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The Andean cock-of-the-rock is the national bird of Peru.

Welcome to a special list of the amazing birds found in Peru! Peru is a fantastic place for birds, with a huge variety of species. Imagine, there are 1885 different kinds of birds living here!

Out of these, 119 birds are endemic, which means they are found only in Peru and nowhere else in the world. Three species were introduced by humans, and 83 are vagrants, meaning they only show up rarely or by accident. We also have 26 hypothetical species, which means they've been seen but there isn't enough strong proof yet.

This list follows the information from the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society.

How to Read This List

You'll see some special letters next to the bird names. Here's what they mean:

  • (V) Vagrant: A bird that usually doesn't live in Peru but visits sometimes by chance.
  • (E) Endemic: A bird that lives only in Peru. It's super special!
  • (I) Introduced: A bird brought to Peru by people, either on purpose or by accident.
  • (H) Hypothetical: A bird that has been reported in Peru, but there's no solid proof yet.


Rheas

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Lesser rhea

Order: Rheiformes   Family: Rheidae

Rheas are very large birds from South America that cannot fly. They have three toes on each foot, which helps them run super fast! Only one type of rhea has been seen in Peru.

  • Lesser rhea, Rhea pennata

Tinamous

Order: Tinamiformes   Family: Tinamidae

Tinamous are one of the oldest bird groups on Earth. Even though they look like quail or grouse, they are unique and belong to their own special family. Peru has more tinamous than any other country, with 27 different kinds recorded!

Screamers

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anhimidae

Screamers are a small family of large, heavy birds related to ducks. They have long legs and big feet that are only partly webbed. They also have large spurs on their wings, which they use when fighting over mates or their territory. Two species have been seen in Peru.

Ducks

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

This family includes ducks, geese, and swans. These birds are built for life in water, with webbed feet and flat bills. Their feathers are great at shedding water because they have an oily coating. Twenty-four species have been found in Peru.

Guans

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Blue-throated piping-guan

Order: Galliformes   Family: Cracidae

Guans are large birds, similar to turkeys. Guans and curassows live in trees, while smaller chachalacas prefer open, bushy areas. They usually have dull feathers, but some curassows and guans have bright colors on their faces. Sixteen species have been recorded in Peru.

New World Quails

Order: Galliformes   Family: Odontophoridae

These small, plump birds live on the ground. They are not closely related to the quails found in other parts of the world, but they look and act similarly. Four species have been found in Peru.

  • Marbled wood-quail, Odontophorus gujanensis
  • Rufous-breasted wood-quail, Odontophorus speciosus
  • Stripe-faced wood-quail, Odontophorus balliviani
  • Starred wood-quail, Odontophorus stellatus

Flamingos

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James's flamingo

Order: Phoenicopteriformes   Family: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos are tall, social wading birds. They are known for their unique way of eating: they filter tiny shellfish and algae from the water using their specially shaped beaks, which they use upside-down! Three species have been seen in Peru.

Grebes

Order: Podicipediformes   Family: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-sized diving birds that live in freshwater. They have lobed toes, making them excellent swimmers and divers. However, their feet are set far back on their bodies, so they are clumsy on land. Seven species have been found in Peru.

Pigeons

Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are birds with sturdy bodies, short necks, and slender bills. Thirty species have been recorded in Peru.

Cuckoos

Order: Cuculiformes   Family: Cuculidae

Cuckoos are birds with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs. They come in various sizes. Eighteen species have been seen in Peru.

Oilbird

Order: Steatornithiformes   Family: Steatornithidae

The oilbird is a slender bird with long wings, related to nightjars. It is active at night and mostly eats fruit from the oil palm tree.

Potoos

Order: Nyctibiiformes   Family: Nyctibiidae

Potoos are large, nocturnal (night-active) birds that eat insects. They are related to nightjars. Six species have been found in Peru.

Nightjars

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Caprimulgidae

Nightjars are medium-sized birds that are active at night and usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs, and very short bills. Their soft feathers help them blend in with tree bark or leaves. Twenty-one species have been recorded in Peru.

Swifts

Order: Apodiformes   Family: Apodidae

Swifts are small birds that spend most of their lives flying. They have very short legs and almost never land on the ground, preferring to perch on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long, swept-back wings. Fourteen species have been found in Peru.

Hummingbirds

Order: Apodiformes   Family: Trochilidae

Hummingbirds are tiny birds famous for hovering in mid-air by flapping their wings incredibly fast. They are the only birds that can fly backward! Peru is home to a huge number of hummingbirds, with 127 species recorded.

Hoatzin

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Hoatzin

Order: Opisthocomiformes   Family: Opisthocomidae

The hoatzin is a pheasant-sized bird, but much thinner. It has a long tail and neck, a small head with a blue face, and red eyes topped with a spiky crest. It's not a strong flyer and lives in the swamps of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers.

Limpkin

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Aramidae

The limpkin looks like a large rail. It has dull brown feathers with a grayer head and neck.

Trumpeters

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Psophiidae

Trumpeters are chunky birds with long necks and legs, and bills like chickens. They are named for the loud, trumpeting calls made by the males. Two species have been seen in Peru.

Rails

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae

This large family includes rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. They usually live in thick plants near lakes, swamps, or rivers. They are often shy and hard to spot. Most have strong legs and long toes, good for walking on soft ground. They tend to have short, rounded wings and are not strong flyers. Thirty species have been found in Peru.

Finfoots

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Heliornithidae

Finfoots are a small family of tropical birds. They have webbed lobes on their feet, similar to grebes and coots. One species has been seen in Peru.

Plovers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae

This family includes plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short necks, and long, pointed wings. They live in open areas worldwide, often near water. Sixteen species have been found in Peru.

Oystercatchers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Haematopodidae

Oystercatchers are large, noisy birds that look a bit like plovers. They have strong bills that they use to open shellfish. Two species have been seen in Peru.

Avocets and Stilts

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Recurvirostridae

This family includes avocets and stilts, which are large wading birds. Avocets have long legs and long, upward-curved bills. Stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. Two species have been found in Peru.

Thick-knees

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Burhinidae

Thick-knees are a group of wading birds, mostly found in tropical areas. They are medium to large birds with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes, and camouflaged feathers. Even though they are waders, most prefer dry or semi-dry places. One species has been seen in Peru.

Sandpipers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae

This is a large and varied family of small to medium-sized shorebirds, including sandpipers, curlews, and snipes. Most of these birds eat small invertebrates they find in mud or soil. Different bill and leg lengths allow many species to feed in the same areas without competing for food. Thirty-eight species have been recorded in Peru.

Seedsnipes

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Thinocoridae

Seedsnipes are a small family of birds that look a bit like sparrows. They have short legs and long wings, and they eat plants. Three species have been seen in Peru.

