The Rio Mamore can be easily visited from Trinidad by public transport. You can take a motorbike taxi (Bs20) or a communal taxi (Bs10 per person) from where the anillo meets the road out to the river. Once at the river where boats take cars accross, tell someone "Quiero pasear en bote" and they will find Juan the boatman and his frilly, pink boat. He charges Bs50 per hour regardless of the number of people. We took a 2 hour trip up river and back. I saw many waterbirds including Orinoco Goose, Black Skimmer, 2 species of terns and Roseate Spoonbill. The main attraction though are the pink river dolphins which may prove to be a Bolivian endemic species. A lake on the way to the river had ducks and waders including White-backed Stilt. Chestnut-fronted Macaw and White-eyed Parakeets roost in Trinidad plaza. Many waterbirds can be seen along the first stretch of the road north from the statue of a guy with 2 bulls on the anillo in Trini. Laguna Suarez, 20 minutes south of Trinidad, is good for waterbirds and Blue-and-yellow Macaw can also be seen.
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | Photographed |
| Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | |
| Green Ibis | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | Possibly seen |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | Photographed |
| Southern Screamer | Chauna torquata | |
| Orinoco Goose | Neochen jubata | Near-threatened Photographed |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | |
| Great Black-Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | |
| Savanna Hawk | Buteogallus meridionalis | |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | |
| Southern Caracara | Caracara plancus | |
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
| Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana | |
| White-backed Stilt | Himantopus melanurus | |
| Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | |
| Collared Plover | Charadrius collaris | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Photographed |
| Yellow-billed Tern | Sterna superciliaris | Photographed |
| Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | Photographed |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Photographed |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Picui Ground-Dove | Columbina picui | |
| Chestnut-fronted Macaw | Ara severa | |
| White-eyed Parakeet | Aratinga leucophthalmus | |
| Dusky-headed Parakeet | Aratinga weddellii | Possibly seen |
| Blue-winged Parrotlet | Forpus xanthopterygius | |
| Yellow-chevroned Parakeet | Brotogeris chiriri | |
| Greater Ani | Crotophaga major | |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Guira Cuckoo | Guira guira | |
| Glittering-bellied Emerald | Chlorostilbon aureoventris | |
| Glittering-throated Emerald | Polyerata fimbriata | |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Ceryle torquatus | |
| Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona | Photographed |
| Chestnut-eared Aracari | Pteroglossus castanotis | |
| Crimson-crested Woodpecker | Campephilus melanoleucos | Possibly seen |
| Rufous Hornero | Furnarius rufus | |
| Large Elaenia | Elaenia spectabilis | Possibly seen |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | Possibly seen |
| Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum | |
| Black-backed Water-Tyrant | Fluvicola albiventer | |
| Cattle Tyrant | Machetornis rixosus | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | |
| Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | |
| White-winged Swallow | Tachycineta albiventer | |
| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | |
| Purple-throated Euphonia | Euphonia chlorotica | |
| Double-collared Seedeater | Sporophila caerulescens | |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| Venezuelan Troupial | Icterus icterus | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
I birded this area while working as a volonteer on the World Parrot Trust Blue-throated Macaw project and many areas I went were on private land where we had permission to work. Blue-throated Macaws are all on private land and cannot really be seen privately. The best thing to do is contact Armonia and ask them advice. There is also a travel angent in Trinidad that can organise a tour to see the bird on a local estancia. Other areas of interest are along the main road north towards San Ramon. Between the towns of San Javier and San Pedro there are good wetland areas (in the dry season) for water birds including Ash-throated Crake, Rufous-sided Crake and 3 species of Stork. Stopping anywhere along this road however can be rewarding. After about 2 hours, you reach the River Ipurupuru with a pontoon bridge accross. Further north from here there is a fork and you can go left towards Santa Ana (only in the dry season). This road passes close by the Rio Mamore and its gallery forest has some distinctly amazonian type birds like Red-rumped Cacique. After this there is a ferry boat accros the river to Santa Ana. Back at the fork, go right towards San Ramon. After an hour or so, you will see a big lake. Watch out in roadside ditches on the other side for Sunbittern. Little Cuckoo was also seen accross here. This is private land which the road passes through. Don't stray from the road. The Llanos has very extreme seasons. The dry season is incredible dry and often burning field gets out of control. The wet season puts the whole area underwater and although very green, there are huge numbers of mosquitos.
| Greater Rhea | Rhea americana | Near-threatened Photographed |
| Undulated Tinamou | Crypturellus undulatus | |
| Small-billed Tinamou | Crypturellus parvirostris | Photographed |
| Red-winged Tinamou | Rhynchotus rufescens | Photographed |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
| Whistling Heron | Syrigma sibilatrix | Photographed |
| Capped Heron | Pilherodius pileatus | Photographed |
| Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Photographed |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Photographed |
| Rufescent Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum | Photographed |
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | Photographed |
| Maguari Stork | Ciconia maguari | Photographed |
| Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | Photographed |
| Plumbeous Ibis | Theristicus caerulescens | Photographed |
| Buff-necked Ibis | Theristicus caudatus | Photographed |
| Green Ibis | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | Photographed |
| Bare-faced Ibis | Phimosus infuscatus | Photographed |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | Photographed |
| Southern Screamer | Chauna torquata | Photographed |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Possibly seen |
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Photographed |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Photographed |
| Orinoco Goose | Neochen jubata | Near-threatened |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata | Photographed |
| Brazilian Teal | Amazonetta brasiliensis | Photographed |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | Photographed |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | Photographed |
| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | Possibly seen |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | Photographed |
| Pearl Kite | Gampsonyx swainsonii | Possibly seen |
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | Photographed |
| Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea | |
| Long-winged Harrier | Circus buffoni | |
| Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens | |
| Slate-colored Hawk | Leucopternis schistaceus | |
| Great Black-Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | Photographed |
| Savanna Hawk | Buteogallus meridionalis | Photographed |
| Black-collared Hawk | Busarellus nigricollis | Photographed |
| Gray Hawk | Asturina nitida | |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | Photographed |
| White-tailed Hawk | Buteo albicaudatus | Photographed |
| Southern Caracara | Caracara plancus | Photographed |
| Yellow-headed Caracara | Milvago chimachima | Photographed |
| Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | Photographed |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Photographed |
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | |
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | Photographed |
| Speckled Chachalaca | Ortalis guttata | Photographed |
| Blue-throated Piping-Guan | Pipile cumanensis | |
| Hoatzin | Opisthocomus hoazin | Photographed |
| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | Photographed |
| Rufous-sided Crake | Laterallus melanophaius | Photographed |
| Gray-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides cajanea | Photographed |
| Ash-throated Crake | Porzana albicollis | Photographed |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Photographed |
| Azure Gallinule | Porphyrio flavirostris | Photographed |
| Sunbittern | Eurypyga helias | |
| Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana | Photographed |
| White-backed Stilt | Himantopus melanurus | |
| Pied Lapwing | Vanellus cayanus | Photographed |
| Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | Photographed |
| Collared Plover | Charadrius collaris | Photographed |
| South American Snipe | Gallinago paraguaiae | |
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Photographed |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia | Photographed |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Photographed |
| Yellow-billed Tern | Sterna superciliaris | |
| Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Picazuro Pigeon | Patagioenas picazuro | |
| Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis | |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | Photographed |
| Plain-breasted Ground-Dove | Columbina minuta | Photographed |
| Ruddy Ground-Dove | Columbina talpacoti | Photographed |
| Picui Ground-Dove | Columbina picui | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | Photographed |
| Blue-and-yellow Macaw | Ara ararauna | Photographed |
| Blue-throated Macaw | Ara glaucogularis | Endemic Critically endangered Photographed |
| Red-and-green Macaw | Ara chloroptera | Photographed |
| Chestnut-fronted Macaw | Ara severa | Photographed |
| Golden-collared Macaw | Primolius auricollis | Photographed |
| White-eyed Parakeet | Aratinga leucophthalmus | Photographed |
| Dusky-headed Parakeet | Aratinga weddellii | Photographed |
| Peach-fronted Parakeet | Aratinga aurea | Photographed |
| Blue-winged Parrotlet | Forpus xanthopterygius | Photographed |
| Yellow-chevroned Parakeet | Brotogeris chiriri | Photographed |
| Scaly-headed Parrot | Pionus maximiliani | Photographed |
| Blue-fronted Parrot | Amazona aestiva | Photographed |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
| Dark-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus melacoryphus | Possibly seen |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| Little Cuckoo | Piaya minuta | |
| Greater Ani | Crotophaga major | Photographed |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Photographed |
| Guira Cuckoo | Guira guira | Photographed |
| Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| Tropical Screech-Owl | Megascops choliba | Photographed |
| Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl | Megascops watsonii | Photographed |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | Photographed |
| Black-banded Owl | Ciccaba huhula | Possibly seen |
| Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | Photographed |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| Great Potoo | Nyctibius grandis | Heard only |
| Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus | Possibly seen |
| Nacunda Nighthawk | Podager nacunda | Photographed |
| Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |
| Little Nightjar | Caprimulgus parvulus | Photographed |
| Spot-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus maculicaudus | Photographed |
| Scissor-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis torquata | Photographed |
| White-bearded Hermit | Phaethornis hispidus | Possibly seen |
| Swallow-tailed Hummingbird | Eupetomena macrourus | Photographed |
| Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis | Photographed |
| White-tailed Goldenthroat | Polytmus guainumbi | |
| Glittering-throated Emerald | Polyerata fimbriata | Photographed |
| Blue-crowned Trogon | Trogon curucui | Photographed |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Ceryle torquatus | |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |
| American Pygmy Kingfisher | Chloroceryle aenea | |
| Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | Photographed |
| White-eared Puffbird | Nystalus chacuru | |
| Black-fronted Nunbird | Monasa nigrifrons | Photographed |
| Chestnut-eared Aracari | Pteroglossus castanotis | Photographed |
| Toco Toucan | Ramphastos toco | Photographed |
| White-wedged Piculet | Picumnus albosquamatus | Photographed |
| White Woodpecker | Melanerpes candidus | |
| Checkered Woodpecker | Picoides mixtus | |
| Little Woodpecker | Veniliornis passerinus | |
| Golden-green Woodpecker | Piculus chrysochloros | |
| Spot-breasted Woodpecker | Colaptes punctigula | Photographed |
| Campo Flicker | Colaptes campestris | Photographed |
| Pale-crested Woodpecker | Celeus lugubris | Photographed |
| Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | Photographed |
| Crimson-crested Woodpecker | Campephilus melanoleucos | Photographed |
| Cream-backed Woodpecker | Campephilus leucopogon | Photographed |
| Rufous Hornero | Furnarius rufus | Photographed |
| Chotoy Spinetail | Schoeniophylax phryganophila | |
| Pale-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albescens | Photographed |
| Plain-crowned Spinetail | Synallaxis gujanensis | |
| Rusty-backed Spinetail | Cranioleuca vulpina | |
| Yellow-chinned Spinetail | Certhiaxis cinnamomea | Photographed |
| Plain Softtail | Phacellodomus fusciceps | Possibly seen |
| Greater Thornbird | Phacellodomus ruber | Photographed |
| Gray-crested Cacholote | Pseudoseisura unirufa | Photographed |
| Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | Photographed |
| Great Rufous Woodcreeper | Xiphocolaptes major | Photographed |
| Black-banded Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes picumnus | Photographed |
| Straight-billed Woodcreeper | Dendroplex picus | Photographed |
| Narrow-billed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes angustirostris | Photographed |
| Red-billed Scythebill | Campylorhamphus trochilirostris | Photographed |
| Great Antshrike | Taraba major | Photographed |
| Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus | Photographed |
| Bolivian Slaty-Antshrike | Thamnophilus sticturus | Possibly seen |
| Rusty-backed Antwren | Formicivora rufa | Photographed |
| Mato Grosso Antbird | Cercomacra melanaria | Photographed |
| Bare-necked Fruitcrow | Gymnoderus foetidus | |
| Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum | |
| Forest Elaenia | Myiopagis gaimardii | Possibly seen |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |
| Small-billed Elaenia | Elaenia parvirostris | |
| Lesser Elaenia | Elaenia chiriquensis | |
| White-bellied Tyrannulet | Serpophaga munda | |
| Southern Scrub-Flycatcher | Sublegatus modestus | |
| Suiriri Flycatcher | Suiriri suiriri | |
| Sharp-tailed Tyrant | Culicivora caudacuta | Vulnerable |
| Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus latirostris | Photographed |
| Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum | Photographed |
| Yellow-olive Flycatcher | Tolmomyias sulphurescens | |
| Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | |
| Fuscous Flycatcher | Cnemotriccus fuscatus | Photographed |
| Alder Flycatcher | Empidonax alnorum | Possibly seen |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | Photographed |
| Gray Monjita | Xolmis cinerea | Photographed |
| White-rumped Monjita | Xolmis velata | Photographed |
| White Monjita | Xolmis irupero | Photographed |
| Hudson's Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus hudsoni | Photographed |
| Spectacled Tyrant | Hymenops perspicillatus | |
| Black-backed Water-Tyrant | Fluvicola albiventer | |
| White-headed Marsh-Tyrant | Arundinicola leucocephala | Photographed |
| Cock-tailed Tyrant | Alectrurus tricolor | Vulnerable |
| Yellow-browed Tyrant | Satrapa icterophrys | |
| Cattle Tyrant | Machetornis rixosus | Photographed |
| Dull-capped Attila | Attila bolivianus | Photographed |
| Rufous Casiornis | Casiornis rufa | Photographed |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | Photographed |
| Swainson's Flycatcher | Myiarchus swainsoni | Possibly seen |
| Short-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus ferox | Photographed |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | Photographed |
| Lesser Kiskadee | Philohydor lictor | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Photographed |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| Rusty-margined Flycatcher | Myiozetetes cayanensis | |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | Photographed |
| Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius | Photographed |
| Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius | Photographed |
| Crowned Slaty Flycatcher | Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus | Photographed |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | Photographed |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Photographed |
| Green-backed Becard | Pachyramphus viridis | Photographed |
| White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus | |
| Black-tailed Tityra | Tityra cayana | Photographed |
| Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | Photographed |
| Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | Photographed |
| White-winged Swallow | Tachycineta albiventer | |
| White-rumped Swallow | Tachycineta leucorrhoa | |
| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Yellowish Pipit | Anthus lutescens | |
| Black-capped Donacobius | Donacobius atricapilla | Photographed |
| Thrush-like Wren | Campylorhynchus turdinus | Photographed |
| Fawn-breasted Wren | Thryothorus guarayanus | Photographed |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Photographed |
| Chalk-browed Mockingbird | Mimus saturninus | |
| Creamy-bellied Thrush | Turdus amaurochalinus | |
| Black-billed Thrush | Turdus ignobilis | |
| Masked Gnatcatcher | Polioptila dumicola | Photographed |
| Purplish Jay | Cyanocorax cyanomelas | Photographed |
| Plush-crested Jay | Cyanocorax chrysops | Photographed |
| Rufous-crowned Greenlet | Hylophilus poicilotis | Possibly seen |
| Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis | Photographed |
| Tropical Parula | Parula pitiayumi | |
| Masked Yellowthroat | Geothlypis aequinoctialis | |
| White-rumped Tanager | Cypsnagra hirundinacea | |
| Hooded Tanager | Nemosia pileata | |
| Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo | |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | Photographed |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | Photographed |
| Purple-throated Euphonia | Euphonia chlorotica | |
| Thick-billed Euphonia | Euphonia laniirostris | |
| Black-masked Finch | Coryphaspiza melanotis | Vulnerable Photographed |
| Red-crested Finch | Coryphospingus cucullatus | Photographed |
| Long-tailed Reed-Finch | Donacospiza albifrons | Photographed |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | Photographed |
| Plumbeous Seedeater | Sporophila plumbea | |
| Rusty-collared Seedeater | Sporophila collaris | Photographed |
| Lined Seedeater | Sporophila lineola | Photographed |
| Double-collared Seedeater | Sporophila caerulescens | Photographed |
| White-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila leucoptera | Photographed |
| Tawny-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila hypoxantha | Photographed |
| Dark-throated Seedeater | Sporophila ruficollis | Near-threatened Photographed |
| Great-billed Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus maximiliani | |
| Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus angolensis | |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | Photographed |
| Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch | Emberizoides herbicola | Photographed |
| Great Pampa-Finch | Embernagra platensis | Photographed |
| Red-crested Cardinal | Paroaria coronata | Photographed |
| Red-capped Cardinal | Paroaria gularis | Photographed |
| Grassland Sparrow | Ammodramus humeralis | |
| Yellow-browed Sparrow | Ammodramus aurifrons | Photographed |
| Grayish Saltator | Saltator coerulescens | Photographed |
| Blue-black Grosbeak | Cyanocompsa cyanoides | Possibly seen |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
| Unicolored Blackbird | Agelasticus cyanopus | Photographed |
| Red-breasted Blackbird | Sturnella militaris | Photographed |
| White-browed Blackbird | Sturnella superciliaris | Photographed |
| Bay-winged Cowbird | Molothrus badius | Photographed |
| Screaming Cowbird | Molothrus rufoaxillaris | Photographed |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Photographed |
| Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus | Possibly seen |
| Epaulet Oriole | Icterus cayanensis | |
| Venezuelan Troupial | Icterus icterus | Photographed |
| Yellow-rumped Cacique | Cacicus cela | Photographed |
| Red-rumped Cacique | Cacicus haemorrhous | |
| Solitary Cacique | Cacicus solitarius | Photographed |
| Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus | Photographed |
| Scarlet-headed Blackbird | Amblyramphus holosericeus | Photographed |
| Chopi Blackbird | Gnorimopsar chopi | Photographed |
| Velvet-fronted Grackle | Lampropsar tanagrinus | Photographed |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Hamburgo is easily reached from Riberalta by bike-taxi (about Bs5). Riberalta has many places to stay and eat. On the bike-taxi, you will pass lots of brick building places and finally reach the river where a boat takes people accross. Pale-legged Hornero was seen near here. Get off here and walk back along towards Riberalta. After about 200m you'll see a diagonal path leading off to the right. Follow this along and explore the trails. You cross a small stream and then get to a 3-way junction of trails. The right hand trail lead through some secondary forest with Chestnut Woodpecker and Lettered Aracari and ends in a small house. At the 3 way junction, go straight, bear left at the next junction, go over a broken bridge and along to the end. From here was flooded when I was there but taking a small trail into the forest on the left (a short distance after the bridge) and exploring a bit, I heard and then saw a Masked Antpitta singing 7-8m up in the trees. Just before dusk is best for singing but I heard it calling at midday when it was overcast. The call can be heard at the following link. http://www.birdsongs.com/Bolivia/snds_eng.htm Look out for Band-tailed Nighthawks on the way back when it's getting dark. Bikes are usually easy to flag down on the way back.
