LLANOS DE MOJOS & LIST 
BOLIVIA

BENI, (near TRINIDAD) (Compass)

Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl 
Protected/registered status 
Best Time for visit (August - 13th December, 2005)

 

Birding Site Guide

I birded this area while working as a volunteer on the World Parrot Trust Blue-throated Macaw project and many areas I went were on private land where we had permission to work. Blue-throated Macaws are all on private land and cannot really be seen privately. The best thing to do is contact Armonia and ask them advice. There is also a travel agent in Trinidad that can organise a tour to see the bird on a local estancia. Other areas of interest are along the main road north towards San Ramon. Between the towns of San Javier and San Pedro there are good wetland areas (in the dry season) for water birds including Ash-throated Crake, Rufous-sided Crake and 3 species of Stork. Stopping anywhere along this road however can be rewarding. After about 2 hours, you reach the River Ipurupuru with a pontoon bridge across. Further north from here there is a fork and you can go left towards Santa Ana (only in the dry season). This road passes close by the Rio Mamore and its gallery forest has some distinctly Amazonian type birds like Red-rumped Cacique. After this there is a ferry boat across the river to Santa Ana. Back at the fork, go right towards San Ramon. After an hour or so, you will see a big lake. Watch out in roadside ditches on the other side for Sunbittern. Little Cuckoo was also seen across here. This is private land which the road passes through. Don't stray from the road. The Llanos has very extreme seasons. The dry season is incredible dry and often burning field gets out of control. The wet season puts the whole area underwater and although very green, there are huge numbers of mosquitos. I saw 280 species including lifers. 


