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A TRIP REPORT FOR A SPECIALIZED BIRDING TRIP TO NORTHERN PERU July 25th to August 7th 2015 Trip leader and report redaction: Silverio Duri
An intense hard two week trip to North Peru targeting some of the sexy species of the area - we successfully saw some very good species indeed including Scarletbanded Barbet, Long-whiskered Owlet, Stygian Owl, Marvelous Spatuletail, Koepcke’s Hermit, Royal Sunangel, White-masked Antbird (3), Pale-billed Antpitta & Rusty-tinged Antpitta, Jet Manakin, Gray-tailed Piha, Mishana Tyrannulet, Bar-winged Wood-Wren, Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant, Varzea Thrush, Black-necked Red Cotinga and Yellow-scarfed Tanager. We had great weather at Abra Patricia but low flock activity there but we managed to see a wide variety of the special birds of this endemic area including 49 species of Hummingbirds most seen very well at feeding stations, 46 species of Tanager and recorded 16 true Peruvian endemics and many other range restricted species including several near endemics.
Owlet Lodge
DAY-BY-DAY ACTIVITIES DAY 1 July 25th: Meet at Lima airport and flight to Tarapoto. Quebrada Upaquihua On arrival in Tarapoto we met our drivers & field chef and drove south to the now well-known Quebrada Upaquihua, which Barry had discovered, on an LSU field expedition with Dan Lane in 2000. We spent the balance of the day birding here with some stops along the way before returning to our hotel in bustling Tarapoto. Department of San Martin DAY 2 July 26th: Tarapoto to the Barbet Camp. Retracing our steps to the south we left our bus and switched to pre-organized specially modified Toyota 4 x 4 pickups for several hours to the Barbet Camp. A hard, hard long drive and the skill of these drivers even with all wheel drive vehicles was amazing. There was NO time for birding and we got in too late to set up the tents, but instead we got comfortable enough rooms from a local family and a 3 course dinner prepared by Aurelio which concluded the day and we retired with great expectations for the following morning. Great weather next day. Night at Plataforma at 1400 meters, Department of San Martin. DAY 3 July 27th: A full day birding the Ridgeline trail out of camp and to the East. After a hot breakfast and coffee we set off on the very muddy trail which was worse than our expectations. It was a tricky muddy trail and we had to deal with a little bit of rain, but it was incredibly rewarding– we spent all day with a field lunch packed in by Aurelio, seeing 2 Scarlet-banded Barbets and Foothill Schiffornis and spent an elated night in camp with no rain (important for our exit next day). Birding elevations 1450-1700 meters, Department of San Martin. Night in Camp. DAY 4 July 28th: Birding the camp area and onto Tarapoto Peruvian Independence Day! The weather behaved. As Aurelio and the drivers were packing everything we birded down the road in bright sunshine and saw some great birds including one more Scarletbanded Barbet. Then it was a long drive back to Tarapoto for the night. Department of San Martin. Birding elevations 1300-1450. Department of San Martin. DAY 5 July 29th: Tarapoto to Yurimaguas Dawn found us at the La Escalera mountain range near the tunnel on the road to Yurimaguas. A field breakfast with slow activities. We birded the tunnel area until mid-morning, blighted by strong sun, when we moved to the Aconabikh private reserve which has well developed feeders and the endemic Koepcke’s Hermit and many other species. We dawdled here and had lunch before moving onto Yurimaguas with a couple of stops and to our hotel complete with pool and view of the Huallaga River. Birding elevations 800-1100 meters. Department of San Martin DAY 6 July 30st: Yurimaguas to San Lorenzo To the airport and two flights to the small airstrip at San Lorenzo on the Maranon River. We flew on two flights to San Lorenzo, dropped our stuff at the surprisingly adequate hotel and went for afternoon scouting in a fleet of moto-taxis! Night at the Hotel Canu. Birding elevation 140 meters. Department of Loreto. DAY 7 July 31st: San Lorenzo A full days birding not far from town in lowland rainforest. Our quest was the White-masked Antbird where fortunately we found two individuals on our first trail and one more in the afternoon on a different trail but there were lots of other birds around too. We spent all day birding here before returning for refreshing showers and cold beer! Birding elevation 140 meters. Night at the Hotel Canu Department of Loreto.
DAY 8 August 1nd: San Lorenzo to Yurimaguas and Waqanki Lodge To the airstrip and flights out in two flights, pick up laundry, and travel to the very birdy Waqanki Lodge. We stopped at Quebrada Quiscarumi to look at the roosting Oilbirds there. Birding elevation 800 - 1000 meters Department of San Martin DAY 9 August 2rd: Waqanki Lodge A full; day at Waqanki. Apart from birding the garden area and the nearby forest we spent all morning along the Mishquiyacu trail all the way up to the top of the mountain where we found two of the endemic Ash-throated Antwren and also we spent good time at the spectacular Hummingbird feeders where we had a great time. A chase in the evening got us Stygian Owl which bizarrely perches on tall microwave antennas in the city of Moyobamba like something out of Harry Potter! Birding elevations 900 -1000 meters. Department of San Martin DAY 10 August 3th: Waqanki Lodge to Abra Patricia Birding morning around the Waqanki Lodge and a little bit around Moyobamba and then we visited some new Hummingbird feeders at Aguas Verdes before continuing to the ECOAN Owlet Lodge at Abra Patricia with some late afternoon bellow the Lodge. [ECOAN is a Peruvian NGO working mainly on the conservation of cloud and Polylepis forests http://www.ecoanperu.org/] The evening found us at Alto Nieva a new private conservation area with nice Hummingbird feeders and then led by the local expert we headed for the forest and a Long-whiskered Owlet stakeout where we got great views. Birding elevations 900 -2000 meters Night Owlet Lodge. Department of San Martin. DAY 11 August 4th: Abra Patricia We spent our time between walking trails (Monkey and Tino trail) and birding the roadside at different elevations between the pass at 2200 meters to 1700 at Alta Nieva. Flocks were scarce but we did manage to winkle out most of the specialties’ of the area, had a marvelous time at the Hummingbird feeders. Night Owlet Lodge. Department of San Martin DAY 12 August 5th: San Lorenzo and Huembo Morning found us at the bottom of the Rio Chido (San Lorenzo) steep trail (almost a staircase in parts) that took us up to a small patch of Chusquea bamboo but we made it and a Pale-billed Antpitta treated us to good views. We then went to the Marvelous Spatuletail interpretation center at Huembo where unfortunately there was not males Spatuletail coming to the feeders, but I had a backup plan, which it was to visit the Santos’ property and find the Spatuletail in the old fashioned way with the big help of Santo’s daughter Jenny as our local guide, and we fortunately we found one male with full tail feathers feeding and we all had great views. In the late afternoon we returned to Owlet Lodge. Birding elevations 2000- 2800 Department of Amazonas & San Martin DAY 13 August 6th: Owlet Lodge to Tarapoto above and below Afluente. Pre-down owling for our last chance for Cinnamon Screech-Owl, where finally we had great views and heard some other owls. And after breakfast we spend the rest of the morning at lower elevations around Afluente where we really struggled on a hot sunny day. After lunch we continued to Tarapoto for the night. Night Tarapoto. Department of San Martin Day 14 August 7th: Birding the tunnel and flight to Lima. Short morning’s birding around the tunnel near Tarapoto, and then to the airport for the noon flight to Lima and connections home.
