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A TRIP REPORT FOR A BIRDING TRIP TO NORTH PERU

TUMBEZIAN AND MARANON ENDEMICS

June 20 -27 2014

Trip Leader: Barry Walker

Birding North Peru is one of the best birding experiences in South America!! On this excellent trip we recorded 66 Tumbezian and Maranon endemics and range restricted species and a wide variety

of other birds.

The Peruvian Departments will be mentioned in capital letters and in green. June 19th: Meet at Chiclayo airport and directly to Chpaarri Ecolodge (448 mts) (LAMBAYEQUE) After an early flight to Chiclayo, we met our driver Elmer Santos and we drove directly to the private

Chaparri Reserve owned by the local community of Santa Catalina de Chongoyape. In the Reserve the critically endangered White-winged Guan has been reintroduced and 3rd generation birds can be seen around the lodge. Night in Chaparri

June 20th: Full day at Chaparri Reserve (LAMBAYEQUE) After breakfast we went to a water seep below the lodge where impressive numbers of the endemic Sulphur-throated Finch came in to drink. We then made a loop in the reserve passing by the Spectacled Bear reintroduction pen. In the afternoon we birded at the Tinajones reservoir and around Chongoyape

Night in Chaparri.

June 21st: Chaparri Reserve to Olmos (LAMBAYEQUE) Pre dawn start with a picnic breakfast to Casupe at 1800 meters. After an early breakfast with a spectacular view at dawn, we spent most of the morning birding this tall wetter forest with great success: Ecuadorian Trogon and Piculet, Henna-hooded Foliage-gleaner, Gray-breasted Flycatcher, Black-capped Sparrow and more. Then we went to the Bosque the Pomac (also known as Batan Grande). The Pomac Historical Sanctuary preserves about 6000 hectares of old forest, where we found almost all our targets We also had excellent views of all the specialties of this dry habitat: Collared Antshrike, Rufous Flyctacher, Tumbes Swallow, Necklaced Spinetail, Amazilia Hummingbird, the beautiful Scarlet-backed Woodpecker, and Streak-headed Woodcreeper. After that excellent morning and afternoon, we drove to Olmos. Night in Olmos.

June 22nd: Naupe and Quebrada Limon 307 mts) (LAMBAYEQUE and PIURA) Dawn found us in the desert at Naupe where we successfully found our target –Peruvia Plantcutter. An easy mornings birding here concentrating on photography and sound recording. After a siesta we drove to and the trails at Quebrada Limon (within the PIURA department). We stayed out late looking for Owls. Night in Olmos. June 23rd: Quebrada Frijollilo 350 mts. (PIURA) We drove to Quebrada Limon and up Quebrada Frijollilo again for a dawn picnic breakfast which we accompanied by the trumpeting of White-winged Guan which we saw. These birds have always been in this canyon historically. We spent all morning in the canyon and took the afternoon off to watch the World Cup football! Night in Olmos.

June 24th: Olmos (LAMBAYEQUE) to Porculla pass (1769 mts) (PIURA) and Jaen. An hour’s drive to Limon de Porculla where we had breakfast first and then rapidly found all of our main targets: Black-cowled Saltator, Chapman's Antshrike, Line-cheeked Spinetail, Bay-crowned Brush-finch; Piura Chat-Tyrant joined us for breakfast. We also enjoyed the wonderful landscape! After an early lunch we drove to Jaen (a little bit more than 3 hours driving) with some stops on the way where we successfully hunted down Maranon Thrush. In the late afternoon we stopped in a dry streambed before Jaen but it was shot and we did not see much. Night in Jaen.

June 25th: Jaen 730 mts (CAJAMARCA) We left pre dawn to a spot on the La Coipa road near Tamborapa. Here we connected with all the Maranon endemics. A co-operative pair of the nominate form of West Peruvian Screech Owl were at breakfast. We spent most of the day here enjoying multiple Maranon Crescentchests, the leucogaster race of Northern Slaty Antshrike, Maranon and Chinchipe Spinetail and even Military Macaw! In the afternoon we went to a spot in the desert near Cayalti. Night in Jaen.

