PERU SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
Remote Species
NEOTROPICS
PERU
| Area (SqMi): | 496,226 |
| # Species: | 1941 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 1894 |
| # Endemics: | 129 |
| # Near Endemics: | 206 |
| Species/1000 SqMi: | 3.8 |
OTHER COUNTRIES
IN THE NEOTROPICS
BIRDING LOCALES
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 16 |
| LC | Local | 40 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 43 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 97 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 14 |
| V | Vulnerable | 18 |
| 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 | Highland Tinamou | Nothocercus bonapartei | LC | |
| 3 | Gray-legged Tinamou | Crypturellus duidae | RR | |
| 4 | Barred Tinamou | Crypturellus casiquiare | RR | |
| 5 | Red-winged Tinamou | Rhynchotus rufescens | RR | |
| 6 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | RR | |
| 7 | Rufous-headed Chachalaca | Ortalis erythroptera | NE | V |
| 8 | Bearded Guan | Penelope barbata | NE | NT |
| 9 | Nocturnal Curassow | Nothocrax urumutum | RR | |
| 10 | Salvin's Curassow | Mitu salvini | LC | |
| 11 | Sira Curassow | Pauxi koepckeae | E | CR |
| 12 | Wattled Curassow | Crax globulosa | LC | EN |
| 13 | \Andean Flamingo\ | Phoenicoparrus andinus | RR | V |
| 14 | \James's Flamingo\ | Phoenicoparrus jamesi | RR | NT |
| 15 | Titicaca Grebe | Rollandia microptera | NE | EN |
| 16 | Pallid Dove | Leptotila pallida | RR | |
| 17 | \Nacunda Nighthawk\ | Chordeiles nacunda | RR | |
| 18 | Band-tailed Nighthawk | Nyctiprogne leucopyga | LC | |
| 19 | Fiery Topaz | Topaza pyra | LC | |
| 20 | Baron's Hermit** | Phaethornis baroni | NE | |
| 21 | White-tailed Goldenthroat | Polytmus guainumbi | LC | |
| 22 | Green-tailed Goldenthroat | Polytmus theresiae | LC | |
| 23 | Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | RR | |
| 24 | Little Sunangel | Heliangelus micraster | NE | |
| 25 | Rainbow-bearded Thornbill | Chalcostigma herrani | LC | |
| 26 | Neblina Metaltail | Metallura odomae | NE | |
| 27 | Glowing Puffleg | Eriocnemis vestita | RR | |
| 28 | Purple-backed Sunbeam | Aglaeactis aliciae | E | V |
| 29 | Buff-winged Starfrontlet | Coeligena lutetiae | RR | |
| 30 | White-vented Plumeleteer | Chalybura buffonii | RR | |
| 31 | Crowned Woodnymph | Thalurania colombica | RR | |
| 32 | Olive-spotted Hummingbird | Talaphorus chlorocercus | RR | |
| 33 | Violet-bellied Hummingbird | Chlorestes julie | RR | |
| 34 | Mangrove Rail | Rallus longirostris | RR | |
| 35 | Virginia Rail | Rallus limicola | LC | |
| 36 | Ash-throated Crake | Mustelirallus albicollis | LC | |
| 37 | Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides axillaris | RR | |
| 38 | Red-winged Wood-Rail | Aramides calopterus | LC | |
| 39 | Gray-winged Trumpeter | Psophia crepitans | RR | |
| 40 | Bare-throated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum | RR | |
| 41 | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | RR | |
| 42 | Plumbeous Hawk | Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea | RR | NT |
| 43 | Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | RR | |
| 44 | Gray-backed Hawk | Pseudastur occidentalis | NE | EN |
| 45 | Semiplumbeous Hawk | Leucopternis semiplumbeus | LC | |