MAJOR GPS READINGS Quebrada Upaquihua: 06° 44’ S – 76° 23’’ W Juan Guerra (creek): 06°34’48’’S – 76°18’56’’W – 238 m Plataforma (Barbet Ridge) La Escalera Tunnel 06°27’10’’ S – 76°17’21’’W – 837 m Quebrada Quiscarumi Oilbird Cave Moyobamba S 06 08 851 W76 50 471 Waqanki: 06°04’29’’S – 76°58’32’’W – 990 m Aguas Verdes Bridge: 05°41’04’’S – 77°39’14’’W – 1037 m Afluente: 05°40’27’’S – 77°42’09’’ – 1418 m Abra Patricia: 05°40’49’’S – 77°46’41’’W – 1970 m Rio Chido trail San Lorenzo: 05°48.636”S 078°01.209”W – 2842 m ECOAN Huembo feeders: 05°51’26’’S –77°59’03’’W – 2053 m
BIRDLIST Taxonomy: SACC = South American Classification Committee http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html IOC = International Ornithologist’s Union http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
* = Heard Only RR = Restricted-range species E = Endemic to Peru Conservation Status: Follows Birdlife International Family: TINAMIDAE (TINAMOUS) GRAY TINAMOU – Tinamus tao* Heard at Waqanki. VULNERABLE HOODED TINAMOU - Nothocercus nigrocapillus* Heard on the way up to the Barbet camp CINEREOUS TINAMOU - Crypturellus cinereus* TATAUPA TINAMOU - Crypturellus tataupa* Tataupa means house in Guarani as in those parts it was often around villages and houses. LITTLE TINAMOU - Crypturellus soui Great views of two individual from the hide at Arena Blanca Reserve Family: ANATIDAE (DUCKS AND GEESE) COMB DUCK - Sarkidiornis melanotus Seen in flight in our travel day to Plataforma. Seen just for few people MASKED DUCK – Nomonyx dominicus Good views of a couple near Moyobamba
Family: CRACIDAE (GUANS) SPECKLED CHACHALACA - Ortalis guttata Several seen WATTLED GUAN - Aburria aburria We were lucky to find one at the tunnel, good views Family: ARDEIDAE (HERONS) STRIATED HERON - Butorides striatus Seen in two different occasions in the rice paddies near San Lorenzo and Moyobamba CATTLE EGRET - Bubulcus ibis Common throughout the trip SNOWY EGRET - Egretta thula A few here and there GREAT EGRET - Ardea alba Common LITTLE BLUE HERON - Egretta cerulea One seen by the rice fields around Moyobamba Family: CATHARTIDAE (NEW WORLD VULTURES) BLACK VULTURE - Coragyps atratus Common throughout the trip TURKEY VULTURE - Cathartes aura Common throughout the trip LESSER-YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE - Cathartes burrovianus Seen twice around Tarapoto GREATER-YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE - Cathartes melambratus A few at San Lorenzo in the lowlands Family: ACCIPITRIDAE (HAWKS) HOOK-BILLED KITE - Chondrohierax uncinatus One seen around Tarapoto and one more seen on our way to the Barbet area GRAY-HEADED KITE - Leptodon cayenensis One seen also on our way to the Barbet area SWALLOW-TAILED KITE - Elanoides forficatus One of the most beautiful raptors in South America! Several seen in several days BLACK-HAWK EAGLE - Spizaetus tyrannus
One seen on our way out to Tarapoto from the Barbet camp SNAIL KITE - Rostrhamus sociabilis In the lowlands always near water, seen in the rice field near Tarapoto PEARL KITE - Gampsonyx swainsonii Seen on the way to Yurimaguas to Moyobamba. Named for William Swainson English naturalist and collector (1789-1855) PLUMBEOUS KITE - Ictinia plumbea Seen twice on the way in and out to the Barbet camp and also seen at San Lorenzo MONTANE SOLITARY EAGLE - Buteogallus solitarius Nice view of one individual from the tunnel on our way to Yurimaguas ROADSIDE HAWK - Rupornis magnirostris Many of this common raptor seen BLACK-CHESTED BUZZARD-EAGLE - Geranoaetus melanoleucus One seen at San Lorenzo (Pale-billed Antpitta area) VARIABLE HAWK - Geranoaetus polyosoma Also seen around San Lorenzo. Farquhar (1988) concluded that Buteo poecilochrous and B. polyosoma (Red-backed and Puna Hawk) are conspecific, as they were formerly treated (REF); he was unable to find any way to reliably diagnose the two forms using plumage characters or measurements. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001), Jaramillo (2003), and Schulenberg et al. (2007) followed this treatment and suggested "Variable Hawk" be retained for the composite species. Genetic data (Riesing et al. 2003) are consistent with hypothesis that B. polyosoma and B. poecilochrous are conspecific. [incorp. Cabot & De Vries 2003, Vaurie 1962]. SACC proposal passed to treat as conspecific. Cabot & de Vries (2003, 2004, 2010) presented additional data that support their recognition as separate species. SACC proposal to re-elevate poecilochrous to species rank did not pass. WHITE HAWK - Pseudastur albicollis Seen on two different days by the tunnel SHORT-TAILED HAWK - Buteo brachyurus Seen in two consecutive days, one in the way to the Barbet area and another one around Plataforma WHITE-THROATED HAWK - Buteo albigula One seen at Abra Patricia Family: RALLIDAE (RAILS) RUSSET-CROWNED CRAKE - Anurolimnas viridis Great views near Moyobamba
COMMON GALLINULE - Gallinula galeata A few seen around Moyobamba in the rice fields. Vocal, plumage, and genetic data suggest that New World populations of widely distributed Gallinula chloropus should be treated as a separate species (Constantine 2006, Groenenberg et al. 2008). SACC proposal passed to treat New World populations as a separate species, Gallinula galeata, from Old World populations. Family: RECURVIROSTRIDAE (STILTS & AVOCETS) BLACK-NECKED STILT - Himantopus mexicanus Common in the rice fields. Taxonomy is a bit confusing. The SACC says, “Himantopus mexicanus was formerly considered a subspecies of Old World H. himantopus (“Common Stilt”). Some authors have treated southern South American melanurus (White-backed Stilt) as a separate species. The six taxa in the genus Himantopus form a near-globally distributed super species and between one to six species-level taxa recognized by various authors. Virtually no data are available relevant to taxon-ranking of allopatric populations. The contact between mexicanus and melanurus in South America, where at least some hybridization occurs, affords one of the best opportunities for such study. Family: JACANIDAE (JACANAS) WATTLED JACANA - Jacana jacana Common near Tarapoto and few more seen around Moyobamba Family: LARIDAE (GULLS & TERNS) LARGE-BILLED TERN - Phaetusa simplex One seen in Yurimaguas Family: COLUMBIDAE (PIGEONS) ROCK PIGEON – Columba livia Common SCALED PIGEON - Patagioenas speciosa Seen On two consecutive days in our way in and out to the Barbet area BAND-TAILED PIGEON - Patagioenas fasciata Several sightings. Note that recent research has shown that the genus Columba is paraphyletic, with New World taxa being more closely related to Streptopelia than to Old World Columba pigeons. This is consistent with differences between New World and Old World Columba in terms of morphology, serology and behavior. The suggestion was made to place all New World forms in the genus Patagioenas, and the AOU recently adopted this change in its latest checklist supplement PALE-VENTED PIGEON - Patagioenas cayennensis Common in the lowlands PLUMBEOUS PIGEON - Patagioenas plumbea Mostly heard but a few seen around Waqanki Lodge WHITE-THROATED QUAIL- DOVE - Zentrygon frenata Brief view along the trail at Plataforma
WHITE-TIPPED DOVE - Leptotila verreauxi Fairly common throughout the trip. Named for the impressive sounding John Baptiste Edouard Verreaux (1810-1868) French Natural History dealer and collector. EARED DOVE - Zenaida auriculata Very common RUDDY GROUND-DOVE - Columbina talpacoti Common in the eastern lowlands. BLUE-GROUND DOVE - Claravis pretiosa One seen at Waqanki Family: CUCULIDAE (CUCKOOS) SQUIRREL CUCKOO - Piaya cayana Regular sightings. BLACK-BELLIED CUKOO - Piaya melanogaster One seen along the Pastaza road outside of San Lorenzo SMOOTH-BILLED ANI - Crotophaga ani Common in the eastern lowlands STRIPED CUCKOO - Tapera naevia* Family: OPISTHOCOMIDAE (HOATZIN) HOATZIN - Opisthocomus hoazin A few seen just from the vehicle on the way in to the Barbet camp Family: STRIGIDAE (OWLS) TROPICAL SCREECH-OWL - Megascops choliba Great views just outside of the Hotel at Tarapoto VERMICULATED (NAPO) SCREECH-OWL -Megascops (napensis) guatemalae Very nice view of one individual up along the ridge at Waqanki Lodge RR CINNAMON SCREECH-OWL - Megascops pertersoni Great view of one at the very last morning along the Monkey trail at Abra Patricia Named for American pioneer ornithologist and artist Roger Tory Petersen (1908-1996)
Cinnamon- Screch Owl – Vivek Tawari WHITE-THROATED SCREECH-OWL - Megascops albogularis Fly by near the canopy tower at Abra Patricia BAND-BELLIED OWL - Pulsatrix melanota One seen at Waqanki Lodge RUFOUS-BANDED OWL - Ciccaba albitarsus Wonderful view of one individual in day time roosting, spotted by Phil along the Tino trail at Abra Patricia
Rufous-banded Owl - Sue/Dave Williamson MOTTLED OWL - Ciccaba virgata* At the Hotel in Tarapoto SPECTACLED OWL - Ciccaba virgata Good view of one at Waqanki, that responded well to play back, a special order for Richard…. FERRUGINOUS PYGMY-OWL - Glaucidium brasilianum One seen on the Pastaza road at San Lorenzo and another one at Waqanki E LONG-WHISKERED OWLET - Xenoglaux loweryi Seen really well at Alta Nieva bellow Abra Patricia (Owlet-Lodge). Xenoglaux = Strange Owl. Named for George Hines Lowery US Zoologist ENDANGERED
Long-whiskered Owlet – Vivek Tawari STYGIAN OWL - Asio stygius Scope views (with Ian’s telescope) on a microwave antenna in Moyobamba with our local guide Carlos (from Waqanki Lodge), between 10/11 pm – bizarre and wonderful – an impressive Owl. Stygius from the Greek meaning infernal. From the River Styx in the underworld. Styx was primarily a feature in the afterworld of Greek Mythology, similar to the Christian area of Hell in texts such as The Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost. The ferryman Charon is believed to have transported the souls of the newly dead across this river into the underworld, though in the original Greek and Roman sources, as well as in Dante, it was the river Acheron that Charon plied. Dante put Phlegyas as ferryman over the Styx and made it the fifth circle of Hell, where being drowned in the muddy waters for eternity, with the wrathful fighting each other, punishes the wrathful and sullen. Family STEATORNITHIDAE (OILBIRD) OILBIRD - Steatornis caripensis Great views at the usual cave between Tarapoto and Moyobamba. Steatornis = Fatbird. Baron von Humboldt recorded that young Oilbirds were culled each year and rendered into fat, melted down into oil, which was highly prized for cooking.
