IQUITOS AREA
PERU
LOCALE
| # Species: | 303 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 303 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
| Habitat: Lowland rainforest | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Cinereous Tinamou | Crypturellus cinereus | |
| 2 | Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui | |
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| 3 | Horned Screamer | Anhima cornuta | |
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| 4 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| 5 | Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata | |
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| 6 | Speckled Chachalaca | Ortalis guttata | |
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| 7 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 8 | Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis | |
| 9 | Plumbeous Pigeon | Patagioenas plumbea | |
| 10 | Ruddy Pigeon | Patagioenas subvinacea | |
| 11 | Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| 12 | Blue Ground Dove | Claravis pretiosa | |
| 13 | White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |
| 14 | Gray-fronted Dove | Leptotila rufaxilla | |
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| 15 | Greater Ani | Crotophaga major | |
| 16 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| 17 | Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | |
| 18 | Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| 19 | \Dark-billed Cuckoo\ | Coccyzus melacoryphus | |
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| 20 | Sand-colored Nighthawk | Chordeiles rupestris | |
| 21 | /Common Nighthawk/ | Chordeiles minor | |
| 22 | Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus | |
| 23 | Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |
| 24 | Ladder-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis climacocerca | |
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| 25 | Great Potoo | Nyctibius grandis | |
| 26 | Long-tailed Potoo | Nyctibius aethereus | |
| 27 | Common Potoo | Nyctibius griseus | |
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| 28 | Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura | |
| 29 | Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift | Panyptila cayennensis | |
| 30 | Fork tailed Palm-Swift | Tachornis squamata | |
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| 31 | Fiery Topaz | Topaza pyra | |
| 32 | White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | |
| 33 | Rufous-breasted Hermit | Glaucis hirsutus | |
| 34 | White-bearded Hermit | Phaethornis hispidus | |
| 35 | Reddish Hermit | Phaethornis ruber | |
| 36 | Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis | |
| 37 | Long-billed Starthroat | Heliomaster longirostris | |
| 38 | Blue-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus | |
| 39 | Fork-tailed Woodnymph | Thalurania furcata | |
| 40 | Olive-spotted Hummingbird | Talaphorus chlorocercus | |
| 41 | Golden-tailed Sapphire | Chrysuronia oenone | |
| 42 | Glittering-throated Emerald | Chionomesa fimbriata | |
| 43 | Blue-chinned Sapphire | Chlorestes notata | |
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| 44 | Hoatzin | Opisthocomus hoazin | |
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| 45 | Gray-cowled Wood-Rail | Aramides cajaneus | |
| 46 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| 47 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
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| 48 | Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica | |
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| 49 | Gray-winged Trumpeter | Psophia crepitans | |
| 50 | Pale-winged Trumpeter | Psophia leucoptera | |
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| 51 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
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| 52 | /American Golden-Plover/ | Pluvialis dominica | |
| 53 | Pied Plover | Hoploxypterus cayanus | |
| 54 | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | |
| 55 | Collared Plover | Anarhynchus collaris | |
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| 56 | Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana | |
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| 57 | |Upland Sandpiper| | Bartramia longicauda | |
| 58 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius | |
| 59 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria | |
| 60 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes | |
| 61 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| 62 | /Stilt Sandpiper/ | Calidris himantopus | |
| 63 | |Buff-breasted Sandpiper| | Calidris subruficollis | |
| 64 | /Pectoral Sandpiper/ | Calidris melanotos | |
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| 65 | Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | |
| 66 | Yellow-billed Tern | Sternula superciliaris | |
| 67 | Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | |
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| 68 | Sunbittern | Eurypyga helias | |
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| 69 | Maguari Stork | Ciconia maguari | |
| 70 | Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | |
| 71 | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
