MANU area 
PERU

CUZCO & MADRE DE DIOS

Lat:12o00´S/71o30´W 1,532,806ha 400-4,000m lowland tropical forest and all main habitats up to puna (Compass) 
Protected/registered status 
Best Time for visit

 

Birding Site Guide

This account includes areas both inside and outside the MANÚ NATIONAL PARK, including the Manú road ‘Cultural Zone’, the ‘Experimental Zone’ and the rivers of Madre de Dios and Manú. 

The places to stay include 3 along the Manú road cultural zone: Amazonia, Erika and Pantiacolla lodges. two in undesignated area; Manú Wildlife Centre and Macaw Lick Lodge, one in the experimental zone; Manú Lodge, and one area inside the national park; Cocha Cashu. Most birders visiting Manú would given enough time bird the Manu road, which begins in the arid mountains on the outskirts of Cuzco (Pisaq) at 3,400m and drops to 500m at Ithahuania on the Rio Madre de Dios, heading ne. This is a distance of c.238km. This altitudinal gradient and stretches of good habitat in most zones makes for excellent birding. To carry on towards the park requires catching a boat before the end of the road at Atalaya to Boca Manú. Alternatively it is possible to miss the road and fly to Boca Manú which sits at the confluence of the Rio Madre de Dios and Rio Manú. 

Manú Wildlife Centre 12 12’S 70 50’W 410m, 
Macaw Lick Lodge 12 22’S 70 40’W 400m, 
Manú Lodge 12 10’S 69 59’W 400m. 
Other lodges are along Manu Road.

 
MANU ROAD all below by Charles Hesse (1st-8th May, 2006) (Acjanaco to San Pedro and Dos Cinquenta) 

The Manu Road can be reached from Cuzco by bus. The 'Gallito de las Rocas' company has buses to Pilcopata Monday, Wednesday and Friday leaving their office on Angamos at 8:30am (15 soles). I got off this bus at Acjanaco (3487m) where it arrived at 2:30pm. At this altitude there is some elfin forest but when I was there it was very foggy and I saw very few birds. If you're interested in birding this area, it might be worth spending the night here. We walked down to the first small settlement of Esperanza (2,850m) but it took us 4 hours with birding and we arrived after dark. There is a sign for Esperanza on the right side and a wooden hut on the left. After this there is a path up to the left to a flat, grassy area which makes a good place to camp. The area below here had excellent birding in the morning.

On our second day we walked down, past Pillahuata (2,600m), to a beautiful area of lush forest. After a steep bend in the road where a stream comes down, there is a waterfall on the left. Just before a stream runs across the road, there is a little path leading right to a flat area hidden from the road just big enough to pitch a tent (2,400m). We spent our second night here. 

On the third day we walked down, past a house a Rocotal (where you could also camp) to the abandoned buildings at Suiza (about 2,100m). Apparently there used to be a little shop here but there were no people there when we arrived. There is flat ground behind the buildings that makes a good place to camp and a nearby stream with good water. At the last stream before Suiza we saw Woolly Monkeys. 

Our last day we walked from Suiza to Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge (1600m). This was the best day's birding and had some beautiful species including Andean Cock-of-the-Rock which was common between Manu Cloud Forest Lodge (1800m) and Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge. There was also a trail from the main building at the latter lodge that ran down towards the river. Here I heard was good for Black Tinamou but I didn't see it. 

We took a bus to Atalaya the next day where we stayed the night and boarded the boat to Manu Wildlife Centre. A few birds can be seen around Atalaya including macaws across the river. Coming back from Manu Wildlife Centre we got a boat to 'Dos Cincuenta' and from there we came back by land. There is a guard station there called Punto Vigilancia (PV) Santa Cruz where park guards stay. It should be possible to stay here. A bus passes here in the mid-morning, daily (?) from Shintuya to Salvacion (where there is accomodation and internet). This may continue onto Pilcopata on Mon/Wed/Fri when a bus goes to Cuzco. The area from PV Santa Cruz to Pilcopata has some nice secondary forest and lots of birds and would be worth exploring more thoroughly. Trucks also here going to Pilcopata and Cuzco and we took one of these logging trucks back to Cuzco. I saw 169 species including 37 lifers. 