Family: CAPRIMULGIDAE (NIGHTJARS) COMMON PAURAQUE - Nyctidromus albicollis Seen at Waqanki Lodge RUFOUS NIGHTJAR - Antrostomus rufus* At Waqanki SPOT-TAILED NIGHTJAR - Hydropsalis maculicaudus One seen well at Waqanki Lodge Family: APODIDAE (SWIFTS) WHITE-CHESTED SWIFT - Cypseloides lemosi Seen at the Barbet camp. Named for Antonio J Lemos-Guzman fl 1962 Governor of Cauca Colombia CHESTNUT-COLLARED SWIFT - Streptoprocne rutila Seen around Abra Patricia WHITE-COLLARED SWIFT - Streptoprocne zonaris Common SHORT-TAILED SWIFT - Chaetura brachyura Seen in two consecutive days around Yurimaguas WHITE-TIPPED SWIFT - Aeronautes montivagus Seen below the around the tunnels near Tarapoto and also below Abra Patricia NEOTROPICAL PALM-SWIFT - Tachornis squamata Seen several days throughout the trip, always near Mauritia palms Family: TROCHILIDAE (HUMMINGBIRDS) WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN - Florisuga mellivora At the Waqanki & Aconabikh Hummingbird Feeders. Now considered tobe one of the most primitive Hummingbirds GREEN HERMIT - Phaethornis guy One seen along the Barbet trail and another one at Alto Nieva RR BLACK-THROATED HERMIT Phaethornis atrimentalis At the Waqanki Hummingbird Feeders. We w the subspecies riojae TAWNY-BELLIED HERMIT - Phaethornis syrmatophorus Seen at the Owlet Lodge at Abra Patricia STRAIGHT-BILLED HERMIT - Phaethornis bourcieri One seen along the trail outside of San Lorenzo (White-masked Antbird area) GREAT –BILLED HERMIT - Phaethornis malaris
At the Waqanki & Aconabikh Hummingbird Feeders and another one at the Pastaza road outside of San Lorenzo PLANALTO HERMIT - Phaethornis pretrei One seen at Upaquihua E KOEPCKE’S HERMIT - Phaethornis koepckeae Seen at Escalera Aconabikh feeders and one more at the tunnel. REDDISH HERMIT - Phaethornis ruber Seen at Arena Blanca Reserve BLUE-FRONTED LANCEBILL- Doryfera johannae Common at (Arena Blanca Reserve) Aguas Verdes. Named for Johanna Loddiges (fl. 1847) daughter of British Hummingbird expert (of Marvelous Spatulatail fame) GREEN-FRONTED LANCEBILL - Doryfera ludovicae Seen at Arenas Blanca Reserve and one more along the road near Alto Nieva
Royal Sunangel –Carlos Calle
BROWN VIOLET-EAR - Colibri delphinae At the Owlet Lodge feeders and also at Huembo GREEN VIOLET-EAR - Colibri thalassinus Seen at Waqanki and Owlet Lodge. Thallasinus = sea-green SPARKLING VIOLET-EAR - Colibri coruscans Seen at Waqanki and Huembo. The bully of the feeders. BLACK-THROATED MANGO - Anthracothorax nigricollis A few at Waqanki & Escalera Aconabikh Hummingbird Feeders RR ROYAL SUNANGEL - Heliangelus regalis 5 in total at Abra Patricia. From the Grek Helios =sun, Angelos = angel. From the habit of this genus of lifting their wings monetarily as in stylized angel paintings, on alighting on a twig. ENDANGERED WIRE-CRESTED THORNTAIL - Discosura popelairii One seen along the Barbet trail. Named for Jean Baptiste Baron Poplaire de Terloo, Belgian naturalist and collector in Peru RUFOUS-CRESTED COQUETTE - Lophornis delattrei Common at the Waqanki Hummingbird feeders. Named for Adolphe de Lattre, French collector in Mexico and Colombia
Rufous-crested Coquette –John Hopkins RR ECUADORIAN PIEDTAIL - Phlogophilus hemileucurus One seen around Afluente on our way to Tarapoto.
SPECKLED HUMMINGBIRD - Adelomyia melanogenys Excellent views at the feeders at Abra Patricia. GREEN-TAILED TRAINBEARER - Lesbia nuna Seen at Huembo. From the Greek Lesbias – a woman of Lesbos. Nuna – from Nouna –Koali, a graceful Indian virgin in Jean F Denis’s novel (1829) “Ismael Ben Kaizar ou la decouverture du Nouveau Monde”. Food for thought? LONG-TAILED SYLPH - Aglaiocercus kingi Common at the Owlet Lodge feeders RUFOUS-CAPPED THORNBILL - Chalcostigma ruficeps Very nice view of one individual along the Pale-billed Antpitta at San Lorenzo TYRIAN METALTAIL - Metallura tyrianthina Also along the Pale-billed Antpitta trail. Named after the color Tyrian purple. Variously known as Royal purple, Tyrian purple, purple of the ancients, this ancient dyestuff, mentioned in texts dating about 1600 BC, was produced from the mucus of the hypobranchial gland of various species of marine mollusks, notably Murex. Although originating in old port of Tyre in modern day Syria (hence the name), man's first large scale chemical industry spread throughout the world. With the decline of the Roman Empire, the use of the dye also declined and large scale production ceased with the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was replaced by other cheaper dyes like lichen purple and madder. GREENISH PUFFLEG - Haplophaedia aureliae At the Alto Nieva feeders. Replaced in the south by Buff-thighed Puffleg EMERALD-BELLIED PUFFLEG - Eriocnemis alinae Common in the forest and at the feeders at the Owlet Lodge E MARVELOUS SPATULETAIL - Loddigesia mirabilis Marvelous! Not one at Huembo ……that`s why I had to put to work my back up plan; which it was to practice again the old fashioned way (looking for it in its natural environment at the Santos’ property with his daughter Jenny as our local guide (which she did play very her role very well), with very good success taking us to a good spot where Philip found it from the distance first and then we got closer where we all got great views. The genus is named after British taxidermist and natural history dealer G. Loddiges (1784-1846), who specialized in hummingbirds! ENDANGERED BRONZY INCA - Coeligena coeligena Daily at the Owlet Lodge feeders and some at the Huembo feeders COLLARED INCA - Coeligena torquata Another star player at the Owlet Lodge feeders
Marvelous Spatuletail – John Hopkins VIOLET-THROATED STARFRONTLET - Coeligena violifer Seen on our hike up to the Pale-billed Antpitta SWORD-BILLED HUMMINGBIRD - Ensifera ensifera What a bill!! Amazing views at the Owlet Lodge feeders! CHESTNUT-BREASTED CORONET - Boissonneaua metthewsi The dominant bully at the Owlet Lodge and Huembo feeders. Named for English botanist and collector in the Neotropics Andrew Matthews BOOTED RACKET-TAIL - Ocreatus underwoodii Great looks at the Abra Patricia feeders. The Racket tailed Puffleg was unknown in life but specimens existed in various London cabinets, whence a drawing was sent in 1832 by Mr. Underwood on behalf of Charles Stokes, a London stockbroker and collector GOULD’S JEWELFRONT - Heliodoxa aurescens Good views at the La Escalera Aconabikh feeders. Named for John Gould English publisher, collector and artist FAWN-BREASTED BRILLIANT - Heliodoxa rubinoides One of the stars of the Owlet Lodge feeders
Sword-billed Hummingbird – John Hopkins
Booted Raquetail
FAWN-BREASTED BRILLIANT - Heliodoxa rubinoides One of the stars of the Owlet Lodge feeders VIOLET-FRONTED BRILLIANT - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Seen one along the Barbet trail and few more at Huembo feeders LONG-BILLED STARTHROAT - Heliomaster longirostris One at the Waqanki Hummingbird Feeders WHITE-BELLIED WOODSTAR - Chaetocercus mulsant Wonderful views of this insect-bird, at the Owlet Lodge feeders RR LITTLE WOODSTAR - Chaetocercus bombus A rare hummingbird – seen in the garden at Huembo. VULNERABLE VIOLET-HEADED HUMMINGBIRD - Klais guimeti One at the Waqanki Hummingbird Feeders GREY-BREASTED SABREWING - Campylopterus largipennis Common at the Waqanki and Aconabikh feeders RR NAPO SABREWING - Campylopterus villaviscensio One female seen at the Arena Blanca reserve FORK-TAILED WOODNYMPH - Thalurania furcata Common at the Waqanki and Aconabikh Hummingbird Feeders and a few on the Barbet Ridge MANY-SPOTTED HUMMINGBIRD - Taphrospilus hypostictus Good views at Waqanki and Arena Blanca reserve’s feeders WHITE-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD - Amazilia chionogaster Visiting the feeders at Huembo. GOLDEN-TAILED SAPPHIRE - Chrysuronia oenone At the Waqanki and Aconabikh Hummingbird Feeders and also a few on our way to the Barbet area SAPPHIRE-SPANGLED EMERALD - Polyerata lactea At the Waqanki Hummingbird Feeders ANDEAN EMERALD - Amazilia franciae A few seen at the ECOAN feeders at Huembo. Named for Francia Bourcier daughter of French Ornithologist Jules.
WHITE-CHINNED SAPPHIRE - Hylocharis cyanus At the Waqanki Hummingbird Feeders Family: TROGONIDAE (TROGONS) GOLDEN-HEADED QUETZAL - Pharomachrus auriceps* MASKED TROGON - Trogon personatuts Seen around Afluente on our way to Tarapoto COLLARED TROGON - Trogon collaris 2 on our last morning at Juan Guerra BLUE-CROWNED TROGON - Trogon curucui Seen at Waqanki GREEN-BACKED TROGON - Trogon viridis Seen on the way to the Barbet camp and another one at La Escalera near the tunnels and one more when we were looking for the White-masked Antbird outside of San Lorenzo Family: ALECEDINIDAE (KINGFISHERS) RINGED KINGFISHER - Megaceryle torquata One seen at Yurimaguas Family: MOMOTIDAE (MOTMOTS) RUFOUS MOTMOT - Baryphthengus martii* At Waqanki BROAD-BILLED MOTMOT - Electron platyrhynchum* At Waqanki Family: GALBULIDAE (JACAMARS) BLUISH-FRONTED JACAMAR - Galbula cyanescens One seen at Upaquihua creek and also on the way up to the Barbet camp YELLOW-BILLED JACAMAR - Galbula albirostris One seen at San Lorenzo (White-masked Antbird area) Family: BUCCONIDAE (PUFFBIRDS) RUFOUS-CAPPED NUNLET - Nonnula ruficapilla One at Quebrada Upaquihua WHITE-FACED NUNBIRD - Hapaloptila castanea Wonderful views and pictures thanks to Phil again who found it and he called us from the Monkey trail as he was taking the steep (monkey trail) to go back to the Lodge, and we were going on Tino -trail at Abra Patricia
White-faced Nunbird BLACK-FRONTED NUNBIRD - Monasa nigrifrons At Quebrada Upaquihua and on our way in and out from Barbet camp YELLOW-BILLED NUNBIRD - Monasa flavirostris Very good views in the way in and out to the Barbet camp SWALLOW-WING - Chelidoptera tenebrosa Seen around Tarapoto Family: CAPITONIDAE (NEW WORLD BARBETS) E SCARLET-BANDED BARBET - Capito wallacei Our most targeted bird! We saw a total of 3 individuals and we saw them well! Two on the full day walk and one more below the camp. Stunning and satisfying! Named for Robert B Wallace of Washington DC in recognition of his intense interest and support of ornithological exploration by Lousiana State University in Perru. VULNERABLE
Scarlet –banded barbet – Andrew Spencer GILDED BARBET - Capito auratus Common in the lowlands VERSICOLORED BARBET - Eubucco versicolor Common along the Barbet trail and also at La Escalera (tunnel)
Versicolored Barbet –Thomas Rebe
Family: RAMPHASTIDAE (TOUCANS) CHANNEL-BILLED TOUCAN - Ramphastos vitellinus Seen on the way in to the Barbet camp YELLOW-THROATED TOUCAN - Ramphastos ambiguus* Called "Yellow-throated Toucan" by Haffer (1974), Short & Horne (2001), Short & Horne (2002b), and del Hoyo & Collar (2014). The reason for the different English names is that the taxon swainsonii has been treated as a separate species by many authors, and under that taxonomic treatment (e.g. Meyer de Schauensee 1970), “Black-mandibled Toucan” is an appropriate name. However, treatment of swainsonii as a subspecies of R. ambiguus, following Haffer (1974), renders “Black-mandibled” misleading because swainsonii has a reddish mandible. When treated as separate species, “Black-mandibled” referred nicely to the main difference between ambiguus (including abbreviatus) and swainsonii, which was known as “Chestnut-mandibled Toucan”. See our Note 24 for taxonomic history. The authors cited in Note 25 used “Yellow-throated” for broadly defined R. ambiguus – all three subspecies including swainsonii have yellow throats – and we should follow this. This also leaves the “-mandibled” names as referring only to the two-species treatment.
