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ABIRDINGTRIPREPORTFORTHE

MOUNTAINSOFMANUANDTHECUSCOAREA

July19th–July29th2016

TourLeader:GustavoBautista

Lat/LongsofmajorBirdinglocations

HuarcapayLakes:S1336732W07144155(3200mts)

AcjanacoPass:S1311929W07137057(TresCruces)GuardStation(3360mts)

WayqechaBiologicalStation:S1310478W07135478(2910mts)

Pillahuata(Tunnels):S1309725W07135670(2600mts)

Rocotal:S1306081W07134145(2010mts)

CockoftheRockLodge:(CORL)S1303863W07132377(1300mts)

QuitaCalzones:S1301550W07129979(1000m)

Pillcopata:S1254518W07124196(600m)

Mirador(AboveAtalaya):(751m)

Atalaya:S1253368W07121547(500mts)

AmazoniaLodge:S1252232W07122527(AL)(500mts)

DAYBYDAYACTIVITIESJuly19th:FulldaybirdingatHuacarpayLakeswithpicniclunchandovernightinCusco.

July20th:Earlystart fromCuscoover theEasternrangeof theAndesviaPisac,withsomebirdingstopsalongthewaybeforearrivingtoPaucartambo,andthen lunchatAcjanaco(thePass)3560meters.Intheafternoonafterlunchwebirdedslowlydowntoward theWayqechaBiologicalStation (2900meters).NightatWayqechaResearchStation.

July 21st: Full day birding near theWayqecha Research Station. Early breakfast andafter that we went up the road and in the afternoon we birded down the road toPillahuataarea.NightatWayqechaReserchStation.

July22nd:WayqechatoCockoftheRockLodge,birdingourwaydownuntilabovetheRocotal “pepper farm” 2200mts. Late afternoon arrival to Cock of the Rock Lodge.NightatCORL(1400mts)

July 23rd: After an early breakfast we birded down the road to 1000-meter bridge(Quitacalzón),andwespenttheafternoonbirdingaroundthelodgeandthemainroadnotfarfromthelodge.

July24th:FulldayatCockoftheRockLodge.Earlyinthemorningbeforebreakfastwewent to the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock Lek, thenwe had breakfast at the lodge andbirdedthetrailsandgarden,intheafternoonwewentuptoElMirador(1730m).

July25th: FulldayatCockof theRock Lodge.Wewentup toElMiradorand in theafternoonwebirdedbelowthelodge.

July 26th: Cock of the Rock Lodge toAmazonia Lodge birding all theway down theroad to Quitacalzón, “Chontachaca” the first village after reaching the lowlandssurroundedby agricultural areas andpastures.Wehad lunch at Pillcopata and thenfurtheronmorebirdingbeforeaquickstopatthelookoutaboveAtalayacommunityfromwherewetookourboattoacrosstoAmazoniaLodge.NightspentatAmazoniaLodge.

July27th: Full dayatAmazonia Lodge. EarlyBreakfast andafterwehikedup to thecanopy towerand in theafternoonwebirded trails.Night spentatAmazonia Lodge(480m).

July28th:FulldayatAmazoniaLodge.EarlyBreakfastandthenwebirdedthetrailthattookustoasmalloxbowlake.Intheafternoonwebirdedalongabambootrail.NightAmazonialodge(480m).

July 29th: Amazonia Lodge to Csco city. After breakfast we birded the garden andsurroundings, then we took our boat transport to Atalaya port, we passed throughPillcopata, Chontachaca, San Pedro, Pillahuata,we had lunch atAcjanacoPass, thenheadedtoPaucartamboandfinallybacktoCusco.

TheKeytotheBirdlistRED–IUCNREDLISTCATEGORY

SACC=SouthAmericanClassificationCommittee

IOC=InternationalOrnithologicalCongress

+EBirdtaxonomyorder

RR=Rangerestrictedspecies

E=PeruvianEndemic

*=HeardOnly

THEBIRDLISTTINAMOUSGreatTinamou-Tinamusmajor*HeardatAmazonialodge.CinereousTinamou-Crypturelluscinereus*HeardatAmazoniaLodge.LittleTinamou-Crypturellussoui*HeardatAmazoniaLodge.BrownTinamou-CrypturellusobsoletusSeeneverydayatCock-of-the-rockLodge.Black-cappedTinamou-Crypturellusatricapillus*HeardatAmazoniaLodge.DUCKSCinnamonTeal-AnascyanopteraSeenatHuacarpayLakes.Yellow-billedPintail-AnasgeorgicaAlsoseenatHuacarpayLakes.

Yellow-billedPintail–ChrisLester

PunaTeal-AnaspunaCommonatHuacarpayLakes.Yellow-billedTeal-AnasflavirostrisCommonatHuacarpayLakes;TheSACCsays“Hellmayr&Conover(1948a)andmanyearlier classifications treated andium (Andean Teal) as a separate species from A.flavirostris.Manyauthors,fromMeyerdeSchauensee(1970)toDickinson(2003),havetreated andium as a subspecies of A. flavirostris. Anas andium was considered aseparatespeciesfromAnasflavirostrisbyRidgelyetal.(2001),andthiswasfollowedby Hilty (2003). SACC proposal passed to recognize andium as separate species.Jaramillo (2003) further suggested that the subspecies oxyptera may also deserverecognitionasaseparatespeciesfromA.flavirostris.RuddyDuck(Andean)-Oxyuraferruginea(jamaicensis)SeenatHuacarpayLakes.QuietcommonatHuacarpayLakes;TheSACCsays“AndeanpopulationsofRuddyDuckO.jamaicensishaveoften(e.g.,Hellmayr&Conover1948a,Siegfried1976,Sibley&Ahlquist1990,AOU1998,Ridgelyetal.2001,Jaramillo2003)beentreatedasaseparatespecies,O.ferruginea("AndeanDuck"or"AndeanRuddy-Duck"). However, see Adams and Slavid (1984), Fjeldså (1986), and McCracken &Sorenson(2005)forrationalefortreatingthemasconspecific,asdonepreviously(e.g.,Blake 1977, Johnsgard 1979), and then followed by Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990) andCarboneras (1992f). Siegfried (1976) and Livezey (1995) considered ferruginea to bemorecloselyrelatedtoO.vittatathantoO. jamaicensis,butMcCracken&Sorenson(2005)showedthatthisisincorrect.”HowevertheIOCsyas“OxyuraferrugineaissplitfromO.jamaicensis(Ridgely&Greenfield2001;Jaramillo2003);H&Mrecognize;SACCdoesnot.CHACHALACA,GUANS&CURASSOWSSickle-wingedGuan–Chamaepetesgoudotii*HeardalongtheManuRoad,betweenAcjanacoandWayqecha.SpeckledChachalaca-OrtalisguttataCommoninmorelightlywoodedandforestedgeareasinthelowlands,seenatCockoftheRockLodgeandAmazoniaLodge.AndeanGuan-PenelopemontagniiSeenaroundWayqecha.Blue-throatedPiping-Guan-PipilecumanensisSeenatAmazoniaLodge.WattledGuan-Aburriaaburri*HeardinSanPedroareaclosetoCock-of-the-rockLodge.AndglimpsedbyMarc.