| Cinereous Tinamou | Crypturellus cinereus | Heard only |
| Undulated Tinamou | Crypturellus undulatus | Heard only |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Possibly seen |
| Rufescent Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum | |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| Greater Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes melambrotus | |
| Slate-colored Hawk | Leucopternis schistaceus | Photographed |
| Black-collared Hawk | Busarellus nigricollis | |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | |
| Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |
| Starred Wood-Quail | Odontophorus stellatus | Heard only |
| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | |
| Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana | |
| Ruddy Ground-Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| Gray-fronted Dove | Leptotila rufaxilla | |
| Chestnut-fronted Macaw | Ara severa | Heard only |
| Dusky-headed Parakeet | Aratinga weddellii | |
| Tui Parakeet | Brotogeris sanctithomae | Photographed |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| Greater Ani | Crotophaga major | |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Band-tailed Nighthawk | Nyctiprogne leucopyga | Possibly seen |
| Blue-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus | |
| Sapphire-spangled Emerald | Polyerata lactea | |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Ceryle torquatus | |
| Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | |
| Chestnut-capped Puffbird | Bucco macrodactylus | |
| Black-fronted Nunbird | Monasa nigrifrons | |
| Lettered Aracari | Pteroglossus inscriptus | |
| Yellow-tufted Woodpecker | Melanerpes cruentatus | Photographed |
| Chestnut Woodpecker | Celeus elegans | Photographed |
| Cream-colored Woodpecker | Celeus flavus | Possibly seen |
| Pale-legged Hornero | Furnarius leucopus | |
| Plain-crowned Spinetail | Synallaxis gujanensis | |
| Straight-billed Woodcreeper | Dendroplex picus | Possibly seen |
| Great Antshrike | Taraba major | Heard only |
| Warbling Antbird | Hypocnemis cantator | Possibly seen |
| Masked Antpitta | Hylopezus auricularis | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Dull-capped Attila | Attila bolivianus | |
| Rufous Casiornis | Casiornis rufa | Possibly seen |
| Lesser Kiskadee | Philohydor lictor | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | Heard only |
| Rusty-margined Flycatcher | Myiozetetes cayanensis | |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | Possibly seen |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | Possibly seen |
| Black-capped Donacobius | Donacobius atricapilla | |
| Thrush-like Wren | Campylorhynchus turdinus | |
| Fawn-breasted Wren | Thryothorus guarayanus | Possibly seen |
| Hauxwell's Thrush | Turdus hauxwelli | |
| White-necked Thrush | Turdus albicollis | Possibly seen |
| White-shouldered Tanager | Tachyphonus luctuosus | |
| Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo | |
| Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | |
| Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana | Photographed |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | Photographed |
| Lined Seedeater | Sporophila lineola | |
| White-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila leucoptera | |
| Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus angolensis | Possibly seen |
| Red-capped Cardinal | Paroaria gularis | |
| Yellow-browed Sparrow | Ammodramus aurifrons | |
| Grayish Saltator | Saltator coerulescens | |
| Solitary Cacique | Cacicus solitarius |
This place is famous as only one of 2 sites in Bolivia for the rare Rufous-sided Pygmy Tyrant. It is fairly easy to get to on public transport. Take a bus towards Guayaramerin and tell the bus driver to let you off at San Lorenzo de Pampas, which he should know. If not, try saying Quime (a town 2km away from the turning) or km36. It is another 30 minutes after you pass a military camp. A bus left Riberalta at about 7am. You should get dropped off at a right turn accross from a grass-rooved shelter. On the bus before this, look left for a few buildings called 'Communidad El Hondo' then a sign on the right for 'Hacienda Mercedita'. When you get dropped off, take the right turning towards Quime. Ahead, there appears to be a locked gate. Take a turning to right which passes through grassland. The road passes a patch of forest to the right, about 500m after which I saw the pygmy-tyrants in longer bunches of grass next to the track. Listen for their distinctive, fluty 'pyup pyup' calls. White-bellied Parrots could be seen flying over earlier on and Black-faced Tanagers seemed fairly common along here.
| Red-winged Tinamou | Rhynchotus rufescens | Heard only |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | Possibly seen |
| White-bellied Parrot | Pionites leucogaster | |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| White-tailed Goldenthroat | Polytmus guainumbi | Possibly seen |
| White Woodpecker | Melanerpes candidus | Possibly heard |
| Yellow-tufted Woodpecker | Melanerpes cruentatus | |
| Rusty-backed Antwren | Formicivora rufa | |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |
| Small-billed Elaenia | Elaenia parvirostris | |
| Rufous-sided Pygmy-Tyrant | Euscarthmus rufomarginatus | Near-threatened Photographed |
| Gray Monjita | Xolmis cinerea | Photographed |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | Possibly seen |
| Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius | Photographed |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Black-faced Tanager | Schistochlamys melanopis | |
| Purple Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes caeruleus | |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch | Emberizoides herbicola | Photographed |
| Grassland Sparrow | Ammodramus humeralis | Photographed |
| Yellow-rumped Cacique | Cacicus cela |
There appeaars to be no public transport here. I took a bike taxi from Riberalta (Bs30 - overcharged?) which took about 40mins. The guy hadn't heard of Antofagasta but knew Warnes, another small town on the way. Once on the track, continue straight on to Antofagasta instead of turning off left to Warnes. I asked the guy to come back to pick me up but he wasn't keen. I was lucky enough to get a ride back with a twice-weekly Brazil nut truck. It would be a long walk back. Very few vehicles seem to pass this road. Once at the few buildings in Antofagasta, you can continue on along the same track and expore the various side trails. Straight on goes to a river. A left fork passes through some good forest. This area merits several days birding. I only had 1 day.
| Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui | Heard only |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| Greater Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes melambrotus | |
| Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea | |
| Tiny Hawk | Accipiter superciliosus | Possibly seen |
| Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | Possibly seen |
| Speckled Chachalaca | Ortalis guttata | Heard only |
| Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis | |
| Ruddy Ground-Dove | Columbina talpacoti | Possibly seen |
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | |
| White-eyed Parakeet | Aratinga leucophthalmus | Possibly seen |
| Dusky-headed Parakeet | Aratinga weddellii | |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | Possibly seen |
| Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura | |
| Reddish Hermit | Phaethornis ruber | Possibly seen |
| Fork-tailed Woodnymph | Thalurania furcata | Possibly seen |
| White-tailed Trogon | Trogon viridis | |
| Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | |
| Pied Puffbird | Notharchus tectus | Photographed |
| Plain-brown Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla fuliginosa | Photographed |
| White-browed Antbird | Myrmoborus leucophrys | |
| Warbling Antbird | Hypocnemis cantator | |
| Purple-throated Fruitcrow | Querula purpurata | |
| Red-headed Manakin | Pipra rubrocapilla | |
| White-bellied Tody Tyrant | Hemitriccus griseipectus | |
| Long-tailed Tyrant | Colonia colonus | |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| Moustached Wren | Thryothorus genibarbis | |
| Red-billed Pied Tanager | Lamprospiza melanoleuca | Possibly seen |
| White-shouldered Tanager | Tachyphonus luctuosus | Possibly seen |
| Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo | |
| Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | |
| Paradise Tanager | Tangara chilensis | |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus | |
| Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus |
This large national park can be accessed from several different towns. I visited from the town of Buena Vista, just 2 hours from Santa Cruz. I arranged my trip into the park by visiting the park office in town. Ask there to be put in touch with a man named Ramon who also works as a guide and is knowledgeable about the birds. Another good source of information is a British ex-pat naturalist called Robin Clark. He has his own guest house called Flora & Fauna and does bird tours although they are a little pricy. Ramon wasn't available to take me into the park but found another guide called Franklin who took me in. I hired him for 3 days (2 nights). All the guides charge $15 per day. I bought supplies in Buena Vista and Franklin hired a motorbike for $20 which we took as far as the Surutu River. A 4-wheel drive vehicle can be hired to drop you off here for $40 which would be a better option for a group. On the way there we passed the communities of Huayto, Espejito and finally Santa Rosa. It is about 30km to Santa Rosa from Buena Vista and there maybe taxis that go to here. It is probably another 7km or so from there to the river. The turnoff for the park is well signed.