RR BLACK-THROATED (EMERALD) TOUCANET - Aulacorhynchus (prasinus) atrogularis Seen around Afluente CHESTNUT-TIPPED TOUCANET - Aulacorhynchus derbianus A few seen at the Barbet Ridge and few more in the ridge trail at Waqanki. Named for Edward Smith Stanley 13th Earl of Derby and founder of the Knowsley Museum GOLDEN-COLLARED TOUCANET - Selenidera reinwardtii* Around the tunnels LETTERED ARACARI - Pteroglossus inscriptus Seen on our way out from the Barbet camp. “Arasari” is a Brazilian Amerindian name for a small toucan. In Greek Pteroglossus means “feather tongued” a reference to the slim feather-like tongues of toucans and aracaris MANY-BANDED ARACARI - Pteroglossus pluricinctus Seen on the way out to the Barbet camp IVORY-BILLED ARACARI - Pteroglossus azara Seen at La Escalera (the tunnel). Named for Brigadier-General Felix Manuel de Azara (17421821) Spanish Military engineer commanding the Paraguayan-Brazilian border CHESTNUT-EARED ARACARI Pteroglossus castanotis Seen at Waqanki Family: PICIDAE (WOODPECKERS) RR LAFRESNAYES PICULET - Picumnus lafresnayi Very good views at Waqanki Lodge. Named for the impressive sounding Noel Frederic Armand Andre Baron de Lefresnay (1783-1861) French Ornithologist and collector.
E SPECKLED-CHESTED PICULET - Picumnus steindachneri Two seen above Afluente. Named for Heinz Steindachneri Austrian herpetologist and ictyologist and director of the Vienna Museum (1834-1919). ENDANGERED YELLOW-TUFTED WOODPECKER - Melanerpes cruentatus Common in the lowland WHITE-THROATED WOODPECKER - Piculus leucolaemus One seen around La Escalera (the tunnel) SMOKY-BROWN WOODPECKER - Picoides fumigatus Seen along the Barbet ridge and also at Abra Patricia LITTLE WOODPECKER - Veniliornis passerinus Seen around Waqanki RED-STAINED WOODPECKER - Veniliornis affinis Two seen up by the top of the ridge trail at Waqanki SPOT-BREASTED WOODPECKER - Colaptes punctigula Seen on our way to the Barbet camp GOLDEN-OLIVE WOODPECKER - Colaptes rubiginosus Seen along the Barbet trail and in our way down from the Barbet camp LINEATED WOODPECKEER - Dryocopus lineatus Seen on our way up the Barbet camp CRIMSON-CRESTED WOODPECKER - Campephilus melanoleucos Also seen on our way up to the Barbet camp Family: FALCONIDAE (FALCONS) NORTHERN CRESTED CARACARA - Caracara cheriway Seen around Moyobamba. As there are no true Crows in South America, Caracaras occupy that niche as omnivorous scavengers. Small numbers at several sites. Formerly placed in the genus Polyborus but, this species has been switched to the genus Caracara. Note also that the former species known as Crested Caracara, has been split into three species with those ranging north of north-west Peru and the Amazon River ( i.e Colombia) are referable to Northern Crested-Caracara C. cheriway while another form, the extinct Guadalupe Caracara C. lutosus, of Guadalupe Island, Mexico, has also been given its untimely species status. The SACC says “Caracara cheriway and C. plancus were formerly considered conspecific (e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1949, Phelps & Phelps 1958a), sometimes also including C. lutosus of Guadalupe Island (e.g., Meyer de Schauensee 1970, Stresemann and Amadon 1979), but the ranges of cheriway and plancus are nearly parapatric with no sign of intergradation, contrary to earlier interpretations (see Banks REF); they constitute a superspecies. The three forms had previously been considered separate species by REFS, Pinto (1938), and Friedmann (1950).”
YELLOW-HEADED CARACARA - Milvago chimachima Seen in 4 different occasion in the lowlands RED-THROATED CARACARA - Daptrius americanus* AMERICAN KESTREL Falco sparverius Seen at San Lorenzo (Pale-billed Antpitta) BAT FALCON - Falco rufigularis Seen around Moyobamba ORANGE-BREASTED FALCON - Falco deiroleucus One seen on the way down from the Barbet camp and twice at La Escalera (tunnel) and one more at Abra Patricia Family: PSITTACIDAE (PARROTS) CANARY –WINGED PARAKEET - Brotogeris versicolurus Seen at Yurimaguas and common at San Lorenzo COBALT-WINGED PARAKEET - Brotogeris cyanoptera Seen in several occasion throughout the trip , here the subspecies gustavi with yellow on the wings. SACC comment: The subspecies gustavi was formerly (e.g., Cory 1918, Peters 1937) considered a separate species from Brotogeris cyanoptera, but Traylor (1958) indicated that they probably intergrade in the Huallaga valley. BLUE-HEADED PARROT - Pionus menstruus Common in the lowlands SPECKLE-FACED PARROT - Pionus tulmultuosus Seen at Abra Patricia SCALY-NAPED AMAZON - Amazonas mercenaria Common at Abra Patricia YELLOW-CROWNED AMAZON - Amazona ochrocephala* At San Lorenzo BLUE-WINGED PARROTLET - Forpus xanthopterygius Very nice views at Waqanki Lodge and also around Tarapoto BLACK-HEADED PARROT - Pionites melanocephalus Seen along the Pastaza road outside of San Lorenzo ROSE-FRONTED PARAKEET - Pyrrhura roseifrons Fairly common on the Barbet Ridge, and we also saw them on the way up to Plataforma MAROON-TAILED PARAKEET - Pyrrhura melanura Seen twice at La Escalera (tunnel) here the subspecies berlepschi
MITRED PARAKEET - Psittacara mitratus Flocks seen near Huembo WHITE-EYED PARAKEET - Psittacara leucophthalma Common around Moyobamba RED-BELLIED MACAW - Orthopsittaca manilata Small flocks seen at San Lorenzo Family: THAMNOPHILIDAE (ANTBIRDS) RUFOUS-RUMPED ANTWREN - Euchrepomis callinota Seen in two different occasion; at the Barbet ridge and also 4 more above Afluente FULVOUS ANTSHRIKE - Frederickena fulva Very good surprise of a male glimpsed at San Lorenzo (White-masked Antbird) locality. This and Undulated Antshrike can only be separated on song, range and female plumage RUFOUS-CAPPED ANTSHRIKE - Thamnophilus ruficapillus jaczewskii One seen along the ridge trail at San Lorenzo (Pale-billed Antpitta trail) LINED ANTSHRIKE - Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus Very good views on the Barbet Ridge and also around Afluente. VULNERABLE MOUSE-COLORED ANTSHRIKE - Thamnophilus murinus Nice view around the White-masked Antbird area at San Lorenzo RR NORTHERN SLATY ANTSHRIKE - Thamnophilus punctatus huallagae Fairly common at Quebrada Upaquihua. The SACC says “Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) further recognized leucogaster of the Marañon Valley (with huallagae of Huallaga Valley) as a separate species from punctatus; this taxon was tentatively retained as a subspecies of T. punctatus by Isler et al. (1997), with further evidence confirming subspecies status presented by Isler, Walker et al. (2001). The subspecies huallagae was formerly (e.g. Peters 1951) treated as a subspecies of T. amazonicus, but see Isler et al. (1997). VARIABLE ANTSHRIKE - Thamnophilus caerulescens Seen above Afluente PLAIN ANTVIREO - Dysithamnus mentalis Seen on the way down from Barbet camp and another one along the ridge trail at Waqanki DUSKY-THROATED ANTSHRIKE -Thamnomanes ardesiacus Seen at San Lorenzo CINEREOUS ANTSHRIKE - Thamnomanes caesius A pair of this understory flock leader seen at San Lorenzo WHITE-EYED ANTWREN - Epinecrophylla leucophthalma
Two seen at San Lorenzo SPOT-WINGED ANTSHRIKE - Pygiptila stellaris Also seen at San Lorenzo PYGMY ANTWREN - Myrmotherula brachyura One seen in the lowlands at San Lorenzo STRIPE-CHESTED ANTWREN - Myrmotherula longicauda 1 at Quebrada Upaquihua and another one at Waqanki WHITE-FLANKED ANTWREN - Myrmotherula axillaris At Quebrada Upaquihua here of the slow voiced form, and another one at San Lorenzo. The SACC says: s (1984b), Ridgely & Tudor (1994), Hilty (2003), and Zimmer & Isler (2003) noted that vocal differences among several subspecies of Myrmotherula axillaris suggest that more than one species is involved. SLATY ANTWREN Myrmotherula schisticolor A pair seen well above Afluente GRAY ANTWREN - Myrmotherula menetriesii Also seen at San Lorenzo
Ash-throated Antwren – Vivek Tiwari
E ASH-THROATED ANTWREN - Herpsilochmus parkeri Amazing views and some pictures on the top of the ridge trail at Waqanki 2 of them “for the price of one”, a very rewording views after a long hike to get to the top of the ridge. Named for Theodore A Parker III – pioneer US ornithologist in Peru. ENDANGERED YELLOW-BREASTED ANTWREN - Herpsilochmus axillaris Seen in two consecutive days along the Barbet ridge trail and also at Waqanki and one more above Afluente. VULNERABLE RUSTY-BACKED ANTWREN - Formicivora rufa Heard at Upaquihua and seen at Waqanki STREAK-HEADED ANTBIRD - Drymophila straticeps Very nice views at Abra Patricia. The article in Condor “AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO SPECIES-LEVEL SYSTEMATICS REVEALS THE DEPTH OF DIVERSIFICATION IN AN ANDEAN THAMNOPHILID, THE LONG-TAILED ANTBIRD” By Morton L. Isler, Andrés M. Cuervo, Gustavo A, Bravo, and Robb T. Brumfield In part says “we propose the following taxonomic positions and English names for members of the complex. Regarding the English names, we have rejected the inclusion of “long-tailed” in the names, as proposed by Cory and Hellmayr (1924), because the names would become too cumbersome. The sequence reflects the estimated phylogeny: Drymophila klagesi Hellmayr and Seilern, 1912—Klages’s Antbird. Eastern and northern Venezuela, Serranía de Perijá, and northern Eastern Andes in Norte de Santander, Colombia (includes klagesi, aristeguietana, and Norte de Santander study groups; clade A). Drymophila hellmayri Todd, 1915—Santa Marta Antbird. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia (includes hellmayri; clade B). Drymophila caudata (Sclater, 1854)—East Andean Antbird. Eastern Andes from Santander (west of the ChicamochaCanyon) to Caquetá and Huila, Colombia (includes Santander and Upper Magdalena study groups; clade C). Drymophila striaticeps Chapman, 1912—Streak-headed Antbird. The Western and Central Andes of Colombia south through Ecuador (both slopes) and Peru (eastern slope) to northwestern Bolivia in La Paz (includes striaticeps, occidentalis, peruviana, and boliviana; clade D). GRAY ANTBIRD - Cercomacra cinerascens A canopy vine tangle specialist seen at Upaquihua BLACKISH ANTBIRD - Cercomacroides nigrescens On the Barbet Ridge (this is a correction from what I told you - Black Antbird). Here, the subspecies aequatorialis. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Zimmer & Isler (2003) suggested that Cercomacroides (then Cercomacra) nigrescens might consist of more than one species. Mayer et al. (2014) provided evidence that the subspecies fuscicauda of w. Amazonia should be treated as a separate species – Riparian Antbird. SACC proposal passed to recognize fuscicauda as a separate species.
