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HIGHLANDS/MACHU PICCHU/MANU ROAD TOUR

Possible Specialty Birds for Tour

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ANY TIME*

Duration:13 days, 12 nights
Group Size:2-6
Anytime Price:$6600
Group Price:$6300
Single Suppl:$400
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

1Darwin's NothuraNothura darwiniiRR 
2Taczanowski's TinamouNothoprocta taczanowskiiNEV
3Tawny-breasted TinamouNothocercus juliusRR 
4Hooded TinamouNothocercus nigrocapillusNE 
5Gray TinamouTinamus tao V
6Black TinamouTinamus osgoodiNEV
7Brown TinamouCrypturellus obsoletusRR 
8Black-capped TinamouCrypturellus atrocapillusRR 
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 
15Sickle-winged GuanChamaepetes goudotiiLC 
16Wattled GuanAburria aburri NT
17Crested GuanPenelope purpurascensRRNT
18Razor-billed CurassowMitu tuberosum NT
19Rufous-breasted Wood-QuailOdontophorus speciosusRR 
20Stripe-faced Wood-QuailOdontophorus ballivianiNE 
21Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosaRR 
22Maroon-chested Ground DoveParaclaravis mondetouraLC 
23Golden-spotted Ground DoveMetriopelia aymaraRR 
24Sapphire Quail-DoveGeotrygon saphirinaRR 
25Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi V
26Lyre-tailed NightjarUropsalis lyraLC 
27Tschudi's NightjarQuechuavis decussataNE 
28Silky-tailed NightjarAntrostomus sericocaudatusLC 
29Andean PotooNyctibius maculosusLC 
30OilbirdSteatornis caripensisLC 
31White-chinned SwiftCypseloides cryptusRR 
32/Chimney Swift/Chaetura pelagica V
33Pale-tailed BarbthroatThrenetes leucurusLC 
34Tawny-bellied HermitPhaethornis syrmatophorusRR 
35Koepcke's HermitPhaethornis koepckeaeENT
36White-browed HermitPhaethornis stuartiNE 
37Blue-fronted LancebillDoryfera johannaeRR 
38Brown VioletearColibri delphinaeLC 
39Wire-crested ThorntailDiscosura popelairiiRR 
40Butterfly CoquetteLophornis verreauxiiLC 
41Peruvian PiedtailPhlogophilus hartertiE 
42Speckled HummingbirdAdelomyia melanogenysRR 
43Purple-backed ThornbillRamphomicron microrhynchumLC 
44Olivaceous ThornbillChalcostigma olivaceumNE 
45Bearded MountaineerOreonympha nobilisE 
46Scaled MetaltailMetallura aeneocaudaNE 
47Buff-thighed PufflegHaplophaedia assimilisNE 
48White-tufted SunbeamAglaeactis castelnaudiiENT
49Gould's IncaCoeligena incaNE 
50Mountain VelvetbreastLafresnaya lafresnayiRR 
51Rufous-booted Racket-tailOcreatus addaeNE 
52Rufous-webbed BrilliantHeliodoxa branickiiE 
53Black-throated BrilliantHeliodoxa schreibersiiLC 
54Peruvian SheartailThaumastura coraNE 
55Purple-collared WoodstarMyrtis fannyNE 
56Oasis HummingbirdRhodopis vesperNE 
57Little WoodstarChaetocercus bombusRRNT
58Many-spotted HummingbirdTaphrospilus hypostictusRR 
59Swallow-tailed HummingbirdEupetomena macrouraLC 
60Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatlRR 
61Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amaziliaNE 
62Andean EmeraldUranomitra franciaeRR 
63Green-and-white HummingbirdElliotomyia viridicaudaE 
64Paint-billed CrakeMustelirallus erythropsLC 
65Blackish RailPardirallus nigricansLC 
66Uniform CrakeAmaurolimnas concolorLC 
67Gray-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilisLC 
68Black RailLaterallus jamaicensisRREN
69Pale-winged TrumpeterPsophia leucoptera NT
70Southern LapwingVanellus chilensisRR 
71Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsoniaRR 
72Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus NT
73Imperial SnipeGallinago imperialisLCNT
74Jameson's SnipeGallinago jamesoniRR 
