Peru Ramsar wetland
Junin National Reservation
54 bird species recorded; the most in October.
Bernd Wolniczak ( Bernd ) · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
5 species in January.6 species in February.19 species in March.31 species in April.6 species in May.1 species in June.26 species in July.2 species in August.1 species in September.42 species in October.35 species in November.3 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.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
54 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).
- 54Speciesrecorded more than once
- 21Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 452Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 4,089 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 1Owls
- 6Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 6Ducks & geese
- 5Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Flamingos
- 23Songbirds
- 7Other 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 54 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Buteo polyosomaButeo polyosoma
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Waders6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Andean LapwingVanellus resplendens
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Puna SnipeGallinago andina
- Grey-breasted SeedsnipeThinocorus orbignyianus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Andean GullChroicocephalus serranus
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Andean GooseChloephaga melanoptera
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Puna TealSpatula puna
- Crested duckLophonetta specularioides
- Andean DuckOxyura ferruginea
Herons, ibises & grebes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Puna IbisPlegadis ridgwayi
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopis
- White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
- Junín GrebePodiceps taczanowskii
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chilean flamingoPhoenicopterus chilensisNT
Songbirds23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Bar-winged cinclodesCinclodes fuscus
- Black SiskinSpinus atratus
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Common MinerGeositta cunicularia
- Sicalis uropigyalisSicalis uropigyalis
- Andean NegritoLessonia oreas
- Streak-backed CanasteroAsthenes wyatti
- Peruvian Sierra-FinchPhrygilus punensis
- Ash-breasted Sierra FinchGeospizopsis plebejus
- Dark-winged MinerGeositta saxicolina
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Buff-breasted EarthcreeperUpucerthia validirostris
- Chiguanco ThrushTurdus chiguanco
- Black-billed Shrike-tyrantAgriornis montanus
- Streak-throated CanasteroAsthenes humilis
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Anthus correnderaAnthus correndera
- Many-colored Rush TyrantTachuris rubrigastra
- White-winged CinclodesCinclodes atacamensis
- Slender-billed MinerGeositta tenuirostris
- Paramo PipitAnthus bogotensis
- Plumbeous Sierra FinchGeospizopsis unicolor
- Puna PipitAnthus brevirostris
Other birds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern Andean FlickerColaptes rupicola
- Black-winged Ground-doveMetriopelia melanoptera
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Slate-colored CootFulica ardesiaca
- Ornate TinamouNothoprocta ornata
- Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentus
- Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosa
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.
- Jan13°/0°21 mm
- Feb12°/0°24 mm
- Mar12°/0°21 mm
- Apr13°/0°9 mm
- May13°/-1°8 mm
- Jun12°/-2°5 mm
- Jul12°/-3°6 mm
- Aug13°/-2°5 mm
- Sep13°/-1°4 mm
- Oct13°/0°13 mm
- Nov13°/0°17 mm
- Dec13°/0°28 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Junin National Reservation.
Protected area
Junin National Reservation is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Peru, 4,089 m above the sea.
54 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 452 open records.
The most recorded are the Puna Ibis, the Andean Gull and the Southern Andean Flicker.
12 species come for the summer, 5 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Ninacacanearest town · 6.1 km in a straight line
- Alferez Fap David Figueroa Fernandini Airport (HUU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 112 km in a straight lineCar hire at LIM airport (Lima)Discover 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
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 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
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay 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 Junin National Reservation.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas34 mountains within 25 kmCerro Incapirca · 15 kmCerro Tupunhuay Cruz · 17 kmCerro Chacchagan · 18 kmLoma Cucuparac Chico · 20 kmCerro Colmes Punta · 21 kmCerro Lamatrias · 22 kmCerro San Blas · 23 kmCerro Gircaccancha · 24 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.
Junin National Reservation
Peru
- 41Birdyas Score
- 54Species
- 21Migrants
- 1Threatened
Pantanos de Villa Wildlife Refuge
Peru · 173 km
- 78Birdyas Score
- 199Species
- 64Migrants
- 11Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1108012) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 452 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, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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