WHITE-BROWED ANTBIRD - Myrmoborus leucophrys Impressive bird here of the koenigi subspecies with a complete white forehead at Upaquihua BLACK-FACED ANTBIRD - Myrmoborus myotherinus* At San Lorenzo PERUVIAN WARBLING ANTBIRD - Hypocnemis peruviana One seen at Waqanki. SPOT-WINGED ANTBIRD - Schistocichla leucostigma One seen along the ridge trail at Waqanki. Ridgely & Tudor (1994) and Zimmer & Isler (2003) suggested that the formerly broadly defined Schistocichla leucostigma probably consisted of more than one species. Braun et al. (2005) provided evidence that the Tepui taxon saturata deserves species rank. SACC proposal passed to treat saturata as a species. Isler et al. (2007) further showed that the taxa humaythae, brunneiceps, and rufifacies, currently treated as subspecies of P. leucostigma, also warrant species rank. SACC proposal passed to revise species limits. SILVERED ANTBIRD - Sclateria naevia One seen at San Lorenzo CHESTNUT-TAIED ANTBIRD - Myrmeciza hemimelaena Good views at Upaquihua WHITE-SHOULDERED ANTBIRD - Myrmeciza melanoceps Good views at San Lorenzo
White-masked Antbird – Jose Alvarez
E WHITE-MASKED ANTBIRD - Pithys castaneus One of the five PERU MEGAS – of the trip, which from my point of view it’s “the most difficult one”, but we managed to see 3 - again for the price of one. This enigmatic species was thought to be a hybrid until rediscovered on the Morona River by Dan Lane and Thomas Valqui and later at San Lorenzo by Fabrice Schmitt et al. This is an Army Ant Swarm specialist, find army ants and it will be there. WHITE-BACKED FIRE-EYED - Pyriglena leuconota marcapatensis* SPOT-BACKED ANTBIRD - Hylophylax naevia* Family: GRALLARIIDAE (ANTPITTAS) SCALED ANTPITTA - Grallaria guatimalensis* On at the Barbet ridge. E PALE-BILLED ANTPITTA - Grallaria carrikeri Great looks at one this impressive endemic Antpitta. Came in just as predicted but only once.
Pale-billed Antpitta – Gary Rosenberg
E RUSTY-TINGED ANTPITTA Grallaria przewalskii One seen and few more heard at Abra Patricia – a really hard to see Antpitta. Named for General Nicolai Mikhailovitch Przhevalsky (1839-1888) Russina explorer and anturalits in central Asia. VULNERABLE E OCHRE-FRONTED ANTPITTA - Grallaricula ochraceifrons Great views of two different individuals; first one by the Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant spot and another one and better views from the roadside below Abra Patricia ENDANGERED RUSTY-BREASTED ANTPITTA - Grallaricula ferrugineipectus One seen by Phil on his own at Abra Patricia Family: RHINOCRYPTIDAE (TAPACULOS) TRILLING TAPACULO - Scytalopus parvirostris* WHITE-CROWNED TAPACULO - Scytalopus atratus* E RUFOUS-VENTED TAPACULO - Scytalopus femoralis Several heard and one seen of this sneaky Tapaculo at Abra Patricia Family: FORMICARIIDAE (ANTTHRUSHES) RUFOUS-BREASTED ANTHRUSH - Formicarius rufipectus* Heard commonly on the Barbet Ridge BARRED ANTHRUSH - Chamaeza mollissima* Heard on the trails at Abra Patricia BLACK-FACED ANTHRUSH - Formicarius analis* Family: FURNARIIDAE (OVENBIRDS) OLIVACEOUS WOODCREEPER - Sittasomus griseicapillus amazonus One seen on our way in to the Barbet camp and another one at Waqanki. Note where you see these and what subspecies they are –they WILL be split as sure as death and taxes! ‘’FOOTHILL’’’ LONG-TAILED WOODCREEPER - Deconychura longicauda sp nov One seen along the Barbet ridge trail LONG-TAILED WOODCREEPER - Deconychura longicauda Seen at San Lorenzo WHITE-CHINNED WOODCREEPER - Dendrocincla merula Great views at San Lorenzo WEDGE-BILLED WOODCREEPER - Glyphorynchus spirurus One seen at San Lorenzo
CINNAMON-THROATED WOODCREEPER - Dendrexetastes rufigula On our way in to the Barbet Ridge AMAZONIAN BARRED WOODCREEPER - Dendrocolaptes certhia Good views at San Lorenzo BLACK-BANDED WOODCREEPER - Dendrocolaptes picumnus Also seen at San Lorenzo ELEGANT WOODCREEPER - Xiphorhynchus elegans Two seen at San Lorenzo BUFF-TROATED WOODCREEPER - Xiphorhynchus guttatus Seen at San Lorenzo OLIVE-BACKED WOODCREEPER - Xiphorhynchus triangularis Seen along the Barbet ridge and also at Abra Patricia RED-BILLED SCYTHEBILL - Campylorhamphus trochilirostris One seen along the Barbet ridge trail PLAIN XENOPS - Xenops minutus Seen at San Lorenzo and another one at Waqanki STREAKED XENOPS - Xenops rutilans 1 on the Barbet Ridge and another one bellow Abra Patricia STREAKED TUFTEDCHEEK - Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii Seen at Abra Patricia PEARLED TREERUNNER - Margarornis squamiger Quiet common at Abra Patricia PALE-LEGGED HORNERO - Furnarius leucopus Seen on the way in to the Barbet camp DUSKY-CHEEKED FOLIAGE-GLEANER - Anabazenops dorsalis* On the way up to the Barbet camp BUFF-FRONTED FOLIAGE-GLEANER - Philydor rufus One seen along the Barbet trail CHESTNUT-WINGED HOOKBILL - Ancistrops strigilatus Seen at San Lorenzo MONTANE FOLIAGE-GLEANER - Anabacerthia striaticollis One seen along the Barbet ridge and also at Abra Patricia
BLACK-BILLED TREEHUNTER - Thripadectes melanorhynchus One seen bellow Afluente BUFF-THROATED FOLIAGE-GLEANER - Automolus ochrolaemus* At Waqanki STRIPED WOODHAUNTER - Hyloctistes subulatus One seen at San Lorenzo [MARAÑON] RUFOUS-FRONTED THORNBIRD - Phacellodomus rufifrons peruvianus First ones seen near Upaquihua and good views at Waqanki , here the subspecies peruvianus, sometimes treated as a distinct species. SACC comment: Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered northern inornatus (with castilloi) a separate species from Phacellodomus rufifrons, and this was followed by and Hilty (2003); vocalizations are reported to differ, but no analysis or data have been published. SACC proposal to recognize inornatus as separate species did not pass because of insufficient published data. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) also suggested that the subspecies peruvianus of the Marañon valley deserved recognition as a separate species. ASH-BROWED SPINETAIL - Cranioleuca curtata 2 on the Barbet Ridge. VULNERABLE AZARA'S SPINETAIL - Synallaxis azarae Seen and mostly heard at Abra Patricia. Pipsqueak! Named for the impressive sounding Brigadier-General Felix Manuel de Azara, Spanish military engineer commanding the Paraguay/Brazilian frontier 1781-1801. He was also a naturalist DARK-BREASTED SPINETAIL - Synallaxis albigularis Very good views along the ridge trail at Waqanki PLAIN-CROWNED SPINETAIL - Synallaxis gujanensis A pair seen nicely at Quebrada Upaquihua CINEREOUS-BREASTED SPINETAIL - Synallaxis hypospodia* At Waqanki CHESTNUT-THROATED SPINETAIL - Synallaxis cherrei One at Quebrada Upaquihua was sneaky and only seen by some. Named for George Kruck Cherrie US Ornithologist and collector (1865 -1948) RUFOUS SPINETAIL - Synallaxis unirufa Good views at Abra Patricia Family: TYRANNIDAE (TYRANT FLYCATCHERS) SOOTY-HEADED TYRANNULET - Phyllomyias griseiceps One seen at Waqanki
YELLOW-CROWNED TYRANNULET Tyrannulus elatus* The Free Beer bird FOREST ELAENIA - Myiopagis gaimardii At San Lorenzo YELLOW-BELLIED ELAENIA - Elaenia flavogaster Quiet common at Waqanki LESSER ELAENIA - Elaenia chiriquensis Fairly common at Waqanki and the Moyobamba area HIGHLAND ELAENIA - Elaenia obscura One seen at Huembo (hummingbird feeders) SIERRAN ELAENIA - Elaenia pallatangae Common at Abra Patricia. WHITE-CRESTED ELAENIA - Elaenia albiceps One on the Barbet Ridge common. Another one to correct …this is what I told you Lesser Elaenia; we did see Lesser Elaenia but at Waqanki WHITE-LORED TYRANNULET - Ornithion inerme One seen at La Escalera (the tunnel) SOUTHERN-BEARDLESS TYRANNULET - Camptostoma obsoletum Very good views on our way up to the Barbet camp WHITE-TAILED TYRANNULET - Mecocerculus poecilocercus Seen at Abra Patricia MOUSE-COLORED TYRANNULET - Phaeomyias murina wagae Seen at Waqanki of the wagae subspecies YELLOW TYRANNULET - Capsiempis flaveola* Around Moyobamba E MISHANA TYRANNULET - Zimmerius villarejoi Good views at Waqanki. The San Martin birds may prove to be distinct from the Iquitos birds. VULNERABLE E PERUVIAN TYRANNULET - Zimmerius viridiflavus Common around Abra Patricia area and on the Barbet Ridge. These are vocally identical to those found in Central Peru, but recently there has been considerable debate about whether these are distinct from the Golden-faced Tyrannulet (likewise the species status of Loja Tyrannulet). Probably they should be lumped with Golden-faced.