| Greater Rhea | Rhea americana | Near-threatened Seen between SC and BV |
| Cinereous Tinamou | Crypturellus cinereus | Heard only |
| White-bellied Nothura | Nothura boraquira | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| Greater Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes melambrotus | |
| King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa | |
| Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus | Possibly seen |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | |
| Southern Caracara | Caracara plancus | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | |
| Speckled Chachalaca | Ortalis guttata | Heard only |
| Horned Curassow | Pauxi unicornis | Endangered |
| Pied Lapwing | Vanellus cayanus | |
| Plumbeous Pigeon | Patagioenas plumbea | |
| Ruddy Ground-Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | Heard only |
| Gray-fronted Dove | Leptotila rufaxilla | |
| Military Macaw | Ara militaris | Vulnerable |
| Chestnut-fronted Macaw | Ara severa | |
| Mitred Parakeet | Aratinga mitrata | |
| White-eyed Parakeet | Aratinga leucophthalmus | |
| Green-cheeked Parakeet | Pyrrhura molinae | |
| Blue-winged Parrotlet | Forpus xanthopterygius | |
| Cobalt-winged Parakeet | Brotogeris cyanoptera | |
| Blue-headed Parrot | Pionus menstruus | |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| Greater Ani | Crotophaga major | |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Guira Cuckoo | Guira guira | |
| Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata | Heard only |
| Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | |
| Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis | Photographed |
| Planalto Hermit | Phaethornis pretrei | Possibly seen |
| Fork-tailed Woodnymph | Thalurania furcata | |
| White-bellied Hummingbird | Leucippus chionogaster | Possibly seen |
| Collared Trogon | Trogon collaris | |
| Blue-crowned Trogon | Trogon curucui | |
| Black-tailed Trogon | Trogon melanurus | |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Ceryle torquatus | |
| Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona | |
| Blue-crowned Motmot | Momotus momota | |
| Red-billed Toucan | Ramphastos tucanus | |
| Black-throated Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus atrogularis | Photographed |
| Crimson-crested Woodpecker | Campephilus melanoleucos | |
| Rufous Hornero | Furnarius rufus | |
| Plain-brown Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla fuliginosa | |
| Great Antshrike | Taraba major | Heard only |
| Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird | Myrmeciza hemimelaena | |
| Red-headed Manakin | Pipra rubrocapilla | |
| White-bellied Tody Tyrant | Hemitriccus griseipectus | |
| Cliff Flycatcher | Hirundinea ferruginea | |
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans | Photographed |
| Cattle Tyrant | Machetornis rixosus | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
| Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata | Possibly seen |
| Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | |
| Thrush-like Wren | Campylorhynchus turdinus | |
| Fawn-breasted Wren | Thryothorus guarayanus | |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Scaly-breasted Wren | Microcerculus marginatus | Heard only |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Black-billed Thrush | Turdus ignobilis | |
| Purplish Jay | Cyanocorax cyanomelas | |
| Tropical Parula | Parula pitiayumi | |
| Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus | |
| Neotropical River Warbler | Basileuterus rivularis | |
| White-shouldered Tanager | Tachyphonus luctuosus | |
| Red-crowned Ant-Tanager | Habia rubica | |
| Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo | |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | |
| Paradise Tanager | Tangara chilensis | |
| Green-and-gold Tanager | Tangara schrankii | |
| Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana | |
| Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus angolensis | |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | |
| Pectoral Sparrow | Arremon taciturnus | |
| Yellow-browed Sparrow | Ammodramus aurifrons | |
| Grayish Saltator | Saltator coerulescens | |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| Dusky-green Oropendola | Psarocolius atrovirens | |
| Russet-backed Oropendola | Psarocolius angustifrons | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
This is a great place to see some of the dry inter-Andean valley specialties. Take any bus to Quillacollo from Aroma. Get off after you see a statue looking like a chubby Lenin. There are a many minibuses waiting here. Ask which one goes to Liriuni. There are a number of micros and communal taxis going to different points along the road. One strategy is to take any one as far as it goes, then flag down another when it comes past.The order of communities along this road are Ironcollo, Marquina, Bellavista and finally the hotsprings at Liriuni. I would recommend getting a communal taxi as far as Bellavista and walk the rest. From Bellavista walk up the road, which curves round a bend before continuing up the valley. Wedge-tailed Hillstar has been see here but I didn't see it. The first stretch is good for Brown-backed Mockingbird, White-winged Black-Tyrant, Rufous-sided Warbling-Finch and Bolivian Blackbird. Continue up and turn right at a fork towards 'Calio'. This road goes down into a valley and crosses a river. After this it continues up past some old buildings and a row of Eucalyptus trees. This was a good spot for Sparkling Violetear and Giant Hummingbird. Further up it enters a larger valleY where Grey-bellied Flowerpiercer was common down a steep bank. The road finally arrives at Liriuni where Bolivian tourists like to bathe in the luke warm water. Follow the road past here and after a curve to the left, there is a small valley with a stream coming down. Up here is some remnant Polylepis. Scramble up the riverbed to a large Eucalyptus tree. Here I saw Cochabamba Mountain Finch, Rufous-bellied Saltator and Tawny Tit-Spinetail. There are a couple of small stalls in Liriuni with snacks and drinks and taxis wait to take people back down.
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
| Picui Ground-Dove | Columbina picui | |
| Bare-faced Ground-Dove | Metriopelia ceciliae | |
| Gray-hooded Parakeet | Psilopsiagon aymara | |
| Andean Swift | Aeronautes andecolus | |
| Green Violet-ear | Colibri thalassinus | Possibly seen |
| Sparkling Violet-ear | Colibri coruscans | |
| Giant Hummingbird | Patagona gigas | Photographed |
| Red-tailed Comet | Sappho sparganura | |
| Green-barred Woodpecker | Colaptes melanochloros | |
| Rufous Hornero | Furnarius rufus | |
| Tawny Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura yanacensis | Near-threatened Photographed |
| Creamy-breasted Canastero | Asthenes dorbignyi | |
| White-tipped Plantcutter | Phytotoma rutila | |
| White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | |
| Tufted Tit-Tyrant | Anairetes parulus | |
| Cliff Flycatcher | Hirundinea ferruginea | |
| Lesser Shrike-Tyrant | Agriornis murina | Possibly seen |
| White-winged Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus aterrimus | Photographed |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | Photographed |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Brown-backed Mockingbird | Mimus dorsalis | |
| Chiguanco Thrush | Turdus chiguanco | Photographed |
| Creamy-bellied Thrush | Turdus amaurochalinus | |
| Brown-capped Redstart | Myioborus brunniceps | Photographed |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | |
| Blue-and-yellow Tanager | Thraupis bonariensis | |
| Band-tailed Sierra-Finch | Phrygilus alaudinus | |
| Bolivian Warbling-Finch | Poospiza boliviana | Endemic |
| Rufous-sided Warbling-Finch | Poospiza hypochondria | |
| Cochabamba Mountain-Finch | Poospiza garleppi | Endemic Endangered Photographed |
| Ringed Warbling-Finch | Poospiza torquata | |
| Band-tailed Seedeater | Catamenia analis | |
| Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer | Diglossa carbonaria | Endemic |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
| Golden-billed Saltator | Saltator aurantiirostris | Photographed |
| Rufous-bellied Saltator | Saltator rufiventris | Near-threatened |
| Bay-winged Cowbird | Molothrus badius | |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| Bolivian Blackbird | Agelaioides oreopsar | Endemic Photographed |
| Hooded Siskin | Carduelis magellanica | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
This large lake within the city of Cochabamba has a few water birds including ducks, grebes and ibis. One side had more reed beds than the other. A taxi here costs just Bs4 from the centre of Cochabamba.
| White-tufted Grebe | Rollandia rolland | |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Puna Ibis | Plegadis ridgwayi | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Yellow-billed Pintail | Anas georgica | |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | |
| Andean Duck | Oxyura ferruginea | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Slate-colored Coot | Fulica ardesiaca | Photographed |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
| Picui Ground-Dove | Columbina picui | |
| Rufous Hornero | Furnarius rufus | |
| Wren-like Rushbird | Phleocryptes melanops | |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| Creamy-bellied Thrush | Turdus amaurochalinus | |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | |
| Yellow-winged Blackbird | Agelasticus thilius | |
| Bay-winged Cowbird | Molothrus badius | |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| Hooded Siskin | Carduelis magellanica | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
This spot on the new highway between Cochabamba to Villa Tunari is easily reached by public transport. One can either take a Villa Tunari bus from Oquenda and 9 de Abril in Cochabamba (2 hours, Bs12) or a communal taxi to Colomi and another to Corani Pampa from there (an hour and a half, Bs 6 + 6). The advantage is that taxis leave earlier (eg. 5am) rather than than 7am for the bus. The bus driver dropped me at the turn-off for the Corani Hydroelectric dam at km 77.4. This road actually turned out to have good birding (Plushcap, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager and Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant) but I was turned back by road-workers after a while. The walk back along the main road also had good birds including Andean Guans perching near the road, Black-and-blue Tanager and Pearled Treerunner. There are several trails running from this stretch of road which may be worth exploring. The best spot to get off though is at the unmarked km72. There is a turn (on the left coming from Cochabamba) downhill to Tablas Montes and a big sign here reading 'Locoto'. The track winds downhill from here and had many good birds including Olivaceous Siskin, Bolivian Tyrannulet, Barred Fruiteater and Blue-winged Mountain Tanager. The best place though is a inconspicuous track leading from the other side of the road about 50m back towards Cochabamba. This leads to a dead end finally but has amazing birding. Birds seen here included Black-throated Thistletail, 4 species of flowerpiercer, Long-tailed Sylph, Collared Inca, Black-hooded Sunbeam, Light-crowned Spinetail, Yellow-billed Cacique and Stripe-headed Woodquail heard. This area is firly high altitude and can have a lot of rain and mist.
