Birdwatching
Bird watching as practice of continuous tourism and showing our interest in supporting the conservation, contributing with local communities and preserving birds habitat, has committed us to design three programs that are part of the Route of birds of Amazonas River (Amazon River Birding Routes) that will be for the birdwatchers a great and marvelous experience. |
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Pilioptila Clementsi
Iquitos Gnatcatcher
Perlita de Iquitos |
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BIRD 01: 3 days / 2 nights program, includes only the visit to National Reserve Allpahuayo Mishana. It has 57,600 hectares and is at only 20 kms. from Iquitos, it is known by its high levels of biodiversity and the most extensive concentration of forest that grows over white sand known locally as “varillales”.
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In Allpahuayo-Mishana, 480 species of birds has been registered until now, more that half dozen of them are considered to be specialist of white sand forests and only live in this type of habitat.
The bird symbol of Iquitos points out over the other ones, it is the Iquitos Gnatcatcher (Polioptila Clementsi) known as the little pearl of Iquitos, besides we have the Hormiguerito de Gentry (Herpsilochmus gentryi), Tiranuelo de Mishana (Zimmerius villarejoi), Hormiguero de Allpahuayo (Percnostola arenarum), Hormiguero de Zimmer (Myrmeciza castanea centuculorum), the Cotinga Pompadour (Xipholena punicea) and the Saltarín of Varillal (Neopelma chrysocephalum).
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BIRD 02: This program combines a visit to Allpahuayo Mishana with visits to the Islands of Amazonas River, specifically to the zone of Yanamono, 80 kms. far from the city of Iquitos. In places like Hondococha (island in front of Heliconia Lodge), Caño Cáceres, Quebrada Manco and the surroundings of Heliconia Lodge. 150 species of birds has been registered.
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Ceryle Torquata
Amazon Kingfisher
Martín pescador grande |
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Heliconia Lodge is located in one of the richest places in birds varzea species, being this one of the most important concerning species to observe, particularly in species easy to observe as: Festive Parrot (Amazona festiva), Black-collared Hawk ( Busarellus nigricollis), White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis) , Plum-throated Cotinga (Cotinga maynana), Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoatzin), Cinnamon Attila (Attila cinnamomeus).
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Regarding birds of dry land, thanks to a series of roads and bridges located in the lands of Heliconia Lodge, you will be able to observe typical birds as: Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicas cela), White-winged Becard (Pachyramphus polychopterus), Silver-beak Tanager (Ramphocelus Carbo), Masked-crimson Manager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis), Blue-crowned Manakin (Pipra coronata), Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala), Striped Manakin (Machaeropterus regulus).
The Chesnut-crowned Becard (Pachyramphus castaneus), a little weird species and located only in the Amazonia, has been registered as well in the surroundings of Heliconia Lodge.
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Trogon melanurus
Black-tailed Trogon
Trogón Colinegro
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BIRD 03: This program is totally developed in the National Reserve of Pacaya Samiria. It has a great diversity of ornithological fauna, has 449 birds species registered, grouped in 288 genders and 61 families. The 50% of registered birds belongs to the group of Passeriformes and inside this the Family Tyrannidae with 55 species.
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In the RNPS you can find various habitats, but birds related to aquarium environments point out. Because of the presence of lakes and swamps areas, the species of emigrating birds have the same importance. In this program you can visit places as Nauta Caño and a big part of Yanayacu river (inside the reserve) until you arrive to Yarina were you stay the most part of the visit in order to observe the: Horned Screamer, Black-collared Hawk, Jabiru Storks, Woodstorks, Roseate Spoonbill, Pied Lapwig, Lesser y Greater Yellowlegs, Yellow-billed Tern, Blue and Yellow Macaws, Scarlet Macaws. We will make the effort to find the endemic Black-tailed Antbird, Black-necked y Red Cotinga, Gray-cheeked Nunlet, Lettered y Ivory-billed Aracaris, Bar-breasted Piculet, Black Bushbird, Rufous-capped Antthrush, Tropical Gnatcatcher, Yellow-billed Jacamar, and others. |
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The BIRD 03 program in Pacaya Samiria can perfectly combine with BIRD 01 Program of Allpahuayo Mishana, making 9 days 8 nights and an excellent opportunity to observe species of birds specialists in varzea and dry land as well as the forest of varillal.
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