MISHANA TYRANNULET – SILVERIO DURI MARBLE-FACED BRISTLE-TYRANT - Phylloscartes ophthalmicus Seen at Waqanki and Abra Patricia ASHY-HEADED TYRANNULET - Phyllomyias cinereiceps 1 seen along the Barbet ridge trail VARIAGATED BRISTLE-TYRANT - Phylloscartes poecilotis A few seen above Afluente MOTTLE-CHEEKED TYRANNULET - Phylloscartes ventralis Good views at Abra Patricia STREAK-NECKED FLYCATCHER - Mionectes striaticollis Seen at Abra Patricia OLIVE-STRIPED FLYCATCHER - Mionectes olivaceus Seen around the Barbet camp OCHRE-BELLIED FLYCATCHER - Mionectes oleaginous Seen at San Lorenzo and also at Waqanki SLATY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER - Leptopogon superciliaris On the Barbet Ridge and at Abra Patricia ORNATE FLYCATCHER - Myiotriccus ornatus Seen around Afluente
RR WHITE-BELLIED PYGMY-TYRANT - Myiornis albiventris Nice looks of one individual at Quebrada Upaquihua. Not an easy bird to see and has a disjunct range SCALE-CRESTED PYGMY-TYRANT - Lophotriccus pileatus Seen bellow Abra Patricia DOUBLE-BANDED PYGMY-TYRANT - Lophotriccus vitiosus Wonderful views at San Lorenzo, just from the Pastaza road STRIPE-NECKED TODY-TYRANT - Hemitriccus striaticollis Heard at Upaquihua and one seen very well at Waqanki PEARLY-VENTEDTED TODY-TYRANT - Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer Nice looks at Quebrada Upaquihua. BLACK-THROATED TODY-TYRANT Hemitriccus granadensis* At Abra Patricia. Named for New Granada a former South American Republic incorporating Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador. In early ornithology “New Granada” and “Bogota” were used to designate species of unknown provenance presumed to be from the Spanish Main (The Spanish held Mainland). BUFF-THROATED TODY-TYRANT - Hemitriccus rufigularis One seen by the top of the ridge trail at Waqanki. NEAR THREATENED RR CINNAMON-BREASTED TODY-TYRANT - Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus Very good looks bellow Abra Patricia – missed by most tours– just sneaks in to an inaccessible part of Ecuador. VULNERABLE E JOHNSON’S TODY-FLYCATCHER - Poecilotrccus luluae Seen bellow Abra Patricia – a cracking looking bird! The scientific name is from the late Lulu May Von Hagen for her support of research in avian genetics. ENDANGERED RUSTY-FRONTED TODY-FLYCATCHER Poecilotriccus latirostris* COMMON TODY-FLYCATCHER - Todirostrum cinereum A few here and there YELLOW-OLIVE TOLMOMYIAS - Tolmomyias sulphurescens aequatorialis One along the Barbet Ridge. The SACC says: The AOU (1998), Hilty (2003), and Fitzpatrick (2004) suggested that Tolmomyias sulphurescens almost certainly consists of multiple species. Ridgway treated Middle American subspecies cinereiceps and flavolivaceus each as a separate species from T. sulphurescens.
JOHNSON’S TODY-FLYCATCHER – SILVERIO DURI YELLOW-BREASTED (OLIVE FACED) TOLMOMYIAS - Tolmomyias (viridiceps) flaviventris Very common at Upaquihua and also at the tunnel. The SACC says: Tolmomyias flaviventris almost certainly involves more than one species; see Bates et al. (1992) and Ridgely & Tudor (1994). The subspecies viridiceps is almost certainly a distinct species, and was so considered by Ridgely et al. (2001) and Hilty (2003). However, Zimmer (1939a) considered them conspecific because the subspecies he considered the subspecies subsimilis and dissors to represent taxa that were intermediate between the two, and this treatment was followed by Fitzpatrick (2004) in the absence of published data supporting a split. Proposal needed. The IOC recognizes the split. WHITE-THROATED SPADEBILL - Platyrinchus mystaceus One seen very well along the ridge rail at Waqanki FLAVESCENT FLYCATCHER - Myiophobus flavicans Very nice view of two individual at Abra Patricia BRAN-COLORED FLYCATCHER - Myiophobus fasciatus One seen at the Barbet camp BLACK-TAILED MYIOBIUS - Myiobius atricaudus One seen at Upaquihua CINNAMON FLYCATCHER - Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus Common at Abra Patricia
CLIFF FLYCTACHER Hirundinea ferruginea Common at La Escalera and also seen at Abra Patricia EULER’S FLYCTACHER - Lathrotriccus euleri Seen at La Escalera and another one at Waqanki. Named for Karl Heronymus Euler (18341901). Swiss settler in Brazil and Vice-consul in Rio de Janeiro. Amateur ornithologist SMOKE-COLORED PEWEE - Contopus fumigatus At Abra Patricia BLACK PHOEBE - Sayornis nigricans One seen after the Koepke’s Hummingbird feeders on our way to Yurimaguas and another one the way to Huembo from Abra Patricia RUFOUS-TAILED TYRANT - Knipolegus poecilurus Excellent views at Abra Patricia LONG-TAILED TYRANT - Colonia colonus One just above the Barbet camp and another one on the way down from the Barbet camp RUFOUS-BREASTED CHAT-TYRANT - Ochthoeca rufipectoralis One on the Pale-billed Antpitta trail BROWN-BACKED CHAT-TYRANT - Ochthoeca fumicolor Also seen along the Pale-billed Antpitta trail RUDDY-TAILED FLYCATCHER - Terenotriccus erythrurus One seen at San Lorenzo GREAT KISKADEE - Pitangus sulphuratus Several sightings. SOCIAL FLYCATCHER - Myiozetetes similis Common in the lowlands DUSKY-CHESTED FLYCATCHER - Myiozetetes luteiventris Two near San Lorenzo, seen just from the road LEMON-BROWED FLYCATCHER - Conopias cinchoneti Two seen at Afluente. VULNERABLE GOLDEN-CROWNED FLYCATCHER - Myiodynastes chrysocephalus Common at La Escalera STREAKED FLYCATCHER - Myiodynastes maculatus An austral migrant seen on a few occasions
BOAT-BILLED FLYCATCHER - Megarynchus pitangua Seen at Upaquihua, on the way down from the Barbet camp and also at San Lorenso CROWNED SLATY-FLYCATCHER - Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus One seen at La Escalera (tunnel) and another one at San Lorenzo. The bird with the longest scientific name in the world! TROPICAL KINGBIRD - Tyrannus melancholicus TK! Very common GRAYISH MOURNER Rhytipterna simplex* DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER - Myiarchus tuberculifer One seen below the Barbet camp PALE-EDGED FLYCATCHER - Myiarchus cephalotes Fairly common at Abra Patricia CITRON-BELLIED ATTILA - Attila citriniventris Very good views at San Lorenzo Family: COTINGIDAE (COTINGAS) GREEN AND BLACK FRUITEATER - Pipreola rieferii Several nice looks at Abra Patricia. Named for Gabriel Reiffer collector tropical America ( fl 1840) SCARLET-BREASTED FRUITEATER - Pipreola frontalis Along the Barbet ridge trail RED-CRESTED COTINGA Ampelion rubrocristata One on the Pale-billed Antpitta trail BLACK-NECKED RED COTINGA - Phoenicircus nigricollis Very nice views of two individuals at San Lorenzo ANDEAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK - Rupicola peruvianus Peru’s national bird – seen at la Escalera and around Afluente. RR GREY-TAILED PIHA - Snowornis subalaris Seems to be a species on outliers of the Andes – heard commonly and one seen well on the Barbet Ridge PURPLE-THROATED FRUITCROW - Querula purpurata Seen at San Lorenzo SCREAMING PIHA - Lipaugus vociferans Vocal and 2 seen at San Lorenzo
