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Blanquillo Macaw Clay Lick
We arrive early at the clay lick and wait from the blind as parrots and macaws decide whether to come in. Blue-headed, Mealy, Orange-cheeked, and Yellow-crowned Parrots may join larger macaws, but the real rhythm is patience, sound, and the gradual build of activity along the clay bank.
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Bosque Unchog Cloud Forest Birding
Bird the isolated cloud forests of Bosque Unchog, a site famous for the 'Fantastic Four' endemics: Golden-backed Mountain-Tanager, Bay-vented Cotinga, Pardusco, and Rufous-browed Hemispingus.
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Chan Chan Archaeological Site
Explore Chan Chan, the largest adobe city in the world, capital of the Chimu civilization, with its intricate friezes and massive ceremonial complexes.
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Chaparri Nature Reserve Birding
Two days birding the Tumbesian dry forest of Reserva Chaparrí, a private reserve 75 km east of Chiclayo founded to protect the endangered White-winged Guan, easily seen here, and the Spectacled Bear, also a regular. Dry scrub and semi-deciduous forest hold roughly 39 resident Tumbesian endemics, including Collared and Marañon Antshrike, Tumbes Chat-Tyrant, Baird's Flycatcher, White-tailed Jay, Black-capped and Marañon Sparrow, White-headed Brushfinch and Sulphur-throated Finch, with Ochre-bellied Dove in slightly higher humid forest.
Read MoreChuncho Macaw Clay Lick
Visit the Chuncho clay lick, another major macaw and parrot aggregation site deep within the Tambopata National Reserve.
Read MoreSanta Ana Savanna and Marsh Birding
Open savanna and marsh birding near Santa Ana in Peten. Distinct habitat with grassland and wetland species including raptors, seedeaters, and marsh birds. GTM-ACT-018.
Read MoreColorado Macaw Clay Lick
Witness the spectacular gathering of hundreds of macaws and parrots at the Colorado clay lick, one of the largest and most accessible macaw clay licks in the Amazon.
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Cordillera Blanca High Andean Birding
Explore the high-altitude habitats of the Cordillera Blanca, Peru's highest mountain range, for Andean specialties including Andean Condor, Giant Hummingbird, and high-altitude seedeaters.
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Cordillera Escalera Foothill Birding
From Tarapoto we explore Cordillera Escalera, working foothill forest, roadside edges, and selected birding spots for hummingbirds, tanagers, manakins, and Koepcke's Hermit. It is a warm, active day and a useful contrast to the higher Alto Mayo sites.
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