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MORRO DE CALZADA near RIOJA 
PERU

SAN MARTIN (Compass)

Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl 
Protected/registered status 
Best Time for visit (2nd July, 2006)

 

Birding Site Guide

This is an excellent spot within easy reach of Rioja. We accessed it by car but you could take public transport the 10-15 minutes along the road towards Moyobamba then walk the final 4km. You could even camp up there. We left Rioja about 4:30 am and got there about 5am nice and early for nightjars. Follow the signs from the main road and park at a big clearing where there is a small house. From here, a poor road continues up through forest and here we saw Paraque, Rufous and Blackish Nightjars. Another evening we saw Common Potoo just behind the house and Spot-tailed Nightjar flying over open fields on the way back down to the main road. 

From the clearing, a trail goes down another way which has excellent birding in the early morning. Mishana Tyrannulet and Napo Sabrewing are also possible here although I didn't see them. There is a nice view accross the forest on the left. Further down is a fork. Here we had an unidentified juvenile male coquette. I saw 71 species including 6 lifers. 


Species seen


Other Fauna 
A total of -- species of mammals. 

There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

Flora 

Author: Charles Hesse

 

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