BARE-NECKED FRUITCROW - Gymnoderus foetidus Seen around San Lorenzo. From the Latin “to stink or stinking” Family: PIPRIDAE (MANAKINS) SULPHUR-BELLIED TYRANT-MANAKIN - Neopelma sulphureiventer One seen after a lot of effort at Quebrada Upaquihua GOLDEN-WINGED MANAKIN - Masius chrysopterus* Around Afluente YUNGAS MANAKIN - Chiroxiphia boliviana Two seen along the road below the Barbet camp JET MANAKIN - Xenopipo unicolor Male and female seen at Afluente FIERY-CAPPED MANAKIN - Machaeropterus pyrocephalus Two seen at Waqanki WESTERN STRIPED MANAKIN - Machaeropterus striolatus Very good views at San Lorenzo WHITE-CROWNED MANAKIN Dixiphia pipra Very common at San Lorenzo GOLDEN-HEADED MANAKIN - Pipra erythrocephala Good views along the ridge trail at Waqanki BLUE-RUMPED (MILKY-RUMPED) MANAKIN - Lepidothrix isidorei leucopygia We saw the leucopygia race (at least 2) which occurs south of the Maranon gap and apparently only north of Cerulean-capped Manakin. Rigely and Greenfield 2002 suggested this form might be a separate species but there is no hard evidence. Named after Isidore Geoffroy SaintHillaire (1805-1861 – French zoologist Family: TITYRIDAE (TITYRAS) MASKED TITYRA - Tityra semifasciata Several sightings RR FOOTHILL SCHIFFORNIS - Schiffornis aenea Very good views of one individual along the Barbet ridge trail The SACC days: In Donegan et al. (2011), we proposed recognising the following species (using Nyári 2007’s vernacular names): 1. Thrush-like Schiffornis S. turdina (provisionally including subspecies steinbachi, amazonum, wallacii and intermedia) of the Amazon region and Atlantic forest, including the Amazonian region of Colombia. 2. Russet-winged Schiffornis S. stenorhyncha (including panamensis) of the Tacarcuna region of Panama and Colombia, Magdalena valley and Central, East and Merida Andes of
Colombia and north-western Venezuela. 3. Northern Schiffornis S. veraepacis (including dumicola, rosenbergi, “buckleyi” and acrophites) of the Chocó from northernmost Peru through Ecuador to Colombia and Central America from northern/western Panamá northwards. 4. Foothill Schiffornis S. aenea of the western Amazon region of Ecuador and Peru. 5. Olivaceous Schiffornis S. olivacea of the Guianan shield. CINEREOUS MOURNER - Laniocera hypopyrra One seen at San Lorenzo BARRED BECARD - Pachyramphus versicolor Nice looks at Abra Patricia WHITE-WINGED BECARD - Pachyramphus polychopterus Seen around Moyobamba BLACK-CAPPED BCARD - Pachyramphus marginatus Seen along the Barbet ridge trail BLACK-AND-WHHITE BECARD - Pachyramphus albogriseus One seen above Afluente YELLOW-CHEEKED BECARD Pachyramphus xanthogenys Three on the Barbet. The SACC says: Ridgely & Tudor (1994) and Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered Andean xanthogenys a species separate from P. viridis (Green-backed Becard), and this was followed by Fitzpatrick (2004) and Barber & Rice (2007). Proposal needed. IOC splits Genera: INCERTAE SEDIS WING-BARRED PIPRITES - Piprites chloris Good views at Waqanki but we also saw it at La Escalera Family: VIREONIDAE (VIREOS) RUFOUS-BROWED PEPPERSHRIKE - Cyclarhis gujanensis Commonly heard one seen at Abra Patricia SLATY-CPPED SHRIKE-VIREO - Vireolanius leucotis One seen well below the Barbet camp [CHIVI] RED-EYED VIREO - Vireo olivaceus (Chivi) Several encounters. Some classifications (e.g., Pinto 1944) have considered the South American chivi group as a separate species ("Chivi Vireo") from V. olivaceus, or as conspecific with V. flavoviridis (Hamilton 1962). Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) suggested, however, that more than one species may be involved within the South American chivi group. YELLOW-GREEN VIREO - Vireo flavoviridis One seen along the Barbet ridge
BROWN-CAPPED VIREO - Vireo leucophrys Seen along the Barbet ridge and at Abra Patricia OLIVACEOUS GREENLET - Hylophilus olivaceus* At Afluente Family: CORVIDAE (JAYS) VIOLACEOUS JAY - Cyanocorax violaceus Seen around Tarapoto [INCA] GREEN JAY - Cyanocorax yncas Fairly common and several sightings. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Hilty (2003) treated Middle American populations as a separate species, C. luxosus ("Green Jay") from South American C. yncas ("Inca Jay"), but no data presented; they were formerly considered separate species. Family: HIRUNDINIDAE (SWALLOWS) BLUE-AND-WHITE SWALLOW - Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Very common WHITE-BANDED SWALLOW - Atticora fasciata Common around Moyobamba SOUTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW - Stelgidopteryx ruficollis A few around Tarapoto and other places BROWN-CHESTED MARTIN - Progne tapera Seen around Tarapoto and Yurimaguas GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN Progne chalybea Fairly common around Tarapoto WHITE-WINGED SWALLOW - Tachycineta albiventer A few near Tarapoto Family: TROGLODYTIDAE (WRENS) SCALY-BREASTED (SOUTHERN NIGHTINGALE) WREN - Microcerculus marginatus One seen at San Lorenzo GRAY-MANTLED WREN - Odontorchilus branickii One seen bellow Abra Patricia. Named for Konstanty Grzegorz Graf von Brandicki (18241884) Polish collector and zoologist.
HOUSE WREN - Troglodytes aedon Very common. Many authors (e.g., Hellmayr 1934, Pinto 1944, Phelps & Phelps 1950a) formerly treated Neotropical mainland populations as a separate species T. musculus; see also
Brumfield and Capparella (1996); this treatment was followed by Brewer (2001) and Kroodsma & Brewer (2005). The Falklands population, T. a. cobbSI are treated as a species (Wood 1993), as was done by Brewer (2001), Mazar Barnett & Pearman (2001), Jaramillo (2003), and Kroodsma & Brewer (2005) MOUNTAIN WREN - Troglodytes solstitialis Nice views at Abra Patricia THRUSH-LIKE WREN - Campylorhynchus turdinus Very good views at Waqanki BUFF-BREASTED WREN - Cantorchilus leucotis* SHARPES WREN - Cinnycerthia olivascens Seen along the Barbet ridge trail and good views at Abra Patricia WHITE-BREASTED WOOD-WREN - Henicorhina leucosticte One seen nicely near San Lorenzo GRAY-BREASTED WOOD-WREN - Henicorhina leucophrys Heard a few times and seen on the Barbet Ridge and 2 more at Abra Patricia RR BAR-WINGED WOOD-WREN - Henicorhina leucoptera Wow! Seen 3 in total, in two consecutive days at Alto Nieva. NEAR THREATENED
Bar-winged Wood-Wren
CHESTNUT-BREASTED WREN - Cyphorhinus thoracicus One seen at Abra Patricia – played hard to see! Family POLIOPTILIDAE (GNATCATCHERS) LONG-BILLED GNATWREN - Ramphocaenus melanurus One seen near San Lorenzo Family DONACOBIDAE (DONACOBIUS) BLACK-CAPPED DONACOBIUS - Donacobius atricapillus Seen on the drive to Yurimaguas and another two more near Moyobamba Family CINCLIDAE (DIPPERS) WHITE-CAPPED DIPPER - Cinclus leucocephalus One seen on the “Chido” River on our way out from Pale-billed Antpitta spot Family: TURDIDAE (THRUSHES) ANDEAN SOLITAIRE - Myadestes ralloides At least one seen bellow Abra Patricia. SLATY-BACKED NIGHTINGALE-THRUSH - Catharus fuscater* PALE-BREASTED THRUSH - Turdus leucomelas Seen at Waqanki VARZEA THRUSH - Turdus sanchezorum Good views at Waqanki. Named for Manuel Sánchez S. and Marta Chávez de Sánchez. The Sánchezes worked with Dr. John O’Neill and many other LSU (and non-LSU) researchers, in Peru, Bolivia, and Venezuela since the 1960s and were present for many of the bird discoveries that resulted from those field expeditions BLACK-BILLED THRUSH - Turdus ignobilis Common in the lowlands. GREAT THRUSH - Turdus fuscater Common at Abra Patricia GLOSSY-BLACK THRUSH - Turdus serranus One seen bellow Abra Patricia WHITE-NECKED THRUSH - Turdus albicollis Seen near San Lorenzo Family: THRAUPIDAE (TANAGERS) BLACK-FACED TANAGER - Schistochlamys melanopis Two seen well at Waqanki
MAGPIE TANAGER - Cissopis leverianus A few sightings throughout in the Lowlands WHITE-CAPPED TANAGER - Sericossypha albocristata Good views bellow Abra Patricia RUFOUS-CRESTED TANAGER - Creurgops verticalis Seen at Abra Patricia SUPERCILIARIED HEMISPINGUS - Hemispingus superciliaris leucogaster One seen along the Pale-billed Antpitta trail OLEAGINOUS HEMISPINGUS - Hemispingus frontalis Seen around Afluente GRAY-HOODED BUSH-TANAGER - Cnemoscopus rubrirostris Seen at Abra Patricia BLACK-AND-WHITE TANAGER – Conothraupis speculigera Big surprise! One immature found inside of one of the rooms at the Owlet Lodge where Philip captured it and it took us some time to ID – the species is a trans-Andean migrant and breeds in large numbers in the coastal cnayons of NW Peru when there is rain in an El Nino year which this year is predicted to be – how does it know?