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| 72 | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
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| 73 | Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianus | |
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| 74 | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | |
| 75 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 76 | Capped Heron | Pilherodius pileatus | |
| 77 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| 78 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| 79 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 80 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 81 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 82 | Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi | |
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| 83 | Green Ibis | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | |
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| 84 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| 85 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| 86 | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | |
| 87 | Greater Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes melambrotus | |
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| 88 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 89 | Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | |
| 90 | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | |
| 91 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | |
| 92 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | |
| 93 | Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus melanoleucus | |
| 94 | Tiny Hawk | Microspizias superciliosus | |
| 95 | Black-collared Hawk | Busarellus nigricollis | |
| 96 | Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | |
| 97 | Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus | |
| 98 | Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea | |
| 99 | Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens | |
| 100 | Slate-colored Hawk | Buteogallus schistaceus | |
| 101 | Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | |
| 102 | Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris | |
| 103 | |Swainson's Hawk| | Buteo swainsoni | |
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| 104 | Tropical Screech-Owl | Megascops choliba | |
| 105 | Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | |
| 106 | Striped Owl | Asio clamator | |
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| 107 | Black-tailed Trogon | Trogon melanurus | |
| 108 | Green-backed Trogon | Trogon viridis | |
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| 109 | Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | |
| 110 | Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona | |
| 111 | Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |
| 112 | Green-and-rufous Kingfisher | Chloroceryle inda | |
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| 113 | Chestnut-capped Puffbird | Bucco macrodactylus | |
| 114 | Black-fronted Nunbird | Monasa nigrifrons | |
| 115 | Swallow-winged Puffbird | Chelidoptera tenebrosa | |
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| 116 | White-eared Jacamar | Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis | |
| 117 | Yellow-billed Jacamar | Galbula albirostris | |
| 118 | White-chinned Jacamar | Galbula tombacea | |
| 119 | Bluish-fronted Jacamar | Galbula cyanescens | |
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| 120 | Scarlet-crowned Barbet | Capito aurovirens | |
| 121 | Gilded Barbet | Capito auratus | |
| 122 | Lemon-throated Barbet | Eubucco richardsoni | |
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| 123 | Lettered Aracari | Pteroglossus inscriptus | |
| 124 | Chestnut-eared Aracari | Pteroglossus castanotis | |
| 125 | Many-banded Aracari | Pteroglossus pluricinctus | |
| 126 | White-throated Toucan | Ramphastos tucanus | |
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| 127 | Plain-breasted Piculet | Picumnus castelnau | |
| 128 | Yellow-tufted Woodpecker | Melanerpes cruentatus | |
| 129 | Little Woodpecker | Dryobates passerinus | |
| 130 | Crimson-crested Woodpecker | Campephilus melanoleucos | |
| 131 | Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | |
| 132 | Cream-colored Woodpecker | Celeus flavus | |
| 133 | Spot-breasted Woodpecker | Colaptes punctigula | |
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| 134 | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |
| 135 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | |
| 136 | Red-throated Caracara | Ibycter americanus | |
| 137 | Yellow-headed Caracara | Daptrius chimachima | |
| 138 | Black Caracara | Daptrius ater | |
| 139 | Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | |
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| 140 | Tui Parakeet | Brotogeris sanctithomae | |
| 141 | White-winged Parakeet | Brotogeris versicolurus | |
| 142 | Cobalt-winged Parakeet | Brotogeris cyanoptera | |
| 143 | Blue-headed Parrot | Pionus menstruus | |
| 144 | Short-tailed Parrot | Graydidascalus brachyurus | |
| 145 | Festive Parrot | Amazona festiva | |
| 146 | Yellow-crowned Parrot | Amazona ochrocephala | |
| 147 | Mealy Parrot | Amazona farinosa | |
| 148 | Orange-winged Parrot | Amazona amazonica | |
| 149 | Riparian Parrotlet | Forpus crassirostris | |
