Trip Report - Sandia and Beyond

May 2006 - Juvenal Ccahuana , David Geale, Wim ten Have

Report by David Geale

Introduction

After a first visit to the poorly-known Sandia area in November 2005, we were keen to give this border-region birding hotspot another chance to produce some good birds, and it did. In exactly one week of travelling from Cusco, we tallied 304 species, including several new birds for all of us. Among the highlights were two species that had only been recorded once previously in Peru: Ochre-cheeked Spinetail and Yungas Antwren.

13May-2006

Leaving Cusco in the morning, we basically spent this day driving to Cuyocuyo, a small village squeezed between crumbling mountain slopes above Sandia. Brief roadside stops to break up the journey produced the endemic Rusty-fronted Canastero near Cusco and Chilean Flamingos, Giant Coots and Andean Ibises near Azangaro. Later we enjoyed good views of an Ornate Tinamou crossing the road before stopping to look for Hellmayr’s Pipit where we had seen one in November, but we only found a Paramo Pipit and dozens of Slender-billed Miners. Resuming our journey, a cooperative Grey-breasted Seedsnipe posed in the late afternoon light, a Burrowing Owl calmly watched us drive by, and hundreds of Puna Miners flushed from the roadside as the sun set. We found the road washed out not far above Cuyocuyo, but a short detour to a ford across the river solved the problem and we arrived at our basic hotel early in the evening. After trying to enjoy some lukewarm chicken, we headed for bed anticipating the beginning of real birding the next day.

14May-2006

We began the day with a two hour drive to some unimpressive looking habitat below Sandia inhabited by the very localized endemic Green-capped Tanager – and indeed, one of the first birds to show up as we enjoyed a field breakfast was a female of this sought-after but locally common species. Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatchers were also easy to see, and White-winged Black-Tyrant and White-bellied Hummingbird were further breakfast stop additions. As we loaded back into the car to head down the valley, a flock of White-tipped Swifts passed overhead.

A brief stop at 1600 m. was interesting not for the rarity of the birds we found but for the elevation at which they were living, apparently happily – Black-throated Flowerpiecer associating with Silver-beaked Tanagers, a Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager giving alarm calls at a Roadside Hawk. Along with the flowerpiecer and bush-tanager, a furtive Maroon-breasted/Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant was a little bit lower than typical for its species.

Our next stop was at the site where, the year before, I had seen a mysterious Herpsilochmus antwren – but none seemed to be present this time. In fact, there were very few birds at all beyond a pair of Two-banded Warblers in the area, so we drove on to a creekside lunch stop around mid-day. After sandwiches, a small bridge across the Sandia River led us into some shade coffee plantations which we largely silent in the heat of the early afternoon, but we did have close views of a shimmering Blue-tailed Emerald and tracked down an Andean Slaty-Thrush as it attempted to escape into a dense vine tangle.

As the day cooled down, we returned back up the valley, finding a Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet – not nearly as common on the east slope as on the coast in Peru – and a pair of Andean Cock-of-the-Rocks before stopping again at the Herpsilochmus site. Again we came up empty on the antwren, but a Black-streaked Puffbird was a good sighting, and we had as-crippling-as-possible views of a Yungas Tody-Tyrant, a species that was first discovered in Peru just five years ago.

In the fading light we enjoyed a good montane forest flock of mostly common species including Bolivian Tyrannulet and Bronze-green Euphonia, and finally added a Chestnut-tipped & Blue-banded Toucanets before driving up to Abra Marancunca where we set up a roadside camp for the night.

15May-2006

With great anticipation, we awoke to a chorus of hummingbirds – mostly Green and Sparkling Violet-ears – along with a single Yellow-throated Tanager, and had a quick breakfast before heading off down a track into good montane forest. This is reputedly a site for Scimitar-winged Piha, and though we spent most of the day in what we thought was good habitat we failed to rediscover the species here – we believe it’s been 20 years since a confirmed sighting in Peru. However, the birding was excellent.