75/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
76/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
77Peruvian TernSternula lorata EN
78#Inca Tern#Larosterna incaNENT
79/Elegant Tern/Thalasseus elegans NT
80/Chilean Flamingo/Phoenicopterus chilensis NT
81Humboldt PenguinSpheniscus humboldti V
82/Waved Albatross/Phoebastria irrorata CR
83Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseus NT
84Peruvian Diving-PetrelPelecanoides garnotiiNENT
85/Magnificent Frigatebird/Fregata magnificensRR 
86Red-legged CormorantPoikilocarbo gaimardi NT
87Guanay CormorantLeucocarbo bougainvilliorum NT
88Andean IbisTheristicus branickii NT
89Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violaceaRR 
90Peruvian PelicanPelecanus thagus NT
91Andean CondorVultur gryphus V
92Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
93Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidoriLCEN
94Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis NT
95Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja V
96\Gray-bellied Hawk\Accipiter poliogaster NT
97Semicollared HawkMicrospizias collarisLC 
98Slender-billed KiteHelicolestes hamatusLC 
99Barred HawkMorphnarchus princepsLC 
100Solitary EagleButeogallus solitarius NT
101Subtropical Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium parkeriRR 
102Lanceolated MonkletMicromonacha lanceolataLC 
103White-faced NunbirdHapaloptila castaneaRR 
104Scarlet-hooded BarbetEubucco tucinkaeRR 
105Red-headed BarbetEubucco bourcieriiRR 
106Versicolored BarbetEubucco steeriiE 
107Blue-moustached BarbetEubucco versicolorNE 
108Chestnut-tipped ToucanetAulacorhynchus derbianusRR 
109Blue-banded ToucanetAulacorhynchus coeruleicinctisNE 
110Gray-breasted Mountain-ToucanAndigena hypoglaucaRRNT
111Pale-mandibled AracariPteroglossus erythropygiusRR 
112Golden-collared ToucanetSelenidera reinwardtiiRR 
113Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus NT
114Ocellated PiculetPicumnus dorbignyanusRR 
115Rufous-breasted PiculetPicumnus rufiventrisLC 
116Fine-barred PiculetPicumnus subtilisNE 
117Red-rumped WoodpeckerVeniliornis kirkiiRR 
118Yellow-vented WoodpeckerVeniliornis dignusRR 
119Powerful WoodpeckerCampephilus pollensRR 
120Rufous-headed WoodpeckerCeleus spectabilisLC 
121Crimson-mantled WoodpeckerColaptes rivoliiRR 
122Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayRR 
123Andean ParakeetBolborhynchus orbygnesiusNE 
124White-winged ParakeetBrotogeris versicolurusRR 
125Red-billed ParrotPionus sordidusRR 
126Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestisNE 
127Maroon-tailed ParakeetPyrrhura melanuraRR 
128Black-capped ParakeetPyrrhura rupicolaRR 
129Blue-headed MacawPrimolius couloni V
130Military MacawAra militarisRRV
131&Golden-plumed ParakeetlLeptosittaca branickiiRR 
132Cordilleran ParakeetPsittacara frontalusNENT
133Mitred ParakeetPsittacara mitratusRR 
134Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenysNENT
135Rufous-rumped AntwrenEuchrepomis callinotaRR 
136Yellow-rumped AntwrenEuchrepomis sharpeiNEEN
137Bamboo AntshrikeCymbilaimus sanctaemariaeRR 
138Rufous-capped AntshrikeThamnophilus ruficapillusRR 
139Chestnut-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus palliatusRR 
140Uniform AntshrikeThamnophilus unicolorRR 
141Rufescent AntshrikeThamnistes rufescensNE 
142Slaty AntwrenMyrmotherula schisticolorRR 
143Creamy-bellied AntwrenHerpsilochmus motacilloidesENT
144Yellow-breasted AntwrenHerpsilochmus axillaris V