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | |
| Andean Guan | Penelope montagnii | Possible seen |
| Stripe-faced Wood-Quail | Odontophorus balliviani | Heard only |
| Picui Ground-Dove | Columbina picui | Photographed |
| Scaly-naped Parrot | Amazona mercenaria | |
| Black-hooded Sunbeam | Aglaeactis pamela | Endemic Photographed |
| Collared Inca | Coeligena sp | Possible seen |
| Tyrian Metaltail | Metallura tyrianthina | |
| Long-tailed Sylph | Aglaiocercus kingi | Photographed |
| Golden-olive Woodpecker | Piculus rubiginosus | Possible seen |
| Crimson-mantled Woodpecker | Piculus rivolii | |
| Azara's Spinetail | Synallaxis azarae | Possible seen |
| Light-crowned Spinetail | Cranioleuca albiceps | |
| Black-throated Thistletail | Schizoeaca harterti | Endemic |
| Pearled Treerunner | Margarornis squamiger | Photographed |
| Undulated Antpitta | Grallaria squamigera | Heard only |
| Rufous-faced Antpitta | Grallaria erythrotis | Endemic Heard only |
| Barred Fruiteater | Pipreola arcuata | |
| White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | |
| Bolivian Tyrannulet | Zimmerius bolivianus | |
| Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca rufipectoralis | Photographed |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| Mountain Wren | Troglodytes solstitialis | |
| Great Thrush | Turdus fuscater | Photographed |
| Glossy-black Thrush | Turdus serranus | |
| Spectacled Redstart | Myioborus melanocephalus | Photographed |
| Pale-legged Warbler | Basileuterus signatus | Possible seen |
| Citrine Warbler | Basileuterus luteoviridis | |
| Common Bush-Tanager | Chlorospingus ophthalmicus | |
| Rust-and-yellow Tanager | Thlypopsis ruficeps | |
| Slaty Tanager | Creurgops dentata | Possible seen |
| Blue-capped Tanager | Thraupis cyanocephala | |
| Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager | Anisognathus igniventris | Photographed |
| Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager | Anisognathus somptuosus | |
| Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota | |
| Blue-and-black Tanager | Tangara vassorii | |
| Plush-capped Finch | Catamblyrhynchus diadema | |
| Rusty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa sittoides | |
| Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer | Diglossa carbonaria | Endemic |
| Bluish Flowerpiercer | Diglossopis caerulescens | Possible seen |
| Masked Flowerpiercer | Diglossopis cyanea | |
| Bolivian Brush-Finch | Atlapetes rufinucha | Endemic |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
| Yellow-billed Cacique | Amblycercus holosericeus | |
| Olivaceous Siskin | Carduelis olivacea |
This is a beautiful place and one of the best spots to see the endangered endemic Red-fronted Macaw which nest on a cliff near the village. There is nowhere to stay at the moment although Armonia are building a lodge in San Carlos just accross the river from the cliffs. Contact them for details. Av. Lomas de Arena 400, Santa Cruz. Tel 3568808; or A.Bennett Hennessey on 3563636; or Sebastian Herzog on 3701863 skherzog@armonia-bo.or Buses from Santa Cruz to Sucre pass the village but bus companies may try and charge the full fare. Alternatively buses leave Santa Cruz (3rd Anillo) and Cochabamba (6 de Agosto and Basientos) for Aiquile. I caught a bus from Cochabamba at 1pm arriving in Aiquile at 7pm (Bs15). The bus from Sucre to Santa Cruz passes Aiquile at 9pm and can drop you at Perereta late at night (Bs5-10). It may also be possible to camp. I stayed at the house of Martin Marcias whose wife also has a shop. Trucks pass by in the morning and can take you to Saipina from where there is a bus to Comarapa. Aswell as Red-fronted Macaws, Mitred and Cliff Parakeets also nest in the cliffs and Blue-fronted Parrots were also seen at the base of the cliffs. I saw White-fronted Woodpecker, Grey-crested Finch and Crowned Slaty Flycatcher in cactus scrub behind the houses. Also Purple Martin, Bolivian Blackbird and Cliff Flycatcher on the way to the cliffs.
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
| Picui Ground-Dove | Columbina picui | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |
| Red-fronted Macaw | Ara rubrogenys | Endemic Endangered Photographed |
| Mitred Parakeet | Aratinga mitrata | Photographed |
| Cliff Parakeet | Myiopsitta luchsi | Endemic Photographed |
| Yellow-chevroned Parakeet | Brotogeris chiriri | |
| Blue-fronted Parrot | Amazona aestiva | |
| Andean Swift | Aeronautes andecolus | |
| Speckled Hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys | Possibly seen Photographed |
| White-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes cactorum | Photographed |
| Narrow-billed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes angustirostris | |
| White-tipped Plantcutter | Phytotoma rutila | Photographed |
| White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | |
| Greater Wagtail-Tyrant | Stigmatura budytoides | |
| Cliff Flycatcher | Hirundinea ferruginea | Photographed |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Crowned Slaty Flycatcher | Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus | Photographed |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Photographed |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Photographed |
| Creamy-bellied Thrush | Turdus amaurochalinus | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | |
| Blue-and-yellow Tanager | Thraupis bonariensis | |
| Gray-crested Finch | Lophospingus griseocristatus | Photographed |
| Ringed Warbling-Finch | Poospiza torquata | |
| Dull-colored Grassquit | Tiaris obscura | |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | Photographed |
| Golden-billed Saltator | Saltator aurantiirostris | |
| Bolivian Blackbird | Agelaioides oreopsar | Endemic |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Tambo is easily reached from Comarapa (1,875m) where there are a number of places to stay and eat. I stayed at the Hotel Central (Bs20 for a single). Catch a communal taxi leaving from the gas station towards San Isidro (20km away) and get off at Tambo after about 16km. Turn left and walk along the edge of the school and past some houses before reaching some good cactus scrub n the hill to your left. I saw Spot-backed Puffbird and White-tailed kite here. You'll soon arrive at a small cow-farm (formerly a pig farm) where there is a fork. The right fork leads to a river which you can walk along. Bolivian Earthcreeper has been seen in the 'dry riverbed' here but the river was anything but dry. The left fork goes much further through a variety of habitats coming to a river which you would have to wade through to continue. This valley is quite birdy. Before reaching here a stream crosses the road and Saffron-billed Sparrow was seen here. It appears the Bolivian endemic Earthcreeper wasn't here as I failed to see it in 2 days of searching and found it easily elsewhere. Walking along the highway from the turn-off to Tambo back towards Comarapa was productive. I saw Stripe-crowned Spinetail, Ultramarine Grosbeak, Baw-winged Hawk and many Scaly-naped Parrots (early in the morning). Communal taxis also leave the market to Pulquina Arriba up a turning 3-4km before Tambo. A track apparently continues up past a lake and into the Amboro NP.
