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YURIMAGUAS ROAD (tunnel area near TARAPOTO) |
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Written by Charles Hesse
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Aug 24, 2006 at 12:00 AM |
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YURIMAGUAS ROAD (tunnel area near TARAPOTO)
PERU
SAN MARTIN (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (3rd July, 2006)
Birding Site Guide
This is a great site within easy reach of Tarapoto, a major lowland town with many hotels restaurants and places to do internet. We stayed at El Mirador about 5 blocks from the Plaza de Armas, which it a little pricy but excellent value at 60s for a double. To get to the tunnel area drive towards Yurimaguas for 20km (40mins) along the gravel road. This has apparently improved since last year and may well be paved in the future. If you don't have your own transport you can probably catch any combi or truck heading towards Yurimaguas, get off at the tunnel and walk down a bit. Before the tunnel, there is a small valley with a stream coming down. We heard Band-bellied Owl here in the morning. The forest at the far end of the tunnel is excellent and I saw Goulds Jewelfront, Violet-headed Hummingbird, Black-eared Fairy, Olive Tanager, White-throated and Red-stained Woodpeckers and heard Greyish Mourner and Andean Cock-of-the-rock. Further down, after the first curve we saw Eulers Flycatcher, Fulvous-crested Tanager and heard Flame-capped Manakin and Mouse-coloured Antshrike. About 35km after the tunnel we had Dotted, Masked and Opal-crowned Tanagers.
I saw 81 species including 6 lifers.
Species seen
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
Spix's Guan Penelope jacquacu
Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea Heard only
Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
Red-crowned Parakeet Pyrrhura roseifrons
Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
Band-bellied Owl Pulsatrix melanota Heard only
White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus
Koepcke's Hermit Phaethornis koepckeae Endemic Near-threatened Possibly seen
Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis
Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
Gould's Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens
Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx aurita
White-tailed Trogon Trogon viridis
Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus
Gilded Barbet Capito auratus
Chestnut-tipped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus derbianus
(Yellow-ridged Toucan) Ramphastos culminatus
(Cuvier's Toucan) Ramphastos cuvieri
Red-stained Woodpecker Veniliornis affinis
White-throated Woodpecker Piculus leucolaemus
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus
Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis
Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus
Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruviana Heard only
Fiery-capped Manakin Machaeropterus pyrocephalus Heard only
Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
Yellow-margined Flycatcher Tolmomyias assimilis
Yellow-breasted Flycatcher Tolmomyias flaviventris
Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea
Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri
Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
Cinereous Mourner Laniocera hypopyrra Heard only
Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
Dusky-chested Flycatcher Myiozetetes luteiventris
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus Heard only
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Violaceous Jay Cyanocorax violaceus
Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis
Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis Heard only
Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus
Olive Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli
Fulvous-crested Tanager Tachyphonus surinamus
Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava
Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
Orange-bellied Euphonia Euphonia xanthogaster
Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana
Paradise Tanager Tangara chilensis
Green-and-gold Tanager Tangara schrankii
Dotted Tanager Tangara varia Rare/Accidental
Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
Opal-crowned Tanager Tangara callophrys
Black-faced Dacnis Dacnis lineata
Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus
Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens
Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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