Peru Photo Gallery from August 1 to 15th, 2007

Birds: Class Aves (12 Orders represented by 27 species)


1 Humboldt Penguin
  2 Anhinga
3 Peruvian Booby
4 Peruvian Pelican

5 Guanay Cormorant
6 Muscovy Duck
7 Cocoi Heron
8 Wood Stork

9 Black Vultures
10 Mountain Caracara
11 Black Hawk
12 Yellow Billed Tern

13 Incan Tern
14 Belcher's Gull
15 Hoatzin
16 Great Potoo

17Woodstar Hummingbird
18 Hummingbird
19 Slaty Tailed Trogon
20 Ringed Kingfisher

21 Blue Crowned Motmot
22 Least Kingfisher
23 Black Fronted Nun Bird
24 Long Billed Woodcreeper

25 White Winged Swallow
26 Andean Cock of the Rocks
27 Rose Breasted Chat Tyrant
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Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae: 1 Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) from Paracas
Pelicaniformes: Anhingidae: 2 Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) along the Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
                         Phalacrocoracidae: 3 Guanay Cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii) from Paracas
                         Pelicanidae: 4 Peruvian Pelicans (Pelicanus thagus) from Paracas
                         Sulidae: 5 Peruvian Booby (Sula variegata) from Paracas
Anseriformes: Anatidae: 6 Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) along the Otorongo Oxbo near the Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
Ciconiiformes: Ardeidae: 7 Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi) along Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
                        Ciconiidae: 8 Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) along the Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
                        Cathartidae: 9 Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) fighting from along the Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
Falconiiformes: Falconidae: 10 Mountain Caracara (Phalcobaenus megalopterus) along the Machu Picchu in Peru
                         Accipitridae: 11 Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus) along the Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
Charadriiformes: Laridae: 12 Yellow billed Tern (Sterna superciliarus) along Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
                                          13 Inca Tern (Larosterna inca) from Paracas
                                          14 Belcher's Gull (Larus belcheri) from Paracas
Cuculiformes: Opisthrcomidae: 15 Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) along the Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
Caprimulgiformes: Nyctibiidae: 16 Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)  along Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
Apodiiformes: Trochilidae: 17 Woodstar Hummingbird (Chaetocercus sp.) from Machu Picchu
                                            18 Sparkling Violet Ear Hummingbird (Colubri corugcans) from Machu Picchu
Trogoniformes: Trogonidae: 19 Slaty Tailed Trogon (Trogon massena) along the Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae: 20 Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)  along Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
                        Momotidae: 21 Blue Crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) from the Manu Cloud Forest in Manu Nacional Parque
                        Alcedinidae: 22 Least Kingfisher (Chloroceryle  sp) along the Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
                        Bucconidae: 23 Black Fronted Nun Bird (Monasa nigrifrons) from the Tropical Rain Forest in Manu Nacional Parque
Passeriformes: Dendrocolaptidae: 24 Long Billed Woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris) from the Tropical Rain Forest in Manu Nacional Parque
                        Hirundidae: 25 White Winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer) along the Manu River in Manu Nacional Parque
                        Cotingidae: 26 Andean Cock of the Rocks (Rupicola peruviana) from the Manu Cloud Forest in Manu Nacional Parque
                        Tyraniidae: 27 Rose Breasted Chat Tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis) from Cloud Forest in Manu Nacional Parque