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A REPORT FOR A BIRDING TRIP TO THE MANU

BIOSPHERE RESERVE PERU

Nov 11th – Nov 29th 2013

Trip Leader: Silverio Duri

An in depth trip to the Manu Biosphere Reserve, the experience itself on the rivers and in the forest is enough, however we managed to see a cart load of good birds including 37 species of

Hummingbird, 45 species of Antbird and 18 spcies of Parrot including 7 Macaw species

BIRDING LOCALITIES ALONG THE MANU ROAD, CUSCO AND PUERTO MALDONADO

Huarcapay Lakes: S 13 36 732 W 071 44 155 (3200mts)

Acjanaco Pass: S13 11 929 W 071 37 057 (Tres Cruces) Guard Station (3360mts)

Wayqecha Biological Station: S 13 10 478 W 071 35 478 (2910mts)

Pillahuata (Tunnels): S 13 09 725 W 071 35 670 (2600mts)

Rocotal: S 13 06 081 W 071 34 145 (2010 mts) Cock of the Rock Lodge: (CORL) S 13 03 863 W 071 32 377 (1300mts) Quita Calzones: S 13 01 550 W 071 29 979 (1000m)

Pillcopata: S 12 54 518 W 071 24 196 (600m)

Atalaya : S 12 53 368 W 071 21 547 (500 mts)

Amazonia Lodge: S 12 52 232 W 071 22 527 (AL) (500 mts)

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Manu Wildlife Center: (MWC) 12°21'19.99"S 70°42'18.06"W (250 mts)

Puerto Maldonado: 12°36'10.09"S 69°11'28.54"W (200 mts)

DAY BY DAY ACTIVITIES Nov 11th: Morning fly to Cusco and straight out to Huacarpay Lakes with picnic lunch. Night in Cusco at the Casa Andina Plaza Hotel Nov 12th: Early start from Cusco over the eastern range of the Andes via Huancarani (highest point 3800 meters), with several birding stops along the way like right before Huancarani for the Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch and farther on where we found the Slender-billed Miner and Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant and also stopped at Paucartambo to buy rubber boots and after Paucartambo we had lunch and also we stopped at Acjanaco (the Pass) 3560 meters, and then we drove straight down to the Wayqecha Biological Station (2910 meters). Night at Wayqecha Research Station Nov 13th: Full day at Wayqecha Research Station. After breakfast we birded down the road to the tunnels area until Pillahuata and in the afternoon up the road to Acjanaco (the pass) 3560 mts where we entered the park for the Scribble-tailed Canastero successfully and after dinner we did some Owling with not much success unfortunately. Night at Wayqecha Nov 14th: Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge, after breakfast we went a little bit up the road and then headed down to Cock of the Rock Lodge birding all the way down until bellow Pillahuata, early afternoon arrival to Cock of the Rock Lodge. Night at CORL (1300mts) Nov 15th: Full day at Cock of the Rock Lodge. In the morning we went to the Andean Cock of the Rock Lek where we saw around 6 individuals and then we birded up and down the road to the Lodge and in the afternoon up to the road (Lyre-tailed Nightjar 1700 mts) spot. Night at CORL Nov 16th: Full day at Cock of the Rock Lodge: after an early breakfast we went up the road above “Rocotal” where we spent all day birding, elevation range that we cover (2300 to 2000). Night at CORL Nov 17th: Full day al Cock of the Rock Lodge: In the morning down the road to Quita Calzones (1000 mts) and in the afternoon up the road until above the road where we couldn’t continue because of the land slide. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge Nov 18th: Cock of the Rock Lodge to Amazonia Lodge birding all the way down to before “Chontachaca” the first village reaching the Lowland around agricultural areas and pastures and few more stops near Patria and after Pillcopata the town we stopped for some shopping. Night at Amazonia Lodge Nov 29th: Full day at Amazonia Lodge: In the morning birding around the garden, lagoon and jeep track trail, all day around the floodplain forest trails system. Night at Amazonia Lodge Nov 20th: Full day at Amazonia Lodge: in the morning we went to the small bamboo forest and in the afternoon up to the ridge trail (canopy tower). Night at Amazonia Lodge Nov 21th: Boat ride from Amazonia Lodge along the Alto Madre and Madre de Dios River to Manu Wildlife Center after a short birding morning around the Lodge and another short birding afternoon around the Lodge grounds. Night at MWC

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Nov 22th: Full day at MWC: in the morning we visited Cocha Camungo, starting at the canopy platform and after mid morning more or less we visited the lake itself and in the afternoon we wandered around the GRID trail system. Night at MWC Nov 23th: Full day at MWC: in the morning we visited the “BLANQUILLO” Macaw clay lick until mid morning more or less and on our way back the Lodge we stopped at Antthrush trail (bamboo forest) for some bamboo specialist and in the afternoon we birded the collpa trail. Night at MWC Nov 24th: Full day at MWC: In the morning we visit the Cocha Blanco and bird it the trail on our way back to the boat and in the afternoon we went to the Riverside trail. Night at MWC Nov 25th: Full day at MWC. All day along the collpa trail, with lunch at the Tapir clay lick, where we got great views of the Rose-faced Parakeet, Cobalt-winged Parakeet, and Dusky-billed Parrotlet and also we saw one male wild tapir that came twice to the clay lick within in hours and we got back to the Lodge early afternoon. Night at MWC Nov 26th: Full day at MWC. In the morning we visited Cocha Nueva and Antthrush trail (bamboo forest) and in the afternoon we did Creekside and collpa trail. Night at MWC Nov 27th: Full day at MWC. In the morning we birded the long collpa trail making the all loop, passing by the clay lick where we saw again the Parakeets and another wild Tapir; and in the afternoon we wandered the GRID trail system. Night at MWC Nov 28th: Boat ride from Manu Wildlife Center to Boca Colorado with short birding stops at Antthrush trail (bamboo forest) and then we continue to Boca Colorado (the gold mining town) where we took the cars to go to Puerto Carlos and then we took the boat to cross the Inambari River and from the other side we took a bus to go finally to Puerto Maldonado, with some birding stops along the way. Overnight at Cabaña Quinta Hotel Nov 29th: Early birding morning outside of Puerto Maldonado to Km 13 and then to La Pastora port and then back to the Hotel for late breakfast and after breakfast we flew to Cusco and start our tour extension with.

The Key to the Bird list RED – IUCN RED LIST CATEGORY

SACC = South American Classification Committee IOC = International Ornithological Congress

RR= Range restricted species E = Peruvian Endemic

*= Heard Only

THE BIRDLIST

TINAMOUS Cinereous Tinamou - Crypturellus cinereus Seen just by Bill and the Leader from the porch on a rainy morning at Amazonia Lodge Black-capped Tinamou - Crypturellus atricapillus*

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Bartlett’s Tinamou - Crypturellus bartletti One seen just by Hector along the Collpa trail, around Manu Wildlife Center. Seldom seen and named for English zoologist and taxidermist Abraham Dee Bartlett (1812-1897) Andean Tinamou - Nothoprocta pentlandii One seen briefly by some on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha Biological Station

SCREAMERS Horned Screamer - Anhima cornuta Great views of this stunning bird; first time along the Madre de Dios River on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge and also better views at Cocha Blanco around Manu Wildlife Center

DUCKS Orinoco Goose - Neochen jubata Three seen along the Madre de Dios River on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge. This bird has two main populations – The Manu River and the Orinoco Delta. The Manu birds migrate to Beni in Bolivia when the river rises and are under threat from hunting on their wintering grounds. Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata Quiet common Duck in the Lowland rainforest Torrent Duck - Merganetta armata One seen from the bridge as we were crossing the Upper Urubamba River (Vilcanota) on our way to Wayqecha Biological Station Yellow-billed (Speckled) Teal - Anas flavirostris Common at Huacarpay Lakes; The SACC says “Hellmayr & Conover (1948a) and many earlier classifications treated andium (Andean Teal) as a separate species from A. flavirostris. Many Authors, from Meyer de Schauensee (1970) to Dickinson (2003), have treated andium as a subspecies of A. flavirostris. Anas andium was considered a separate species from Anas flavirostris by Ridgely et al. (2001), and this was followed by Hilty (2003). SACC proposal passed to recognize andium as separate species. Jaramillo (2003) further suggested that the subspecies oxyptera may also deserve recognition as a separate species from A. flavirostris. Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica Also seen at Huacarpay Lakes Puna Teal - Anas puna Common at Huacarpay Lakes Cinnamon Teal - Anas cyanopteras Seen at Huacarpay Lakes Ruddy (Andean) Duck - Oxyura (ferruginea) jamaicensis Common at Huacarpay Lakes; The SACC says “Andean populations of Ruddy Duck O. jamaicensis have often (e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1948a, Siegfried 1976, Sibley & Ahlquist 1990, AOU 1998, Ridgely et al. 2001, Jaramillo 2003) been treated as a separate species, O. ferruginea ("Andean Duck" or "Andean Ruddy-Duck"). However, see Adams and Slavid (1984), Fjeldså (1986), and McCracken & Sorenson (2005) for rationale for treating them as conspecific, as done previously (e.g., Blake 1977, Johnsgard 1979), and then followed by Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990) and Carboneras (1992f). Siegfried (1976) and Livezey (1995) considered ferruginea to be more closely related to O. vittata than to O. jamaicensis, but McCracken &

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Sorenson (2005) showed that this is incorrect.” However the IOC says “Oxyura ferruginea is split from O. jamaicensis (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001; Jaramillo 2003); IOC recognize; SACC does not

CHACHALACA, CURRASOWS AND GUANS Andean Guan - Penelope montagnii Quiet common in the Manu cloud forest. In Greek mythology Penelope was daughter of Icarus and wife of Ulysses, King of Ithaca. Spix’s Guan - Penelope jacquacu Seen in two separate days around Manu Wildlife Center. Named for the German naturalist and collector in Brazil (1781-1826) Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix Blue-throated Piping-Guan - Pipile cumanensis Another common Guan in the Amazonian Lowland rainforest, seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center. VULNERABLE Speckled Chachalaca - Ortalis guttata Common in more lightly wooded and forest edge areas in the lowlands, seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge, Amazonia Lodge, and Manu Wildlife Center and around Puerto Maldonado Razor-billed Curassow - Mitu tuberosa Seen in three separate days around Manu Wildlife Center. Not many places you can do that!

GREBES White-tufted Grebe - Rollandia rolland Seen at Huacarpay Lakes. Named for Master Gunner Roland of the French Corvette L’Uranie which circumnavigated the globe in 1817-1820

CORMORANTS Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus Common in the Amazonian lowlands

DARTERS Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga Seen at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lake

HERONS AND BITTERNS Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum Seen on the fast-flowing sections of the Alto Madre de Dios between Amazonia Lodge and Boca Manu on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge Rufescent Tiger-Heron - Tigresoma lineatum Nice views at Cocha Camungo, around Manu Wildlife Center Striated Heron - Butorides striatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge at the Ox-bow lakes around Manu Wildlife Center Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis Common

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Cocoi Heron - Ardea cocoi Common in the Manu Lowlands; Great Egret - Ardea albus Common Capped Heron - Pilherodius pileatus Seen several times along the Madre de Dios River around Manu Wildlife Center Snowy Egret - Egretta thula Common

IBIS AND SPOONBILLS Puna Ibis - Plegadis ridgwayi Seen at Huacarpay lakes and also on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha Lodge Green Ibis - Mesembrinibis cayennensis Seen at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lakes around Manu Wildlife Center Roseate Spoonbill - Ajaia ajaja Seen along the Madre de Dios River on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center

AMERCAN VULTURES Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus Common Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura Common; Jaramillo (2003) suggested that the resident tropical subspecies ruficollis and the southern subspecies group (jota and "falklandica") might merit recognition as separate species from the northern Cathartes aura group. Greater Yellow-headed Vulture - Cathartes melambrotus Common in the Manu lowlands King Vulture - Sarcoramphus papa Seen in several occasion in the Lowland rainforest

OSPREYS Osprey - Pandion haliaetus Seen in several occasion around Manu Wildlife Center

KITES, HAWKS AND EAGLES White-tailed Kite - Elanus leucurus A recent colonizer to Peru, one seen along the Trans-Oceanic high-way near Puerto Maldonado on our way to Puerto Maldonado Swallow-tailed Kite - Elanoides forficatus Seen in several occasions in the Lowland rainforest

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Black-and-chestnut Eagle - Spizaetus isidori Good views of an immature and an adult soaring above Cock of the Rock Lodge. Named for Isidore Geoffrey Saint – Hilliaire 1805-1861 French zoologist. VULNERABLE

Black-collared Hawk - Busarellus nigricollis Very nice view at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes Snail Kite - Rostrhamus sociabilis Seen at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes and another one on our way down to Boca Colorado Slender-billed Kite - Rostrhamus hamatus Seen in three different occasion; two at Cocha Camungo and one more from the hide of the Blanquillo Macaw clay lick and two more around La Pastora port outside of Puerto Maldonado Double-toothed Kite - Harpagus bidentatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge and around Manu Wildlife Center Plumbeous Kite - Ictinia plumbea Common in the Manu Lowlands Cinereous Harrier - Circus cinereus Nice view at Huacarpay Lakes Tiny Hawk - Accipiter superciliosus Seen in two consecutive days just from the garden at Amazonia Lodge Great Black Hawk - Buteogallus urbitinga One seen along the Alto Madre de Dios River on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center and another one at Cocha Blanco Montane Solitary-Eagle - Harpyhaliaetus solitarius One seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge on our way down to Amazonia Lodge. Roadside Hawk – Rupornis magnirostris

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Common Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle - Geranoaetus melanoleucus One seen in the higher mountains on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha Variable Hawk - Geranoaetus polyosoma Seen at Huacarpay Lakes and also on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha Slate-colored Hawk - Leucopternis schistacea One seen from the Canopy platform at Cocha Camungo around Manu Wildlife Center White Hawk - Leucopternis albicollis One seen from the garden perch on the tree up on the ridge at Amazonia Lodge Gray-lined Hawk - Buteo nitidus One seen along the Trans-oceanic highway outside of Puerto Maldonado; Grey is used because far more taxa have traditionally used that spelling than gray according to the IOC. AOU (1998) followed Pinto (1938), Stresemann & Amadon (1979), Amadon (1982), and Sibley & Monroe (1990) in using the monotypic genus Asturina for this species, rather than including in Buteo (as in e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1949, Friedmann 1950, Phelps & Phelps 1958a, Meyer de Schauensee 1970); Amadon (1982) provided reasons why Asturina might be closer to Leucopternis than to Buteo. However, this is generally not followed (e.g., Thiollay 1994, Ferguson-Lees & Christie 2001) because of this species' proposed close relationship to Buteo magnirostris and other buteos. Genetic data (Riesing et al. 2003, Lerner & Mindell 2008) indicate that Asturina is nested within Buteo (but not at all close to B. 10 magnirostris). Banks et al. (2006) recently merged Asturina into Buteo. SACC proposal passed to merge Asturina into Buteo Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus Seen in two separate days in the higher cloud forest of the Manu road White-rumped Hawk - Buteo leucorrhous One seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge

LIMPKIN Limpkin - Aramus guarauna Seen at Cocha Blanco Ox-bow Lake

TRUMPETERS Pale-winged Trumpeter - Psophia leucoptera Seen in four different occasions around Manu Wildlife Center; one of the most impressive bird in the Lowland Rainforest

RAILS & CRAKES Gray-necked Wood-Rail - Aramides cajanea Very common at Amazonia Lodge Uniform Crake - Amaurolimnas concolor One individual seen by Bill from the porch on the jeep trail of Amazonia Lodge Black-banded Crake – Anurolimnas fasciatus Seen very well at La Pastora in Puerto Maldonado

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Rufous-sided Crake - Laterallus Melanophaius Wonderful views at Cocha Camungo ox-bow Lake; responded well to play back Gray-breasted Crake - Laterallus exilis* Blackish Rail - Pardirallus nigricans One seen off the road near Atalaya on our way down to Amazonia Lodge Plumbeous Rail - Pardirallus sanguinolentus Quiet common around Huacarpay Lakes Common Gallinule - Gallinula galeata Common at Huacarpay lakes. Note that the New World form has been split from the Common Moorhen of Eurasia. Common Gallinule of Western Hemisphere is split from Common Moorhen on the basis of morphological, genetic, and vocal differences (Groenenberg et al 2008) Purple Gallinule - Porphyrio martinicus Fairly common at Cocha Blanco ox-bow lake Azure Gallinule - Porphyrio flavirostris Quiet common at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow Lakes Andean (Slate-colored) Coot - Fulica ardesiaca Common at Huacarpay lakes; Called "Andean Coot" in Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990), Taylor (1996), and Ridgely et al. (2001) but other authors use Slate-colored

SUNGREBE Sungrebe - Heliornis fulica Seen at the small lagoon at Amazonia Lodge and also at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes around Manu Wildlife Center

PLOVERS American Golden-Plover - Pluvialis dominica One seen well at Huacarpay Lakes Pied Plover – Hoploxypterus (Vanellus) cayanus Great views along the Madre de Dios River – a cracker! Called Pied Lapwing (it is clearly not a vanellus!) and formerly in that genus. Southern Lapwing - Vanellus chilensis Seen in two different days outside of Puerto Maldonado, but also on the cattle ranches near Patria on the Manu road on our way to Amazonia Lodge Andean Lapwing - Vanellus resplendens Seen at Huacarpay lakes and also at Acjanaco (the pass) “the guard station” on our way down to Wayqecha

STILTS White-backed Stilt - Himantopus melanurus One seen along the Alto Madre de Dios River on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center

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SANDPIPERS AND SNIPES Greater Yellowlegs - Tringa melanoleuca Seen at Huacarpay Lakes and twice along the Madre de Dios River in the Manu Lowlands Lesser Yellowlegs - Tringa flavipes Also seen at Huacarpay Lakes Solitary Sandpiper - Tringa solitaria Seen twice in the Manu Lowlands Spotted Sandpiper - Calidris macularia Common along the Rivers in the Lowland rainforest Pectoral Sandpiper - Calidris melanotos One seen along the Madre de Dios River on our way back from Cocha Blanco ox-bow lake

JACANAS Wattled Jacana - Jacana jacana Common on the Oxbow Lakes in Manu, especially at Cocha Blanco

GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMERS Andean Gull - Chroicocephalus serranus Common at Huacarpay Lakes Large-billed Tern - Phaetusa simplex Seen at Cocha Blanco and also along the Madre de Dios River on our way down to Boca Colorado Yellow-billed Tern - Sternula superciliaris Seen on our way down to Boca Colorado Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger Common in the Manu lowlands

PIGEONS AND DOVES Scaled Pigeon - Patagioenas speciosa Seen at Km 13 on the Trans-oceanic Highway outside of Puerto Maldonado Spot-winged Pigeon - Patagioenas maculosa Seen around Huacarpay Lakes and also near Huancarani on the Manu road. Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata Common in the Higher Cloud Forest, seen around Wayqecha Pale-vented Pigeon - Patagioenas cayennensis Common in the Lowlands Plumbeous Pigeon - Patagioenas plumbea Common in the foothills and lowlands Eared Dove - Zenaida auriculata

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Common in the arid montane forest, seen around Huacarpay lakes White-tipped Dove - Leptotila verreauxi decipiens Seen at Amazonia Lodge Gray-fronted Dove - Leptotila rufaxilla Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Ruddy Ground-Dove - Columbina talpacoti Seen along the Trans-oceanic high way outside of Puerto Maldonado Bare-faced Ground-Dove - Metriopelia ceciliae Seen around Huacarpay Lakes, and also along the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha. Named for Cecile Gautrau daughter of French naturalist Rene Lesson.