  • Rufous-bellied seedsnipe, Attagis gayi
  • Gray-breasted seedsnipe, Thinocorus orbignyianus
  • Least seedsnipe, Thinocorus rumicivorus

Jacanas

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Jacanidae

Jacanas are wading birds found in tropical areas. You can easily spot them by their huge feet and claws, which let them walk on floating plants in shallow lakes. One species has been seen in Peru.

Skuas

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae

Skuas are medium to large birds, usually gray or brown, often with white marks on their wings. They nest on the ground and travel long distances. Five species have been recorded in Peru.

Skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Rynchopidae

Skimmers are a small family of tropical birds that look like terns. They have a longer lower beak, which they use to skim the water surface for small fish while flying low. One species has been seen in Peru.

Gulls

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

This family includes gulls, kittiwakes, and terns. Gulls are usually gray or white, often with black markings. They have longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are generally medium to large seabirds, often with black marks on their heads. Most terns dive for fish. Twenty-nine species have been recorded in Peru.

Sunbittern

Order: Eurypygiformes   Family: Eurypygidae

The sunbittern is a bird that looks like a bittern. It lives in tropical parts of the Americas and is the only member of its family.

Tropicbirds

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Red-tailed tropicbird

Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans. They have very long central tail feathers and black markings on their heads and wings. Two species have been seen in Peru.

Penguins

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Humboldt penguin

Order: Sphenisciformes   Family: Spheniscidae

Penguins are aquatic birds that cannot fly, living mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. Most penguins eat krill, fish, and squid that they catch while swimming underwater. Three species have been seen in Peru.

Albatrosses

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Black-browed albatross

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae

Albatrosses are among the largest flying birds, with some having the biggest wingspans of any living bird. Six species have been recorded in Peru.

Southern Storm-Petrels

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Wilson's storm-petrel

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Oceanitidae

Storm-petrels are the smallest seabirds, related to petrels. They eat tiny crustaceans and small fish from the water surface, often while hovering. Six species have been recorded in Peru.

Northern Storm-Petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Hydrobatidae

These storm-petrels are similar to their southern relatives but have enough genetic differences to be in a separate family. Seven species have been found in Peru.

Shearwaters

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae

This family includes medium-sized "true petrels," known for their united nostrils and long outer wing feathers. Twenty-five species have been recorded in Peru.

Storks

Order: Ciconiiformes   Family: Ciconiidae

Storks are large wading birds with long legs, long necks, and strong bills. They don't sing but communicate by clattering their bills. Their nests can be very large and are often used for many years. Three species have been recorded in Peru.

Frigatebirds

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Magnificent frigatebird

Order: Suliformes   Family: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds found in tropical oceans. They are mostly black and white or all black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. Males have colorful throat pouches that they can inflate. They are amazing flyers and can stay in the air for over a week! Two species have been seen in Peru.

Boobies

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Blue-footed booby

Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae

This family includes gannets and boobies. Both are medium to large coastal seabirds that dive headfirst into the water to catch fish. Seven species have been recorded in Peru.

Anhingas

Order: Suliformes   Family: Anhingidae

Anhingas are often called "snake-birds" because their long, thin necks look like snakes when they swim with their bodies underwater. They have fully webbed feet and short legs. Their feathers get wet, so they spread their wings to dry after diving. One species has been seen in Peru.

Cormorants

Order: Suliformes   Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Cormorants are medium to large coastal seabirds that eat fish. Most have dark feathers, some are black and white, and a few are colorful. Three species have been recorded in Peru.

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are large water birds with a special pouch under their beak. Like other birds in their group, they have webbed feet with four toes. Two species have been seen in Peru.

Herons

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae

This family includes bitterns, herons, and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns are usually shorter-necked and more cautious. When they fly, herons and egrets pull their necks back. Twenty-one species have been recorded in Peru.

Ibises

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Flock of puna ibis

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

This family includes ibises and spoonbills. They are large birds that live on land and in water. They have long, wide wings and are strong flyers, even soaring high in the sky. Nine species have been recorded in Peru.

New World Vultures

Order: Cathartiformes   Family: Cathartidae

New World vultures look like Old World vultures but are not closely related. They both eat dead animals. Unlike Old World vultures, which find food by sight, New World vultures have a great sense of smell. Six species have been recorded in Peru.

Osprey

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Osprey

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae

The family Pandionidae has only one species: the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large bird of prey that specializes in eating fish and is found all over the world.

Hawks

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

This family includes hawks, eagles, and kites. These birds of prey have strong hooked beaks for tearing meat, powerful legs with sharp talons, and excellent eyesight. Forty-seven species have been recorded in Peru.

Barn Owls

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Tytonidae

Barn owls are medium to large owls with big heads and heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons. One species has been recorded in Peru.

  • American barn-owl, Tyto furcata

Owls

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae

Typical owls are mostly solitary birds of prey that are active at night. They have large eyes that face forward, good hearing, a hooked beak, and a circle of feathers around each eye. Twenty-nine species have been recorded in Peru.

Trogons

Order: Trogoniformes   Family: Trogonidae

This family includes trogons and quetzals. They live in tropical forests worldwide, eating insects and fruit. They have soft, often colorful, feathers. Twelve species have been recorded in Peru.

Motmots

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Momotidae

Motmots have colorful feathers and long, layered tails that they wag back and forth. The ends of their two longest tail feathers often lose their barbs, leaving a bare shaft that looks like a racket. Five species have been recorded in Peru.

Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Five species have been recorded in Peru.

Jacamars

Order: Galbuliformes   Family: Galbulidae

Jacamars are glossy, elegant birds from tropical South America. They have long bills and tails and catch insects while flying. Thirteen species have been recorded in Peru.

Puffbirds

Order: Galbuliformes   Family: Bucconidae

Puffbirds are related to jacamars but are not as colorful. They are mostly brown, reddish-brown, or gray, with large heads and flattened bills. Their loose, fluffy feathers make them look stout and puffy. Twenty-four species have been recorded in Peru.

New World Barbets

Order: Piciformes   Family: Capitonidae

Barbets are plump birds with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles around their heavy bills. Most species are brightly colored. Seven species have been recorded in Peru.

Toucans

Order: Piciformes   Family: Ramphastidae

Toucans are birds from the Americas known for their bright colors and huge, colorful bills, which can be half their body length! Nineteen species have been recorded in Peru.

Woodpeckers

Order: Piciformes   Family: Picidae

Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues for catching insects. Many woodpeckers tap loudly on tree trunks with their beaks. Thirty-nine species have been recorded in Peru.

Falcons

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Crested caracara
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Aplomado falcon

Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae

Falcons are birds of prey that are active during the day. They are different from hawks and eagles because they kill their prey with their beaks, not their talons. Seventeen species have been recorded in Peru.