June 26th: Jaen 730 mts (CAJAMARCA) Pre dawn found us in the desert near Cayalti again. Scub Nightjar was common and after breakfast we found the soon to be split shumbae race of Collared Antshrike and the endemic Little Inca-Finch. We returned to the La Coipa road near Tamborapa for the rest of the day for photography. Night in Jaen. June 27th: Jaen to Chiclayo and flight to Lima 730 mts (CAJAMARCA & LAMBAYEQUE) We drove over Porculla pass with a breakfast stop near a rice paddy where a very co-operative Spotted Rail let itself be photographed. We stopped at the pre-Colombian ruins of Tucame and then after a superb traditional lunch of goat and seafood we caught the afternoon flight to Lima.

KEY

E – Peruvian Endemic ME – Maranon Endemic TE – Tumbezian Endemic RR = Restricted-range species (total range < 50.000 km2) Conservation Status follows Birdlife International Taxonomy follows mostly South American Classification Committee http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html (*) Heard only

BIRDLIST

Family: TINAMIDAE (TINAMOUS) TE PALE-BROWED TINAMOU* - Crypturellus transfasciatus

At Quebrada Limon

TATAUPA TINAMOU* - Crypturellus tataupa

Commonly heard on the La Coipa road ANDEAN TINAMOU - Nothoprocta pentlandii Seen probing and feeding on ant larvae at Casupe – superb views. Named for Joseph Barkley Pentland Irish traveler and diplomat in Bolivia 1836-1839

Family: ANATIDAE (DUCKS)

COMB DUCK – Sarkidiornis melanotos A pair at the Tinajones dam CINNAMON TEAL – Anas cyanoptera

Also seen at the Tinajones dam

WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL - Anas nahamensis At the Tinajones dam in large numbers

Family: CRACIDAE (GUANS)

E WHITE-WINGED GUAN - Penelope albipennis - The re-introduced individuals at Chaparri Reserve are very tame around the Chaparri Lodge, even if the birds born in the wild stay away from the lodge. We also 3 individuals at Quebrada Frijollilo. CRITICALLY ENDANGERED

SPECKLED CHACHALACA - Ortalis guttata*

Family: PODICIPEDIFORMES (GREBES)

RR GREAT GREBE – Podiceps major 2 on Tinajones Dam.

Family: PHALACROCORACIDAE (CORMORANTS) NEOTROPIC CORMORANT - Phalacrocorax brasilianus Family: PELECANIDAE (PELICANS) PERUVIAN PELICAN - Pelecanus thagus At Puerto Eten

Family: ARDEIDAE (HERONS)

STRIATED HERON - Butorides striata Two seen

CATTLE EGRET - Bubulcus ibis Common throughout the trip COCOI HERON - Ardea cocoi Individuals here and here GREAT EGRET - Ardea alba Common throughout the trip SNOWY EGRET - Egretta thula Common LITTLE BLUE HERON - Egretta caerulea Seen at Tinajones dam.

Family: CATHARTIDAE (NEW WORLD VULTURES)

TURKEY VULTURE - Cathartes aura Common throughout

BLACK VULTURE - Coragyps atratus Common throughout

Family: ACCIPITRIDAE (HAWKS)

PEARL KITE - Gampsonyx swainsonii One of the most beautiful raptors in South America . Named for English artist, naturalist and collector (1789 – 1855)

SAVANNA HAWK-Buteogalus meridionalis

One seen at the Tinajones dam on our way out of Chaparri Lodge

ROADSIDE HAWK Rupornis magnirostris A few along the La Coipa road HARRIS’S HAWK-Parabuteo unicinctus

Seen around Chaparri Lodge Jaramillo says in his excellent field guide about Birds of Chile: The harrisi group (Harris's Hawk) of the USA to coastal Peru and Ecuador differs consistently in size and plumage features from

the more southern and eastern unicinctus group (Bay-winged Hawk). Adults of unicinctus have a more immature-like plumage (neoteny) compared to the more boldly patterned harrisi group. The latter is extremely social, often foraging and breeding in cooperative groups; this behavior is unknown in unicinctus. Ferguson-Lees & Christie (2001) suggest all species status may be warranted for the two. To some extent this may parallel the situation in Crested Caracara, although the division between the two taxa is not in the same geographic area. BLACK-CHESTED BUZZARD-EAGLE - Geranoaetus melanoleucus Seen at Abra Porculla VARIABLE HAWK - Geranoaetus polyosoma Common at Abra Porculla. The taxonomy of this group is confusing, and some people try to split it as Puna

Hawk B. poecilochrous and Red-backed Hawk B. polyosoma. SACC comment: Farquhar (1988) concluded that

Buteo poecilochrous and B. polyosoma are conspecific, as they were formerly treated; 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.