NEWWORLDQUAILRufous-breastedWoodQuail-Odontophorusspeciosus*HeardatCock-of-the-rockLodge.Stripe-facedWoodQuail-Odontophorusballiviani*HeardatPillahuataarea.GREBESWhite-tuftedGrebe-RollandiarollandSeenatHuacarpayLakes.NamedforMasterGunnerRolandoftheFrenchCorvetteL’Uraniewhichcircumnavigatedtheglobein1817-1820.FLAMINGOSChileanFlamingo-PhoenicopteruschilensisSevenindividualsseenatHuacarpaylakes.CORMORANTSNeotropicCormorant-PhalacrocoraxbrasilianusCommonintheAmazonianlowlands,seenalongtheAltoMadreDeDiosRiver.HERONS&BITTERNSBlack-crownedNight-Heron-NycticoraxnycticoraxSeenatHuacarpaylakes.GreatEgret-ArdeaalbusCommonlyseenalongriversandlakes.SeenatHuacarpaylakesandAltoMadredeDiosriverSnowyEgret-EgrettathulaVerycommonbird,seenontheAltoMadredeDiosriver.LittleBlueHeron-EgrettacaeruleaSeenatHuacarpaylakes.CattleEgret-BubulcusibisSeenatHuacarpaylakes.IBIS&SPOONBILLSPunaIbis–plegadisridgwayiSeenatHuacarpayLakesseveralindividualsandonourwaybetweenHuacarpayandPaucartambo,andalsoatWayqecha.AMERICANVULTURESBlackVulture-CoragypsatratusCommon.

TurkeyVulture-CathartesauraCommon.Jaramillo(2003)suggestedthattheresidenttropicalsubspeciesruficollisandthe southern subspecies group (jota and "falklandica") might merit recognition asseparatespeciesfromthenorthernCathartesauragroup.GreaterYellow-headedVulture-CathartesmelambrotusCommonintheManulowlands.SeenatAmazoniaLodge.KITES,HAWKS&EAGLESBlack-and-chestnutEagle-SpizaetusisidoriSeen in flight at Rocotal area and in flight at Pillahuata area. Named after IsidoreGeoffreySaint–Hilliaire1805-1861Frenchzoologist.ENDANGERED

BlackandChestnutEagle–InaMerrill

PlumbeousKite-IctiniaplúmbeaCommoninAmazonia.CinereousHarrier-CircuscinereusSeenatHuacarpayLakes.MontaneSolitaryEagle-ButeogallussolitariusSeeninflightandperchedaboveCock-of-the-RockLodge.

RoadsideHawk-RupornismagnirostrisOneofthemostcommonbirds.VariableHawk-GeranoaetuspolyosomaSeen between Huacarpay and Paucartambo and in the area between Acjanaco andWayqecha;TheSACCsays“Farquhar(1988)concludedthatButeopoecilochrous(PunaHawk) and B. polyosoma (Red-backedHawk) are conspecific, as theywere formerlytreated(REF);hewasunabletofindanywaytoreliablydiagnosethetwoformsusingplumage charactersormeasurements.Ridgely&Greenfield (2001), Jaramillo (2003),andSchulenbergetal.(2007)followedthistreatmentandsuggested"VariableHawk"beretainedforthecompositespecies.Geneticdata(Riesingetal.2003)areconsistentwithhypothesisthatB.polyosomaandB.poecilochrousareconspecific.SACCproposalpassed to treatas conspecific.Cabot&deVries (2004, inpress)andCabotetal. (inpress)presentadditionaldatathatsupporttheirrecognitionasseparatespecies.SACCproposaltore-elevatepoecilochroustospeciesrankdidnotpass.”WhiteHawk-PseudasteralbicollisTwoindividuals.VerygoodviewsattheconopytoweratAmazonialodge.Short-tailedHawk-ButeobrachyurusSeeninflightintheareabetweenTanagerCornerandThousand-meterBridge(Quitacalzón).White-throatedHawk-Buteoalbigula.SeeninflightinHuacarpaylakesandintheareabetweenAcjanacoandWayqecha.RAILS&CRAKESGray-cowledWood-Rail-AramidescajaneaSplitofGray-neckedWood-Rail• Russet-napedWood-Rail(Aramidesalbiventris)• Gray-cowledWood-Rail(Aramidescajaneus)These two“new”speciesmeet inCostaRica.Russet-napedWood-Rail is found fromMexico to the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica. Gray-cowledWood-Rail is found fromArgentinatothePacificslopeofCostaRica.Whathappenswherethetwocomeintocontact(iftheydoatall)wasnotstudiedinthepaperusedtojustifythissplit,sotheexact ranges are unknown. The two “new” species differ in morphology and song;geneticswerenotexamined.BlackishRail-Pardirallusnigricans*HeardatAmazoniaLodge.PlumbeousRail-PardirallussanguinolentusGreatviewsatHuacarpayLakes

CommonGallinule-GallinulagaleataSeenatHuacarpayLakesverycommon.NotethattheNewWorldformhasbeensplitfromtheCommonMoorhenofEurasia.CommonGallinuleofWesternHemisphereissplit from Common Moorhen on the basis of morphological, genetic, and vocaldifferences(Groenenbergetal2008).Slate-coloredCoot-FulicaardesiacaCommonatHuacarpaylakes;Called"AndeanCoot"inFjeldså&Krabbe(1990),Taylor(1996andRidgelyetal.(2001)butotherauthorsuseSlate-coloredCoot.PLOVERSSouthernLapwing-VanelluschilensisTwoindividualsseenontheManuRoadatChontachacainoneofthepastures.AndeanLapwing-VanellusresplendensCommonaccordingtotheseason.SeeninHuacarpayLakes.SANDPIPERSANDSNIPESGreaterYellowlegs–TringamelanoleucaHeardatHuacarpaylakesandalongtheAltoMadreDeDiosRiver.

GULLS&TERNSAndeanGull-ChroicocephlusserranusVerycommonatHuacarpayLakesandthroughouttheAndes.PIGEONSANDDOVESRockPigeon-ColumbaliviaFeraltypefoundthroughoutLatinAmericanearhumanhabitation,absentonlyfromextensivetractsofprimaryforest.--JohnvanDortSpot-wingedPigeon–PatagioenasmaculosaSeenatHuacarpayLakesandintheareabetweenHuacarpayandPaucartambo.Band-tailedPigeon-PatagioenasfasciataCommoninthehigherCloudForest,seenbetweenAcjanacoPassandWayqechaandatElMiradorarea.Pale-ventedPigeon–Patagioenascayennensis*HeardnearChontachaca.PlumbeousPigeon-PatagioenasplumbeaCommoninthefoothillsandlowlands.EaredDove–ZenaidaauriculataCommoninthehighlands.Populationincreasingrapidly.

Bare-facedGround-Dove-MetriopeliaceciliaeVeryniceviewsatHuacarpayLakes.Thisistheground-dovewiththebigorangeeye-ring.NamedforCecileGautraudaughterofFrenchnaturalistReneLesson.

Bare-facedGroundDove

Gray-frontedDove–LeptotilarufaxillaSeenatAmazoniaLodge.Thisandthepreviousspecieshavecomplicateddistributionwithplaceswheretheyoccursidebysideandotherwhereonlyoneoccursorismorecommon. In this part of Peru the two species appear to segregate one another byelevation.White-tipped is found inthefoothillsandGray-fronted inthe lowlands.Atleastoneisfarmorecommonthantheotheratdifferentelevations.RuddyGroundDove–ColumbinatalpacotiOneindividualseennearPatria.HOATZINHoatzin-OpisthocomushoazinSeenatAmazonialodge.Spectacularandbizzare!CUCKOOSLittleCuckoo–Coccycuaminuta*HeardatAmazonialodgeclosetoasmalllake.