Species seen

  • Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui Possibly seen 500m
  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 540m
  • Striated Heron Butorides striata 540m
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 790m
  • Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris 500-1200m
  • Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata 500m
  • Andean Guan Penelope montagnii Possibly heard at 2850m
  • Collared Plover Charadrius collaris 540m
  • Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia 540m
  • Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 2640m
  • Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea 1710m
  • Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti 500m
  • Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla Heard at 500m
  • Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna 540m
  • Scarlet Macaw Ara macao 540m
  • Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloroptera 540m
  • Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa 500-1110m
  • White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus 500m
  • Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus 500m
  • Speckle-faced Parrot Pionus tumultuosus 1949-2530m Photographed Recorded
  • Yellow-crowned Parrot Amazona ochrocephala 500m
  • Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta 500m Photographed
  • Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani 500-970m
  • Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba Heard at 500m & 540m
  • Andean Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium jardinii Possibly heard at 2120m
  • Sand-colored Nighthawk Chordeiles rupestris 540m
  • Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila Possibly seen at 1630m
  • Green Hermit Phaethornis guy 1600m
  • Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis 500m
  • Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus 2340-2690m Recorded
  • Sparkling Violet-ear Colibri coruscans 3400m Recorded
  • Wire-crested Thorntail Popelairia popelairii 1600m
  • Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata 500m
  • Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone 500m
  • Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys 1600-2380m
  • Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri 1600m
  • Gould's Inca Coeligena inca 2350-2420m
  • Violet-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer 3400m
  • Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis 2750m
  • Buff-thighed Puffleg Haplophaedia assimilis 2120m Photographed Recorded
  • Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii 1600-2120m
  • Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina 2410-3450m
  • Scaled Metaltail Metallura aeneocauda Possibly seen at 2850m
  • Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi 2060m
  • White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant 2120m
  • Masked Trogon Trogon personatus 2420-2730m Photographed Recorded
  • Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus 500m Recorded
  • Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 540m
  • Highland Motmot Momotus aequatorialis 1580-1710m
  • Versicolored Barbet Eubucco versicolor Possibly seen at 2130m
  • Blue-banded Toucanet Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis 2470m Photographed Recorded
  • Fine-barred Piculet Picumnus subtilis Endemic 540m
  • Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii 2370m
  • Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula 500m
  • Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae 1880-2850m
  • Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis Heard at 500m
  • Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger 2420-2850m
  • Montane Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia striaticollis 1880m
  • Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii 2220-2750m
  • Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus Possibly seen at 2130m
  • Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger 2050-2440m
  • Great Antshrike Taraba major 500m Recorded
  • White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota 1820-1920m Recorded
  • Black-throated Antbird Myrmeciza atrothorax 500m Recorded
  • Red-and-white Antpitta Grallaria erythroleuca Endemic Heard at 2410-2750m Recorded
  • Bolivian Tapaculo Scytalopus bolivianus 1840-2130m Recorded
  • Band-tailed Fruiteater Pipreola intermedia 2820m
  • Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana 1650-1830m
  • Yungas Manakin Chiroxiphia boliviana 1600m
  • Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina 500m
  • Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis 500m
  • Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae 2660m
  • Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis 2050-2750m
  • Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Phyllomyias uropygialis Possibly seen at 2850m
  • White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys 2750m
  • White-tailed Tyrannulet Mecocerculus poecilocercus 2370-2810m
  • Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus 2830m
  • Handsome Flycatcher Myiophobus pulcher Possibly seen at 2320-2440m
  • Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea 1940-2820m
  • Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus 2020-2130m
  • Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 1800m
  • Maroon-chested Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca thoracica 2410m
  • Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor 3330m
  • Pale-edged Flycatcher Myiarchus cephalotes 2060-2340m
  • Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 500m
  • Lemon-browed Flycatcher Conopias cinchoneti 1630m
  • Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus Heard at 2420m
  • Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea 500m
  • Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 500-1630m
  • Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor 2220-2850m
  • Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor 500m
  • White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa Possibly seen at 500m
  • Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca 500-2690m
  • Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis 500m
  • Moustached Wren Thryothorus genibarbis Heard at 500m & 1600m
  • House Wren Troglodytes aedon Heard at 500m
  • Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis 2130-2420m
  • Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 3130m
  • Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 1600-2410m Recorded
  • Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides Heard at 2120m Recorded
  • Great Thrush Turdus fuscater 3320m Photographed
  • Andean Slaty-Thrush Turdus nigriceps 2130m Recorded
  • Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas 1860m Recorded
  • Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus 530m Recorded
  • White-collared Jay Cyanolyca viridicyana 2640m Recorded
  • Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus 500-540m
  • Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi 1630m
  • Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus 1710-2050m
  • Spectacled Redstart Myioborus melanocephalus 2410-2820m
  • Pale-legged Warbler Basileuterus signatus 2130-2410m Recorded
  • Citrine Warbler Basileuterus luteoviridis 2350-2810m
  • Russet-crowned Warbler Basileuterus coronatus 2130m
  • Three-striped Warbler Basileuterus tristriatus 1710-2130m Recorded
  • Bananaquit Coereba flaveola 500m
  • Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum Heard at 2850m
  • Blue-backed Conebill Conirostrum sitticolor 2420-2850m Photographed
  • Capped Conebill Conirostrum albifrons 1960-2420m
  • Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana 500m
  • Grass-green Tanager Chlorornis riefferii 2350-2660m
  • Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus 2130-2420m
  • Short-billed Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus parvirostris 1800-2440m
  • Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager Cnemoscopus rubrirostris 2320-2470m
  • Superciliaried Hemispingus Hemispingus superciliaris 2420m
  • Oleaginous Hemispingus Hemispingus frontalis 2340m
  • Black-eared Hemispingus Hemispingus melanotis 2370m
  • Drab Hemispingus Hemispingus xanthophthalmus 2850m
  • White-browed Hemispingus Hemispingus auricularis Endemic 2850m Recorded
  • Slaty Tanager Creurgops dentata 1710-2130m
  • White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus 500m
  • Masked Crimson Tanager Ramphocelus nigrogularis 500m
  • Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo 500-1620m
  • Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus 500-540m
  • Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala 2560-2820m
  • Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum 500m
  • Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis montana 2850-3220m Photographed Recorded
  • Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris 2720-3330m
  • Yellow-throated Tanager Iridosornis analis 1950-2130m
  • Golden-collared Tanager Iridosornis jelskii 2820m Photographed
  • Chestnut-bellied Mountain-Tanager Delothraupis castaneoventris 1880-2820m Photographed
  • White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta Possibly seen at 500m
  • Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster 500-2130m
  • Orange-eared Tanager Chlorochrysa calliparaea 1880m
  • Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana 500m
  • Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis 500m
  • Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii 500m
  • Golden Tanager Tangara arthus 1880m
  • Saffron-crowned Tanager Tangara xanthocephala 2050-2120m
  • Blue-necked Tanager Tangara cyanicollis 500m
  • Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis 1970-2120m
  • Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii 2720-2830m
  • Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata 500m
  • Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer 500m
  • Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus 500-1620m
  • Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch Oryzoborus angolensis 500m
  • Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides 2660m
  • Deep-blue Flowerpiercer Diglossopis glauca 1970-2130m
  • Bluish Flowerpiercer Diglossopis caerulescens 1880m
  • Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossopis cyanea 2420-3040m Recorded
  • Olive Finch Lysurus castaneiceps 1880-1940m
  • Black-faced Brush-Finch Atlapetes melanolaimus 2350-3220m
  • Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons Heard at 500m Recorded
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis 2850-3490m
  • Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus 500m
  • Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus 2640-2820m Recorded
  • Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus 500m
  • Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens 1710-2050m Photographed Recorded
  • Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons 500-1630m Photographed
  • Orange-backed Troupial Icterus croconotus 500m
  • Olivaceous Siskin Carduelis olivacea 2130m Photographed



MANU WILDLIFE CENTRE, BOCA MANU & MADRE DE DIOS

Packages to Manu Wildlife Centre can be booked through InkaNatura or Manu Expeditions. I wanted to bird the Manu Road first and met up with a group at the Cock-of-the-Rock lodge and took a boat with them from Atalaya. The boat takes about 6 hours downstream (more up) and I saw many good water birds. MWC has a very extensive set of trails some better for certain species than others. The trail towards the canopy platform was good for mixed understory flocks of antshrikes, antbirds and antwrens, whilst the canopy platform was excellent for canopy flocks of tanagers. The Collpa trail was good for foliage-gleaners. The bamboo area near the lodge and the area of bamboo on the island had a few bamboo specialists. Other common birds could be seen around the lodge gardens, by the dock and in the camp on the island. See the following list for where I saw various species. The canopy platform can be excellent in the mornings and with a scope you could see many species better. The macaw lick and the Rufous-fronted Antthrush site can be reached by boat but I didn't get there. The latter species can also apparently be seen in the forest surrounding the Boca Manu airport. I saw 173 species including 56 lifers.

 
Species seen

  • Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus Collpa Trail
  • Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus Island
  • Bartlett's Tinamou Crypturellus bartletti Heard on the Island
  • Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Boat from Atalaya
  • Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus Dock
  • Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Boat from Atalaya
  • Great Egret Ardea alba Boat from Atalaya
  • Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Boat from Atalaya
  • Snowy Egret Egretta thula Dock
  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Boat from Atalaya
  • Striated Heron Butorides striata Boat from Atalaya
  • Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum Boat from Atalaya
  • Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta Boat from Atalaya
  • Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Boat from Atalaya
  • Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Dock
  • Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Dock
  • Greater Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes melambrotus Dock
  • Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus Canopy platform?
  • Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens Near lodge
  • Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga Boat from Atalaya
  • Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris Dock
  • Black Caracara Daptrius ater Bamboo Trail
  • Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans Heard in Boca Manu
  • Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis Island
  • Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus Heard from Canopy platform
  • Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis Dock
  • Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata Bamboo Trail
  • Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu Collpa Trail
  • Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosa Island
  • Pale-winged Trumpeter Psophia leucoptera Near lodge
  • Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus Island
  • Collared Plover Charadrius collaris Island
  • Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Island
  • Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris Boat from Atalaya
  • Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex Island
  • Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Boat from Atalaya
  • Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea Canopy platform
  • Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea Heard on Collpa Trail?
  • Gray-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla Near lodge
  • Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna Canopy platform
  • Scarlet Macaw Ara macao Dock
  • Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloroptera Boat from Atalaya
  • Chestnut-fronted Macaw Ara severa Bamboo Trail
  • White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus Dock
  • Red-crowned Parakeet Pyrrhura roseifrons Tapir Lick
  • Black-capped Parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola Canopy platform
  • Cobalt-winged Parakeet Brotogeris cyanoptera Canopy platform
  • White-bellied Parrot Pionites leucogaster Canopy platform
  • Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus Bamboo Trail
  • Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa Dock
  • Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Creekside Trail
  • Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl Megascops watsonii Heard on the Island
  • Amazonian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium hardyi Heard on the Island
  • Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum Heard in Boca Manu
  • Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis Heard on the Island
  • Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus Heard on the Island
  • Sand-colored Nighthawk Chordeiles rupestris Boat from Atalaya
  • Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis Heard in Boca Manu
  • White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris Boat from Atalaya
  • Swift sp Cypseloides sp Canopy platform
  • Needle-billed Hermit Phaethornis philippii Possibly seen on Bamboo Trail
  • Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber Near lodge
  • Collared Trogon Trogon collaris Grid
  • Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus Possibly seen
  • Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquatus Boat from Atalaya
  • Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Dock
  • Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana Dock
  • American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea River Trail
  • Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota Possibly heard on the island
  • Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii Collpa Trail
  • Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum Heard from Canopy platform
  • Bluish-fronted Jacamar Galbula cyanescens Near lodge
  • Striolated Puffbird Nystalus striolatus Possibly seen from Canopy platform
  • Semicollared Puffbird Malacoptila semicincta Grid
  • Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons Canopy platform
  • White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus Grid
  • Swallow-wing Chelidoptera tenebrosa Dock
  • Gilded Barbet Capito auratus Creekside Trail
  • Lettered Aracari Pteroglossus inscriptus Canopy platform
