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A BIRDING TRIP REPORT FOR THE MANU

BIOSPHERE RESERVE, PUERTO. MALDONADO AND A DAY ON THE SORAYPAMPA ROAD

July 7th to 27th 2017

Tour Leader and report redaction: Silverio Duri

The Manu Biosphere Reserve has the highest diversity of life on Earth and is one of the most important conservation units in the world. If you were

to choose one of THE best birding trips in the world, this must surely be a candidate. The beauty of this trip is the variety of habitats visited ranging from orchid laden cloud forest where Spectacled Bears and Cock-of-the-Rocks still live unmolested, to untouched Amazon rainforest where 13 species of Monkey abound and Giant Otters still exist in the ox-bow lakes. A trip to Manu is a trip to one of the world's great wilderness areas where wildlife is still plentiful and over 1000 species of birds have been recorded. We regularly record 600 species on this tour and often see Jaguar. Imagine birding on forest trails with mixed species flocks that might contain over 50 species and bumping into a troop of Black Spider Monkeys around the corner, or quietly paddling on a catamaran on an Ox-bow Lake with Giant Otters and teeming lakeside birdlife! This was a specialized tour based on specified targets. On this trip, we actually SAW 6 species of Tinamou, 18 true Peruvian endemics, 42 species of Hummingbirds, an amazing 11 species of Puffbird including Lanceolated Monklet and recorded 44 species of true Antbirds. A marvelous trip.

The Madre de Dios River at Manu Wildife Centre Lodge at dusk

BIRDING LOCALITIES ALONG THE MANU ROAD, CUSCO, MACHU-PICCHU AND PUERTO MALDONADO

Huacarpay Lakes: S 13 37 462 W 071 43 109 (3100 mts) 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 (bellow the 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) Villa Carmen: 12°54'16.42"S 71°24'15.39"W (525 m) Mirador (Above Atalaya) : S 12 53 730 W 071 21 751 (751m) Atalaya : S 12 53 368 W 071 21 547 (500 mts) Amazonia Lodge: S 12 52 232 W 071 22 527 (AL) (500 mts) Manu Wildlife Center: (MWC) 12°21'19.99"S 70°42'18.06"W (350 mts) Puerto Maldonado: 12°36'10.09"S 69°11'28.54"W (220 mts) Andean Spirit Lodge 13°30'29.78"S 72°29'53.13"W Soraypampa 13°23'46.38"S 72°34'32.27"W

DAY-BY-DAY ACTIVITIES July 07th: Upon arrival to Cuzco straight to Huacarpay Lake for some birding at Huambutio (Huacarpay Lake zone) and then to Wayqecha Biological via Pisac. Overnight at Wayqecha Biological Station. July 08th: All morning birding above Wayqecha up to Acjanaco pass and in the afternoon down the road. Night at Wayqecha Biological Station. July 09th: Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge, we birded the road all day making several stops. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge July 10th: In the morning, we birded around the Lodge ground, trails and a little bit up the road and in the afternoon, we went up the road for the Andean Cock of the Rock Lek. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge. July 11th: All day up the road to Rocotal area (2250 mts highest point). Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge. July 12th: In the morning down to Quita Calzon (1000 mts), and in the afternoon birding

around the Lodge itself and a little bit up the road. Night at Cock of the Rock Lodge. July 13th: Cock of the Rock Lodge to Villa Carmen with selected birding stops along the way. Night at Villa Carmen. July 14th: Full day at Villa Carmen. Night at Villa Carmen. July 15th: Villa Carmen to Amazonia Lodge. Night at Amazonian Lodge. July 16th: Full day at Amazonia Lodge – flood plain forest trail system. Night at Amazonia Lodge. July 17th: Full day at Amazonia Lodge – another day just birding around the flood plain forest trail system. Night at Amazonia Lodge. July 18th: Amazonia Lodge to Manu Wildlife Center after short birding at Amazonia Lodge. Night at Manu Wildlife Center. July 19th: Morning birding from the Platform and the “Fig pass” trail and in the afternoon collpa trail. Night at Manu Wildlife Center. July 20th: After breakfast, we visited Cocha Camungo canopy tower and Camungo oxbow lake all morning. In the afternoon, we Birded the grid. Night at MWC. July 21th: Morning to Cocha Blanco ox-bow lake and in the afternoon collpa trail. Night Manu Wildlife Center. July 22th: All morning at “Blanquillo” macaw clay lick and in the afternoon Tinamou trail and Grid trail system. Night Manu Wildlife Center. July 23th: All morning birding the collpa trail and the collpa itself (mammal clay lick) for some Parakeets that comes to the clay lick and in the afternoon slowly birding our way back to the Lodge on some trails but ending birding along the creekside trail towards the Lodge. Night Manu Wildlife Center. July 24th: Creekside trail and back on collpa trail. Night Manu Wildlife Center. July 25th: Early departure from Manu Wildlife Center to Boca Colorado “gold mining town” on the Madre de Dios River with a stop on the way at the Antthrush trail to look for some of the few missing bamboo specialist where we got great views and pictures of Peruvian Recurvebill and then we continue to Boca Colorado and then onto Puerto Punkiri and short boat ride across the Inambari River to get to Puerto Carlos and onto Santa Rosa where we got to the highway and then onto Puerto Maldonado with a few selected stops before reaching to Puerto Maldonado itself. Night in Puerto Maldonado. August 06th: Fly from Puerto Maldonado to Cusco with a previous birding morning at La Pastora road and La Cachuela road, and then back to the Hotel for late breakfast and

shower and pack to go to the airport for our mid-day fly to Cusco. Upon arrival, straight to the Andean Spirit Lodge (Limatambo) west from Cusco. Night at Andean Spirit Lodge. August 07th: Early start to get down to the main road and look for the Pale-tailed Canastero where we were very successfull and saw two of them, and then we continued birding the rest of the morning on the Soraypampa road where we saw some of the very interesting Peruvian endemics such the Vilcabamba Tapaculo, and in the afternoon, we head back to Cusco. Night at the Casa Andina Plaza Hotel.

The Key to the Bird list *Species heard only

RED – IUCN RED LIST CATEGORY SACC = South American Classification Committee

NOTE FROM SACC: “With passage of proposal 723, the linear sequence of orders in this classification now greatly differs from the traditional sequence with which most users are familiar, particularly the sequence between the traditional beginning (ratites) and the end (passerines). Multiple independent data sets indicate that the traditional division between waterbirds and landbirds has little phylogenetic basis, with some of the non-passerine landbird orders more closely related to waterbird orders than to other landbird orders, and vice versa. To perpetuate the traditional sequence misleads ornithologists into thinking that waterbird’s, for example, form a monophyletic group. So we might as well get used to it now!

IOC = International Ornithological Congress RR = Near Endemic or range restricted species

E = Peruvian Endemic

THE BIRDLIST TINAMOUS Great Tinamou - Tinamus major Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center. White-throated Tinamou - Tinamus guttatus* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center Cinereous Tinamou - Crypturellus cinereus One seen by Dave only at Villa Carmen and also seen at Amazonia lodge by everybody in three consecutive days. Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui One seen at Amazonia lodge

Undulated Tinamou - Crypturellus undulates* Black-capped Tinamou - Crypturellus atrocapillus Commonly heard at Amazonia lodge but we managed to see one. Variegated Tinamou – Crypturellus variegatus Seen in two separate days at Manu Wildlife Center. Bartlett’s Tinamou – Crypturellus bartletti One seen at Manu Wildlife Center SCREAMERS Horned Screamer - Anhima cornuta We saw this birds a couple of time along the Madre de Dios River and few more in the Blanco Oxbow Lake. DUCKS Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis 4 individuals seen on the Madre de Dios River on our way down from Amazonia Lodge to Manu Wildlife Center. Orinoco Goose - Oressochen jubata 3 seen in our way down from Amazonia Lodge to Manu Wildlife Center Muscovy Duck - Cairina moschata A female seen around Manu Wildlife Center and 3 more seen in our way down to Boca Colorado. Yellow-billed Pintail - Anas georgica 6 seen in our travel day from Cusco to Wayqecha CHACHALACAS, GUANS & CURASSOWS Andean Guan - Penelope montagnii Seen around Wayqecha and at Rocotal above Cock of the Rock Lodge. In Greek mythology Penelope was daughter of Icarus and wife of Ulysses, King of Ithaca. Spix’s Guan - Penelope Jacquacu Seen at Villa Carmen, Amazonia and also at Manu Wildlife Center. Named after the German naturalist and collector in Brazil (1781-1826) Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix Blue-throated Piping Guan - Pipile cumanensis Quite common in the lowland as the previous one; seen at Villa Carmen, Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center.

Speckled Chachalaca - Ortalis guttata A very common bird of Amazonian lowlands. Common in more lightly wooded and forest edge areas in the lowlands Razor-billed Curassow - Mitu tuberosa 2 seen in the morning on the river bank on our way down to Cocha Camungo from Manu Wildlife Center.

