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Birding in the Peruvian Rainforest

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Extreme Birding Adventures

 

New: for 2022

 

This is a life list adventure and available to serious birders only. We will be flying into a remote lake (Huito) this summer and fall to record the rarest of species in the Amazon Rainforest Jungle. This is a 6 day expedition by float plane and dugout canoe with a 4 day stay over at our remote camp. You'll have the opportunity to be one of very few people on earth to visit this inaccessible location

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Anseriformes

Family: Anhimidae

Genus: Anhima

Brisson, 1760

Species: A. cornuta

Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna), mating pair playing in a tree by the Amazon Refuge Lodge while we are rebuilding the kitchen facility. This bird is a major factor in forest dynamics (shaping the forest) by way of seed dispersal in the low lying Amazon River Rainforest...Filmed November 2016 by Kenneth Milsaps

All of these birds can be seen from the Lodge or on the Property

Hoatzin bird, a very rare opportunity to observe hours of societal behavior patterns of this pre-historic species. Family grouping films are difficult to capture.

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Opisthocomiformes

Family:Opisthocomidae

Genus:Opisthocomus
Illiger, 1811

Species:O. hoazin

Juan Carlos Palomino Berndt; 
Managing Partner

 
Mr. Berndt's immediate schedule includes an ongoing series of lectures and presentations on the Amazon Rainforest Bio-Diversity at Dartmouth College, Duke University, and other institutions; he will be your guide.
Mr. Berndt has an Empirical Degree in Biology from Cornell University, along with being one of the foremost experts in survival in the Amazon Rainforest. Juan Carlos is a veteran of the Peruvian Army and was instrumental in the removal of the Shining Path Marxist movement from Peru; opening up the return of tourism and the ecological salvation of one of earth’s most extraordinary resources. 
Juan Carlos is recognized by the International University community, Scientific Research groups, and the South American Explorer's Club as one of the top naturalist guides for the Amazon.

Birds of the Amazon

 

 

Special birds almost impossible to see elsewhere:

Wattled Curassow & Zimmer's Woodcreeper



Restricted Range species: Black-tailed Antbird.

Good birds recorded at Yanayacu: Rufous-headed Woodpecker, Rufous-capped Nunlet, Scaled Spinetail, Orange-fronted Plushcrown, Dusky-chested Flycatcher.

Varzea/Igapo specialties: Plain-breasted Piculet, Rufous-capped Nunlet, Slender-billed Xenops, Amazonian Antshrike, Plumbeous Antbird, Yellow-crowned Elaenia, Royal Flycatcher, Dusky-tailed Flatbill, Varzea Mourner, Gray-chested Greenlet.

Terra Firme: Black-throated Trogon, Bluish-cheeked Jacamar, Rufous-necked Puffbird, Chestnut-capped Puffbird, Collared Puffbird, Bar-bellied Woodcreeper Spot-throated Woodcreeper, Saturnine Antshrike, Wire-tailed Manakin, Dot-backed Antbird.

Mauritia palm stands: Point-tailed Palmcreeper, Sulphury Flycatcher, and Red-bellied Macaw.

Night birds: Zig-Zag Heron, Boat-billed Heron, Great Potoo, Long-tailed Potoo, Spectacled Owl.

On the water-conspicuous birds: Horned Screamer, Black-collared Hawk, Green Ibis, Sungrebe, 5 species of Kingfishers, Slate-colored Hawk, White-eared Jacamar, Wattled Jacana, Hoatzin, Velvet-fronted Grackle, Red-and-white Spinetail, Plum-throated Cotinga, Band-tailed Oropendula.

Parrots: Blue-and-Yellow Macaw, Rose-fronted Parakeet, Festive Parrot and Short-tailed Parrot.

Juan Carlos Birding
Birding in Peru
Birding in Peru

4°20'4.37"S 73°17'59.88"W

Birding in Peru
Birding in Peru
Birding in Peru
Birding in Peru
Birding in Peru

  4°22'58.51"S  73°17'2.02"W

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