The tinamou is an juv/immature Ornate Tinamou (Nothoprocta ornata) (immature because of the distinctive eyeline and malar stripes, while adults have a more...
Jon Fjeldså
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Nov 1, 2007 9:26 am
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Hi all, Sorry to clog the list with yet another RFI about birding near Piura. I was wondering if anyone knew of a location for Peruvian Plantcutter and Rufous...
Hello All We are planning to visit Peru in January 2008 with the main goal of experiencing the nature of the Country. This includes birds of course. Our ...
Hi Andrew Birding the Yurimaguas road at the moment is a bit frustrating as there is roadwork going on all the way both before and after the tunnel. I was...
Hi Andrew, Afraid i can't help with most of your questions but do note that the tunnel area could be a bit of a pain right now with a car, because of the...
Dear Andrew Even closer for the Plantcutter is at km 248-249 just outside of Piura on the Piura-Chulucanas road just across from the petrol station. Be there...
Gunnar Engblom
kolibriexp@...
Nov 3, 2007 1:11 am
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Andrew, Just one more detail regarding security.In June I was told in Tarapoto to be carefull with thiefs in the Yurimaguas road. Just be aware of that and...
Hello folks, Just to let you know that today at 05:30 in the morning I got a record of a pair of Sharp-tailed Streamcreepers (Lochmias nematura) in the Machu...
Hola Pepe Good record, but not the first. About six-seven years ago or so I was a at Machu Picchu Pueblo hotel wondering around not really knowing the premises...
Gunnar Engblom
kolibriexp@...
Nov 3, 2007 11:29 pm
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I am going to Lima Friday and Saturday. I have to return to Juliaca 13:05 Saturday. Is it possible to visit Santa Eulalia from Lima to look for Inca-Finch etc....
I have been urging people in the New England area to sign the Save Candamo petition and contribute to a fund raiser while they visit my Birds of the Americas...
It looks like Grassland Y (Sicalis luteola) to me. Notably the shape, with too long tail for raimondii. Adult males can be quite grey on ear-coverts. regards ...
Jon Fjeldså
JFjeldsaa@...
Nov 6, 2007 1:17 pm
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Thanks Jon for your help with the ID. Regards, Alejandro ... From: Jon Fjeldså To: Birdingperu@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 8:17 AM ...
Hello, I have just been checking some taxonomy about the birds of Peru and found some differences on the genus of some birds. For example: Guanay Cormorant ->...
Alejandro, The taxonomy in my list of the Birds of Peru follows the South American Checklist Committee (SACC). You can access it at: ...
Plenge, Manuel
maplenge@...
Nov 7, 2007 2:05 pm
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Manuel, Thanks a lot for your help, I was fallowing the International Ornithological Committee taxonomy. Looks like the Flamingos has changed but the...
Hi Alex, On the book Birds of the World - Recomended English Names by Frank Gill and Minturn Wright appear this changes and thats the reason why I am asking...
Regarding the cormorants, you can find the reason for the change in: Siegel-Causey, Douglas 1988. Phylogeny of the Phalacrocoracidae. Condor, 90: 885-905....
Plenge, Manuel
maplenge@...
Nov 8, 2007 8:30 pm
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Hi Roger, Thanks for the info! Where you able to drive to the Tunel area on the Yurimaguas road during the day? I've run into some reports that say it's...
... habitat or ... Hi Andrew, Thomas included that bit because of some scouting I had done down the road to Shapaja (off the Tarapoto-Juanjui highway) in 2003...
Call for comments on proposals to revise the IUCN Red List categories of Neotropical bird species BirdLife International is nearing the end of its annual...
Hi all, BirdLife has now followed SACC in splitting Pelecanus thagus from P, occidentalis; this raises the issue of determining the conservation status of this...
Andrew, A University of New Mexico expedition recently surveyed a site about 10 km south of Chasuta. We crossed the river at Chasuta and entered the valley...
Hi all, Waders is maybe not a hot topic, however I just uploaded some photos from Pantanos de Villa and La Punta (Calla), and hopefully someone can confirm the...
Dear all Reagrding text etc to insert ...have patience and please inform Andres (cc in this mail) about exact details...of your intentions.. We are trying to...
Dear Gunnar, I was not aware of the problem, I enter my comments under modify locality afterwards, at least under comments it is possible to write something. ...
Dear all, I was able to upload one picture (resized), but when I tried to upload the next picture the id section just generated a picture I have uploaded...
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