Razor –billed Curassow – Fabrice Scmitt

NEW WORLD QUAIL Rufous-breasted Wood- Quail - Odontophorus speciosus * Stripe faced Wood-Quail - Odontophorus balliviani* Starred Wood Quail - Odontophorus stellatus Three seen at Amazonia Lodge same spot where we also saw the Black-capped Tinamou. PIGEONS AND DOVES Rock Pigeon - Columba livia Common near human habitation

Scaled Pigeon - Patagioenas speciosa Seen at La Cachuela 3 individuals Spot-winged Pigeon – Patagioenas maculosa Seen in our travel day to Wayqecha Band-tailed Pigeon - Patagioenas fasciata Seen around the Wayqecha Biological Station and Rocotal Pale-vented Pigeon - Patagioenas cayennensis Common near water in the lowlands Plumbeous Pigeon - Patagioenas plumbea Seen on two different occasion around Cock of the Rock Lodge Ruddy Pigeon - Patagioenas subvinacea Seen from the Manu Wildlife Center canopy platform - great views VULNERABLE Eared Dove – Zenaida auriculata Common in the highlands. Numbers increasing rapidly White -tipped Dove - Leptotila verreauxi decipiens Seen every day at Villa Carmen Gray fronted Dove - Leptotila rufaxilla Seen very common at MWC in the garden. This and the previous species have complicated distribution with places where they occur side by side and other where only one occurs or is more common. In this part of Peru, the two species appear to segregate one another by elevation. White-tipped is found in the foothills and Gray-fronted in the lowlands. At least one is far more common than the other at different elevations. White-throated Quail-Dove – Geotrygon frenata Great views!! On two occasions at Rocotal Ruddy Ground-Dove – Columbina talpacoti A few seen passing the agricultural areas in our travel day to Amazonia Lodge from Villa Carmen and also from Villa Carmen to Amazonia Lodge Ruddy Quail Dove - Geotrygon montana Seen in two consecutive days at Villa Carmen and one more at Manu Wildlife Center. CUCKOOS Little Cuckoo - Coccycua minuta One seen in our travel day from Villa Carmen to Amazonia Lodge (between Pillcopata and Atalaya)

Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana Very common in the lowlands – seen on several occasions. Black- bellied Cuckoo - Piaya melanogaster Seen twice at MWC. On the collpa trail Smooth billed Anni - Crotophaga ani Very common in amazon lowland forest on river islands NIGHTHAWKS & NIGHTJARS Sand-colored Nighthawk - Chordeiles rupestris Great views on the sand bank on our travel day to Boca Colorado from Manu Wildlife Center

Sand-colored Nighthawk

Common Pauraque - Nyctidromus albicollis Seen at Villa Carmen Swallow-tailed Nightjar – Uropsalis segmentata* Heard above Wayqecha Ladder-tailed Nightjar - Hydropsalis climacocerca Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center Ocellated Poorwill - Nyctiphrynus ocellatus* At Manu Wildlife Center

SWIFTS Chestnut -collared Swift - Streptoprocne rutilus Seen in two consecutive days at Cock of the Rock Lodge White - collared Swift - Streptoprocne zonaris Common Gray-rumped Swift - Chaetura cinereiventris A few seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge and one more from the Camungo canopy platform Pale-rumped Swift – Chaetura egregia 2 seen from the Camungo canopy platform Amazonian Swift – Chaetura viridipennis 1 seen from the Camungo canopy platform Short-tailed Swift - Chaetura brachyuran Commonly seen in the lowland Andean Swift – Aeronautes andecolus One seen in our travel day to Wayqecha and about 15 more seen on the Soraypampa road Neotropical Palm Swift - Tachornis squamata Seen in our travel day to Amazonia Lodge and around Manu Wildlife Center and few more in our travel day to Puerto Maldonado. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift - Panyptila cayennensis A few seen at Amazonia Lodge and also around Manu Wildlife Center HUMMINGBIRDS White-necked Jacobin - Florisuga mellivora At Amazonia lodge common at the feeders Rufous-breasted Hermit - Glaucis hirsutus Seen almost every day at Manu Wildlife Center in the garden Green Hermit - Phaethornis guy Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge at the feeders White -bearded Hermit - Phaethornis hispidus Seen at Villa Carmen, Amazonia Lodge and also around Manu Wildlife Center Reddish Hermit - Phaethornis ruber Seen at Villa Carmen and also at Amazonia Lodge.

White-browed Hermit - Phaethornis stuarti One seen in our travel day to Amazonia Lodge from Villa Carmen E Koepcke’s Hermit – Phaethornis koepckeae Seen every day at Amazonia Lodge Needle-billed Hermit – Phaethornis philippii Seen in three different occasion at Manu Wildlife Center Green-fronted Lancebill - Doryfera ludovicae One seen at Rocotal – above Cock of the Rock Lodge Wedge-billed Hummingbird - Schistes geoffroyi Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the garden very nice views. Lesser Violetear - Colibri cyanotus Common at Rocotal and also at Cock of the Rock Lodge. The Central and Middle American form of Green Violetear have been split into Mexican Violetear by the AOU sour form which occurs from Costa Rica to Bolivia is now this species Sparkling Violetear - Colibri coruscans Seen several times Amethyst-throated Sunangel - Heliangelus amethysticollis Common in the higher cloud forest around Wayqecha Biological Station

Rufous-crested Coquette - Lophornis delattrei Another Verbena lover, seen at Amazonia Lodge in the garden males and females and great looks. Named after French naturalist/collector Henri de Lattre (1838) E Peruvian Piedtail - Phlogophilus harterti Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge Speckled Hummingbird - Adelomyia melanogenys Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the garden feeding on flowers Long-tailed Sylph - Aglaiocercus kingi Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and also at Rocotal. This long-tailed hummingbird was named for Admiral Philip Parker King, British marine surveyor, naturalist and traveler in tropical America 1825-1830. Green-tailed Trainbearer – Lesbia nuna Seen in our travel day to Wayqecha

Rufous-capped Thornbill - Chalcostigma ruficeps Two seen around Wayqecha Biological Station E Bearded Mountaineer – Oreonympha nobilis 3 seen at Huambutio in our travel day to Wayqecha

Bearded Mountaineer – Dave Krueper

Tyrian Metaltail – Metallura tyrianthina smaragdinicollis Quite common in the higher cloud forest – seen around Wayqecha and few more seen at Soraypampa road. 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 RR Buff-thighed Puffleg -Haplophaedia assimilis 2 seen at Rocotal E White-tufted Sunbeam – Aglaeactis castelnaudii One individual seen on the Soraypampa road

The endemic White-tufted Sunbeam – Alex Durand

Bronzy Inca - Coeligena coeligena Seen at Rocotal and Cock of the Rock Lodge Collared (Gould’s) Inca – Coeligena torquata One seen bellow Wayqecha and two more at Rocotal Violet-throated Startfrontlet - Coeligena violifer osculans Seen around Wayqecha Biological Station twice Chestnut- breasted Coronet - Boissonneaua matthewsii Seen at Wayqecha Biological Station and also around Rocotal Booted Racket-tail - Ocreatus underwoodii Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge. The “Racquet-tailed Puffleg was unknown in life but sepciemens existed in various London cabinets, whence a drawing was sent to Lesson (1832) by Mr. Underwood on behalf of Charles Stokes a London stockbroker and collector. Gould´s Jewelfront - Heliodoxa aurescens Quite common at Amazonia Lodge Violet-fronted Brilliant - Heliodoxa leadbeateri Very common at Cock of the rock Lodge White-bellied Woodstar - Chaetocercus mulsant Seen twice at Cock of the Rock Lodge

Amethyst Woodstar -Calliphlox amethystine Recorded twice at Amazonia lodge very good views feeding at the Verbena flowers Blue-tailed Emerald - Chlorostilbon mellisugus Seen at Amazonia lodge common Violet-headed Hummingbird - Klais guimeti Seen at Amazonia lodge in the garden at the Verbena flowers Gray-breasted Sabrewing - Campylopterus largipennis Another common Hummingbird at Amazonia lodge Fork-tailed Woodnymph - Thalurania furcata Very common in the Lowland Many-spotted Hummingbird - Taphrolesbia hypostictus Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge common White-bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia chionogaster Seen twice at Cock of the Rock Lodge Sapphire-spangled Emerald - Amazilia lactea Another common Hummingbird at Amazonia Lodge but also seen at Villa Carmen Golden-tailed Sapphire - Chrysuronia oenone Very common at Amazonia lodge White-chinned Sapphire - Hylocharis cyanus Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Black-throated Mango - Anthraccothrax nigricollis One seen from the Camungo canopy platform and another one at La Pastora outside of Puerto Maldonado HOATZIN Hoatzin - Opisthocomus hoazin Seen at Villa Carmen, Amazonia Lodge, Cocha Camungo and Cocha Blanco. LIMPKINS Limpkin - Aramus guarauna One seen at Villa Carmen and another one seen at Cocha Blanco. TRUMPETERS Pale-winged Trumpeter – Psophia leucoptera

After hard work looking for it we manage to see five of them on terra firma forest along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Pale-winged Trumpeter – Ina Merrill

RAILS & CRAKES Gray-cowled Wood Rail - Aramides cajanea Seen at Amazonia lodge common in the garden every day and also seen at Vila Carmen. The old Gray-necked Wood-Rail has been split two ways – Russet-napped Wood-Rail Aramides albiventris of Mexico and the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica and the one we saw of the Pacific slope of Cosat Riva to Argentina Rufous-sided Crake - Laterallus melanophaius One seen at Cocha Camungo Gray-breasted Crake - Laterallus exilis One seen at Cocha Blanco Black-banded Crake - Laterallus fasciatus One seen at La Pastora road

PLOVERS Southern Lapwing – Vanellus chilensis One seen in our travel day to Puerto Maldonado Collared Plover - Charandrius collaris 5 in total seen in two different occasion on the Madre de Dios River bank around Manu Wildlife Center JACANAS Wattled Jacana - Jacana jacana Very common on two Oxbow Lakes Camungo and Cocha Blanco GULLS & TERNS Andean Gull - Chroicocephlus serranus Very common in the Andes – seen in our travel day to Wayqecha form Cusco and also in our travel day from Soraypampa to Cusco. Large-billed Tern - Phaetusa simplex Common in lowland on the Madre de Dios River Yellow-billed Tern - Sternula superciliaris Common along the Madre de Dios River SKIMMERS Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger Common around Manu Wildlife Center on the Madre de Dios River SUNBITTERNS Sunbittern - Eurypyga helias One seen in two consecutive days at Amazonia Lodge WOOD STORKS Wood Stork – Mycteria americana One seen around Manu Wildlife Center and another one in our way down to Boca Colorado on the Madre de Dios River CORMORANTS Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus Very Common bird on the Madre de Dios River DARTERS Anhinga - anhinga anhing