Family: RALLIDAE (RAILS)

SPOTTED RAIL - Pardirallus maculatus

One bird seen well in a paddy field along the road near Chamaya and another near Olmos COMMON GALLINULE – Galinula galinata Along the coast

ANDEAN COOT – Fulica ardesiaca Seen at the Tinajones dam Chaparri Lodge

Family: BURHINIDAE (THICK-KNEES)

PERUVIAN THICK-KNEE - Burhinus superciliaris About 6+ seen on our drive to Casupe

Family: RECURVIROSTRIDAE (STILTS AND AVOCETS) BLACK-NECKED STILT – Himantopus mexicanus

Common along tha coast breeding KILLDEER – Charadrius vociferus

4 at Puerto Eten

Family: LARIDAE (GULLS)

GRAY-HOODED GULL – Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Seen at the Tinajones dam and at Puerto Eten RR GRAY GULL – Leucococephalus modestus Around 20 at Puerto Eten BELCHER´S GULL – Larus belcheri Around 25 at Puerto Eten

KELP GULL – Larus dominicanus

Around 15 at Puerto Eten GULL – BILLED TERN - Gelochelidon nilotica 2 at Puerto Eten in breeding plumage RR INCA TERN– Larosterna inca A few offshore a Puerto Eten

Family: COLUMBIDAE (PIGEONS)

ME PERUVIAN PIGEON - Patagioenas oenops 3 seen after rain on the La Coipa road VULNERABLE

EARED DOVE - Zenaida auriculata Common

WEST PERUVIAN DOVE - Zenaida meloda Common on the west side of the Andes.

PLAIN-BREASTED GROUND-DOVE - Columbina minuta

A few along the coast RR ECUADORIAN GROUND-DOVE - Columbina buckleyi

3 in the Jaen area –here the ruddy dorstii subspecies. Named for Col. Charles Buckley US ornithologist and collector in Bolivia and Ecuador 1878.

CROAKING GROUND-DOVE - Columbina cruziana Common

BLUE GROUND-DOVE - Claravis pretiosa Seen around Jaen.

WHITE-TIPPED DOVE - Leptotila verreauxi Common throughout the trip. Named for Jules Pierre Verreaux ( 1808- 1873) French natural history dealer and collector.

Family: CUCULIDAE (CUCKOOS)

SQUIRREL CUCKOO - Piaya cayana

4 along the La Coipa road

GROOVE-BILLED ANI - Crotophaga sulcirostris Common on the west slope of the Andes and in the Maranon canyon

STRIPED CUCKOO - Tapera naevia*

Family: STRIGIDAE (OWLS)

RR WEST PERUVIAN SCREECH-OWL - Megascops roboratus pacificus

Very nice view at Chaparri Lodge. König et al. (1999) suggested that the subspecies pacificus might deserve recognition as a separate species from Megascops roboratus

RR WEST PERUVIAN SCREECH-OWL - Megascops roboratus roberatus

Very nice view along the La Coipa road

PERUVIAN PYGMY-OWL - Glaucidium peruanum Few birds seen at Chaparri, Quebrada Limon.

BURROWING OWL - Athene cunicularia A couple seen at Tinajones dam.

RR STRIPED OWL - Pseudoscops clamator* Heard at Quebrada Frejollilo. This pacific coastal form probably deserves species rank.

West Peruvian Screech Owl ( pacificus)

Family: CAPRIMULGIDAE (NIGHTJARS)

RR SCRUB NIGHTJAR - Caprimulgus anthonyi

Great looks at multiple birds pre-dawn near Cayalti. Named for Harold E Anthony US zoologist and Curator of mammals at the AMNH COMMON PAURAQUE - Nyctidromus albicollis*

Family: APODIDAE (SWIFTS) CHESTNUT-COLLARED SWIFT - Streptoprocne rutila One in Quebrada Frejollilo WHITE-COLLARED SWIFT - Streptoprocne zonaris A few

SORT-TAILED (TUMBES) SWIFT - Chaetura brachyuran ocypetes Seen at Quebrada Limon. This form is sometimes split as Tumbes Swift

WHITE-TIPPED SWIFT - Aeronautes montivagus andecolus

One at Abra Porculla

ANDEAN SWIFT – Aeronautes andecolus

Family: TROCHILIDAE (HUMMINGBIRDS)

GRAY-CHINNED HERMIT - Phaethornis griseagularis porcullae One seen well feeding on at Abra Porculla and a couple in the Maranon canyon.