145Striated AntbirdDrymophila devilleiRR 
146White-lined AntbirdMyrmoborus lophotesRR 
147Brownish-headed AntbirdMyrmelastes brunneicepsNE 
148Goeldi's AntbirdAkletos goeldiiRR 
149Slaty GnateaterConopophaga ardesiacaNE 
150Undulated AntpittaGrallaria squamigeraRR 
151Scaled AntpittaGrallaria guatimalensisRR 
152Chestnut-crowned AntpittaGrallaria ruficapillaRR 
153Stripe-headed AntpittaGrallaria andicolusNE 
154White-throated AntpittaGrallaria albigulaRR 
155Red-and-white AntpittaGrallaria erythroleucaE 
156Urubamba AntpittaGrallaria occabambaeE 
157Ochre-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula flavirostris NT
158Puna TapaculoScytalopus simonsiNE 
159Diademed TapaculoScytalopus schulenbergiNE 
160Trilling TapaculoScytalopus parvirostrisNE 
161Unicolored TapaculoScytalopus unicolorENT
162Barred AntthrushChamaeza mollissimaRR 
163Gray-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularis NT
164Coastal MinerGeositta peruvianaE 
165Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosaRR 
166Brown-billed ScythebillCampylorhamphus pusillusRR 
167Greater ScythebillDrymotoxeres pucheranii NT
168Slender-billed XenopsXenops tenuirostrisLC 
169Royal CinclodesCinclodes aricomaeNECR
170Surf CinclodesCinclodes taczanowskiiE 
171Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleanerAnabazenops dorsalisLC 
172Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia ruficaudataLC 
173Peruvian RecurvebillSyndactyla ucayalaeRRNT
174Ruddy Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rubiginosusLC 
175Rufous-backed TreehunterThripadectes scrutatorNE 
176Brown-rumped Foliage-gleanerAutomolus melanopezusLC 
177Pearled TreerunnerMargarornis squamigerRR 
178White-browed Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura xenothoraxEEN
179Andean Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura andicolaLC 
180Streak-fronted ThornbirdPhacellodomus striaticepsLC 
181Line-fronted CanasteroAsthenes urubambensisNENT
182Junin CanasteroAsthenes virgataE 
183Scribble-tailed CanasteroAsthenes maculicaudaLC 
184Streak-throated CanasteroAsthenes humilisNE 
185Puna ThistletailAsthenes helleriNE 
186Rusty-fronted CanasteroAsthenes ottonisE 
187Speckled SpinetailThripophaga gutturataLC 
188Plain SofttailThripophaga fuscicepsLC 
189Marcapata SpinetailCranioleuca marcapataeE 
190Creamy-crested SpinetailCranioleuca albicapillaE 
191|Line-cheeked Spinetail|Cranioleuca antisiensisNE 
192Azara's SpinetailSynallaxis azaraeRR 
193Apurimac SpinetailSynallaxis courseniEV
194Cabanis's SpinetailSynallaxis cabanisiRR 
195Marañon SpinetailSynallaxis maranonicaNECR
196Jet ManakinChloropipo unicolorNE 
197Yungas ManakinChiroxiphia bolivianaNE 
198Golden-winged ManakinMasius chrysopterusRR 
199Green ManakinCryptopipo holochloraRR 
200Cerulean-capped ManakinLepidothrix coeruleocapillaE 
201Green-and-black FruiteaterPipreola riefferiiRR 
202Band-tailed FruiteaterPipreola intermediaNE 
203Barred FruiteaterPipreola arcuataRR 
204Masked FruiteaterPipreola pulchraE 
205Olivaceous PihaSnowornis cryptolophusLC 
206One-colored BecardPachyramphus homochrousRR 
207Crested BecardPachyramphus validusRR 
208SharpbillOxyruncus cristatusLC 
209McConnell's FlycatcherMionectes macconnelliRR 
210Slaty-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon superciliarisRR 
211Inca FlycatcherLeptopogon taczanowskiiENT
212Cinnamon-faced TyrannuletPhylloscartes parkeriNE 
213Marble-faced Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus ophthalmicusLC 