| 150 | White-bellied Parrot | Pionites leucogaster | |
| 151 | Maroon-tailed Parakeet | Pyrrhura melanura | |
| 152 | Dusky-headed Parakeet | Aratinga weddellii | |
| 153 | Red-bellied Macaw | Orthopsittaca manilatus | |
| 154 | Blue-and-yellow Macaw | Ara ararauna | |
| 155 | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao | |
| 156 | Red-and-green Macaw | Ara chloropterus | |
| 157 | Chestnut-fronted Macaw | Ara severus | |
| 158 | White-eyed Parakeet | Psittacara leucophthalmus | |
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| 159 | Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus | |
| 160 | Castelnau's Antshrike | Thamnophilus cryptoleucus | |
| 161 | White-shouldered Antshrike | Thamnophilus aethiops | |
| 162 | Dusky-throated Antshrike | Thamnomanes ardesiacus | |
| 163 | Cinereous Antshrike | Thamnomanes caesius | |
| 164 | Riparian Antbird | Cercomacroides fuscicauda | |
| 165 | Black-faced Antbird | Myrmoborus myotherinus | |
| 166 | Black-tailed Antbird | Myrmoborus melanurus | |
| 167 | Band-tailed Antbird | Hypocnemoides maculicauda | |
| 168 | Black-and-white Antbird | Myrmochanes hemileucus | |
| 169 | Spot-winged Antbird | Myrmelastes leucostigma | |
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| 170 | Rusty-belted Tapaculo | Liosceles thoracicus | |
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| 171 | Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | |
| 172 | Long-tailed Woodcreeper | Deconychura longicauda | |
| 173 | Plain-brown Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla fuliginosa | |
| 174 | Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper | Dendrexetastes rufigula | |
| 175 | Strong-billed Woodcreeper | Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus | |
| 176 | Striped Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus obsoletus | |
| 177 | Elegant Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus elegans | |
| 178 | Buff-throated Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus guttatus | |
| 179 | Straight-billed Woodcreeper | Dendroplex picus | |
| 180 | Lesser Hornero | Furnarius minor | |
| 181 | Orange-fronted Plushcrown | Metopothrix aurantiaca | |
| 182 | Parker's Spinetail | Cranioleuca vulpecula | |
| 183 | Red-and-white Spinetail | Certhiaxis mustelinus | |
| 184 | White-bellied Spinetail | Mazaria propinqua | |
| 185 | Dark-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albigularis | |
| 186 | Ruddy Spinetail | Synallaxis rutilans | |
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| 187 | Blue-backed Manakin | Chiroxiphia pareola | |
| 188 | Blue-capped Manakin | Lepidothrix coronata | |
| 189 | White-crowned Manakin | Pseudopipra pipra | |
| 190 | Golden-headed Manakin | Ceratopipra erythrocephala | |
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| 191 | Purple-throated Fruitcrow | Querula purpurata | |
| 192 | Amazonian Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus ornatus | |
| 193 | Plum-throated Cotinga | Cotinga maynana | |
| 194 | Spangled Cotinga | Cotinga cayana | |
| 195 | Bare-necked Fruitcrow | Gymnoderus foetidus | |
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| 196 | Black-tailed Tityra | Tityra cayana | |
| 197 | Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata | |
| 198 | White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus | |
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| 199 | Golden-winged Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus calopterus | |
| 200 | Spotted Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum maculatum | |
| 201 | Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum | |
| 202 | Gray-crowned Flatbill | Tolmomyias poliocephalus | |
| 203 | Olive-faced Flatbill | Tolmomyias viridiceps | |
| 204 | \Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet\ | Camptostoma obsoletum | |
| 205 | Southern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet | Nesotriccus murinus | |
| 206 | Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet | Tyrannulus elatus | |
| 207 | \Small-billed Elaenia\ | Elaenia parvirostris | |
| 208 | River Tyrannulet | Serpophaga hypoleuca | |
| 209 | Lesser Wagtail-Tyrant | Stigmatura napensis | |
| 210 | /Eastern Wood-Pewee/ | Contopus virens | |
| 211 | Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | |
| 212 | Drab Water Tyrant | Ochthornis littoralis | |
| 213 | White-headed Marsh Tyrant | Arundinicola leucocephala | |
| 214 | \Black-backed Water-Tyrant\ | Fluvicola albiventer | |
| 215 | Cinnamon Attila | Attila cinnamomeus | |
| 216 | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |
| 217 | \Swainson's Flycatcher\ | Myiarchus swainsoni | |
| 218 | Short-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus ferox | |
| 219 | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| 220 | Lesser Kiskadee | Philohydor lictor | |
| 221 | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| 222 | Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| 223 | Gray-capped Flycatcher | Myiozetetes granadensis | |
| 224 | \Streaked Flycatcher\ | Myiodynastes maculatus | |
| 225 | \Variegated Flycatcher\ | Empidonomus varius | |
| 226 | Sulphury Flycatcher | Tyrannopsis sulphurea | |
| 227 | \White-throated Kingbird\ | Tyrannus albogularis | |
| 228 | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| 229 | /Eastern Kingbird/ | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
