CHECKLIST
TARGET BIRDS

PERU BIRDING TRIP REPORT

TRIP REPORT
PERU

Start:08/12/2023
End:08/28/2023
Duration:17 days
#Species:398
#Endemics:74
#Heard Only:17

2023 Central Peru Birding Tour

ENDEMIC BIRDS POSSIBLE FOR TOUR

List of endemic and near endemic birds for locations visited on this tour along with which species were actually seen. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN. Endemic birds (E) are those with a restricted range in a single country. Near endemic birds (NE) are those with a restricted range in two (or rarely three) neighboring countries. The right-most column indicates whether species was seen on the tour. If blank, the species wasn't seen.*

color codes

1Curve-billed TinamouNothoprocta curvirostrisNE 
2Hooded TinamouNothocercus nigrocapillusNE 
3Stripe-faced Wood-QuailOdontophorus ballivianiNE 
4Tschudi's NightjarQuechuavis decussataNE 
5White-browed HermitPhaethornis stuartiNEY
6Bronze-tailed CometPolyonymus caroliE 
7Gray-bellied CometTaphrolesbia griseiventrisE 
8Green-headed HillstarOreotrochilus stolzmanniNEY
9Black-breasted HillstarOreotrochilus melanogasterEY
10Olivaceous ThornbillChalcostigma olivaceumNEY
11Coppery MetaltailMetallura theresiaeEY
12Fire-throated MetaltailMetallura eupogonEY
13Black MetaltailMetallura phoebeEY
14Buff-thighed PufflegHaplophaedia assimilisNE 
15White-tufted SunbeamAglaeactis castelnaudiiE 
16Rainbow StarfrontletCoeligena irisNEY
17Rufous-booted Racket-tailOcreatus addaeNEY
18Rufous-webbed BrilliantHeliodoxa branickiiE 
19Peruvian SheartailThaumastura coraNE 
20Purple-collared WoodstarMyrtis fannyNEY
21Oasis HummingbirdRhodopis vesperNE 
22Spot-throated HummingbirdThaumasius taczanowskiiNE 
23Amazilia HummingbirdAmazilis amaziliaNEY
24Green-and-white HummingbirdElliotomyia viridicaudaE 
25#Inca Tern#Larosterna incaNEY
26Junin GrebePodiceps taczanowskiiEY
27Peruvian Diving-PetrelPelecanoides garnotiiNEY
28Koepcke's Screech-OwlMegascops koepckeaeNE 
29Cloud-forest Screech-OwlMegascops marshalliNE 
30Peruvian Screech-OwlMegascops roboratusNE 
31Versicolored BarbetEubucco steeriiEY
32Blue-moustached BarbetEubucco versicolorNE 
33Blue-banded ToucanetAulacorhynchus coeruleicinctisNEY
34Fine-barred PiculetPicumnus subtilisNE 
35Black-necked WoodpeckerColaptes atricollisE 
36Andean ParakeetBolborhynchus orbygnesiusNE 
37Black-winged ParrotHapalopsittaca melanotisNEY
38Pacific ParrotletForpus coelestisNE 
39Cordilleran ParakeetPsittacara frontalusNE 
40Red-masked ParakeetPsittacara erythrogenysNE 
41Creamy-bellied AntwrenHerpsilochmus motacilloidesEY
42Stripe-headed AntpittaGrallaria andicolusNE 
43Bay AntpittaGrallaria capitalisE 
44Oxapampa AntpittaGrallaria centralisE 
45Chestnut AntpittaGrallaria blakeiE 
46Chachapoyas AntpittaGrallaria gravesiE 
47Junin AntpittaGrallaria obscuraEY
48Ancash TapaculoScytalopus affinisE 
49White-winged TapaculoScytalopus krabbeiE 
50Puna TapaculoScytalopus simonsiNEY
51Jalca TapaculoScytalopus frankeaeEY
52Neblina TapaculoScytalopus altirostrisEY
53Trilling TapaculoScytalopus parvirostrisNE 
54Bolivian TapaculoScytalopus bolivianusNE 
55Rufous-vented TapaculoScytalopus femoralisE 
56Large-footed TapaculoScytalopus macropusE 
57Junin TapaculoScytalopus gettyaeE 
58Tschudi's TapaculoScytalopus acutirostrisEY
59Coastal MinerGeositta peruvianaEY
60Thick-billed MinerGeositta crassirostrisE 
61Grayish MinerGeositta maritimaNEY
62Dark-winged MinerGeositta saxicolinaEY
63Striated EarthcreeperGeocerthia serranaE 
64White-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia albigulaNE 
65White-bellied CinclodesCinclodes palliatusEY
66Surf CinclodesCinclodes taczanowskiiE 
67Rufous-backed TreehunterThripadectes scrutatorNE 
68Rusty-crowned Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura pileataEY
69White-browed Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura xenothoraxEY
70Streaked Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura striataNE 
71Mantaro Thornbird**Phacellodomus sp.E 
72Chestnut-backed ThornbirdPhacellodomus dorsalisE 
73Line-fronted CanasteroAsthenes urubambensisNE 
74Junin CanasteroAsthenes virgataEY