Gray-chinned Hermit

SPARKLING VIOLETEAR - Colibri coruscans Fairly common at Abra Porculla. E/TE TUMBES HUMMINGBIRD - Leucippus baeri Excellent views on thew east slope and along the coast . Named for G. A Baer (1839-1918) French naturalist and collector in Peru and Brazil) E/ME SPOT-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD - Leucippus taczanowskii Great views near Jaen. Named for the prolific Wladislaw Taczanowski Polish ornithologist and collector in Peru.

ANDEAN EMERALD - Amazilia franciae

Seen daily near Jaen

AMAZILIA HUMMINGBIRD – Amazilia amazilia Common

BLACK-TAILED TRAINBEARER - Lesbia victoriae

2 at Abra Porculla. Named for Victoire Mulsant mother of French ornithologist Martial Mulsant

LONG-BILLED STARTHROAT - Heliomaster longirostris 4 seen in total PURPLE-COLLARED WOODSTAR - Myrtis fanny Common at Chaparri Lodge and one at Abra Porculla. Named for Francis (fanny) Wilson,wife of collector Edward Wilson. RR SHORT-TAILED WOODSTAR – Myrmia micrura Seen everyday around Chaparri Reserve and around Quebrada Limon

WHITE-BELLIED WOODSTAR - Chaetocercus mulsant Seen at Abra Porculla

Family: TROGONIDAE (TROGONS)

ECUADORIAN TROGON – Trogon mesurus One seen very well at Casupe

Ecuadorian Trogon

Family: ALCEDINIDAE (KINGFISHERS)

RINGED KINGFISHER - Megaceryle torquata Twice seen GREEN KINGFISHER - Chloroceryle Americana

2 along the coast

Family: PICIDAE (WOODPECKERS) TE ECUADORIAN PICULET - Picumnus sclateri

Great looks at Casupe, Quebrada Frillolio and more. Named for English ornithologist and collector Edward Lutley Sclater (1829-1913) RR SCARLET-BACKED WOODPECKER - Veniliornis callonotus Common at the beginning of the trip; Chaparri Reserve, Quebrada Limon , Jeen

GOLDEN-OLIVE WOODPECKER - Colaptes rubiginosus Excellent views at Batan Grande and Quebrada Limon here the strange looking rubipileus form.

Family: FALCONIDAE (FALCONS)

CRESTED CARACARA - Caracara cheriway

2 seen in our way to Olmos and another one at Quebrada Limon SACC comment: Caracara cheriway and

C. plancus (Southern Caracara) were formerly considered conspecific (e.g., Hellmayr & Conover 1949, Phelps & Phelps 1958a), sometimes also including C. lutosus of Guadalupe Island (e.g., Meyer de Schauensee 1970, Stresemann and Amadon 1979), but the ranges of cheriway and plancus are nearly parapatric with no sign of intergradations, contrary to earlier interpretations; they constitute a super species. The three forms had previously been considered separate species by Pinto (1938), and Friedmann (1950).

LAUGHING FALCON - Herpetotheres cachinnans One bird seen aliong the La Coipa road.

AMERICAN KESTREL - Falco sparverius

A few individuals

Family: PSITTACIDAE (PARROTS)

RR PACIFIC PARROTLET - Forpus coelestis Very common on the west side of the Andes and in the lower part of the Maranon drainage RR RED-MASKED PARAKEET – Psitticara erythrogenys Seen at the Chaparri Reserve and very common at Quebrada Frijollilo. Also in the Maranon.

MILITARY MACAW - Ara militaris

Seen along the La Coipa road.

Collared Antshrike Female bernardi

Family: THAMNOPHILIDAE (ANTBIRDS) TE COLLARED ANTSHRIKE -Thamnophilus bernardi Fairly common at Chaparri Reserve and Quebrada RR COLLARED ANTSHRIKE – Thamnophilus bernaardi shumbae Seen well in the Maranon desert. This is in the process of being split from the former species.