Seen on two different days - on Blanco Oxbow Lake and Camungo Lake HERONS & BITTERNS Fasciated Tiger Heron - Tigrisoma fasciatum One seen on our way in to Amazonia Lodge and 4 more seen on the way to Manu Wildlife Center on the Alto Madre de Dios River. Rufescent Tiger Heron - Tigrisoma lineatum Seen in three different occasion Agami Heron – Agami agami Wonderful view of one individual at Cocha Blanco Striated Heron - Butorides striatus One at Cocha Blanco and another one at Cocha Camungo Cattle Egret - Bubulcus Ibis Common Cocoi Heron - Ardea Cocoi Common on the Madre de Dios River Great Egret - Ardea albus Common Capped Heron - Pilherodius pileatus Quiet common seen on the Madre de Dios River Snowy Egret - Egretta thula Common Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea Seen twice on the Madre de Dios River IBIS & SPOONBILLS Puna Ibis – plegadis ridgwayi Lots of them seen in our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco Andean Ibis – Theristicus branicki One seen up in the Andes also in our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco AMERICAN VULTURES Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura Very common bird. 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 lowland rainforest Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus Most common in the Amazon rainforest King Vulture - Sarcoramphus papa Seen several times in the Lowland rainforest OSPREYS Osprey - Pandion haliaetus Seen twice on the Madre de Dios River KITES, HAWKS AND EAGLES Swallow tailed Kite - Elanoides forficatus Two seen from the Camungo canopy platform Black Hawk-Eagle - Spizaetus tyrannus One seen in our travel day to Amazonia Lodge and another one around Manu Wildlife Center Black-collared Hawk – Busarellus nigricollis One seen at Cocha Blanco Double-toothed Kite - Harpagus bidentatus Seen on two different days around Manu Wildlife Center Plumbeous Kite - Ictinia plumbea Very common on Amazon lowland forests

Cinereous Harrier - Circus cinereus We saw one in our travel day from Cusco to Wayqecha Slate-colored Hawk - Buteogallus schistacea One seen from the Camungo canopy platform Great Black Hawk - Buteogallus urubitinga One seen on the Madre de Dios River in our travel day from Amazonia Lodge to MWC and another one around MWC Roadside Hawk - Rupornis magnirostris Very common bird in Amazon lowland rainforest Variable Hawk - Geranoaetus polyosoma We saw one individual at Acjanaco above Wayqecha. The SACC says “Farquhar (1988) concluded that Buteo poecilochrous (Puna Hawk) and B. polyosoma (Red-backed Hawk) are conspecific, as they were formerly treated (REF); he was unable to find any way to reliably diagnose the two forms using plumage characters or measurements. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001), Jaramillo (2003), and Schulenberg et al. (2007) followed this treatment and suggested "Variable Hawk" be retained for the composite species. Genetic data (Riesing et al. 2003) are consistent with hypothesis that B. polyosoma and B. poecilochrous are conspecific. SACC proposal passed to treat as conspecific. Cabot & de Vries (2004, in press) and Cabot et al. (in press) present additional data that support their recognition as separate species. SACC proposal to re-elevate poecilochrous to species rank did not pass.” Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle - Geranoaetus melanoleucus One seen in our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco White-browed Hawk – Leucopternis kuhli Wonderful view of one individual on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center White-throated Hawk - Buteo albigula Two seen at Rocotal Short-tailed Hawk – Buteo brachyurus One seen from the boat in our travel day from Manu Wildlife Center to Boca Colorado Zone-tailed Hawk – Buteo albonotatus Also seen in our travel day to Puerto Maldonado BARN OWLS Western Barn Owl – Tyto (alba) furcata* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center

TYPICAL OWLS E Koepcke’s Screech-Owl - Megascops koepkeae Very good views at Andean Spirit Lodge –here the hockingii subspecies

Koepcke’s Screech Owl – Dave Krueper

Rufescent Screech-Owl - Megascops ingens Seen twice at Cock of the Rock Lodge Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl - Megascops watsonii Seen at Villa Carmen and at Amazonia lodge. Recent analyses of genetic and vocal differences (König et al. 1999) confirm a major division of the screech-owls into New World Otus (except O. flammulatus) and Old World groups, as noted by Amadon & Bull (1988).<incorp. Van der Weyden 1975> consequently, the AOU (Banks et al. 2003) placed all New World Otus (except O. flammulatus) in the genus Megascops. The SACC says: Sibley & Monroe (1990) and König et al. (1999) treated usta as a separate species from Megascops watsonii based on vocal differences, but this was not followed by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001). SACC proposal to recognize usta as a separate species from M. watsonii was rejected because of inadequate geographic sampling and analysis. Usta was split by Restall 2002. Named after Gavin Watson US writer and ornithologist.

Tropical Screech-Owl – Megascops albogularis* Heard at Villa Carmen White-throated Screech-Owl – Megascops albogularis* Heard above Wayqecha Crested Owl - Lophostrix cristata* Heard at MWC. Spectacled Owl - Pulsatrix perspicillata* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center Black-banded Owl - Ciccaba huhula* Heard at Villa Carmen Rufous-banded Owl – Ciccaba albitarsis* Heard at Wayqecha Yungas Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium bolivianum* Heard at Wayqecha Amazonian Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium hardyi One seen on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Ferruginous Pygmy Owl - Glaucidium brasilianum* Heard around Manu Wildlife Center TROGONS AND QUETZALS Pavonine Quetzal - Pharomachrus pavoninus* At Manu Wildlife Center Golden-headed Quetzal – Pharomachrus auriceps Two seen at Rocotal Black-tailed Trogon – Trogon melanurus Seen at Villa Carmen at also at Manu Wildlife Center Green-backed Trogon – Trogon viridis 2 seen on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Collared Trogon -Trogon collaris Seen in few occasion around Manu Wildlife Center Masked Trogon - Trogon personatus One seen at Rocotal

Blue-crowned Trogon - Trogon curucui One seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center Amazonian Trogon - Trogon ramonianus Seen at Amazonia lodge on two days. 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 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 Two seen at Cocha Blanco Amazon Kingfisher - Chloroceryle amazona Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Green Kingfisher - Chloroceryle americana Seen in three different days around Manu Wildlife Center Green and Rufous Kingfisher - Chloroceryle inda One seen at Amazonia Lodge and another one at Cocha Camungo MOTMOTS Amazonian Motmot - Momotus momota* Andean Motmot - Momotus aequatorialis One of the very attractive birds seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge. 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 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. Broad-billed Motmot - Electron platyrhynchum Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the collpa trail Rufous Motmot - Baryphthengus martii One seen along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center JACAMARS Purus Jacamar - Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus Several at Camungo Oxbow Lake and one more at Cocha Blanco. Named for the Purus River that runs from eastern Peru into Brazil RR White-throated Jacamar - Brachygalba albogularis Seen at La Cachuela 4 individuals and very good views of the range restricted bird. Bluish-fronted Jacamar - Galbula cyanescens A couple of time seen around Manu Wildlife Center and one more in our travel day to Villa Carmen from Cock of the Rock Lodge. Paradise Jacamar – Galbula dea Nice views of two individual along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Paradise Jacamar - Alex Durand

PUFFBIRDS AND NUNBIRDS Chestnut capped Puffbird - Bucco macrodactylus One seen well at Amazonia Lodge Spotted Puffbird – Bucco tamatia Very good views along the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Collared Puffbird - Bucco capensis At Manu wildlife Center in collpa trail two individuals seen very well. Western Striolated Puffbird - Nystalus obamai 2 seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center. Named for the former President of the United Staes Barrack Obama Semicollared Puffbird - Malacoptila semicincta One seen at Manu Wildlife Center Black -streaked Puffbird - Malacoptila fulvogularis Two seen very well at Rocotal Lanceolated Monklet - Micromonacha lanceolata Wonderful views of one below Cock of the Rock Lodge Rufous-capped Nunlet - Nonnula ruficapilla Twice seen at Villa Carmen and one more at Manu Wildlife Center Black-fronted Nunbird - Monasa nigrifrons Common in amazon lowland rainforest. 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 A bird of terra firma forest seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the collpa trail. Morpheous was the son of sleep and god of dreams a referral to the lethargic behavior of this Nunbird Swallow-Wing - Chelidoptera tenebrosa Common in the lowland rainforest and in river islands NEW WORLD BARBETS Gilded Barbet - Capito auratus One seen at La Pastora outside of Puerto Maldonado Lemon-throated Barbet - Eubucco richardsoni Seen in two consecutive days at Amazonia Lodge

Scarlet-hooded Barbet – Eubucco tucinkae Great views of 3 individual at Amazonia Lodge Versicolored Barbet - Eubucco versicolor Quite common around Cock of the Rock Lodge TOUCANS Channel-billed Toucan -Ramphastos vitellinus One seen around Manu Wildlife Centre Whie-throated Toucan - Ramphastos tucanus Seen two different days at Manu Wildlife Center Emerald (Black-throated) Toucanet - Aulacorhynchus (atrigularis) prasinus At Amazonia lodge Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan – Andigena hypoglauca Wonderful view of 3 individuals at Wayqecha

Golden-collared Toucanet - Selenidera reinwardtii Seen in two different days around Manu Wildlife Center Chestnut-eared Aracari - Pteroglossus castanotis Two seen at La Pastora. In Greek Pteroglossus means “feathertongued” a reference to the slim feather-like tongues of toucans and aracaris Ivory-billed Aracari – Pteroglossus azara Three seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center Curl-crested Aracari - Pteroglossus beauharnaesii At Manu Wildlife Center. The cool afro crest feels like plastic to the touch! (On museum specimens)

