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Birding Cuzco Huacarpay Lake 06 Hours
Birds watching private tours with local birding guides
We leave every day at 5:00 am from your hotel to 11 am.
INCLUDED:
- Private car and driver
- Birdwatching guide
- Breakfast, hot drinks and Snacks.
Huacarpay Lake is an exceptional place nearby Cuzco, which harbors many bird species and concentrates three endemic bird species of the more than 120 Endemic bird species that are in Peru.
Endemic Peru suggest to see birds in Cuzco not only Huacarpay Lake weather not high Andean Lakes in Cusco nearby Huacarpay Lake. that is why we go have made the Birding In Cuzco one full day tour which keeps you busy birding full day around ten hours nearby Cuzco.
Any way if you would like to go birding in Huacarpay Lake only, it is possible but not recommendable if you have a full day available for watching birds.
A Birdwatching tour of Huacarpay Lake means birding for about six hours approximately, leaving at 5:00 a.m. and ending at 11:00 a.m.
Our Local guides know specific points to show you certain bird species around Huacarpay wetland such as Ovenbirds, Hummingbirds, Flower piercers, Mountain Finches, Teals, Flamingos, Andean Coots etc.
Checklist – Birds of Huacarpay Lake
| N. | ENGLISH NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME | FAMILY |
| 1 | Andean Tinamou | Nothoprocta pentlandii | Tinamidae |
| 2 | Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | Phalacrocoracidae |
| 3 | Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | Anatidae |
| 4 | Speckled Teal | Anas flavirostris | Anatidae |
| 5 | Yellow-billed Pintail | Anas georgica | Anatidae |
| 6 | Puna Teal | Anas puna | Anatidae |
| 7 | Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera | Anatidae |
| 8 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Ardeidae |
| 9 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae |
| 10 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Ardeidae |
| 11 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Ardeidae |
| 12 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Ardeidae |
| 13 | Cinereous Harrier | Circus cinereus | Accipitridae |
| 14 | Puna Ibis | Plegadis ridgwayi | Threskiornithidae |
| 15 | Puna Hawk | Buteo poecilochrous | Accipitridae |
| 16 | Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | Falconidae |
| 17 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Falconidae |
| 18 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae |
| 19 | Plumbeous Rail | Pardirallus sanguinolentus | Rallidae |
| 20 | Black-faced Ibis | Theristicus melanopis | Threskiornithidae |
| 21 | Chilean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus chilensis | Phoenicopteridae |
| 22 | Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle | Geranoaetus melanoleucus | Accipitridae |
| 23 | Plumbeous Rail | Pardirallus sanguinolentus | Rallidae |
| 24 | Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rallidae |
| 25 | Giant Coot | Fulica gigantea | Rallidae |
| 26 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Recurvirostridae |
| 27 | Andean Lapwing | Vanellus resplendens | Charadriidae |
| 28 | Puna Snipe | Gallinago andina | Scolopacidae |
| 29 | Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Scolopacidae |
| 30 | Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Scolopacidae |
| 31 | Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Scolopacidae |
| 32 | Wilson’s Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Scolopacidae |
| 33 | Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | Columbidae |
| 34 | Black-winged Ground-Dove | Metriopelia melanoptera | Columbidae |
| 35 | Bare-faced Ground-Dove | Metriopelia ceciliae | Columbidae |
| 36 | Mitred Parakeet | Aratinga mitrata | Psittacidae |
| 37 | Andean Parakeet | Bolborhynchus orbygnesius | Psittacidae |
| 38 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | Apodidae |
| 39 | Andean Swift | Aeronautes andecolus | Apodidae |
| 40 | Sparkling Violet-ear | Colibri coruscans | Trochilidae |
| 41 | Shining Sunbeam | Aglaeactis cupripennis | Trochilidae |
| 42 | White-bellied Hummingbird | Amazilia chionogaster | Trochilidae |