214Bronze-olive Pygmy-TyrantPseudotriccus pelzelniRR 
215Hazel-fronted Pygmy-TyrantPseudotriccus simplexNE 
216Buff-throated Tody-TyrantHemitriccus rufigularisRRNT
217Ochre-faced Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus plumbeicepsRR 
218Black-backed Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus pulchellusE 
219Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescensRR 
220Cliff FlycatcherHirundinea ferrugineaLC 
221Ornate FlycatcherMyiotriccus ornatusRR 
222Handsome FlycatcherNephelomyias pulcherRR 
223Ochraceous-breasted FlycatcherNephelomyias ochraceiventrisNE 
224White-throated TyrannuletMecocerculus leucophrysRR 
225Ash-breasted Tit-TyrantAnairetes alpinusNEEN
226Unstreaked Tit-TyrantUromyias agraphiaE 
227Subtropical DoraditoPseudocolopteryx acutipennisLC 
228Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogasterLC 
229Highland ElaeniaElaenia obscuraLC 
230Sclater's TyrannuletPhyllomyias sclateriRR 
231Plumbeous-crowned TyrannuletPhyllomyias plumbeicepsLC 
232White-fronted TyrannuletAcrochordopus zeledoniLC 
233Tawny-rumped TyrannuletTyranniscus uropygialisRR 
234Red-billed TyrannuletZimmerius cinereicapilla V
235Golden-faced TyrannuletZimmerius chrysopsRR 
236Peruvian TyrannuletZimmerius viridiflavusNE 
237Bolivian TyrannuletZimmerius bolivianusNE 
238Unadorned FlycatcherMyiophobus inornatusNE 
239Rufescent FlycatcherMyiophobus rufescensNE 
240Olive FlycatcherMitrephanes olivaceusNE 
241/Olive-sided Flycatcher/Contopus cooperi NT
242Amazonian Scrub-FlycatcherSublegatus obscuriorLC 
243White-winged Black-TyrantKnipolegus aterrimusRR 
244Taczanowski's Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola griseusNE 
245Rufous-bellied Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes fuscorufusNE 
246Kalinowski's Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix spodionotaNE 
247Golden-browed Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix pulchellaNE 
248Maroon-belted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca thoracicaNE 
249Rufous-breasted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca rufipectoralisRR 
250Brown-backed Chat-TyrantOchthoeca fumicolorRR 
251Rufous-tailed FlatbillRamphotrigon ruficaudaRR 
252Lemon-browed FlycatcherConopias cinchoneti V
253Golden-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes hemichrysusRR 
254Sulphury FlycatcherTyrannopsis sulphureaLC 
255Lemon-chested GreenletHylophilus thoracicusLC 
256White-collared JayCyanolyca viridicyanusNENT
257Purplish JayCyanocorax cyanomelasRR 
258White-tailed JayCyanocorax mystacalisNE 
259Peruvian MartinProgne murphyiNENT
260White-thighed SwallowAtticora tibialisLC 
261Andean SwallowOrochelidon andecolaRR 
262Chestnut-collared SwallowPetrochelidon rufocollarisNE 
263Tawny-faced GnatwrenMicrobates cinereiventrisLC 
264Grass WrenCistothorus platensisLC 
265Inca WrenPheugopedius eisenmanniE 
266Sharpe's WrenCinnycerthia olivascensRR 
267Fulvous WrenCinnycerthia fulvaNE 
268Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatusNE 
269White-eared SolitaireEntomodestes leucotisNE 
270Glossy-black ThrushTurdus serranusRR 
271\Creamy-bellied Thrush\Turdus amaurochalinusRR 
272Yellowish PipitAnthus chiiRR 
273Peruvian PipitAnthus peruvianusNE 
274Chestnut-breasted ChlorophoniaChlorophonia pyrrhophrysRR 
275Orange-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia saturataRR 
276&Yellow-bellied SiskinlSpinus xanthogastrusRR 
277Thick-billed SiskinSpinus crassirostrisRR 
278Ashy-throated ChlorospingusChlorospingus canigularisLC 