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | Photographed |
| Harris's Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
| Ruddy Ground-Dove | Columbina talpacoti | Possibly seen |
| Picui Ground-Dove | Columbina picui | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | Heard only |
| White-faced Dove | Leptotila megalura | |
| Blue-crowned Parakeet | Aratinga acuticaudata | Possibly seen Photographed |
| Gray-hooded Parakeet | Psilopsiagon aymara | |
| Yellow-chevroned Parakeet | Brotogeris chiriri | |
| Scaly-naped Parrot | Amazona mercenaria | Possibly seen |
| Guira Cuckoo | Guira guira | |
| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | |
| Andean Swift | Aeronautes andecolus | |
| Glittering-bellied Emerald | Chlorostilbon aureoventris | |
| White-bellied Hummingbird | Leucippus chionogaster | Seen near Comarapa |
| Speckled Hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys | Photographed? |
| Spot-backed Puffbird | Nystalus maculatus | Photographed |
| White-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes cactorum | |
| Green-barred Woodpecker | Colaptes melanochloros | Photographed |
| Cream-backed Woodpecker | Campephilus leucopogon | |
| Rufous Hornero | Furnarius rufus | |
| Azara's Spinetail | Synallaxis azarae | |
| Stripe-crowned Spinetail | Cranioleuca pyrrhophia | |
| Spot-breasted Thornbird | Phacellodomus maculipectus | Possibly seen near Comarapa |
| Narrow-billed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes angustirostris | |
| Variable Antshrike | Thamnophilus caerulescens | Photographed |
| White-tipped Plantcutter | Phytotoma rutila | Photographed |
| White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | |
| White-bellied Tyrannulet | Serpophaga munda | Possibly seen Photographed |
| Southern Scrub-Flycatcher | Sublegatus modestus | Possibly seen |
| Greater Wagtail-Tyrant | Stigmatura budytoides | Photographed |
| Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer | |
| Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | |
| Smoke-colored Pewee | Contopus fumigatus | Possibly seen |
| Yellow-browed Tyrant | Satrapa icterophrys | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Crowned Slaty Flycatcher | Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Chiguanco Thrush | Turdus chiguanco | |
| Rufous-bellied Thrush | Turdus rufiventris | Photographed |
| Creamy-bellied Thrush | Turdus amaurochalinus | |
| Masked Gnatcatcher | Polioptila dumicola | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Masked Yellowthroat | Geothlypis aequinoctialis | Seen near Comarapa |
| Black-faced Tanager | Schistochlamys melanopis | Possibly seen |
| Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava | Photographed |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | |
| Blue-and-yellow Tanager | Thraupis bonariensis | Photographed |
| Gray-crested Finch | Lophospingus griseocristatus | |
| Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch | Poospiza nigrorufa | Seen near Comarapa |
| Ringed Warbling-Finch | Poospiza torquata | |
| Black-capped Warbling-Finch | Poospiza melanoleuca | Photographed |
| Double-collared Seedeater | Sporophila caerulescens | Photographed |
| Band-tailed Seedeater | Catamenia analis | Seen near Comarapa |
| Dull-colored Grassquit | Tiaris obscura | Photographed |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | Photographed |
| Saffron-billed Sparrow | Arremon flavirostris | |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
| Golden-billed Saltator | Saltator aurantiirostris | Photographed |
| Black-backed Grosbeak | Pheucticus aureoventris | Photographed |
| Ultramarine Grosbeak | Cyanocompsa brissonii | |
| Bay-winged Cowbird | Molothrus badius | Photographed |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Photographed |
| Hooded Siskin | Carduelis magellanica | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Siberia (3,480m) is a small town between Comarapa and Pojo on the Old Highway between Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. Below it towards Comarapa is some good high-elevation Yungas Forest. It is difficult to reach by public transport as buses to Cochabamba from Comarapa only leave in the evening. There is no accomodation in Siberia and no restaurant although there are a couple of very small shops selling cookies and things. Some trucks leave Comarapa in the morning and it is possible to get a ride in the back (Bs 5). I got a ride at about 7am in a truck full of chicken shit. Several trucks pass in the afternoon coming back to Comarapa so getting back is not a problem. It's best to wait by the Siberia/Torresillas taxi stand and question any truck passing. Alternatively a taxi can be hired privately which may be as much as Bs 90. Once in Siberia, start walking back towards Comarapa. Birding is good from the start, with this top area having Red-crested Cotinga, White-browed Conebill and Andean Lapwing aswell as many hummingbirds. I saw the endemic Black-throated Thistletail a little further down by an old km 280 (from Santa Cruz) stone. Any forest below this can be good. There are some spectacular views when it is clear.
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | Photographed |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | Photographed |
| Rufous-thighed Hawk | Accipiter erythronemius | Photographed |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | |
| Mountain Caracara | Phalcoboenus megalopterus | Photographed |
| Stripe-faced Wood-Quail | Odontophorus balliviani | Possibly heard |
| Andean Lapwing | Vanellus resplendens | |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | |
| Plumbeous Pigeon | Patagioenas plumbea | Possibly seen |
| Black-winged Parrot | Hapalopsittaca melanotis | Possibly seen |
| Scaly-naped Parrot | Amazona mercenaria | Possibly seen |
| Andean Swift | Aeronautes andecolus | |
| Sparkling Violet-ear | Colibri coruscans | |
| Black-hooded Sunbeam | Aglaeactis pamela | Endemic Possibly seen |
| Tyrian Metaltail | Metallura tyrianthina | |
| Azara's Spinetail | Synallaxis azarae | |
| Black-throated Thistletail | Schizoeaca harterti | Endemic Photographed |
| Pearled Treerunner | Margarornis squamiger | |
| Montane Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger | |
| Variable Antshrike | Thamnophilus caerulescens | |
| Rufous-faced Antpitta | Grallaria erythrotis | Endemic Heard only |
| Red-crested Cotinga | Ampelion rubrocristata | Photographed |
| White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | |
| Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias uropygialis | |
| Cinnamon Flycatcher | Pyrrhomyias cinnamomea | |
| Andean Tyrant | Knipolegus signatus | |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Mountain Wren | Troglodytes solstitialis | |
| Great Thrush | Turdus fuscater | |
| Glossy-black Thrush | Turdus serranus | |
| White-browed Conebill | Conirostrum ferrugineiventre | |
| Common Bush-Tanager | Chlorospingus ophthalmicus | |
| Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager | Anisognathus igniventris | |
| Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager | Anisognathus somptuosus | |
| Rusty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa sittoides | |
| Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer | Diglossa carbonaria | Endemic |
| Masked Flowerpiercer | Diglossopis cyanea | |
| Bolivian Brush-Finch | Atlapetes rufinucha | Endemic |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
| Hooded Siskin | Carduelis magellanica | Possibly seen |
Pojo is a town between Comarapa and Cochabamba (on the old highway) and can be reached by buses from either. A bus leaves from Hotel Central in Comarapa at 7pm for Cochabamba and reaches Pojo Cruce in under 3 hours. From there it is 4km down into the valley and free transport met our bus. A bus leaves Cochabamba at about midday from near 6 de Agosto and Republica. Buses leave from the plaza in Pojo for Cochabamba at 5pm amd midnight and take about 6 hours. There are seemingly 2 places to stay in Pojo. I stayed at 'La Pension Rincon de Pojeņito' 1 block from the plaza with a single for Bs 15. Taxis leave the plaza and can drop you at Pojo Cruce at the top of the hill (Bs3). From there (km194) start walking in the direction on Cochabamba. The first stretch was very productive. After about 500m I saw Olive-crowned Crescent-chest calling in the morning and also several Bolivian Earthcreepers (which I missed at Tambo) hopping up bare earth banks by the side of the road. 3km further down is a small settlement where there also seems to be a place to stay. The km markers are confusing as they are from either direction and old and new ones seem to differ. Cross a bridge and continue on up the hill passing through another small settlement and then into good habitat. This road continues winding up and up and about 10km from Pojo Cruce you will come to a green marker signed 'SNC Km317' which may correspond to a point 78 km from Comarapa for Wedge-tailed Hillstar. I saw a female of this endemic hummer just past the post perched in tree. I also saw Andean Tinamou cross the road here and heard many. Shortly after this the road curves round the valley giving a spectacular view from where I saw Andean Condor soaring. The road goes on and is not really a comfortable walking distance. It reaches the town of La Habana after which I saw Bolivian Warbling-Finch but little else. Several kms past the km317 sign the road curves into a gorge where there was some Polylepis that may be worth exploring.