New World and African Parrots

Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittacidae

Parrots are birds with a special curved beak. Their upper beak can move a little, and they usually stand upright. All parrots have two toes pointing forward and two backward on each foot. Fifty-three species have been recorded in Peru.

Antbirds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Thamnophilidae

Antbirds are a large family of small birds found in Central and South America. They live in forests and usually eat insects near the ground. Some follow columns of army ants to catch insects fleeing the ants. Many are dull-colored, with brown, black, and white feathers. One hundred seventeen species have been recorded in Peru.

Crescentchests

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Melanopareiidae

These small birds live in dry, bushy areas. They are named for the band of color across their chest.

Gnateaters

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Conopophagidae

Gnateaters are round birds with short tails and long legs, closely related to antbirds. Four species have been recorded in Peru.

Antpittas

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Grallariidae

Antpittas look like pittas, with strong, longish legs, very short tails, and sturdy bills. Thirty-eight species have been recorded in Peru.

  • Undulated antpitta, Grallaria squamigera
  • Variegated antpitta, Grallaria varia
  • Scaled antpitta, Grallaria guatimalensis
  • Plain-backed antpitta, Grallaria haplonota
  • Ochre-striped antpitta, Grallaria dignissima
  • Elusive antpitta, Grallaria eludens
  • Chestnut-crowned antpitta, Grallaria ruficapilla
  • Watkins's antpitta, Grallaria watkinsi
  • Stripe-headed antpitta, Grallaria andicola
  • Jocotoco antpitta, Grallaria ridgelyi
  • Chestnut-naped antpitta, Grallaria nuchalis
  • Pale-billed antpitta, Grallaria carrikeri (E)
  • White-throated antpitta, Grallaria albigula
  • White-bellied antpitta, Grallaria hypoleuca
  • Rusty-tinged antpitta, Grallaria przewalskii (E)
  • Bay antpitta, Grallaria capitalis (E)
  • Red-and-white antpitta, Grallaria erythroleuca (E)
  • Chestnut antpitta, Grallaria blakei (E)
  • Urubamba antpitta, Grallaria occabambae (E)
  • Equatorial antpitta, Grallaria saturata
  • Cajamarca antpitta, Grallaria cajamarcae (E)
  • Graves's antpitta, Grallaria gravesi (E)
  • O'Neill's antpitta, Grallaria oneilli (E)
  • Junin antpitta, Grallaria obscura (E)
  • Oxapampa antpitta, Grallaria centralis (E)
  • Ayacucho antpitta, Grallaria ayacuchensis (E)
  • Puno antpitta, Grallaria sinaensis
  • Tawny antpitta, Grallaria quitensis
  • Rufous-faced antpitta, Grallaria erythrotis
  • Ochre-breasted antpitta, Grallaricula flavirostris
  • Peruvian antpitta, Grallaricula peruviana
  • Ochre-fronted antpitta, Grallaricula ochraceifrons (E)
  • Leymebamba antpitta, Grallaricula leymebambae
  • Slate-crowned antpitta, Grallaricula nana
  • Spotted antpitta, Hylopezus macularius
  • White-lored antpitta, Myrmothera fulviventris
  • Amazonian antpitta, Myrmothera berlepschi
  • Thrush-like antpitta, Myrmothera campanisona

Tapaculos

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Rhinocryptidae

Tapaculos are small birds with short wings that don't fly well. They have strong legs, perfect for living in grasslands or forest undergrowth. Their tails are often held upright. Peru has the most tapaculos of any country, with twenty species recorded.

Antthrushes

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Formicariidae

Antthrushes look like small rails. Seven species have been recorded in Peru.

Ovenbirds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Furnariidae

Ovenbirds are a large family of small birds found in Central and South America. They eat insects and are named for the fancy "oven-like" clay nests some species build. One hundred fifty-four species have been recorded in Peru.

Manakins

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pipridae

Manakins are small forest birds from Central and South America. Males are usually brightly colored, while females are often duller and green. Manakins eat small fruits, berries, and insects. Twenty-four species have been recorded in Peru.

Cotingas

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cotingidae

Cotingas are forest birds found in tropical South America. Not much is known about all of them, but they all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. Males of many species are brightly colored. Thirty species have been recorded in Peru.

Tityras

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tityridae

Tityras are small to medium-sized birds found in forests in the Americas. They don't have complex songs like other songbirds, and most have plain colors. Twenty-three species have been recorded in Peru.

Sharpbill

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Oxyruncidae

The sharpbill is a small bird that lives in dense forests in Central and South America. It mostly eats fruit but also enjoys insects.

Royal Flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Onychorhynchidae

These five species were once thought to be tyrant flycatchers, but scientists decided in 2019 that they belong in their own family.

Tyrant Flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tyrannidae

Tyrant flycatchers are found throughout North and South America. They are usually plain-colored and most eat insects. Peru has the most tyrant flycatchers of any country, with 258 species recorded!