WOODPECKERS & PICULETS Rufous-breasted Piculet - Picumnus rufiventris A bamboo specialist – two individuals seen at Villa Carmen RR Fine-barred Piculet - Picumnus subtilis Two seen at Villa Carmen and one more seen at Amazonia Lodge Yellow-tufted Woodpecker - Melanerpes cruentatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Little Woodpecker - Veniliornis passerines Nice looks at Amazonia lodge and also at La Pastora Red-stained Woodpecker – Veniliornis affinis Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Golden-green Woodpecker – Piculus chrysochloros Also seen around Manu Wildlife Center Golden-Olive Woodpecker - Piculus rubiginosus Seen around the Cock of the Rock Lodge Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii Seen near the Wayqecha Biological Station and Rocotal Spot-breasted Woodpecker - Colaptes punctigula Two seen at Camungo Oxbow Lake Andean Flicker – Colaptes rupícola Seen in the Andes in our travel day to Wayqecha and also at Soraypampa road Cream-colored Woodpecker – Celeus flavus Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center

Rufous-headed Woodpecker – Celeus spectabilis Very nice views at Villa Carmen Lineated Woodpecker - Dryocopus lineatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu wildlife Center Red-necked Woodpecker - Campephilus rubricollis Seen in two different days at Manu Wildlife Center Crimson-crested Woodpecker- Campephilus melanoleucos Seen at Amazonia Lodge CARACARAS & FALCONS Laughing Falcon - Herpetotheres cachinnas One seen from the hide at Blanquillo macaw clay lick and another one in our travel day from Manu Wildlife Center to Puerto Maldonado. Black Caracara - Daptrius ater Common in the lowland Red-throated Caracara - Daptrius amaricanus Two seen in our way to Amazonia Lodge and 2 more in our travel day to Manu Wildlife Center from Amazonia Lodge. Mountain Caracara – Phalcoboenus megalopterus 8 seen in our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco and one more above Wayqecha the next day. Southern Caracara - Caracara plancus One seen from the boat in our travel day from Amazonia Lodge to Manu Wildlife Center American Kestrel – Falco sparverius Common bird of Andes – two seen in our travel day to Wayqecha Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus One seen on the Soraypampa road Bat Falcon - Falco rufigularis Seen in several occasions around Manu Wildlife Center PARROTS Dusky-billed Parrotlet – Forpus modestus One seen at the tapir clay lick

Amazonian Parrotlet – Nannopsittaca dachilleae Very good views of 6 at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick Cobalt-winged Parakeet - Brotogeris cyanoptera A very common bird in the Amazon lowlands Tui Parakeet - Brotogeris sanctithomae Seen at Cocha Camungo and also at Cocha Blanco Andean Parakeet – Bolborhynchus orbygnesius 5 seen above Wayqecha and 2 more at Soraypampa road Orange Cheeked Parrot - Pyrilia barrabandi Seen at MWC. At the Macaw clay lick, very well. Named after Jaques Barrand (1767-1809), French bird and flower illustrator Blue-headed Parrot - Pionus menstruus Very common in the lowland rainforest Speckle-faced Parrot – Pionus tumultuosus 2 seen in our travel day from Wayqecha to Cock of the Rock Lodge Yellow-crowned Amazon - Amazona ochrocephala At the Macaw clay lick in Manu Wildlife center Scaly-napped Amazon - Amazona mercenaria In the cloud forest at Wayqecha biological Station Mealy Amazon - Amazona farinosa At Manu Wildlife Center - many individuals. Farinosa is Latin for “Sprinkled with Flour” referring to the “dusted” appearance of this Amazon. White-bellied Parrot- Pionites leucogaster Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center Rose -fronted Parakeet -Pyrrhura roseifrons Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center Black-capped Parakeet – Pyrrhura rupicola* Dusky-headed Parakeet - Aratinga weddellii At Villa Carmen, Amazonia and Manu Wildlife Center Red-billed Macaw - Orthopsittaca manilata At Manu Wildlife center from the canopy tower and outside of Puerto Maldonado.

Blue-headed Macaw – Primolius couloni Seen several times throughout the trip in the Lowland; at Villa Carmen, Amazonia Lodge and outside of Puerto Maldonado. VULNERABLE Blue and Yellow Macaw - Ara ararauna Seen several times in Manu lowland and pleasantly common Military Macaw - Ara militaris 5 seen at Quita Calzon below Cock of the Rock Lodge. VULNERABLE Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao Seen very commonly in the Manu lowland forest between Amazonia lodge and MWC. Red and Green Macaw - Ara chloropterus Very common at the Macaw Clay lick at MWC

Red and Green Macaw – Fabrice Schmitt

Chestnut-fronted Macaw - Ara severa One of the very common Macaws in the amazon lowland forest Mitred Parakeet – Aratinga mitrata About 80 seen in our travel day to Wayqecha White-eyed Parakeet - Psitticara leucophthalmus Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and also at Amazonia Lodge

ANTBIRDS Yellow-rumped Antwren - Euchrepomis sharpie Two of them seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge - ENDANGERED Fasciated Antshrike - Cymbilaimus lineatus Males seen in two different day at Manu Wildlife Center Bamboo Antshrike - Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae 2 seen in bamboo forest between Pillcopata village and Atalaya community in our travel day to Amazonia Lodge Great Antshrike - Taraba major One seen at Villa Carmen Barred Antshrike - Thamnophilus doliatus One at Camungo Lake and another one at La Cachuela road RR Chestnut-backed Antshrike - Thamnophilus palliatus One male seen very well between Pillcopata village and Atalaya in our travel day to Amazonia Lodge Plain-winged Antshrike - Thamnophilus schistaceus Common in amazon lowland rainforest – seen at Villa Carmen and Amazonia Lodge Dusky-throated Antshrike - Thamnomanes ardesiacus Seen several times at Manu Wildlife Center with understory mix-specie flock - great views! Bluish-slate Antshrike -Thamnomanes schistogynus At Villa Carmen – the understory flock leader Spot-winged Antshrike - Pygiptila stellaris A few seen at Manu Wildlife Center Plain Antvireo - Dysithamnus mentalis One seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge Chestnut-shouldered Antwren – Euchrepomis humeralis One seen at Manu Wildlife Center Plain-throated Antwren – Isleria hauxwelli Seen in two different days at Manu Wildlife Center White-eyed Antwren – Epinecrophylla leucophthalma Seen in two consecutive days at Manu Wildlife Center

Ornate Antwren – Epinecrophylla ornate Good views of two at Villa Carmen Pygmy Antwren- Myrmotherula brachyura Two at Amazonia Lodge and one more at Manu Wildlife Center Sclater´s Antwren - Myrmotherula sclateri Twice seen at Manu Wildlife Center of this difficult canopy Antwren Amazonian Streaked Antwren - Myrmotherula multostriata* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center Stripe-chested Antwren -Myrmotherula longicauda Below Cock of the Rock Lodge - nice views

Stripe-chested Antwren – Fabrice Schmitt

White-flanked Antwren- Myrmotherula axillaris Seen at Villa Carmen and Manu Wildlife Center in under history forest male and female. 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 Seen several times at Manu Wildlife Center – one of the common ones in the understory mix-specie flock Gray Antwren - Myrmotherula menetriesii Common in lowland Amazon forest – at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Yellow-breasted Antwren -Herpsilochmus axillaris Seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge Dot-winged Antwren – Microrhopias quixensis Two seen well at Villa Carmen Striated Antbird – Drymophila devillei One of the obligate bamboo specialist – seen at Villa Carmen Peruvian Warbling Antbird – Hypocnemis peruviana Seen in three different occasion at Manu Wildlife Center – great views!

Peruvian Warbling Antbird

RR Yellow - breasted Warbling Antbird - Hypocnemis subflava Several times seen at Villa Carmen and also in our travel day to Amazonia Lodge Riparian Antbird - Cercomacroides fuscicauda*

Black Antbird – Cercomacroide serva* Gray Antbird - Cercomacra cinerascens* RR Manu Antbird - Cercomacra Manu Very common at Villa Carmen – great views! White-backed Fire-eye - Pyriglena leuconota marcapatensis* Heard bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge White-browed Antbird - Myrmoborus leucophrys Seen at Amazonia lodge Black-faced Antbird- Myrmoborus myotherinus Seen at Villa Carmen Band-tailed Antbird – Hypocnemoides maculicauda Two seen at Manu Wildlife Center Silvered Antbird – Sclateria naevia Nice views at Amazonia Lodge White-lined Antbird - Percnostola lophotes Seen at Villa Carmen in bamboo – common. Another bamboo specialist! Range just creeps over the border into NW Bolivia Chestnut-tailed Antbird - Sciaphylax hemimelaena One seen at Villa Carmen Black-throated Antbird – Myrmophylax atrothorax A pair seen at Amazonia Lodge Goeldi´s Antbird - Akletos goeldii Seen in two consecutive days at Amazonia Lodge. Favors 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 – Hafferia fortis One seen at Manu Wildlife Center with army ants White-throated Antbird - Gynopithys salvini A female seen on terra firme forest at Manu Wildlife Center Spot-backed Antbird - Hylophylax naevia One seen along the creekside trail at Manu Wildlife Center

Black-spotted Bare-eye - Phlepogsis nigromaculata One seen well with swarming ants on terra firme forest at Manu Wildlife Center GNATEATERS RR Slaty Gnateater -Conopophaga ardesiaca Two seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge ANTPITTAS Scaled Antpitta – Grallaria guatimalensis* Heard below Cock of the Rock Lodge White-throated Antpitta – Grallaria albigula* Heard at Rocotal E Red and White Antpitta - Grallaria erythroleuca 2 seen below Wayqecha

Red and White Antpitta – Ian Merrill

Rufous (Urubamba) Antpitta - Grallaria rufula occabambae* Heard above Wayqecha

Amazonian Antpitta- Hylopezus berlepschi One seen very well at Amazonia Lodge Thrush-like Antpitta – Myrmothera campanisona One seen at Amazonia Lodge – a very difficult one to see

