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

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Peru. The avifauna of Peru has 1885 confirmed species, of which 119 are endemic, three have been introduced by humans, and 83 are rare or vagrants. An additional 26 species are hypothetical (see below).

Except as an entry is cited otherwise, the list of species is that of the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society. The list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) are also those of the SACC unless noted otherwise. Capitalization within English names follows Wikipedia practice, i.e. only the first word of a name is capitalized unless a place name such as São Paulo is used.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain categories of occurrence.

  • (V) Vagrant - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Peru
  • (E) Endemic - a species endemic to Peru
  • (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Peru as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  • (H) Hypothetical - a species recorded but with "no tangible evidence" according to the SACC


Rheas

Pterocnemia pennata
Lesser rhea

Order: Rheiformes   Family: Rheidae

The rheas are large flightless birds native to South America. Their feet have three toes rather than four which allows them to run faster. One species has been recorded in Peru.

  • Lesser rhea, Rhea pennata

Tinamous

Order: Tinamiformes   Family: Tinamidae

The tinamous are one of the most ancient groups of bird. Although they look similar to other ground-dwelling birds like quail and grouse, they have no close relatives and are classified as a single family, Tinamidae, within their own order, the Tinamiformes. Peru contains the largest number of tinamous of any country. Twenty-seven species have been recorded there.

  • Tinamotis pentlandii

    Puna tinamou

  • Crypturellus parvirostris 2

    Small-billed tinamou

  • Rhynchotus rufescens -Parque das Aves-8a

    Red-winged tinamou

Screamers

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anhimidae

The screamers are a small family of birds related to the ducks. They are large, bulky birds, with a small downy head, long legs, and large feet which are only partially webbed. They have large spurs on their wings which are used in fights over mates and in territorial disputes. Two species have been recorded in Peru.

Ducks

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. Twenty-four species have been recorded in Peru.

  • Dendrocygna bicolor wilhelma

    Fulvous whistling-duck

  • Amazonetta brasiliensis

    Brazilian teal

  • Oxyura dominica

    Masked duck

Guans

Pipile cumanensis (Denver Zoo)2
Blue-throated piping-guan

Order: Galliformes   Family: Cracidae

The Cracidae are large birds, similar in general appearance to turkeys. The guans and curassows live in trees, but the smaller chachalacas are found in more open scrubby habitats. They are generally dull-plumaged, but the curassows and some guans have colorful facial ornaments. Sixteen species have been recorded in Peru.

New World quails

Order: Galliformes   Family: Odontophoridae

The New World quails are small, plump terrestrial birds only distantly related to the quails of the Old World, but named for their similar appearance and habits. Four species have been recorded 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

James Flamingo
James's flamingo

Order: Phoenicopteriformes   Family: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down. Three species have been recorded in Peru.

Grebes

Order: Podicipediformes   Family: Podicipedidae

Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. Seven species have been recorded in Peru.

Pigeons

Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Thirty species have been recorded in Peru.

Cuckoos

Order: Cuculiformes   Family: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners, and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Eighteen species have been recorded in Peru.

Oilbird

Order: Steatornithiformes   Family: Steatornithidae

The oilbird is a slim, long-winged bird related to the nightjars. It is nocturnal and a specialist feeder on the fruit of the oil palm.

Potoos

Order: Nyctibiiformes   Family: Nyctibiidae

The potoos (sometimes called poor-me-ones) are large near passerine birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are nocturnal insectivores which lack the bristles around the mouth found in the true nightjars. Six species have been recorded in Peru.

Nightjars

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Caprimulgidae

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs, and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves. Twenty-one species have been recorded in Peru.

Swifts

Order: Apodiformes   Family: Apodidae

Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang. Fourteen species have been recorded in Peru.

Hummingbirds

Order: Apodiformes   Family: Trochilidae

Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. One hundred twenty-seven species have been recorded in Peru.

