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The north of Peru is an extensive bio-geographical region including: Tropical Pacific, Andes, Central Yungas, Marañon, Central Sierra, Tropical Amazon, and Southern Amazon.
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CAJAMARCA: Cajamarca has exceptional birds including: the Purple-backed Sunbeam, Great Spinetail, Gray-bellied Comet, Yellow-breasted Brush-Finch, White-winged Cinclodes, Mountain Caracara, Mourning Sierra-Finch, Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail, Black Metaltail, Tyrian Metaltail, Gray-bellied Comet, Baron's
WHITE-BELLIED WOODSTAR
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Spinetail, Spot-throated Hummingbird, Andean Swift, Green-tailed Trainbeared, Giant Hummingbird, Rusty-crowned Tit-Spinetail, Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant, Black-crested Tit-Tyrant, Purple-collared Woodstar, Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch, Andean Hillstar, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle.
VERMILION FLYCATCH ER
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This valley descends from the mountains through evergreen forest and into the dry Marañon, through the Uctubamba River and to the Pedro Ruiz. Birds in this region include: Black-crested Tit Tyrant, Jelski`s Chat-Tyrant, Fawn-breasted Tanager, Tri-colored Brush-Finch, Chesnut-crowned Antpitta, Rusty Flowerpiercer, Gray-winged Inca-Finch, Andean Parakeet, Rufous-breasted Warbling-Finch.
BATTERFLY
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LA FLORIDA: The region of La Florida and Pomacocha is characterized by second-growth scrub, humid mountain scrub, evergreen forest, freshwater marshes, agricultural fields and pastures, and lakes. The Marvelous Spatuletail – the most beautiful hummingbird in Peru – makes its home here and is easy to find around rosemary bushes. Pomacochas has a beautiful high-mountain lake at 2,000 m.a.s.l. Birds found in the La Florida and Pomacocha region include: MARVELOUS-SPATULETAIL
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Marvelous Spatuletail, Plain-tailed Wren, Long-tailed Sylph, Speckle-faced Parrot, White-bellied Woodstar, Chesnut-crested Cotinga, Green-tailed Trainbearer, White-sided Flowerpiercer, Purple-collared Woodstar, White-crested Eleania, Highland Elaenia, Rufous-capped Antshrike, Silver-backed Tanager, White-throated Hawk, White-rumped Hawk, Purple-throated Sunangel, Emerald Toucanet, Speckled-breasted Wren, Green-throated Tanager, Lesser Goldfinch, and Blue-browed Tanager. LONG-TAILED SYLPH |
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A high-mountain region situated at 2,300 m.a.s.l. characterized by evergreen forest, second-growth scrub, and agricultural fields. Bird species include: Gray-breasted Mountain-Toucan, Slaty-backed Chat-Tyrant, Lyre-tailed Nightjar, Rusty-tinged Antpitta, Rufous Spinetail, Variable Antshrike, Rufous-vented Tapaculo, Johnson’s Tody-Tyrant, White-throated Screech-Owl, Long-tailed Antbird, and Ocre-fronted Antpitta. KING VULTURE
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