The following list gives you an idea of some of the wildlife that we have a good chance of encountering on this itinerary (this list is by no means complete). Many of these species are mentioned in the itinerary
September 4 at Reserva Costernera:
Black-necked and Coscoroba swans, Southern Screamer, Silver Teal Curve-billed Reedhaunter, Sulphur-bearded Spinetail and Freckle-breasted Thornbird and 3 species of coot
September 5 in the Reserva del Huaico (Yungas habitat):
Grassland species: Darwin´s Tinamou, Red-legged Seriema, White Monjita, Golden-breasted Woodpecker, Whistling Heron, Great Pampa-Finch and Stripe-capped Sparrow. Forest birds: Dot-fronted and Cream-backed woodpeckers, Mitred Parakeet, Scaly-headed Parrot, Slender-tailed Woodstar, White-bellied Hummingbird, Gray-necked Wood-Rail, Giant Antshrike, White-winged and Crested becards, Brown-capped Redstart, Stripe-crowned and Azara´s spinetails, Buff-browed Foliage-Gleaner, Rough-legged and Sclater´s tyrannulets, Black-and-Chestnut Warbling-Finch and Golden-winged Cacique
Sianca Valley to the Lagunilla Ranch:
Comb Duck, Rosy-billed Pochard, White-cheeked and Brown pintails, Speckled and Cinnamon teals, Brazilian and Lake ducks, White-faced Ibis, White-tufted and Pied-billed grebes, coots, herons and storks, Southern Screamer, Snail Kite, Spot-flanked Gallinule, Red-crested Cardinal and many other passerines
September 6 Los Cardones National Park:
Guanaco, Andean Condor, Variable Hawk, Aplomado Falcon, Andean Flicker, Rock Earthcreeper, Plain-mantled and Brown-capped tit-spinetails, Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant, White-winged Black-Tyrant, Black Siskin, Rusty Flower-piercer, Rufous-sided Warbling-Finch, Rufous-bellied Saltator, Maquis Canastero, Steinbach’s Canastero, Red-tailed Comet, Giant Hummingbird, Andean Tinamou and Elegant Crested-Tinamou
September 7 Santa Laura Mountains, Humahuaca Canyon:
Dusky-legged Guan, Cream-backed Woodpecker, Short-tailed Hawk Vermilion Flycatcher, Torrent Duck, Rufous-throated Dipper, Andean Condor, Andean Swift, White-banded and Brown-backed mockingbirds, Long-tailed Meadowlark, White-tipped Plantcutter
September 8 Lake Pozuelos Natural Monument:
Andean, Chilean and Puna flamingoes, Andean Goose, Andean Avocet, Crested Duck, Puna Teal, Andean and Giant coots, Puna Plover. North American migrants, such as Baird´s and Pectoral sandpipers and Wilson’s Phalarope. Also Tawny-throated Dotterel, American Golden Plover, Least Seedsnipe, Andean Lapwing, Puna Miner, Andean Negrito, Andean Gull, Mountain Caracara, Andean Flicker, Golden-spotted Ground-Dove, Ornate Tinamou. Lesser Puna Rhea, Vicuña, Andean Red Fox, Mountain Viscacha
September 9 Return down Humahuaca Canyon:
Puna Ibis, Mountain Parakeet, Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch, Giant Hummingbird, Andean Hillstar, several species of Sierra-finches, siskins, canasteros and earthcreepers. Valley: Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Pale-breasted Spinetail, Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner, Great Antshrike, Muscovy Duck, Gray-necked Wood-Rail, Rufous-sided Crake and Purple Gallinule
September 10 - 11 Iguazu National Park:
