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Peru's Manu National Park has more than a million and a half hectares, ranging from the high Andes to lowland, tropical rainforest. The National Park has about 1,000 species of birds, making it one of the best bird watching destinations not only in Peru, but in the entire world.
The mountainous region is accessible by vehicle, and the first destination is the Cock- of-the-Rock Lodge, followed by the Amazonia Lodge, Pantiacolla Lodge, and finally the Amazon Manu Lodge. The Amazonia and Pantiacolla lodges are home to over 500 species of birds. The Amazon Manu Lodge, located outside of Manu National Park, is the best lodge for birding with 550 species of birds registered there. The Amazon Manu Lodge is located close to ‘Blanquillos’, the most famous Macaw clay lick in the Manu area; as well as the 140-foot Canopy Tower Tree and Blanco Oxbow Lake. There is a 30 km trail system around the Lodge, and just a 45-minute walk from the lodge is the best-known mammal clay lick, where there is a good chance to see a Tapir and much more jungle wildlife.
The city of Cusco is at an elevation of 3,400 m.a.s.l.; Acjanaco, the high part of Manu, is situated at 3,556 m.a.s.l.; the Cock of the Rock Lodge is situated at 1,450 m.a.s.l.; the Amazonia Lodge is at 500 m.a.s.l.; the Pantiacolla Lodge is at 450 m.a.s.l., and the Manu Camping Lodge sits at 270 m.a.s.l.
ACJANACO:
Acjanaco is characterized by Puna grassland, second-growth scrub, Elfin forest Chusquea bamboo, humid mountain scrub, polylepis, evergreen forest.
Common: Shining Sunbeam, Rufous-bellied Bush-Tyrant, Scarlet-Bbellied Mountain-Tanager, Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Puna Thistletail, Drab Hemispingus, Sedge Wren, Masked Flowerpiercer, Black-throated Flowerpiercer, Moustached Flowerpiercer, White-browed Conebill, Golden-collared Tanager, Three-striped Hemispingus.
Uncommon: Black-billed Shrike-tyrant, Grass-green Tanager, Streaked Tuftedcheeck, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Plush-Capped Finch, Blue-Backed Conebill, Line-Fronted Canastero, Scribble-Tailed Canastero, Diademed Tapaculo, Barred Fruiteater, Andean Condor, Gray-hooded Bush-Tanager, White-browed Conebill.
Rare: Slaty Finch, White-throated Hawk, Sharpe's Wren.
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PILLAHUATA:
(2,600 m.a.s.l.) Pillahuata is characterized by Chusquea bamboo, secondary forest, second-growth scrub, and evergreen forest.
Common: White-eared Solitaire, Gould's Inca, Sword-billed Hummingbird, Chesnut-breasted Coronet, Violet-throated Starfrontled, Amethyst-throated Sunangel.
Tyrian Metaltail, Scaled Metaltail, Long tail Sylph, Rufous capped Thornbill, Masked Trogon, Andean Parakeet, Yungas Pygmy-Owl,The Cock of the Rock Lodge is situated at 1,450 m.a.s.l. Is the nices cloud forest in Peru the birds are colourfull birds like White-throated Screech-Owl, Lyre-tailed Nightjar.
Hooded Tinamou, Striaped-faced Wood Quail, Golden-plumed Parakeet, Black-streaked Puffbird, Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Blue-banded Toucanet, Blue-banded Toucanet, Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Marcapata Spinetail, Puna Thistletail, Pearled Treerunner, Chesnut-crested Cotinga, Rufous-backed Treehunter, Striaped Treehunter, Red-and-white Antpitta, White-throated Antpitta, Trilling Tapaculo, Barred
Fruiteater, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Band-tailded Fruiteater, Red-crested Cotinga, Sierran Elaenia, White-banded Tyrannuled, Handsome Flycatcher, Pale-footed Swallow, White-winged Black-Tyrant, Inca Flycatcher, Black-throated Tody-Tyrant, Rufous-bellied Bush-Tyrant, Barred Becard, Fulvous Wren, White-Crowned Tapaculo, White-collared jay, Capped Conebill, Grass-green Tanager, Superciliared Hemispingus, Black-capped Hemispingus, Blue-and-black Hemispingus, Blue-and-black Tanager, Rust-and yellow Tanager, Hooded Mountain Tanager, Chesnut-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Golden-bellied Grosbeak, Moustached Flowerpiercer, Black throated Flowerpiercer, Masked Flowerpiercer, Black-backed Grosbeak, Dusky-green Oropendola, Mountain Cacique and more.Hazel-Fronted Pygmy-Tyrant, Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet, Olive-tufted Flycatcher, Fulvus-breasted Flatbill, Golden-crowned Flycatcher, Gray-mantled Wren, Moustached
Wren, Chesnut-breasted Wren, Short-billed Bush-Tanager, Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager, Black-eared Hemispingus, Slaty Tanager, Golden-collared Honeycreeper, Yellow-throated Tanager, Olive Finch, Black-and-chesnut Eagle, Solitary Eagle, Rufescent Screech-Owl, Versicoler Barbet, Highland Motmot, Golden-Headed Quetzal, Crested Quetzal, Barred Forest-Falcon, Andean Guan and more.