YELLOW-CRESTED TANAGER - Tachyphonus rufiventer One seen along the ridge trail at Waqanki FULVOUS-CRESTED TANAGER - Tachyphonus surinamus Seen in two consecutive days at San Lorenzo WHITE-LINED TANAGER - Tachyphonus rufus Seen around Upaquihua and around Tarapoto E BLACK-BELLIED (HUALLAGA) TANAGER - Ramphocelus melanogaster Quiet common at Waqanki SILVER-BEAKED TANAGER - Ramphocelus carbo Common in the lowlands away from the Huallaga Valley GRASS-GREEN TANAGER - Chlorornis riefferii Nice views at Abra Patricia LACRIMOSE MOUNTAIN-TANAGER - Anisognathus lacrymosus Very nice views around the Owlet Lodge BLUE-WINGED MOUNTAIN TANAGER - Anisognathus somptuosus Seen on the Barbet ridge and also at Alto Nieva YELLOW-THROATED TANAGER - Iridosornis analis Good views at Alto Nieva
Yellow-scarfed Tanager – Fabric Schmitt
E YELLOW-SCARFED TANAGER - Iridosornis reinhardti 2 of this endemic, seen just from outside of the dining room at the Owlet Lodge ORANGE-EARED TANAGER - Chlorochrysa calliparaea A pretty small Tanager seen on the Barbet Ridge and at Abra Patricia BLUE-GRAY TANAGER - Thraupis episcopus Common. We saw the eastern form with white wing patches. From Episcopal blue. PALM TANAGER - Thraupis palmarum Quiet common in the lowlands. BLUE-CAPPED TANAGER - Thraupis cyanocephala Common at Abra Patricia and The Pale-billed Antpitta trail GOLDEN-NAPED TANAGER - Tangara ruficervix Seen at Abra Patricia SILVERY TANAGER - Tangara viridicollis Common at Abra Patricia RR GREEN-THROATED TANAGER - Tangara argyrofenges Very nice views at the Barbet ridge trail – VULNERABLE MASKED TANAGER - Tangara nigrocincta Seen at La Escalera and also near San Lorenzo BLUE-NECKED TANAGER - Tangara cyanicollis Common RR DOTTED TANAGER - Tangara varia A nice pair seen behind La Escalera on our drive to Yurimaguas – a tricky bird to see anywhere YELLOW-BELLIED TANAGER - Tangara xanthogastra Great views at La Escalera and few more at Waqanki SPOTTED TANAGER - Tangara punctata Good views around Afluente ORANGE-HEADED TANAGER - Thlypopsis sordida One seen at Yurimaguas BERYL-SPANGLED TANAGER - Tangara nigroviridis Quiet common at Abra Patricia
BLUE-AND-BLACK TANAGER - Tangara vassorii Also seen at Abra Patricia METALLIC-GREEN TANAGER - Tangara labradorides One seen along the Barbet ridge trail BLUE-BROWED TANAGER - Tangara cyanotis Al least one seen along the Barbet ridge trail PARADISE TANAGER - Tangara chilensis Quiet common but colorful, seen in several places. Does not occur in Chile! OPAL-CROWNED TANAGER - Tangara callophrys Seen at San Lorenzo BAY-HEADED TANAGER - Tangara gyrola Seen in several places in the lowlands GOLDEN-EARED TANAGER - Tangara chrysotis Seen along the ridge trail at Waqanki SAFFRON-CROWNED TANAGER - Tangara xanthocephala Common at Abra Patricia and also seen at the Barbet ridge – here they do have a saffron crown! FLAME-FACED TANAGER - Tangara parzudakii Splendid looks at Abra Patricia. GREEN AND GOLD TANAGER - Tangara schrankii Fairly common in the lowlands. Named for Franz von Paula Schrank (1747-1835), German theologian, entomologist, botanist and collector GOLDEN TANAGER - Tangara arthus Common. SWALLOW TANAGER - Tersina viridis Common at La Escalera BLACK-FACED DACNIS - Dacnis lineata Several seen throughout the tour BLUE DACNIS - Dacnis cayana Seen in two consecutive days at San Lorenzo PURPLE HONEYCREEPER - Cyanerpes caeruleus Seen at San Lorenzo and Waqanki
GREEN HONEYCREEPER - Chlorophanes spiza At Waqanki GOLDEN-COLLARED HONEYCREEPER - Iridophanes pulcherrimus One seen around Afluente RUSTY FLOWERPIERCER - Diglossa sittoides Seen along the Barbet ridge trail WHITE-SIDED FLOWERPIERCER - Diglossa albilatera A few seen at Abra Patricia and also along the Pale-billed Antpitta trail DEEP-BLUE (GOLDEN-EYED) FLOWERPIERCER - Diglossa glauca Seen below Abra Patricia
Deep-blue (Golden-eyed) Flowerpiercer – Silverio Duri BLUISH FLOWERPIERCER - Diglossa caerulescens One seen really well at Abra Patricia MASKED FLOWERPIERCER - Diglossa cyanea Seen in two consecutive days at Abra Patricia MOUSTACHED FLOWERPIERCER – Diglossa mystacalis One seen a little bit from the distance along the Pale-billed Antpitta trail
SAFFRON FINCH - Sicalis flaveola Seen around Tarapoto BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT - Volatinia jacarina A few seen in the rice fields CHESTNUT-BELLIED SEEEDEATER - Sporophila castaneiventris Seen a few times in the Lowlands CHESTNUT-BELLIED SEED FINCH - Sporophila angolensis Seen at San Lorenzo and one more seen around Moyobamba. Not found in Angola (miss labeled specimen) BLACK-BILLED SEEDFINCH - Sporophila atrirostris Seen near Moyobamba BANNANAQUIT - Coereba flaveola Seen in several places throughout the tour! We saw intermedia but it changes to mangnirostris in the Maranon INCERTAE SEDIS BUFF-THROATED SALTATOR - Saltator maximus Fairly common especially on the Barbet ridge and Waqanki GRAYISH SALTATOR - Saltator coerulescens Common in the lowlands, seen on our drive to the Barbet camp and at San Lorenzo SLATE-COLORED GROSBEAK - Saltator grossus One seen around La Escalera and good views at Waqanki along the ridge trail Family: EMBERIZINAE (BUNTINGS & SPARROWS) RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW - Zonotrichia capensis Very common in higher areas YELLOW-BROWED SPARROW - Ammodramus aurifrons Very common in lowland areas CHESTNUT-CAPPED BRUSHFINCH - Arremon brunneinucha Good views of one individual at Abra Patricia - responded really well to play back YELLOW-BREASTED BRUSHFINCH - Atlapetes latinuchus Seen several times around Abra Patricia. COMMON CHLOROSPINGUS - Chorospingus ophthalmicus Seen in two separate days at Abra Patricia YELLOW-THROATED CHLOROSPINGUS - Chlorospingus flavigularis Several small gangs encountered on the Barbet Ridge and also around Afluente
ASH-THROATED CHLOROSPINGUS - Chlorospingus canigularis Nice views at Afluente Family CARDINALIDAE (CARDINALS AND ALLIES) WHITE-WINGED TANAGER - Piranga leucopter Seen along the Barbet ridge and bellow the Barbet camp and one more below Abra Patricia RED-HOODED TANAGER - Piranga rubriceps Two seen nicely along the Pale-billed Antpitta trail CARMIOL’S TANAGER - Chlorothraupis carmioli One seen on the way down from the Barbet camp Family: PARULIDAE (NEW WORLD WARBLERS) TROPICAL PARULA - Setophaga pitiayumi Common CITRINE WARBLER - Myiothlypis luteoviridis Seen at Abra Patricia BUFF-RUMPED WARBLER - Myiothlypis fulvicauda Good views at Waqanki RUSSET-CROWNED WARBLER - Myiothlypis coronatus Quiet common at Abra Patricia THREE-STRIPED WARBLER - Basileuterus tristriatus Seen bellow Abra Patricia and around Afluente. Donegan (2014) provided evidence that the S.Peru and Bolivian punctipectus group (including canens) should be treated as a separate species “Yungas Warbler” SLATE-THROATED WHITESTART - Myioborus miniatus Common on the Barbet Ridge but also seen at Waqanki and Abra Patricia SPECTACLED WHITESTART - Myioborus melanocephalus Common around Abra Patricia. Family: ICTERIDAE (BLACKBIRDS) CRESTED OROPENDOLA - Psarocolius decumanus One seen on our drive to the Barbet camp and another one around Rioja RUSSET-BACKED OROPENDOLA - Psarocolius angustifrons Seen around La Escalera and Waqanki and bellow Abra Patricia. Ranges higher in the North with the absence of Dusky-Green Oropendola YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE - Cacicus cela Common in the eastern lowlands
SUBTROPICAL CACIQUE - Cacicus uropygialis Seen on the way down from the Barbet camp and also at Alto Nieva and Afluente YELLOW-BILLED CACIQUE - Amblycercus holosericeus One seen along the Barbet ridge trail ORANGE-BACKED TROUPIAL - Icterus croconotus Seen on our drive to the Barbet camp and another one near Moyobamba EPAULET ORIOLE - Icterus cayanensis On our way up and down to the Barbet ridge ORIOLE BLACKBIRD - Gymnomystax mexicanus A few in the rice paddies near Tarapoto and one more at Yurimaguas PALE-EYED BLACKBIRD - Agelaius xanthophthalmus One seen by the rice paddies near Moyobamba GIANT COWBIRD - Molothrus oryzivorus Several encounters in the lowlands Family: FRINGILLIDAE (FINCHES) PURPLE-THROATED EUPHONIA - Euphonia chlorotica Common in drier habitats, seen around San Lorenzo THICK-BILLED EUPHONIA - Euphonia laniirostris Seen at La Escalera and Waqanki GOLDEN-RUMPED EUPHONIA - Euphonia cyanocephala One seen along the Barbet ridge GOLDEN-BELLIED (WHITE-LORED) EUPHONIA - Euphonia chrysopasta One seen at La Escalera BRONZE-GREEN EUPHONIA - Euphonia mesochrysa Seen along the Barbet ridge and also at Waqanki ORANGE-BELLIED EUPHONIA - Euphonia xanthogaster Common BLUE-NAPED CHLOROPHONIA - Chlorophonia cyanea Seen at Waqanki and around Afluente RUFOUS-BELLIED EUPHONIA - Euphonia rufiventris One seen near San Lorenzo
Family: PASSERIDAE (OLD WORLD SPARROWS) House Sparrow - Passer domesticus In Tarapoto
MAMMAL LIST OPOSSUMS COMMON OPOSSUM - Didelphis marsupialis One seen in the morning at Abra Patricia RACCONS TAYRA - Eira barbera Good looks at this Martin-like animal at Abra Patricia RODENTS BLACK AGOUTI - Dasyprocta fuliginosa Seen in two consecutive days at Abra Patricia
The road to the Barbet Camp - John Hopkins