Great Dusky Swifts, White-collared Swifts, Yellow-fronted, Lineated, Blond-crested and White-spotted woodpeckers, Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Scaled and Planalto woodcreepers, Pheasant Cuckoo, Scale-throated Hermit, Black-throated Trogon, Rufous-capped Motmot, Bertoni´s Antbird, Tufted Antshrike, Eared Pygmy-Tyrant, Plain Xenops and five species of foliage-gleaners, Southern Antpipit, White-necked Thrush, Plain Antvireo, Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Cream-bellied Gnatcatcher and 3 manakins: White-bearded, Greenish and Swallow-tailed, Black-fronted Piping-Guan, Nine-banded Armadillo, Agouti, Brown Capuchin, Red Brocket Deer, White-eared Opossum White-lipped Peccary, Southern River Otter, Jaguarundi, Tegu Lizard, many frogs
September 12 Iguazu:
Spot-backed Antshrike, Speckle-breasted Antpitta, Band-tailed Manakin and White-throated Spadebill, Saffron Toucanet, Chestnut-eared Aracari, Green-billed Toucan, Blue-naped Chlorophonia, Green-headed Tanager
September 13 - 17 Amazonas:
Blue-chinned Saphire, White-necked Jacobin, White-bearded Hermit and Long-billed Starthroat, Violaceus Trogon, Chestnut Woodpecker, Pied Puffbird, White-chinned Jacamar, Masked Tityra, Cinereous Antshrike, Blackish and Grey antbirds, Coraya Wren, Long-billed Woodcreeper, Dull-capped Attila. Wattled and Razor-billed curassows, Spotted and Chestnut-capped puffbirds, White-eared Jacamar, Zimmer´s and Cinnamon-throated woodcreepers, Cinereous and Pink-throated becards, Brownish Elaenia, Johanne´s Tody-Tyrant, Slender-footed Tyrannulet, Spotted Tody-Flycatcher, Grayish Mourner, Silvered Antbird, Castelnau´s Antshrike, Wire-tailed Manakin, White-bellied and Dark-breasted spinetails, Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-Gleaner, Lemon-chested Greenlet, Bicolored Conebill, Golden-bellied Euphonia, Masked Crimson Tanager, Yellow-bellied Dacnis, Turquoise Tanager, Velvet-fronted Grackle, Yellow Warbler, Black-banded Owl, Ladder-tailed Nightjar, Sand-colored Nighthawk, Pauraque, Horned Screamer, Black Caracara, Festive and Mealy parrots, Scarlet-crowned Barbet, Spot-breasted and Crimson-crested woodpeckers, Lettered Aracari, White-throated Toucan, Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Amazonian Umbrellabird, Bare-necked Fruitcrow, Plum-throated and Purple-throated cotingas, Red-capped Cardinal, Yellow-hooded Blackbird, Orange-fronted Yellow-Finch, Lesson´s Seedeater, Red Howler Monkey, Blackish Squirrel-Monkey, Monk Saki Monkey, White Bald Uacari, Amazon Red Squirrel, Three-toed Sloths, Brown Capuchins, Brazilian Porcupine, Long-nosed and Greater Fishing bats, Amazon Bamboo Rat, Four-eyed Opossum, Margay, Jaguar
September 19 - 25 The Pantanal:
Gray-crested Cacholote, Band-tailed Antbird, Mato Grosso Antbird, Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Snail Kite, Black-collared Hawk, Chestnut-bellied Guan, Chaco Chachalaca, Bare-faced Curassow, Long-tailed Ground-Dove, Ashy-headed Greenlet, Nacunda Nighthawks, Roseate Spoonbill, Bare-faced and White-faced ibises, Hyacinth Macaw, Jabiru, White-wedged Piculet, Cinereous-breasted and White-lored spinetails, Plain Tyrannulet, Blue-throated Piping-Guan, Lineated Woodpecker and Pale-crested woodpecker, Bush-Dog, Giant River Otter potoos, owls, cormorants, Bare-ear Marmoset, Blue-and-yellow, Yellow-collared and Red-and-green macaws, Purplish Jay, Chestnut-eared Araçari, Red-billed Scythebill, Sunbittern, Toco Toucan, Yellow-billed Cardinal, Great Rufous Woodcreeper, Rufescent Tiger-heron and many other herons, Blue-crowned Trogon, Black-tailed Tityra, Mato Grosso Antbird, Brown Capuchin, Giant River Otter, Capybara, several species of caimen, Yellow Anaconda, Green Iguana, Giant Anteater, Pampas and Marsh deer, Peccary, Tapir, Fishing-Bats, Black Howler Monkeys, Crab-eating Fox, Ocelot, Jaguar
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