On as part of their bird observation training, three interpreters; Percy Ccopa, Wilson Escalante, Elias Leon, took an afternoon tour towards the road that takes you to «La Cachuela» town. Two motorcycles, bird books and binoculars where needed. The explorer guides went up to kilometer 7 and began their birdwathcing day. The climate favored. The explorer guides needed to make a bird list since they were out for approximately 2 hours and didn’t want to forget a single bird that crossed their binoculars.
Here the list of birds that were observed:
Grayish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens) / Crested Oropendola (Psatocolius viridis) / Thick Billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) / Chestnut Bellied Seedeater (Euphonia laniirostris) / Lesser Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides) / Blue and black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) / Safron Finch (Sicalis flaveola) / Yellow Browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons) / Blue and Grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) / Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum) / Silver beaked Tanager (Rumphocelus carbo) / Black Billed Thrush (Tardus ignobilis) / Black Tailed Tytira (Tytira cayana) / Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) / Sulphury Flycatcher (Tyrannopsis sulphurea) / Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) / Boat Billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) / Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) / Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus) / Little Woodpecker (Vermiliornis passerinus) / Spot Breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula) / Greater Any (Crotophaga mayor) / Red Bellied Macaw (Orthopsittaca mamilata) / Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) / Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti) / Pied Lapwing (Hoploxypterus cayanus) / Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) / Black Colared Hawk (Busarellus nigricallis) / Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) / Grearter Yellow headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus) / Yellow Rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela) / Roadside Hawk (Buteo magneroptis) / Black Capped Donacobeos (Donacobius atricapilla) / Barred Antshike (Thamnophilus doliatus) / Saphire Spangled Emerald (Amacilia lactea)
As an extra bonus, the explorer guides where able to spot important and rare birds during their birdwatching afternoon. A list of those is provided:
Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus) / Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis) / Small-billed Tinamou (Crypturellus transfasciatus) / Purus Jacamar (Gallbalcyrnhynchus perusianus) / Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas) / Hooded Tanager (Nemosia pileata) / Long Tailed Tryant (Colonia colonus)
Great day, awesome training!!
César Alfredo Vásquez | Inkaterra Explore Guide | inkaterra Reserva Amazonica