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NEOTROPICS PERU

Area (SqMi):496,226
# Species:1940
# Excl Vagrants:1893
# Endemics:130
# Near Endemics:207
Species/1000 SqMi:3.8

OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE NEOTROPICS

BIRDING LOCALES

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic13
LCLocal30
NENear Endemic32
RRRestricted Range80

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened12
VVulnerable15
ENEndangered6
CRCritically Endangered1

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.*

color codes

1Lesser RheaRhea pennataLC 
2Red-winged TinamouRhynchotus rufescensRR 
3Barred TinamouCrypturellus casiquiareRR 
4Gray-legged TinamouCrypturellus duidaeRR 
5Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorRR 
6Nocturnal CurassowNothocrax urumutumRR 
7Sira CurassowPauxi koepckeaeECR
8Salvin's CurassowMitu salviniLC 
9Wattled CurassowCrax globulosaLCEN
10Rufous-headed ChachalacaOrtalis erythropteraNEV
11Pallid DoveLeptotila pallidaRR 
12\Nacunda Nighthawk\Chordeiles nacundaRR 
13Band-tailed NighthawkNyctiprogne leucopygaLC 
14Fiery TopazTopaza pyraLC 
15White-tailed GoldenthroatPolytmus guainumbiLC 
16Green-tailed GoldenthroatPolytmus theresiaeLC 
17Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostiiRR 
18White-vented PlumeleteerChalybura buffoniiRR 
19Crowned WoodnymphThalurania colombicaRR 
20Olive-spotted HummingbirdTalaphorus chlorocercusRR 
21Violet-bellied HummingbirdChlorestes julieRR 
22Mangrove RailRallus longirostrisRR 
23Ecuadorian RailRallus aequatorialisLC 
24Ash-throated CrakeMustelirallus albicollisLC 
25Rufous-necked Wood-RailAramides axillarisRR 
26Red-winged Wood-RailAramides calopterusLC 
27Gray-winged TrumpeterPsophia crepitansRR 
28\Andean Flamingo\Phoenicoparrus andinusRRV
29\James's Flamingo\Phoenicoparrus jamesiRRNT
30Titicaca GrebeRollandia micropteraNEEN
31White IbisEudocimus albusRR 
32Bare-throated Tiger-HeronTigrisoma mexicanumRR 
33Plumbeous HawkCryptoleucopteryx plumbeaRRNT
34Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinusRR 
35Gray-backed HawkPseudastur occidentalisNEEN
36Semiplumbeous HawkLeucopternis semiplumbeusLC 
37Black-faced HawkLeucopternis melanopsRR 
38Barred PuffbirdNystalus radiatusRR 
39White-whiskered PuffbirdMalacoptila panamensisRR 
40Rusty-breasted NunletNonnula rubeculaRR 
41White-eared JacamarGalbalcyrhynchus leucotisRR 
42Blue-cheeked JacamarGalbula cyanicollisRR 
43Bronzy JacamarGalbula leucogastraRR 
44Sira BarbetCapito fitzpatrickiENT
45Yellow-browed ToucanetAulacorhynchus huallagaeEEN
46Hooded Mountain-ToucanAndigena cucullataNE 
47Toco ToucanRamphastos tocoRR 
48Plain-breasted PiculetPicumnus castelnauRR 
49Olivaceous PiculetPicumnus olivaceusRR 
50White WoodpeckerMelanerpes candidusRR 
51Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucheraniRR 
52White-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cactorumRR 
53Gray-cheeked ParakeetBrotogeris pyrrhopteraNEV
54Bronze-winged ParrotPionus chalcopterusRR 
55Red-fan ParrotDeroptyus accipitrinusLC 
56White-necked ParakeetPyrrhura albipectusNEV
57Peach-fronted ParakeetEupsittula aureaRR 
58Ash-winged AntwrenEuchrepomis spodioptilaRR 
59Black-crested AntshrikeSakesphorus canadensisLC 
60Black-crowned AntshrikeThamnophilus atrinuchaRR 
61Upland AntshrikeThamnophilus aroyaeNE 
62Acre AntshrikeThamnophilus divisoriusNE 
63Saturnine AntshrikeThamnomanes saturninusRR 
64Cinereous AntshrikeThamnomanes caesiusRR 
65Cherrie's AntwrenMyrmotherula cherrieiLC 
66Rio Suno AntwrenMyrmotherula sunensisLC 
67Ashy AntwrenMyrmotherula griseaNE 
68Leaden AntwrenMyrmotherula assimilisRR 
69Ancient AntwrenHerpsilochmus gentryiNE 
70Ash-breasted AntbirdMyrmoborus lugubrisRRV
71Black-tailed AntbirdMyrmoborus melanurusNEV
72Black-headed AntbirdPercnostola rufifronsRR 
73Allpahuayo AntbirdPercnostola arenarumEV
74Slate-colored AntbirdMyrmelastes schistaceaRR 
75White-masked AntbirdPithys castaneusENT
76White-cheeked AntbirdGymnopithys leucaspisRR 