TAPACULOS Rusty-belted Tapaculo - Liosceles thoracicus Very good views at Amazonia Lodge Trilling Tapaculo – Scytalopus parvirostris One seen at Wayqecha White-crowned Tapaculo - Scytolopus atratus* Heard between Rocotal and Cock of the Rock Lodge E Vilcabamba Tapaculo – Scytalopus urubambae A wonderful view at Soraypampa

Vicabamba Tapaculo – Phil Kindermann

RR Diademed Tapaculo – Scytalopus schulenbergi Good views of two individual at Acjanaco

ANTHRUSHES Rufous-capped Antthrush - Formicarius colma Seen around the Grid trail system at Manu Wildlife Center Black-faced Antthrush- Formicarius analis Good views at Amazonia Lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center Barred Antthrush – Chamaeza mollissisima* Heard below Wayqecha

OVENBIRDS Black-tailed Leaftooser - Sclerurus caudacutus One seen at Manu Wildlife Center Slender-billed Miner – Geositta tenuirostris* Olivaceous Woodcreeper - Sittasomus griseicapillus amazonus Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center. Certainly, consists of multiple species (Hardy et al. 1991, Ridgely & Tudor 1994, Parker et al. 1995, Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, Hilty 2003), with at least five subspecies group possibly deserving separate species status (Marantz et al. 2003). The subspecies viridis and amazonus are elevational replacements in southern Peru with different song types (Robbins et al. 2013). Long-tailed Woodcreeper - Deconychura longicauda pallida One seen at the GRID trail system Plain-brown Woodcreeper - Dendrocincla fuliginosa One at Amazonia Lodge and another one at Wildlife Center with army ants White-chinned Woodcreeper – Dendrocincla merula One seen well with army ants on river side trail at Manu Wildlife Center Wedge-billed Woodcreeper - Glyphorynchus spirurus Very common in amazon lowland forest – seen at Villa Carmen and Manu Wildlife Center Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper - Dendrexetastes rufigula Seen at Villa Carmen, Amazonia Lodge and MWC. A common bird of Lodge clearings Long-billed Woodcreeper - Nasica longirostris* At Manu Wildlife Center

Long-billed Woodcreeper – Gerhard Braunleir

Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper - Dendrocolaptes certhia Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center Black-banded Woodcreeper - Dendrocolaptes picumnus We saw this at Villa Carmen and Manu Wildlife Center Strong-billed Woodcreeper - Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus* Heard at Amazonia Lodge Elegant Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus elegans juruanus Seen at Villa Carmen and Manu Wildlife Center. We saw the jurua subspecies. Note that Zimmer (1934d), Pinto (1937), Ridgely & Tudor (1994), and Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered Xiphorhynchus elegans and X. spixii (Spix’s Woodcreeper) conspecific, but see Haffer (1997) for rationale for treating them as separate species, as in Peters (1951) and Meyer de Schauensee (1970). Aleixo (2002) also found molecular support for treating nominate spixii as a separate species from all other taxa in the group. Cory & Hellmayr (1925) treated the subspecies juruanus and insignis as separate species from X. spixii (Jurua Woodcreeper), and Pinto (1947) also maintained juruanus as a separate species; but they were considered conspecific by Zimmer (1934d) and Peters (1951). <incorp. Aleixo 2004> Buff -throated Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus guttatus Very common at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center. The most common Lowland rainforest Woodcreeper; some authorities consider Buff throated Woodcreeper of SE Brazil as distinct but some authorities consider the reason for splitting weak.

Olive-backed Woodcreeper – Xiphorhynchus triangularis One seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge Straight-billed Woodcreeper - Dendroplex picus Two birds seen at La Pastora road Red-billed Scythebill - Campylorhamphus trochilirostris Two individuals seen below in bamboo at Villa Carmen Montane Woodcreeper - Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger Seen twice in the cloud forest bellow Wayqecha Inambari Woodcreeper - Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae Two seen from the canopy platform at 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 –Lineated Woodcreeper 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; they also described a new species, Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae, from southwestern Amazonia. SACC proposal passed to recognize fatimalimae as a species and also elevate subspecies layardi and fuscicapillus to species rank. So there are now 5 species A. Lepidocolaptes albolineatus = Guianan Woodcreeper B. Lepidocolaptes duidae = Duida Woodcreeper C. Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae = Inambari Woodcreeper D. Lepidocolaptes fuscicapillus = Rondonia Woodcreeper E. Lepidocolaptes layardi = Layard’s Woodcreeper Cream-winged Cinclodes – Cinclodes albiventris One seen on the Soraypampa road Plain Xenops - Xenops minutus Seen several times at Manu Wildlife Center Streaked Xenops - Xenops rutilans Seen in two different days around Cock of the Rock Lodge Rufous-tailed Xenops – Microxinops milleri Seen in two consecutive days at Manu Wildlife Center with canopy mix-species flock Rusty-winged Barbtail – Premnornis guttuliger Twice seen above Cock of the Rock Lodge

Spotted Barbtail – Premnoplex brunnescens* Point -tailed Palmcreeper - Berlepschia rikeri One seen well near Puerto Maldonado in our travel day to Puerto Maldonado Pale-legged Hornero - Furnarius leucopus Common at Villa Carmen, Amazonia lodge and MWC Dusky-cheeked Foliage-gleaner - Anabazenops dorsalis Seen at Villa Carmen and Amazonia lodge in bamboo Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner - Philydor erythropterum Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Buff-fronted Foliage Gleaner - Philydor rufus One seen at Villa Carmen and two more times around Manu Wildlife Center Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner – Philydor pyrrhodes One seen at Cocha Camungo in our way in to the Lake Montane Foliage-gleaner - Anabacerthia striaticollis Seen twice around Cock of the Rock Lodge E Peruvian Recurvebill – Syndactyla ucayalae The best ever views and photographs I ever had – 2 of them at Antthrush trail in the bamboo forest, below Manu Wildlife Center

Peruvian Recurvebill – Ian Merrill

Chestnut-winged Hookbill - Ancistrops strigilatus Two at Manu Wildlife Center on the collpa trail in a mixed flock Striped (Eastern) Woodhaunter – Hyloctistes subulatos* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner - Automolus ochrolaemus Seen twice at Manu Wildlife Center Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner -Automolus infuscatus At Manu Wildlife Center Chestnut-crowned Foliage-gleaner - Automolus rufipileatus* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center Striped Treehunter – Thripadectes holostictus Two seen well at Rocotal area Pearled Treerunner - Margarornis squamiger Seen around Wayqecha and Rocotal Streak-fronted Thornbird - Phacellodomus striaticeps Two seen near Pisac in our way to Wayqecha RR Puna Thistletail - Asthenes helleri Three individuals seen above Wayqecha – nice looks! Named for Edmund Heller (1875-1944) US naturalist and collector who worked at the Field Museum of Natural History. VULNERABLE E Rusty-fronted Canastero - Asthenes ottonis Two seen near Pisac in our travel day to Wayqecha Plain Softtail - Thripophaga fusciceps One seen at Amazonia Lodge and 2 more from the canopy platform at MWC. Ash-browed Spinetail - Cranioleuca curtata* Heard at Cock of the Rock Lodge VULNERABLE E Creamy-crested Spinetail - Cranioleuca gutturata Two seen at Acjanaco and great views of 3 more on the Soraypampa road Azara ´s Spinetail - Synallaxis azarae urubambae A very common bird of the upper cloud forest – seen at Wayqecha and Rocotal Plain-crowned Spinetail - Synallaxis gujanensis Seen at Amazonia lodge in the garden

Dark-breasted Spinetail – Synallaxis albigularis* Heard around Manu Wildlife Center E Apurimac Spinetail – Synallaxis courseni Great views of 4 individuals on the Soraypampa road – another Peruvian endemic.

Apurimac Spinetail – Andrew Collerton

E Creamy-breasted (Pale-tailed) Canastero – Asthenes huancabelicae usherii Very good views of two individual just on the roadside near the road entrance to Soraypampa TYRANT FLYCATCHERS. White-crested Elaenia - Elaenia albiceps Seen during the first three days of the tour Sierran Elaenia - Elaenia pallatangae Common around Wayqecha Biological Station White-lored Tyrannulet – Ornithion inerme One seen at Villa Carmen and 2 more and better views from the Camungo canopy platform around Manu Wildlife Center White-banded Tyrannulet - Mecocerculus stictopterus Another common bird around Wayqecha and two more on the Soraypampa road

White-throated Tyrannulet – Mecocerculus leucophrys Common in the cloud forest Wayqecha to Rocotal Tufted Tit-Tyrant - Anairetes parulus Great views of one individual on the Soraypampa road Yellow Tyrannulet – Capsiempis flaveola One seen at Villa Carmen Subtropical Doradito – Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis One seen at Cocha Blanco Ringed Antpipit - Corythopis torquata Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center - an atypical ground dwelling Flycatcher Bolivian Tyrannulet - Zimmerius bolivianus We saw this at Rocotal and Cock of the Rock Lodge Slender Footed Tyrannulet - Zimmerius gracilipes One seen well at Amazonia Lodge in the garden Variegated Bristle-Tyrant – Phylloscartes poecilotes Good views of two at Rocotal Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant - Phylloscartes opthalmicus Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet - Phylloscartes parkeri Five in total seen in two consecutive days bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge. One of the several birds named for Theodore A Parker the III –pioneer US ornithologist tragically killed in plane crash in souther Ecuador in 1993 Streak-necked Flycatcher - Mionectes striaticollis Seen bellow Wayqecha and Rocotal Sepia-capped Flycatcher – Leptopogon amaurocephalus Seen at Villa Carmen and around Manu Wildlife Center E Inca Flycatcher - Leptopogon taczanowskii This Peruvian endemic was seen bellow Wayqecha and 3 at Rocotal. Named for Wladislaw Taczanowskii, Polish ornithologist and author of “Ornithologie du Perou” 1884 Slaty-capped Flycatcher- Leptopogon superciliaris Seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant - Lophotriccus pileatus Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge Flammulated Pygmy -Tyrant - Hemitriccus flammulatus Seen at Villa Carmen and at Amazonia Lodge in bamboo White-bellied Tody-Tyrant – Hemitriccus griseipectus Seen in three different occasion at Manu Wildlife Center Johannes´ Tody Tyrant - Hemitriccus iohannis One seen between Pillcopata village and Atalaya community in our travel day to Amazonia Lodge Black-throated Tody-Tyrant – Hemitriccus granadensis Very good views of one individual bellow Wayqecha RR White-cheeked Tody-Tyrant – Poecilotriccus albifacies Good views of two individuals at Villa Carmen – one of the obligate bamboo specialist. Recently discovered at two sites in the extreme southwest Brazilian state of Acre, the local and uncommon White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher is a very distinctive tyrannid virtually restricted to the southeast Peruvian departments of Madre de Dios and Cuzco.

