Country: Bolivia
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Atén
The small town of Atén sits in the Apolo valley at the heart of Bolivia's isolated Andean cerrado. We base here for three nights, working the remaining dry woodland fragments for the endemic Palkachupa Cotinga and the rare near-endemic Green-capped Tanager.
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Charazani is the northern Altiplano town where the extension turns off the Titicaca watershed toward the Apolo valley. We use it as the overnight base at each end of the Apolo run, with early-morning birding in the surroundings before the drive to Atén and the return to La Paz.
Read MoreInquisivi
The remote town of Inquisivi is one of only two known surviving sites for the Critically Endangered endemic Bolivian Spinetail, and the species is still quite easy to find in the dry forest nearby. We overnight here between the Cochabamba valley and La Paz, with dry-country woodland birding and another chance at the Black-hooded Sunbeam.
Read MoreRiberalta
Riberalta sits at the junction of the Cerrado region and Amazonian rainforest on the east bank of the Beni River, an avifaunal crossroads that adds many Amazonian species to the list. We base here for two nights, searching short-stature woodland for the very localised endemic Masked Antpitta and a superb area of cerrado east of town that could still turn up surprises.
Read MoreCoroico Road Birding (Yungas gradient)
Birding along the spectacular Coroico Road gradient from high puna pass through cloudforest to verdant subtropical forest, revisiting the Yungas specialities.
Read MoreCochabamba Blackbird Search and Puna Drive to La Paz
Near Cochabamba, endemic Bolivian Blackbirds and the range-restricted Brown-backed Mockingbird, then a puna drive to La Paz with stops for Ornate Tinamou, White-winged Cinclodes and Puna Yellow Finch.
Read MoreMiddle-elevation Yungas Forest Birding (Coroico)
Middle-elevation Yungas forest for the restricted-range Diademed Tapaculo and uncommon near-endemic Scimitar-winged Piha, with Long-tailed Sylph, Andean Solitaire and Plushcap.
Read MoreChapare Road Birding from puna to subtropical forest
The Chapare Road climbing out of the Cochabamba valley through puna and dropping through elfin, temperate and subtropical forests toward Villa Tunari, for specialists like Hooded Mountain Toucan, Upland Antshrike and Yungas Tody-Tyrant.
Read MoreHigh-altitude Lake Birding near the Quillacolla Road
Late afternoon at a lake rich in waterfowl: White-tufted and Silvery Grebes, Red Shoveler, Puna and Cinnamon Teals, Rosy-billed Pochard, Andean Duck, Andean Lapwing and the Wren-like Rushbird.
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