One of the first birds we came across upon entering the forest was a Brown Violet-ear singing and chasing other hummingbirds (including a Green-fronted Lancebill) around a small clearing. Other notable hummingbirds seen during the day included Gould’s Inca and Buff-thighed Puffleg.

We found the forest to be in fairly good shape, although there was evidence that some small-scale logging was taking place. In particular, the place where we’d had point-blank views of Ochre-breasted Antpitta in 2005 had been felled and we only managed to hear this cute bird this time around. As we continued down the trail into taller patches of forest, we enjoyed several small flocks containing species such as Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (very common here), Tawny-breasted Flycatcher, Pale-legged Warbler and the local race of Variable Antshrike which gave us excellent views of its speckled belly which distinguishes it from its counterparts in the rest of Peru.

A sudden movement in still treetops always demands attention, especially when looking for an elusive cotinga – but this particularly movement turned out to be not the piha I’d hoped for, but a stunning male Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater that led us to an active fruiting tree where we enjoyed his beauty along with Saffron-crowned Tanagers. Also in the area were several Andean Cock-of-the-Rocks and a pair of White-eared Solitaire, which for some reason made us think there must also be a piha nearby, but we found none. In the early afternoon our hopes started to fade, in spite of continued activity – a good flock passed within metres of me allowing close views of Rusty-winged Barbtail and Chestnut-breasted Wren – and we soon decided to head back toward the road.

As we crossed a small creek on an even smaller log bridge, Juve spotted a tiny, dark bird darting in the understory. Soon it was bill-snapping, and then suddenly perching in full view barely 5 metres away singing energetically, if not particularly loudly – Hazel-fronted Pygmy-Tyrant! Satisfied in spite of the lack of pihas, we walked contentedly back to the car, adding Bluish Flowerpiercer and photographing a cooperative White-winged Black-Tyrant en route.

After a very late but well deserved lunch, we began the drive down to San Juan del Oro, the last town to appear on our map of the area. We arrived just before dusk and decided to spend the night there rather than continuing on to Putina Punco.

16May-2006

We spent most of the next morning birding productively between San Juan del Oro and Putina Punco. We had glimpses of Barred Forest-Falcon early in the morning, as more Yungas Tody-Tyrants called from bushy bamboo thickets. A small flock produced at least five Yellow-bellied Tanagers, normally not an especially common bird. More rustling in thickets proved to be caused by Masked Yellowthroats, but the best bird by far was a calling pair of Ochre-cheeked Spinetails – only recorded once before in Peru, in 2005 – that allowed brief but clear views of their striking pattern. This species had been one of our main targets for the trip and we were thrilled to have it under our belts. Further on two manakins – Wing-barred Piprites and Jet Manakin – were welcome additions before yet another flock materialized, highlighted by the neon colours of a male Blue-naped Chlorophonia.

In November, we had enjoyed good birding on a particular side track above Putina Punco, and we decided to give it another try – and it was even better this time! We had barely started walking when a Thamnophilus called – a Chestnut-backed Antshrike, but it provoked Wim to remind himself what Upland sounded like by playing his recording. Barely a minute later, a faint call – was it the same as Wim’s recording? – sounded from up the slope in a bamboo thicket, and we headed in that direction. Wim produced the canned tape again, and suddenly a male Upland Antshrike landed a metre in front of our noses! Needless to say, he didn’t stay there long, but it was enough! Juve wasn’t with us at the time, so we left the bird alone hoping he would respond to tape again a little bit later.

