BIRDING LOCALES

• ACT Canopy Walkway Lodge (ACT)
• Allpahuayo-Mishana Reserve (AMR)
• Andamarca Valley (MV)
• Explornapo Lodge (ENL)
• Iquitos Area (IQ)
• Muyuna Amazon Lodge (MAL)
• Yurimaguas (YURI)

DISTRIBUTION CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	13
LC	Local	24
NE	Near Endemic	31
RR	Restricted Range	72

STATUS CODES

Code	Description	##
NT	Near Threatened	9
V	Vulnerable	14
EN	Endangered	6
CR	Critically Endangered	1

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.

 

List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates 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. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*

1	Lesser Rhea	Rhea pennata	LC
2	Red-winged Tinamou	Rhynchotus rufescens	RR
3	Barred Tinamou	Crypturellus casiquiare	RR
4	Gray-legged Tinamou	Crypturellus duidae	RR
5	Fulvous Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna bicolor	RR
6	Nocturnal Curassow	Nothocrax urumutum	RR
7	Sira Curassow	Pauxi koepckeae	E	CR
8	Salvin's Curassow	Mitu salvini	LC
9	Wattled Curassow	Crax globulosa	LC	EN
10	Rufous-headed Chachalaca	Ortalis erythroptera	NE	V
11	Pallid Dove	Leptotila pallida	RR
12	\Nacunda Nighthawk\	Chordeiles nacunda	RR
13	White-tailed Goldenthroat	Polytmus guainumbi	LC
14	Green-breasted Mango	Anthracothorax prevostii	RR
15	Short-tailed Woodstar	Myrmia micrura	NE
16	White-vented Plumeleteer	Chalybura buffonii	RR
17	Crowned Woodnymph	Thalurania colombica	RR
18	Olive-spotted Hummingbird	Talaphorus chlorocercus	RR
19	Violet-bellied Hummingbird	Chlorestes julie	RR
20	Mangrove Rail	Rallus longirostris	RR
21	Ecuadorian Rail	Rallus aequatorialis	LC
22	Ash-throated Crake	Mustelirallus albicollis	LC
23	Rufous-necked Wood-Rail	Aramides axillaris	RR
24	Red-winged Wood-Rail	Aramides calopterus	LC
25	\Andean Flamingo\	Phoenicoparrus andinus	RR	V
26	\James's Flamingo\	Phoenicoparrus jamesi	RR	NT
27	Titicaca Grebe	Rollandia microptera	NE	EN
28	White Ibis	Eudocimus albus	RR
29	Bare-throated Tiger-Heron	Tigrisoma mexicanum	RR
30	Plumbeous Hawk	Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea	RR	NT
31	Common Black Hawk	Buteogallus anthracinus	RR
32	Gray-backed Hawk	Pseudastur occidentalis	NE	EN
33	Semiplumbeous Hawk	Leucopternis semiplumbeus	LC
34	Barred Puffbird	Nystalus radiatus	RR
35	White-whiskered Puffbird	Malacoptila panamensis	RR
36	Rusty-breasted Nunlet	Nonnula rubecula	RR
37	White-eared Jacamar	Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis	RR
38	Blue-cheeked Jacamar	Galbula cyanicollis	RR
39	Bronzy Jacamar	Galbula leucogastra	RR
40	Sira Barbet	Capito fitzpatricki	E	NT
41	Yellow-browed Toucanet	Aulacorhynchus huallagae	E	EN
42	Hooded Mountain-Toucan	Andigena cucullata	NE
43	Toco Toucan	Ramphastos toco	RR
44	Plain-breasted Piculet	Picumnus castelnau	RR
45	Olivaceous Piculet	Picumnus olivaceus	RR
46	White Woodpecker	Melanerpes candidus	RR
47	Black-cheeked Woodpecker	Melanerpes pucherani	RR
48	White-fronted Woodpecker	Melanerpes cactorum	RR
49	Gray-cheeked Parakeet	Brotogeris pyrrhoptera	NE	V
50	Bronze-winged Parrot	Pionus chalcopterus	RR
51	Red-fan Parrot	Deroptyus accipitrinus	LC
52	White-necked Parakeet	Pyrrhura albipectus	NE	V
53	Peach-fronted Parakeet	Eupsittula aurea	RR
54	Black-crested Antshrike	Sakesphorus canadensis	LC
55	Black-crowned Antshrike	Thamnophilus atrinucha	RR
56	Upland Antshrike	Thamnophilus aroyae	NE
57	Acre Antshrike	Thamnophilus divisorius	NE
58	Cinereous Antshrike	Thamnomanes caesius	RR
59	Cherrie's Antwren	Myrmotherula cherriei	LC
60	Rio Suno Antwren	Myrmotherula sunensis	LC
61	Ashy Antwren	Myrmotherula grisea	NE
62	Leaden Antwren	Myrmotherula assimilis	RR
63	Ancient Antwren	Herpsilochmus gentryi	NE
64	Ash-breasted Antbird	Myrmoborus lugubris	RR	V
65	Black-tailed Antbird	Myrmoborus melanurus	NE	V
66	Black-headed Antbird	Percnostola rufifrons	RR
67	Allpahuayo Antbird	Percnostola arenarum	E	V
68	Slate-colored Antbird	Myrmelastes schistacea	RR
69	White-masked Antbird	Pithys castaneus	E	NT
70	White-cheeked Antbird	Gymnopithys leucaspis	RR
71	Variegated Antpitta	Grallaria varia	RR
72	Plain-backed Antpitta	Grallaria haplonota	LC
73	Jocotoco Antpitta	Grallaria ridgelyi	NE	EN
74	Ayacucho Antpitta	Grallaria ayacuchensis	E
75	Puno Antpitta	Grallaria sinaensis	NE
76	Atuen Antpitta	Grallaria atuensis	E
77	Rufous-faced Antpitta	Grallaria erythrotis	NE
78	Peruvian Antpitta	Grallaricula peruviana	NE	NT
79	Puna Miner	Geositta punensis	RR
80	Curve-billed Scythebill	Campylorhamphus procurvoides	RR
81	Straight-billed Earthcreeper	Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus	RR
82	Pale-billed Hornero	Furnarius torridus	RR
83	Scale-throated Earthcreeper	Upucerthia dumetaria	RR
84	Bolivian Recurvebill	Syndactyla striata	NE
85	Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail	Leptasthenura aegithaloides	RR
86	Ayacucho Thistletail	Asthenes ayacuchensis	E
87	Light-crowned Spinetail	Cranioleuca albiceps	NE
88	Rusty-backed Spinetail	Cranioleuca vulpina	LC
89	Red-and-white Spinetail	Certhiaxis mustelinus	RR
90	Mantaro Spinetail**	Synallaxis sp.	E
91	Slaty Spinetail	Synallaxis brachyura	RR
92	Blackish-headed Spinetail	Synallaxis tithys	NE	V
93	Ochre-cheeked Spinetail	Synallaxis scutata	RR
94	Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin	Neopelma chrysocephalum	LC
95	Chestnut-bellied Cotinga	Doliornis remseni	NE	V
96	Purple-breasted Cotinga	Cotinga cotinga	LC
97	Scimitar-winged Piha	Lipaugus uropygialis	NE	V
98	Pompadour Cotinga	Xipholena punicea	LC
99	Cinereous Becard	Pachyramphus rufus	RR
100	\Stub-tailed Spadebill\	Platyrinchus cancrominus	E
101	Rufous-browed Tyrannulet	Phylloscartes superciliaris	LC
102	Yungas Tody-Tyrant	Hemitriccus spodiops	NE
103	Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant	Hemitriccus minimus	LC
104	Orange-eyed Flycatcher	Tolmomyias traylori	RR
105	Buff-banded Tyrannulet	Mecocerculus hellmayri	RR
106	Brownish Elaenia	Elaenia pelzelni	RR
107	Yungas Tyrannulet	Phyllomyias weedeni	NE	V
108	Amazonian Black-Tyrant	Knipolegus poecilocercus	LC
109	\Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant\	Muscisaxicola capistratus	RR
110	Gray Monjita	Nengetus cinereus	RR
111	Masked Water-Tyrant	Fluvicola nengeta	RR
112	Ochraceous Attila	Attila torridus	RR	V
113	Lesser Greenlet	Pachysilvia decurtata	RR
114	Iquitos Gnatcatcher	Polioptila clementsi	E
115	Wing-banded Wren	Microcerculus bambla	LC
116	Rufous-brown Solitaire	Cichlopsis leucogenys	LC	EN
117	Pale-vented Thrush	Turdus obsoletus	RR
118	Ecuadorian Thrush	Turdus maculirostris	NE
119	Hellmayr's Pipit	Anthus hellmayri	RR
120	Saffron Siskin	Spinus siemiradzkii	NE
121	Vilcabamba Brushfinch	Atlapetes terborghi	E	NT
122	Ecuadorian Cacique	Cacicus sclateri	RR
123	Great-tailed Grackle	Quiscalus mexicanus	RR
124	Chopi Blackbird	Gnorimopsar chopi	RR
125	Yungas Warbler	Basileuterus punctipectus	NE
126	Orange-browed Hemispingus	Kleinothraupis calophrys	NE
127	Orange-throated Tanager	Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron	NE	V
128	Sira Tanager	Stilpnia phillipsi	E
129	Green-capped Tanager	Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei	NE	NT
130	Silver-throated Tanager	Tangara icterocephala	RR
131	\Tamarugo Conebill\	Conirostrum tamarugense	NE
132	Black-hooded Sierra Finch	Phrygilus atriceps	RR
133	White-throated Sierra Finch	Idiopsar erythronotus	RR
134	Slender-billed Finch	Xenospingus concolor	NE	NT
135	Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch	Sicalis citrina	RR
136	\Tawny-bellied Seedeater\	Sporophila hypoxantha	RR
137	\Dark-throated Seedeater\	Sporophila ruficollis	RR	NT
138	Large-billed Seed-Finch	Sporophila crassirostris	LC
139	Plumbeous Seedeater	Sporophila plumbea	LC
140	Black-masked Finch	Coryphaspiza melanotis	RR	V

 

 *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.