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Bar-breasted piculet
An odd, but very welcome encounter with this piculet that is normally found "in the canopy of lowland forest", per Schulenberg et al. In this case, it was hanging out at eye level in grassy scrub just along the road!- Thibaud
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- peru picidae piculet picumnus aurifrons ucayali
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Tumbes Tyrannulet
Sticking to the theme, this is the Pacific coast counterpart of the Marañon Tyrannulet, which looks essentially identical, and is best told by range and song- Thibaud
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- lambayeque nesotriccus tumbezanus peru tumbes tyrannulet
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Marañon Tyrannulet
One of Peru's newest flycatchers, which was given specific status in 2023, as a split of Southern Mouse-colored.- Thibaud
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- cajamarca maranon tyrannulet nesotriccus maranonicus peru
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Panao Antpitta
Another member of the former G. rufula complex, restricted to a tiny area of the Andes of central Peru.- Thibaud
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- antpitta endemic grallaria oneilli panao antpitta pasco peru
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Oxapampa Antpitta
One of the many new species that came out of the big Antpitta split of 2020. Despite its name, it is not at all common around Oxapampa and is much more easily found a bit further south, in Junin.- Thibaud
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- antpitta grallaria centralis junin oxapampa antpitta peru satipo road
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Neblina metaltail
A tricky little hummingbird found at high elevations in southern Ecuador and northern Peru. Not the best photo, but I'm glad to have seen it!- Thibaud
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- cajamarca hummingbird peru
- Comments: 8
- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Chusquea Tapaculo
A familiar tapaculo of southern Ecuador, far less often seen in northern Peru!- Thibaud
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- cajamarca chusquea tapaculo peru scytalopus parkeri
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Amazonian Grosbeak
This sneaky songster is often heard but rarely seen in Amazonian Peru, and even less often does it cooperate for a photo! This encounter was even more unusual as it was in dry forest along the Marañon Valley, and happened to be the 1st ebird record for Cajamarca!- Thibaud
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- amazonian grosbeak cajamarca cyanoloxia rothschildii peru
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Ancash Tapaculo
One of Peru's many endemic tapaculos, mostly found in Ancash, as its name indicates.- Thibaud
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- ancash ancash tapaculo peru scytalopus affinis
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Ash-breasted tit-tyrant
A emblematic species of Peruvian Polylepis forests, this beautiful little flycatcher is unfortunately quite rare and endangered- Thibaud
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- anairetes alpinus ancash ash-breasted tit-tyrant peru
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Fulvous Antshrike
A very sneaky Amazonian antbird, I believe this is the first photo for Peru!- Thibaud
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- frederickena fulva fulvous antshrike peru san martin
- Comments: 5
- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Variegated tinamou
Probably the prettiest tinamou I've seen! Luckily, it was one of these occasions where it walked slowly away from me, instead of exploding practically from underfoot like a snipe and disappearing in the distance. It walked maybe 10 meters downhill and then appeared to be quite curious, popping...- Thibaud
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- crypturellus variegatus madre de dios peru tinamou
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Flammulated Pygmy-Tyrant
As ebird says, this little bamboo specialist actually looks duller than its name suggests haha. Still, I was pleased to finally run into one!- Thibaud
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- hemitriccus flammulatus los amigos madre de dios peru
- Comments: 4
- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Chestnut-shouldered antwren
A tricky canopy antwren, much more easily heard than seen!- Thibaud
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- antwren euchrepomis humeralis madre de dios peru thamnophilidae
- Comments: 4
- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Dusky-throated Antshrike
A bird with an unusually extensive black throat patch- Thibaud
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- allpahuayo mishana antshrike loreto peru thamnomanes ardesiacus
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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White-browed Hawk
I was quite lucky with this rare hawk (which was a lifer). I heard it calling persistently and finally spotted it high up in a massive castaña tree. But I was with a bunch of students, so I only got a few shots before it took off. The next day I returned alone and played a recording, and soon...- Thibaud
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- leucopternis kuhli madre de dios peru white-browed hawk
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Humaita Antbird
A notoriously skulking antbird, in Peru restricted to palm swamps in the southeast, I was lucky that the male was singing or I never would have even thought to look for it in the minuscule wetland (which had at most 5 palm trees) right behind the house where we were staying.- Thibaud
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- humaita antbird madre de dios myrmelastes humaythae peru
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Striated Antbird
A skulking little bamboo specialist, easily heard but significantly harder to see, it only showed itself for a couple seconds before vanishing in the bamboo again.- Thibaud
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- antbird drymophila devillei peru striated antbird
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Birding in Peru in February
Hey there, I plan to go to Peru next February. I have two weeks to travel around but I heard that it's rainy season in some areas which I wanted to visit (Tingo Maria, Oxapampa) and now I am not sure if it is still rewarding. Do you guys have experiences with those spots in February or have any...- RedKite75
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- february peru
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White-lined antbird (male)
A lovely antbird found in bamboo thickets in southeastern Peru, I finally encountered this very responsive male who posed very nicely for me!- Thibaud
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- antbird madre de dios myrmoborus lophotes peru
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner
A lovely bird of varzea forests, I had a couple of encounters with it last year, first on the Colombian side of the border, and then in Peru, where I found a family group accompanying a mixed flock that allowed for a few photos!- Thibaud
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- foliage-gleaner loreto peru philydor pyrrhodes varzea
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Brown-banded Puffbird
Quite a tricky specialist of white-sand forests, I only saw this one thanks to the expert help of Juan Diaz!- Thibaud
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- brown banded puffbird loreto notharchus ordii peru
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Peruvian Treehunter
- Mark Harper
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- peru peruvian treehunter thripadectes scruator
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Ash-throated Antwren
A very local and rare Peruvian endemic.- Mark Harper
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- herpsilochmus parkeri peru
- Comments: 5
- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Ringed Storm-Petrel
One of the most beautiful and unusual storm petrels, easily my favorite lifer from that day!- Thibaud
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- arequipa hydrobates hornbyi pelagic peru storm petrel
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico