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Upcoming bird tours Peru 2019

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       Northern Peru bird […]

Bird of the Month – February 2019 Black-necked Woodpecker

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 […]

North Peru and Machu Picchu – Paradise Birding tour to Peru

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 […]

Birding tour to north Peru – Mayo and Huallaga valleys

Birding tour to north Peru: the Mayo and Huallaga valleys   Low season special offer !! 10% discount on the regular price   The eastern slopes of the Andes of Peru are one of the most diverse places in the neo-tropics for birdwatching. The tour starts in the Huallaga valley, near the city of Tarapoto, […]

Birding tour to Peru – The endemics paradise

The endemics paradise: Central and northeastern Andes of Peru This birding tour to Peru focuses on finding some of the Peruvian endemic birds. The itinerary includes the mountains of western central Andes in Lima, around the Santa Eulalia valley and the coastal “Lomas” and marshes. Then, we flight northwards to southern Cajamarca to explore the Rio […]

APTAE – Promperu birding fam trip 2018

The APTAE – Promperu birding fam trip This last November 2018, we had the latest of the yearly birding familiarization trips that APTAE (The Peruvian Association for Adventure and Ecotourism) and Promperu (Peruvian Tourism Board) organize for birding tour operators and journalist from USA, Canada, and the UK. The goal of these fam trips is […]

Green Tours – Bird of the Month – December 2018 Inca Tern

Inca Tern It’s been a long time since our last post, but it is because we were quite busy birding almost all over Peru. Several trips brought several fantastic birds, and it was difficult to choose a bird of the month for December. After looking to some of my recent pictures, I came over a […]

Green Tours: Bird of the Month – September 2018 Red-and-green Macaw

Red-and-green Macaw Red-and green Macaw (Ara chloropterus) is a large bird of the  Psittacidae family (Parrots). It is exclusive to South America and, in Peru, it is easy to seen the species at the clay licks along the Tambopata and Madre de Dios rivers. Uncommon in humid evergreen forest of the Amazonian lowlands. Easily recognizable […]

Green Tours: Bird of the Month – August 2018 Ochre-fronted Antpitta

Ochre-fronted Antpitta This time, our Bird of the Month is coming a bit late. This is not because we want to, instead, because it was hard to choose among the great birds we had in August. Last week, we end up a trip to northern Peru in search of the endemic birds of the area. […]

Plain-tailed Warbling-finch: recent sights in Cajamarca, Peru

Introduction Plain-tailed Warbling-finch (Microspingus alticola) is a rare to locally uncommon, medium sized tanager, with a slim long tail and a finely pointed bill. Easily recognisable by its dark face and white supercilium and submustachial stripes. Breast and chest are white, with rufous on flanks. This Warbling-finch is endemic to Peru, ranging from southern Cajamarca […]