We continued up the trail to some agricultural plots and found a female Rufous-crested Coquette feeding at some Inga trees before we were assaulted by an incredible flock. Chestnut-vented Conebills picked through the canopy; White-winged and Chestnut-crowned Becards perched quietly in the shade; Black-faced Dacnises called thinly as they flew between trees; a Streaked Xenops tapped in a vine tangle; a Bar-breasted Piculet – the best bird of the flock – offered good views as it worked through the understory. When we thought it was all over, suddenly more than 30 Swallow-Tanagers started hawking insects from the treetops. We finally reunited with Juve and headed back to the Upland Antshrike, who obliged us with more prolonged close-up views! More than satisfied with the morning’s birding, we headed back for the car – but then came the biggest surprise of the trip. Just across a creek 30 metres ahead of us on the road was a pile of dry trunks – with a Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo sitting calmly on it! Hardly believing our luck, we watched, stunned, for fifteen seconds. Then the cuckoo decided to descend to the creek, apparently for a drink. That seemed to wake us up and we reached for our cameras – at which point a Crested Oropendola decided that it didn’t like the look of this odd bird and attacked it violently, driving the cuckoo off into the undergrowth before we could snap a single picture. Concentrating on being elated with the sighting and not angry with the oropendola, we sat down to another picnic lunch.

We spent the late afternoon driving on to Putina Punco and beyond, where we located a road leading nearly to the Bolivian border where recently Bolivian Recurvebill and Yungas Antwren had been reported. The access was via a footbridge, and after adding Chestnut-fronted Macaw and Amazonian Oropendola to our fast-growing list, we camped on the soccer pitch in a small village near the bridge, planning to head for the border the next day.

17May-2006

As arranged the day before with the driver of the combi operating along the road on the other side of the river, we crossed the bridge at 4:00 AM, spotlighting a Band-bellied Owl as the driver prepared himself – which took quite a while. As it turned out, the vehicle had advanced less than a kilometre up the track by 5:30 when it unceremoniously started spewing smoke. We decided to walk.

As dawn broke, we found ourselves in a mosaic of relatively intact dryish upper tropical forest and shade coffee plantations. Birds like Tawny-throated Leaftosser and Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher gave a distinctly tropical feeling before breakfast. As we paused for our morning meal, birds were all around us – including another Bar-breasted Piculet and pair of calling Rufous-winged Antwrens, which we found to be a common bird along stretches of the road. Before the day heated up, we came to a patch of bamboo, where we found our first of many Dot-winged Antwrens, Striated Antbirds and Upland Antshrikes. But it was a tiny bird that stole the show – a cooperative pair of White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrants flitting in bamboo and roadside shrubs that barely escaped our cameras.

After close views of two Little Tinamous, things slowed down a bit except for the constant calling of Rufous-winged Antwrens and an occasional small flock of elaenias, including at least some Small-billed. Crossing a ridge, the forest became notably drier and coffee plantations more extensive. During a late morning rest in the shade, we were visited by a Violet-headed Hummingbird, followed by calling Euler’s and Bran-coloured Flycatchers.

Through the early afternoon we encountered several good flocks; many of them contained Yellow-crested Tanager and Rufous-browed Peppershrike. Guira Tanager we also found to be common, while one particularly flycatchery spot had Bolivian Tyrannulet, Tropical Pewee, Long-tailed Tyrant and Streaked Flycatcher along with Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet (which was frequently encountered) and a surprising Red-billed Tyrannulet. As we sat down to lunch, a Thrush-like Schiffornis called from a nearby thicket.

The late afternoon brought yet more birds, including a Golden-rumped Euphonia – not surprisingly fussing about a mistletoe plant – and frequent flyovers of small groups of Military Macaws. We had good views of a Rufous-headed Woodpecker, followed by White-throated Woodpecker, before coming across a flurry of activity around a small pool of water on the track. Most of the birds turned out to be the ones that we’d been seeing, but good views of the endemic Golden-bellied Warbler were welcome. The best bird of the day came late in the afternoon as we neared the village of Palmerani – a male Yungas Antwren accompanying a flock along the edge of a patch of relatively humid forest – a second record for Peru! Satisfied but tired after having walked more than twelve hours, we arrived at Palmerani, which turned out to be a collection of about five houses, a school and a health post. We arranged to sleep in the latter, managed to buy some macaroni and sardines, borrow an alcohol stove and plates, and cooked what Wim pronounced “the worst food I’ve ever eaten.” As we washed our borrowed pots and plates, an Ocellated Poorwill called nearby, and to round off the day with the same bird that started it, a Band-bellied Owl hooted up the hillside.