White-cheeked Tody-Flyctacher – Alex Durand

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher – Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps One seen at Rocotal

Rusty-Fronted Tody-Flycatcher - Poecilotriccus latirostre One seen at Antthrush trail bellow Manu Wildlife Center E Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher – Poecilotriccus pulchellus Wonderful views of two individuals near Patria village in our travel day to Villa Carmen Spotted Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum maculatum A pair seen well at Cocha Camungo bellow Manu Wildlife Center Yellow-margined Flycatcher – Tolmomyias assimilis Two seen at Manu Wildlife Center Gray-crowned Tolmomyias - Tolmomyias poliocephalus Seen at Villa Carmen Yellow-breasted Flycatcher - Tolmomyias flaviventris Seen at Amazonia Lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center Golden-crowned Spadebill - Platyrinchus coronatus One seen at the GRID trail system at Manu Wildlife Center White-crested Spadebill - Platyrinchus platyrhynchos Good views of one at Manu Wildlife Center Royal Flycatcher – Onychorhynchus coronatus A very good surprice of one individual on collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center Bran-colored Flycatcher - Myiophobus fasciatus Seen twice at disturbed habitat – at Villa Carmen Cinnamon Flycatcher - Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea Very common bird in the Manu Cloud Forest Handsome Flycatcher – Nephelomyias pulcher Very good views of 3 individuals at Rocotal Euler´s Flycatcher - Lathrotriccus euleri One seen around Manu Wildlife Center Smoke -colored Pewee - Contopus fumigatus Near Rocotal in two occasions Black Phoebe - Sayornis nigricans A few seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge Austral (Scarlet) Vermilion Flycatcher - Pyrocephalus rubinus Seen in several occasions in the lowland rainforest. In a recent paper – Carmi el al 2016

it strongly suggests several taxonomic changes to the genus Pyrocephalus, including elevating three currently recognized subspecies to full species status: the austral migrant South American subspecies rubinus, and the two Galápagos subspecies dubius and nanus. As such, they propose a revised taxonom Species Pyrocephalus rubinus (Boddaert, 1783), Austral Vermilion Flycatcher Species Pyrocephalus obscurus Gould, 1839, Vermilion Flycatcher Species Pyrocephalus nanus Gould, 1838, Galápagos Vermilion Flycatcher Species Pyrocephalus dubius Gould, 1839, San Cristóbal Vermilion Flycatcher The San Cristobal Vermillion Flycatcher is extinct

Drab Water-Tyrant - Ochthornis littoralis Very common bird on the banks of the Madre de Dios River Puna Ground -Tyrant – Muscisaxicola juninensis One seen in the Andes in our travel day to Wayqecha Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant - Muscisaxicola rufivertex This bird we seen also in the Andes in our travel day to Wayqecha Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant - Myiotheretes striaticollis Seen twice above Wayqecha Rufous-webbed Bush-Tyrant – Polioxolmis rufipennis Three in total seen in our travel day to Wayqecha Slaty-backed (Maroon-belted) Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca (thoracica) cinnamomeiventris Seen in our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge. Garcia-Moreno et al. (1998) suggested that the plumage and genetic differences between subspecies groups north and south of the Maranon should be recognized at the species level, with Ochthoeca thoracica the name for the southern species. Ridgely & Tudor (1994) reported that there are also vocal differences that would support this split. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Hilty (2003) further recognized Venezuelan nigrita as a separate species from O. cinnamomeiventris, as done by Cory & Hellmayr (1927); see Zimmer (1937b) for the rationale for treating them all as conspecific based on plumage pattern, the treatment followed by Fitzpatrick (2004). Proposal needed Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca rufipectoralis Seen between Wayqecha and Acjanaco Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca fumicolor One seen at Acjanaco

White-browed Chat-Tyrant - Ochthoeca leucophrys One seen near Pissac in our travel day to Wayqecha and another one seen on the Soraypampa road Long-tailed Tyrant - Colonia colonus Good views at Villa Carmen and Amazonia Lodge Rusty-margined Flycatcher - Myiozetetes cayanensis Two of them seen outside of Puerto Maldonado in disturbed habitat Social Flycatcher- Myiozatetes similis Common in Amazon lowland forest Gray -capped Flycatcher - Myiozetetes granadensis Another common bird in the Amazon lowland rainforest – seen at Villa Carmen and Amazonia Lodge Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus Common – seen at Blanquillo clay lick and another one seen in our travel day to Puerto Maldonado Lesser Kiskadee - Pitangus lector Two seen at Camungo Lake Lemon-browed Flycatcher - Conopias cinchoneti Three seen at Quita Calzones below Cock of the Rock Lodge. VULNERABLE

Lemon-browed Flycatcher –Manu Expeditions

Golden-crowned Flycatcher – Myiodinastes chrysocephalus Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge Streaked Flycatcher - Myiodynastes maculatus One seen near Puerto Maldonado in our travel day to PM Boat-billed Flycatcher - Megarynchus pitangua Seen in two consecutive days at Amazonia Lodge and one more seen in our travel day to Puerto Maldonado Crowned Slaty Flycatcher - Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus One seen from the hide at Blanquillo macaw clay lick. An Austral migrant and the bird with the longest scientific name in the world Tropical Kingbird - Tyrannus melancholicus Very common bird in amazon lowland forest Grayish Mourner – Rhytipterna simplex* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center White-rumped Syristes – Syristes albocinerea* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center Dusky-capped Flycatcher - Myiarchus tuberculifer Two seen at Rocotal and one more in the Manu lowland Short-crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus ferox Quite common in disturbed habitat – twice seen around Manu Wildlife Center and one more seen in our travel day from Cock of the Rock Lodge to Villa Carmen Large-headed Flatbill – Ramphotrigon megacephalum Good views of two at Villa Carmen – another bamboo specialist! Rufous-tailed Flatbill - Ramphotrigon ruficauda Seen in three different days at Manu Wildlife Center Bright-rumped Attila - Attila spadiceus* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center

COTINGAS Barred Fruiteater - Pipreola arcuata Very good views of two bellow Wayqecha Red-crested Cotinga - Ampelion rubrocristata Seen in two consecutive days around Wayqecha and one more at Soraypampa road

Chestnut-crested Cotinga – Ampelion rufaxillia One seen bellow Wayqecha

Chestnut-crested Cotinga – Thomas Reber

Andean Cock of the Rock - Rupicola peruviana Great views of 8 below Union bridge at the lek – fantastic views! Purple-throated Fruitcrow - Querula purpurata Seen at Villa Carmen and Manu Wildlife Center Plum-throated Cotinga - Cotinga maynana At Villa Carmen and Manu Wildlife Center Spangled Cotinga - Cotinga cayana Seen from the canopy platform at Manu Wildlife Center Screaming Piha - Lipaugus vociferans Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Bare-necked Fruitcrow - Gymnoderus foetidus Seen in two different days at Manu Wildlife Center

MANAKINS Dwarf Tyrant Manakin - Tyranneutes stolzmanni Seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the collpa trail and creekside trail

Blue-backed Manakin - Chiroxiphia pareola regina* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center Yungas Manakin - Chiroxiphia boliviana Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge Fiery-capped Manakin - Machaeropterus pyrocephalus Also seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge Round-tailed Manakin-Pipra chloromeros A female seen at Manu Wildlife Center on the collpa trail Band-tailed Manakin - Ceratopipra fasciicauda Nice views of 2 males at Amazonia Lodge Blue-crowned Manakin – Lepidothrix coronata Several times seen at Manu Wildlife Center E Cerulean-capped Manakin - Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla Very good views of a male one at Cock of the Rock Lodge

INCERTAE SEDIS Wing-barred Piprite – Piprites chloris Two seen on the collpa trail at Manu Wildlife Center

TITYRAS AND BECARDS Black-tailed Tityra -Tityra cayana Two seen at Manu Wildlife Center Masked Tityra - Tityra semifasciata Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Cinereous Mourner - Laniocera hypopyrra Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Barred Becard - Pachyramphus versicolor Two seen in our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge from Wayqecha White-winged Becard -Pachyramphus polichopterus Seen at Amazonia Lodge in the garden Black-capped Becard – Pachyramphus marginatus Good views of two at Manu Wildlife Center

Pink-throated Becard - Pachyramphus minor Several times seen at Manu Wildlife Center Brown-winged Schiffornis – Schiffornis turdinus* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center

VIREOS & GREENLETS Brown-capped Vireo – Vireo leucophrys Quite common around Rocotal and Cock of the Rock Lodge Red-eyed Vireo – Vireo olivaceus chivi Seen from Cock of the Rock Lodge to 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. Dusky-capped Greenlet – Hylophilus hypoxanthus Four in total seen with canopy mix-specie flock at Manu Wildlife Center Tawny-crowned Greenlet – Hylophilus ochraceiceps One seen well at Manu Wildlife Center

JAYS RR White-collared Jay - Cyanolyca viridicyana Nice view of two bellow Wayqecha in our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge

White-collared Jay – Fabrice Schmitt

Violaceous Jay - Cyanocorax violaceus Common in the lowland – seen at Villa Carmen, Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Purplish Jay - Cyanocorax cyanomelas Seen Villa Carmen and at Amazonia Lodge Green Jay - Cyanocorax luxuosus* Heard below Cock of the Rock Lodge

SWALLOWS & MARTINS Blue and White Swallow - Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Common Brown-bellied Swallow - Orochelidon murina Seen at Soraypampa road White-banded Swallow - Atticora fasciata Common bird along the Madre de Dios River White-thighed Swallow - Atticora tibialis Seen at Amazonia Lodge Southern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Another common Bird in the Amazon Gray-breasted Martin – Progne chalybea Three seen at Cocha Blanco White-winged Swallow -Tachycineta albiventer Most common bird in Madre De Dios River and Lakes

WRENS Scaly-breasted Wren - Microcerculus marginatus* Heard at Villa Carmen and Manu Wildlife Center Gray-mantled Wren – Odontorchilus branickii Two seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge House Wren – Troglodytes aedon Common. Many authors (e.g., Hellmayr 1934, Pinto 1944, Phelps & Phelps 1950a) formerly treated Neotropical mainland populations as a separate species T. musculus; see also Brumfield and Capparella (1996); this treatment was followed by Brewer (2001) and Kroodsma & Brewer (2005). The Falklands population, T. a. cobbi, is 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 and Rocotal Thrush-like Wren - Campylorhynchus turdinus Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Moustached Wren - Pheugopedius genibarbis Seen at Villa Carmen in bamboo Buff-breasted Wren – Cantorchilus leucotis* Heard at Cocha Camungo Gray-breasted Wood Wren - Henicorhina leucophrys Seen at Rocotal and commonly heard Chestnut-breasted Wren - Cyphorhinus thoracicus One seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge Musician Wren – Cyphorhinus arada One seen at Manu Wildlife Center

DONACOBIUS Black -capped Donacobius - Donacobius atricapillus Seen at the small lagoon of Amazonia Lodge, Cocha Camungo, and Blanco Oxbow Lake - fantastic views!

THRUSHS AND SOLITAIRES Andean Solitarie - Myadestes ralloides Three seen at Rocotal and one more seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge White-eared Solitaire - Entomodestes leucotis* Heard at Rocotal Lawrence’s Thrush – Turdus lawrencii* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis The common lowland Thrush Slaty Thrush - Turdus nigriceps One seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge

Great Thrush - Turdus fuscater ockenderi Common in the cloud forest – seen around Wayqecha Chiguanco Thrush - Turdus chiguanco chiguanco Very common Thrush of the Andes Glossy-black Thrush – Turdus serranus One seen at Rocotal area White-necked Thrush – Turdus albicollis Seen at Amazonia Lodge and also at Manu Wildlife Center

TANAGERS AND ALLIES Red Capped Cardinal - Paroaria gularis Another common bird at Villa Carmen, Amazonia Lodge and on oxbow lakes around Manu Wildlife Center Magpie Tanager - Cissopis leveriana Seen in two consecutive days at Villa Carmen Slaty Tanager – Creugops dentada Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge Superciliaried Hemispingus - Hemispingus superciliaris urubambae Three seen bellow Wayqecha - fantastic looks Drab Hemispingus – Hemispingus xanthophthalmus Good views in two consecutive days around Wayqecha Gray-hooded Bush Tanager - Cnemoscopus rubrirostris chrysogaster One seen bellow Wayqecha. Here the black billed chrysogaster subspecies Rust and Yellow Tanager - Thlypopsis ruficeps Quite common around Wayqecha and Rocotal area Flame-crested Tanager – Tachyphonus cristatus A male one seen at Manu Wildlife Center Yellow-crested Tanager - Tachyphonus cristatus Seen in two consecutive days at Quita Calzon area bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge White-shouldered Tanager - Tachyphonus luctuosus At Manu Wildlife Center in a mixed flock White-winged Shrike Tanager - Lanio versicolor The canopy flock leader seen at Manu Wildlife Center several times – great views!

Masked-crimson Tanager - Ramphocelus nigrogulari Seen at Amazonia lodge in the garden - very common but beautiful bird Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) Common in the Amazonia lowlands but not in primary forest Hooded Mountain-Tanager - Buthraupis montana Seen at Wayqecha Biological Station – common bird in the cloud forest Grass-green Tanager - Chlorornis riefferii Seen bellow Wayqecha Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager - Anisognathus igniventris Another attractive bird with nice colors and we see around Wayqecha Biological Station RR Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Tanager - Dubusia castaneoventris One seen around Rocotal Yellow-throated Tanager - Iridosornis analis Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Golden-collared Tanager - Iridosornis jelskii Very nice views around Wayqecha Biological Station

Golden-collared Tanager – Fabrice Schmitt

Blue and Yellow Tanager - Pipraeidea bonariensis Four seen in our travel day from Cusco to Wayqecha and also on the Soraypampa road Orange-eared Tanager - Chlorochrysa calliparaea Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the garden and along the road Blue Gray Tanager - Thraupis episcopus A common bird in open areas in the Amazon. Episcopus – a reference to the episcopal blue plumage of this species. Palm Tanager - Thraupis palmarum Common in disturbed habitats Blue-capped Tanager- Thraupis cyanocephala Seen around Wayqecha Biological Station commonly Golden-naped Tanager - Tangara ruficervix Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge Blue-necked Tanager - Tangara cyanicollis Another common bird in cloud forest between Cock of the Rock Lodge and Amazonia Lodge Spotted Tanager - Tangara punctate Another common tanager near Cock of the Rock Lodge always present in mixed flocks Blue and Black Tanager - Tangara vassorii atrocaerulea Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge and also around Rocotal Beryl-spangled Tanager - Tangara nigroviridis Another common bird in cloud forest mixed flocks Turquoise Tanager - Tangara mexicana Seen at Villa Carmen and Manu Wildlife Center Paradise Tanager - Tanagara chilensis Stunning Tanager found in the foothills and lowlands of Manu. Not found in Chile! Opal-crowned Tanager - Tangara callophrys Seen at Manu Wildlife Center from the canopy platform - nice views Bay-headed Tanager - Tangara gyrola Seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge Golden-eared Tanager - Tangara chrysotis A few coming to the feeder at Cock of the Rock Lodge

Saffron-crowned Tanager - Tangara xanthocephala lamprotis Another nice colorful bird seen in the cloud forest – here the subspecies with an orange not saffron crown Green and Gold Tanager - Tangara arthus Seen in two different days at Manu Wildlife Center Golden Tanager - Tangara arthus Very common in the cloud forest – seen every day at Cock of the Rock Lodge Swallow Tanager - Tersina viridis Seen in two different days at Manu Wildlife Center Black-faced Dacnis -Dacnis lineata Seen twice around Manu Wildlife Center

Black-faced Dacnis – Fabrice Schmitt

Yellow -bellied Dacnis - Dacnis flaviventer One seen at Manu Wildlife Center from the canopy platform Blue Dacnis - Dacnis cayana Seen in two consecutive days at Manu Wildlife Center

Purple Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes caeruleus A female seen at Manu Wildlife Center Green Honeycreeper - Chlorophanes spiza One seen at Manu Wildlife Center Golden-collared Honeycreeper - Iridophanes pulcherrima Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge Tit-like Dacnis – Xenodacnis parina 2 females seen on the Soraypampa road Guira Tanager - Hemithraupis guira Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Yellow-backed Tanager – Hemithraupis flavicollis Seen in three different days at Manu Wildlife Center Chestnut-vented Conebill – Conirostrum speciosum Good views of 2 at Amazonia Lodge and 2 more at Blanquillo macaw clay lick trail Cinereous Conebill - Conirostrum cinereum cinereum Three seen in our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco and 4 more seen at Soraypampa road Blue-backed Conebill - Conirostrum sitticolor Seen in two consecutive days around Wayqecha Capped Conebill - Conirostrum albifrons Common in cloud forest mixed flocks – 3 seen at Rocotal Giant Conebill – Oreomanes fraseri Good surprise of one at Soraypampa road Moustached Flowerpiercer - Diglosa mystacalis albilinear Seen above Wayqecha Black-throated Flowerpiercer - Diglossopis brunneiventris Five seen in our travel day to Wayqecha and also above Wayqecha Rusty Flowerpiercer – Diglossa sittoides Two seen the first day in our travel day to Cusco and one more above Wayqecha Deep-blue (Golden-eyed) Flowerpiercer - Diglossopis glauca Very good views around Rocotal and around Rocotal

Masked Flowerpiercer - Diglossopis cyanea Common in the cloud forest Plushcap – Catamblyrhynchus diadema Two individuals seen below Wayqecha in our travel day to Cock of the Rock Lodge

Plushcap – Manu Expeditions

Peruvian Sierra-Finch - Phrygilus punensis Two seen at Soraypampa road - named for the southern Peruvian department of Puno Plumbeous Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus unicolor Four seen at Soraypampa road Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch – Phrygilus plebejus 50+ seen in our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco E Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch – Poospiza Caesar Very nice view of two individuals at Soraypampa road – another Peruvian endemic Greenish Yellow-Finch – Sicalis olivascens One seen in our travel day to Wayqecha from Cusco Saffron Finch - Sicalis flaveola Quite common around Puerto Maldonado