SquirrelCuckoo-PiayacayanaCommonintheAmazonlowlands.Smooth-billedAni-CrotophagaaniCommonintheopensecondaryforestintheLowlandrainforest.

OWLSRufescentScreechOwl-MegascopsingensSeennearCock-of-the-RockLodgeandheardatElMirador.

RufescentScreech-Owl

Tawny-belliedScreechOwl-Megascops(usta)watsoniiSeenatAmazonialodge.YungasPygmyOwl–Glaucidiumbolivianum*HeardinthePillahuataarea.POTOOSGreatPotoo–NyctibiusgrandisSeenbeweenPilcopataandAtalayanestinginadeaddrytree-greatviews.

AndeanPotoo–Nyctibiusmaculosus.SeeninCloudforestinRocotalareaandPillahuataarea.NIGHTHAWKS&NIGHTJARSCommonPauraque–NyctidromusalbicollisSeenatAmazoniaLodgewhenowling.Lyre-tailedNightjar–UropsalislyraOneindividualseeninflightatElMiradorSWIFTSChestnut-collaredSwift–StreptoprocnerutilusSeenatroostinoneofthetunnelsofPillahuataarea.

Chestnut-collaredSwift

White-collaredSwift–StreptoprocnezonarisCommon.SeenatPillahuataarea,betweenTanagercornerandQuitacalzón,PatriaareaandAmazonialodge.HUMMINGBIRDSWhite-neckedJacobin–FlorisugamellivoraCommonatAmazonialodge.GreenHermit–PhathornisguySeenatCockoftheRockLodge.

White-beardedHermit-PhaethornishispidusSeenatAmazonialodge.Wedge-billedHummingbird-SchistesgeoffroyiSeenatCock-of-the-rocklodge.LesserVioletear–ColibricyanotusSeenontheManuRoadaroundtheRocotalarea.RecentlysplitbytheAOUintotwoformsMexicanVioletearandthisoneSparklingVioletear-ColibricoruscansSeenatHuacarpayLakeandonourwaytoWayqechaLodgeandalsoatCORL.Amethyst-throatedSunangelHeliangelusamethysticollisCommoninthehighercloudforest.SeenbetweentheAcjanacoandWayqechaareaandinthePillahuataarea.Wire-crestedThorntail–DiscosurapopelairiiSeenatCockoftherocklodgeinthegarden.Rufous-crestedCoquette-LophornisdelattreiMales and females seen at Amazonia Lodge. This is perhaps themost sought afterhummingbirdatAmazoniaLodge.Wehadgreat looksatadultmalesand femalesatAmazonia Lodge. This little firecracker was named after French naturalist/collectorHenrideLattre(1838)

Rufous-crestedCoquette–DickWeeks

EPeruvianPiedtail–PhlogophilushartertiSeeneverysingledayatCock-of-the-RockLodge.SpeckledHummingbird-AdelomyiamelanogenysSeenatCock-of-the-RockLodge.Long-tailedSylph–AglaiocercuskingiSeen betweenAcjanaco andWayqecha area, Pillahuata andRocotal area. This long-tailedhummingbirdwasnamedforAdmiralPhilipParkerKing,Britishmarinesurveyor,naturalistandtravelerintropicalAmerica1825-1830.

Green-tailedTrainbearer–LesbianunaSeeninHuacarpaylakes.Lesbia–awomanofLesbos.Rufous-cappedThornbill–ChalcostigmaruficepsSeenatbetweenAcjanacoandWayqechaarea.EBeardedMountaineer–OreonymphanobilisSeenatHuacarpaylakesfeedingonNicotianaflowers.

BeardedMountaineerandNicotaniaflowers

TyrianMetaltail–MetalluratyrianthinasmaragdinicollisSeenmanybeweenAcjanaco andWayquecha.Named after the color Tyrian purple.Variously known as Royal purple, Tyrian purple, purple of the ancients, this ancientdyestuff,mentionedintextsdatingabout1600BC,wasproducedfromthemucusofthe hypobranchial gland of various species of marine mollusks, notably Murex.Althoughoriginating inoldportofTire inmoderndaySyria(hencethename),man's

firstlargescalechemicalindustryspreadthroughouttheworld.WiththedeclineoftheRoman Empire, the use of the dye also declined and large-scale production ceasedwith the fall of Constantinople in 1453. It was replaced by other cheaper dyes likelichenpurpleandmadder.RRBuff-thighedPuffleg–HaplophaediaassimilisSeenintheRocotalarea.ShiningSunbeam–AglaeactiscupripenniscaumatonotusSeenbetweenAcjanacoandWayqecha.BronzyInca–Coeligenacoeligena.SeenatthefeedersatCORL.CollaredInca–CoeligenatorquataSeeninthePillahuataarea.RRViolet-throatedStarfrontlet–CoeligenavioliferosculansSeenbetweenAcjanacoandtheWayqechaarea.GreatSapphirewing–PterophanescyanopterusSeenbetweenAcjanacoandWayqecha,oneindividualseeninflight.ThesecondlargestHummingbirdintheworldChestnut-breastedCoronet–BoissonneauamatthewsiiSeenbetweenAcjanacoandWayqechaandinthePillahuataarea.BootedRacket-tail–OcreatusunderwoodiiSeenatCockof theRock Lodge.The “Raquet-tailedPufflegwasunknown in lifebutspecimensexisted invariousLondoncabinets,whenceadrawingwassent toLesson(1832) by Mr Underwood on behalf of Charles Stokes a London stockbroker andcollector.Gould’sJewelfront–HeliodoxaaurescensSeenatAmazoniaLodge.VioletFrontedBrilliant–HeliodoxaleadbeateriCommonatCockoftheRockLodge.GiantHummingbird–PatagonagigasSeenatHuacarpayLakes–theworld’slargestHummingbirdWhite-belliedWoodstar–ChaetocercusmulsantSeenatCockoftheRockLodgeinthegarden.AmethystWoodstar–CalliphloxamethystinaSeenatAmazoniaLodge.

FemaleBootedRacket-tail

Blue-tailedEmerald–ChlorostilbonmellisugusSeenatazonialodge.Violet-headedHummingbird–KlaisguimetiSeenatAmazonialodgeonlyoneindividualondifferentdays.Gray-breastedSabrewing–CampylopteruslargipennisCommonatAmazoniaLodge.Fork-tailedWoodnymph–ThaluraniafurcataSeenatCORLandAmazoniaLodge.Many-spottedHummingbird–TaphrolesbiahypostictusSeenatCockoftheRockLodge.Sapphire-spangledEmerald-AmazilialácteaCommonatAmazonialodgeGolden-tailedSapphire–ChysuroniaoenoneCommonatAmazoniaLodgeandalsooneindividualseenatCORLandalsonearChontachaca

Many-spottedHummingbird

TROGONSANDQUETZALSGolden-headedQuetzal–PharomachrusauricepsSeeninPillahuataarea.Black-tailedTrogon-TrogonmelenurusSeenatAmazonialodge.CollaredTrogon–TrogoncollarisSeenatAmazonialodge.MaskedTrogon–TrogonpersonatusSeeninPillahuata,ManuCloudforestLodgearea,CORLarea.Blue-crownedTrogon–TrogoncurucuiSeenatAmazonialodge.AmazonianTrogon–TrogonramonianusSeenatAmazonialodge.ThisistheoneIcalledViolaceousTrogonatfirst.Seenaroundthe ManuWildlife Center. The subspecies ramonianus and caligatuswere formerly(e.g., Cory 1919, Pinto 1937) considered separate species from Trogon violaceus(Violaceous Trogon) but Peters (1945) considered them all conspecific. Ridgely &Greenfield (2001) considered caligatus (Gartered Trogon) of Middle America andnorthwesternSouthAmericatobeaseparatespeciesfromTrogonviolaceus,andthiswas followed by Hilty (2003); Genetic data (DaCosta & Klicka 2008) indicate thatcaligatus is basal toa group that includesAmazonianT. violaceus,T. curucui, andT.

surrucura (and that Amazonian violaceusmay be paraphyletic with respect to thelattertwospecies).SACCproposalwaspassedtorecognizecaligatusasaspecies.SACCproposalpassedtorecognizeramonianusasaseparatespeciesfromT.violaceus.Soinshortyouhave3speciesthatcameoutofViolaceousTrogon.