Male shumbae

TE CHAPMAN'S ANTSHRIKE - Thamnophilus zarumae

We had excellent view of a pair at the Porculla pass. ME NORTHERN [MARANON] SLATY-ANTSHRIKE -Thamnophilus punctatus leucogaster Fairly common near Jaen. . Ridgely & Greenfield recognized leucogaster of the Marañon Valley as a separate species from huallagae of the Huallaga Valley; this taxon was tentatively retained as a subspecies of T. punctatus by Isler, et al. (1997), with further evidence confirming subspecies status presented by Isler, Walker et al. (2001).

LINED ANTSHRIKE - Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus Stunning views of a male along the La Coipa road

Family: MELANOPAREIIDAE (CRESCENTCHESTS)

TE ELEGANT CRESCENTCHEST - Melanopareia elegans Two seen very well at the Chaparri Reserve, and also at Porculla pass

ME MARAÑON CRESCENTCHEST - Melanopareia maranonica Good views along the La Coipa road. Definitely one of the most beautiful birds of the trip!!

Family: GRALLARIIDAE (ANTPITTAS)

CHESTNUT-CROWNED ANTPITTA - Grallaria ruficapilla* At Casupe and Abra Porculla

Family: FURNARIIDAE (OVENBIRDS) STREAK-HEADED WOODCREEPER - Lepidocolaptes souleyetii Fairly common at Bosque de Pomac, and another one on our way to Quebrada Limon

TE PACIFIC HORNERO - Furnarius cinnamomeus

Very common the first few days of the trip, and in the middle Maranon; these ones belong to the cinnamomeus subspecies and are often considered as a valid species. SACC comments: The subspecies

cinnamomeus of W. Ecuador and NW. Peru may deserve recognition as a separate species from F. leucopus (Ridgely & Tudor 1994) and was treated as such by Parker & Carr (1992) and Ridgely & Greenfield (2001). The subspecies longirostris was also treated as a separate species by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Hilty (2003). Although vocal and behavioral differences have been reported, no real analysis has been published to support these splits. SACC proposal to elevate cinnamomeus to species rank did not pass because of insufficient published data. IOC Splits.

WREN-LIKE RUSHBIRD - Phleocryptes melanops*

At Puerto Eten. ME [MARANON] RUFOUS-FRONTED THORNBIRD - Phacellodomus rufifrons

Several good sightings during the trip; Here the Sub-species peruvianus sometimes referred to a distinct species. SACC comments: Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered northern inornatus (with Castillo) a separate species from Phacellodomus rufifrons, and this was followed by and Hilty (2003); vocalizations are reported to differ, but no analysis or data have been published. SACC proposal to recognize inornatus as separate species did not pass because of insufficient published data. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) also suggested that the subspecies peruvianus of the Marañon valley deserved recognition as a separate species. TE HENNA-HOODED FOLIAGE-GLEANER - Clibanornis erythrocephalus Great looks of two individuals at Casupe and heard at Abra Porculla TE RUFOUS-NECKED FOLIAGE –GLEANER - Syndactyla ruficollis* Heard at Casupe and Abra Porculla LINE-CHEEKED SPINETAIL - Cranioleuca antisiensis A couple seen well at Abra Porculla ME MARANON SPINETAIL - Synallaxis maranonica Surprisingly common this year along the La Coipa road TE NECKLACED SPINETAIL - Synallaxis stictothorax Common at Chaparri and Quebrada Limon; These belong to the maculata subspecies.

ME [CHINCHIPE SPINETAIL]- Synallaxis stictothorax chinchipensis Seen very well around Jaen; this sub-specie may be a forthcoming split. SACC comment: Ridgely & Tudor (1994) and Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered the upper Marañon population chinchipensis as a separate species, but no analysis or data published. SACC proposal to elevate chinchipensis to species rank did not pass because of insufficient published data

Family: TYRANNIDAE (TYRANT FLYCATCHERS) RR PACIFIC ELAENIA - Myiopagis subplacens Common at Casupe YELLOW-BELLIED ELAENIA - Elaenia flavogaster

A couple near Jaen. LESSER ELAENIA Comon along the La Coipa road SOUTHERN BEARDLESS-TYRANNULET Camptostoma obsoletum

A common bird seen several times during the trip.

