Peru Ramsar wetland
Huacarpay
217 bird species recorded; the most in October.
Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
This month here
128 species in January.113 species in February.128 species in March.124 species in April.114 species in May.140 species in June.121 species in July.123 species in August.132 species in September.168 species in October.149 species in November.124 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
217 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 217Speciesrecorded more than once
- 66Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 136,188Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 3,075 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 15Raptors
- 5Owls
- 20Waders
- 4Gulls & seabirds
- 12Ducks & geese
- 13Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Flamingos
- 99Songbirds
- 48Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 217 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus
- Buteo polyosomaButeo polyosoma
- Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucus
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- White-throated HawkButeo albigula
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Andean CondorVultur gryphusVU
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mountain CaracaraPhalcoboenus megalopterus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Isidor's EagleSpizaetus isidori
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Horned OwlBubo magellanicus
- Pacific Pygmy OwlGlaucidium peruanum
- Stygian OwlAsio stygius
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
Waders20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Andean LapwingVanellus resplendens
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Puna SnipeGallinago andina
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Andean AvocetRecurvirostra andina
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Andean GullChroicocephalus serranus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliaris
Ducks & geese12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Puna TealSpatula puna
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Andean DuckOxyura ferruginea
- Andean GooseChloephaga melanoptera
- Torrent DuckMerganetta armata
- Crested duckLophonetta specularioides
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- American Comb DuckSarkidiornis sylvicola
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Herons, ibises & grebes13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Puna IbisPlegadis ridgwayi
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Southern Silvery GrebePodiceps occipitalis
- Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopis
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chilean flamingoPhoenicopterus chilensisNT
Songbirds99 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Chiguanco ThrushTurdus chiguanco
- Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thilius
- Band-tailed SeedeaterCatamenia analis
- Wren-like RushbirdPhleocryptes melanops
- Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus
- Many-colored Rush TyrantTachuris rubrigastra
- Rauenia bonariensisRauenia bonariensis
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Rusty-fronted CanasteroAsthenes ottonis
- Golden-billed SaltatorSaltator aurantiirostris
- Cinereous ConebillConirostrum cinereum
- White-crested ElaeniaElaenia albiceps
- Brown-bellied SwallowNotiochelidon murina
- White-browed Chat-TyrantOchthoeca leucophrys
- Black-throated Flower-piercerDiglossa brunneiventris
- Peruvian Sierra-FinchPhrygilus punensis
- Streak-fronted ThornbirdPhacellodomus striaticeps
- Greenish Yellow-finchSicalis olivascens
- Ash-breasted Sierra FinchGeospizopsis plebejus
- Rufous-naped Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola rufivertex
- Mourning Sierra FinchRhopospina fruticeti
- Andean NegritoLessonia oreas
- Rusty Flower-piercerDiglossa sittoides
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Spot-billed Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola maculirostris
- Yellow-billed Tit-tyrantAnairetes flavirostris
- Porphyrospiza alaudinaPorphyrospiza alaudina
- Black-backed GrosbeakPheucticus aureoventris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteola
- Bar-winged cinclodesCinclodes fuscus
- Chestnut-breasted Mountain FinchPoospizopsis caesar
- Black-billed Shrike-tyrantAgriornis montanus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Subtropical DoraditoPseudocolopteryx acutipennis
- Torrent TyrannuletSerpophaga cinerea
- Plain-coloured SeedeaterCatamenia inornata
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- White-winged CinclodesCinclodes atacamensis
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- White-capped DipperCinclus leucocephalus
- Rufous-breasted Chat-TyrantOchthoeca rufipectoralis
- Great ThrushTurdus fuscater
- Andean SwallowHaplochelidon andecola
- Black phoebeSayornis nigricans
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusNT
- Creamy-crested SpinetailCranioleuca albicapilla
- Rust-and-yellow TanagerThlypopsis ruficeps
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Knipolegus aterrimusKnipolegus aterrimus
- Elaenia pallatangaeElaenia pallatangae
- White-browed Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola albilora
- Red-crested CotingaAmpelion rubrocristatus
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Moustached Flower-piercerDiglossa mystacalis
- Plain-capped Ground TyrantMuscisaxicola griseus
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Plumbeous Sierra FinchGeospizopsis unicolor
- Rufous-webbed Bush TyrantPolioxolmis rufipennis