75Streak-throated CanasteroAsthenes humilisNEY
76Canyon CanasteroAsthenes pudibundaNE 
77Eye-ringed ThistletailAsthenes palpebralisEY
78Vilcabamba SpinetailCranioleuca weskeiE 
79Creamy-crested SpinetailCranioleuca albicapillaEY
80|Line-cheeked Spinetail|Cranioleuca antisiensisNEY
81Cactus CanasteroPseudasthenes cactorumEY
82Mantaro Spinetail**Synallaxis sp.EY
83Great SpinetailSynallaxis hypochondriacaE 
84Russet-bellied SpinetailSynallaxis zimmeriEY
85Jet ManakinChloropipo unicolorNEY
86Cerulean-capped ManakinLepidothrix coeruleocapillaEY
87Band-tailed FruiteaterPipreola intermediaNE 
88Masked FruiteaterPipreola pulchraEY
89White-cheeked CotingaZaratornis stresemanniE 
90Bay-vented CotingaDoliornis sclateriEY
91Green-backed BecardPachyramphus viridisNE 
92Inca FlycatcherLeptopogon taczanowskiiEY
93Cinnamon-faced TyrannuletPhylloscartes parkeriNE 
94Ochraceous-breasted FlycatcherNephelomyias ochraceiventrisNE 
95Black-crested Tit-TyrantAnairetes nigrocristatusNE 
96Pied-crested Tit-TyrantAnairetes reguloidesNE 
97Ash-breasted Tit-TyrantAnairetes alpinusNE 
98Unstreaked Tit-TyrantUromyias agraphiaEY
99Peruvian TyrannuletZimmerius viridiflavusNEY
100Fulvous-faced Scrub-TyrantEuscarthmus fulvicepsNEY
101Rufescent FlycatcherMyiophobus rufescensNE 
102Olive FlycatcherMitrephanes olivaceusNE 
103Tumbes PeweeContopus punensisNE 
104Taczanowski's Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola griseusNEY
105Rufous-bellied Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes fuscorufusNE 
106Kalinowski's Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix spodionotaNE 
107Jelski's Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix jelskiiNE 
108Golden-browed Chat-TyrantSilvicultrix pulchellaNE 
109Maroon-belted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca thoracicaNE 
110Piura Chat-TyrantOchthoeca piuraeE 
111Baird's FlycatcherMyiodynastes bairdiiNE 
112White-collared JayCyanolyca viridicyanusNEY
113Peruvian MartinProgne murphyiNEY
114Chestnut-collared SwallowPetrochelidon rufocollarisNE 
115Fasciated WrenCampylorhynchus fasciatusNE 
116Mantaro Wren**Pheugopedius sp.EY
117Superciliated WrenCantorchilus superciliarisNE 
118Peruvian WrenCinnycerthia peruanaEY
119Long-tailed MockingbirdMimus longicaudatusNEY
120White-eared SolitaireEntomodestes leucotisNEY
121Peruvian PipitAnthus peruvianusNEY
122Rufous-eared BrushfinchAtlapetes rufigenisEY
123Peruvian Slaty BrushfinchAtlapetes taczanowskiiEY
124Bay-crowned BrushfinchAtlapetes seebohmiNEY
125Rusty-bellied BrushfinchAtlapetes nationiEY
126Black-spectacled BrushfinchAtlapetes melanopsisEY
127Dusky-green OropendolaPsarocolius atrovirensNEY
128Black-lored YellowthroatGeothlypis auricularisNE 
129Cuzco WarblerMyiothlypis chrysogasterNE 
130Slaty TanagerCreurgops dentatusNE 
131Black-eared HemispingusSphenopsis melanotisNE 
132Brown-flanked TanagerThlypopsis pectoralisEY
133ParduscoNephelornis oneilliEY
134Golden-backed Mountain TanagerCnemathraupis aureodorsalisE 
135Streak-crowned Mountain TanagerDubusia stictocephalaNEY
136Chestnut-bellied Mountain TanagerDubusia castaneoventrisNEY
137Golden-collared TanagerIridosornis jelskiiNE 
138Yellow-scarfed TanagerIridosornis reinhardtiEY
139White-browed ConebillConirostrum ferrugineiventreNE 
140Moustached FlowerpiercerDiglossa mystacalisNEY
141Peruvian Sierra FinchPhrygilus punensisNEY
142Tit-like DacnisXenodacnis parinaNEY
143Great Inca-FinchIncaspiza pulchraEY
144Rufous-backed Inca-FinchIncaspiza personataE 
145Drab HemispingusPseudospingus xanthophthalmusNEY
146Black-billed CnemoscopusCnemoscopus chrysogasterNEY
147Rufous-browed HemispingusPoospiza rufosuperciliarisE 
148Plain-tailed Warbling FinchPoospiza alticolaEY
149Rufous-breasted Warbling FinchPoospiza rubeculaEY
150Collared Warbling FinchPoospiza hispaniolensisNE 
151Three-striped HemispingusPoospiza trifasciatusNE 
152Raimondi's Yellow-FinchSicalis raimondiiNE 
153Parrot-billed SeedeaterSporophila peruvianaNE 
154Drab SeedeaterSporophila simplexNE 

 

 *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.

BIRDING LOCALES

ENDEMIC CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic67
NENear Endemic88