Hoatzin

Hoatzin in Peru
Hoatzin

Order: Opisthocomiformes   Family: Opisthocomidae

The hoatzin is pheasant-sized, but much slimmer. It has a long tail and neck, but a small head with an unfeathered blue face and red eyes which are topped by a spiky crest. It is a weak flier which is found in the swamps of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers.

Limpkin

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Aramidae

The limpkin resembles a large rail. It has drab-brown plumage and a grayer head and neck.

Trumpeters

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Psophiidae

The trumpeters are dumpy birds with long necks and legs and chicken-like bills. They are named for the trumpeting call of the males. Two species have been recorded in Peru.

Rails

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers. Thirty species have been recorded in Peru.

Finfoots

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Heliornithidae

Heliornithidae is a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots. One species has been recorded in Peru.

Plovers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae

The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short thick necks, and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water. Sixteen species have been recorded in Peru.

Oystercatchers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Haematopodidae

The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs. Two species have been recorded in Peru.

Avocets and stilts

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. Two species have been recorded in Peru.

Thick-knees

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Burhinidae

The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes, and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. One species has been recorded in Peru.

Sandpipers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. Thirty-eight species have been recorded in Peru.

Seedsnipes

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Thinocoridae

The seedsnipes are a small family of birds that superficially resemble sparrows. They have short legs and long wings and are herbivorous waders. Three species have been recorded in Peru.

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

Jacanas

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Jacanidae

The jacanas are a family of waders found throughout the tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. One species has been recorded in Peru.

Skuas

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae

The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with gray or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. Five species have been recorded in Peru.

Skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Rynchopidae

Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish. One species has been recorded in Peru.

Gulls

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds and includes gulls, kittiwakes, and terns. Gulls are typically gray or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with gray or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Twenty-nine species of Laridae have been recorded in Peru.

Sunbittern

Order: Eurypygiformes   Family: Eurypygidae

The sunbittern is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga.

Tropicbirds

Red-tailed Tropicbird3
Red-tailed tropicbird

Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. Two species have been recorded in Peru.

Penguins

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Humboldt penguin

Order: Sphenisciformes   Family: Spheniscidae

The penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. Three species have been recorded in Peru.

Albatrosses

Thalassarche melanophrys - SE Tasmania
Black-browed albatross

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae

The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. Six species have been recorded in Peru.

Southern storm-petrels

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Wilson's storm-petrel

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Oceanitidae

The storm-petrels are the smallest seabirds, relatives of the petrels, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like. Until 2018, this family's species were included with the other storm-petrels in family Hydrobatidae. Six species have been recorded in Peru.

Northern storm-petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Hydrobatidae

Though the members of this family are similar in many respects to the southern storm-petrels, including their general appearance and habits, there are enough genetic differences to warrant their placement in a separate family. Seven species have been recorded in Peru.

Shearwaters

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterized by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary. Twenty-five species have been recorded in Peru.

  • Daption capense in flight - SE Tasmania

    Cape petrel

  • Procellaria cinerea - SE Tasmania

    Gray petrel

  • Puffinus griseus in flight - SE Tasmania

    Sooty shearwater

Storks

Order: Ciconiiformes   Family: Ciconiidae

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. Three species have been recorded in Peru.

Frigatebirds

Fregata magnificens1
Magnificent frigatebird

Order: Suliformes   Family: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black-and-white or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have colored inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. Two species have been recorded in Peru.

Boobies

Blue-footed-booby
Blue-footed booby

Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish. Seven species have been recorded in Peru.

Anhingas

Order: Suliformes   Family: Anhingidae

Anhingas are often called "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged. The males have black and dark-brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape, and a larger bill than the female. The females have much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving. One species has been recorded in Peru.

Cormorants

Order: Suliformes   Family: Phalacrocoracidae

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage coloration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white, and a few being colorful. Three species have been recorded in Peru.

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. Two species have been recorded in Peru.

Herons

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons, and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises, and spoonbills. Twenty-one species have been recorded in Peru.