| Andean Tinamou | Nothoprocta pentlandii | |
| Andean Condor | Vultur gryphus | Near-threatened Photographed |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
| Bare-faced Ground-Dove | Metriopelia ceciliae | Possibly seen |
| Mitred Parakeet | Aratinga mitrata | Heard only |
| Gray-hooded Parakeet | Psilopsiagon aymara | Photographed |
| Andean Swift | Aeronautes andecolus | |
| Sparkling Violet-ear | Colibri coruscans | |
| White-bellied Hummingbird | Leucippus chionogaster | |
| Speckled Hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys | |
| Wedge-tailed Hillstar | Oreotrochilus adela | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Red-tailed Comet | Sappho sparganura | Photographed |
| Spot-backed Puffbird | Nystalus maculatus | |
| Bolivian Earthcreeper | Ochetorhynchus harterti | Endemic Photographed |
| Rufous Hornero | Furnarius rufus | |
| Azara's Spinetail | Synallaxis azarae | |
| Creamy-breasted Canastero | Asthenes dorbignyi | Photographed |
| Olive-crowned Crescent-chest | Melanopareia maximiliani | Photographed |
| White-tipped Plantcutter | Phytotoma rutila | |
| White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | |
| Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | |
| Cliff Flycatcher | Hirundinea ferruginea | |
| White-winged Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus aterrimus | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Chiguanco Thrush | Turdus chiguanco | Photographed |
| Brown-capped Redstart | Myioborus brunniceps | |
| Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava | |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | |
| Bolivian Warbling-Finch | Poospiza boliviana | Endemic |
| Rufous-sided Warbling-Finch | Poospiza hypochondria | |
| Ringed Warbling-Finch | Poospiza torquata | |
| Band-tailed Seedeater | Catamenia analis | |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | |
| Great Pampa-Finch | Embernagra platensis | |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
| Golden-billed Saltator | Saltator aurantiirostris | |
| Black-backed Grosbeak | Pheucticus aureoventris | |
| Bay-winged Cowbird | Molothrus badius | |
| Hooded Siskin | Carduelis magellanica | Photographed |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Villa Tunari is a popular tourist town on the new highway between Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. It is easily reached from either. Buses from Cochabamba leave from near the corner of Oquenda and 9 de Abril. It takes 4-5 hours (depending on the state of the road) and costs Bs 13. There are many places to stay and eat in town. The Guacharo entrance to the Carrasco National Park is fairly easy to reach. Take a municipal taxi from outside the market on the main road to Paractito (Bs3) a few kms along the road towards Cochabamba. From here take another communal taxi to San Rafael along the old road (Bs3). From the small village of San Rafael, it is about another short walk to a junction. Turn left here, cross over the bridge and walk along the river to the park entrance. It is signed 'Guacharos', the local name for the Oilbird which it is possible to see in caves inside the park. One must enter with a guide. I didn't bother as I had already seen it in Amboro NP. Before getting to the entrance, there is a small trail that cuts up the hill through forest. This is worth exploring and had Chestnut-tailed Antbird. Back at the junction, carry straight on along the road (This is the old Cochambamba-Chapare road). It passes by some patches of secondary forest which had Green Honeycreeper, Flammulated Bamboo-Tyrant and Rufous-winged Antwren. After a few kms you come to a pink school on the left-hand side. You can continue straight along to the small town of Palmar above which Ashyv Antwren has been seen. Bolivian Recurvebill has also been seen along this road. I turned left at the school. The track continues up and up passing through some good birding areas. I saw Occelated Woodcreeper, Thick-billed Euphonia and Smoke-coloured Pewee in a clearing plus Grey-bellied Sabrewing and Moustached Wren on the way up. The trail appears to go on and on. The good birding was spoilt by the large number of mosquitos present. The dry season might be more pleasant.
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| Greater Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes melambrotus | |
| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | |
| Speckled Chachalaca | Ortalis guttata | |
| Plumbeous Pigeon | Patagioenas plumbea | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | Heard only |
| Gray-fronted Dove | Leptotila rufaxilla | Heard only |
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | Heard only |
| White-eyed Parakeet | Aratinga leucophthalmus | |
| Blue-winged Parrotlet | Forpus xanthopterygius | |
| Yellow-chevroned Parakeet | Brotogeris chiriri | |
| Cobalt-winged Parakeet | Brotogeris cyanoptera | |
| Blue-headed Parrot | Pionus menstruus | |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Gray-breasted Sabrewing | Campylopterus largipennis | Possibly seen |
| Blue-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus | Possibly seen |
| Lettered Aracari | Pteroglossus inscriptus | |
| Chestnut-eared Aracari | Pteroglossus castanotis | |
| Red-billed Toucan | Ramphastos tucanus | |
| Ocellated Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus ocellatus | |
| Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus | Heard only |
| Rufous-winged Antwren | Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus | |
| Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird | Myrmeciza hemimelaena | |
| Flammulated Bamboo-Tyrant | Hemitriccus flammulatus | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | |
| Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| Thrush-like Wren | Campylorhynchus turdinus | |
| Moustached Wren | Thryothorus genibarbis | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | |
| Black-billed Thrush | Turdus ignobilis | |
| Purplish Jay | Cyanocorax cyanomelas | |
| Tropical Parula | Parula pitiayumi | |
| Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo | |
| Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | Possibly seen |
| Thick-billed Euphonia | Euphonia laniirostris | Photographed |
| Green Honeycreeper | Chlorophanes spiza | |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus angolensis | |
| Red-capped Cardinal | Paroaria gularis | |
| Yellow-browed Sparrow | Ammodramus aurifrons | |
| Yellow-rumped Cacique | Cacicus cela | |
| Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus | |
| Russet-backed Oropendola | Psarocolius angustifrons | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Ths is an incredible spot and well worth the effort. Oruro is a large city with many places to stay and eat. I stayed at the Residencial on Bolivar (sngle Bs20). In Wheatley, it said the lake was just 5 minutes drive from town. It was actually a gruelling 7km walk which at high altitude is no fun. Go South from the centre until you meet the highway, turn left here and go straight until you reach the train tracks. Look out for Black-winged and Bare-faced Ground-Doves. Either walk south along the tracks or along the road that runs parrallel. There are km marks along the tracks starting at 248. This road is drivable although a bit muddy and not very pretty along the first stretch through a rubbish dump. Renting a bicycle may also be an option. Also watch out for stray dogs (keep a rock handy). After a km or 2 the birding becomes good. There had been a lot of rain when I got there and much of the area along the train track and road was flooded and great for waders. Larger bodies of water after about 3-4km had Puna Flamingo and Andean Avocet. After the km252 marker there is a set of building foundations by the train track. I saw Mountain Parakeet, Giant Coot and Chilean Flamingo here. After this the road sank into the lake but maybe exposed at lower water level. I walked along the train tracks from here and there are small reedbeds on both sides holding Plumbeus Rail, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant, Wren-like Rushbird, Andean Duck and Yellow-winged Blackbird among others. After km 255 I finally found 4 Andean Flamingos easily distinguished from the more numerous Chilean Flamingos by their black flight feathers pretruding whilst standing, larger extent of black on the bill and more reddish on the front. Be careful of trains. None passed in the morning and the first came by at 1pm. There is enough room to stand by the side but it's probably better not to be near the tracks.
| White-tufted Grebe | Rollandia rolland | Photographed |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Photographed |
| Puna Ibis | Plegadis ridgwayi | |
| Chilean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus chilensis | Near-threatened Photographed |
| Andean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus andinus | Vulnerable Photographed |
| Puna Flamingo | Phoenicopterus jamesi | Near-threatened Photographed |
| Speckled Teal | Anas flavirostris | Photographed |
| Crested Duck | Anas specularioides | |
| Yellow-billed Pintail | Anas georgica | Photographed |
| Puna Teal | Anas puna | Photographed |
| Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera | Photographed |
| Andean Duck | Oxyura ferruginea | Photographed |
| Mountain Caracara | Phalcoboenus megalopterus | |
| Plumbeous Rail | Pardirallus sanguinolentus | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Slate-colored Coot | Fulica ardesiaca | |
| Giant Coot | Fulica gigantea | Photographed |
| White-backed Stilt | Himantopus melanurus | Photographed |
| Andean Avocet | Recurvirostra andina | |
| Andean Lapwing | Vanellus resplendens | Photographed |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Photographed |
| Puna Plover | Charadrius alticola | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Possibly seen |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Photographed |
| Andean Gull | Larus serranus | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Bare-faced Ground-Dove | Metriopelia ceciliae | Photographed |
| Black-winged Ground-Dove | Metriopelia melanoptera | |
| Mountain Parakeet | Psilopsiagon aurifrons | Photographed |
| Common Miner | Geositta cunicularia | |
| Puna Miner | Geositta punensis | |
| Wren-like Rushbird | Phleocryptes melanops | |
| Many-colored Rush-Tyrant | Tachuris rubrigastra | |
| Andean Negrito | Lessonia oreas | Photographed |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| Andean Swallow | Haplochelidon andecola | |
| Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch | Phrygilus plebejus | Photographed |
| Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch | Sicalis uropygialis | Photographed |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
| Hooded Siskin | Carduelis magellanica | Photographed |
Pongo is easily reached from central La Paz. Take any trufi or micro to Villa Fatima and from there take a Micro or bus towards Coroico or Chulumani. Asked to be let off at Pongo, about an hour from Villa Fatima (7 Bs). There is a row of small restaurants near Pongo along the highway. Get off here. Back track along the road until you see a stream/waterfall coming down the side of the hill. To the left of this (facing the hill) is an indistinct track. Climb this to the top where there is a small pond made by a little dam. Walk along the stream above here and cross over where possible. Your aim is to get to the top of the huge 2nd waterfall. A direct ascent is a bit steep so look to your right and walk up towards a track which runs round the side of the valley to the top. Once on top, walk straight up the hill to the start of the Polylepis trees. They are very sparse and interspersed with boulders. Birds are thin on the ground here and the weather can be aweful. Scribble-tailed Canastero can be seen around the edges and lower down. Line-fronted Canastero in Polylepis right at the top adn Puna Tapacula between boulders. The main target was the Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant. I missed this on my 1st trip but found a group on a 3rd level and my second trip. Instead of walking up to the Polylepis from the top of the second waterfall, walk along the right side of the stream. Another waterfall is visible to you left and a small stream comes down on the right. Follow the stream up, crossing where necessary to the 3rd level where there is a very small patch of Polylepis. I also saw Giant Conebill here.
