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QUEBRADA FREJOLILLO, near LIMON |
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Written by Charles Hesse
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Aug 24, 2006 at 12:00 AM |
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QUEBRADA FREJOLILLO, near LIMON
PERU
LAMBAYEQUE (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (21st-22nd March, 2006)
Birding Site Guide
This is a safer site for the White-winged Guans. I coordinated my visit with Asociacion Cracidae Peru and was lucky enough to get a lift to Limon as they had business there. In Limon I got a local guide (Lino) to show me up to the site less than an hour's walk away. We followed the trail up towards the valley then along the dry riverbed. After a big cliff on the left, there was a left turning that takes you up to the site. It is a raised piece of land between 2 dry streams. Previously it was used to grow maize and other crops but it seems to be being left to regenerate now. I stayed the night there and heard several owls and potoos at night. The guans were relatively easy to see despite it being the most difficult time of year due to all the leaves on the trees. I saw one bird perched in a tree on the way up around 8am, a pair in the late afternoon, and a few pairs early the next morning. The guans rustle their wings before first light and also call quite a bit between 6-7am. They are silent for most of the day after that but get a bit vocal again in the afternoon. Other good birds seen in this area were Ochre-bellied Dove, Black-and-white Seedeater (very common and vocal), Pale-browed Tinamou, White-headed Brush-Finch, Black-and-white Becard and King Vulture. It seems that a truck goes to Olmos some or most days leaving at 1 or 2 in the afternoon. It is possible to catch a ride in this for 5s. Unfortunately most of it's cargo is wood from mesquite trees in the area. I saw 57 species including 5 lifers.
Species seen
Pale-browed Tinamou Crypturellus transfasciatus Near-threatened
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa Photographed
Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma
White-winged Guan Penelope albipennis Endemic Critically endangered Photographed
Rock Pigeon Columba livia Introduced species
Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
Pacific Dove Zenaida meloda
Croaking Ground-Dove Columbina cruziana
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
Ochre-bellied Dove Leptotila ochraceiventris Vulnerable Photographed
Red-masked Parakeet Aratinga erythrogenys Near-threatened
Pacific Parrotlet Forpus coelestis
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
West Peruvian Screech-Owl Megascops roboratus Heard
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium peruanum Heard Recorded
Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus Heard
Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis Heard
Scrub Nightjar Caprimulgus anthonyi Possibly seen
Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilia amazilia
Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus Heard
Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota Possibly heard
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker Veniliornis callonotus
Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
Guayaquil Woodpecker Campephilus gayaquilensis Near-threatened Possibly seen
Pale-legged Hornero Furnarius leucopus
Collared Antshrike Sakesphorus bernardi Photographed
Elegant Crescent-chest Melanopareia elegans Heard
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Phaeomyias murina
Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
Short-tailed Field-Tyrant Muscigralla brevicauda
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher Myiarchus phaeocephalus
Baird's Flycatcher Myiodynastes bairdii
Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus
Chestnut-collared Swallow Petrochelidon rufocollaris
Speckle-breasted Wren Thryothorus sclateri
Superciliated Wren Thryothorus superciliaris
Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus
Plumbeous-backed Thrush Turdus reevei Recorded
White-tailed Jay Cyanocorax mystacalis
Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
Black-and-white Tanager Conothraupis speculigera Near-threatened Recorded
Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Seen near Limon
Parrot-billed Seedeater Sporophila peruviana
Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
White-headed Brush-Finch Atlapetes albiceps Photographed
Tumbes Sparrow Aimophila stolzmanni
Golden-bellied Grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogaster
Peruvian Meadowlark Sturnella bellicosa
Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
White-edged Oriole Icterus graceannae
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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