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Birding in Peru – Marvelous Spatuletail & Long-whiskered Owlet (Part 3)

The third part of this trip to birding in Peru took us to the departments of San Martín and Amazonas, in search of the legendary Marvelous Spatuletail and Long-whiskered Owlet, among other endemic species.

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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.

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Top 10 birds of Northern Peru Birding Route

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 of Peru and the planet (Young, 2007).

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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.

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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.

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Colibrí cola de espátula

Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis), the iconic bird of Peru

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.

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Hummingbirds of Arena Blanca Reserve, Alto Mayo Protected Forest, San Martin, Peru

Hummingbirds of Arena Blanca Reserve, Alto Mayo Protected Forest, San Martin, Peru

Hummingbirds are very representative birds of Arena Blanca Reserve because a large garden with different species of flowers and feeders which allows observing and photographing several hummingbird species.

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record of hummingbirds

Record of Hummingbirds of Northern Peru Birding Route

Hummingbirds´watching is a very interesting activity on The Northern Peru Birding Route. For this reason, in 2019, we began to record the diversity of this family in the main observatories of this especies of northern Peru, having recorded, in that year up to 62 different species in total.

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