HOATZIN Hoatzin - Opisthocomus hoazin Noisy and clumsy! Always a pleasure to watch, seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco ox-bow lakes

CUCKOOS Little Cuckoo – Coccycua minuta Great views at Cocha Camungo ox-bow Lake Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana Common in the Lowlands Black-bellied Cuckoo – Piaya melanogaster Nice views in the mixed feeding flock at Manu Wildlife Center along the collpa trail Greater Anni - Crotophaga major Common in the Lowlands Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani Common in the open secondary forest in the Lowland rainforest

OWLS Rufescent Screech-Owl - Megascops ingens Wonderful views below the Lyre-tailed Nightjar spot above Cock of the Rock Lodge Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl - Megascops (usta) watsonii* Crested Owl – Lophostrix cristata Wonderful view of one individual that came in just outside of the dining room at Manu Wildlife Center, and two more that we flushed from their roosting spot at Manu Wildlife Center Spectacled Owl - Pulsatrix perspicillata Great views of one individual around the GRID trail; system at Manu Wildlife Center Mottled Owl - Ciccaba virgata

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Great views of a couple along the Cocha Nueva trail around Manu Wildlife Center Amazonian Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium hardyi* Burrowing Owl - Athene cunicularia Quiet common in the Lowland around the cattle ranches and along the Rivers

POTOOS Common Potoo - Nyctibius griseus*

NIGHTHAWKS & NIGHTJARS Sand-colored Nighthawk - Chordeiles rupestris Great looks on the Madre de Dios River, rusting on the logs in the little island just in front of the Lodge at Manu Wildlife Center; Roosts on sandbars and dead logs in the river. Ladder-tailed Nightjar - Hydropsalis climacocerca A nice male seen at Cocha Blanco Swallow-tailed Nightjar - Uropsalis segmentata One female seen just above Wayqecha Biological Station Lyre-tailed Nightjar – Uropsalis lyra Two males seen at its usual spot bellow the mirador, up the road from Cock of the Rock Lodge, one of the males was missing its tail for some reason…

SWIFTS Chestnut-collared Swift - Streptoprocne rutilus Seen in several days in the cloud forest and quiet common at Cock of the Rock Lodge White-collared Swift - Streptoprocne zonaris Common Gray-rumped Swift - Chaetura cinereiventris Seen outside of Pto. Maldonado in two consecutive days Pale-rumped Swift – Chaetura agregia Nice views at Amazonia Lodge of Puerto Maldonado (Neotropical) Fork-tailed Palm Swift – Tachornis squamata Seen several occasion in the Lowlands

HUMMINGBIRDS White-necked Jacobin - Florisuga mellivora Seen commonly at Amazonia Lodge feeders and also at Manu Wildlife Center Rufous-breasted Hermit – Glaucis irsuta Very common at Manu Wildlife Center, one nesting just in the garden Pale-tailed Barbthroat - Threnetes leucurus According to the description, one seen by one of the participants at Manu Wildlife Center

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Buff-tailed Sicklebill - Eutoxeres condamini Wonderful view in three different days feeding of the heliconia flowers just outside the dining room at Cock of the Rock Lodge White-bearded Hermit - Phaethornis hispidus The commonest forest Hermit in the lowlands rainforest; one scope views at Amazonia Lodge E Koepcke’s Hermit - Phaethornis koepckeae A Peruvian endemic and a specialty at Amazonia Lodge, named for German Ornithologist and author resident in Peru Maria Koepcke. She wrote Birds of the Department of Lima and was killed tragically in a plane crash in Peru in 1977. Reddish Hermit - Phaethornis ruber Just one seen along the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Green-fronted Lancebill- Doryfera ludovicae One seen by Eugene and Joan feeding on insects by the San Pedro River just by the road outside of Cock of the Rock Lodge Wedge-billed Hummingbird - Schistes geoffroyi Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge Sparkling Violet-ear - Colibri coruscans Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge Black-eared Fairy - Heliothryx aurita Brief looks around Manu Wildlife Center garden Amethyst-throated Sunangel - Heliangelus amethysticollis Common in the higher cloud forest Wire-crested Thorntail - Discosura popelairii Male and females seen at Cock of the Rock lodge on the butterfly bushes Rufous-crested Coquette - Lophornis delattrei Male and females seen at Amazonia Lodge; Stunner! Named after French naturalist/collector Henri de Lattre (1838) Festive Coquette - Lophornis chalybeus Male and females seen at Manu Wildlife Center Speckled Hummingbird - Adelomyia melanogenys Fairly common in the cloud forest, common at Cock of the Rock Lodge Long-tailed Sylph – Aglaiocercus kingi Seen in two separate days around Cock of the Rock Lodge. Named for Admiral Philip Parker King, British marine surveyor, naturalist and traveler in tropical America 1825-1830. Green-tailed Trainbearer - Lesbia nuna Seen at Huacarpay Lakes

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E Bearded Mountaineer - Oreonympha nobilis One individual seen in the Nicotania (Wild tobacco plant) bushes around Huacarpay lakes and also the next day on our way to Wayqecha - one of the most wanted birds

Tyrian Metaltail - Metallura tyrianthina smaragdinicollis Common in the Cloud forest; 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 Tire 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 Shining Sunbeam – Aglaeactis cupripennis caumatonotus Seen around Wayqecha Research Station. Collared Inca - Coeligena torquata Seen up around Rocotal area in the cloud forest along the Manu road RR Violet-throated Starfrontlet - Coeligena violifer osculans Seen on two separate days around Wayqecha Research Station Great Sapphirewing - Pterophanes cyanopterus One male seen at Acjanaco the “pass” when we went to look for the Scribble-tailed Canastero inside the Park with good success Chestnut-breasted Coronet - Boissonneaua matthewsii Seen bellow Wayqecha Research Station Booted Racket-tail - Ocreatus underwoodii annae Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge feeders Gould’s Jewelfront - Heliodoxa aurescens

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A fantastic bird seen every day on the feeders at Amazonia Lodge. Named for John Gould English Naturalist, illustrator, artist and publisher Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge Giant Hummingbird - Patagona gigas Seen first around Huacarpay Lakes and also along the Manu road in the higher elevation White-bellied Woodstar - Chaetocercus mulsant Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the butterflies bushes Blue-tailed Emerald - Chlorostilbon mellisugus Quiet common at the Butterfly bushes at Amazonia Lodge Violet-headed Hummingbird - Klais guimeti Very nicely seen at the butterfly bushes at Amazonia Lodge Gray-breasted Sabrewing - Campylopterus largipennis Daily at the Amazonia Lodge feeders Fork-tailed Woodnymph - Thalurania furcata Common understory Hummer in the Amazonian lowlands and Manu Wildlife Center Many-spotted Hummingbird - Taphrospilus hypostictus Great views at Cock of the Rock Lodge Sapphire-spangled Emerald - Amazilia lactea Fairly common at Amazonia Lodge Golden-tailed Sapphire - Chrysuronia oenone Common at the Butterfly bushes at Amazonia Lodge

TROGONS & QUETZALS Golden-headed Quetzal - Pharomachrus auriceps Seen in the cloud forest of the Manu road on our way down to Cock of the Rock Lodge Pavonine Quetzal – Pharomachrus pavoninus Nice view in two separate days on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Black-tailed Trogon - Trogon melanurus Seen in several occasion around Manu Wildlife center Green-backed Trogon – Trogon viridis Seen on terra firme forest along the Tapir trail at Manu Wildlife Center. Once part of White-tailed Trogon. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered the subspecies chionurus of the Chocó region to be a separate species from Trogon viridis; followed by Hilty (2003); Genetic data (DaCosta & Klicka 2008) suggest that chionurus is more closely related to T. bairdii than either are to Amazonian T. viridis. SACC proposal passed to recognize chionurus as a species. This later maintains the nominate name White-tailed Trogon with the Amazonian birds becoming Green-backed Trogon. Collared Trogon – Trogon collaris

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Fairly common in the Lowland rainforest Masked Trogon Trogon personatuts The only Trogon in the Cloud Forest, one seen on our way down to Cock of the Rock Lodge Blue-crowned Trogon – Trogon curucui Quiet common Trogon in the Lowlands rainforest – scope’s views at Amazonia Lodge Amazonian Trogon - Trogon ramonianus Seen from the canopy platform at Cocha Camungo around Manu Wildlife Center. The subspecies ramonianus and caligatus were 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 and northwestern South America to be a separate species from Trogon violaceus, and this was followed by Hilty (2003); Genetic data (DaCosta & Klicka 2008) indicate that caligatus is basal to a group that includes Amazonian T. violaceus, T. curucui, and T. surrucura (and that Amazonian violaceus may be paraphyletic with respect to the latter two species). SACC proposal was passed to recognize caligatus as a species. SACC proposal passed to recognize ramonianus as a separate species from T. violaceus.

