Northern PERU: Whiskered Owlet
& Marvelous Spatuletail

11 Day/10 Night Itinerary

Day 1 - Arrive in Lima / Hotel el Ducado
Night in Lima

Day 2 - Lima / Hotel el Ducado
After Breakfast , We will go to visit Lomas de Lachay. it is about two hours from Lima. it is a dry desert forest. We will look for some peruvian endemics like Cactus Canastero, Thick billed Miner, Raimondi's Yellow Finch, Oasis Humminbirdm, Peruvian Sheartail, Peruvian Meadowlark, Least Seedsnipe and more. We will enjoy our box lunch in the reserve.

Day 3 - Chapparri Ecolodge
We will take the first flight to chiclayo and then transfer to Batan Grande. Here we'll bird in the santuary Bosque the Pomac (the protected Algorrobo) woodland for Rufous Flycatcher (endemic), Necklaced Spinetail, Peruvian Plantcutter (endemic) , Baird’s Flycatcher, Supercilliaried Wren, Coastal Miner, and more. We will have a lunch in the Chiclayo and the we will drive drive to Chaparri lodge before we will stop at the Tinajones reservoir and see if any Black-faced Ibis and Comb duck are in the area and then to the Chapparri Ecolodge. This ecolodge is situated in a community reserve and we’ll spend the night at these charming accommodations.

Day 4 - Chapparri Ecolodge
This morning , we will have a leisurely breakfast at the lodge – Almost every morning at 6:15am several species of hummingbirds gather to bathe in the stream in front of the dining room. Watching this spectacle with a cup of coffee is apopular way to start the day. Depending on the weather an season we may see Purple-collared Woodstar, Tumbes Hummingbird and Amazilia Hummingbirds, Long-billed Starthroat, Short-tailed Woodstar Oasis Hummingbird . Other specialities here include sulphur-throated and Cinereous Finch, White winged Guan (they have a wild population in the forest), as well as such mammals as White-tailed Deer and Sechuran Fox. The possibilities include: Tumbes Tyrant (endemic), Tumbes Sparrow, Sulphur-throated Finch, Scarlet-backed Woodpecker, Gray-breasted Flycatcher , Gray and Gold Warbler, Sooty-capped Flycatcher, Gray and White Tyrannulet and more. We'll head to Olmos in the late afternoon.

Day 5 - Hotel El Bosque
Leaving the coastal strip behind we'll set off early heading for one of the lowest passes in the Andes - Abra Porculla. Making select stops along the way, we will pay particular attention to a side trail where we have seen Piura Chat-tyrant endemic, a very rare and local endemic. Other birds we may see include: Black-cowled Saltator, Andean Tinamou, Elegant Crescentchest, Three-banded Warbler, White-winged and Bay crowned Brush-Finch’s Chapman’s Antshrike, Rufous-necked and Henna-hooded Foliage-Gleaners, Ecuadorian Piculet, Yellow-bellied and Black and White Seedeaters. Dropping over the east side of the pass for lunch, we'll drive straight through to our hotel. but before we will make effort to get the endecmic Little Inca Finch and then we will arrive to Jaen on the lip of the Maranon canyon we'll transfer to our hotel. Night Hotel El Bosque.

Day 6 - Owlet Lodge
We'll drive to a side road to el seminario where we have had spectacular success with the endemic Maranon Crescentchest. Here we will see other Maranon endemics including- Buff-bellied Tanager, Chinchipe Spinetail, Marañon Slaty Antshrike, Sooty-crowned Flycatcher, Marañon Spinetail, Marañon Thrush and Yellow-cheeked Becard. The distinct Maranon races of Speckle-breasted Wren and Black-capped Sparrows are here too as well as Tataupa Tinamou . After lunch we’ll head for Pomacochas with stop for Little Inca Finch along the way,(if we didn t see the day before) We continue up the Utcubamba river, keeping an eye out for Fasciated Tiger-heron and Torrent Duck passing through Pedro Ruiz and onto Florida . we will Visit the Hummingbird center , we will stop to watch the hummingbird feeders. there are 3 males Marvelous Spatuletail moving around the feederes plus 9 other species..
It is nice to watch this hummingbird at the feeders -- amazing …
Night Owlet lodge