| 43 | Giant Hummingbird | Patagona gigas | Trochilidae |
| 44 | Green-tailed Trainbearer | Lesbia nuna | Trochilidae |
| 45 | Bearded Mountaineer | Oreonympha nobilis | Trochilidae |
| 46 | Andean Flicker | Colaptes rupicola | Picidae |
| 47 | Bar-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes fuscus | Furnariidae |
| 48 | Rusty-fronted Canastero | Asthenes ottonis | Furnariidae |
| 49 | Wren-like Rushbird | Phleocryptes melanops | Furnariidae |
| 50 | Streak-fronted Thornbird | Phacellodomus striaticeps | Furnariidae |
| 51 | White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | Tyrannidae |
| 52 | Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant | Anairetes flavirostris | Tyrannidae |
| 53 | Many-colored Rush-Tyrant | Tachuris rubrigastra | Tyrannidae |
| 54 | White-browed Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca leucophrys | Tyrannidae |
| 55 | Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola maculirostris | Tyrannidae |
| 56 | Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola rufivertex | Tyrannidae |
| 57 | Puna Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola juninensis | Tyrannidae |
| 58 | White-fronted Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola albifrons | Tyrannidae |
| 59 | Cinereous Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola cinereus | Tyrannidae |
| 60 | Andean Negrito | Lessonia oreas | Tyrannidae |
| 61 | Chiguanco Thrush | Turdus chiguanco | Turdidae |
| 62 | House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Troglodytidae |
| 63 | Brown-bellied Swallow | Notiochelidon murina | Hirundinidae |
| 64 | Hooded Siskin | Carduelis magellanica | Fringillidae |
| 65 | Cinereous Conebill | Conirostrum cinereum | Thraupidae |
| 66 | Blue-and-yellow Tanager | Thraupis bonariensis | Thraupidae |
| 67 | Peruvian Sierra-Finch | Phyrgilus punensis | Emberizidae |
| 68 | Mourning Sierra-Finch | Phrygilus fruticeti | Emberizidae |
| 69 | Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch | Phrygilus plebejus | Emberizidae |
| 70 | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | Emberizidae |
| 71 | Puna Yellow-Finch | Sicalis lutea | Emberizidae |
| 72 | Greenish Yellow-Finch | Sicalis olivascens | Emberizidae |
| 73 | Band-tailed Seedeater | Catamenia analis | Emberizidae |
| 74 | Black-throated Flower-piercer | Diglossa brunneiventris | Thraupidae |
| 75 | Golden-billed Saltator | Saltator aurantiirostris | Cardinalidae |
| 76 | Yellow-winged Blackbird | Agelasticus thilius | Icteridae |
| 77 | Silvery Grebe | Podiceps occipitalis | Podicipedidae |
| 78 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Ardeidae |
| 79 | White-capped Dipper | Cinclus leucocephalus | Cinclidae |
| 80 | Black-faced Ibis | Theristicus melanopis | Threskiornithidae |
| 81 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Accipitridae |
| 82 | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Scolopacidae |
| 83 | Baird’s Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Scolopacidae |
| 84 | Dark-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus melacoryphus | Cuculidae |
| 85 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Cuculidae |
| 86 | Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | Strigidae |
| 87 | Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | Strigidae |
| 88 | Black-tailed Trainbearer | Lesbia victoriae | Trochilidae |
| 89 | Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca rufipectoralis | Tyrannidae |
| 90 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Tyrannidae |
| 91 | White-fronted Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola albifrons | Tyrannidae |
| 92 | Andean Swallow | Haplochelidon andecola | Hirundinidae |
| 93 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae |
| 94 | Plumbeous Sierra-Finch | Phrygilus unicolor | Emberizidae |
| 95 | Chestnut-breasted Mountain-Finch | Poospiza caesar | Emberizidae |
| 96 | Rusty Flower-piercer | Diglossa sittoides | Thraupidae |
| 97 | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Bobolink | Icteridae |
| 98 | White-browed Blackbird | Sturnella superciliaris | Icteridae |
| 99 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | Ardeidae |