So in short you have 3 species that came out of Violaceous Trogon. Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus – S. Mexico to NW Peru Amazonian Trogon - Trogon ramonianus – the Amazon Basin Guianan Trogon –Trogon viridis – Trindad and the Guianan Shield

KINGFISHERS Ringed Kingfisher - Megaceryle torquata Common in the lowland rainforest along the Rivers and ox-bow lakes Amazon Kingfisher - Chloroceryle amazona Common along the rivers and lakes in the lowland rainforest Green Kingfisher - Chloroceryle americana Common in the lowlands, seen at Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco around Manu Wildlife Center Green and Rufous Kingfisher - Chloroceryle inda Seen briefly at Cocha Blanco American Pygmy Kingfisher - Chloroceryle aenea Wonderful scope’s view of a male in the little pond along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

MOTMOTS Broad-billed Motmot – Electron platyrhynchum One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Amazonian Motmot - Momtus momota* So there are now 6 recognized species that came out of the old Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus coeruliceps Blue-crowned Motmot – NE and Central Mexico Momotus lessoni Blue-diademed Motmot – South Mexico to Central Panama

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Momotus subrufescens Whooping Motmot - E Panama to NC Venezuela and the Magdalena Valley of Colombia; SE Ecuador and extreme NW Peru. Momotus bahamensis Trinidad Motmot – Trindad & Tobago Momotus momota Amazonian Motmot - Venezuela (S of the Orinoco) and the Guianas S through the entire Amazon basin to extreme N Argentina and Paraguay. Momotus aequatorialis Andean Motmot – The Andes from NC Colombia to NE Bolivia. Andean Motmot – Momotus aequatoriales Seen in two consecutive days around Cock of the Rock Lodge;

JACAMARS RR Purus Jacamar - Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus Several of them seen well on Cocha Camungo. RR White-throated Jacamar - Brachygalba albogularis Wonderful views at La Pastora port outside of Puerto Maldonado RR Bluish-fronted Jacamar - Galbula cyanescens Common in the Amazonian lowlands Paradise Jacamar - Galbula dea Scope’s views of one individual along the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Great Jacamar - Jacamerops aureus*

PUFFBIRDS Chestnut-capped Puffbird - Bucco macrodactylus Seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center Semicollared Puffbird - Malacoptila semicincta One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Black-streaked Puffbird – Malacoptila fulvogularis One seen really well, just at the very last try up at Rocotal before heading down to the Lodge Lanceolated Monklet - Micromonacha lanceolata After a lot of time looking for it finally I found one and we got great views of one individual below Cock of the Rock Lodge. Rufous-capped Nunlet - Nonnula ruficapilla Nice views at the Antthrush trail (bamboo forest) around Manu Wildlife Center Black-fronted Nunbird - Monasa nigrifrons Common in the Lowlands. Monasa is Greek for solitary or a monk a reference to the plain plumage and quiet behavior of the Nunbirds. White-fronted Nunbird – Monasa morphoeus Seen up in the terra firme forest of collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center.

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Swallow-winged Puffbird - Chelidoptera tenebrosa Common along the lowland rivers

Lanceolated Monklet – Thomas Reber

BARBETS Gilded Barbet - Capito auratus Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center RR Scarlet-hooded Barbet - Eubucco tucinkae Seen around the little patch of bamboo forest at Amazonia Lodge Versicolored Barbet – Eubucco versicolor Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge.

TOUCANS

Channel-billed Toucan - Ramphastos vitellinus Seen around the Km 13 on the trans-oceanic highway, outside of Pto. Maldonado. White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus Seen several occasion around Manu Wildlife Center in the lowland rainforest Emerald [Black-throated] Toucanet - Aulacorhynchus atrigularis

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Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and Amazonia Lodge. The SACC says: Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) suggested that Aulacorhynchus prasinus may consist of more than one species-level taxon, but see Short & Horne (2001), who pointed out that the allopatric taxa are no more distinctive than those known to intergrade. The subspecies lautus, albivitta, cyanolaemus, dimidiatus, and atrogularis, as well as Middle Americanwagleri and caeruleogularis, were formerly (e.g., Ridgway 1914, Cory 1919) each considered separate species from (and in some cases not particularly closely related to)Aulacorhynchus prasinus, but Peters (1948) and Haffer (1974) treated them all as conspecific. <add synopsis of Navarro et al. (2001)>. Puebla-Olivares et al. (2008) identified three clades in South America based on mtDNA and proposed species rank for each. Proposal badly needed. The IOC accepts the split based on Navarro. RR Blue-banded Toucanet - Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis Seen in two different days in the cloud forest Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan – Andigena hypoglauca Stunning views bellow Wayqecha Biological Station Curl-crested Aracari – Pteroglossus beauharnaesii Seen from the canopy platform of Cocha Camungo

WOODPECKERS AND PICULETS Rufous-breasted Piculet – Picumnus rufiventris Very brief views in the bamboo forest of Antthrush trail in our day down to Boca Colorado from Manu Wildlife Center RR Fine-barred Piculet - Picumnus subtilis One seen along the road near Patria on our way down to Amazonia Lodge – recently found just over the border in Brazil Yellow-tufted Woodpecker - Melanerpes cruentatus Common Woodpecker in the Lowland rainforest, seen at Amazonia Lodge Red-stained Woodpecker - Veniliornis affinis One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center White-throated Woodpecker - Piculus leucolaemus Very nice views at Amazonia Lodge from the canopy tower and at Manu Wildlife Center from the Cocha Camungo canopy platform Golden-olive Woodpecker - Piculus rubiginosus Quiet common in the cloud forest, seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Crimson-mantled Woodpecker - Piculus rivolii Very nice views up at Rocotal area, in the cloud forest Spot-breasted Woodpecker - Colaptes punctigula Very nice views at Cocha Camungo, around Manu Wildlife Center Andean Flicker - Colaptes rupicola Seen at Huacarpay lakes and also in the higher part of the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha Scaly-breasted Woodpecker – Celeus grammicus latifasciatus

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Seen by some participants of the group at Manu Wildlife Center Cream-colored Woodpecker – Celeus flavus One seen at Cocha Camungo canopy platform around Manu Wildlife Center Rufous-headed Woodpecker – Celeus spectabilis One seen just by Neil at Antthrush trail (bamboo forest); one of the bamboo specialists! Lineated Woodpecker - Dryocopus lineatus One seen along the Cocha Nueva trail around Manu Wildlife Center Red-necked Woodpecker - Campephilus rubricollis Seen in three different days at Manu Wildlife Center Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos Seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center

FALCONS

Lined Forest-falcon - Micrastur gilvicollis* Black Caracara - Daptrius ater Seen twice; first time along the Madre de Dios River on our way down to Manu Wildlife Center and three more from the hide at the Blanquillo Macaw clay lick Red-throated Caracara - Ibycter americanus Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center Mountain Caracara - Phalcoboenus megalopterus Seen at Huacarpay lakes and also in the higher section of the Manu road on our way down to Wayqecha Biological Station Southern Caracara - Caracara cheriway Seen along the trans-oceanic highway outside of Puerto Maldonado on two different days American Kestrel - Falco sparverius Common Aplomado Falcon – Falco femoralis One seen at Huacarpay Lakes Bat Falcon - Falco rufigularis Seen twice, perched along the Madre de Dios River around Manu Wildlife Center

PARROTS Blue-and-Yellow Macaw - Ara ararauna Manu is Macaw paradise and these guys flying across the river at dusk in the late afternoon sun were a real treat, seen several days around Manu Wildlife Center Military Macaw - Ara militaris A briefly flyby, but close enough for good views and even pictures at Cock of the Rock Lodge, before going down to Amazonia Lodge VULNERABLE

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Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao Less common than the next species but good studies of this species in Manu Lowland Red-and-Green Macaw - Ara chloropterus Star performer at the Macaw Lick – could not be better.

Chestnut-fronted Macaw - Ara severa Common small Macaw of the lowlands Red-bellied Macaw - Orthopsittaca manilata Likes Mauritia palms, great views outside of Pto. Maldonado Km 13 on the Trans-oceanic highway Blue-headed Macaw - Primolius couloni Seen on two different occasions at Amazonia Lodge, second time seen better after the leader fell down to the creek on the way to the little bamboo forest. VULNERABLE White-eyed Parakeet - Psittacara leucophthalmus Common in the Lowland rainforest Dusky-headed Parakeet - Aratinga weddellii Seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center Rose-fronted Parakeet - Pyrrhura roseifrons Magnificent views of a small group at the Tapir clay lick with Dusky-billed Parrotlet and Cobalt-winged Parakeet down on the clay, eating clay…. Dusky-billed Parrotlet - Forpus sclateri Another great bird seen at the Tapir clay lick at Manu Wildlife Center Cobalt-winged Parakeet - Brotogeris cyanoptera cyanoptera Common and noisy in lowland forest, and also seen at the Tapir clay lick at MWC

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Tui Parakeet - Brotogeris sanctithomae Very nice views at Cocha Camungo ox-bow lake Orange-cheeked Parrot - Pionopsitta barrabandi Great views at the “Blanquillo” macaw clay lick. Blue-headed Parrot - Pionus menstruus Hundreds at the Macaw Lick and a common lowland forest resident Yellow-crowned Amazon - Amazona ochrocephala At the Macaw lick Scaly-naped Amazon - Amazona mercenaria Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Mealy Amazon - Amazona farinosa Common in the lowlands; Farinosa is Latin for “Sprinkled with Flour” referring to the “dusted” appearance of this Amazon.