  • Wing-barred piprites, Piprites chloris
  • Cinnamon manakin-tyrant, Neopipo cinnamomea
  • Cinnamon-crested spadebill, Platyrinchus saturatus
  • White-throated spadebill, Platyrinchus mystaceus
  • Golden-crowned spadebill, Platyrinchus coronatus
  • Yellow-throated spadebill, Platyrinchus flavigularis
  • White-crested spadebill, Platyrinchus platyrhynchos
  • Bronze-olive pygmy-tyrant, Pseudotriccus pelzelni
  • Hazel-fronted pygmy-tyrant, Pseudotriccus simplex
  • Rufous-headed pygmy-tyrant, Pseudotriccus ruficeps
  • Ringed antpipit, Corythopis torquatus
  • Marble-faced bristle-tyrant, Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus
  • Variegated bristle-tyrant, Pogonotriccus poecilotis
  • Spectacled bristle-tyrant, Pogonotriccus orbitalis
  • Mottle-cheeked tyrannulet, Phylloscartes ventralis
  • Ecuadorian tyrannulet, Phylloscartes gualaquizae
  • Rufous-browed tyrannulet, Phylloscartes superciliaris (H)
  • Cinnamon-faced tyrannulet, Phylloscartes parkeri
  • Streak-necked flycatcher, Mionectes striaticollis
  • Olive-striped flycatcher, Mionectes olivaceus
  • Ochre-bellied flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus
  • McConnell's flycatcher, Mionectes macconnelli
  • Sepia-capped flycatcher, Leptopogon amaurocephalus
  • Slaty-capped flycatcher, Leptopogon superciliaris
  • Rufous-breasted flycatcher, Leptopogon rufipectus
  • Inca flycatcher, Leptopogon taczanowskii (E)
  • Brownish twistwing, Cnipodectes subbrunneus
  • Rufous twistwing, Cnipodectes superrufus
  • Olivaceous flatbill, Rhynchocyclus olivaceus
  • Fulvous-breasted flatbill, Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus
  • Orange-eyed flatbill, Tolmomyias traylori
  • Yellow-margined flatbill, Tolmomyias assimilis
  • Gray-crowned flycatcher, Tolmomyias poliocephalus
  • Olive-faced flatbill, Tolmomyias viridiceps
  • Yellow-olive flatbill, Tolmomyias sulphurescens
  • White-bellied pygmy-tyrant, Myiornis albiventris
  • Short-tailed pygmy-tyrant, Myiornis ecaudatus
  • Scale-crested pygmy-tyrant, Lophotriccus pileatus
  • Double-banded pygmy-tyrant, Lophotriccus vitiosus
  • Long-crested pygmy-tyrant, Lophotriccus eulophotes
  • Helmeted pygmy-tyrant, Lophotriccus galeatus
  • Snethlage's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus minor (H)
  • Acre tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus cohnhafti
  • Yungas tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus spodiops
  • Flammulated pygmy-tyrant, Hemitriccus flammulatus
  • White-eyed tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus zosterops
  • White-bellied tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus griseipectus
  • Johannes's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus iohannis
  • Stripe-necked tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus striaticollis
  • Pearly-vented tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
  • Zimmer's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus minimus
  • Black-throated tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus granadensis
  • Cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus
  • Buff-throated tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus rufigularis
  • Rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus ruficeps
  • Johnson's tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus luluae (E)
  • White-cheeked tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus albifacies
  • Black-and-white tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus capitalis
  • Ochre-faced tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps
  • Rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus latirostris
  • Golden-winged tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus calopterus
  • Black-backed tody-flycatcher, Poecilotriccus pulchellus (E)
  • Spotted tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum maculatum
  • Common tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum
  • Yellow-browed tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum
  • Ornate flycatcher, Myiotriccus ornatus
  • Handsome flycatcher, Nephelomyias pulcher
  • Orange-banded flycatcher, Nephelomyias lintoni
  • Ochraceous-breasted flycatcher, Nephelomyias ochraceiventris
  • Cliff flycatcher, Hirundinea ferruginea
  • Cinnamon flycatcher, Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus
  • Bolivian tyrannulet, Zimmerius bolivianus
  • Red-billed tyrannulet, Zimmerius cinereicapilla
  • Mishana tyrannulet, Zimmerius villarejoi (E)
  • Slender-footed tyrannulet, Zimmerius gracilipes
  • Golden-faced tyrannulet, Zimmerius chrysops
  • Peruvian tyrannulet, Zimmerius viridiflavus
  • Lesser wagtail-tyrant, Stigmatura napensis
  • Plain tyrannulet, Inezia inornata
  • Fulvous-crowned scrub-tyrant, Euscarthmus meloryphus
  • Fulvous-faced scrub-tyrant, Euscarthmus fulviceps
  • Yellow-bellied elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster
  • Large elaenia, Elaenia spectabilis
  • White-crested elaenia, Elaenia albiceps
  • Small-billed elaenia, Elaenia parvirostris
  • Slaty elaenia, Elaenia strepera
  • Mottle-backed elaenia, Elaenia gigas
  • Brownish elaenia, Elaenia pelzelni
  • Plain-crested elaenia, Elaenia cristata
  • Lesser elaenia, Elaenia chiriquensis
  • Highland elaenia, Elaenia obscura
  • Sierran elaenia, Elaenia pallatangae
  • Yellow-crowned tyrannulet, Tyrannulus elatus
  • Forest elaenia, Myiopagis gaimardii
  • Gray elaenia, Myiopagis caniceps
  • Foothill elaenia, Myiopagis olallai
  • Pacific elaenia, Myiopagis subplacens
  • Yellow-crowned elaenia, Myiopagis flavivertex
  • Greenish elaenia, Myiopagis viridicata
  • Yellow tyrannulet, Capsiempis flaveola
  • White-tailed tyrannulet, Mecocerculus poecilocercus
  • Buff-banded tyrannulet, Mecocerculus hellmayri
  • White-banded tyrannulet, Mecocerculus stictopterus
  • White-throated tyrannulet, Mecocerculus leucophrys
  • Rufous-winged tyrannulet, Mecocerculus calopterus
  • Sulphur-bellied tyrannulet, Mecocerculus minor
  • Sclater's tyrannulet, Phyllomyias sclateri
  • Yungas tyrannulet, Phyllomyias weedeni
  • Sooty-headed tyrannulet, Phyllomyias griseiceps
  • Plumbeous-crowned tyrannulet, Phyllomyias plumbeiceps
  • White-fronted tyrannulet, Acrochordopus zeledoni
  • Ashy-headed tyrannulet, Tyranniscus cinereiceps
  • Black-capped tyrannulet, Tyranniscus nigrocapillus
  • Tawny-rumped tyrannulet, Tyranniscus uropygialis
  • Southern beardless-tyrannulet, Camptostoma obsoletum
  • White-lored tyrannulet, Ornithion inerme
  • Mouse-colored tyrannulet, Nesotriccus murinus
  • Tumbesian tyrannulet, Nesotriccus tumbezanus
  • Marañon tyrannulet, Nesotriccus maranonicus
  • Gray-and-white tyrannulet, Pseudelaenia leucospodia
  • Black-crested tit-tyrant, Anairetes nigrocristatus
  • Pied-crested tit-tyrant, Anairetes reguloides
  • Ash-breasted tit-tyrant, Anairetes alpinus
  • Yellow-billed tit-tyrant, Anairetes flavirostris
  • Tufted tit-tyrant, Anairetes parulus
