Manu Road & Machu Picchu, Peru

20 August to 7 September 2023

Tropical Birding Manu Road and Machu Picchu trip

Leader : Andres Vasquez N

Driver: Daniel

Participants: Paul and Sue Priestly

Jim Sigsbee

Jenifer Russell

Traci Hershberger

Peter Marsh

Andres has produced a report on this trip which may be seen here.

Red-crested Cotinga
Blue-necked Tanager

New Life Birds seen on this trip :-

  • Spix’s Guan (Penelope jacquacu)
  • Razor-billed Curassow (Mitu tuberosum)
  • Lyre-tailed Nightjar (Uropsalis lyra)
  • Buff-tailed Sicklebill (Eutoxeres condamini)
  • Pale-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes leucurus)
  • White-browed Hermit (Phaethornis stuarti)
  • Needle-billed Hermit (Phaethornis philippii)
  • Peruvian Piedtail (Phlogophilus harterti)
  • Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna)
  • Bearded Mountaineer (Oreonympha nobilis)
  • Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis)
  • Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)
  • White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii)
  • Gould’s Inca (Coeligena inca)
  • Rufous-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus addae)
  • Green-and-white Hummingbird (Elliotomyia viridicauda)
  • Black-bellied Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster)
  • Andean Ibis (Theristicus branickii)
  • Solitary Eagle (Buteogallus solitarius)
  • Amazonian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium hardyi)
  • Yungas Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium bolivianum)
  • Andean Motmot (Momotus aequatorialis)
  • Purus Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus)
  • White-throated Jacamar (Brachygalba albogularis)
  • Western Striolated Puffbird (Nystalus obamai)
  • Lemon-throated Barbet (Eubucco richardsoni)
  • Scarlet-hooded Barbet (Eubucco tucinkae)
  • Ocellated Piculet (Picumnus dorbignyanus)
  • Fine-barred Piculet (Picumnus subtilis)
  • Red-necked Woodpecker (Campephilus rubricollis)
  • Orange-cheeked Parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi)
  • Plum-crowned Parrot (Pionus tumultuosus)
  • Blue-headed Macaw (Primolius couloni)
  • Elegant Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus elegans)
  • Inambari Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae)
  • Slender-billed Xenops (Xenops tenuirostris)
  • Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes (Cinclodes taczanowskii)
  • Bamboo Foliage-gleaner (Anabazenops dorsalis)
  • Peruvian Treehunter (Thripadectes scrutator)
  • Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner (Automolus infuscatus)
  • White-browed Tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura xenothorax)
  • Junin Canastero (Asthenes virgata)
  • Puna Thistletail (Asthenes helleri)
  • Rusty-fronted Canastero (Asthenes ottonis)
  • Marcapata Spinetail (Cranioleuca marcapatae)
  • Creamy-crested Spinetail (Cranioleuca albicapilla)
  • Ash-browed Spinetail (Cranioleuca curtata)
  • Plain-crowned Spinetail (Synallaxis gujanensis)
  • Cabanis’s Spinetail (Synallaxis cabanisi)
  • Rufescent Antshrike (Thamnistes rufescens)
  • Ornate Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla ornata)
  • Black-throated Antbird (Myrmophylax atrothorax)
  • Amazonian Streaked Antwren (Myrmotherula multostriata)
  • Stripe-chested Antwren (Myrmotherula longicauda)
  • White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
  • Long-winged Antwren (Myrmotherula longipennis)
  • Plain-throated Antwren (Isleria hauxwelli)
  • Dusky-throated Antshrike (Thamnomanes ardesiacus)
  • Bluish-slate Antshrike (Thamnomanes schistogynus)
  • Plain-winged Antshrike (Thamnophilus schistaceus)
  • Bamboo Antshrike (Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae)
  • White-throated Antbird (Oneillornis salvini)
  • Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis subflava)
  • Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Sciaphylax hemimelaena)
  • Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Sciaphylax castanea)
  • Black Antbird (Cercomacroides serva)
  • Manu Antbird (Cercomacra manu)
  • Plumbeous Antbird (Myrmelastes hyperythrus)
  • White-lined Antbird (Myrmoborus lophotes)
  • Goeldi’s Antbird (Akletos goeldii)
  • Rufous-capped Antthrush (Formicarius colma)
  • Black-faced Antthrush (Formicarius analis)
  • Stripe-headed Antpitta (Grallaria andicolus)
  • Utcubamba Tapaculo (Scytalopus intermedius)
  • Ash-breasted Tit-tyrant (Anairetes alpinus)
  • Unstreaked Tit-tyrant (Uromyias agraphia)
  • Slender-footed Tyrannulet (Zimmerius gracilipes)
  • Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes parkeri)
  • Inca Flycatcher (Leptopogon taczanowskii)
  • White-cheeked Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus albifacies)
  • Black-backed Tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus pulchellus)
  • Spotted Tody-flycatcher (Todirostrum maculatum)
  • Golden-crowned Spadebill (Platyrinchus coronatus)
  • Lemon-browed Flycatcher (Conopias cinchoneti)
  • Golden-crowned Flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus)
  • Sulphury Flycatcher (Tyrannopsis sulphurea)
  • White-rumped Sirystes (Sirystes albocinereus)
  • White-eyed Attila (Attila bolivianus)
  • Chestnut-crested Cotinga (Ampelion rufaxilla)
  • Bare-necked Fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus)
  • Dwarf Tyrant-manakin (Tyranneutes stolzmanni)
  • Cerulean-capped Manakin (Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla)
  • Flame-crested Manakin (Heterocercus linteatus)
  • Varzea Schiffornis (Schiffornis major)
  • White-collared Jay (Cyanolyca viridicyanus)
  • Grass Wren (Cistothorus platensis)
  • Inca Wren (Pheugopedius eisenmanni)
  • White-eared Solitaire (Entomodestes leucotis)
  • Speckled Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus maculatus)
  • Hauxwell’s Thrush (Turdus hauxwelli)
  • Puna Pipit (Anthus brevirostris)
  • Olivaceous Siskin (Spinus olivaceus)
  • White-lored Euphonia (Euphonia chrysopasta)
  • Yellow-whiskered Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus parvirostris)
  • Pectoral Sparrow (Arremon taciturnus)
  • Black-spectacled Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanopsis)
  • Cuzco Brushfinch (Atlapetes canigenis)
  • Olive Oropendola (Psarocolius bifasciatus)
  • Cuzco Warbler (Myiothlypis chrysogaster)
  • Golden-collared Honeycreeper (Iridophanes pulcherrimus)
  • Slaty Tanager (Creurgops dentatus)
  • Yellow-crested Tanager (Loriotus rufiventer)
  • White-winged Shrike-tanager (Lanio versicolor)
  • Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch (Poospizopsis caesar)
  • Golden-collared Tanager (Iridosornis jelskii)
  • Spotted Tanager (Ixothraupis punctata)
  • Golden-eared Tanager (Tangara chrysotis)