GarteredTrogonTrogoncaligatus–S.MexicotoNWPeru

AmazonianTrogon-Trogonramonianus–theAmazonBasin

GuiananTrogon–Trogonviridis–TrindadandtheGuiananShield

KINGFISHERSAmazonKingfisher–ChloroceryleamazonaSeenalongtheAltoMadredeDiosriver.GreenandRufousKingfisher–ChloroceryleindaSeenatAmazonialodge.MOTMOTSAmazonianMotmot–MomotusmomotaSeenatAmazonialodge.AndeanMotmot–MomotusaequatorialisCommonatCockoftheRockLodge.

AndeanMotmot

Sotherearenow6recognizedspeciesthatcameoutoftheoldBlue-crownedMotmot

MomotuscoerulicepsBlue-crownedMotmot–NEandCentralMexico

MomotuslessoniBlue-diademedMotmot–SouthMexicotoCentralPanama

MomotussubrufescensWhoopingMotmot-EPanamatoNCVenezuelaandtheMagdalenaValleyofColombia;SEEcuadorandextremeNWPeru.

MomotusbahamensisTrinidadMotmot–Trindad&Tobago

MomotusmomotaAmazonianMotmot-Venezuela(SoftheOrinoco)andtheGuianasSthroughtheentireAmazonbasintoextremeNArgentinaandParaguay.

MomotusaequatorialisAndeanMotmot–TheAndesfromNCColombiatoNEBolivia.

JACAMARSRRBluish-frontedJacamar–GalbulacyanescensSeenatAmazonialodge.

PUFFBIRDSANDNUNBIRDSWesternStriolatedPuffbird–Nystalusobamai*HeardatChontachacaarea.NamedforBarackObamacurrentPresidentoftheUSARufous-cappedNunlet–Nonnularuficapilla*HeardatAmazonialodge.Black-frontedNunbird–MonasanigrifronsVery common in the Amazon lowlands. Seen between Atalaya and Pilcopata and inAmazonia lodge. Monasa is Greek for solitary or a monk a reference to the plainplumageandquietbehavioroftheNunbirds.Swallow-wing–ChelidopterotenebrosaCommoninlowlandrainforestandonriverIslands.SeenatAmazonialodge.

NEWWORLDBARBETSLemon-throatedBarbet–EubuccorichardsoniSeenatAmazonialodge.VersicoloredBarbet–EubuccoversicolorSeenthreedaysinarowatCORL.

TOUCANSRREmerald(Black-throated)Toucanet–Aulacorhynchus(atrigularis)prasinusSeenatAmazoniaLodge.

Gray-breastedMountain-Toucan–AndigenahypoglaucaSeenataboveWayqechaandatPillahuatatunnels.

Gray-breastedMountain-Toucan

WOODPECKERS&PICULETSRRFine-barredPiculet–PicumnussubtilisSeenatAmazonialodge.AnearendemicjustonerecordfromBrazilYellow-tuftedWoodpecker–Melanerpescruentatus*HeardatAmazonialodge.LittleWoodpecker–VeniliornispasserinusSeenatAmazonialodge.White-throatedWoodpecker–Piculusleucolaemus*HeardinAmazonialodgefromthetower.Golden-oliveWoodpecker–PiculusrubiginosusSeenaroundCockoftheRocklodge.

Crimson-mantledWoodpecker–PiculusrivoliiSeenatthePillahuataarea.AndeanFlicker–Colaptesrupícola.SeenbetweenHuacarpayandPaucartambo.LineatedWoodpecker–Dryocopuslineatus.SeenatAmazonialodge.Crimson-crestedWoodpecker–CampephilusmelanoleucosSeenatAmazonialodge.CARACARAS&FALCONSLaughingFalcon-HerpetotherescachinnansGlimpsedatAmazonialodge.BlackCaracara–DaptriusaterSeennearPilcopata.Red-throatedCaracara–IbycteramericanusSeennearPilcopata.MountainCaracara–PhalcoboenusmegalopterusSeenatHuacarpaylakes,betweenAcjanacoandWayqecha,andatWayqecha.AmericanKestrel–Falcosparverius.CommonintheAndes

PARROTSBarredParakeet–BolborhynchusLineola*HeardatCORLarea.Cobalt-wingedParakeet–BrotogeriscyanopteraCommonintheAmazonLowlandsBlue-headedParrot-PionusmenstruusCommonintheAmazonlowlandsScaly-napedAmazon–AmazonamercenariaSeeninflightinthecloudforestatRocotalandCockoftheRockLodge.Dusky-headedParakeet–AratingaweddelliiSeenatAmazonialodge.Blue-headedMacaw–PrimoliuscouloniSeenatAmazonialodge.

MilitaryMacaw–AramilitarisSeenatAmazonialodgefromthecanopytower.VULNERABLEScarletMacaw-AramacaoSeenfromthecanopytower.Chestnut-frontedMacaw-AraseveraCommoninthelowlands

Chestnut-frontedMacaw

White-eyedParakeet–Psitticaraleucophthalmus.SeenatCockoftheRockLodgeareaandintheAmazonLowlands.ANTBIRDSRRYellowRumpedAntwren–EuchrepomissharpeiSeenbytourleaderandAliseonly.NamedforDr.RichardBowdlerSharpe(1847-1909)–BritishOrnithologist.ENDANGEREDFasciatedAntshrike–Cymbilaimuslineatus*HeardatAmazonialodge.BambooAntshrike–CymbilaimussanctaemariaeApairseenbetweenAtalayaandPilcopataGreatAntshrike–TarabamajorSeenatAmazoniaLodge.

RRChestnut-backedAntshrike–ThamnophiluspalliatusSeenintheCORLarea.Plain-wingedAntshrike-Thamnophilusschistaceus*HeardatAmazonialodgeVariableAntshrike–Thamnophiuscaerulescens*HeardatRocotalandMiradorarea.Bluish-slateAntshrike–Thamnomanesschistogynus*HeardatAmazonialodge.TheunderstoryflockleaderOrnateAntwren–EpinecrophyllaornataSeenatAmazonialodge.PygmyAntwren–Myrmotherulabrachyura.SeenatAmazonialodge.Stripe-chestedAntwren–MyrmotherulalongicaudaSeenatCORL.

Stripe-chestedAntwren–FabriceSchmitt

GrayAntbird–Cercomacracinerascens*HeardatAmazonialodge.