  • Subtropical doradito, Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis
  • Torrent tyrannulet, Serpophaga cinerea
  • River tyrannulet, Serpophaga hypoleuca
  • White-crested tyrannulet, Serpophaga subcristata (V)
  • Straneck's tyrannulet, Serpophaga griseicapilla (V)
  • Unstreaked tit-tyrant, Uromyias agraphia (E)
  • Short-tailed field tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda
  • Cinnamon attila, Attila cinnamomeus
  • Ochraceous attila, Attila torridus
  • Citron-bellied attila, Attila citriniventris
  • Dull-capped attila, Attila bolivianus
  • Bright-rumped attila, Attila spadiceus
  • Piratic flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius
  • Large-headed flatbill, Ramphotrigon megacephalum
  • Rufous-tailed flatbill, Ramphotrigon ruficauda
  • Dusky-tailed flatbill, Ramphotrigon fuscicauda
  • Great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus
  • Lesser kiskadee, Philohydor lictor
  • Cattle tyrant, Machetornis rixosa (V)
  • Sulphury flycatcher, Tyrannopsis sulphurea
  • Boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangua
  • Golden-bellied flycatcher, Myiodynastes hemichrysus
  • Golden-crowned flycatcher, Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
  • Baird's flycatcher, Myiodynastes bairdii
  • Sulphur-bellied flycatcher, Myiodynastes luteiventris
  • Streaked flycatcher, Myiodynastes maculatus
  • Rusty-margined flycatcher, Myiozetetes cayanensis
  • Social flycatcher, Myiozetetes similis
  • Gray-capped flycatcher, Myiozetetes granadensis
  • Dusky-chested flycatcher, Myiozetetes luteiventris
  • Yellow-throated flycatcher, Conopias parvus
  • Three-striped flycatcher, Conopias trivirgatus
  • Lemon-browed flycatcher, Conopias cinchoneti
  • Variegated flycatcher, Empidonomus varius
  • Crowned slaty flycatcher, Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
  • Snowy-throated kingbird, Tyrannus niveigularis
  • White-throated kingbird, Tyrannus albogularis
  • Tropical kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus
  • Fork-tailed flycatcher, Tyrannus savana
  • Eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus
  • Grayish mourner, Rhytipterna simplex
  • Rufous casiornis, Casiornis rufus
  • White-rumped sirystes, Sirystes albocinereus
  • Rufous flycatcher, Myiarchus semirufus (E)
  • Dusky-capped flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer
  • Swainson's flycatcher, Myiarchus swainsoni
  • Short-crested flycatcher, Myiarchus ferox
  • Sooty-crowned flycatcher, Myiarchus phaeocephalus
  • Pale-edged flycatcher, Myiarchus cephalotes
  • Great crested flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus (V)
  • Brown-crested flycatcher, Myiarchus tyrannulus
  • Long-tailed tyrant, Colonia colonus
  • Flavescent flycatcher, Myiophobus flavicans
  • Orange-crested flycatcher, Myiophobus phoenicomitra
  • Unadorned flycatcher, Myiophobus inornatus
  • Roraiman flycatcher, Myiophobus roraimae
  • Olive-chested flycatcher, Myiophobus cryptoxanthus
  • Bran-colored flycatcher, Myiophobus fasciatus
  • Mouse-gray flycatcher, Myiophobus crypterythrus
  • Rufescent flycatcher, Myiophobus rufescens
  • Crowned chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix frontalis
  • Jelski's chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix jelskii
  • Golden-browed chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix pulchella
  • Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant, Silvicultrix diadema
  • Slaty-backed chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris
  • Rufous-breasted chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
  • Brown-backed chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca fumicolor
  • d'Orbigny's chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca oenanthoides
  • Piura chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca piurae (E)
  • White-browed chat-tyrant, Ochthoeca leucophrys
  • Tumbes tyrant, Tumbezia salvini
  • Amazonian scrub-flycatcher, Sublegatus obscurior
  • Southern scrub-flycatcher, Sublegatus modestus
  • Vermilion flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus
  • Pied water-tyrant, Fluvicola pica
  • Black-backed water-tyrant, Fluvicola albiventer
  • Masked water-tyrant, Fluvicola nengeta
  • White-headed marsh tyrant, Arundinicola leucocephala
  • Austral negrito, Lessonia rufa (V)
  • Andean negrito, Lessonia oreas
  • Spectacled tyrant, Hymenops perspicillatus (V)
  • Riverside tyrant, Knipolegus orenocensis
  • Rufous-tailed tyrant, Knipolegus poecilurus
  • Amazonian black-tyrant, Knipolegus poecilocercus
  • Jelski's black-tyrant, Knipolegus signatus
  • Plumbeous black-tyrant, Knipolegus cabanisi
  • White-winged black-tyrant, Knipolegus aterrimus
  • Hudson's black-tyrant, Knipolegus hudsoni (V)
  • Yellow-browed tyrant, Satrapa icterophrys
  • Little ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola fluviatilis
  • Spot-billed ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola maculirostris
  • Taczanowski's ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola griseus
  • Puna ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola juninensis
  • Cinereous ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola cinereus
  • White-fronted ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola albifrons
  • Ochre-naped ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola flavinucha
  • Rufous-naped ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola rufivertex
  • Dark-faced ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola maclovianus
  • White-browed ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola albilora
  • Plain-capped ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola alpinus (H)
  • Cinnamon-bellied ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola capistratus
  • Black-fronted ground-tyrant, Muscisaxicola frontalis
  • Red-rumped bush-tyrant, Cnemarchus erythropygius
  • Rufous-webbed bush-tyrant, Cnemarchus rufipennis
  • Gray monjita, Nengetus cinereus
  • Black-billed shrike-tyrant, Agriornis montanus
  • White-tailed shrike-tyrant, Agriornis albicauda
  • Gray-bellied shrike-tyrant, Agriornis micropterus
  • Streak-throated bush-tyrant, Myiotheretes striaticollis
  • Smoky bush-tyrant, Myiotheretes fumigatus
  • Rufous-bellied bush-tyrant, Myiotheretes fuscorufus
  • Drab water tyrant, Ochthornis littoralis
  • Fuscous flycatcher, Cnemotriccus fuscatus
  • Euler's flycatcher, Lathrotriccus euleri
  • Gray-breasted flycatcher, Lathrotriccus griseipectus
  • Olive flycatcher, Mitrephanes olivaceus
  • Black phoebe, Sayornis nigricans
  • Alder flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum
  • Olive-sided flycatcher, Contopus cooperi
  • Smoke-colored pewee, Contopus fumigatus
  • Western wood-pewee, Contopus sordidulus
  • Eastern wood-pewee, Contopus virens
  • Tropical pewee, Contopus cinereus
  • Blackish pewee, Contopus nigrescens
  • Many-colored rush tyrant, Tachuris rubrigastra

