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ABRA PATRICIA & VALLE HERMOSO |
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Written by Charles Hesse
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Aug 24, 2006 at 12:00 AM |
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ABRA PATRICIA & VALLE HERMOSO
PERU
SAN MARTIN (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (24th-25th June, 2006)
Birding Site Guide
Abra Patricia is a great birding spot easily accessed by public transport from Pomacochas. Look for white colectivo taxis waiting by the side of the road. Some only go as far as El Progreso but you can pay a bit extra to get them to take you to the Abra which is about 40km and takes less than an hour. We paid 7s each to get to El Paraiso, an abandoned restaurant 3km below the Abra. You can pitch a tent inside of the old restaurant which has a padlock on the door so your stuff is safe. The key is available from the the guardaparques at the Restaurant Chanchita just before the Abra. Also, there is possibly accomodation (or camping space) at the restaurant which would probably be a better place to stay. ECOAN is in the process of building accomodation but I don't know when it will be ready.
The km markers have all changed and the Abra is now near the km364 marker. You can pay the guardaparques to guide for you and show you the 3 trails currently available for use. We only explored the Grallaria trail which was very good. The start of the trail is a little difficult to find on your own. After you pass the km364 marker look for the first small hill on the left. The trail goes into this. Birding is also good along the road from the abra down. There is another small trail going right (coming down) accross from El Paraiso, along a stream which seems to be the only source of water around here. 1km further down from El Paraiso is a left bend with a few houses valled Valle Hermoso. Here a small trail goes right into a valley. Most of the big trees have been removed but there are still a few good birds to be seen. In Valqui, it was written that Long-whiskered Owlet was alledgedly heard here. We walked the trail at night but heard nothing.
I saw 45 species including 6 lifers
Species seen
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Scaly-naped Parrot Amazona mercenaria
Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
Emerald-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis alinae
Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
Andean Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta
Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Piculus rivolii
Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata
Rusty-tinged Antpitta Grallaria przewalskii Endemic Heard only
Rusty-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula ferrugineipectus
Rufous-vented Tapaculo Scytalopus femoralis Endemic Heard only
White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
Golden-faced Tyrannulet Zimmerius chrysops
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis
Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea
Maroon-chested Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca thoracica Heard only
Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
Sharpe's Wren Cinnycerthia olivascens
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
Andean Solitaire Myadestes ralloides Heard only
Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius leucotis
Spectacled Redstart Myioborus melanocephalus
White-capped Tanager Sericossypha albocristata
Common Bush-Tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus
Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala
Hooded Mountain-Tanager Buthraupis montana
Flame-faced Tanager Tangara parzudakii
Beryl-spangled Tanager Tangara nigroviridis
Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
White-browed Hemispingus Hemispingus auricularis Endemic
Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossopis cyanea
Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch Atlapetes latinuchus
Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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Last Updated ( Jul 20, 2008 at 03:20 PM )
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