RiparianAntbird–Cercomacroidesfuscicauda*HeardatAmazonialodge.BlackAntbird–Cercomacroidesserva*HeardatAmazonialodge.White-backedFire-eye–Pyriglenaleuconotamarcapatensis*HeardatAmazonialodge.White-browedAntbird–Myrmoborusleucophrys*HeardatChontachaca.Black-facedAntbird–Myrmoborusmyotherinus*HeardatAmazonialodge.Yellow-breastedWarblingAntbird–HypocnemissubflavaSeenbetweenAtalayaandPilcopataSilveredAntbird–Sclaterianaevia*HeardatAmazonialodge.Chestnut-tailedAntbird–MyrmecizahemimelaenaSeenatAmazonialodgenearthecanopytower.RRGoeldi´sAntbird–Myrmecizagoeldii*HeardatAamazonialodge.FavorsBamboobutisnotrestrictedtoit.NamedforEmilAugustGoeldi,GermannaturalistresidentinBrazilandauthorof“AvesdoBrasil”1894Black-throatedAntbird–MyrmecizaatrothoraxSeentwiceatAmazonialodge.Spot-backedAntbird–Hylophylaxnaevia*HeardatAmazonialodge.BlackSpottedBare-eye–Phlegopsisnigromaculata*HeardatAmazonialodge.GNATEATERSSlatyGnateater–Conopophagaardesiaca.ApairseennearCockoftheRockLodgewithMarcandAliseANTPITTASERedandWhiteAntpitta–GrallariaerythroleucaSeenintheWayqechaarea.

RufousAntpitta–GrallariarufulaHeardatPillahuataarea.

RedandWhiteAntpitta–InaMerrill

AmazonianAntpitta–HylopezusberlepschiSeenatAmazonialodge.ThrushLikeAntpitta–Myrmotherolacampanisona*HeardatAmazoniaLodge.

TAPACULOSRusty-beltedTapaculo–Lioscelesthroracicus*HeardatAmazoniaLodge.White-crownedTapaculo–ScytolopusatratusSeennearManuCloudforestlodge.ANTHRUSHESBlack-facedAnthrush–FonicariusanalisGlimpsedatAmazonialodge.

Rufous-breastedAnthrush–Fornicariusrufipectusthoracicus*HeardnearCockoftheRockLodgeonnumerousoccasions

OVENBIRDSOlivaceousWoodcreeper-SittasomusgriseicapillusamazonicusSeenatAmazonialodge.Watchthisonetheircallsdifferdramaticallyindifferentregionsandseveralspeciesareinvolved.Cinnamon-throatedWoodcreeper-DendrexetastesrufigulaSeenatAmazoniaLodgeinthegarden.AlwayspresentatclearingsofhousesorlodgeswheretheyroostBuff-throatedWoodcreeper–XiphorhynchusguttatusThemost common lowland rainforestWoodcreeper, seen at Amazonia lodge; someauthorities consider Buff throated Woodcreeper of SE Brazil as distinct but someauthoritiesconsiderthereasonforsplittingweak;seenatAmazoniaLodge.

Buff-throatedWoodcreeper–FabriceSchmitt

Olive-backedWoodcreeper–Xiphorhynchustriangularis*HeardatElMiradorarea.Red-billedScythebill–CampylorhamphustrochilirostrisSeenatAmazoniaLodgeinbamboo.MontaneWoodcreeper–LepidocolapteslacrymigerFairlycommoninthecloudforest.

StreakedXenops–XenopsrutilansSeenatCockoftheRockLodge.StreakedTuftedcheek-PseudocolaptesboissonneautiiSeeninthecloudforest,abovePillahuatatunnelsarea.Pale-leggedHornero-Furnariusleucopus.CommonatAmazoniaLodge.Wren-likeRushbird–Phleocryptesmelanops.SeenatHuacarpayLakes.–Restrictedtoreedbeds.Cream-wingedCinclodes-CinclodesalbiventrisSeenatHuacarpaylakes.White-wingedCinclodes-CinclodesatacamensisGreatviewsfromthebridgeatPaucartambotownonourwaytoWayqechaBuff-frontedFoliage-gleaner–PhilydorrufusSeenatAmazonialodge.MontaneFoliage-gleaner-AnabacerthiastriaticollisFairlycommonintheCloudforest;seenaroundCockoftheRockLodge.StripedTreehunter–Thripadectesholostictus*HeardatPillahuataandMiradorarea.Chestnut-crownedFoliage-gleaner–Automolusrufipileatus*HeardatAmazonialodge.Buff-throatedFoliage-gleaner-Automolusochrolaemus*HeardaroundAmazonialodge.SpottedBarbtail–Premnoplexbrunnescens*HeardatCORLandMiradorarea.PearledTreerunner-MargarornissquamigerSeeninthehigherCloudForestsbetweenAcjanacoandWayqechaareaandinPillahuata.RRStreak-frontedThornbird–PhacellodomusstriaticepsSeenatHuacarpayLakes.RRPunaThistletail–Astheneshelleri*HeardbetweenAcjanacoandWayqecha.

ERusty-frontedCanastero–AsthenesottonisSeenatHuacarpaylakes.APeruvianendemic!Orange-frontedPlushcrown–MetopothrixaurantiacusSeenatAmazonialodge.PlainSofttail-ThripophagafuscicepsdimorphaVerygoodviewsatAmazoniaLodgeECreamy-crestedSpinetail–CranioleucaalbicapillaalbicapillaSeenatAcjanacopass.

Creamy-crestedSpinetail–DaveKrueper

Azara´sSpinetail–SynallaxisazaraeurubambaeCommonintheCloudForestPlain-crownedSpinetail–SynallaxisgujanensisSeenatAmazonialodge.

TYRANTFLYCATCHERSTawny-rumpedTyrannulet–PhyllomyiasuropygialisSeenatPillahuataarea.Yellow-crownedTyrannulet–TyrannuluselatusSeenatAmazonialodge.White-crestedElaenia–ElaeniaalbicepsurubambaensisSeenatHuacarpaylakes,betweenAcjanacoandWayqechaandnearCORL.Mottle-backedElaenia–ElaeniagigasSeenbelowtheCockoftheRockLodge,nearasmallriver.SierranElaenia–ElaeniapallatangaeSeveralindividualsseeninthehighercloudforestaroundWayqechaWhite-throatedTyrannulet–MecocerculusleucophrysCommon.SeeninthePillahuataarea.White-bandedTyrannulet–MecocerculusstrictopterusAcommonTyrannuletinthecanopymixed-speciesflocksinthecloudforest.Yellow-billedTit-Tyrant-AnairetesflavirostrisSeenatHuacarpayLakes.TorrentTyrannulet-SerpophagacinereaSeenaroundManuCloudforestlodge.RingedAntpipit–Corythopistorquata*HeardatAmazonialodge.RRBolivianTyrannulet–ZimmeriusbolivianusSeenintheCockoftheRockLodgearea.Red-billedTyrannulet–Zimmeriuscinereicapillus*HeardatAmazonialodge.Slender-footedTyrannulet–ZimmeriusgracilipesSeenatthegardenofAmazonialodge.Streak-neckedFlycatcher–MionectesstriaticollisSeenatRocotal,MiradorandCORLarea.

Olive-stripedFlycatcher–MionectesolivaceusSeenbetweenTanagerCornerandQuitacalzón.McConnell’sFlycatcher–MionectesmacconnelliSeenatAmazonialodge.EIncaFlycatcher–LeptopogontaczanowskiiGreat view seen aroundPacchayoc (waterfall) on theManu road. A scarce Peruvianendemic; Named for Wladislaw Taczanowskii, Polish ornithologist and author of“OrnithologieduPerou”1884

IncaFlycatcher

Slaty-cappedFlycatcher–LeptopogonsuperciliarisSeenaroundCockoftheRockLodgeverycommon.OrnateFlycatcher–MyiotriccusornatusSeenatQuitacalzón.Many-coloredRushTyrant–TachurisrubrigastraSeenatHuacarpayLakes.Short-tailedPygmyTyrant–MyiornisecaudatusGreatviewsseenatAmazonialodgefromthecanopytowerScale-crestedPygmyTyrant–LophotriccuspileatusSeenaroundCockoftheRocklodge.

