The expedition to the Regional Conservation Area – ACR Boshumi surprised by the high record of endemic birds, in some cases new to the San Martin region. Regional Conservation Area – ACR Boshumi (Bosques de Shunté y Mishollo) Boshumi is the second ACR in the department of San Martin, with an area of 191 thousand …
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Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) is without a doubt the most representative bird of Peru, due to its endemism and particular beauty, as well as the great interest of birdwatchers and nature lovers from all over the world in recording it. Marvelous Spatuletail, a hidden hummingbird in northern Peru The Marvelous Spatuletail is only found in …
The Alto Mayo Valley is located in the provinces of Moyobamba and Rioja, in the transition between the Andes and the Amazon in northern Peru, has a great biodiversity and endemism, and is an ideal place to connect with nature and meet unique forests with wild species, undiscovered. Biodiversity of Alto Mayo The Alto Mayo …
Peru achieved the first place in the world in number of bird species recorded in the October Big Day – OBD 2023, showing its great potential in bird biodiversity and the increase of the bird community in the country. October Big Day 2023 results analysis On October 14, OBD 2023 was held worldwide, an event …
“The Northern Peru Birding Route has a high biodiversity of birds, as well as great opportunities to photograph them, such as the Marvelous Spatuletail, Rufous-crested coquette, Wire-crested Thorntail, Paradise Tanager, Black-bellied Tanager, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Ochre-fronted Antpitta, Johnson’s Tody-Flycatcher, among other species of interest”. Birding photography According to Callister (2023), birding photography is a form of …
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2023 began with a 5-day birding tour in Tarapoto and surrounding areas, with an itinerary that was redesigned due to temporary problems of accessibility to other areas of the San Martin region. Pre-trip arrangements In the last quarter of 2022 a birding expedition was confirmed for the Tarapoto – Alto Mayo – Abra Patricia – …
A Quail and Tinamou observatory has been operating in the Arena Blanca Reserve for several years, the first in northern Peru. Species of the Quail and Tinamou observatory of Arena Blanca Reserve Tinamous are rarely seen, but they are heard, they are elusive and make their presence known with their whistles, sounds that are part …
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In the last monitoring work with trap cameras, a new species was recorded in the Arena Blanca Reserve, Ringed Antpipit (Corythopis torquatus), adding 481 species to the list of birds in the Arena Blanca Reserve. Ringed Antpipit Ringed Antpipit (Corythopis torquatus) is a species with a wide distribution in the Amazon, inhabits mainly on the …
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Hummingbirds are very representative birds of Arena Blanca Reserve because a few years ago the reserve has been offering to birdwatchers a hummingbird observatory that includes a large garden with different species of flowers and feeders which allows observing and photographing several hummingbird species. The Hummingbirds Hummingbirds are a family that only inhabits the Americas, …
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The Arena Blanca Reserve, located in the buffer zone of the Alto Mayo Protected Forest, is recognized for the diversity of bird species it possesses and for the services to facilitate their observation; as part of this process, Tanager observatories have been implemented, a very colorful and representative species of the tropical Andes. Tanagers Tanagers …
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