RR TUMBESIAN TYRANNULET - Phaeomyias tumbezana Fairly common the first days at Chaparri Lodge and around Olmos. Ridgely & Tudor (1994) noted that vocal differences suggest that Phaeomyias murina might consist of more than one species. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered the subspecies tumbezana (with inflava and maranonica) of southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru to represent a separate species based on differences in vocalizations

TAWNY-CROWNED PYGMY-TYRANT - Euscarthmus meloryphus Seen several times and common vocally TE GRAY-AND-WHITE TYRANNULET Pseudelaenia leucospodia Commonly seen

COMMON TODY-FLYCATCHER - Todirostrum cinereum A few seen througout the trip

YELLOW-BILLED TIT-TYTANT - Anairetes flavirostris* YELLOW-OLIVE TOLMOMYIAS – Tolmomyias sulphurescens aequatorialis * A couple heard along the La Coipa road. BRAN-COLORED FLYCATCHER - Myiophobus fasciatus crypterythrus

One bird seen at Chaparri Reserve

[TUMBES] TROPICAL PEWEE - Contopus cinereus punensis Seen at Chaparri and Quebrada Limon; All of them belonging to the punensis subspecies. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) considered the subspecies punensis of southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru to represent a separate species from Contopus cinereus based on vocal differences

VERMILION FLYCATCHER - Pyrocephalus rubinus Particularly common in the dry areas like Chaparri Reserve, Marañon canyon.

E PIURA CHAT-TYRANT - Ochthoeca piurae One seen well at the Porculla pass for breakfast. A pair

TE TUMBES TYRANT - Tumbezia salvini One of the most beautiful flycatchers of the trip; seen very well at 3 locations. Named for Osbert Salvini English ornithology ist and curator of Cambridge museum ( 1835-1898)

RR SHORT-TAILED FIELD-TYRANT - Muscigralla brevicauda A few.

E/TE RUFOUS FLYCATCHER - Myiarchus semirufus Two individuals seen really well at Pomac forest and one at Naupe

RR SOOTY-CROWNED FLYCTACHER - Myiarchus phaeocephalus Seen along the La Coipa road here the subspecies interior

Tumbes Tyrant

DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER - Myiarchus tuberculifer*

BROWN-CRESTED FLYCATCHER - Myiarchus tyrannulus Good views in the Maranon TROPICAL KINGBIRD - Tyrannus melancholicus Very common TE BAIRD'S FLYCATCHER - Myiodynastes bairdii Several sightings especially at Quebrada Limon. Named for Spencer Fullerton Baird US ornithologist and assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institute

Family: COTINGIDAE (COTINGAS)

E PERUVIAN PLANTCUTTER - Phytotoma raimondii

Great looks at 4 at Naupe. Named for Antonio Raimondi (1825-1890) Italian naturalist and explorer in Peru.

Family: TITYRIDAE (TITYRAS)

BLACK-AND-WHITE BECARD - Pachyramphus albogriseus Seen on consecutive days along the La Coipa road. YELLOW-CHEEKED BECARD – Pachyramphus xanthogenys Two pair seen on consecutive days along the La Coipa road.

Family: VIREONIDAE (VIREOS)

RUFOUS-BROWED PEPPERSHRIKE - Cyclarhis gujanensis Several encounter during the trip.

[CHIVI] RED-EYED VIREO - Vireo olivaceus (chivi)

Seen along the La Coipa road. . Some classifications (e.g., Pinto 1944) have considered the South American chivi group as a separate species ("Chivi Vireo") from V. olivaceus, or as conspecific with V. flavoviridis (Hamilton 1962). Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) suggested, however, that more than one species may be involved within the South American chivi group.

White-tailed Jay

Family: CORVIDAE (JAYS) TE WHITE-TAILED JAY - Cyanocorax mystacalis Several sightings around Chaparri Reserve and Quebrada Frijillio

[INCA] GREEN JAY - Cyanocorax yncas

Fairly common, seen twice throughout the trip Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) and Hilty (2003) treated Middle

American populations as a separate species, C. luxosus ("Green Jay") from South American C. yncas ("Inca Jay"), but no data presented; they were formerly considered separate species.

