MinerGeositta peruvianaCR,PHSE
63Pacific HorneroFurnarius cinnamomeusCRNE
64Striated EarthcreeperGeocerthia serranaRCVE
65Peruvian RecurvebillSyndactyla ucayalaePLBC
66Henna-hooded Foliage-gleanerClibanornis erythrocephalusCRNE
67Rufous-backed TreehunterThripadectes scrutatorAP,LB,PLNE
68Rusty-crowned Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura pileataRCVE
69Chestnut-backed ThornbirdPhacellodomus dorsalisBA,HCR,HL,SME
70Streak-throated CanasteroAsthenes humilisHCR,RCVNE
71Equatorial GraytailXenerpestes singularisManyNE
72Russet-mantled SofttailCranioleuca berlepschiAMPF,FAN,HCR
LB
E
73|Line-cheeked Spinetail|Cranioleuca antisiensisManyNE
74Chestnut-throated SpinetailSynallaxis cherrieiAMPF,WQBC
75Marañon SpinetailSynallaxis maranonicaRCV,TPNE
76Great SpinetailSynallaxis hypochondriacaRCV,SME
77Necklaced SpinetailSynallaxis stictothoraxCR,PHSNE
78Chinchipe SpinetailSynallaxis chinchipensisPHS,TPE
79Jet ManakinChloropipo unicolorManyNE
80Yungas ManakinChiroxiphia bolivianaPLNE
81Painted ManakinMachaeropterus eckelberryiMDC,PL,WQE
82Peruvian PlantcutterPhytotoma raimondiiCR,PHSE
83Foothill SchiffornisSchiffornis aeneaPL,WQNE
84Yellow-cheeked Becard**Pachyramphus xanthogenysAMPFNE
85Inca FlycatcherLeptopogon taczanowskiiManyE
86Cinnamon-breasted Tody-TyrantHemitriccus cinnamomeipectusManyNE
87Johnson's Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus luluaeAMPF,AP,FAN
HCR
E
88Rufous-winged TyrannuletMecocerculus calopterusAMPF,HCR,LB
PHS
NE
89Black-crested Tit-TyrantAnairetes nigrocristatusManyNE
90Unstreaked Tit-TyrantUromyias agraphiaFAN,HCRE
91Tumbes TyrannuletNesotriccus tumbezanusCR,PHSNE
92Maranon TyrannuletNesotriccus maranonicusManyNE
93Pacific ElaeniaMyiopagis subplacensCR,PHSNE
94Mishana TyrannuletZimmerius villarejoiCE,MDC,PL,WQE
95Peruvian TyrannuletZimmerius viridiflavusManyNE
96Fulvous-faced Scrub-TyrantEuscarthmus fulvicepsManyNE
97Gray-and-white TyrannuletPseudelaenia leucospodiaCR,PHSNE
98Olive-chested FlycatcherMyiophobus cryptoxanthusManyNE
99Gray-breasted FlycatcherLathrotriccus griseipectusBA,HL,RCV,TPNE
100Olive FlycatcherMitrephanes olivaceusAP,FAN,PLNE
101Tumbes PeweeContopus punensisManyNE
102Jelski's Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix jelskiiBA,HL,RCVNE
103Golden-browed Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix pulchellaAPNE
104Tumbes Chat-TyrantOchthoeca salviniCR,PHSE
105Maroon-belted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca thoracicaAP,FAN,HCR,LBNE
106Piura Chat-TyrantOchthoeca piuraeRCVE
107Rufous FlycatcherMyiarchus semirufusCR,PHSE
108Sooty-crowned FlycatcherMyiarchus phaeocephalusManyNE
109Baird's FlycatcherMyiodynastes bairdiiCR,PHS,SMNE
110White-collared JayCyanolyca viridicyanusManyNE
111White-tailed JayCyanocorax mystacalisCR,PHSNE
112Tumbes SwallowTachycineta stolzmanniCR,PHSNE
113Peruvian MartinProgne murphyiCRNE
114Chestnut-collared SwallowPetrochelidon rufocollarisHL,PHSNE
115Marañon Gnatcatcher**Polioptila majorManyE
116Fasciated WrenCampylorhynchus fasciatusManyNE
117Superciliated WrenCantorchilus superciliarisCR,PHS,TPNE
118Peruvian WrenCinnycerthia peruanaAP,HCRE
119Bar-winged Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucopteraManyNE
120Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatusManyNE
121White-eared SolitaireEntomodestes leucotisManyNE
122Varzea ThrushTurdus sanchezorumAMPF,AV,MDC
WQ
BC
123Plumbeous-backed ThrushTurdus reeveiCR,PHSNE
124Marañon ThrushTurdus maranonicusManyNE
125Peruvian PipitAnthus peruvianusPHSNE
126Tumbes SparrowRhynchospiza stolzmanniCR,PHSNE
127Black-capped SparrowArremon abeilleiCR,PHS,TPNE
128White-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes albicepsCR,PHSNE
129Rufous-eared BrushfinchAtlapetes rufigenisHL,RCVE
130White-winged BrushfinchAtlapetes leucopterusPHSNE
131Bay-crowned BrushfinchAtlapetes seebohmiTPNE
132Dusky-green OropendolaPsarocolius atrovirensCENE
133Southern Mountain CaciqueCacicus chrysonotusManyNE
134White-edged OrioleIcterus graceannaeCR,PHSNE
135Pale-eyed BlackbirdAgelasticus xanthophthalmusMDC,WQNE
136Black-lored YellowthroatGeothlypis auricularisManyNE
137Three-banded WarblerBasileuterus trifasciatusCR,PHS,SMNE
138Gray-and-gold WarblerMyiothlypis fraseriPHSNE
139Buff-bellied TanagerThlypopsis inornataManyNE
140Black-bellied TanagerRamphocelus melanogasterManyE
141Chestnut-bellied Mountain TanagerDubusia castaneoventrisAMPFNE
142Yellow-scarfed TanagerIridosornis reinhardtiManyE
143Moustached FlowerpiercerDiglossa mystacalisAP,LB,MDCNE
144Peruvian Sierra FinchPhrygilus punensisManyNE
145Tit-like DacnisXenodacnis parinaRCVNE
146Cinereous FinchPiezorina cinereaCR,PHSE
147Rufous-backed Inca-FinchIncaspiza personataRCVE
148Gray-winged Inca-FinchIncaspiza ortiziBA,HLE
149Buff-bridled Inca-FinchIncaspiza laetaBA,HL,SME
150Little Inca-FinchIncaspiza watkinsiLB,TPE
151Drab HemispingusPseudospingus xanthophthalmusManyNE
152Plain-tailed Warbling FinchPoospiza alticolaBA,RCV,SME
153Collared Warbling FinchPoospiza hispaniolensisCR,PHSNE
154Sulphur-throated FinchSicalis taczanowskiiCR,PHSNE
155Parrot-billed SeedeaterSporophila peruvianaCR,PHSNE
156Drab SeedeaterSporophila simplexManyNE
157Crimson-breasted FinchRhodospingus cruentusCR,PHSNE
158Black-cowled SaltatorSaltator nigricepsCRNE

 

 *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.