Day 7 - Owlet Lodge
We will have two full days at Abra Patricia area. it will be our base to explorer the area and we will look for the anpittas. Ochre fronted, chestnut and rusty tinged Antpittas the garden at the Owlet Lodge has White-throated Screech Owl and Rufous-banded Owl. We may bump into mixed flocks with Blue-browed, Metallic-green and other Tanagers. we will bird in the trails for the new Lulu’s Tody-tyrant, Tyrranine Woodcreeper, Spotted and Rusty-winged Barbtails. we'll bird varous altitudinal zones between 1000 and 2200 meters . We will visit one of the areas for the endemcis Ash-throated Antwren . Target birds - some very rare -we hope to see include; Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant, Bar-winged Wood-wren (endemic), Royal Sunangel (endemic), Equatorial Graytail, White-capped and Scaly-naped Parrots, Straw-backed, Metallic-green and Blue-browed Tanagers, White-capped Tanager, Wedge-billed Hummingbird, Crimson- mantled Woodpecker, Montane Woodcreeper. We may hear or see if we are lucky Ochre-fronted (endemic) or Rusty-tinged Antpittas (endemic). Long-tailed Antbird, Large-footed Tapaculo, Golden-faced Tyranulet, Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet, Ecuadorian Tyrannulet, Fiery-throated and Scaled Fruiteaters, Cock of the Rock, Lanceolated Monklet., Barred Becard , Sharpe’s Wren, Black-crested Warbler, Bicolored Antvireo.Night birding should be good here with Rufous-banded Owl, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Rufous-bellied Nighthawk, Cinnamon Screech . One night we will try the new trail for the Long-whiskeret owlet.
Nights Owlet Lodge.

Day 8 - Moyobamaba
Early morning birding at Abra Patricia and then onto Puente Aguas Verdes Further downslope from Abra Patricia, near the tiny settlement of Afluente, the road passes through beautiful lower upper tropical forests where another set of new and exciting birds will await us in excellent roadside habitat. The most noteworthy specialities are the tiny Speckle-chested Piculet and the canopy-dwelling Ash-throated Antwren. We have excellent chances of seeing the flame-coloured Andean Cock-of-the-Rock shooting across the road or indulging its taste for fruit, and of seeing the Ecuadorian Piedtail. The endemic Huallaga (Tanager is fairly common here and the rather modestly-adorned Yellow-throated and Ashy-throated Bush-Tanagers make their rounds in noisy family parties. We will enjoy the mixed flogs and looking for the beautiful Versicoloured Barbet, the noisy Yellow-breasted Antwren, the restless Grey-mantled Wren and the easily overlooked Equatorial Greytail.

Other birds we may find in this ‘purple patch’ include Ruddy and Plumbeous Pigeons, White-eyed Parakeet, Red-billed Parrot, Black-mandibled Toucan, Golden-olive, Smoky-brown Woodpecker, Olivaceous and Olive-backed Woodcreepers, Ash-browed Spinetail, Montane and Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaners, Streaked Xenops, Lined Antshrike, Plain Antvireo, Rufous rumped Antwren, Blackish Antbird, ‘Northern’ White-crowned Tapaculo (though the taxonomic position of the form concerned remains to be determined), Golden-winged Manakin, Slaty -capped, Ornate and Olive-chested Flycatchers, Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant, Plumbeous- crowned and Ecuadorian Tyrannulets. Later we shall continue on our journey, and a few stops in cleared areas may well produce open country and second growth species. Night in Moyobamaba

Day 9 - Tarappoto
In the morning we will visit the Quebrada Mishquiyacu looking for Fiery Throated Fruiteater,spot back Antbird,coraya wren, fiery capped manakin, Coraya wren, Lancelated Monklet.Black billed seed Finch, and then we will visit the magnificent hummingbird feeders , it included the pretty Rufous crested Coquette, Saphirre Spangle Emerald, Long tailed Hermit, Rufous brestaed Hermit, White necked Jacobin, gray Breasted Sapphirewing, we will drive back to Tarapoto. but will stop for the enigmatic oilbird.
Night in Tarappoto

Day 10 - Return to Lima
Fly back to Lima in the morning. and we will visit pantanos de villa for Grebe, many colored Rush tyrant, wren like rush bird and much more .

Day 11 - Depart for home!