Family: HIRUNDINIDAE (SWALLOWS) GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN - Progne chalybea

Common on the coast BLUE-AND-WHITE SWALLOW - Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Very common

TE TUMBES SWALLOW - Tachycineta stolzmanni

A few seen at Batan Grande and a nest found in an old Carob tree. RR CHESTNUT-COLLARED SWALLOW - Petrochelidon rufocollaris One seen near Chaparrri

Family: TROGLODYTIDAE (WRENS)

FASCIATED WREN - Campylorhynchus fasciatus Very common around the Chaparri Reserve and also in the Maranon SPECKLE-BREASTED WREN - Thryothorus sclateri paucimaculatus Very nice views at Casupe and Quebrada Frejollilo

ME SPECKLE-BREASTED WREN - Thryothorus sclateri sclateri Seen well in the Maranon.

TE SUPERCILIATED WREN - Thryothorus superciliaris Fairly common

HOUSE WREN - Troglodytes aedon

Family: POLIOPTILIDAE (GNATCATCHERS)

TROPICAL GNATCATCHER - Polioptila plumbea Many seen the first 4 days of the trip, belonging here to the Tumbesian bilineata subspecies,.

ME [MARANON] TROPICAL GNATCATCHER - Polioptila plumbea maior Seen in the Marañon canyon Polioptila plumbea likely includes several species (Atwood and Lerman 2006). The subspecies maior of the Marañon Valley (treated as a separate species by Hellmayr 1934) and the bilineata group of northern South American and Middle America may each warrant species recognition, but a published analysis is lacking (Ridgely & Tudor 1989). Even within populations east of the Andes, vocal differences suggest that more than one species is involved (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, Hilty 2003).

Family: TURDIDAE (THRUSHES)

CHIGUANCO THRUSH - Turdus chiguanco A couple seen at Abra Porculla

RR PLUMBEOUS-BACKED THRUSH - Turdus reevei

Fairly Common. Named for J. P Reeve US collector in Ecuador ME MARAÑON THRUSH -Turdus maranonicus Excellent view along the La Coipa road and one on the drive to Jaen

Family: MIMIDAE (MOCKINGBIRDS)

LONG-TAILED MOCKINGBIRD - Mimus longicaudatus Very common on the west slope of the Andes and in the Maranon drainage

Family: THRAUPIDAE (TANAGERS)

ME BUFF-BELLIED TANAGER -Thlypopsis inornata

4 seen along the La Coipa road RUFOUS-CHESTED TANAGER -Thlypopsis ornata 2 at Abra Porculla

BLUE-GRAY TANAGER -Thraupis episcopus Common

FAWN-BREASTED TANAGER – Pipraeidea melanonota Nice view at Abra Porculla

BLUE AND BLACK TANAGER - Tangara vassorii One at Abra Porculla was a surprise

SILVERY TANAGER -Tangara viridicollis

One with the former at Abra Porculla

CINEREOUS CONEBILL - Conirostrum cinereum Seen at Abra Porculla and Batan Grande

WHITE-SIDED FLOWERPIERCER - Diglossa albilatera Seen once at Abra Porculla.

TE CINEREOUS FINCH - Piezorhina cinerea Excellent views at Chaparri and also around the Tinajones dam

E LITTLE INCA-FINCH - Incaspiza watkinsi What a beautiful little bird! Several near Cayalti. Named for Charles Watkins English collector in Peru ( fl 1912)

Little Inca Finch

RR COLLARED WARBLING-FINCH - Poospiza hispaniolensis Several seen the first 3 days of the trip

SAFFRON FINCH - Sicalis flaveola Common

E/ TE SULPHUR-THROATED FINCH - Sicalis taczanowskii Good views at Chaparri where we found nice flocks at the water seep.

ASH-BREASTED SIERRA-FINCH - Phrygilus plebejus Several of them at the Porculla pass and in the Guan canyons here the ocularis form

BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT - Volatinia jacarina Seen around Jaen

BLACK-AND-WHITE SEEDEATER – Sporophila luctuosa Seen near at Abra Porculla RR PARROT-BILLED SEEDEATER - Sporophila peruviana Seen in two consecutive days around Chaparri Reserve

RR DRAB SEEDEATER - Sporophila simplex Seen first around Chaparri Reserve and also near Jaen