18May-2006

We woke up on the floor of the health post to the sound of a Strong-billed Woodcreeper calling loudly in the trees beyond the school, and with very little preamble began the long walk back to the bridge and our vehicle. We had a long way to go and did less birding than the previous day, but still picked up a handful of new species for the trip. One of the first birds we found was a calling Large-headed Flatbill in a bamboo patch, which, like every other patch we checked, seemed to not harbour a Bolivian Recurvebill. Other such bamboo patches did produce Ornate Antwrens, and in one we had brief but close views of a White-browed Hermit. Juve also had another Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo which allowed him good looks – how many times have two individuals of that species been seen well on one trip?

We encountered some activity on the last descent to the Tambopata River, and added White-shouldered and Plain-winged Antshrikes (again making us feel that we were truly in the Amazon lowlands) along with a Black-goggled Tanager. We spent the afternoon driving uneventfully back to San Juan del Oro.

19May-2006

This was meant to be our “drive out” day, but we were still curious about the mysterious Herpsilochmus antwren that I had seen below Sandia in 2005, so we made a “quick” stop to have another look for it. As we got out of the car, it was calling! Unfortunately it was a long way up the slope and did not respond to tape of Black-capped Antwren – which was eliminated as a possibility when we climbed a steep trail up the hill and heard the birds at close range. We came across several good flocks – or the same on several times – and added Fuscous Flycatcher to the list and enjoyed fabulous views of Versicoloured Barbets. Eventually, we had good views of the Herpsilochmus – it was Creamy-bellied Antwren! The bird responded well to tape, and we were even able to see the creamy colour on the belly as it perched in a nearby treetop. This sighting represents a significant range extension, as the species had previously been recorded south only to northern Cusco – and we were now in southern Puno! Happy to have made a significant observation and only slightly disappointed that it wasn’t a Black-capped – which would have been the first confirmed record for Peru – we headed up the road, eating a dubious lunch in Sandia, passing through Cuyocuyo and ascending again to the puna.

Twice I stopped the car for a small grey finch by the roadside – both times Plumbeous Sierra-Finch. But on the third try, we struck gold – Short-tailed Finch! What a bill these guys have! There turned out to be at least 12 of them working shady, rocky places, uprooting mosses and extracting seeds from the earth. Occasionally one would hop out into the sun, and our

cameras worked overtime, producing moderately good pictures of this rare species. Soon after we resumed driving, the sun set over the puna, the temperature plummeted and the road stayed pot-holed and bone-jarring all the way in to Putina. Arriving there well after dark, we found an acceptable hotel, ate a half chicken each (literally!) and wrapped ourselves in blankets and sleeping bags for the night.

20May-2006

Now we could have our “drive out” day – and indeed there were few birds to look for. Passing through the Huancané area lakes, we found at least five individuals of the threatened Titicaca Grebe on a small reed-fringed lake, but they were a little bit too distant and back-lit to photograph, so we settled for pictures of its cute congener, the White-tufted Grebe. After sampling a variety of high Andean waterfowl, we decided to head for Juliaca, where Wim dropped us off at the bus terminal and drove on to Arequipa. Juve and I slept through the 6 hour bus ride to Cusco, exhausted but content.

