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2024 a year of birding and wildlife adventures and more

The year 2024 is closing and we are very grateful for the birding and wildlife adventures and projects we did, where we were able to meet many friends who are passionate about birds, wildlife and nature conservation lovers. Birding trip findings 2024 Number of trip realized: 20 Number of birds reported: 803 Highlighted birds: Bearded […]

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Painted Manakin (Machaeropterus eckelberryi) in Morro de Calzada Amazon Center, Peru

Painted Manakin (Machaeropterus eckelberryi), a lately discovered species and endemic to Peru, was recorded due the bird monitoring developed in the Conservation and Recovery Zone – ZoCRE Morro de Calzada, during the period from September 2019 to September 2024. Painted Manakin It is a species belonging to Pipridae´s family, which was discovered in 2017, with

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Morro de Calzada Amazon Center

Full day of birding in Morro de Calzada Amazon Center, Moyobamba, Peru

The Morro de Calzada Amazon Center is a conservation area that hosts interesting bird species, and is part of the Northern Peru Birding Route, very close to the city of Moyobamba. It also offers services for bird and wildlife watching and photography, for experienced and beginners. Morro de Calzada Amazon Center Since 2021 the company

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Top 10 birds of Northern Peru Birding Route - Ruta de aves del norte del Perú

Top 10 birds of Northern Peru Birding Route

The Northern Peruvian Birding Route is one of the most biodiverse in the world with a record of more than 1500 bird species, starting in the northern Pacific coast, crossing the Andes to the Amazon lowlands (Promperu, 2023) and also with a high rate of endemism, and with unique species that only inhabit this corner

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Evelyn y Ruben en busca del Colibrí cola de espátula - Marvelous Spatuletail, Peru

Evelyn and Ruben in search of Marvelous Spatuletail birding in Peru

Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) is one of the most desired species by birders from all over the world. In the first months of 2024 we received a couple from the USA, who decided to go birding in Peru on the Northern Birding Route, and with a special interest in observing this enigmatic species. Evelyn and

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Observación de aves en Tingana - Humedales del Alto Mayo

Tingana birding report – Alto Mayo Wetlands

In our birding expedition in Tingana we were able to record up to 50 species in less than 12 hours, where 5 species of kingfishers stood out, that are all those recorded in Peru. One of the few areas that still preserves adequate natural conditions for wildlife observation in the Alto Mayo are the Alto

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Observación de aves en Perú - Birding in Peru

Birding expedition in Peru departing from a cruise ship

Peru offers several opportunities for birding and it is possible to design expeditions according to the needs and/or travel mode of visitors, such as departing from a cruise ship at the Callao and Paracas ports. Steven Hall and his father traveled along the coast of South America on the Norwegian Cruise Line in January 2024

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The Marvelous patuletail

The Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) at Huembo Lodge

The Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) is an endemic bird of Peru, with a very restricted habitat in Amazonas region, at both sides of the Utcubamba Valley. This hummingbird inhabits between 2000 and 2900 m.a.s.l. and it’s easily seen in the Florida district close to the town of San Lucas de Pomacochas, reported from the 90s

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Observación de aves y vida silvestre 2024

Birding and Wildlife Expeditions Peru 2024

Peru is one of the countries with the largest number of birds recorded in the world between other species and with several alternatives for birding and wildlife expeditions. Birding and Wildlife Expeditions 2024   Northern Peru Hummingbird Route: The main objective of this birding expedition is to observe approximately 50 hummingbirds, among them the Marvelous

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Reserva Arena Blanca

Arena Blanca Reserve, a priority site on the Northern Peru Birding Route

Arena Blanca Reserve is a site that has succeeded in establishing 3 bird observatories and improving its tourism services, and has become a priority site on the Northern Peruvian Birding Route. The birds of the Arena Blanca Reserve According to eBird, Reserva Arena Blanca has a record of 488 bird species, being the most emblematic

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