| Torrent Duck | Merganetta armata | |
| Mountain Caracara | Phalcoboenus megalopterus | |
| Andean Gull | Larus serranus | |
| Andean Swift | Aeronautes andecolus | Heard only |
| Olivaceous Thornbill | Chalcostigma olivaceum | Photographed |
| Bar-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes fuscus | Photographed |
| Streak-throated Canastero | Asthenes humilis | Possibly seen |
| Scribble-tailed Canastero | Asthenes maculicauda | |
| Line-fronted Canastero | Asthenes urubambensis | Near-threatened |
| Puna Tapaculo | Scytalopus simonsi | Photographed |
| Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant | Anairetes alpinus | Endangered Photographed |
| Cinereous Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola cinereus | Possibly seen |
| White-browed Conebill | Conirostrum ferrugineiventre | Photographed |
| Giant Conebill | Oreomanes fraseri | Near-threatened Photographed |
| Black-hooded Sierra-Finch | Phrygilus atriceps | Seen below La Cumbre pass |
| Plain-colored Seedeater | Catamenia inornata | Photographed |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | Photographed |
Sorata is easily reached from La Paz in 4-5 hours depending on the road. Two bus companies run almost hourly services to Sorata from the Cementario area of La Paz. There is plenty of cheap accomodation in Sorata. I stayed at Panchita's on the plaza (Bs15 for a single). The reason for visiting the area was to try and find the endemic Berlepsch's Canastero which is apparently easy to find in Eucalyptus groves around town. I failed to find it in 2 full days of searching a variety of habitats and elevations around town and over 10km back out of town towards La Paz. This leads me to believe that there is some seasonal movement. There were some worthwhile birds though. Walking about 10 minutes out of town towards La Paz there is a sharp bend in the road where a stream comes down. This was a good spot for Cinereous Conebill, Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail, Azara's Spinetail and White-winged Black-Tyrant. I saw Green-tailed Train-bearer and Yellow-bellied Siskin a little further along this road. Crossing the main river the road snakes up the valley. I saw Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant perched in a Eucalyptus above the small settlement of Atahuallpani and a pair of Aplomado Falcons in fields at the top of the valley (about 10km from town). From here the habitat changes into more open Puna.
| Andean Tinamou | Nothoprocta pentlandii | Heard only |
| Speckled Teal | Anas flavirostris | Seen from bus back to La Paz |
| Mountain Caracara | Phalcoboenus megalopterus | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | Photographed |
| Picui Ground-Dove | Columbina picui | |
| Andean Swift | Aeronautes andecolus | Heard only |
| Sparkling Violet-ear | Colibri coruscans | |
| White-bellied Hummingbird | Leucippus chionogaster | Photographed |
| Green-tailed Trainbearer | Lesbia nuna | Photographed |
| Bar-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes fuscus | |
| Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura fuliginiceps | |
| Azara's Spinetail | Synallaxis azarae | |
| White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | |
| Tufted Tit-Tyrant | Anairetes parulus | |
| Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant | Myiotheretes striaticollis | |
| White-winged Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus aterrimus | Photographed |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Chiguanco Thrush | Turdus chiguanco | Photographed |
| Cinereous Conebill | Conirostrum cinereum | |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | |
| Blue-and-yellow Tanager | Thraupis bonariensis | |
| Band-tailed Seedeater | Catamenia analis | |
| Black-throated Flowerpiercer | Diglossa brunneiventris | Seen from bus back to La Paz |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
| Golden-billed Saltator | Saltator aurantiirostris | Photographed |
| Black-backed Grosbeak | Pheucticus aureoventris | Photographed |
| Yellow-bellied Siskin | Carduelis xanthogastra | Photographed |
The Huatajata lake shore is easily accessed in under 2 hours from La Paz (Bs6). Micros leave the cementerio area. Asked to be dropped off at the Inca Utama Hotel. Walk down one of the many of the drive-ways to the lake shore near here and scan the water for Short-winged Grebes. I found they were very easy to spot in this area. Peruvian Sierra-Finch amd Black Siskin were common in the gardens by the lake shore. Any stretch of lake shore or flooded field on the way can be good for water birds. Andean Coots, Andean Gulls and Puna Ibis are common in the area.
| White-tufted Grebe | Rollandia rolland | |
| Short-winged Grebe | Rollandia microptera | Endangered Photographed |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Puna Ibis | Plegadis ridgwayi | |
| Speckled Teal | Anas flavirostris | Seen between Sorata and Huatajata |
| Puna Teal | Anas puna | |
| Andean Duck | Oxyura ferruginea | |
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | Seen in Huarina |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Seen between Sorata and Huatajata |
| Slate-colored Coot | Fulica ardesiaca | |
| Andean Lapwing | Vanellus resplendens | Seen between Sorata and Huatajata |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| Chiguanco Thrush | Turdus chiguanco | |
| Peruvian Sierra-Finch | Phrygilus punensis | Photographed |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | Photographed |
| Black Siskin | Carduelis atrata | Photographed |
Direct buses leave the main terminal in La Paz about twice a day. It takes 6-7 hours and costs Bs23-24. One bus leaves at 6am and the other around midday. Buy tickets from window number 31. Call Louis on 72542520 for bus information. Returning to La Paz, buses leave the plaza in Inquisivi at 1pm or at 7 and 9pm. There is accomodation in Inquisivi. Simply ask where when you arrive. I stayed at a place for Bs10 (Bs3 extra for a hot shower). A couple of simple restaurants on the plaze serve lunch and dinner (Bs5). The main reason for visiting Inquisivi was to see the endangered endemic Bolivian Spinetail. A road winds down from town (2,500m) to a river below (2,150m). A path goes straight down crossing the road many times. Walk downhill from the plaza and turn left where the path hits the road. You will pass a hospital on your left. The bushes near here have Yellow-bellied Siskin. Follow the road round the first bend and take the first (short-cut) path on your left. There are 17 of these short cuts (some long, some very short) before you get to the river. The first ones pass through Eucalyptus plantations where I saw Green-cheeked Parakeets (a new race with yellow in the wing). After that, there is low scrub where I saw Band-tailed Seedeater and White-wionged Black-Tyrant. More than half way down the dry forest starts although the upper part is more disturbed and cutting trees for charcoal continues. The 11th (or 7th from the bottom) shortcut is long and has good birding. I saw Bolivian Spinetail about halfway down this path calling before 7 in the morning. Also Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Bran-coloured Flycatcher and Tropical Parula. The 13th (or 5th from the bottom) path is good for hummers including White-bellied Woodstar. The best area for the Bolivian Spinetail was the bottom (17th) shortcut. Mitred Parakeets and Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle were seen flying in the valley on the way down. It takes about 1 hour to walk to the bottom and walking back up is longer and very tiring. A bus came back up at 9:45am or camping at the bottom is also possible. Interesting birding areas occur aboved town but I didn't have time to visit them.
| Darwin's Nothura | Nothura darwinii | Possibly seen |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle | Geranoaetus melanoleucus | |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | Heard only |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Seen between La Paz and Inquisivi |
| Andean Lapwing | Vanellus resplendens | Heard only |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
| Picui Ground-Dove | Columbina picui | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | Possibly seen |
| Mitred Parakeet | Aratinga mitrata | |
| Green-cheeked Parakeet | Pyrrhura molinae | |
| Green Violet-ear | Colibri thalassinus | |
| Blue-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus | Photographed |
| Fork-tailed Woodnymph | Thalurania furcata | Possibly seen |
| White-bellied Hummingbird | Leucippus chionogaster | |
| Speckled Hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys | Possibly seen |
| Tyrian Metaltail | Metallura tyrianthina | Possibly seen Photographed? |
| White-bellied Woodstar | Chaetocercus mulsant | Possibly seen |
| Andean Flicker | Colaptes rupicola | Seen between La Paz and Inquisivi |
| Rufous Hornero | Furnarius rufus | |
| Sooty-fronted Spinetail | Synallaxis frontalis | |
| Bolivian Spinetail | Cranioleuca henricae | Endemic Endangered Photographed |
| Olive-crowned Crescent-chest | Melanopareia maximiliani | Heard only |
| Mouse-colored Tyrannulet | Phaeomyias murina | Possibly seen |
| White-bellied Tyrannulet | Serpophaga munda | Possibly seen |
| Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer | |
| Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | |
| Smoke-colored Pewee | Contopus fumigatus | Photographed |
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans | |
| White-winged Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus aterrimus | |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | Photographed |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
| Chiguanco Thrush | Turdus chiguanco | |
| Creamy-bellied Thrush | Turdus amaurochalinus | Photographed |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis | Photographed |
| Tropical Parula | Parula pitiayumi | Photographed |
| Brown-capped Redstart | Myioborus brunniceps | |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | |
| Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch | Poospiza nigrorufa | |
| Ringed Warbling-Finch | Poospiza torquata | Photographed |
| Double-collared Seedeater | Sporophila caerulescens | Photographed |
| Band-tailed Seedeater | Catamenia analis | |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
| Golden-billed Saltator | Saltator aurantiirostris | |
| Black-backed Grosbeak | Pheucticus aureoventris | Photographed |
| Bay-winged Cowbird | Molothrus badius | |
| Dusky-green Oropendola | Psarocolius atrovirens | Photographed |
| Yellow-bellied Siskin | Carduelis xanthogastra | Photographed |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |