Peru Birds
A Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) showing off its rufous collar. An ubiquitous and therefore generally under-appreciated colorful little sparrow found in the mountains of South and Central America from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. Photo by Pat Beckemeyer, 3 Nov. at Machu Picchu.
At right is the Hoatzin, the primitive bird whose chicks have claws on the wings that allow them to climb back into the nest. This bird was on a nest that was built out over the water of the lake near the jeep trail at Amazonia Lodge. Photo taken 15 November by Roy Beckemeyer using a 400 mm telephoto. This is a greatly enlarged portion of the slide (ISO 400 Fuji slide film).
Below left: Cinnamon Flycatcher, along the Atalaya Road. Below right, a poorly-lit Masked Trogon, also in the cloud forest along Atalaya Road.
Left - an
Inca Tern. Photo taken Nov. 17, 2000 on a boat trip in the harbor at
Pucusana, on the coast south of Lima.
Right above - Band-tailed Gull. Photographed at Pucusana 17 November.
Left: Common Potoo at Amazonia Lodge.
Right: Razor-billed Curassow on trail near Amazonia Lodge. (Thanks to Juan Parra of Calle, Colombia for bringing my error in labelling this bird a Black Curassow to my attention.)
Below, left: Chestnut-eared Aracari searching for Tanager nestlings at Amazonia Lodge.
Above, right: Black Oystercatcher at Pucusana, on the coast south of Lima.
Above: A Brown Pelican taking off at Pucusana, south of Lima.