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This April 2020 we will be running our 50+ Hummingbirds tour to north Peru. Marvelous Spatuletail, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Royal Sunangel, Long-tailed Sylph, Rufous-crested Coquette. These are just a few of the more than 50 hummingbird species that could be seen in 11 days in our 50+ hummingbirds tour to the forests of north-eastern Peru. The […]
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Bird photo tour to northern Peru This past July 2019 we had our latest bird photo tour to northern Peru. It was a private tour a for Chinese-Canadian couple who were very interested in photographing the Marvelous Spatuletail. Day 1. We started the trip on July 16 in the city of Tarapoto, staying at the […]
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A morning birding at Punta de Tahuishco, Moyobamba Mid-june is the “less warm season” in the city of Moyobamba, the capitol city of the San Martin region, in northeast Peru. Locals said it is cold, and I can understand that, but for people coming from higher elevations, this is just less warm than regular temperatures […]
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Birding in Cajamarca: the Marañon valley Versión es español aquí. Finally, this is the last post about “Birding in Cajamarca”. This time we are going to leave the Cajamarca valley to go east towards the Río Marañon valley. The Marañon valley runs along the limits between the regions of Cajamarca and Amazonas. This is […]
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Birding in Cajamarca: birding above 3,000 meters Versión es español aquí. This is the third post about birding in Cajamarca. This time we will explore the mountains above 3,000 meters (9,800 feet) around the Cajamarca valley. Above 3,000 meters the vegetation is largely dominated by Andean grassland (mostly Calamagrostis sp.), temperatures are cold, the […]
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Birding in Cajamarca: the Cajamarca valley This is the second entry of the series “Birding in Cajamarca”. In this occasion, I will focus on the valley that surrounds the capitol city of the region: the Cajamarca valley. The city of Cajamarca is located in the middle of a fertile valley, mostly devoted to grazzing cattle. […]
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Birding in Cajamarca: the western slope of the Andes Spanish version here. The Cajamarca department is located in the northern Peruvian Andes, bordering with Ecuador. In Cajamarca, the Andean mountains can reach elevations as high as 4,200 meters, and as low as 400 meters in the western slope. This wide elevational range means a set of […]
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Upcoming bird tours Peru 2019 Here is the updated list of our upcoming bird tours to Peru for 2019. Check out our special promotions. Special promotions 2019 50+ hummingbirds Special 2019 promotion 15% off. Fixed Departure: June 2nd, 2019. https://greentours.com.pe/2018/04/27/50-hummingbirds/ Bookings open until April 2nd 2019 Regular scheduled […]
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Black-necked Woodpecker Our Bird of the Month comes a bit late this year, but we end up choosing a great bird. This month featured bird is the Peruvian endemic Black-necked Woodpecker (Colaptes atricollis). This is a medium-size woodpecker that inhabits the Peruvian Pacific slope of the Andes and the dry Marañon valley. Adult birds have grey […]
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North Peru and Machu Picchu – Paradise Birding tour to Peru Along with our friends from Paradise Birding, Stephen Shunk and Christine Elder, we have design an special Peru birding itinerary covering from the dry Pacific lowlands to the high Andes of north Peru, Machu Picchu, and upper Amazon Basin. We have combined our […]
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