These Long-tailed Sylphs are so incredibly beautiful! Spotted momentarily on Peru's Manu Road. πππ #Hummingbird #Peru #ManuRoad
Another highlight from Peru's Manu Road--this Amethyst-throated Sunangel feasting on a flowering shrub. It was so aggressive that it even chased butterflies away from the blossoms! π₯°π₯°π₯° #Hummingbird #ManuRoad #Peru #BirdsSeenIn2026
While birding Peru's Manu Road, I got a glimpse of a Versicolored Barbet, which is only found in the Andes. Beautiful! ππβ€οΈ #Barbet #ManuRoad #Peru
One of the joys of birding in Central and South America is seeing the wonderful variety of tanagers. Here, a Golden-naped Tanager eyes a snack along Peru's Manu Road. πππ€ #Tanager #ManuRoad #Peru
The very aptly named Long-tailed Sylph, spotted along Peru's famous Manu Road. This is a male; females look very different--no long tail and a buff belly. πππ #Hummingbird #Peru #ManuRoad
#Birding #Peru, #ManuNP with 1025sp, 450sp/2weeks, along the paved 170km of #ManuRoad, from 4000m asl in the #Andes to 500m in the Rio Madre de Dios basin of #Amazonia, or from #Wayqecha to #CockoftheRockLodge with the Cock-of-the-Rock lek, & #ManuBiolodge with a parrot clay lick; timing May-Sepπ΄π¦π¦π¦
A Amethyst-throated Sunangel hummingbird, a cloud forest species, at the Wayqecha Biostation on Manu Rd.
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A Blue-banded Toucanet on Manu Rd. Found only in a narrow ridge of mountains in Peru and Bolivia.
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A male Lemon-throated Barbet and a Palm Tanager at the Inkamazonia garden feeders on Manu Rd.
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An endangered Black & Chestnut Eagle feeding on a pigeon I think, on Manu Rd.
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I donβt know what type of insect this is. Most likely a type of Carpenter bee. Love the iridescent metallic blue.
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A Violet-throated Starfrontlet at the Wayqecha Biostation on Manu Rd.
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A male Andean Cock-of-the-rock, the national bird of Peru on Manu Road eating fruits.
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Chestnut-breasted Coronets are belligerent. Here a juvenile was getting hazed by the adults on Manu Road.
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She is colorful beauty as well! The female Purple Honeycreeper at the Inkamazonia garden feeders on Manu Rd.
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Best looking yellow legs! A male Purple Honeycreeper at the Inkamazonia garden feeders on Manu Rd.
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A male Bearded Mountaineer hummingbird, a Peruvian endemic in a feeder called Sacred Garden on our way to Manu Rd.
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A male Andean Cock-of-the-rock, the national bird of Peru on Manu Road. Excellent experience with our guide, Doris Valencia. DM me to contact her.
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A Hoatzin aka stinky bird sits in a cat-like pose as it digests all the cellulose from the leaves. It is ruminant like the cows. Itβs a beauty!
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A Grass-green Tanager seems to be doing stretches before a race at Wayqecha Biostation on Manu Rd.
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Supper time for this Gray-breasted Mountain Toucan on Manu Road.
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A male Wire-crested Thorntail on Manu Road. Look at the delicate crest and tail. Reminds me of the seahorse.
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A tiny and extremely showy male Rufous-crested Coquette hummingbird on Manu Road.
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A Black-faced Brushfinch on Manu Rd at the bird feeders of Inkamazonia.
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This is a very new attempt to befriend these skittish Red & White Antpittas by Mariano at Wayqecha Biostation on Manu Rd befriend.
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A Hooded Mountain Tanager taking a bath at the Wayqecha Biostation on Manu Rd, with a color mix that canβt be camouflaged!
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A privilege to watch the multi-talented Mariano at Wayqecha Biostation on Manu Rd befriend these skittish endemic Urubamba Antpittas.
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