  • Tigrisoma lineatum

    Rufescent tiger-heron

  • Butorides striata - Laem Pak Bia

    Striated heron

  • Cochlearius cochleariaPCCA20071227-8443B

    Boat-billed heron

Ibises

Puna Ibis RWD
Flock of puna ibis

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. Nine species have been recorded in Peru.

New World vultures

Order: Cathartiformes   Family: Cathartidae

The New World vultures are not closely related to Old World vultures, but superficially resemble them because of convergent evolution. Like the Old World vultures, they are scavengers. However, unlike Old World vultures, which find carcasses by sight, New World vultures have a good sense of smell with which they locate carrion. Six species have been recorded in Peru.

Osprey

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Osprey

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae

The family Pandionidae contains only one species, the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.

Hawks

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers, and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. Forty-seven species have been recorded in Peru.

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

    Snail kite

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    White hawk

  • Harpia harpyja 001 800

    Harpy eagle

Barn owls

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Tytonidae

Barn-owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic 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

The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Twenty-nine species have been recorded in Peru.

Trogons

Order: Trogoniformes   Family: Trogonidae

The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colorful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. Twelve species have been recorded in Peru.

Motmots

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Momotidae

The motmots have colorful plumage and long, graduated tails which they display by waggling back and forth. In most of the species, the barbs near the ends of the two longest (central) tail feathers are weak and fall off, leaving a length of bare shaft and creating a racket-shaped tail. 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

The jacamars are near passerine birds from tropical South America with a range that extends up to Mexico. They feed on insects caught on the wing and are glossy, elegant birds with long bills and tails. They resemble the Old World bee-eaters, although they are more closely related to puffbirds. Thirteen species that have been recorded in Peru.

Puffbirds

Order: Galbuliformes   Family: Bucconidae

The puffbirds are related to the jacamars and have the same range, but lack the iridescent colors of that family. They are mainly brown, rufous, or gray, with large heads and flattened bills with hooked tips. The loose abundant plumage and short tails makes them look stout and puffy, giving rise to the English common name of the family. Twenty-four species have been recorded in Peru.

New World barbets

Order: Piciformes   Family: Capitonidae

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

Toucans

Order: Piciformes   Family: Ramphastidae

Toucans are near passerine birds from the Neotropics. They are brightly marked and have enormous, colorful bills which in some species amount to 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 used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. Thirty-nine species have been recorded in Peru.

Falcons

Caracara Plancus (Carancho) 2
Crested caracara
Aplomado Falcon portrait
Aplomado falcon

Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons. Seventeen species have been recorded in Peru.

New World and African parrots

Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittacidae

Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and they have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two to the back. Fifty-three species have been recorded in Peru.

Antbirds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Thamnophilidae

The antbirds are a large family of small passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are forest birds which tend to feed on insects at or near the ground. A sizable minority of them specialize in following columns of army ants to eat small invertebrates that leave their hiding places to flee from the ants. Many species lack bright color, with brown, black, and white being the dominant tones. One hundred seventeen species have been recorded in Peru.

Crescentchests

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Melanopareiidae

These are smallish birds which inhabit regions of arid scrub. They have a band across the chest which gives them their name.

Gnateaters

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Conopophagidae

The gnateaters are round, short-tailed and long-legged birds, which are closely related to the antbirds. Four species have been recorded in Peru.

Antpittas

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Grallariidae

Antpittas resemble the true pittas with strong, longish legs, very short tails and stout 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

The tapaculos are small suboscine passeriform birds with numerous species in South and Central America. They are terrestrial species that fly only poorly on their short wings. They have strong legs, well-suited to their habitat of grassland or forest undergrowth. The tail is cocked and pointed towards the head. Peru has the largest number of tapaculos of any country; twenty have been recorded there.

Antthrushes

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Formicariidae

Antthrushes resemble small rails. Seven species have been recorded in Peru.