Long-crestedPygmy-tyrant–HemitriccusflammulatusSeenatAmazonialodgeinbambooarea.FlammulatedPygmy-tyrant–Hemitriccusflammulatus.SeenatAmazonialodge.AlthoghinSEPeruitisrestrictedtobambooitsnotinotherplaces!Johannes´Tody-Tyrant–HemitriccusiohannisSeenatAmazonialodge.Black-throatedTody-Tyrant–HemitriccusgranadensisSeennearPillahuataarea.Rusty-frontedTodyFlycatcher–PoecilotriccuslatirostreSeenatChontachaca.Ochre-facedTodyFlycatcher–PoecilotriccusplumbeicepsSeenatElMirador.EBlack-backedTody-Flycatcher-PoecilotriccuspulchellusSeenaroundChontachacainbamboo.AlocalizedPeruvianendemicYellow-browedTody-Flycatcher–TodirostrumchrysocrotaphumSeenbetweenAtalayaandPilcopata.Gray-crownedTolmomyias–TolmomyiasviridicepsSeenaboveChontachaca.Olive-facedTolmomyias–TolmomyiasviridicepsOneindividualseenatAmazonialodgeCinnamonFlycatcher–PyrrhosmyiascinnamomeaCommonintheCloudForestontheManuRoad.Smoke-coloredPewee–ContopusfumigatusQuietcommoninthecloudforestontheManuRoad.BlackPhoebe–SayornisnigricanslatirostrisCommonontheriversandsmall streamsalongtheManuRoad.This is thesouthernrace Sayornis nigricans latirostris. The change from the darker-winged nominate n.nigricanstothewhite-wingedlatirostrisisanorth-southcline,withlargeramountsofwhitegraduallyappearingfurthersouth.VermilionFlycatcher–PyrocephalusrubinusCommonintheManulowlandrainforest

AndeanNegrito–LessoniaoreasSeenatHuacarpaylakes.DrabWater-TyrantOchthornislittoralisCommonalongtheAmazonianriversSpot-billedGround-Tyrant–MuscisaxicolamaculirostrisSeenatHuacarpaylakesStreak-throatedBush-Tyrant-MyiotheretesstriaticollisSeenaroundWayquechaBiologicalStationSlaty-backed(Maroon-belted)Chat-Tyrant–Ochthoeca(thoracia)cinnamomeiventrisSeenatPillahuataarea.“Garcia-Morenoetal.(1998)suggestedthattheplumageandgenetic differences between subspecies groups north and south of the Maranonshouldberecognizedatthespecieslevel,withOchthoecathoracicathenameforthesouthernspecies.Ridgely&Tudor(1994)reportedthattherearealsovocaldifferencesthat would support this split. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Hilty (2003) furtherrecognized Venezuelan nigrita as a separate species fromO. cinnamomeiventris, asdone by Cory & Hellmayr (1927); see Zimmer (1937b) for the rationale for treatingthem all as conspecific based on plumage pattern, the treatment followed byFitzpatrick(2004).Proposalneeded.Rufous-breastedChat-Tyrant-OchthoecarufipectoralisSeenseveraltimesatWayquechaBiologicalStation.

Rufous-breastedChat-Tyrant–DaveKrueper

Brown-backedChat-Tyrant-OchthoecafumicolorSeenbetweenAcjanacoandWayqecha.White-browedChat-Tyrant-OchthoecaleucophyrysSeenatHuacarpaylakes.Long-tailedTyrant-ColoniacolonusSeenaroundAmazonialodge.SocialFlycatcher–MyiozetetessimilisCommoninAmazonlowlandsGray-cappedFlycatcher-MyiozetetesgranadensisCommonlowlandforestLemon-browedFlycatcher–ConopiascinchonetiSeenbelowtheCockoftheRockLodge.VULNERABLEGolden-crownedFlycatcher–Myiodynasteschrysocephalus*HeardaroundCORL.Boat-billedFlycatcher–Megarynchuspitangua.SeenatAmazonialodge.TropicalKigbird–TyrannusmelancholicusVerycommonDusky-cappedFlycatcher–MyiarchustuberculiferSeenatPillahuataandAmazonialodge.Short-crestedFlycatcher–MyiarchusferoxSeenatAmazonialodge.

COTINGASBand-tailedFruiteater–PipreolaintermediaSeenbetweenAcjanacoandWayqecha.BarredFruiteater–Pipreolaarcuate*HeardaboveWayqecha.Red-crestedCotinga–AmpelionrubrocristataSeenbetweenAcjanacoandWayqecha.

Red-crestedCotinga

AndeanCock-of-the-Rock–RupicolaperuvianaSeenatthelekseveralgoodviewsoftheseprettybirds,alsoseenalongtheroad.AmazonianUmbrellabird–CephalopterusornatusApairseenbelowCockoftheRockLodgePlum-throatedCotinga–CotingamaynanaSeenatAmazonialodgefromthecanopytower.Bare-neckedFruitcrow–GymnoderusfoetidusSeenatAmazonialodge.MANAKINSYungasManakin–ChiroxiphiabolivianaSeenatCORL.Fiery-cappedManakin–MachaeropteruspyrocephalusSeenatCORL.

Band-tailedManakin–Ceratopiprafasciicauda*HeardatAmazonialodge.Round-tailedManakin–PiprachloromerosSeenatAmazonialodgeclosetothecanopytower.

TITYRASANDBECARDSWhite-wingedBecard–PachyrampuspolychopterusSeenatAmazonialodgenearthegarden.Pink-throatedBecard–PachyramphusminorMaleandfemaleseenatAmazonialodge

VIREOS&GREENLETSRed-eyedVireo–VireoolivaceuschiviSeen at Amazonia lodge. Some classifications (e.g., Pinto 1944) have considered theSouthAmericanchivigroupasaseparatespecies("ChiviVireo")fromV.olivaceus,oras conspecificwithV. flavoviridis (Hamilton 1962), but seeHellmayr (1935), Zimmer(1941d),Eisenmann1962a,Johnson&Zink(1985),andRidgely&Tudor(1989).Ridgely&Greenfield(2001)suggested,however,thatmorethanonespeciesmaybeinvolvedwithintheSouthAmericanchivigroup.Brown-cappedVireo–VireoleucophrysSeenatthePillahuataarea.Dusky-CappedGreelet–Pachysylviahypoxanthus*HeardfromtheCanopyToweratAmazonialodge.

White-collaredJay

JAYSRRWhite-collaredJay-CyanolycaviridicyanaSeenbetweenAcjanacoandWayqechaarea.

