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Marine Bird Watching


Marine birds from Pucusana to Asia Island

Our tour from Pucusana to Asia Island is the best marine and coastal birdwatching tour you can take along the Peruvian coast

Up to 31 marine and coastal birds can be observed within and near the port of Pucusana as well as on the way to Asia Island, including eight endemic species like the Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes and five endangered/protected species like the Humboldt penguin and the Peruvian diving petrel.

Many marine birds can be observed within and near the port of Pucusana.

This is a preliminary list of birds that have been registered by us for the area of the port of Pucusana and towards the island of Asia:


 

Species
     
Probability of observation
Humboldt penguin
 
Spheniscus humboldti
 
Endemic, endangered,
always
Peruvian diving petrel
 
Pelecanoides garnotii
 
Endemic, endangered, always
Peruvian Pelican
 
Pelecanus (ocidentalis) thagus
 
Endemic, protected
always
Blue-Footed-Booby
 
Sula nebouxy
 
occasionally
Peruvian Booby
 
Sula variegata
 
Endemic, proteced
always
Olivaceous Cormorant
 
Phalacrocorax olivaceus
 
always
Guanay Cormorant
 
Phalacrocorax bougainvilii
 
Endemic, protected
always
Red Legged Shag
 
Phalacrocorax gaimardi
 
always
Kelp Gull
 
Larus dominicanus
 
occasionally
Grey Gull
 
Larus modestus
 
always
Franklins gull
 
Larus pipixean
 
In summer always
Band-Tailed Gull
 
Larus belcheri
 
Endemic,
always
Grey-headed gull
Larus cirrocephalus
occasionally
Ruddy Turnstone
 
Arenaria interpres
 
always
Elegant Tern
 
Sterna elegans
 
occasionally
Peruvian tern
 
Sterna lorata
 
In summer always
Inca Tern
 
Larosterna inca
 
Endemic,
always
Black Oystercatcher
 
Haematopus ater
 
always
Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes  
Cinclodes taczanowskii
 

Endemic,
always

Great grebe
Podiceps major
occasionally
Turkey vulture
Cathartes aura
regularly
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
occasionally
Blue-and-white swallow
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
regularly
Red-necked Phalarope
 
Phalaropus lobatus
 

From September on always

Grey Phalarope
 
Phalaropus fulicarius
 

From September on
always

Wilson’s Phalarope
 
Phalaropus tricolor
 
Occasionally
Sanderling
 
Calidris alba
 
Always
Aphriza virgata 
 
Surfbird
 

occasionally

Whimbrel
 
Numenius phaeopus
 
Occasionally
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
regularly
Wilson’s storm petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
regularly


And if you still did not have enough birds, we can stop at the outskirts of Pucusana to look for:

Species
     
Probability of observation
Amazilia Hummingbird
Amazilia amazilia      
Always
Long-tailed Mockingbird
Mimus longicaudatus
Always
Cinerous conebill
Cornirostrum cinereum
Vermillion flycatcher    

Phyrocephalus Rubinus

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