77Variegated AntpittaGrallaria variaRR 
78Plain-backed AntpittaGrallaria haplonotaLC 
79Jocotoco AntpittaGrallaria ridgelyiNEEN
80Ayacucho AntpittaGrallaria ayacuchensisE 
81Puno AntpittaGrallaria sinaensisNE 
82Atuen AntpittaGrallaria atuensisE 
83Rufous-faced AntpittaGrallaria erythrotisNE 
84Spotted AntpittaHylopezus maculariusLC 
85White-lored AntpittaMyrmothera fulviventrisRR 
86Peruvian AntpittaGrallaricula peruvianaNENT
87Puna MinerGeositta punensisRR 
88Zimmer's WoodcreeperDendroplex kienerii NT
89Curve-billed ScythebillCampylorhamphus procurvoidesRR 
90Straight-billed EarthcreeperOchetorhynchus ruficaudusRR 
91Pale-billed HorneroFurnarius torridusRR 
92Scale-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia dumetariaRR 
93Bolivian RecurvebillSyndactyla striataNE 
94Plain-mantled Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura aegithaloidesRR 
95Ayacucho ThistletailAsthenes ayacuchensisE 
96Light-crowned SpinetailCranioleuca albicepsNE 
97Rusty-backed SpinetailCranioleuca vulpinaLC 
98Mantaro Spinetail**Synallaxis sp.E 
99Slaty SpinetailSynallaxis brachyuraRR 
100Blackish-headed SpinetailSynallaxis tithysNEV
101Ochre-cheeked SpinetailSynallaxis scutataRR 
102Saffron-crested Tyrant-ManakinNeopelma chrysocephalumLC 
103Orange-crowned ManakinHeterocercus aurantiivertexNE 
104Chestnut-bellied CotingaDoliornis remseniNEV
105Purple-breasted CotingaCotinga cotingaLC 
106Scimitar-winged PihaLipaugus uropygialisNEV
107Pompadour CotingaXipholena puniceaLC 
108Cinereous BecardPachyramphus rufusRR 
109\Stub-tailed Spadebill\Platyrinchus cancrominusE 
110Rufous-browed TyrannuletPhylloscartes superciliarisLC 
111Helmeted Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus galeatusLC 
112Yungas Tody-TyrantHemitriccus spodiopsNE 
113Zimmer's Tody-TyrantHemitriccus minimusLC 
114Orange-eyed FlycatcherTolmomyias trayloriRR 
115Orange-banded FlycatcherNephelomyias lintoniNENT
116Buff-banded TyrannuletMecocerculus hellmayriRR 
117Brownish ElaeniaElaenia pelzelniRR 
118Yungas TyrannuletPhyllomyias weedeniNEV
119Riverside TyrantKnipolegus orenocensisRR 
120Amazonian Black-TyrantKnipolegus poecilocercusLC 
121\Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant\Muscisaxicola capistratusRR 
122Gray MonjitaNengetus cinereusRR 
123White-headed Marsh TyrantArundinicola leucocephalaRR 
124Masked Water-TyrantFluvicola nengetaRR 
125Ochraceous AttilaAttila torridusRRV
126Lesser GreenletPachysilvia decurtataRR 
127Collared GnatwrenMicrobates collarisLC 
128Iquitos GnatcatcherPolioptila clementsiE 
129Wing-banded WrenMicrocerculus bamblaLC 
130Rufous-brown SolitaireCichlopsis leucogenysLCEN
131Pale-vented ThrushTurdus obsoletusRR 
132Ecuadorian ThrushTurdus maculirostrisNE 
133Hellmayr's PipitAnthus hellmayriRR 
134Saffron SiskinSpinus siemiradzkiiNE 
135Vilcabamba BrushfinchAtlapetes terborghiENT
136Ecuadorian CaciqueCacicus sclateriRR 
137Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanusRR 
138Chopi BlackbirdGnorimopsar chopiRR 
139Yungas WarblerBasileuterus punctipectusNE 
140Orange-browed HemispingusKleinothraupis calophrysNE 
141Orange-throated TanagerWetmorethraupis sterrhopteronNEV
142Sira TanagerStilpnia phillipsiE 
143Green-capped TanagerStilpnia meyerdeschauenseeiNENT
144Silver-throated TanagerTangara icterocephalaRR 
145Bicolored ConebillConirostrum bicolorRRNT
146Pearly-breasted ConebillConirostrum margaritaeRRV
147\Tamarugo Conebill\Conirostrum tamarugenseNE 
148Black-hooded Sierra FinchPhrygilus atricepsRR 
149White-throated Sierra FinchIdiopsar erythronotusRR 
150Slender-billed FinchXenospingus concolorNENT
151Stripe-tailed Yellow-FinchSicalis citrinaRR 
152\Tawny-bellied Seedeater\Sporophila hypoxanthaRR 
153\Dark-throated Seedeater\Sporophila ruficollisRRNT
154Large-billed Seed-FinchSporophila crassirostrisLC 
155Plumbeous SeedeaterSporophila plumbeaLC 
156Black-masked FinchCoryphaspiza melanotisRRV

 

 *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.