ANTBIRDS RR Yellow-rumped Antwren – Euchrepomis sharpie* Heard above Cock of the Rock Lodge. ENDANGERED Bamboo Antshrike – Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae Seen in two consecutive days at Amazonia Lodge. Named after Santa Maria which was the type locality in Bolivia. Great Antshrike – Taraba major Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Chestnut-backed Antshrike – Thamnophilus palliatus Seen in two consecutive days below Cock of the Rock Lodge White-shouldered Antshrike - Thamnophilus aethiops Seen in two different days along the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Plain-winged Antshrike - Thamnophilus schistaceus Common lowland Antshrike seen at Manu Wildlife Center Dusky-throated Antshrike – Thamnomanes ardesiacus One of the commonest Lowland Antshrike in the understory mixed-species flock, seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center Bluish-slate Antshrike – Thamnomanes schistogynus Quiet common in the understory where it is the mixed species flock leader, seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Spot-winged Antshrike – Pygiptila stellaris A canopy Antshrike seen in two occasions at Manu Wildlife Center Plain-throated Antwren – Isleria hauxwelli

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Seen along the long collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center. Named for J. Hauxwell English collector in Peru and Brazil the early 1800’s. has a Thrush named after him as well. White-eyed Antwren - Epinecrophylla leucophthalma Nicely seen on the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Ornate Antwren - Epinecrophylla ornata meridionalis Seen twice; a couple seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge and also seen at Amazonia Lodge Pygmy Antwren – Myrmotherula brachyura Seen around Amazonia Lodge Sclater’s Antwren - Myrmotherula sclateri A canopy Antwren in the Lowland rainforest, seen just by Bill along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda One of the commoner Myrmotherula in the foothills seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge

Fabrice Schmitt

White-flanked Antwren – Myrmotherula axillaris Fairly common lowland rainforest Antwren, seen in two different days at Manu Wildlife Center. Willis (1984), 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. Long-winged Antwren – Myrmotherula longipennis garbei Another common lowland rainforest Antwren in the under-story mixed species flocks; seen at MWC

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Gray Antwren – Myrmotherula menetriesii The commonest Antwren in the understory mixed species flocks in the lowland rainforest, seen at Manu Wildlife Center Yellow-breasted Antwren – Herpsilochmus axillaris Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge VULNERABLE Dot-winged Antwren - Microrhopias quixensis Male and female seen right before Chontachaca village as we arrived in the Lowlands below Cock of the Rock Lodge Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird - Hypocnemis subflava Seen in two consecutive days below Cock of the Rock Lodge in the bamboo forest Peruvian Warbling Antbird – Hypocnemis peruviana Seen twice along the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Gray Antbird - Cercomacra cinerascens Good views along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Blackish Antbird – Cercomacra nigrescens A very cooperative individual at the Antthrush (bamboo) trail RR Manu Antbird – Cercomacra manu If you are in Manu…..You have to see this bird! Seen in the Antthrush (bamboo) trail around Manu Wildlife Center, one of the bamboo specialists! White-backed Fire-Eye – Pyriglena leuconota marcapatensis A male one seen along the trails of Cock of the Rock Lodge White-browed Antbird – Myrmoborus leucophrys Common in the Lowland rainforest, seen at Amazonia Lodge Black-faced Antbird – Myrmoborus myotherinus Male and female seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center RR White-lined Antbird – Percnostola lophotes Another bamboo specialist! Range just creeps over the border into NW Bolivia; Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Chestnut-tailed Antbird - Myrmeciza hemimelaena Seen at Amazonia Lodge Plumbeous Antbird - Myrmeciza hyperythra Seen along the trail at Cocha Blanco around Manu Wildlife Center RR Goeldi’s Antbird – Myrmeciza goeldii Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center; Likes Bamboo but is not restricted to it. Named for Emil August Goeldi, German naturalist resident in Brazil and author of “Aves do Brasil” 1894 Sooty Antbird – Myrmeciza fortis Seen at Amazonia Lodge

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White-throated Antbird - Gymnopithys salvini A female seen just by Bill at Manu Wildlife Center; one of the army ants followers! Common Scale-backed Antbird - Willisornis poecilinota griseiventralis Seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center. Note: Xingu Scale-backed Antbird in Brazil is now a distinct species

GNATEATERS Slaty Gnateater - Conopophaga ardesiaca One seen really well below Cock of the Rock Lodge

ANTPITTAS Scaled Antpitta – Grallaria guatimalensis sonoria One seen after a lot of effort, just by Easy and Bill in one of the trails of Cock of the Rock Lodge E Red-and-white Antpitta – Grallaria erythroleuca A Peruvian endemic restricted to the Department of Cusco; Seen in three different days but unfortunately. Rufous (Urubamba) Antpitta – Grallaria rufula occabambae Seen above Wayqecha Research Station. Geographic variation in song strongly suggests that Grallaria rufula includes more than one species (Krabbe & Schulenberg 2003) and apper in preparation will split this species several ways so take note of which subspecies you saw. Amazonian Antpitta – Hylopezus berlepschi After all – we saw a very cooperative bird, close views around the small lagoon at Amazonia Lodge Ochre-breasted Antpitta - Grallaricula flavirostris boliviana* Rusty-breasted Antpitta - Grallaricula ferrugineipectus leymebambae*

Red and White Antitta – Ian Merrill

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TAPACULOS Rusty-belted Tapaculo – Liosceles thoracicus The biggest and easiest Tapaculo to see from the Manu trip, one seen really well at Amazonia Lodge White-crowned Tapaculo – Scylotopus atratus Seen in two different days above Cock of the Rock Lodge

ANTTHRUSHES Rufous-capped Antthrush – Formicarius colma One in two consecutive days at Manu Wildlife Center Black-faced Antthrush – Formicarius analis Two seen along the Cocha Nueva trail around Manu Wildlife Center Rufous-fronted Antthrush – Formicarius rufifrons* Barred Antthrush - Chamaeza mollissima yungae One seen very well at Rocotal area - responded well to play back, that I even got a picture for David

OVENBIRDS Tawny-throated Leaftosser - Sclerurus mexicanus A brief views on the ridge trail at Amazonia Lodge Black-tailed Leaftosser - Sclerurus caudacutus Seen in two different days at Manu Wildlife Center Slender-billed Miner – Geositta tenuirostris Very good views along the Manu road in the arid montane forest section Plain-brown Woodcreeper - Dendrocincla fuliginosa One responded well to play-back along the long version of collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Wedge-billed Woodcreeper – Glyphorynchus spirurus albigularis Common in the lowland rainforest Long-billed Woodcreeper - Nasica longirostris Wonderful views just around the garden of Manu Wildlife Center Lodge Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper - Dendrexetastes rufigula Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Black-banded Woodcreeper – Dendrocolaptes picumnus* Tschudi's Woodcreeper - Xiphorynchus chunchotambo One seen well along the Creekside trail at Manu Wildlife Center. Xiphorhyncus chunchotambo is split from X. ocellatus – Ocellated Woodcreeeper (Aleixo 2002, Marantz et al. 2003); Elegant Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus elegans jurua Seen in several occasions around Manu Wildlife Center; we saw the jurua subspecies. Buff-throated Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus guttatus

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The commonest lowland rainforest Woodcreeper; some authorities consider Buff throated Woodcreeper of SE Brazil as distinct but some authorities consider the reason for splitting weak; seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Olive-backed Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus triangularis Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Montane Woodcreeper – Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger Fairly common in the cloud forest Inambari (Lineated) Woodcreeper – Lepidocolaptes (albolineatus) fatimalimae Seen from the Canopy platform of Cocha Camungo around Manu Wildlife Center. SACC says: The Amazonian fuscicapillus subspecies group (with madeirae and layardi) was formerly (e.g., Cory & Hellmayr 1925) treated as a separate species from Lepidocolaptes albolineatus, but recent authors have followed Zimmer (1934c) in treating them as conspecific; Hilty (2003) suspected that this treatment will be shown to be correct, and Marantz et al. (2003) suspected that more than one species was involved. Rodrigues et al. (2013) treated all diagnosable taxa in the complex as separate species, but they did not use BSC criteria; they also described a new species, Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae, from southwestern Amazonia. SACC proposal pending. Red-billed Scythebill– Campylorhamphus trochilirostris* Plain Xenops – Xenops minutus Seen around Quita Calzones, bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge and also around Manu Wildlife Center Point-tailed Palmcreeper - Berlepschia rikeri A wonderful view of one individual at Km 13 near Puerto Maldonado on the Trans – Oceanic highway. Named for Clarence B Riker US ollector and ornithologist in Brazil 1884-1887. Streaked Tuftedcheek - Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii Nice views in the cloud forest Pale-legged Hornero - Furnarius leucopus tricolor Common at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Wren-like Rushbird – Phleocryptes melanops Great views in the reeds at Huacarpay lakes Cream-winged Cinclodes - Cinclodes albiventris Some seen on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha Biological Station. The old Bar-winged Cinclodes has been split several ways. White-winged Cinclodes - Cinclodes atacamensis Two individual seen from the bridge at Paucartambo town, on our way down to Wayqecha Lodge Dusky-cheeked (Bamboo) Foliage-gleaner – Anabazenops dorsalis Seen at Amazonia Lodge Rufous-tailed Foliage-gleaner - Philydor ruficaudatus One seen around Manu Wildlife Center Rufous-rumped Foliage-gleaner – Philydor erythrocercum

http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop620.htm

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One seen along the Collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner – Philydor erythropterum Seen at Manu Wildlife Center with canopy mixed-species flock Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner – Philydor rufus Seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis Fairly common in the Cloud forest Chestnut-winged Hookbill - Ancistrops strigilatus Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner – Automolus rufipileatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge Black-billed Treehunter - Thripadectes melanorhynchus* Spotted Barbtail - Premnoplex brunnescens One seen really well above Cock of the Rock Lodge Pearled Treerunner - Margarornis squamiger Seen in three different occasion in the Cloud Forests Streak-fronted Thornbird – Phacellodomus striaticeps Seen around Huacarpay Lakes E Rusty-fronted Canastero – Asthenes ottonis Seen around Huacarpay lakes, a Peruvian endemic! RR Scribble-tailed Canastero - Asthenes maculicauda After a lot of time looking for it with rain inside the Manu Park at Acjanaco finally we got one where we got pretty good views RR Puna Thistletail - Asthens helleri Seen in two consecutive days around Wayqecha Research Station. VULNERABLE Plain Softail - Thripophaga fusciceps dimorpha In two different days at Amazonia Lodge E Marcapata Spinetail – Cranioleuca marcapatae marcapatae* VULNERABLE E Creamy-crested Spinetail – Cranioleuca albicapilla albicapilla Very nice views in the humid montane forest, on the Manu road above Paucartambo town Speckled Spinetail - Cranioleuca gutturata Good sightings around the garden of Amazonia Lodge and also seen at Manu Wildlife Center Azara’s Spinetail - Synallaxis azarae urubambae Common in the Manu cloud forest