279Grassland SparrowAmmodramus humeralisRR 
280Olive FinchArremon castaneicepsLCNT
281Tricolored BrushfinchAtlapetes tricolorRR 
282Golden-crowned BrushfinchAtlapetes tricolorE 
283Cuzco BrushfinchAtlapetes canigenisE 
284Black-faced BrushfinchAtlapetes melanolaemusNE 
285Yellow-breasted BrushfinchAtlapetes latinuchaRR 
286\White-browed Meadowlark\Leistes superciliarisRR 
287Dusky-green OropendolaPsarocolius atrovirensNE 
288Selva CaciqueCacicus koepckeaeENT
289Mountain CaciqueCacicus chrysonotusRR 
290White-edged OrioleIcterus graceannaeNE 
291Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thiliusRR 
292Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalusRR 
293Black-lored YellowthroatGeothlypis auricularisNE 
294/Cerulean Warbler/Setophaga cerulea NT
295Two-banded WarblerMyiothlypis bivittataRR 
296Cuzco WarblerMyiothlypis chrysogasterNE 
297Russet-crowned WarblerMyiothlypis coronataRR 
298Black-backed GrosbeakPheucticus aureoventrisRR 
299Ecuadorian SeedeaterAmaurospiza aequatorialisNE 
300Black-faced TanagerSchistochlamys melanopisLC 
301Rufous-crested TanagerCreurgops verticalisRR 
302Slaty TanagerCreurgops dentatusNE 
303Black-capped HemispingusKleinothraupis atropileusRR 
304Parodi's HemispingusKleinothraupis parodiiENT
305Black-eared HemispingusSphenopsis melanotisNE 
306Rust-and-yellow TanagerThlypopsis ruficepsRR 
307Black-goggled TanagerTrichothraupis melanopsLC 
308Inti TanagerHeliothraupis oneilliNE 
309White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufusRR 
310Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerusRR 
311Blue-capped TanagerSporathraupis cyanocephalaRR 
312Scarlet-bellied Mountain TanagerAnisognathus igniventrisRR 
313Streak-crowned Mountain TanagerDubusia stictocephalaNE 
314Chestnut-bellied Mountain TanagerDubusia castaneoventrisNE 
315Golden-collared TanagerIridosornis jelskiiNE 
316Yellow-scarfed TanagerIridosornis reinhardtiE 
317Orange-eared TanagerChlorochrysa calliparaeaRR 
318Golden-naped TanagerChalcothraupis ruficervixRR 
319Green-throated TanagerStilpnia argyrofengesRR 
320Blue-and-black TanagerTangara vassoriiRR 
321Metallic-green TanagerTangara labradoridesRR 
322Giant ConebillConirostrum binghami NT
323White-browed ConebillConirostrum ferrugineiventreNE 
324Blue-backed ConebillConirostrum sitticolorRR 
325Moustached FlowerpiercerDiglossa mystacalisNE 
326Masked FlowerpiercerDiglossa cyaneaRR 
327Peruvian Sierra FinchPhrygilus punensisNE 
328Glacier FinchIdiopsar speculiferaRR 
329Short-tailed FinchIdiopsar brachyurusRR 
330Tit-like DacnisXenodacnis parinaNE 
331Drab HemispingusPseudospingus xanthophthalmusNE 
332Black-billed CnemoscopusCnemoscopus chrysogasterNE 
333Collared Warbling FinchPoospiza hispaniolensisNE 
334Three-striped HemispingusPoospiza trifasciatusNE 
335Chestnut-breasted Mountain-FinchPoospizopsis caesarE 
336Saffron FinchSicalis flaveolaRR 
337Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteolaLC 
338Raimondi's Yellow-FinchSicalis raimondiiNE 
339Parrot-billed SeedeaterSporophila peruvianaNE 
340Drab SeedeaterSporophila simplexNE 
341Black-billed Seed-FinchSporophila atrirostrisLC 
342Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvinaRR 
343Slate-colored SeedeaterSporophila schistaceaLC 
344Paramo 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##
EEndemic131
LCLocal167
NENear Endemic205
RRRestricted Range326

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened46
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.