Species seen 

  • Greater Rhea Rhea americana Near-threatened Photographed
  • Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus
  • Small-billed Tinamou Crypturellus parvirostris Photographed
  • Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens Photographed
  • Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
  • Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
  • Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix Photographed
  • Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus Photographed
  • Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
  • Great Egret Ardea alba
  • Snowy Egret Egretta thula
  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
  • Striated Heron Butorides striata Photographed
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Photographed
  • Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum Photographed
  • Wood Stork Mycteria americana Photographed
  • Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari Photographed
  • Jabiru Jabiru mycteria Photographed
  • Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens Photographed
  • Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus Photographed
  • Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis Photographed
  • Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus Photographed
  • Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja Photographed
  • Southern Screamer Chauna torquata Photographed
  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Possibly seen
  • White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata Photographed
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Photographed
  • Orinoco Goose Neochen jubata Near-threatened
  • Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Photographed
  • Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis Photographed
  • Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Photographed
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
  • Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus Photographed
  • Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus Possibly seen
  • Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Photographed
  • Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii Possibly seen
  • Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis Photographed
  • Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
  • Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
  • Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
  • Slate-colored Hawk Leucopternis schistaceus
  • Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga Photographed
  • Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis Photographed
  • Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis Photographed
  • Gray Hawk Asturina nitida
  • Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris Photographed
  • White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus Photographed
  • Southern Caracara Caracara plancus Photographed
  • Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima Photographed
  • Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans Photographed
  • American Kestrel Falco sparverius Photographed
  • Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
  • Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis Photographed
  • Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata Photographed
  • Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis
  • Hoatzin Opisthocomus hoazin Photographed
  • Limpkin Aramus guarauna Photographed
  • Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius Photographed
  • Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea Photographed
  • Ash-throated Crake Porzana albicollis Photographed
  • Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica Photographed
  • Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris Photographed
  • Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
  • Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana Photographed
  • White-backed Stilt Himantopus melanurus
  • Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus Photographed
  • Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis Photographed
  • Collared Plover Charadrius collaris Photographed
  • South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
  • Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
  • Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
  • Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Photographed
  • Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Photographed
  • Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Photographed
  • Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris
  • Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
  • Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
  • Rock Pigeon Columba livia Introduced species
  • Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
  • Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
  • Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata Photographed
  • Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta Photographed
  • Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti Photographed
  • Picui Ground-Dove Columbina picui
  • White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi Photographed
  • Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna Photographed
  • Blue-throated Macaw Ara glaucogularis Endemic Critically endangered Photographed
  • Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloroptera Photographed
  • Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa Photographed
  • Golden-collared Macaw Primolius auricollis Photographed
  • White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus Photographed
  • Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii Photographed
  • Peach-fronted Parakeet Aratinga aurea Photographed
  • Blue-winged Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius Photographed
  • Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri Photographed
  • Scaly-headed Parrot Pionus maximiliani Photographed
  • Blue-fronted Parrot Amazona aestiva Photographed
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
  • Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus Possibly seen
  • Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
  • Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta
  • Greater Ani Crotophaga major Photographed
  • Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Photographed
  • Guira Cuckoo Guira guira Photographed
  • Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
  • Barn Owl Tyto alba
  • Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba Photographed
  • Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii Photographed
  • Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Photographed
  • Black-banded Owl Ciccaba huhula Possibly seen
  • Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum Photographed
  • Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
  • Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis Heard only
  • Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus Possibly seen
  • Nacunda Nighthawk Podager nacunda Photographed
  • Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
  • Little Nightjar Caprimulgus parvulus Photographed
  • Spot-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus maculicaudus Photographed
  • Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata Photographed
  • White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus Possibly seen
  • Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macrourus Photographed
  • Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis Photographed
  • White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
  • Glittering-throated Emerald Polyerata fimbriata Photographed
  • Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui Photographed
  • Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquatus
  • Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
  • American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
  • Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda Photographed
  • White-eared Puffbird Nystalus chacuru
  • Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons Photographed
  • Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis Photographed
  • Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco Photographed
  • White-wedged Piculet Picumnus albosquamatus Photographed
  • White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
  • Checkered Woodpecker Picoides mixtus
  • Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus
  • Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros
  • Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula Photographed
  • Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris Photographed
  • Pale-crested Woodpecker Celeus lugubris Photographed
  • Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus Photographed
  • Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos Photographed
  • Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon Photographed
  • Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus Photographed
  • Chotoy Spinetail Schoeniophylax phryganophila
  • Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens Photographed
  • Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis
  • Rusty-backed Spinetail Cranioleuca vulpina
  • Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomea Photographed
  • Plain Softtail Phacellodomus fusciceps Possibly seen
  • Greater Thornbird Phacellodomus ruber Photographed
  • Gray-crested Cacholote Pseudoseisura unirufa Photographed
  • Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus Photographed
  • Great Rufous Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes major Photographed
  • Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus Photographed
  • Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus Photographed
  • Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris Photographed
  • Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris Photographed
  • Great Antshrike Taraba major Photographed
  • Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus Photographed
  • Bolivian Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus sticturus Possibly seen
  • Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa Photographed
  • Mato Grosso Antbird Cercomacra melanaria Photographed
  • Bare-necked Fruitcrow Gymnoderus foetidus
  • Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
  • Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii Possibly seen
  • Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
  • Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
  • Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
  • White-bellied Tyrannulet Serpophaga munda
  • Southern Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus modestus
  • Suiriri Flycatcher Suiriri suiriri
  • Sharp-tailed Tyrant Culicivora caudacuta Near-threatened
  • Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus latirostris Photographed
  • Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum Photographed
  • Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens
  • Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
  • Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus Photographed
  • Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Possibly seen
  • Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Photographed
  • Gray Monjita Xolmis cinerea Photographed
  • White-rumped Monjita Xolmis velata Photographed
  • White Monjita Xolmis irupero Photographed
  • Hudson's Black-Tyrant Knipolegus hudsoni Photographed
  • Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus
  • Black-backed Water-Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer
  • White-headed Marsh-Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala Photographed
  • Cock-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus tricolor Vulnerable
  • Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys
  • Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosus Photographed
  • Dull-capped Attila Attila bolivianus Photographed
  • Rufous Casiornis Casiornis rufa Photographed
  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer Photographed
  • Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni Possibly seen
  • Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox Photographed
  • Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus Photographed
  • Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
  • Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Photographed
  • Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
  • Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
  • Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
  • Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Photographed
  • Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius Photographed
  • Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius Photographed
  • Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus Photographed
  • Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Photographed
  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana Photographed
  • Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis Photographed
  • White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
  • Black-tailed Tityra Tityra cayana Photographed
  • Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera Photographed
  • Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea Photographed
  • White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
  • White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa
  • Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
  • Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
  • Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
  • Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens
  • Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapilla Photographed
  • Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus Photographed
  • Fawn-breasted Wren Thryothorus guarayanus Photographed
  • House Wren Troglodytes aedon Photographed
  • Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
  • Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
  • Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
  • Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola Photographed
  • Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas Photographed
  • Plush-crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops Photographed
  • Rufous-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus poicilotis Possibly seen
  • Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis Photographed
  • Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
  • Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
  • White-rumped Tanager Cypsnagra hirundinacea
  • Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata
  • Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
  • Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca Photographed
  • Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Photographed
  • Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica
  • Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
  • Black-masked Finch Coryphaspiza melanotis Vulnerable Photographed
  • Red-crested Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus Photographed
  • Long-tailed Reed-Finch Donacospiza albifrons Photographed
  • Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Photographed
  • Plumbeous Seedeater Sporophila plumbea
  • Rusty-collared Seedeater Sporophila collaris Photographed
  • Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola Photographed
  • Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens Photographed
  • White-bellied Seedeater Sporophila leucoptera Photographed
  • Tawny-bellied Seedeater Sporophila hypoxantha Photographed
  • Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis Near-threatened Photographed
  • Great-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus maximiliani
  • Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis
  • Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola Photographed
  • Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch Emberizoides herbicola Photographed
  • Great Pampa-Finch Embernagra platensis Photographed
  • Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata Photographed
  • Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis Photographed
  • Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
  • Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons Photographed
  • Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens Photographed
  • Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides Possibly seen
  • Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
  • Unicolored Blackbird Agelasticus cyanopus Photographed
  • Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris Photographed
  • White-browed Blackbird Sturnella superciliaris Photographed
  • Bay-winged Cowbird Molothrus badius Photographed
  • Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris Photographed
  • Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis Photographed
  • Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus Possibly seen
  • Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis
  • Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus Photographed
  • Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela Photographed
  • Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous
  • Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius Photographed
  • Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus Photographed
  • Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus Photographed
  • Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi Photographed
  • Velvet-fronted Grackle Lampropsar tanagrinus Photographed
  • House Sparrow Passer domesticus Introduced species


Other Fauna 
A total of -- species of mammals. 

There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

Flora 

Author: Charles Hesse

 

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