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Cabani’s Spinetail – Synallaxis cabanisi Seen at the Antthrush trail (bamboo forest) – around Manu Wildlife Center Plain-crowned Spinetail - Synallaxis gujanensis Very nice view around the garden at Amazonia Lodge. Ruddy Spinetail - Synallaxis rutilans Great views along the long version of the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet – Tyrannulus elatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge – says “Free Beer” White-crested Elaenia – Elaenia albiceps Seen around Wayqecha Biological Station Mottle-backed Elaenia - Elaenia gigas Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Sierran Elaenia – Elaenia pallatangae Several individual seen in the higher cloud forest around Wayqecha Research Station White-throated Tyrannulet – Mecocerculus leucophrys Also common in the cloud forest in the mixed species flocks White-banded Tyrannulet – Mecocerculus strictopterus Another common Tyrannulet in the canopy mixed species flock in the cloud forest Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant - Anairetes flavirostris Two of them seen quite well at Huacarpay Lakes Torrent Tyrannulet – Serphophaga cinerea One seen from the bridge at Paucartambo town, on our way to Wayqecha Biological Station and another one around Cock of the Rock Lodge Ringed Antpipit – Corythopis torquata* RR Bolivian Tyrannulet – Zimmerius bolivianus Good views in the cloud forest, at Rocotal area Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant – Phylloscartes ophthalmicus Quiet common in the cloud forest, seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge RR Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet - Phylloscartes parkeri Very nice views bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge. Named for pioneer US Ornithologist Theodore A (Ted) Parker who as tragically killed in a plane accident in Ecuador in 1993. Streak-necked Flycatcher – Mionectes striaticollis Quiet common in the cloud forest – seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Olive-striped Flycatcher - Mionectes olivaceus One seen at Quita Calzones bellows Cock of the Rock Lodge

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Ochre-bellied Flycatcher - Mionectes oleagineus Seen along the long collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center McConnell’s Flycatcher – Mionectes macconnelli Seen at Amazonia Lodge E Inca Flycatcher – Leptopogon taczanowski Seen in two different days at Rocotal area in the Manu cloud forest; a scarce Peruvian endemic; Named for Wladislaw Taczanowskii, Polish ornithologist and author of “Ornithologie du Perou” 1884 Sepia-capped Flycatcher - Leptopogon amaurocephalus Seen around Manu Wildlife Center Many-colored Rush-Tyrant – Tachuris rubrigastra Great views at Huacarpay lakes

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant – Lophotriccus pileatus Seen on two separate days around Cock of the Rock Lodge Johannes’s Tody-Tyrant - Hemitriccus iohannis It played hard to see it at Amazonia Lodge where we got quiet good views but we manage to get much better views at La Pastora port, outside of Puerto Maldonado White-bellied Tody-Tyrant – Hemitriccus griseipectus Seen in two separate days at Manu Wildlife Center

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Black-throated Tody-tyrant – Hemitriccus granadensis Seen bellow Wayqecha Research Station RR White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher - Poecilotriccus albifacies Great views along the road stretch between Pillcopata village and Atalaya community on our way down to Amazonia Lodge. E Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher - Poecilotriccus pulchellum Great views below Quita Calzones as we just arrive to the beginning of the Lowland just before getting to Chontachaca village on our way down to Amazonia Lodge Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher - Poecilotriccus latirostre One seen after the first village (Chontachaca) in the Manu road, on our way down to Amazonia Lodge and another one around Manu Wildlife Center Ochre-faced Tody-flycatcher – Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps Nice view bellows Rocotal area, on the Manu road Spotted Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum maculatum Great views of two individuals from the catamaran at Cocha Camungo ox-bow lake around MWC Fulvous-breasted Flatbill - Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus Very good views above Cock of the Rock Lodge Gray-crowned Tolmomyias - Tolmomyias poliocephalus One seen from the canopy platform at Cocha Camungo around Manu Wildlife Center Handsome Flycatcher - Myiophobus pulcher Seen bellow Pillahuata on our way down to Cock of the Rock Lodge Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher - Myiobius erythrurus One seen along the River side trail at Manu Wildlife Center Cinnamon Flycatcher – Pyrrhosmyias cinnamomea Common in the Cloud Forest Alder Flycatcher - Empidonax alnorum Seen from the canopy platform at Cocha Camungo Smoke-colored Pewee – Contopus fumigatus Quiet common in the cloud forest Olive-sided Flycatcher - Contopus cooperi Seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge Andean Negrito - Lessonia oreas Nice views at Huacarpay Lakes White-winged Black-Tyrant - Knipolegus aterrimus One seen along the Manu road above Paucartambo on our way to Wayqecha Biological Station Drab Water-Tyrant - Ochthornis littoralis

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Common along the Amazonian rivers; Not at all Drab! It’s pretty! Little Ground-Tyrant - Muscisaxicola fluviatilis Seen almost every day in the little island in front of the port of Manu Wildlife Center Lodge Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant - Muscisaxicola rufivertex Few seen on the Manu road, on our way to Wayqecha Biological Station Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant - Agriornis montana Quiet good views in the higher elevation of the Manu road on our way down to Wayqecha Rufous-webbed Tyrant - Polioxolmis rufipennis Also seen in the higher elevation of the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha RR Kalinowski’s (Crowned) Chat-Tyrant - Silvicultrix (frontalis) spodionota One seen bellow Acjanaco (guard’s check-point) on our way to Wayqecha Biological Station. SAC Says: García-Moreno et al. (1998) suggested that the plumage and genetic differences between the frontalis and spodionota subspecies groups warranted species-level recognition for each. Proposal needed? IOC splits. Maroon-belted (Slaty-backed) Chat-Tyrant – Ochthoeca (cinnamomeiventris) thoracica Fantastic views bellow Wayqecha Research Station on our way down to Cock of the Rock Lodge. IOC says: Ochthoeca thoracica is split from O. cinnamomeiventris (García-Moreno et al. 1998); SACC needs proposal

Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis rufipectoralis Pretty bird of the roadside, in the cloud forest around Wayqecha Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor Seen on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha and around Wayqecha White-browed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca leucophrys One seen on our way to Wayqecha Lodge Long-tailed Tyrant - Colonia colonus Seen on our way down to Amazonia Lodge Black Phoebe – Sayornis nigricans latirostris

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Fairly common on rushing streams along the road to Manu; this is the southern race Sayornis nigricans latirostris. The change from the darker-winged nominate n. nigricans to the white-winged latirostris is a north-south cline, with larger amounts of white gradually appearing further south. Piratic Flycatcher – Legatus leucophaius Seen from the canopy platform at Cocha Camungo around Manu Wildlife Center Rusty-margined Flycatcher - Myiozetetes cayanensis Two individuals seen outside of Puerto Maldonado along the Trans-oceanic highway Social Flycatcher - Myiozetetes similis Common Gray-capped Flycatcher - Myiozetetes granadensis Good views around Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus Seen from the Blanquillo Macaw clay lick around Manu Wildlife Center Lesser Kiskadee - Pitangus lictor Fairly common alongside Ox-bow lakes – seen at Cocha Camungo Lemon-browed Flycatcher – Conopias cinchoneti Very nice views bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge. VULNERABLE Golden-crowned Flycatcher - Myiodynastes chrysocephalus Quiet common around Cock of the Rock Lodge Streaked Flycatcher – Myiodynastes maculatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher - Myiodynastes luteiventris Fairly common boreal migrant seen at Amazonia Lodge Boat-billed Flycatcher - Megarynchus pitangua One seen along the Trans-oceanic highway on our way to Puerto Maldonado Sulphury Flycatcher - Tyrannopsis sulphurea Two seen around the GRID trail system at Manu Wildlife Center and one more near Puerto Maldonado along the Trans-oceanic Highway; one of the Mauritia palm tree specialist Crowned Slaty Flycatcher – Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus One seen from the canopy platform at Cocha Camungo> The bird with the longest scientific name of them all! Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Common Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus Common boreal migrant seen in several days at Manu Wildlife Center Grayish Mourner - Rhytipterna simplex

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One seen well along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Swainson's Flycatcher - Myiarchus swainsoni Uncommon austral migrant seen at Amazonia Lodge Large-headed Flatbill – Ramphotrigon megacephala One seen at the Antthrush trail around Manu Wildlife Center Rufous-tailed Flatbill - Ramphotrigon ruficauda Scope views of one individual along the long collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Dull-capped Attila - Attila bolivianus One seen along the trail of Cocha Blanco on the way out from the Lake Bright-rumped Attila - Attila spadiceus One seen near Patria on our way to Amazonia Lodge

COTINGAS Barred Fruiteater – Pipreola arcuata Good views bellow Wayqecha Biological Station

Red-crested Cotinga - Ampelion rubrocristata Seen bellow Wayqecha on our way down to Cock of the Rock Lodge Chestnut-crested Cotinga - Ampelion rufaxilla One individual seen up in the cloud forest at the Rocotal area on the Manu road Andean Cock-of-the-Rock – Rupicola peruviana Well what can we say – great views at the leck of Manu Cloud Forest Lodge above Cock of the Rock Lodge – but also we had several other encounters along the road around CORL Purple-throated Fruitcrow – Querula purpurata Great views of two males and one female along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

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Amazonian Umbrellabird - Cephalopterus ornatus One seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge and two more occasion seen at Amazonia Lodge Plum-throated Cotinga - Cotinga maynana Seen from the canopy platform at Cocha Camungo and also from the some participants from the Manu Wildlife Center canopy platform Spangled Cotinga - Cotinga cayana Seen in three different occasion around Manu Wildlife Center Screaming Piha – Lipaugus vociferans Commonly hear at Manu Wildlife Center; and seen once around the GRID trail system at MWC Bare-necked Fruitcrow – Gymnoderus foetidus Seen several times around Manu Wildlife Center