  • (Brown-mandibled Aracari) Pteroglossus mariae Canopy platform Grid
  • Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis Island
  • Curl-crested Aracari Pteroglossus beauharnaesii Canopy platform Grid
  • Golden-collared Toucanet Selenidera reinwardtii Collpa Trail
  • (Yellow-ridged Toucan) Ramphastos culminatus Canopy platform
  • (Cuvier's Toucan) Ramphastos cuvieri Canopy platform
  • Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus Collpa Trail
  • Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus Island
  • Red-stained Woodpecker Veniliornis affinis Collpa Trail
  • Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros Grid
  • Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans Canopy platform
  • Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus Tapir Lick
  • Ringed Woodpecker Celeus torquatus Collpa Trail
  • Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus Island
  • Plain-crowned Spinetail Synallaxis gujanensis Island
  • Speckled Spinetail Cranioleuca gutturata Near lodge
  • Rufous-tailed Xenops Xenops milleri Platform Trail?
  • Slender-billed Xenops Xenops tenuirostris Island
  • Plain Xenops Xenops minutus Near lodge
  • Striped Woodhaunter Hyloctistes subulatus Collpa Trail
  • Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner Philydor erythropterus Canopy platform
  • Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus Collpa Trail
  • Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus Collpa Trail
  • Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner Automolus infuscatus Collpa Trail
  • Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa Collpa Trail
  • Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus Canopy platform
  • Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus Canopy platform
  • Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper Dendrexetastes rufigula Bamboo Trail
  • Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus Grid
  • Buff-throated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus Collpa Trail
  • Great Antshrike Taraba major Heard in Boca Manu
  • Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus Grid
  • Bluish-slate Antshrike Thamnomanes schistogynus Platform Trail
  • Amazonian Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata Platform Trail
  • Plain-throated Antwren Myrmotherula hauxwelli Platform
  • White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris Platform Trail
  • Long-winged Antwren Myrmotherula longipennis Near lodge
  • Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii Platform Trail
  • Blackish Antbird Cercomacra nigrescens Island
  • Manu Antbird Cercomacra manu Island?
  • White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys Island
  • Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator Platform Trail
  • Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza hemimelaena Island
  • Goeldi's Antbird Myrmeciza goeldii Collpa Trail
  • Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis Island
  • Amazonian Antpitta Hylopezus berlepschi Collpa Trail
  • Screaming Piha Lipaugus vociferans Grid
  • Band-tailed Manakin Pipra fasciicauda Grid
  • MacConnell's Flycatcher Mionectes macconnelli Collpa Trail
  • Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus Platform Trail?
  • Rufous-tailed Flatbill Ramphotrigon ruficauda Collpa Trail
  • Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus Platform Trail
  • Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Boat from Atalaya
  • Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Island
  • Drab Water-Tyrant Ochthornis littoralis Dock
  • Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus Boat from Atalaya
  • Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus Heard from Canopy platform
  • Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua Island
  • Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis Island
  • Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis Near lodge
  • Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Seen in Boca Manu
  • Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Island
  • Black-capped Becard Pachyramphus marginatus Collpa Trail
  • Pink-throated Becard Pachyramphus minor Creekside Trail
  • Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera Boat from Atalaya
  • White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer Boat from Atalaya
  • Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca Boat from Atalaya
  • White-banded Swallow Atticora fasciata Boat from Atalaya
  • Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus Heard on the Island
  • Moustached Wren Thryothorus genibarbis Island
  • House Wren Troglodytes aedon Heard in Boca Manu
  • Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus Heard
  • Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas Island
  • Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Island
  • White-winged Shrike-Tanager Lanio versicolor Canopy platform
  • Flame-crested Tanager Tachyphonus cristatus Canopy platform
  • White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus Canopy platform
  • Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica Platform Trail
  • Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo Island
  • Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus Island
  • Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Island
  • Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica Canopy platform?
  • Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis Canopy platform
  • Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii Canopy platform
  • Opal-rumped Tanager Tangara velia Canopy platform
  • Opal-crowned Tanager Tangara callophrys Canopy platform
  • Yellow-bellied Dacnis Dacnis flaviventer Island
  • Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis Seen in Boca Manu
  • Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons Island
  • Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus Boat from Atalaya
  • Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis Canopy platform
  • Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela Island Bamboo Trail
  • Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus Bamboo Trail
  • Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons Dock
  • Amazonian Oropendola Gymnostinops bifasciatus Island


Other Fauna 
A total of -- species of mammals. 

There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

Flora 
Manu holds possibly the world record for number of tree species per hectare at 650 http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/x2104e/x2104e08.htm

Author: BSG, Charles Hesse

 

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