AMAZONIA LODGE:
The region is characterized by secondary forest, lowland terra firme forest, evergreen forest, agricultural fields, lowland bamboo, and small oxbow lakes. At an elevation of 500 m.a.s.l. and 190 km from Cusco, this lodge has 600 species of birds. There is a garden in front of the lodge where you can see Rufous-crested Coquette, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, Blue-tailed Emerald, Amethyst Woodstar, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Black-eared Fairy, Koepckes Hermit, and Violet-headed Hummingbird.
Common: Long-tailed Potoo, Great Potoo, and Common Potoo, Blackish Rail, Fiery-capped Manking, Amazonian Antpitta, Johannes Tody-Tyrant, Uniform Crake, Blue-headed Macaw, Olive Tanager, Spectacled Bristle-Tyrant, Kopeck's Hermit, Wire-crested Thorntail, Fine-barred Piculet, Ocellated Woodcreeper, Black-capped Tinamou, Buff-Throated Tody-Tyrant, Rufescent Tiger-Heron and much more.
PANTIACOLLA LODGE:
(450 m.a.s.l.) Characterized by lowland terra firme evergreen forest, flooded evergreen forest, Amazonian river-edge forest, secondary forest, lowland bamboo forest, there are 560 species of bird registered here. The Lodge is a 2-hour boat ride down the Alto Madre de Dios River.
Common: Razor-billed Curassow, Pavonine Quetzal, Rufous-headed Woodpecker, Pale-winged Trumpeters, Manu Antbird, Rufous-ventedGround-Cuckoo, Amazonian Antpitta, Semi-collared Puffbird, White-crested Spadebill, Koepcke’s Hermit, Hairy-crested Antbird, White-throated Antbird, White-chinned Woodcreeper, White-throated Jacamar, White-throated Woodcreeper (rare), Black Tinamou (rare), Harpy Eagle, Crested Eagle, Orange-breasted Falcon, Buckley’s Forest-Falcon, Grey-Bbellied Hawk, Scarlet-hooded Barbet, Goeldi’s Antbird and more.
AMAZON MANU LODGE:
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AMAZON MANU LODGE:
At the Lodge's flower garden visit Festive Coquette, Black-bellied Thorntail, Reddish Hermit, Rufous-breasted Hermit, Fork-tailed Woodnymph, White-chinned Sapphire, and White-necked Jacobin. Some of the rarer birds at the Lodge include: Long-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, Black Tinamou, Red-Billed Pied Tanager and the Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo.
The forest at this lodge has a mixture of várzea, terra firme, Bamboo at lowland terra firme and extensive well marked trail system accessing to all diferent habitats.
News`S:
A 30 meter Canopy Tower, next to Amazon Manu Lodge, with a good number of mix flog birds, make this place a unic experience birding on the lowland Amazon Forest.
Common: Blue-headed Macaw, Scarlet, Red and Green and Blue and Yellow Macaw, Dusky Billed Parrotlet, Amazonian Parrotlet, Pale-winged Trumpeter, Razor-billed Curassow, Orinoco Goose, Great Potoo, Common Potoo, Starred Wood-Quail, Amazonian Pygmy-Owl, Long-tailed Potoo, Silky-tailed Nightjar, Chesnut Jacamar, Collared Puffbird, Pavonine Quetzal, Rufous-headed Woodpecker, Brown-rumped Foliage-Gleaner, Crested Foliage-Gleaner, Lineate Foliage-Gleaner, Plain Softtail, Peruvian Recurvebill, Sclater`s Antwren, Banded Antbird, White-lined Antbird, Striated Antbird, Manu Antbird, Goeldis Antbird, White-throated Antbird, Hiring's Antwren, Rufous-fronted Antthrush, Elusive Antpitta(rare), Black-spotted Bare-eye, Ash-throated Gnateater, Bartlett's Tinamou, White-cheeked Tody-Tyrant, Flammulated Bamboo-Tyrant, Large headed Flat-bill, Dusky-tailed Flatbill, Dull-capped Attila, Red-billed Pied Tanager, White-winged Shrike-Tanager, Black-billed Seed-Finch, Yellow-shouldered Grossbeak, Pale-eyed Blackbird, Rufous fronted Antthrush, Harpy Eagle, Crested Eagle, and more.(315 m.a.s.l.) This is an indigenous communal lodge inside Manu National Park, situated next to Salvador Lake, the best known lake in Manu; 6 hours up the Manu River from Boca Manu Airport. The area is characterized by flooded evergreen forest, lowland terra firme evergreen forest, freshwater lakes, rives, sand beaches, and Amazonian river-edge forest.
The Machiguenga Lodge has similar birds to that of the Manu Camping Lodge, though the Black-faced Cotinga, an endemic bird in the department of Madre de Dios, is registered here.