- Puna Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola juninensis
- Crested BecardPachyramphus validus
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Streak-throated Bush-TyrantMyiotheretes striaticollis
- Paramo PipitAnthus bogotensis
- Black-and-white SeedeaterSporophila luctuosa
- Blue-backed ConebillConirostrum sitticolor
- Euler's FlycatcherLathrotriccus euleri
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Inca FlycatcherLeptopogon taczanowskii
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Capped ConebillConirostrum albifrons
- Sicalis uropigyalisSicalis uropigyalis
- Ochthoeca fumicolorOchthoeca fumicolor
- Superciliaried HemispingusThlypopsis superciliaris
- Cinereous Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola cinereus
- Cinnamon FlycatcherPyrrhomyias cinnamomeus
- Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatusEmpidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
- Marcapata SpinetailCranioleuca marcapatae
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollis
- Western Wood-PeweeContopus sordidulus
- Dusky-capped GreenletHylophilus hypoxanthus
- White-rumped SwallowTachycineta leucorrhoa
- Brown-backed MockingbirdMimus dorsalis
- Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- White-banded TyrannuletMecocerculus stictopterus
- Variegated FlycatcherEmpidonomus varius
- Pale-footed SwallowNotiochelidon flavipes
- Spectacled RedstartMyioborus melanocephalus
- Puna Yellow-FinchSicalis lutea
- Chestnut-bellied Mountain TanagerDubusia castaneoventris
- Pale-legged WarblerMyiothlypis signata
- Blue-capped TanagerSporathraupis cyanocephala
- Synallaxis azaraeSynallaxis azarae
Other birds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Slate-colored CootFulica ardesiaca
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Giant HummingbirdPatagona gigas
- Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosa
- Sparkling Violet-earColibri coruscans
- Bare-faced Ground DoveMetriopelia ceciliae
- Eastern MountaineerOreonympha nobilis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green-tailed TrainbearerLesbia nuna
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Southern Andean FlickerColaptes rupicola
- Black-tailed TrainbearerLesbia victoriae
- Andean SwiftAeronautes andecolus
- Andean TinamouNothoprocta pentlandii
- Mitred ParakeetAratinga mitrata
- Black-winged Ground-doveMetriopelia melanoptera
- Tyrian MetaltailMetallura tyrianthina
- Andean ParakeetBolborhynchus orbygnesius
- Elliotomyia chionogasterElliotomyia chionogaster
- Darwin's NothuraNothura darwinii
- Band-winged NightjarSystellura longirostris
- Ornate TinamouNothoprocta ornata
- Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Shining SunbeamAglaeactis cupripennis
- Giant CootFulica gigantea
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Lesser VioletearColibri cyanotus
- Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Great SapphirewingPterophanes cyanopterus
- Andean HillstarOreotrochilus estella
- White-bellied WoodstarChaetocercus mulsant
- Taczanowski's TinamouNothoprocta taczanowskiiVU
- Violet-throated StarfrontletCoeligena violifer
- Blue-banded ToucanetAulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis
- Scaled MetaltailMetallura aeneocauda
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- Picumnus dorbignyanusPicumnus dorbignyanus
- Chestnut-tipped ToucanetAulacorhynchus derbianus
- Sword-billed HummingbirdEnsifera ensifera
- Andean GuanPenelope montagnii
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Elliotomyia viridicaudaElliotomyia viridicauda
- Amethyst-throated SunangelHeliangelus amethysticollis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan14°/4°129 mm
- Feb14°/4°127 mm
- Mar13°/3°96 mm
- Apr13°/3°44 mm
- May13°/3°9 mm
- Jun13°/2°4 mm
- Jul13°/1°10 mm
- Aug14°/2°8 mm
- Sep15°/2°18 mm
- Oct15°/3°63 mm
- Nov15°/3°72 mm
- Dec14°/3°137 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Huacarpay.
Lake in Peru
Huacarpay is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Peru, 3,075 m above the sea.
217 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 136,188 open records.
The most recorded are the Andean Gull, the Rufous-collared Sparrow and the Chiguanco Thrush.
36 species come for the summer, 26 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs, Hudsonian Godwit and Andean Condor.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Santa Luciaplace to stay · 2.1 km · 9 within 10 km
- Lucrenearest town · 2.4 km in a straight line
- Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire in ArequipaDiscover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 3viewpoints within 5 km
- 5restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 9places to stay within 10 kmSanta Lucia, Estadio Real Garcilazo, Hospedaje Villa Rica and 6 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Huacarpay.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas16 mountains within 25 kmPumacancha4,548 m · 8.7 kmHuaypun4,200 m · 9.0 kmPachatusan4,842 m · 13 kmP'unquchayuq4,400 m · 15 kmQhiwar4,400 m · 18 kmPillku Urqu4,448 m · 22 kmLuychu Urqu4,430 m · 25 kmQullqiri4,264 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmHuacarpay0.3 km² · 0.1 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Huacarpay
Peru
- 70Birdyas Score
- 217Species
- 66Migrants
- 5Threatened
Lagunas de Mejía National Sanctuary
Peru · 393 km
- 74Birdyas Score
- 175Species
- 49Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1800530) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 136,188 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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