Lima Endemics & Specialities

4D / 3NPeruExtension

Overview

A productive extension around Lima (coastal boat trips, lomas, and the Santa Eulalia valley up to Polylepis and puna), packing in a long list of central Peru specialities.

Day-by-day itinerary

01
Day 1
Drive to Pucusana and the Chilca wetlands; afternoon at the Lomas de Asia.
Target species (14)
- Humboldt's Penguin
- Guanay Cormorant
- Red-legged Cormorant
- Black Oystercatcher
- Peruvian Thick-knee
- Blue-footed Booby
- Peruvian Booby
- Peruvian Pelican
- Gray Gull
- Belcher's Gull
- Inca Tern
- Surf Cinclodes
- Thick-billed Miner
- Coastal Miner
02
Day 2
Drive to the Santa Eulalia valley to look for lower-elevation specialities.
Target species (10)
- Andean Tinamou
- Andean Condor
- Black-necked Woodpecker
- Oasis Hummingbird
- Peruvian Sheartail
- Bronze-tailed Comet
- Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant
- Collared Warbling-Finch
- Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch
- Rusty-bellied Brushfinch
03
Day 3
Drive to the upper Santa Eulalia to look for specialities in the Polylepis woodlands and the puna.
Target species (9)
- Andean Condor
- Black Metaltail
- Shining Sunbeam
- Black-breasted Hillstar
- Stripe-faced Antpitta
- Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail
- Striated Earthcreeper
- White-cheeked Cotinga
- Giant Conebill
04
Day 4
Birding the puna and the bofedales of the area. Afternoon return to Lima.
Target species (9)
- Puna Tinamou
- Diademed Sandpiper-Plover
- Puna Snipe
- Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
- Gray-breasted Seedsnipe
- Olivaceous Thornbill
- White-bellied Cinclodes
- Dark-winged Miner
- Junín Canastero