RRPurplishJay-CyanocoraxcyanomelasFairlycommonintheManuLowlandrainforestViolaceousJay-CyanocoraxviolaceusCommonintheLowlandrainforest.SeenatAmazonialodge

SWALLOWSBlue-and-whiteSwallow-NotiochelidoncyanoleucaCommon.Brown-belliedSwallow-NotiochelidonmurinaSeenatPaucartambotownfromthebridgeonourwaytoWayqechaLodge.White-bandedSwallow-AtticorafasciataCommononlowlandriversWhite-thighedSwallow-AtticoratibialisSeenatAmazonialodge,belowthelodgestructure.SouthernRough-wingedSwallow-StelgidopteryxruficollisCommon.Brown-chestedMartin-PrognetaperaSeenalongtheAltoMadredeDiosRiver.White-wingedSwallow–TachycinetaalbiventerThemostcommonSwallowofthelowlandrainforestrivers

WRENSScaly-breasted(SouthernNightingale)Wren-Microcerculusmarginatus*HeardnearChontachaca.HouseWren–TroglodytesaedonCommoninthehighlands,seenatHuacarpaylakesandatWayquecha.Manyauthors(e.g.,Hellmayr1934,Pinto1944,Phelps&Phelps1950a)formerlytreatedNeotropicalmainland populations as a separate species T. musculus; see also Brumfield andCapparella (1996); this treatment was followed by Brewer (2001) and Kroodsma &Brewer (2005). The Falklands population, T. a. cobbi, is treated as a species (Wood1993), as was done by Brewer (2001), Mazar Barnett & Pearman (2001), Jaramillo(2003),andKroodsma&Brewer(2005);

MountainWren–TroglodytessolstitialisSeenatWayqechaverycommon.MoustachedWren–PheugopediusgenibarbisSeenandglimpsedbysomeoftheparticipantsbetweenAtalayaandPilcopata.RRFulvousWren-CinnycerthiafulvaHeardaroundPillahuata.AloclaisedandhardtoseebirdGray-breastedWood-Wren–HenicorhinaleucophrysSeennearManuCloudforestlodge.Chestnut-breastedWren–Cyphorhinusthoracicus*HeardnearCockoftheRockLodge.

THRUSHSANDSOLITAIRESAndeanSolitaire–MyadestesralloidesSeenaroundCock-of-the-RockLodge.White-earedSolitaire-EntomodestesleucotisSeenintheRocotalarea.ChiguancoThrush–TurduschiguancochiguancoThecommonAndeanThrushseenatHuacarpayandalongtheManuroad.GreatThrush–TurdusfuscaterockenderiThecommonThrushofthehigherCloudForestSlatyThrush–TurdusnigricepsSeenatCockoftheRockLodgeinthegarden.Black-billedThrushTurdusignobilisThemostcommonAmazonianThrush.Hauxwell'sThrush-Turdushauxwelli*HeardatAmazonialodge.

TANAGERSANDALLIESRed-cappedCardinal–ParoariagularisCommoninthelowlandsMagpieTanager–CissopisleverianaSeenatChontachacaarea.

RRSlatyTanager–CreurgopsdentataSeenaroundRocotalandManuCloudforestlodgearea.SuperciliariedHemispingus-HemispingussuperciliarisCommonaroundPillahuataintheManuCloudforestBlack-earedHemispingus–HemispingusmelanotisberlepschiSeenaroundCockoftheRockLodgeandRocotal.CommoninmixedflocksDrabHemispingus–HemispingusxanthophthalmusSeenbetweenAcjanacoandWayqechaArea.Gray-hoodedBush-Tanager–CnemoscopusrubrirostrisSeenatPillahuataarea.RRRust-and-yellowTanager–ThlypopsisruficepsFairlycommoninthecloudforestassociatedwithmixed-speciesflocks

Grass-greenTanager–ArdenAnderson

Black-goggledTanager–Trichothraupismelanops.GlimpsednearElMiradorarea.

MaskedCrimsonTanager–RamphocelusnigrogularisStunningTanagercommonatAmazoniaLodge.Silver-beakedTanager–RamphoceluscarboAnothercommongood-lookingTanagerHoodedMountain-Tanager–ButhraupismontanaCommonaroundWayqechaBiologicalStationGrass-greenTanager-ChlorornisriefferiiSeennearWayqechaBiologicalStationScarlet-belliedMountain-Tanager-AnisognathusigniventrisigniventrisFairlycommonaroundWayqechaYellow-throatedTanager-IridosornisanalisSeennearCORL.Golden-collaredTanager-IridosornisjelskiiSeenaboveWayquechaBiologicalStation.Blue-and-yellowTanager–PipraeideabonariensisUnlikemostPeruvianTanagersthisoneinpaticularlikesaridandsemiaridareas;seenatHuacarpayLakesandPaucartambo.ThesouthernmostrangingTanagernamedfortheciryofBuenasAires.Orange-earedTanager–ChlorochrysacalliparaeaVerybeautifullittleTanager;seenseveraltimesaroundCockoftheRockLodge.Blue-grayTanager–ThraupisepiscopusCommon.PalmTanager–Thrupiscyanocephala.Common.Blue-cappedTanager–ThraupiscyanocephalaFairlycommonintheManucloudforestBlue-neckedTanager–TangaracyanicollisAnotherChristmas-treebird!Common.Blue-and-blackTanager-TangaravassoriiatrocaeruleaSeenaroundPillahuataarea.Beryl-spangledTanager–TangaranigroviridisFairlycommonaroundCockoftheRockLodgeandRocotal

ParadiseTanager–TangarachilensisWhatcanyousay!ApleasuretohavesuchaprettyspeciessocommoninCloudforestbutnotfoundinChileasthescientificnamerefers.Opal-crownedTanager–TangaracallophrysSeenfromthecanopytoweratAmazonialodge.Bay-headedTanager–TangaragyrolaSeenatCockoftheRockLodge.Golden-earedTanager–TangarachrysotisAveryniceTanager,seenatCockoftheRockLodgeSaffron-crownedTanager–TangaraxanthocephalalamprotisWonderfulviewsaroundCockoftheRockLodgeGreen-and-goldTanager–TangaraschrankiiAnotherlowlandTanagerpresentinmostcanopyflocksseennearPatriaareaGoldenTanager–TangaraarthusGreatlooksaroundCockoftheRockLodge.SwallowTanager-TersinaviridisSeenbelowCORL.Black-facedDacnis–DacnislineataSeenatAmazonialodge.Yellow-belliedDacnis–DacnisflaviventerThisspecieswasseenatAmazonialodge.BlueDacnis–DacniscayanaSeenbelowCORL.GreenHoneycreeper–ChlorophanesspizaSeenfromtheCanopytoweratAmazoniaLodge.CinereousConebill–Conirostrumcinereumcinereum.CommoninthehighlandsRRWhite-browedConebill–Conirostrumferrugineneiventre.SeenatAjanaccopass.

White-browedConebill–DaveKrueper

Blue-backedConebill–ConirostrumsitticolorSeenbetweenAcjanacoandWayqecha.CappedConebill–ConirostrumalbifronsCommonwithmixed-speciesflocksinthecloudforestRustyflowerpiercer–DiglossasittoidesSeenatHuacarpayLakes.RRMoustachedFlowerpiercer-DiglossamystacalisSeenaroundAjacnacoPassandWayquechaBiologicalStation.Black-throatedFlowerpiercer-DiglossabrunneiventrisSeenaroundWayquechaBiologicalStation.