MANAKINS Dwarf-tyrant Manakin – Tyranneutes stolzmanni Great views – seen twice along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Blue-backed Manakin – Chiroxiphia pareola regina Nice male scope’s views along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Yungas Manakin – Chiroxiphia boliviana Seen in two consecutive days at Cock of the Rock Lodge Fiery-capped Manakin - Machaeropterus pyrocephalus After a little effort finally we saw it on our way back to the Lodge from the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center White-bearded Manakin - Manacus manacus Very nice view of one a female off the road on the Manu road after Chontachaca village in the Lowland on our way down to Amazonia Lodge Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda Very nice views at Manu Wildlife Center just after arrival in the short birding around the garden Round-tailed Manakin – Pipra chloromeros Seen along the Riverside trail at Manu Wildlife Center Blue-crowned Manakin – Pipra coronata exquisita Seen nicely on the long collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

TITYRAS AND BECARDS Black-tailed Tityra - Tityra cayana Seen from the canopy platform at Cocha Camungo around Manu Wildlife Center Masked Tityra – Tityra semifasciata Quiet common in the Manu lowland rainforest Brown-winged Schiffornis - Schiffornis turdinus

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One seen by Bill and Easy very nicely on the long collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Cinereous Mourner - Laniocera hypopyrra One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Barred Becard – Pachyramphus versicolor Seen bellow Wayqecha Biological Station Chestnut-crown Becard - Pachyramphus castaneus Nicely seen around the lagoon in the morning before departure from Amazonia Lodge to MWC White-winged Becard - Pachyramphus polychopterus Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and also around the garden of Amazonia Lodge

INCERTAE SEDIS-1 Wing-barred Piprites - Piprites chloris One seen at Amazonia Lodge

VIREOS & GREENLETS Chivi (Red-eyed) Vireo - Vireo chivi (olivaceus) A few of the resident non red eyed form seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center; 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), but see Hellmayr (1935), Zimmer (1941d), Eisenmann 1962a, Johnson & Zink (1985), and Ridgely & Tudor (1989). Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) suggested, however, that more than one species may be involved within the South American chivi group.

Brown-capped Vireo – Vireo leucophrys Seen at Rocotal area on the Manu road Tawny-crowned Greenlet – Hylophilus ochraceiceps Seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

JAYS RR White-collared Jay - Cyanolyca viridicyana Very good views bellow Wayqecha Biological Station. RR Purplish Jay - Cyanocorax cyanomelas Fairly common in the Manu Lowland rainforest, seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Violaceous Jay - Cyanocorax violaceus Common in the Lowland rainforest Inca Jay - Cyanocorax yncas Quiet good views above Cock of the Rock Lodge

SWALLOWS Blue-and-white Swallow - Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Common

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Brown-bellied Swallow - Orochelidon murina Seen at Paucartambo Town from the bridge on our way to Wayqecha Lodge Pale-footed Swallow - Orochelidon flavipes Quiet tricky to ID but we managed to identify some around the tunnels bellow Wayqecha White-banded Swallow - Atticora fasciata Common lowland swallows along the Rivers Southern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Common lowland Swallow Gray-breasted Martin – Progne chalybea Seen on the electricity wires outside of Puerto Maldonado White-winged Swallow – Tachycineta albiventer The commonest Swallow of the lowland rainforest rivers and oxbow lakes Bank Swallow - Riparia riparia Seen at Huacarpay Lakes Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica Also seen at Huacarpay Lakes

WRENS House Wren – Troglodytes aedon Common in the highlands; 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. cobbi, might also be best 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 Seen bellow Wayqecha Sedge Wren – Cistothorus platensis Good views at Acjanaco Moustached Wren – Pheugopedius genibarbis Seen just by some participants at Cock of the Rock Lodge Gray-breasted Wood-Wren – Henicorhina leucophrys Commonly hear in the cloud forest, but seen in three separate days around Cock of the Rock Lodge

DONACOBIUS Black-capped Donacobius – Donacobius atricapillus Common on the ox-bow lakes and marshes of the lowlands – seen at Amazonia Lodge and around Manu Wildlife Center ox-bow-lakes

DIPPERS White-capped Dipper - Cinclus leucocephalus

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One seen on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha Biological Station

THRUSHES Andean Solitaire – Myadestes ralloides Seen twice in the cloud forest of the Manu road Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus Seen several times around Cock of the Rock Lodge White-eared Solitaire - Entomodestes leucotis Nice views – seen in three different occasions on the Manu road around Rocotal area Chiguanco Thrush – Turdus chiguanco chiguanco The common Andean Thrush seen at Huacarpay and along the Manu road Great Thrush – Turdus fuscater ockenderi The common Thrush of the higher Cloud Forest Glossy-black Thrush - Turdus serranus Seen in two different occasions – bellow Wayqecha and around Cock of the Rock Lodge Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis The commonest Amazonian garden Thrush Hauxwell’s Thrush - Turdus hauxwelli Seen just around the garden of Manu Wildlife Center White-necked Thrush - Turdus albicollis Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center

TANAGERS & ALLIES Red-capped Cardinal – Paroaria gularis Common in the lowlands, especially around the ox-bow lakes Magpie Tanager – Cissopis leveriana The biggest Tanager in the Amazonian Lowland, and fairly common Grass-green Tanager - Chlorornis riefferii Seen around Wayqecha Research Station Slaty Tanager – Creurgops dentata RR Seen around the Rocotal area Superciliaried Hemispingus – Hemispingus superciliaris urubambae Seen also around the tunnels below Wayqecha Biological Station Black-eared Hemispingus – Hemispingus melanotis berlepschi Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager - Cnemoscopus rubrirostris Seen up at the Rocotal area

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Three-striped Hemispingus – Hemispingus trifasciatus Also seen around the tunnels, below Wayqecha Biological Station RR Drab Hemispingus - Hemispingus xanthophthalmus Good views below Wayqecha Biological Station Rust and Yellow Tanager – Thlypopsis ruficeps Fairly common in the cloud forest with mixed species flocks White-winged Shrike-Tanager – Lanio versicolor Seen several days around Manu Wildlife Center with canopy mixed species flocks. It is the canopy flock leader. Flame-crested Tanager - Tachyphonus cristatus One seen along the collpa trail with canopy mixed species flock at Manu Wildlife Center White-shouldered Tanager - Tachyphonus luctuosus A male one seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center Masked Crimson Tanager – Ramphocelus nigrogularis Stunning Tanager common at Amazonia Lodge Silver-beaked Tanager – Ramphocelus carbo Another common good-looker Hooded Mountain-Tanager – Buthraupis montana Quite common around Wayqecha Biological Station; the display is pretty acrobatic for such a large Tanager Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager - Anisognathus igniventris igniventris Fairly common around Wayqecha – common but spectacular

Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager - Anisognathus somptuosus

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Great views around Wayqecha Biological Station Fawn-breasted Tanager - Pipraeidea melanonota Seen above Rocotal area on the Manu road Orange-eared Tanager – Chlorochrysa calliparaea Very beautiful little Tanager; seen several times around Cock of the Rock Lodge Blue-gray Tanager – Thraupis episcopus Common Palm Tanager – Thraupis palmarum Common Blue-capped Tanager – Thraupis cyanocephala Fairly common in the Manu cloud forest Turquoise Tanager – Tangara mexicana A lowland species, seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center; Not found in Mexico! Paradise Tanager – Tangara chilensis What can you say! A pleasure to have such a pretty species so common; not found in Chile! Green-and-gold Tanager – Tangara schrankii Another lowland Tanager present in most canopy flocks; great views at Manu Wildlife Center Golden Tanager – Tangara arthus Great birds! Great looks around Cock of the Rock Lodge Saffron-crowned Tanager – Tangara xanthocephala lamprotis Another Christmas tree ornament! Wonderful views around Cock of the Rock Lodge Golden-eared Tanager – Tangara chrysotis Very nice Tanager, seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Spotted Tanager – Tangara punctata Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Bay-headed Tanager – Tangara gyrola Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge Golden-napped Tanager – Tangara ruficervix Very good view around Cock of the Rock Lodge Blue-necked Tanager – Tangara cyanicollis Another Christmas tree bird - Common Beryl-spangled Tanager - Tangara nigroviridis Quiet common around Cock of the rock Lodge Blue-and-black Tanager - Tangara vassorii atrocaerulea Seen up the road around the Rocotal area

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Opal-rumped Tanager - Tangara velia Seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Opal-crowned Tanager – Tangara callophrys Seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center Swallow Tanager - Tersina viridis Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Black-faced Dacnis - Dacnis lineata Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Yellow-bellied Dacnis – Dacnis flaviventer Wonderful views at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center Blue Dacnis – Dacnis cayana Fairly common in the canopy mixed-species flock, seen from the canopy tower at Manu Wildlife Center

Bkack-faced dacnis – Fabrice Schmitt

Purple Honeycreeper – Cyanerpes caeruleus Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and Amazonia Lodge Green Honeycreeper – Chlorophanes spiza Seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Yellow-backed Tanager - Hemithraupis flavicollis Male and female seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Cinereous Conebill – Conirostrum cinereum cinereum Seen at Huacarpay lakes and also along the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha

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Blue-backed Conebill - Conirostrum sitticolor One seen bellow Acjanaco (the pass) on the Manu road Capped Conebill – Conirostrum albifrons Quiet common with mixed species flocks in the cloud forest Rusty Flower-piercer - Diglossa sittoides Very good views at Huacarpay lakes and on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha RR Moustached Flower-piercer – Diglossa mystacalis albilinear Quiet common above Wayqecha Biological Station Black-throated Flower-piercer – Diglossa brunneiventris Quiet common Golden-eyed Flowerpiercer - Diglossopis glauca Very good views and even David got pictures above the mirador – above Cock of the Rock Lodge Masked Flower-piercer – Diglossopis cyanea Very common around Wayqecha Biological Station RR Peruvian Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus punensis Seen just before Huancarani town, on the Manu road; Named for the Southern Peruvian Department of Puno. Mourning Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus fruticeti Good views around Huacarpay Lakes and also along the Manu road Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus plebejus A common Finch of the Andes E Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch - Poospiza caesar Limited range, endemic found only in the Departments of Cusco and Puno; very good views just before Huancarani town on the Manu road, on our way to Wayqecha. Blue-black Grassquit – Volatinia jacarina Seen in disturbed habitat along the road on our way to Puerto Maldonado Black-and-white Seedeater – Sporophila luctuosa Seen around Amazonia Lodge Double-collared Seedeater - Sporophila caerulescens Seen outside of Puerto Maldonado Chestnut-bellied Seedeater - Sporophila castaneiventris Also seen around Patria, on our way down to Amazonia Lodge by the agricultural areas and also at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick Black-billed Seed-Finch – Oryzoborus atrirostris Seen at Cocha Camungo ox-bow Lake; one of the specialties of Cocha Camungo

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Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch – Oryzoborus angolensis One seen near Patria village on our way to Amazonia Lodge Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola Not common in Manu, seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and Amazonia Lodge

INCERTAE SEDIS Buff-throated Saltator - Saltator maximus Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and at Amazonia Lodge Grayish Saltator - Saltator coerulescens Seen around Manu Wildlife Center Golden-billed Saltator - Saltator aurantiirostris Great views along the Manu road near Huancarani village on our way down to Wayqecha

NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES Rufous-collared Sparrow - Zonatrichia capensis Only in the Andes; Common but pretty Sparrow Yellow-browed Sparrow – Ammodramus aurifrons Seen near Puerto Maldonado Grassland Sparrow - Ammodramus humeralis Scope views in the cattle ranches near Puerto Maldonado Pectoral Sparrow - Arremon taciturnus Great views at Amazonia Lodge – responded well to play-back Gray-browed Brush-Finch - Arremon assimilis One seen above Wayqecha RR Black-faced Brush-Finch – Atalaptes melanolaemus Quite common in the Manu cloud forest; The Atlapetes genus has been completely revamped based on bio-chemical data and work done at Copenhagen Field Museum. Formerly considered part of Rufous-napped Brush-Finch complex A. rufinucha. Atlapetes melanolaemus was formerly (Hellmayr 1938, Paynter 1970a, Meyer de Schauensee 1970, Ridgely & Tudor 1989, Sibley & Monroe 1990) considered a subspecies of A. rufinucha, but see García-Moreno & Fjeldså (1999). Common Chlorospingus – Chlorospingus ophthalmicus Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge. Genetic data (REFS, Burns et al. 2002, 2003) indicate the genus Chlorospingus is not a member of the Thraupidae, but (Klicka et al. 2007) a member of the Emberizidae. SACC proposal passed to transfer to Emberizidae. Barker et al. (2013) further confirmed the placement of the genus with the New World sparrows. Frank Pitelka (in Tordoff 1954a) long ago noted the emberizine-like behavior of Chlorospingus. SACC proposal passed to change English names of the species in the genus from “Bush-Tanager” to “Chlorospingus”. Short-billed (Yellow-whiskered) Chlorospingus - Chlorospingus flavopectus Seen around Rocotal area on our way down to Cock of the Rock Lodge Yellow-throated Chlorospingus – Chlorospingus flavigularis

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Quiet common around Cock of the Rock Lodge

CARDINALS - GROSBEAKS Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra Uncommon boreal migrant – seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Scarlet Tanager - Piranga olivacea Another uncommon boreal migrant – seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and Amazonia Lodge White-winged Tanager - Piranga leucoptera Also seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Red-crowned Ant-Tanager – Habia rubica Seen along the long collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Carmiol's Tanager - Chlorothraupis carmioli*

NEW WORLD WARBLERS Blackburnian Warbler - Setophaga fusca Seen in several occasion up in the cloud forest around Rocotal area Tropical Parula – Setophaga pitiayumi Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Two-banded Warbler – Myiothlypis bivittatus Seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge E Golden-bellied (Cuzco) Warbler – Myiothlypis chrysogaster Seen around Quita Calzones bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) treated the northern subspecies chlorophrys as a separate species from Myiothlypis chrysogaster based on differences in descriptions of songs; see Zimmer (1949) for rationale for considering them sister taxa. If this split is accepted as the IOC do, then this species becomes a Peruvian endemic. Citrine Warbler – Myiothlypis luteoviridis striaticeps Fairly common in the cloud forest Russet-crowned Warbler - Myiothlypis coronatus Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Buff-rumped Warbler - Myiothlypis fulvicauda Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Three-striped Warbler – Basileuterus tristriatus Seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge Slate-throated Whitestart – Myioborus miniatus Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge Spectacled Whitestart – Myioborus melanocephalus Fairly common in the higher cloud forest on the Manu road

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OROPENDOLAS, ORIOLES AND BLACKBIRDS Crested Oropendola – Psarocolius decumanus maculosus A couple of times seen in the Manu lowlands RR Dusky-green Oropendola – Psarocolius atrovirens Quiet common around Cock of the Rock Lodge; just sneaks into Bolivia. Replaces Russet-backed Oropendola in the Cloud Forest Russet-backed Oropendola – Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi The commonest Oropendola in the Lowlands Olive Oropendola – Psarocolius bifasciatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge Casqued Oropendola – Clypicterus oseryi Seen around the GRID at Manu Wildlife Center Yellow-rumped Cacique – Cacicus cela Common Red-rumped Cacique - Cacicus haemorrhous* Southern Mountain Cacique – Cacicus chrysonotus A couple of times seen around Wayqecha Biological Station Solitary Cacique - Cacicus solitarius Seen at Amazonia Lodge Epaulet Oriole – Icterus cayanensis Seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center RR Pale-eyed Blackbird – Agelaius xanthophthalmus Good views of this near-endemic at Cocha Camungo ox-bow lake Yellow-winged Blackbird – Agelaius thilius Common at Huacarpay Lakes Giant Cowbird – Molothrus oryzivorus Common in the lowlands Red-breasted Blackbird – Sturnella militaris A few seen in the pastures along the Trans-oceanic high-way on our way to Puerto Maldonado and better views the next day

FINCHES Hooded Siskin – Sporaga magellanica urubambensis Seen around Huacarpay Lakes and at Amazonia Lodge Olivaceous Siskin – Sporaga olivacea Good studies around Cock of the Rock Lodge

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Thick-billed Euphonia – Euphonia laniirostris Seen at Amazonia Lodge and at Manu Wildlife Center; the genus name means “fine-voiced” Golden-bellied [White-lored] Euphonia – Euphonia chrysopasta Great views at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Bronzy-green Euphonia - Euphonia mesochrysa Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge Orange-bellied Euphonia – Euphonia xanthogaster brunneifrons The commonest Euphonia in Manu Blue-naped Chlorophonia - Chlorophonia cyanea Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge

The Mammal List MARMOSETS Weddell's Saddle-back Tamarin – Saguinus weddelli Seen in two different days at Manu Wildlife Center

NEW WORLD MONKEYS Brown Titi-Monkey – Callicebus brunneus Seen at Amazonia Lodge Black-capped Squirrel Monkey – Saimiri boliviensis Seen around Manu Wildlife Center Large-headed Capuchin Monkey – Sapajus macrocephalus Seen several times around Manu Wildlife Center but also seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge Shock-headed Capuchin – Cebus cuscinus Seen around the GRID at Manu Wildlife Center Colombian Red-Howler Monkey – Alouatta seniculus Seen around Manu Wildlife Center Gray Wooly Monkey – Lagothryx cana Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge ENDANGERED Black Spider Monkey – Ateles chamek Seen in two different occasion around Manu Wildlife Center ENDANGERED

RACOON FAMILY South American Coati - Nasua nasua According to people description this is the animal that went across the road on the way to Puerto Carlos from Boca Colorado

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Long-tailed Weasel - Mustela frenata One individual show up several little times at the Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch spot before Huancarani on the Manu road on our way to Wayqecha Tayra - Eira barbera This is the animal that Ruth saw on her way back home after left the group on the collpa trail at MWC Giant Otter – Pteronura brasilensis Amazing views of a couple at Camungo ox-bow lake and a family group of 4 individuals at Cocha Blanco around Manu Wildlife Center

Giant Otter

TAPIRS Brazilian Tapir - Tapirus terrestris The tame Tapir “Vanessa” seen almost every day at Manu Wildlife Center Lodge but we also saw 2 wild individuals at the Tapir clay lick during day time went we were looking for the Parakeets

PECCARIES White-lipped Peccary - Tayassu pecari Seen in two different occasion – at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

DEERS Common Red Brocket Deer - Mazama americana Seen twice – one at Amazonia Lodge and another one around Manu Wildlife Center

SQUIRRELS Southern Amazon Red Squirrel – Sciurus spadaceus Seen once around Manu Wildlife Center Sanborn’s Squirrel – Sciurus sanborni

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Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge

LARGE RODENTS Brown Agouti – Dasyprocta variegata Seen in several occasion in the Lowland – noisy when flushed! Green Acouchi - Myoprocta pratti Two seen along the riverside trail at Manu Wildlife Center

BATS Long nosed Bat - Hynchonycterys naso Seen roosting at Cocha Blanco

The Reptile List Side-neck (Amazonian River) Turtle – Podocnemis unifilis Common on sunny logs along the rivers and lakes

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