Ovenbirds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Furnariidae

Ovenbirds comprise a large family of small sub-oscine passerine bird species found in Central and South America. They are a diverse group of insectivores which gets its name from the elaborate "oven-like" clay nests built by some species, although others build stick nests or nest in tunnels or clefts in rock. The woodcreepers are brownish birds which maintain an upright vertical posture, supported by their stiff tail vanes. They feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks. One hundred fifty-four species have been recorded in Peru.

Manakins

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pipridae

The manakins are a family of subtropical and tropical mainland Central and South America, and Trinidad and Tobago. They are compact forest birds, the males typically being brightly colored, although the females of most species are duller and usually green-plumaged. Manakins feed on small fruits, berries and insects. Twenty-four species have been recorded in Peru.

Cotingas

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cotingidae

The cotingas are birds of forests or forest edges in tropical South America. Comparatively little is known about this diverse group, although all have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. The males of many of the species are brightly colored or decorated with plumes or wattles. Thirty species have been recorded in Peru.

Tityras

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tityridae

Tityridae are suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in the Neotropics. The species in this family were formerly spread over the families Tyrannidae, Pipridae, and Cotingidae. They are small to medium-sized birds. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain coloring. Twenty-three species have been recorded in Peru.

Sharpbill

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Oxyruncidae

The sharpbill is a small bird of dense forests in Central and South America. It feeds mostly on fruit but also eats insects.

Royal flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Onychorhynchidae

In 2019 the SACC determined that these five species, which were formerly considered tyrant flycatchers, belonged in their own family.

Tyrant flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tyrannidae

Tyrant flycatchers are passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They superficially resemble the Old World flycatchers, but are more robust and have stronger bills. They do not have the sophisticated vocal capabilities of the songbirds. Most, but not all, have plain coloring. As the name implies, most are insectivorous. Peru has the largest number of tyrant flycatchers of any country and it is indeed the largest assemblage of a family in any country on earth. Two hundred fifty-eight have been recorded there.

  • 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

The vireos are a group of small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are typically greenish in color and resemble wood warblers apart from their heavier bills. 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

The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers, and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence. Six species have been recorded in Peru.

Swallows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae

The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings, and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. Twenty-one species have been recorded in Peru.

Wrens

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Troglodytidae

The wrens are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous. Twenty-four species have been recorded in Peru.

Gnatcatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Polioptilidae

These dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their build and habits, moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects. The gnatcatchers and gnatwrens are mainly soft bluish gray in color and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. They are birds of fairly open woodland or scrub, which nest in bushes or trees. 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 and east of the Andes to Argentina and Paraguay.

Dippers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cinclidae

Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements. One species has been recorded in Peru.

Thrushes

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Turdidae

The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive 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

The mimids are a family of passerine birds that includes thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and the New World catbirds. These birds are notable for their vocalizations, especially their ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors. Their coloring tends towards dull-grays and browns. Four species have been recorded in Peru.

Old World sparrows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae

Sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or gray birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects. One species has been recorded in Peru.

Pipits and wagtails

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae

Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws, and pipits. They are slender ground-feeding insectivores of open country. 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 passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, 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 of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many of these have distinctive 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

The icterids are a group of small to medium-sized, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World and include the grackles, New World blackbirds and New World orioles. Most species have black as the predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red. Thirty-four species have been recorded in Peru.

Wood-warblers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Parulidae

The wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds restricted to the New World. Most are arboreal, but some are terrestrial. Most members of this family are insectivores. Twenty-six species have been recorded in Peru.

Mitrospingids

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Mitrospingidae

Until 2017 the four species in this family were included in the family Thraupidae, the "true" tanagers.

Cardinal grosbeaks

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cardinalidae

The cardinals are a family of robust, seed-eating birds with strong bills. They are typically associated with open woodland. The sexes usually have distinct plumages. Thirteen species have been recorded in Peru.

Tanagers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Thraupidae

The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly colored. As a family they are omnivorous, but individual species specialize in eating fruits, seeds, insects, or other types of food. 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

See also

  • List of birds
  • Lists of birds by region
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