Birding Peru - North Peru Endemics : Tarapoto to trujillo

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BIRD ITINERARIES

Birding Peru
          for Birders and
           non-Birding partners
          (10 Days)

PERU:

Manu Biosphere
Reserve: South-East
Peru (20 Days)

Cloud Forests
and Mountains of
Manu (13 Days)

Manu Macaw Lick
and Amazonian
Rainforest (11 Days)

Andean Gems of Peru
and Chile (8 Days)

Inca Ruins of Machu
Picchu & Abra
Malaga (7 Days)

Paracas Peninsular and
the High Andes of
Peru (16 Days)

Central Peru: The
High Andes and
Endemics (20 Days)

Central Peru: Lima
          to Huanuco Satipo
          Road and
          Oilbirds (13 Days)

Central Peru: Lima
          to Huanuco Oilbirds,
          Bosque Unchog and
          Huaraz (12 Days)

Tambopata: Candamo
National Park (14 Days)

Iquitos: Amazon and
White Sand
Rainforests (12 Days)

Northern Peru: Tumbes
and Maranon
Endemics (20 Days)

North Peru Endemics
- Chiclayo to
Tarapoto (12 Days)

North Peru Endemics
- Tarapoto to
Cajamarca (10 Days)

Tumbes Reserved
Zone (7 Days)

Tumbes and Iquitos
Endemics (18 Days)

Pelagic Trips off the
Peruvian Coast (1 Day)

White-masked Antbird
and Orange-throated
tanager (17 Days)

BOLIVIA:

Bolivia: Eastern Lowlands,
          Chaco, Cloud Forest
          and Intermontane
          Valleys (16 Days)

Bolivia Highlands
Extension (7 Days)

Bolivia: The Wild
North-East (17 Days)

CHILE:

Chile: Atacama Desert,
          Patagonia, Andes
          and Tierra del
          Fuego (14 Days)

Chile: High Andes
Extention and Lauca
National Park (6 Days)

FALKLAND ISLANDS:

Week on the Falkland
Islands (8 Days)

COLOMBIA:

Colombia: The Andean
Endemics Route
Tour (18 Days)

Colombia: Santa Marta
          Endemics and
           Guajira Peninsular
          Extention (6 Days)

BRAZIL:

South-east - the Atlantic
forests (12 days)

Serra dos Tucanos –
          Atlantic Rainforest
          Endemics of the Serra
          do Mar (8 Days)

Central Brazil -
Cerrado and
Savannas (8 Days)

The Pantanal
and Chapada (5 Days)

Amazonia: Alta
Floresta (9 Days)

Emas National
Park (8 Days)

North-east Brazil
Endemics (21 days)

GUYANA:

Unknown South America
and Guianan shield
specialists (16 Days)

ARGENTINA:

Northwest Argentina -
Biridng the Diversity of
the Andes (13 Days)

Southern Argentina - The
Pampas and Northern
Patagonia (9 Days)

Southern Argentina -
Patagonia and Tierra
del Fuego (8 Days)

Northeast Argentina -
Buenas Aires to
Iguazu (13 Days)

North Peru Endemics - Tarapoto to Cajamarca

DRY DECIDUOUS FOREST, CLOUD FOREST AND THE MARAON

The other half of our north Peru tour We first visited North Peru in the early ‘80’s when travelling with Dr Niels Krabbe who was reasearching the milestone book “Birds of the High Andes” This trip takes a transect from the Tarapoto in the Huallaga valley to Trujillo on the pacific coast. On this tour field breakfasts and lunches are predpared by our experienced camp cooks using comfortable folding tables and chairs.