Vireos

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Vireonidae

Vireos are small to medium-sized birds, usually greenish, with heavier bills than wood warblers. Fourteen species have been recorded in Peru.

  • Rufous-browed peppershrike, Cyclarhis gujanensis
  • Olivaceous greenlet, Hylophilus olivaceus
  • Ashy-headed greenlet, Hylophilus pectoralis
  • Gray-chested greenlet, Hylophilus semicinereus
  • Lemon-chested greenlet, Hylophilus thoracicus
  • Slaty-capped shrike-vireo, Vireolanius leucotis
  • Tawny-crowned greenlet, Tunchiornis ochraceiceps
  • Lesser greenlet, Pachysylvia decurtata
  • Dusky-capped greenlet, Pachysylvia hypoxantha
  • Brown-capped vireo, Vireo leucophrys
  • Red-eyed vireo, Vireo olivaceus
  • Chivi vireo, Vireo chivi
  • Yellow-green vireo, Vireo flavoviridis
  • Black-whiskered vireo, Vireo altiloquus (V)

Jays

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Corvidae

This family includes crows, ravens, and jays. Corvids are larger than average perching birds, and some of the bigger species are very smart. Six species have been recorded in Peru.

Swallows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae

Swallows are birds built for catching food in the air. They have slender bodies, long pointed wings, and short bills with wide mouths. Their feet are better for perching than walking. Twenty-one species have been recorded in Peru.

Wrens

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Troglodytidae

Wrens are mostly small birds that are hard to see, but they have very loud songs! They have short wings and thin, downward-curved bills. Many species hold their tails straight up. All wrens eat insects. Twenty-four species have been recorded in Peru.

Gnatcatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Polioptilidae

These delicate birds look like Old World warblers. They move constantly through leaves looking for insects. Gnatcatchers are mostly soft bluish-gray and have long, sharp bills. They live in open woodlands or bushy areas. Six species have been recorded in Peru.

Donacobius

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Donacobiidae

The black-capped donacobius is found in wet habitats from Panama across northern South America.

Dippers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cinclidae

Dippers are perching birds that live near water in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. They are named for their bobbing movements. One species has been recorded in Peru.

Thrushes

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Turdidae

Thrushes are plump, soft-feathered birds that are small to medium-sized. They eat insects or are omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have beautiful songs. Twenty-five species have been recorded in Peru.

  • Andean solitaire, Myadestes ralloides
  • Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush, Catharus fuscater
  • Speckled nightingale-thrush, Catharus maculatus
  • Veery, Catharus fuscescens (V)
  • Gray-cheeked thrush, Catharus minimus
  • Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus
  • White-eared solitaire, Entomodestes leucotis
  • Rufous-brown solitaire, Cichlopsis leucogenys
  • Pale-eyed thrush, Turdus leucops
  • Plumbeous-backed thrush, Turdus reevei
  • Pale-breasted thrush, Turdus leucomelas
  • Hauxwell's thrush, Turdus hauxwelli
  • Pale-vented thrush, Turdus obsoletus (H)
  • Ecuadorian thrush, Turdus maculirostris
  • Varzea thrush, Turdus sanchezorum
  • Lawrence's thrush, Turdus lawrencii
  • Creamy-bellied thrush, Turdus amaurochalinus
  • Black-billed thrush, Turdus ignobilis
  • Marañon thrush, Turdus maranonicus
  • Chestnut-bellied thrush, Turdus fulviventris
  • Andean slaty thrush, Turdus nigriceps
  • Great thrush, Turdus fuscater
  • Chiguanco thrush, Turdus chiguanco
  • Glossy-black thrush, Turdus serranus
  • White-necked thrush, Turdus albicollis

Mockingbirds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Mimidae

This family includes thrashers and mockingbirds. These birds are famous for their songs and their ability to copy many other bird calls and outdoor sounds. Their feathers are usually dull gray and brown. Four species have been recorded in Peru.

Old World Sparrows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae

Sparrows are small perching birds. They are generally small, plump, brown or gray birds with short tails and strong, short beaks. Sparrows mainly eat seeds but also small insects. One species has been recorded in Peru.

Pipits and Wagtails

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae

This family includes wagtails and pipits. They are slender, ground-feeding birds that eat insects and live in open areas. Six species have been recorded in Peru.

  • Yellowish pipit, Anthus chii
  • Short-billed pipit, Anthus furcatus
  • Peruvian pipit, Anthus peruvianus
  • Correndera pipit, Anthus correndera
  • Hellmayr's pipit, Anthus hellmayri
  • Paramo pipit, Anthus bogotensis

Finches

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Fringillidae

Finches are seed-eating birds with strong, often cone-shaped beaks. They have a bouncy flight and most sing well. Twenty species have been recorded in Peru.

  • Thick-billed siskin, Spinus crassirostris
  • Hooded siskin, Spinus magellanicus
  • Saffron siskin, Spinus siemiradzkii
  • Olivaceous siskin, Spinus olivaceus
  • Yellow-bellied siskin, Spinus xanthogastrus
  • Black siskin, Spinus atratus
  • Yellow-rumped siskin, Spinus uropygialis
  • Lesser goldfinch, Spinus psaltria
  • Golden-rumped euphonia, Chlorophonia cyanocephala
  • Blue-naped chlorophonia, Chlorophonia cyanea
  • Chestnut-breasted chlorophonia, Chlorophonia pyrrhophrys
  • Orange-crowned euphonia, Euphonia saturata
  • Plumbeous euphonia, Euphonia plumbea
  • Purple-throated euphonia, Euphonia chlorotica
  • Golden-bellied euphonia, Euphonia chrysopasta
  • White-vented euphonia, Euphonia minuta
  • Orange-bellied euphonia, Euphonia xanthogaster
  • Thick-billed euphonia, Euphonia laniirostris
  • Bronze-green euphonia, Euphonia mesochrysa
  • Rufous-bellied euphonia, Euphonia rufiventris

Sparrows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passerellidae

Most birds in this family are called sparrows, but they are not closely related to the Old World sparrows. Many have unique head patterns. Thirty species have been recorded in Peru.

  • Yellow-throated chlorospingus, Chlorospingus flavigularis
  • Short-billed chlorospingus, Chlorospingus parvirostris
  • Ashy-throated chlorospingus, Chlorospingus canigularis
  • Common chlorospingus, Chlorospingus flavopectus
  • Tumbes sparrow, Aimophila stolzmanni
  • Grassland sparrow, Ammodramus humeralis
  • Yellow-browed sparrow, Ammodramus aurifrons
  • Black-striped sparrow, Arremonops conirostris (H)
  • Gray-browed brushfinch, Arremon assimilis
  • White-browed brushfinch, Arremon torquatus
  • Orange-billed sparrow, Arremon aurantiirostris
  • Black-capped sparrow, Arremon abeillei
  • Pectoral sparrow, Arremon taciturnus
  • Chestnut-capped brushfinch, Arremon brunneinucha
  • Olive finch, Arremon castaneiceps
  • Rufous-collared sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis
  • White-headed brushfinch, Atlapetes albiceps
  • Rufous-eared brushfinch, Atlapetes rufigenis (E)
  • Tricolored brushfinch, Atlapetes tricolor
  • Slaty brushfinch, Atlapetes schistaceus
  • Pale-naped brushfinch, Atlapetes pallidinucha
  • Yellow-breasted brushfinch, Atlapetes latinuchus
  • White-winged brushfinch, Atlapetes leucopterus
  • Bay-crowned brushfinch, Atlapetes seebohmi
  • Rusty-bellied brushfinch, Atlapetes nationi (E)
  • Apurimac brushfinch, Atlapetes forbesi (E)
  • Black-spectacled brushfinch, Atlapetes melanopsis (E)
  • Vilcabamba brushfinch, Atlapetes terborghi (E)
  • Cuzco brushfinch, Atlapetes canigenis (E)
  • Black-faced brushfinch, Atlapetes melanolaemus

Blackbirds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Icteridae

Icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful, birds found only in the Americas. Most species have black as their main feather color, often with bright yellow, orange, or red. Thirty-four species have been recorded in Peru.