CHESTNUT-THROATED SEEDEATER – Sporophila telasco

Seen in the rice fields of the Maranon

RED-CRESTED FINCH - Coryphospingus cucullatus Seen near Jaen and Cayalti

BANANAQUIT - Coereba flaveola Common

DULL-COLORED GRASSQUIT - Tiaris obscurus Common in the Maranon canyon

INCERTAE SEDIS

TE BLACK-COWLED SALTATOR - Saltator nigriceps Very good views on two birds at the Porculla pass and one at Casupe

STREAKED SALTATOR - Saltator striatipectus Common on the coast (un-streaked race) around Jaen( streaked race)

Black-cowled Saltator

Family: EMBERIZIDAE (SPARROWS)

RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW - Zonotrichia capensis Very common

E/TE TUMBES SPARROW - Rhynchospiza stolzmanni Common at Chaparri Reserve. Named for Jan Sztoleman another Polish collector and zoologist in Peru 1875- 1883

Tumbes Sparrow

TE BLACK-CAPPED SPARROW - Arremon abeillei abeillei Seen well at Casupe and Quebrada Friollilo ME BLACK-CAPPED SPARROW - Arremon abeillei nigriceps Some seen on the road to La Coipa here with a green mantle.

RR BAY-CROWNED BRUSH-FINCH - Atlapetes seebohmi Common at Porculla pass

TE WHITE-WINGED BRUSH-FINCH – Atlapetes leucopterus Common at Porculla pass, Casupe and Quebrada Frijollilo TE WHITE-HEADED BRUSH-FINCH - Atlapetes albiceps Seen several times at Chaparri at the feeders

Family: CARDINALIDAE (CARDINAL GROSBEAKS)

BLOOD RED TANAGER – Piranga lutea

One seen at Quebrada Limon Meyer de Schauensee (1966) and Ridgely & Tudor (1989) proposed that this species probably consists of two or three separate species; two occur in South America: nominate flava of southern and eastern South America, and the lutea group of the Andes region (and also Panama and Costa Rica). See Zimmer (1929) concerning earlier claims of sympatric between flava and lutea. Ridgely & Greenfield (2001) treated the three groups as separate species. Haverschmidt and Mees (1994) treated the subspecies haemalea of the Tepuis as a separate species from P. flava based on habitat differences. Piranga

lutea is split from P. hepatica (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, Burns et al 2003); SACC needs proposal; revisit English name.

GOLDEN GROSBEAK - Pheucticus chrysogaster

A common bird seen several times during the trip

Family: PARULIDAE (WOOD-WARBLERS)

TROPICAL PARULA - Setophaga pitiayumi Several sightings during the trip

TE GRAY-AND-GOLD WARBLER - Myiothlypis fraseri Nice views of this pretty warbler at Casupe. Named fro Louis Fraser English natural history dealer and curator of the Knowlsely collection ( 1819-1883) TE THREE-BANDED WARBLER - Basileuterus trifasciatus Very nice view at the Porculla pass

Family: ICTERIDAE (BLACKBIRDS)

YELLOW-TAILED ORIOLE - Icterus mesomelas

On the La Coipa road RR WHITE-EDGED ORIOLE - Icterus graceannae Seen several times

SCRUB BLACKBIRD - Dives warszewiczi

Common west of the Andes

SHINY COWBIRD - Molothrus bonariensis Small groups here and there PERUVIAN MEADOWLARK - Sturnella bellicosa Seen at Chaparri, Quebrada Limon and around Jaen

Family: FRINGILLIDAE (FINCHES)

PURPLE-THROATED EUPHONIA - Euphonia chlorotica

Fairly common the Maranon Canyon

THICK-BILLED EUPHONIA - Euphonia laniirostris

Fairly common

HOODED SISKIN - Carduelis magellanica Fairly common, seen in three different days during the trip

Family: PASSERIDAE (OLD WORLD SPARROWS)

HOUSE SPARROW - Passer domesticus Seen in Jaen

MAMMAL LIST

SECHURAN FOX - Lycalopex sechurae

A very tame one at Chaparri reserve

COLLARED PECCARY - Tayassu tajacu A few seen very well at the Chaparri Reserve

GUAYAQUIL SQUIRREL - Sciurus stramineus A few seen at Chaparri Reserve, Bosque Pomac and Quebrada Limon

OTHER WILDLIFE

GREEN IGUANA - Iguana iguana One adult seen from the dining room at the Chaparri Reserve