| 46 | Ecuadorian Trogon | Trogon mesurus | NE | |
| 47 | Barred Puffbird | Nystalus radiatus | RR | |
| 48 | White-whiskered Puffbird | Malacoptila panamensis | RR | |
| 49 | Rusty-breasted Nunlet | Nonnula rubecula | RR | |
| 50 | White-eared Jacamar | Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis | RR | |
| 51 | Blue-cheeked Jacamar | Galbula cyanicollis | RR | |
| 52 | Coppery-chested Jacamar | Galbula pastazae | NE | |
| 53 | Bronzy Jacamar | Galbula leucogastra | RR | |
| 54 | Sira Barbet | Capito fitzpatricki | E | NT |
| 55 | Yellow-browed Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus huallagae | E | EN |
| 56 | Hooded Mountain-Toucan | Andigena cucullata | NE | |
| 57 | Black-billed Mountain-Toucan | Andigena nigrirostris | LC | |
| 58 | Toco Toucan | Ramphastos toco | RR | |
| 59 | Plain-breasted Piculet | Picumnus castelnau | RR | |
| 60 | Olivaceous Piculet | Picumnus olivaceus | RR | |
| 61 | White Woodpecker | Melanerpes candidus | RR | |
| 62 | Black-cheeked Woodpecker | Melanerpes pucherani | RR | |
| 63 | White-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes cactorum | RR | |
| 64 | Gray-cheeked Parakeet | Brotogeris pyrrhoptera | NE | V |
| 65 | Red-faced Parrot | Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops | NE | |
| 66 | Bronze-winged Parrot | Pionus chalcopterus | RR | |
| 67 | Red-fan Parrot | Deroptyus accipitrinus | LC | |
| 68 | White-necked Parakeet | Pyrrhura albipectus | NE | V |
| 69 | Peach-fronted Parakeet | Eupsittula aurea | RR | |
| 70 | Ash-winged Antwren | Euchrepomis spodioptila | RR | |
| 71 | Black-crested Antshrike | Sakesphorus canadensis | LC | |
| 72 | Black-crowned Antshrike | Thamnophilus atrinucha | RR | |
| 73 | Upland Antshrike | Thamnophilus aroyae | NE | |
| 74 | Acre Antshrike | Thamnophilus divisorius | NE | |
| 75 | White-streaked Antvireo | Dysithamnus leucostictus | RR | |
| 76 | Saturnine Antshrike | Thamnomanes saturninus | RR | |
| 77 | Cinereous Antshrike | Thamnomanes caesius | RR | |
| 78 | Cherrie's Antwren | Myrmotherula cherriei | LC | |
| 79 | Rio Suno Antwren | Myrmotherula sunensis | LC | |
| 80 | Ashy Antwren | Myrmotherula grisea | NE | |
| 81 | Leaden Antwren | Myrmotherula assimilis | RR | |
| 82 | Ash-breasted Antbird | Myrmoborus lugubris | RR | V |
| 83 | Black-tailed Antbird | Myrmoborus melanurus | NE | V |
| 84 | Black-headed Antbird | Percnostola rufifrons | RR | |
| 85 | Allpahuayo Antbird | Percnostola arenarum | E | V |
| 86 | Slate-colored Antbird | Myrmelastes schistacea | RR | |
| 87 | Gray-headed Antbird | Ampelornis griseiceps | NE | V |
| 88 | White-masked Antbird | Pithys castaneus | E | NT |
| 89 | Variegated Antpitta | Grallaria varia | RR | |
| 90 | Plain-backed Antpitta | Grallaria haplonota | LC | |
| 91 | Jocotoco Antpitta | Grallaria ridgelyi | NE | EN |
| 92 | Chestnut-naped Antpitta | Grallaria nuchalis | RR | |
| 93 | White-bellied Antpitta | Grallaria hypoleuca | RR | |
| 94 | Ayacucho Antpitta | Grallaria ayacuchensis | E | |
| 95 | Puno Antpitta | Grallaria sinaensis | NE | |
| 96 | Chestnut Antpitta | Grallaria blakei | E | NT |
| 97 | Tawny Antpitta | Grallaria quitensis | RR | |
| 98 | Atuen Antpitta | Grallaria atuensis | E | |
| 99 | Rufous-faced Antpitta | Grallaria erythrotis | NE | |
