Day 5 Jaen

A normal start as we didn’t have far to go to Gotas de Agua Reserve. On the approach track a Tataupa Tinamou feeding. Once again we had a field breakfast, then walked up the hillside and quickly saw the two main specialities – Little Inca-Finch and Maranon Crescentchest. The Inca-Finches are a group of five New World buntings that are all endemic to Peru.

Little Inca-Finch

Maranon Crescentchest

There were plenty of other birds around as well such as Drab Seedeater which actually looks a lot better than it sounds, as well as Black-crowned Slaty Antshrike. With the area being greener there were also a lot more butterflies although none posed for photos. We admired the handiwork of a Thornbird nest.

Thornbird nest

We stopped at a rather nice hotel and had lunch overlooking the valley before returning for a siesta. 

lunch overlooking valley

We went out again mid-afternoon to a hillside. It was still about 40 degrees centigrade and unsurprisingly there wasn’t a lot of bird activity but we still managed to see a few new birds – three roosting Scrub Nightjar and two Band-tailed Nightjar. Although we couldn’t find the main target, Maranon Spinetail, we got good views of Spot-throated Hummingbird before the heat wore us out and we drove into town to get some cold drinks before returning to the hotel.

Scrub Nightjar

Spot-throated Hummingbird