About hummingbirds

Peru is an Andean country. The Andes mountain range has created many climates and habitats. This has allowed many species in Peru to be unique and grow isolated. For example, we can find many species of metaltail and Thornbill. Peru is a country that has 127 hummingbirds, of which, 14 are endemic and 16 are of restricted distribution.
Unlike other countries such as Costa Rica or Ecuador, Peru is not very visited, however, the variety of its climates and habitats makes it possible to find more birds and many incredible and unique ones, such as antpittas, cotingas, tanagers, finches, many of them are still waiting to be new species.
We are going to take advantage of our trip to photograph many of them.

Objetives

This photographic trip consists of photographing up to 60 beautiful hummingbirds, many of them restricted or endemic, such as the Marvelous Spatuletail, Royal sunangel, Rufous-crested coquette, Coppery Metaltail, Wire-crested Thorntail, Emerald-bellied Puffleg, Purple-backed Sunbeam, Gray-bellied Comet, Spot-throated Hummingbird, Tumbes Hummingbird, Little Woodstar.
Other hard to see and also the wonderful birds that we will find on our tour, such as the Long-whiskered Owlet, Ochre-fronted Antpitta, Johnson's Tody-tyrant, Yellow-scarfed Tanager, Paradise Tanager, White-capped Tanager, Koepcke’s Screech-owl. We will also take advantage of other photographic opportunities that will arise, such as Andean landscapes, orchids or also colorful insects and reptiles.
We'll photograph as many hummingbirds as possible, but we'll focus on what you won't be able to photograph elsewhere :

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Details

This tour has a variable start date and is recommended from December to May. We will listen to your availability to coordinate an appropriate date to make the trip. Minimum group size: two photographers.
We have carefully chosen the route and the right time for photography and we will take you to where the birds are.
The walks are mostly easy and moderate, but there will be an optional longer walk, to watch for the Long-whiskered Owlet.

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The route

Perubirds photo tour / Fundo Alto Nieva Km 374 + 200, Carretera Fernando Belaunde, entre Amazonas y San Martín Teléfono / wasap : (+51) 995 090 370 E-mail : pc_guia@yahoo.com