Buff-throated Saltator - Saltator maximus Common bird below 1300 meters – seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge, Villa Carmen, Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center. Klicka et al. (2007) found strong genetic support for a sister relationship between Saltator and core Thraupidae. Sushkin (1924) proposed that Saltator was thraupine, not emberizine/cardinaline. SACC proposal passed to transfer Saltator from Cardinalidae to Incertae Sedis. SACC proposal to transfer to Thraupidae did not pass. Barker et al. (2013) found that Saltator and Saltatricula were embedded in the Thraupidae. SACC proposal passed to transfer to Thraupidae. Chavez et al. (2013) found that relationships within the genus are not consistent with the current linear sequence of species. SACC proposal passed to revise linear sequence. Grayish Saltator - Saltator coerulescens Seen at Cocha Camungo and outside of Puerto Maldonado Golden-billed Saltator – Saltator aurantiirostris Two seen in our travel day to Wayqecha - a common bird of the Andes Blue-black Grassquit – Volatinia jacarina A female seen at Blanco ox-bow Lake Slate-colored Seedeater – Sporophila schistacea A male one seen on the trail to Camungo Lake and another male at the trail entrance of Blanco Lake Black and White Seedeater – Sporophila luctuosa One of this nomadic species – seen at Amazonia Lodge Double-collared Seedeater – Sporophila caerulescens Eight seen at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick and 2 more outside of Puerto Maldonado Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch – Oryzoborus angolensis Seen below Cock of the Rock Lodge and at Villa Carmen Black-billed Seed Finch – Sporophila atrirostris A male one seen at Cocha Blanco Band-tailed Seedeater - Catamenia analis Four seen in our travel day to Wayqecha – a common bird of the Andes Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola Seen bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge and at Amazonia Lodge – not common in Manu

NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES Rufous-collared Sparrow - Zonotrichia capensis A very common bird of the Andes throughout Peru and South America

Yellow-browed Sparrow - Ammodramus aurifrons Seen around Villa Carmen and two more at Blanquillo macaw clay lick Pectoral Sparrow - Arremon taciturnus One seen at Villa Carmen E Apurimac Brush-Finch – Atlapetes forbesi Two of them seen very well at Soraypampa road – another Peruvian endemic!

Apurimac Brushfinch – Manu Expeditions

Gray-browed Brushfinch - Arremon assimilis One seen below Wayqecha RR Black-faced Brushfinch - Atalaptes melanolaemus Seen at Wayqecha and Rocotal. 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 flavopectus Several times seen in the cloud forest of the Manu road Short-billed Chlorospingus - Chlorospingus parvirostris Seen bellow Rocotal - common in the gardens and in mixed flocks. 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”. Yellow-throated Chlorospingus - Chlorospingus flavigularis Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge - common in mixed-species flocks

CARDINAL GROSBEAKS Red-crowned Ant-Tanager - Habia rubica One seen around the GRID trail system at Manu Wildlife Center Golden Grosbeak - Pheucticus aureoventris One seen at Soraypampa road Black-backed Grosbeak - Pheucticus aureoventris One seen in our travel day to Wayqecha

NEW WORLD WARBLERS Tropical Parula -Setophaga pitiayumi Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge in mixed flocks Citrine Warbler - Myiothlypis luteoviridis striaticeps Seen around Wayqecha and at Rocotal Buff-rumped Warbler - Myiothypis fulvicauda Seen at Amazonia Lodge Two-banded Warbler - Myiothlypis bivittatus Common around Cock of the Rock Lodge E Golden-bellied (Cuzco) Warbler - Myiothlypis chrysogaster Seen around Quebrada Quitacalzon (bellow Cock of the Rock Lodge) in a mixed flock. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) treated the northern subspecies chlorophrys as a separate species – Choco Warbler - from Myiothlypis chrysogaster based on differences in descriptions of songs; see Zimmer (1949) for rationale for considering them sister taxa. This Golden–bellied Warbler becomes a Peruvian endemic

Russet-crowned Warbler - Myiothlypis coronatus Seen near Rocotal in a mixed flock Three-striped (Yungas) Warbler - Basileuterus tristriatus punctipectus Three seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge. Gutiérrez-Pinto et al. (2012) found that broadly defined Basileuterus tristriatus consists of 10 distinct clades, one of which is B. trifasciatus, which is the sister group to B. tristriatus tacarcunae of the Darién. Donegan (2014) provided evidence that the Bolivian punctipectus group (including canens) should be treated as a separate species. Slate-throated Redstart (Whitestart) - Myioborus miniatus Seen around San Pedro and Cock of the Rock Lodge Spectacled Redstart (Whitestart) - Myioborus melanocephalus Seen around Wayqecha and Rocotal in a mixed flock

BLACKBIRDS Crested Oropendola - Psarocolius decumanus maculosus Common in the Amazon lowland Dusky-green Oropendola - Psarocolius atrovirens Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and around Rocotal very common Russet-backed Oropendola - Psarocolius angustifrons alfredi Common in the Amazon lowlands Olive Oropendola - Psarocolius bifasciatus Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center from the canopy tower - great view Casqued Cacique -Cacicus oseryi Seen around the GRID trail system at Manu wildlife Center Yellow-rumped Cacique - Cacicus cela Very common bird in the Amazon lowland rainforest always nesting near the lodges (Southern) Mountain Cacique - Cacicus chrysonotus Seen in two consecutive days around Wayqecha. The northern (leucoramphus) and southern (chrysonotus) groups of subspecies were treated as separate species by Blake (1968b), but most classifications have treated them as a single species (e.g., Hellmayr 1937, Meyer de Schauensee 1966, 1970, Ridgely & Tudor 1989, Fjeldså & Krabbe 1990; and usually as Cacicus leucoramphus, an error, because chrysonotus has priority) because specimens near the contact zone show some signs of gene flow (Hellmayr 1937, Bond 1953). However, see Jaramillo & Burke (1999) for possible reasons for ranking them as species; this was followed by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001), Hilty (2003), and Fraga (2011). Powell et al. (2014) found that the two were deeply divergent

genetically, more so than some Cacicus treated as species, but did not sample populations anywhere near the contact zone. SACC proposal to treat leucoramphus as a separate species did not pass. Hosner et al. (2015b) found evidence for intergradation between the taxa in Ayacucho, Peru. Epaulet Oriole - Icterus cayanensis Two seen in our travel day to Villa Carmen from Cock of the Rock Lodge RR Pale-eyed Blackbird - Agelaius xanthophthalmus Great views at Camungo oxbow lake and 3 more at Cocha Blanco

Pale-eyed Blackbird – Alex Durand

Giant Cowbird - Molothrus oryzivora Common on the Madre de Dios River bank – a brood parasite

FINCHES Hooded Siskin - Spinus magellanica urubambensis Very common bird of the Andes – seen in our travel day to Wayqecha Olivaceous Siskin - Spinus olivacea One seen at Rocotal Golden-bellied Euphonia - Euphonia chryssopasta Seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

Bronze -green Euphonia - Euphonia mesochrysa Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge - common in mixed flocks Orange-bellied Euphonia - Euphonia xanthogaster Every day seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge and one more at Manu Wildlife Center

MAMMALS SLOTHS Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth – Bradypus variegatus Great views of one at the Camungo ox-bow Lake

MARMOSETS Weddell’s Saddle-backed Tamarin – Saguinus weddelli Seen in several opportunities at Manu Wildlife Center

MONKEYS Black-headed Night Monkey - Aotus nigriceps Seen at Amazonia Lodge roosting and also at Antthrush trail (bamboo forest) bellow Manu Wildlife Center Urubamba Brown Titi-Monkey – Callicebus urubambensis* Heard at Amazonia Lodge ENDANGERED Black-capped Squirrel Monkey – Saimiri boliviensis Seen at Villa Carmen, Amazonia lodge and Manu Wildlife Center Large-headed Capuchin – Sapajus macrocephalus. Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge, Villa Carmen and Manu Wildlife Center Shock -headed Capuchin – Cebus cuscinus Seen at Manu Wildlife Center Colombian Red Howler Monkey – Alouatta semiculus* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center Gray Woolly Monkey – Lagothrix cana Seen around Cock of the Rock Lodge - ENDANGERED Black Spider Monkey – Ateles chamek Seen commonly at Manu Wildlife Center - ENDANGERED

Gray Wooly Monkey – Manu Expeditions

RACCOON FAMILY Tayra – Eira Barbara Seen at Cock of the Rock Lodge Giant Otter – Pteronura brasilensis Nice views of two at Cocha Camungo ENDANGERED

Ocelot

CAT FAMILY Ocelot – Leopardus pardalis Wonderful views of one at the Blanquillo macaw clay lick trying to catch Macaw’s

TAPIRS Lowland Tapir – Tapirus terrestris Nice view at the Tapir clay lick at Manu Wildlife Center

PECCARIES Collared Peccary – Tayassu tajacu One seen on the Madre de Dios River bank in our travel day to Boca Colorado White-lipped Peccary – Tayassu pecari* Heard at Manu Wildlife Center

SQUIRRELS Southern Amazon Red Squirrel – Sciurus spadaceus Seen at Manu wildlife Center near the canopy tower Sanborn’s Squirrel – Sciurus sanborni Every day at Cock of the Rock Lodge Amazon Dwarf Squirrel – Microsciurus flaviventer One seen at Manu Wildlife Center

LARGE RODENTS Capybara – Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris Three of them seen at Amazonia Lodge. The world’s largest rodent Brown Agouti – Dasyprocta variegate Common at Cock of the Rock Lodge in the garden but also seen at Amazonia Lodge and Manu Wildlife Center

BATS Long nosed bat – Rhynchonycteris naso Seen at Blanco Oxbow Lake very common roosting in the roof of the boathouse White-lined Sac-wing Bat – Saccopterys bilineata

REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS

Black Caiman – Melanosuchus niger 1 individual at Blanco Oxbow Lake and one more on the River bank near Manu Wildlife Center White Caiman – Caiman crocodilus Seen on the River bank bellow Manu Wildlife Center - common Side -necked Turtle – Podocnemis unifilis Common along the Madre de Dios River bank Amazon Racerunner – Ameiva ameiva Seen at Manu Wildlife Center South American Sipo Snake - Chironius multiventris One seen at Villa Carmen

The Manu Cloud Forest