		Cusco- Cuyocuyo	Sandia Valley	Abra Marancunca	San Juan del Oro Valley	Palmerani Road
1	Little Tinamou					X
2	Ornate Tinamou	X
3	White-tufted Grebe	X
4	Titicaca Grebe	X
5	Silvery Grebe	X
6	Snowy Egret	X
7	Cattle Egret	X
8	Black-crowned Night-Heron	X
9	Andean Ibis	X
10	Puna Ibis	X
11	Chilean Flamingo	X
12	Andean Goose	X
13	Torrent Duck		X
14	Speckled Teal	X
15	Crested Duck	X
16	Yellow-billed Pintail	X
17	Puna Teal	X
18	Cinnamon Teal	X
19	Andean Duck	X
20	Black Vulture				X
21	Turkey Vulture		X		X	X
22	Roadside Hawk		X		X	X
23	Short-tailed Hawk					X
24	Red-backed Hawk		X
25	Puna Hawk	X
26	Mountain Caracara	X
27	Barred Forest-Falcon				X	X
28	American Kestrel	X
29	Aplomado Falcon	X
30	Speckled Chachalaca		X		X	X
31	Andean Guan		X	X
32	Common Moorhen	X
33	Andean Coot	X
34	Giant Coot	X
35	Black-necked Stilt	X
36	Andean Lapwing	X
37	Grey-breasted Seedsnipe	X
38	Andean Gull	X
39	Rock Pigeon	X	X		X
40	Spot-winged Pigeon	X
41	Pale-vented Pigeon				X
42	Plumbeous Pigeon		X	X	X	X
43	Ruddy Pigeon					X
44	Eared Dove	X	X
45	Bare-fared Ground-Dove	X
46	White-tipped Dove		X
47	Grey-fronted Dove				X	X
48	Military Macaw					X
49	Chestnut-fronted Macaw				X	X
50	Blue-headed Parrot				X	X
51	Mealy Parrot				X	X
52	Squirrel Cuckoo		X		X	X
53	Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo				X	X
54	Band-bellied Owl					X
55	Burrowing Owl	X
56	Ocellated Poorwill					X
57	Chestnut-collared Swift				X	X
58	White-collared Swift				X	X
59	White-tipped Swift		X
60	Great-billed Hermit		X		X
61	White-browed Hermit					X
62	Green-fronted Lancebill			X
63	Grey-breasted Sabrewing					X
64	White-necked Jacobin				X
65	Brown Violet-ear			X
66	Green Violet-ear			X
67	Sparkling Violet-ear	X		X
68	Violet-headed Hummingbird					X
69	Rufous-crested Coquette				X	X
70	Blue-tailed Emerald				X	X
71	Fork-tailed Woodnymph					X
72	White-bellied Hummingbird		X
73	Sapphire-spangled Emerald					X
74	Speckled Hummingbird			X
75	Bronzy Inca			X
76	Gould's Inca			X
77	Buff-thighed Puffleg			X
78	Booted Racket-tail			X
79	Long-tailed Sylph			X
80	Masked Trogon			X
81	Blue-crowned Trogon					X
82	Black-tailed Trogon					X
83	Bluish-fronted Jacamar				X	X
84	Black-streaked Puffbird		X
85	Black-fronted Nunbird				X
86	Lemon-throated Barbet					X
87	Versicoloured Barbet		X	X	X
88	Chestnut-tipped Toucanet		X			X
89	Blue-banded Toucanet			X
90	Chestnut-eared Aracari					X
91	White-throated Toucan					X
92	Bar-breasted Piculet				X	X
93	White-throated Woodpecker					X
94	Rufous-headed Woodpecker					X
95	Lineated Woodpecker					X
96	Puna Miner	X
97	Slender-billed Miner	X
98	Plain-breasted Earthcreeper	X
99	Bar-winged Cinclodes	X
100	White-winged Cinclodes	X
101	Wren-like Rushbird	X
102	Ochre-cheeked Spinetail				X
103	Azara's Spinetail		X	X
104	Cabanis' Spinetail				X	X
105	Plain-crowned Spinetail				X	X
106	Ash-browed Spinetail				X	X
107	Rusty-fronted Canastero	X
108	Cordilleran Canastero	X
109	Streak-throated Canastero	X
110	Rusty-winged Barbtail			X
111	Plain Xenops					X
112	Streaked Xenops				X	X
113	Montane Foliage-gleaner		X		X
114	Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner					X
115	Tawny-throated Leaftosser					X