Wood-Warblers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Parulidae

Wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, birds found only in the Americas. Most live in trees, but some live on the ground. Most eat insects. Twenty-six species have been recorded in Peru.

Mitrospingids

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Mitrospingidae

Until 2017, the four species in this family were part of the "true" tanager family.

Cardinal Grosbeaks

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cardinalidae

Cardinals are sturdy, seed-eating birds with strong bills. They usually live in open woodlands. Males and females often have different feather colors. Thirteen species have been recorded in Peru.

Tanagers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Thraupidae

Tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized birds found only in the Americas, mostly in tropical areas. Many species are brightly colored. They eat a mix of fruits, seeds, and insects. Most have short, rounded wings. One hundred ninety species have been recorded in Peru.

  • Hooded tanager, Nemosia pileata
  • White-capped tanager, Sericossypha albocristata
  • Yellow-shouldered grosbeak, Parkerthraustes humeralis
  • Plushcap, Catamblyrhynchus diadema
  • Green honeycreeper, Chlorophanes spiza
  • Golden-collared honeycreeper, Iridophanes pulcherrimus
  • Guira tanager, Hemithraupis guira
  • Yellow-backed tanager, Hemithraupis flavicollis
  • Bicolored conebill, Conirostrum bicolor
  • Pearly-breasted conebill, Conirostrum margaritae
  • Chestnut-vented conebill, Conirostrum speciosum
  • Giant conebill, Conirostrum binghami
  • White-browed conebill, Conirostrum ferrugineiventre
  • Blue-backed conebill, Conirostrum sitticolor
  • Capped conebill, Conirostrum albifrons
  • Tamarugo conebill, Conirostrum tamarugense
  • Cinereous conebill, Conirostrum cinereum
  • Stripe-tailed yellow-finch, Sicalis citrina
  • Puna yellow-finch, Sicalis lutea
  • Bright-rumped yellow-finch, Sicalis uropygialis
  • Greenish yellow-finch, Sicalis olivascens
  • Saffron finch, Sicalis flaveola
  • Grassland yellow-finch, Sicalis luteola
  • Raimondi's yellow-finch, Sicalis raimondii
  • Sulphur-throated finch, Sicalis taczanowskii
  • Black-hooded sierra finch, Phrygilus atriceps
  • Peruvian sierra finch, Phrygilus punensis
  • Plumbeous sierra finch, Geospizopsis unicolor
  • Ash-breasted sierra finch, Geospizopsis plebejus
  • Mourning sierra finch, Rhopospina fruticeti
  • Band-tailed sierra finch, Rhopospina alaudina
  • White-throated sierra finch, Idiopsar erythronotus
  • Glacier finch, Idiopsar speculifer
  • Boulder finch, Idiopsar brachyurus
  • Band-tailed seedeater, Catamenia analis
  • Plain-colored seedeater, Catamenia inornata
  • Paramo seedeater, Catamenia homochroa
  • Glossy flowerpiercer, Diglossa lafresnayii
  • Moustached flowerpiercer, Diglossa mystacalis
  • Black flowerpiercer, Diglossa humeralis
  • Black-throated flowerpiercer, Diglossa brunneiventris
  • White-sided flowerpiercer, Diglossa albilatera
  • Rusty flowerpiercer, Diglossa sittoides
  • Deep-blue flowerpiercer, Diglossa glauca
  • Bluish flowerpiercer, Diglossa caerulescens
  • Masked flowerpiercer, Diglossa cyanea
  • Tit-like dacnis, Xenodacnis parina
  • Slaty finch, Haplospiza rustica
  • Blue-black grassquit, Volatinia jacarina
  • Black-and-white tanager, Conothraupis speculigera
  • Rufous-crested tanager, Creurgops verticalis
  • Slaty tanager, Creurgops dentatus
  • Flame-crested tanager, Loriotus cristatus
  • Yellow-crested tanager, Loriotus rufiventer
  • White-shouldered tanager, Loriotus luctuosus
  • Fulvous-crested tanager, Tachyphonus surinamus
  • White-lined tanager, Tachyphonus rufus
  • Red-shouldered tanager, Tachyphonus phoenicius
  • Gray-headed tanager, Eucometis penicillata
  • Black-goggled tanager, Trichothraupis melanops
  • Inti tanager, Heliothraupis oneilli
  • Red-crested finch, Coryphospingus cucullatus
  • Masked crimson tanager, Ramphocelus nigrogularis
  • Black-bellied tanager, Ramphocelus melanogaster (E)
  • Silver-beaked tanager, Ramphocelus carbo
  • Flame-rumped tanager, Ramphocelus flammigerus
  • Fulvous shrike-tanager, Lanio fulvus
  • White-winged shrike-tanager, Lanio versicolor
  • Crimson-breasted finch, Rhodospingus cruentus
  • Short-billed honeycreeper, Cyanerpes nitidus
  • Purple honeycreeper, Cyanerpes caeruleus
  • Red-legged honeycreeper, Cyanerpes cyaneus
  • Swallow tanager, Tersina viridis
  • White-bellied dacnis, Dacnis albiventris
  • Black-faced dacnis, Dacnis lineata
  • Yellow-bellied dacnis, Dacnis flaviventer
  • Blue dacnis, Dacnis cayana
  • Lesson's seedeater, Sporophila bouvronides
  • Lined seedeater, Sporophila lineola
  • White-bellied seedeater, Sporophila leucoptera (V)
  • Parrot-billed seedeater, Sporophila peruviana
  • Chestnut-throated seedeater, Sporophila telasco
  • Drab seedeater, Sporophila simplex
  • Thick-billed seed-finch, Sporophila funerea (V)
  • Chestnut-bellied seedeater, Sporophila castaneiventris
  • Tawny-bellied seedeater, Sporophila hypoxantha (V)
  • Dark-throated seedeater, Sporophila ruficollis (V)
  • Chestnut-bellied seed-finch, Sporophila angolensis
  • Large-billed seed-finch, Sporophila crassirostris
  • Black-billed seed-finch, Sporophila atrirostris
  • Variable seedeater, Sporophila corvina
  • Wing-barred seedeater, Sporophila americana
  • Black-and-white seedeater, Sporophila luctuosa
  • Yellow-bellied seedeater, Sporophila nigricollis
  • Double-collared seedeater, Sporophila caerulescens
  • Slate-colored seedeater, Sporophila schistacea