| 230 | /Fork-tailed Flycatcher/ | Tyrannus savana | |
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| 231 | Gray-chested Greenlet | Hylophilus semicinereus | |
| 232 | Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
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| 233 | Black-capped Donacobius | Donacobius atricapilla | |
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| 234 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 235 | White-winged Swallow | Tachycineta albiventer | |
| 236 | /Purple Martin/ | Progne subis | |
| 237 | Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | |
| 238 | \Southern Martin\ | Progne elegans | |
| 239 | Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | |
| 240 | Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | |
| 241 | White-banded Swallow | Atticora fasciata | |
| 242 | Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| 243 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
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| 244 | Tropical Gnatcatcher | Polioptila plumbea | |
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| 245 | Scaly-breasted Wren | Microcerculus marginatus | |
| 246 | House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| 247 | Thrush-like Wren | Campylorhynchus turdinus | |
| 248 | Moustached Wren | Pheugopedius genibarbis | |
| 249 | Coraya Wren | Pheugopedius coraya | |
| 250 | Buff-breasted Wren | Cantorchilus leucotis | |
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| 251 | Varzea Thrush | Turdus sanchezorum | |
| 252 | Black-billed Thrush | Turdus ignobilis | |
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| 253 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
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| 254 | Purple-throated Euphonia | Euphonia chlorotica | |
| 255 | Golden-bellied Euphonia | Euphonia chrysopasta | |
| 256 | White-vented Euphonia | Euphonia minuta | |
| 257 | Thick-billed Euphonia | Euphonia laniirostris | |
| 258 | Orange-bellied Euphonia | Euphonia xanthogaster | |
| 259 | Rufous-bellied Euphonia | Euphonia rufiventris | |
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| 260 | Yellow-browed Sparrow | Ammodramus aurifrons | |
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| 261 | Red-breasted Meadowlark | Leistes militaris | |
| 262 | Russet-backed Oropendola | Psarocolius angustifrons | |
| 263 | Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus | |
| 264 | Yellow-rumped Cacique | Cacicus cela | |
| 265 | Orange-backed Troupial | Icterus croconotus | |
| 266 | Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| 267 | Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus | |
| 268 | Velvet-fronted Grackle | Lampropsar tanagrinus | |
| 269 | Oriole Blackbird | Gymnomystax mexicanus | |
| 270 | Yellow-hooded Blackbird | Chrysomus icterocephalus | |
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| 271 | Yellow Warbler | Setophaga petechia | |
| 272 | /Blackpoll Warbler/ | Setophaga striata | |
| 273 | Buff-rumped Warbler | Myiothlypis fulvicauda | |
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| 274 | /Scarlet Tanager/ | Piranga olivacea | |
| 275 | Red-crowned Ant-Tanager | Habia rubica | |
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| 276 | Red-capped Cardinal | Paroaria gularis | |
| 277 | Magpie Tanager | Cissopis leverianus | |
| 278 | Hooded Tanager | Nemosia pileata | |
| 279 | Orange-headed Tanager | Thlypopsis sordida | |
| 280 | Gray-headed Tanager | Eucometis penicillata | |
| 281 | Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo | |
| 282 | Masked Crimson Tanager | Ramphocelus nigrogularis | |
| 283 | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
| 284 | Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | |
| 285 | Masked Tanager | Stilpnia nigrocincta | |
| 286 | Turquoise Tanager | Tangara mexicana | |
| 287 | Paradise Tanager | Tangara chilensis | |
| 288 | Opal-crowned Tanager | Tangara callophrys | |
| 289 | Green-and-gold Tanager | Tangara schrankii | |
| 290 | Black-faced Dacnis | Dacnis lineata | |
| 291 | Yellow-bellied Dacnis | Dacnis flaviventer | |
| 292 | Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana | |
| 293 | Purple Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes caeruleus | |
| 294 | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| 295 | \Lesson's Seedeater\ | Sporophila bouvronides | |
| 296 | \Lined Seedeater\ | Sporophila lineola | |
| 297 | Chestnut-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila castaneiventris | |
| 298 | Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch | Sporophila angolensis | |
| 299 | Wing-barred Seedeater | Sporophila americana | |
| 300 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| 301 | Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus | |
| 302 | Bluish-gray Saltator | Saltator coerulescens | |
| 303 | Slate-colored Grosbeak | Saltator grossus | |
*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.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 17 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 11 |
| || | Transient | 3 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 5 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 0 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
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.