116	Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper		X
117	Olivaceous Woodcreeper		X		X	X
118	Strong-billed Woodcreeper					X
119	Olive-backed Woodcreeper				X
120	Montane Woodcreeper			X
121	Chestnut-backed Antshrike		X		X	X
122	White-shouldered Antshrike					X
123	Upland Antshrike				X	X
124	Plain-winged Antshrike					X
125	Variable Antshrike			X
126	Plain Antvireo				X	X
127	Bluish-slate Antshrike					X
128	Stripe-chested Antwren		X		X	X
129	Ornate Antwren					X
130	White-flanked Antwren					X
131	Yungas Antwren					X
132	Creamy-bellied Antwren		X
133	Rufous-winged Antwren					X
134	Dot-winged Antwren					X
135	Striated Antbird					X
136	Black Antbird					X
137	White-backed Fire-eye		X	X		X
138	White-browed Antbird					X
139	Black-faced Antbird					X
140	Warbling Antbird				X	X
141	Chestnut-tailed Antbird					X
142	Black-faced Antthrush					X
143	Ochre-breasted Antpitta			X
144	Trilling Tapaculo			X
145	Bolivian Tapculo			X	X
146	Scarlet-breasted Fruiteater			X
147	Andean Cock-of-the-rock		X	X	X
148	Jet Manakin				X
149	Yungas Manakin		X	X	X	X
150	Round-tailed Manakin					X
151	Wing-barred Piprites				X	X
152	Thrush-like Schiffornis					X
153	Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet		X			X
154	Forest Elaenia					X
155	Small-billed Elaenia					X
156	Highland Elaenia		X
157	Torrent Tyrannulet				X
158	Ochre-bellied Flycatcher				X	X
159	Streak-necked Flycatcher		X	X	X	X
160	MacConnell's Flycatcher					X
161	Sepia-capped Flycatcher					X
162	Slaty-capped Flycatcher		X	X
163	Hazel-fronted Pygmy-Tyrant			X
164	Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet					X
165	Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet			X
166	Bolivian Tyrannulet		X		X	X
167	Red-billed Tyrannulet					X
168	Many-coloured Rush-Tyrant	X
169	White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant					X
170	Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher		X	X	X
171	Yungas Tody-Tyrant		X		X	X
172	Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher					X
173	Large-headed Flatbill					X
174	Grey-crowned Flycatcher					X
175	Yellow-breasted Flycatcher		X		X	X
176	Bran-coloured Flycatcher				X	X
177	Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher					X
178	Tawny-breasted Flycatcher			X
179	Cinnamon Flycatcher		X	X	X	X
180	Fuscous Flycatcher		X
181	Euler's Flycatcher					X
182	Tropical Pewee					X
183	Black Phoebe		X		X	X
184	Vermilion Flycatcher				X
185	Maroon-chested Chat-Tyrant		X
186	Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant	X
187	Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant	X
188	Puna Ground-Tyrant	X
189	Taczanowski's Ground-Tyrant	X
190	Cinereous Ground-Tyrant	X
191	White-fronted Ground-Tyrant	X
192	Andean Negrito	X
193	White-winged Black-Tyrant		X	X	X
194	Long-tailed Tyrant				X	X
195	Dusky-capped Flycatcher				X	X
196	Short-crested Flycatcher					X
197	Social Flycatcher					X
198	Golden-crowned Flycatcher		X
199	Streaked Flycatcher				X	X
200	Tropical Kingbird		X		X	X
201	Chestnut-crowned Becard		X		X	X
202	White-winged Becard				X	X
203	Masked Tityra					X
204	Blue-and-white Swallow		X		X	X
205	White-banded Swallow				X
