Hummingbirds are unique and fantastic birds, exclusive to the Americas, and we have many of them in Peru. They have captivated people’s imagination for centuries, even nowadays, we are still fascinated by their names, like fairy, sylph, sunbeam, woodnymph. With this in mind, we have designed a new tour for hummingbird lovers, that allows people to spend a lot of time at hummingbird feeders, even permits taking time for photography.

The tour includes the Lima area, the northern east slope of the Andes, and the Marañon valley. During the trip, we could find up to 76 species of hummingbirds, including 7 endemics.

First, in the Lima area, we will focus on finding Peruvian Sheartail, Amazilia Hummingbird, and Oasis Hummingbird. Then, we flight north, to the eastern slope of the Andes, one of Peru’s most bird diverse areas. There, between Tarapoto and the legendary Abra Patricia, we will be mostly at hummingbird feeding stations, where some of the possible hummingbirds are Koepcke’s Hermit, Gould’s Jewelfront, Rufous-crested Coquette, Wire-crested Thornbill, Royal Sunangel, Botted Racket-tail, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Rufous-vented Whitetip, and a lot more. Finally, at the Marañon valley and its tributaries, we will focus on finding specialties like Spot-throated Hummingbird, Grey-bellied Comet, Coppery Metaltail, Black Metaltail, Little Woodstar, just to mention a few.

But it isn’t just about hummingbirds, the tour also offers the possibility of other Peru specialties like Johnson’s Tody-flycatcher, Grey-winged Inca-finch, Cajamarca Antpitta, Rusty-tinged Antpitta, Yellow-scarfed Tanager, Chestnut-backed Thornbird, Yellow-faced Parrotlet, and lots of other birds like multicolored tanagers, flycatchers, woodpeckers, and more. The complete list of birds for the Hummingbirds of Peru tour has more than 600 species.

Top 5 highlights:

Marvelous Spatuletail

Rufous-crested Coquette

Wire-crested Thorntail

Grey-bellied Comet

Royal Sunangel