Day 1:

Arrive in Lima and afternoon flight to Tarapoto. On arrival we’ll transfer you to the comfortable Pumarini Lodge arriving at dusk in time to meet the rest of the group and some evening nightbirding. D

Day 2:

Yellow-faced Parrotlet North of the bustling town of Tarapoto the road ascends into a low range of forest-clad foothills, with a low flow of traffic allowing for some really juicy Amazonian roadside birding. A pre-dawn start will give us an excellent opportunity to look for the powerful Band-bellied Owl, a rarely seen relative of the more widespread Spectacled Owl, and seemingly more common here than in most parts of its range. As dawn breaks the almost synthesizer-like calls of Fiery-capped Manakins start buzzing through the air, while a monotonous series of grunting calls may draw our attention to the smart Chestnut-tipped Toucanet. Blackish Pewee and the endemic Koepcke’s Hermit are not uncommon in this area, and if we are very fortunate we will also find a fairly widespread but infrequently encountered foothill speciality, the splendid Scaled Fruiteater. Among a multitude of other possibilities are American Swallow-tailed Kite, Painted Parakeet, Grey-breasted Sabrewing, White-necked Jacobin, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Gould’s Jewelfront, Amazonian White-tailed and Collared Trogons, Striolated Puffbird, Gilded Barbet (split from Black-spotted), Golden-collared Toucanet, White-throated, Scale-breasted and Redstained Woodpeckers, Ocellated Woodcreeper, Eastern Woodhaunter, Tawny-throated Leaftosser, Rufous-winged Antwren, Black and Scale-backed Antbirds, White-lored Tyrannulet, Yellow-olive and Streaked Flycatchers, Dusky-capped Greenlet, Short-billed, Purple and Green Honeycreepers, Blue, Black-faced and Yellow-bellied Dacnises, Thick-billed and Plumbeous Euphonias, Yellow-bellied, Silver-beaked and Olive Tanagers, and Buff-throated Saltator. After lunch we’ll head for Rioja where we may do some night birding at Morro de Calzadas where we have regularly seen Rufous, Blackish and Spot-winged Nightjars, Black –banded and Tropical Screech Owls. Night Hotel in Moyobamba B:L:D

Day 3:

Morning at Morro de Calzadas where we can see an undescribed race of the endemic Misahana Tyrannulet, Lesser Elaenia, Stripe-necked Tody-tyrant, Pale-breasted and hauxwell’s Thrush, Rufosu-fronted Thornbird, Cinereous-breasted Spinetail and mor In the afternoon we’ll move onto Abra Patricia and we’ll concentrate on species we are missing. If any! We’ll spend the night at the Hotel Puerto Pumas.

Day 4:

Plushcap- Ian Merrill A last chance at Marvellous Spatulatail. We'll then retrace our route to Florida and on to Pedro Ruiz and Leymeybamba for the night. We'll make a couple of planned stops along the way, especially for the endemic Buff-bellied Tanager. We plan to be in the pretty Andean town of Leymeybamba before dusk. We have our first chance at Maranon Thrush. Others include Lafraneye’s Piculet, Torrent Duck and White-capped Dipper. We have seen roosting Koepckes Screech Owls here. Night at Hotel La Casona in Leymeybamba. B:L:D

Day 5:

Russet mantled Softail Early start for Abra Barro Negro. We'll slowly bird the remnant patches of cloud forest and farmlands here and make some planned stops for certain species, such as Coppery Metaltail (endemic) and Russset- mantled Softail (endemic). Other birds here include White-chinned Thistletail, Yellow-scarfed Tanager (endemic) the obscura race of Rufous Antpitta, Large-footed Tapaculo, Gray-breasted Mountain Toucan, Shining Sunbeam, Collared Inca, Mountain Cacique, Purple-backed Thronbill, White-collared Jay, Rainbow Starfrontlet, Chestnut-crowned Antpitta. With a picnic lunch we’ll stay out late for Swallow-tailed Nightjar, Yungas Pygmy Owl and Rufous-banded Owl. We may want to visit the Hummingbird feeders at the Leymeybamba Museum. Night Hotel La Casona. B:L:D

Day 6:

To-day we'll drive over Barro Negro Pass and drop into the spectacular Maranon canyon. We should see the pretty Buff-bridled Inca-finch (endemic) in the open Bombax forest and we'll camp near a mango grove that holds a healthy population of Maranon Thrushes (endemic). Other birds to look out for on this day include - Puna Hawk, Andean Lapwing, Andean Flicker, Violet-throated Startfrontlet, Great Sapphirewing and Rufous-capped Antshrike, Baron’s Spinetail, Yellow-tailed Oriole Peruvian Pigeons (endemic) assemble in large groups in the evening. Night in camp. B:L:D