Deep-blue(Golden-eyed)Flowerpiercer-DiglossaglaucaSeenaroundRocotalandCockoftheRockLodge.MaskedFlowerpiercer-DiglossacyaneaFairlycommonintheManucloudforest.Ash-breastedSierra-Finch–PhrygilusplebejusSeenatHuacarpaylakes.GreenishYellow-Finch–SicalisolivascensSeenatHuacarpaylakes.Blue-blackGrassquit–VolatiniaJacarinaSeenaroundPilcopata.Chestnut-belliedSeedeater–SporophilacastaneiventrisSeenbetweenTanagerCornerandQuitacalzón.Chestnut-belliedSeed-Finch–SporophilaangolensisSeennearPatria.Band-tailedSeedeater–CatameniaanalisanalisCommonintheAndeswherethereissomevegetation,severalbirdsatHuacarpaylakes.Bananaquit-CoerebaflaveolaSeenatAmazoniaLodgeandCORL.Dull-coloredGrassquit–TiarisobscuraSeenintheRocotalarea.

INCERTAESEDIS-2Buff-throatedSaltator–SaltatormaximusSeenatCockoftheRockLodge,Amazonialodge.Common.Golden-billedSaltator–SaltatoraurantiirostrisSeenatHuacarpayLakes.Slate-coloredGrosbeak–Saltatorgrossus*HeardatAmazonialodge.

NEWWORLDSPARROWSANDALLIESRufous-collaredSparrowZonatrichiacapensisOnlyintheAndes.AprettySparrow.

Yellow-browedSparrow–AmmodramusaurifronsSeenbetweenTanagerCornerandQuitacalzón,CORLandPatria.PectoralSparrow–ArremontaciturnusSeenatAmazonialodge.RRBlack-facedBrushfinch–AtalaptesmelanolaemusCommon in the Manu cloud forest. The Atlapetes genus has been completelyrevampedbasedonbio-chemicaldataandworkdoneatCopenhagenFieldMuseum.Formerly considered part of Rufous-napped Brush-Finch complex A. rufinucha.Atlapetes melanolaemus was formerly (Hellmayr 1938, Paynter 1970a, Meyer deSchauensee 1970, Ridgely & Tudor 1989, Sibley & Monroe 1990) considered asubspeciesofA.rufinucha,butseeGarcía-Moreno&Fjeldså(1999).CommonChlorospingus-ChlorospingusflavopectusSeenaroundMiradorSanPedroandacommonbirdoftheCloudForest.Geneticdata(REFS,Burnsetal.2002,2003) indicate thegenusChlorospingus isnotamemberoftheThraupidae,but(Klickaetal.2007)amemberoftheEmberizidae.SACCproposalpassed to transfer to Emberizidae. Barker et al. (2013) further confirmed theplacementofthegenuswiththeNewWorldsparrows.FrankPitelka(inTordoff1954a)longagonoted theemberizine-likebehaviorofChlorospingus. SACCproposalpassedto change English names of the species in the genus from “Bush-Tanager” to“Chlorospingus”.Short-billed(Yellow-whiskered)Chlorospingus-ChlorospingusparvirostrisSeenaroundPillahuataarea,closetothewaterfall.Yellow-throatedChlorospingus–Chlorospingusflavigularis.SeenatCockoftheRockLodge.

CARDINALGROSBEAKSHepaticTanager(Tooth-billedTanager)–PirangaflavaSeenbelowCORLintheManuCloudforest.Carmiol’sTanager–Chlorothraupiscarmioli*HeardatAmazonialodge.

NEWWORLDWARBLERSTropicalParula–Setophagapitiayumi*HeardatCockoftheRockLodge.CitrineWarbler–MyiothlypisluteoviridisstriaticepsCommoninthecloudforestandseenaroundWayquechaBiologicalStation.RRPale-leggedWarbler-Myiothlypissignatus

SeenbellowtheWayqecha.Buff-rumpedWarbler-MyiothlypisfulvicaudaSeenalongtheAltoMadredeDiosriver.Two-bandedWarbler–MyiothlypisbivittatusSeennearCockoftheRockLodgeandbyQuitacalzón.EGolden-bellied(Cuzco)Warbler–MyiothlypischrysogasterSeenbelowQuitacalzon.Ridgely&Greenfield(2001)treatedthenorthernsubspecieschlorophrys as a separate species – ChocoWarbler - fromMyiothlypis chrysogasterbased on differences in descriptions of songs; see Zimmer (1949) for rationale forconsidering them sister taxa. This Goldeb –bellied warbler becomes a Peruvianendemic.Russet-crownedWarbler-MyiothlypiscoronatusSeennearCORLintheManuCloudforest.RRThree-striped(Yungas)Warbler–Basileuterus(punctipectus)tristriatusSeennearCockoftheRockLodgeandRocotal. Donegan(2014)providedevidencethattheBolivianpunctipectusgroup(includingcanens)shouldbetreatedasaseparatespecies.SACCproposalneeded.Slate-throatedRedstart(Whitestart)–MyioborusminiatusCommonaroundCockoftheRockLodge.SpectacledRedstart(Whitestart)–MyioborusmelanocephalusFairlycommoninManuCloudforestgenerallyfoundinhigherelevations.

OROPENDOLAS,ORIOLESANDBLACKBIRDSCrestedOropendola–Psarocoliusdecumanusmaculosus.Commonintheamazonlowlands.Dusky-greenOropendola–Psarocoliusatrovirens.SeenatCockoftherocklodgeandmanuCloudforestlodgearea.Fairlycommon.Russet-backedOropendola–PsarocoliusangustifronsalfrediCommon.Yellow-rumpedCacique–CacicuscelaCommon.(Southern)MountainCacique–CacicuschrysonotusSeenbetweenAcjanacoandWayqecha.

Orange-backedTroupial–IcteruscroconotusSeenatAmazonialodge.Yellow-wingedBlackbird–AgelaiusthiliusSeenatHuacarpayLakes.

FINCHESHoodedSiskin–SpinusmagellanicaurubambensisSeenaroundHuacarpayLakesandnearPatria.OlivaceousSiskin–SpinusolivaceaSeenbetweenAcjanacoandWayqecha,PillahuataandRocotal.Golden-bellied(White-lored)Euphonia–EuphoniachrysopastaSeenatAmazonialodge.Orange-belliedEuphonia–EuphoniaxanthogasterbrunneifronsCommonEuphoniaaroundCORLandalsoseenatAmazonialodge.Rufous-belliedEuphonia-EuphoniarufiventrisSeenatAmazonialodgefromthecanopytower.Blue-napedChlorophonia–ChlorophoniacyaneaSeenaroundtheCockoftheRockLodgewithAliseWhalen.

MAMMALSOPOSSUMSCommonOpossum–DidelphismarsupialisSeenonanightwalkwithMarc.

MONKEYSBlack-headedNightMonkey–AotusnigricepsThisnocturnalmammalwasseenatAmazonialodgeinthenightandduringthedayiattheirroost.Black-cappedSquirrelMonkey–SaimiriboliviensisSeeninAmazonialodge.Large-headedCapuchin–Sapajusmacrocephalus.SeenaroundCORL.GrayWoollyMonkey–LagothrixcanaSeennearRocotalintheManucloudforest.ENDANGERED

GrayWoolyMonkey–BarryWalker

RACCOONFAMILYTayra–EirabarberaSeenatCORL.

SQUIRRELSBolivianSquirrel–SciurusignitusSeenatCockoftheRockLodgeinthegarden.

LARGERODENTSMontaneGuineaPig–CaviatschudiSeenatHuacarpaylakes.BrownAgouti–DasyproctavariegataCommonatCockoftheRockLodge.

REPTILES&AMPHIBIANSWhiteCaiman–CaimancrocodilusPresentatthesmalllakeinAmazonialodge.CaneToad–BufomarinusSeenatAmazonialodgeatnight.

TheMountainsandCloudForestsofManu