  • Plumbeous seedeater, Sporophila plumbea
  • Buff-throated saltator, Saltator maximus
  • Bluish-gray saltator, Saltator coerulescens
  • Streaked saltator, Saltator striatipectus
  • Black-cowled saltator, Saltator nigriceps
  • Golden-billed saltator, Saltator aurantiirostris
  • Masked saltator, Saltator cinctus
  • Slate-colored grosbeak, Saltator grossus
  • Black-masked finch, Coryphaspiza melanotis
  • Wedge-tailed grass-finch, Emberizoides herbicola
  • Cinereous finch, Piezorina cinerea (E)
  • Slender-billed finch, Xenospingus concolor
  • Black-headed hemispingus, Pseudospingus verticalis
  • Drab hemispingus, Pseudospingus xanthophthalmus
  • Gray-hooded bush tanager, Cnemoscopus rubrirostris
  • Rufous-browed hemispingus, Poospiza rufosuperciliaris (E)
  • Rufous-breasted warbling finch, Poospiza rubecula (E)
  • Collared warbling finch, Poospiza hispaniolensis
  • Chestnut-breasted mountain finch, Poospizopsis caesar (E)
  • Black-capped hemispingus, Kleinothraupis atropileus
  • Parodi's hemispingus, Kleinothraupis parodii (E)
  • Orange-browed hemispingus, Kleinothraupis calophrys
  • Oleaginous hemispingus, Sphenopsis frontalis
  • Black-eared hemispingus, Sphenopsis melanotis
  • Orange-headed tanager, Thlypopsis sordida
  • Buff-bellied tanager, Thlypopsis inornata
  • Rust-and-yellow tanager, Thlypopsis ruficeps
  • Superciliaried hemispingus, Thlypopsis superciliaris
  • Rufous-chested tanager, Thlypopsis ornata
  • Brown-flanked tanager, Thlypopsis pectoralis (E)
  • Plain-tailed warbling finch, Microspingus alticola (E)
  • Three-striped hemispingus, Microspingus trifasciatus
  • Pardusco, Nephelornis oneilli (E)
  • Great Inca-finch, Incaspiza pulchra (E)
  • Rufous-backed Inca-finch, Incaspiza personata (E)
  • Gray-winged Inca-finch, Incaspiza ortizi (E)
  • Buff-bridled Inca-finch, Incaspiza laeta (E)
  • Little Inca-finch, Incaspiza watkinsi (E)
  • Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola
  • Dull-colored grassquit, Asemospiza obscura
  • Orange-eared tanager, Chlorochrysa calliparaea
  • Red-crested cardinal, Paroaria coronata (I)
  • Red-capped cardinal, Paroaria gularis
  • Black-faced tanager, Schistochlamys melanopis
  • Magpie tanager, Cissopis leverianus
  • Vermilion tanager, Calochaetes coccineus
  • Yellow-throated tanager, Iridosornis analis
  • Golden-collared tanager, Iridosornis jelskii
  • Golden-crowned tanager, Iridosornis rufivertex
  • Yellow-scarfed tanager, Iridosornis reinhardti (E)
  • Fawn-breasted tanager, Pipraeidea melanonota
  • Blue-and-yellow tanager, Rauenia bonariensis
  • Buff-banded mountain tanager, Dubusia taeniata
  • Streak-crowned mountain tanager, Dubusia stictocehala (E)
  • Chestnut-bellied mountain tanager, Dubusia castaneoventris
  • Lacrimose mountain tanager, Anisognathus lacrymosus
  • Scarlet-bellied mountain tanager, Anisognathus igniventris
  • Blue-winged mountain tanager, Anisognathus somptuosus
  • Hooded mountain tanager, Buthraupis montana
  • Masked mountain tanager, Tephrophilus wetmorei
  • Blue-capped tanager, Sporathraupis cyanocephala
  • Grass-green tanager, Chlorornis riefferii
  • Black-chested mountain tanager, Cnemathraupis eximia
  • Golden-backed mountain tanager, Cnemathraupis aureodorsalis (E)
  • Orange-throated tanager, Wetmorethraupis sterrhopteron
  • Golden-naped tanager, Chalcothraupis ruficervix
  • Silvery tanager, Stilpnia viridicollis
  • Green-throated tanager, Stilpnia argyrofenges
  • Sira tanager, Stilpnia phillipsi (E)
  • Green-capped tanager, Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei
  • Burnished-buff tanager, Stilpnia cayana
  • Masked tanager, Stilpnia nigrocincta
  • Blue-necked tanager, Stilpnia cyanicollis
  • Blue-and-black tanager, Tangara vassorii
  • Beryl-spangled tanager, Tangara nigroviridis
  • Metallic-green tanager, Tangara labradorides
  • Blue-browed tanager, Tangara cyanotis
  • Turquoise tanager, Tangara mexicana
  • Paradise tanager, Tangara chilensis
  • Opal-rumped tanager, Tangara velia
  • Opal-crowned tanager, Tangara callophrys
  • Bay-headed tanager, Tangara gyrola
  • Golden-eared tanager, Tangara chrysotis
  • Saffron-crowned tanager, Tangara xanthocephala
  • Flame-faced tanager, Tangara parzudakii
  • Green-and-gold tanager, Tangara schrankii
  • Golden tanager, Tangara arthus
  • Silver-throated tanager, Tangara icterocephala
  • Blue-gray tanager, Thraupis episcopus
  • Sayaca tanager, Thraupis sayaca (V)
  • Palm tanager, Thraupis palmarum
  • Dotted tanager, Ixothraupis varia
  • Yellow-bellied tanager, Ixothraupis xanthogastra
  • Spotted tanager, Ixothraupis punctata

Images for kids

  • Tinamotis pentlandii

    Puna tinamou

  • Crypturellus parvirostris 2

    Small-billed tinamou

  • Rhynchotus rufescens -Parque das Aves-8a

    Red-winged tinamou

  • Dendrocygna bicolor wilhelma

    Fulvous whistling-duck

  • Amazonetta brasiliensis

    Brazilian teal

  • Oxyura dominica

    Masked duck

  • Rostrhamus sociabilis -Vale do Ribeira, Registro, Sao Paulo, Brazil-8

    Snail kite

  • White Hawk 1 2496239182 cropped

    White hawk

  • Harpia harpyja 001 800

    Harpy eagle

  • Tigrisoma lineatum

    Rufescent tiger-heron

  • Butorides striata - Laem Pak Bia

    Striated heron

  • Cochlearius cochleariaPCCA20071227-8443B

    Boat-billed heron

  • Daption capense in flight - SE Tasmania

    Cape petrel

  • Procellaria cinerea - SE Tasmania

    Gray petrel

  • Puffinus griseus in flight - SE Tasmania

    Sooty shearwater

See also

  • List of birds
  • Lists of birds by region
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