206	Southern Rough-winged Swallow		X		X	X
207	Paramo Pipit	X
208	Moustached Wren		X		X	X
209	House Wren	X	X		X	X
210	Mountain Wren			X
211	Grey-breasted Wood-Wren			X
212	Scaly-breasted Wren					X
213	Chestnut-breasted Wren			X
214	Andean Solitaire		X
215	White-eared Solitaire			X
216	Chiguanco Thrush	X	X
217	Great Thrush		X
218	Andean Slaty-Thrush		X
219	Green Jay		X	X	X
220	Violaceous Jay		X		X	X
221	House Sparrow				X
222	Brown-capped Vireo			X
223	Red-eyed Vireo		X		X	X
224	Dusky-capped Greenlet					X
225	Tawny-crowned Greenlet					X
226	Rufous-browed Peppershrike				X	X
227	Black Siskin	X
228	Tropical Parula				X	X
229	Masked Yellowthroat				X
230	Slate-throated Whitestart		X
231	Two-banded Warbler		X		X	X
232	Golden-bellied Warbler				X	X
233	Pale-legged Warbler			X
234	Russet-crowned Warbler		X	X
235	Three-striped Warbler		X	X	X
236	Buff-rumped Warbler					X
237	Bananaquit		X		X	X
238	Chestnut-vented Conebill				X	X
239	Magpie Tanager				X	X
240	Common Bush-Tanager			X
241	Yellow-whiskered Bush-Tanager		X
242	Black-eared Hemispingus		X
243	Rust-and-yellow Tanager		X	X	X	X
244	Guira Tanager					X
245	Yellow-crested Tanager					X
246	Black-goggled Tanager					X
247	Silver-beaked Tanager		X		X	X
248	Blue-grey Tanager				X	X
249	Palm Tanager		X		X	X
250	Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager		X
251	Yellow-throated Tanager			X
252	Fawn-breasted Tanager					X
253	Purple-throated Euphonia					X
254	Thick-billed Euphonia					X
255	Golden-rumped Euphonia					X
256	Bronze-green Euphonia		X	X
257	White-lored Euphonia				X	X
258	Orange-bellied Euphonia		X	X	X	X
259	Blue-naped Chlorophonia				X	X
260	Orange-eared Tanager					X
261	Paradise Tanager				X	X
262	Green-and-gold Tanager					X
263	Saffron-crowned Tanager			X
264	Yellow-bellied Tanager				X	X
265	Spotted Tanager		X		X
266	Bay-headed Tanager				X	X
267	Green-capped Tanager		X
268	Blue-necked Tanager		X		X	X
269	Black-faced Dacnis				X	X
270	Blue Dacnis				X	X
271	Green Honeycreeper				X	X
272	Purple Honeycreeper				X	X
273	Swallow-Tanager				X
274	Peruvian Sierra-Finch	X
275	Mourning Sierra-Finch	X
276	Plumbeous Sierra-Finch	X
277	Band-tailed Sierra-Finch	X
278	Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch	X
279	White-winged Diuca-Finch	X
280	Short-tailed Finch	X
281	Band-tailed Seedeater	X
282	Plain-coloured Seedeater	X
283	Rusty Flowerpiercer		X	X
284	Black-throated Flowerpiercer		X
285	Bluish Flowerpiercer			X
286	Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch	X
287	Greenish Yellow-Finch	X
288	Dark-faced Brush-Finch			X
289	Pectoral Sparrow					X
290	Yellow-browed Sparrow		X		X	X
291	Rufous-collared Sparrow	X	X	X
292	Greyish Saltator					X
293	Buff-throated Saltator		X	X	X	X
294	Slate-coloured Grosbeak					X
295	Golden-billed Saltator	X	X
296	Black-backed Grosbeak		X		X	X
297	Blue-black Grosbeak					X
298	Yellow-winged Blackbird	X
299	Giant Cowbird				X
300	Yellow-rumped Cacique				X
301	Crested Oropendola		X		X	X
302	Dusky-green Oropendola		X
303	Russet-backed Oropendola				X	X
304	Amazonian Oropendola					X
	Total Species in each Area	69	79	54	102	152

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