Day 7:

Abra Barro Negro We'll spend the whole day birding the west side of the Maranon canyon. Initially birding the riverine and agricultural vegetation, we should see Peruvian Pigeon (endemic). In the Bombax woodland there should be Buff-bridled Inca-finch (endemic) and the endangered Yellow-faced Parrotlet (endemic). We'll slowly bird up the valley side to Limon, where Chestnut-backed Thornbird (endemic) and Gray-winged Inca-finch (endemic) are our targets. Buff-bellied Tanager (endemic) is here too. The afternoon we’ll devote to searching for Jelski’s Chat-tyrant (endemic) and commoner Andean species. In the afternoon we’ll continue to Celendin for the night. Night in Hotel at Celendin. B:L:D

Day 8:

Early morning birding in remnant humid forest and Polylepis scrub. On this road we'll make planned stops for some Andean species we may not have seen - Peruvian Sierra-finch, Shining Sunbeam and also stop on the high puna grasslands for Cinclodes, Canasteros, Pipits, Ground-tyrants and Sierra-finches, Rainbow Startfronlet, Black-crested Warbler, Maranon Tit-tyrant, Many-striped Canastero. We’ll make a special effort for the Cajamarca race of the Rufous Antpitta (a for sure split). In the Polylepis we’ll search for Black Metaltail, Jelski’s Chat-tyrant, Baron’s Spinetail, Striated Eartcreeper and Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail. This stretch of road is also one of the best places to see the very rare White-tailed Shrike-tyrant. In the afternoon we’ll go to our stakeout for the endemic Gray-bellied Comet we’ll spend the afternoon looking for this rare endemic and others. Night at our hotel in Cajamarca.Night at our hotel in Cajamarca. B:L:D

Day 9:

Marvelous Spatulatail - Gary Rosenberg Early morning excursion for the endemic range restricted endemic Great Spinetail. Easier to see species are Buff-bridled Inca-Finch (endemic) White-winged Black Tyrant, Lesser Goldfinch and Fasciated Wren. Other birds we may see include the endemic Plain-tailed Warbling Finch Rufous-chested Tanager and Streak-thraoted Bush-Tyrant. After seeing the birds we’ll return to Cajamarca and onto Abra Gavilan where we’ll make a top for the endemic Unicolored Tapaculo and we have seen Rufous-backed Inca Finch and Piura Hemispingus here. We’ll spend another night in Cajamarca B:L:D

Day 10:

Transfer to the airport for the 10:00am flight to Lima – we have a few hours in the morning to look for species we may have missed. Day use of a hotel in Lima and connecting flights home. B:L: ( ask your guide about a taxi drive to the coast for Inca tern in Lima)

IMPORANT NOTES:

This trip, by its very nature and the remoteness of some birding localities visited, necessitates some camping along the way (1 night). Hotels in Lima, Trujillo, Tarapoto, and Cajamarca are very comfortable. In Celendin and Leymeybamba, they are the best available and adequate. For those who may be put off by camping, please note we go to great lengths to make it as comfortable as possible. Personal tents on a double basis are top of the line Eureka Timberline Outfitters made in the U.S.A (singles by request). We bring along a screened dining tent with folding tables and stools where we eat and do the nightly bird list. We also take a cook tent where our team of cooks prepare all our food in camp and take care of pitching and striking camp. There is a latrine tent set up at all camps and hot water in bowls is available every day. You do no camping duties – our staff will take care of everything.

Does not include air Lima – Tarapoto and Cajamarca - Lima but we will purchase these on request – the price depends on when we get your full name, deposit and passport numbers – you can check current prices at www.LAN.com

Email us about this trip:		birding@manuexpeditions.com
Days in Trip:		10 Days
Rated Skill Level:		Easy
Tour Guides:		Huw Lloyd, Barry Walker, Silverio Duri, Eustace Barnes, Fabrice Schmitt, Renzo Zeppilli
Price:		$2300.00
Single Supplement:		$165.00
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Dates 2010:		Sept 2 - 11
Dates 2011:		Sept 1 - 10

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