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Written by Charles Hesse
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Aug 24, 2006 at 12:00 AM |
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LEIMEBAMBA
PERU
AMAZONAS (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (21st June, 2006)
Birding Site Guide
Leimebamba is a small town between Celendin and Chachapoyas. I managed to catch a comfortable combi from Balsas on a Tuesday which left at 2pm and cost 20s. There seems to be some form of transport passing along the road most days. Ask locally for more information. The drawback of public transport is that you can't stop along the way to bird. Leimebamba has several places to eat and stay and even a very slow internet cafe. We stayed at a hospedaje on the plaza which was 20s for a double.
The site near Leimebamba we wanted to visit was a place described in Valqui about 17km from Leimebamba on the way back towards Celendin. There is little traffic along this road but there are taxis in town which could take you up there. Ask to go to 'Hipa�a' which is just a small group of houses. We decided to walk and hitch which meant that we didn't get there until until about 11am which was too late. We got a few rides along the road with cars and trucks.
I saw 44 species including 2 lifers.
Species seen
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma
Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi Heard only
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet Aratinga wagleri
Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris
Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
Sparkling Violet-ear Colibri coruscans
Spot-throated Hummingbird Leucippus taczanowskii Endemic
Andean Emerald Agyrtria franciae
Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola
Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani
Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny
Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola Heard only
Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae Heard only
Pearled Treerunner Margarornis squamiger
Streaked Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii
Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
White-banded Tyrannulet Mecocerculus stictopterus
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis
Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
Brown-bellied Swallow Notiochelidon murina
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus
Spectacled Redstart Myioborus melanocephalus
Black-crested Warbler Basileuterus nigrocristatus Heard only
Superciliaried Hemispingus Hemispingus superciliaris
Blue-capped Tanager Thraupis cyanocephala
Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager Anisognathus igniventris
Blue-and-black Tanager Tangara vassorii
Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa
Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
Dull-colored Grassquit Tiaris obscura
Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch Atlapetes latinuchus
Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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