| 100 | Spotted Antpitta | Hylopezus macularius | LC | |
| 101 | White-lored Antpitta | Myrmothera fulviventris | RR | |
| 102 | Peruvian Antpitta | Grallaricula peruviana | NE | NT |
| 103 | Slate-crowned Antpitta | Grallaricula nana | RR | |
| 104 | Ocellated Tapaculo | Acropternis orthonyx | LC | |
| 105 | Loja Tapaculo | Scytalopus androstictus | NE | |
| 106 | Ampay Tapaculo | Scytalopus whitneyi | E | |
| 107 | Long-tailed Tapaculo | Scytalopus micropterus | LC | |
| 108 | Chusquea Tapaculo | Scytalopus parkeri | NE | |
| 109 | Puna Miner | Geositta punensis | RR | |
| 110 | Zimmer's Woodcreeper | Dendroplex kienerii | NT | |
| 111 | Curve-billed Scythebill | Campylorhamphus procurvoides | RR | |
| 112 | Straight-billed Earthcreeper | Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus | RR | |
| 113 | Pale-billed Hornero | Furnarius torridus | RR | |
| 114 | Scale-throated Earthcreeper | Upucerthia dumetaria | RR | |
| 115 | Bolivian Recurvebill | Syndactyla striata | NE | |
| 116 | Flammulated Treehunter | Thripadectes flammulatus | RR | |
| 117 | Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura aegithaloides | RR | |
| 118 | Dark-winged Canastero** | Asthenes arequipae | LC | |
| 119 | Ayacucho Thistletail | Asthenes ayacuchensis | E | |
| 120 | Mouse-colored Thistletail | Asthenes griseomurina | NE | |
| 121 | Light-crowned Spinetail | Cranioleuca albiceps | NE | |
| 122 | Rusty-backed Spinetail | Cranioleuca vulpina | LC | |
| 123 | Red-and-white Spinetail | Certhiaxis mustelinus | RR | |
| 124 | Mantaro Spinetail** | Synallaxis sp. | E | |
| 125 | Slaty Spinetail | Synallaxis brachyura | RR | |
| 126 | Blackish-headed Spinetail | Synallaxis tithys | NE | V |
| 127 | Ochre-cheeked Spinetail | Synallaxis scutata | RR | |
| 128 | Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin | Neopelma chrysocephalum | LC | |
| 129 | Orange-crowned Manakin | Heterocercus aurantiivertex | NE | |
| 130 | Black-chested Fruiteater | Pipreola lubomirskii | LC | |
| 131 | Chestnut-bellied Cotinga | Doliornis remseni | NE | V |
| 132 | Purple-breasted Cotinga | Cotinga cotinga | LC | |
| 133 | Dusky Piha | Lipaugus fuscocinereus | LC | |
| 134 | Scimitar-winged Piha | Lipaugus uropygialis | NE | V |
| 135 | Pompadour Cotinga | Xipholena punicea | LC | |
| 136 | Cinereous Becard | Pachyramphus rufus | RR | |
| 137 | \Stub-tailed Spadebill\ | Platyrinchus cancrominus | E | |
| 138 | Rufous-breasted Flycatcher | Leptopogon rufipectus | RR | |
| 139 | Rufous-browed Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes superciliaris | LC | |
| 140 | Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant | Lophotriccus galeatus | LC | |
| 141 | Yungas Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus spodiops | NE | |
| 142 | Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus minimus | LC | |
| 143 | Rufous-crowned Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus ruficeps | RR | |
| 144 | Orange-eyed Flycatcher | Tolmomyias traylori | RR | |
| 145 | Orange-banded Flycatcher | Nephelomyias lintoni | NE | NT |
| 146 | Buff-banded Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus hellmayri | RR | |
| 147 | Brownish Elaenia | Elaenia pelzelni | RR | |
