Northern Peru is an excellent birding area. Due to the variety of landscapes and ecosystems, it is home to many different species of birds, mammals, butterflies, and orchids. Birding from the desert, over mighty mountains, through valleys and the Cloud Forest, into the Amazon jungle. This versatile tour offers great chances to see many endemic bird species of Peru.

The tour starts at the coast, where the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean, the vast desert, and the equatorial dry forests offer unique conditions for endemic bird species, like Peruvian Plantcutter, Tumbes Swallow, and White-winged Guan.

We will leave the desert and the dry forests behind and cross the high Andes Mountains, which will provide us with spectacular views. In the dry valleys of the Marañon river we will search for other endemic species, like the beautiful Marañon Crescentchest and Marañon Thrush.

When we wind our way up the mountains again, the vegetation starts to be greener and denser. In a small area of Cloud Forest, we will marvel at the Marvelous Spatuletail. This endemic and endangered species is without a doubt one of the most spectacular and beautiful hummingbirds in the world. In this area we will also have good chances to spot other rare species, some of them were only “discovered” by scientists a few decades ago: the elusive Long-whiskered Owlet and colorful Johnson’s Tody-Flycacther.

During the last part of this tour, we will explore the Amazon Forest around the cities of Moyobamba and Tarapoto, which allows us to see many bird species, like the tiny Rufous-crested Coquette, Golden-headed Manakin, Lanceolated Monklet, Ivory-billed Aracari, Curl-crested Aracari, Koepcke’s Hermit, and Blue-headed Manakin.

Join us on this diverse tour, where many types of landscapes, environments and species of birds are waiting for you.

In our blog Northern Peru Birding Tour, we explore the different birding places that we will visit during this tour.