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Jacamars Bird Club | Events | Pastora Field Trip
Great morning birdwatching in Pastora
(Introducing the new name)
Tambopata Jacamar’s Bird Club
Puerto Maldonado, 11-03-07
By: Richard Amable
Pastora is a small community along The Madre de Dios river three Km from the city of Puerto Maldonado. Pastora is one of the most important ports in the area for gold mining, agriculture and logging activity. When visiting the community you will easily find food and water. You will only find secondary forest with a very interesting ecological niche; as a result you will see some very specific species. For example, 2 interesting and rare Jacamar’s from the region White-throated Jacamar and the Purus Jacamar.
Following the road along the Madre de Dios river we found a perennial stream crossing under the road. The water was black indicating that there was a palm swamp upstream. Perennial streams are the habitat for the Silvered Antbird.
A super thanks to the team, “Tambopata Jacamar’s Bird Club” for sharing your passion during this bird observation.
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Tour Leader: Richard Amable. Participants: Carlos Huamani Luís Moitito Juan José Jerome Hillaire (guest) Elizabeth Shedd (guest).
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Location and observation time: Pastora port community from 6AM-9AM.
Check List:
Roadside Hawk - Buteo magnirostris. Very common along the roads and forest edge.
Speackled Chachalaca - Ortalis guttata. Very common, you often see them crossing the road.
Red-bellied Macaw - Orthopsitta manilata. 50+ in flight, which is very common to see in both morning and afternoon.
Blue-headed Macaw - Propyrrhura couloni. 2 in flight at 7:20AM. They are a bit rare in the area.
Blue-headed Parrot - Pionus menstrus. 5+ perching and foraging quietly in some Inga trees along the road.
White-eyed Parakeet - Aratinga leucophthalmus. 30+ in an Ana tree foraging.
Dusky-headed Parakeet - Aratinga weddellii. 20+ in flight crossing along the road.
Cobalt-winged Parakeet - Botogeris cyanoptera. 35+ foraging.
Greater Ani – Crotphaga major. 7+, very common in the area.
Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana. One spotted after the bridge.
Ringed Kingfisher - Ceryle torquata. Fishing along the creek.
Green and Rufous Kingfisher - Chlorocryle aenea. One spotted very quickly crossing the creek.
Rufous Motmot - Baryphthengus martii. Heard a few meters from the road.
Bluish-fronted Jacamar - Galbula Cyanescens. A couple perched over the creek.
White-fronted Jacamar - Brachygalba albogularis. Good sighting of three perched on a Cecropia tree, one of the first seen that day at the beginning of the road.
Purus Jacamar - Galbalcyrhynchus purusianus. Also one of the first seen 7+ at the beginning of the road.
Black-fronted Nunbird - Monosa nigrifroms. 8+, very common at the bridge area.
Lineated Woodpecker - Dryocopus leneatus. One spotted before the bridge pecking at a large dead tree.
Buff-throated Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus guttatus. 3+ spotted moving in a mixed flock.
Pale-legged Hornero - Furnarius leucopus. A couple walking and vocalizing along the creek.
Plain-crowned Spinetail - Synalllaxis guajanensis. Heard on the roadside, quite common.
Black-faced Anttthrush - Formicarius analis. Heard on the roadside, quite common.
Silvered Antbird - Sclateria naevia. Heard in the creek area, the normal habitat for this bird is between the water and the forest.
Great Antshrike - Tabara major. A couple spotted between our starting point and the bridge.
Boat-billed Flycatcher - Megarhynchus pitangua. 4+ Very common along the road.
Social Flycatcher
- Myiozetetes similes. Nesting in a Pashaco tree, sharing the
tree with a wasp nest (nice symbiotic relationship).
Black-tailed Tityra – Tityra cayana. 2 following a mixed flock.