| 148 | Yungas Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias weedeni | NE | V |
| 149 | Loja Tyrannulet** | Zimmerius flavidifrons | NE | |
| 150 | Riverside Tyrant | Knipolegus orenocensis | RR | |
| 151 | Amazonian Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus poecilocercus | LC | |
| 152 | \Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant\ | Muscisaxicola capistratus | RR | |
| 153 | Gray Monjita | Nengetus cinereus | RR | |
| 154 | White-headed Marsh Tyrant | Arundinicola leucocephala | RR | |
| 155 | Masked Water-Tyrant | Fluvicola nengeta | RR | |
| 156 | Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant | Silvicultrix diadema | RR | |
| 157 | Ochraceous Attila | Attila torridus | RR | V |
| 158 | Gray-chested Greenlet | Hylophilus semicinereus | LC | |
| 159 | Lesser Greenlet | Pachysilvia decurtata | RR | |
| 160 | Turquoise Jay | Cyanolyca turcosa | RR | |
| 161 | Collared Gnatwren | Microbates collaris | LC | |
| 162 | Iquitos Gnatcatcher | Polioptila clementsi | E | |
| 163 | Wing-banded Wren | Microcerculus bambla | LC | |
| 164 | Rufous-brown Solitaire | Cichlopsis leucogenys | LC | EN |
| 165 | Pale-vented Thrush | Turdus obsoletus | RR | |
| 166 | Ecuadorian Thrush | Turdus maculirostris | NE | |
| 167 | Chestnut-bellied Thrush | Turdus fulviventris | RR | |
| 168 | Hellmayr's Pipit | Anthus hellmayri | RR | |
| 169 | Saffron Siskin | Spinus siemiradzkii | NE | |
| 170 | Vilcabamba Brushfinch | Atlapetes terborghi | E | NT |
| 171 | Ecuadorian Cacique | Cacicus sclateri | RR | |
| 172 | Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | RR | |
| 173 | Chopi Blackbird | Gnorimopsar chopi | RR | |
| 174 | Yungas Warbler | Basileuterus punctipectus | NE | |
| 175 | Orange-browed Hemispingus | Kleinothraupis calophrys | NE | |
| 176 | Orange-throated Tanager | Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron | NE | V |
| 177 | Masked Mountain Tanager | Tephrophilus wetmorei | LC | V |
| 178 | Black-chested Mountain Tanager | Cnemathraupis eximia | RR | |
| 179 | Golden-crowned Tanager | Iridosornis rufivertex | RR | |
| 180 | Sira Tanager | Stilpnia phillipsi | E | |
| 181 | Green-capped Tanager | Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei | NE | NT |
| 182 | Silver-throated Tanager | Tangara icterocephala | RR | |
| 183 | Bicolored Conebill | Conirostrum bicolor | RR | NT |
| 184 | Pearly-breasted Conebill | Conirostrum margaritae | RR | V |
| 185 | \Tamarugo Conebill\ | Conirostrum tamarugense | NE | |
| 186 | Glossy Flowerpiercer | Diglossa lafresnayii | RR | |
| 187 | Black Flowerpiercer | Diglossa humeralis | RR | |
| 188 | Black-hooded Sierra Finch | Phrygilus atriceps | RR | |
| 189 | White-throated Sierra Finch | Idiopsar erythronotus | RR | |
| 190 | Slender-billed Finch | Xenospingus concolor | NE | NT |
| 191 | Black-headed Hemispingus | Pseudospingus verticalis | RR | |
| 192 | Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch | Sicalis citrina | RR | |
| 193 | \Tawny-bellied Seedeater\ | Sporophila hypoxantha | RR | |
| 194 | \Dark-throated Seedeater\ | Sporophila ruficollis | RR | NT |
| 195 | Large-billed Seed-Finch | Sporophila crassirostris | LC | |
| 196 | Plumbeous Seedeater | Sporophila plumbea | LC | |
| 197 | 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.