With nearly 2,000 species of birds, Peru houses some of the most incredible ecosystems in the world. Such a diverse range of habitat from coastal oceanic waters of the Pacific, incredible altitudes of the Andes, and lush jungles of Amazon Rainforest, has produced a level of avian diversity rivaled by few places on earth. Witnessed firsthand during expeditions into each of these ecosystems and more, this gallery is a collection of moments and species that can sometimes be found nowhere else on the planet.
A Creamy Crested Spinetail, endemic to Peru.
Andean Motmot
Black-Throated Flowerpiercer.
Giant Hummingbird
Black Pheobe
Scarlet Macaws
Orange Crested Croquette, Female
Bluish Fronted Jacamar
Hoatzin
Blue-Throated Piping Guan
Puna Ibis
Purple Gallinule
Black-Capped Donacobius
Pale-Eyed Blackbird
Yellow-Throated Flycatchers
Chestnut Fronted Macaws
Mealy Parrots
White-Throated Toucan
Blue and Yellow Macaw
Roseate Spoonbill
Marvelous Spatuletail, male
American Kestrel
Black-Necked Stilt
Andean Coot
Chilean Flamingo
Puna Ibis
Great White Heron
Andean Hillstar
Andean Goose
Mountain Caracara, male
Mountain Caracaras, males
Andean Flicker
Plumbeous Sierra Finch
Inca Terns
Crimson-Mantled Woodpecker
Sparkling Violetear
Chestnut Breasted Coronet
Andean Emerald
Buff-Bellied Tanager
Little Woodstar
Green Jay
Sparkling Violetear
Sickle Winged Guan
Long-Tailed Sylph
Blue-Necked Tanager
White-Crested Elaenia
Bronzy Inca
Speckled Hummingbird
The national bird of Peru; the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock
White-Lined Tanager
Yellow-Throated Flycatcher
Vermilion Flycatcher
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock
Summer Tanager
Orange Bellied Euphonia
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock
Andean Emerald
Rusty-Tinged Antpitta
Long-Tailed Sylph
Blue Grey Tanager
Red-Crown Ant Tanager and young
Violet-Fronted Brilliant
Rusty-Tinged Antpitta
Ochre-Fronted Antpitta, endemic to Peru
Long-Tailed Sylph
Cattle Egrets
Many-Spotted Hummingbird
Blue and Yellow Tanager
Long-Tailed Sylph
Booted Racquettail
Royal Sunangel
Andean Cock-of-the-Rock
Booted Racquettail
Tri-Colored Brushfinch
Collared Inca
Marvelous Spatuletails, juvenile and adult males battle for dominance
Blue and Yellow Tanager
Red Crowned Amazon
Purple-Throated Sunangel
Chestnut-Breasted Coronet
White-Capped Dipper
Rainbow Starfrontlet
Red Crowned Amazon
Sparkling Violetear
Blackburnian Warbler
Rainbow Starfrontlet
Silver-Backed Tanager, Female
White-Bellied Hummingbird
Red Capped Amazons
Rainbow Starfrontlet
Rainbow Starfrontlet
Green Tailed Trainbearer
Silver-Backed Tanager, Female
Marvelous Spatuletail, male