Sunday, March 3, 2019

Revisit to the páramo

In 2019 we took the same route that we did in 2018, even ate lunch at the same restaurant.  We saw a couple of new birds, but mostly we saw the same birds better.


Above and below:  Black-chested Buzzard Eagle (Geranoaetus melanoleucus).  New bird for this year.



Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)


Black Flowerpiercer (Diglossa humeralis)



Cinereous Conebill (Conirostrum cinereum)


Above and below:  Streaked-backed Canastero (Asthenes wyatti) an example of one of our new birds and much more difficult to see than Many-striped Canastero (A. flammulata) which we saw well last year. There are two species of streak-backed canastero.  I think we may have seen A. w. aequatorialis - although this is just my guess.



Above:  Male Plumbeous Sierra-finch (Phrygilus unicolor)


Above:  Common at this elevation, Stout-billed Cinclodes (Cinclodes excelsior)


Páramo Pipit (Anthus bogotensis).  Seen much better this year.


Above:  female Plumbeous Sierra-finch


So cute, baby Andean Lapwing



Nearby adult Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)


Seen much better this year, Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis)


Also seen much better this year, Andean Gull (Larus serranus)



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