Cuzco Birding Tour
Cuzco Birding Tours: Huacarpay Lake
Cusco's classic wetland: two endemics and a wall of waterbirds, 45 minutes from the city.
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Huacarpay Lake
Ringed by reedbeds and dry Andean slopes 45 minutes southeast of Cusco, Huacarpay Lake packs more birding per hour than almost anywhere in the region. The stars are two Peruvian endemics: the huge Bearded Mountaineer, which works the tree-tobacco flowers along the lake edge, and the skulking Rusty-fronted Canastero of the surrounding scrub.
Around them: Puna and Yellow-billed Teal, Plumbeous Rail, Wren-like Rushbird and Many-colored Rush-Tyrant in the reeds, Andean Negrito on the shorelines, and Cinereous Harrier or Aplomado Falcon hunting the marsh. It pairs naturally with our Piuray Lagoon half-day for a full Cusco wetlands day.
We're finalising this tour now — contact us for first departure dates or to arrange it privately in the meantime.
What You'll Target
Target species
Species shown in red are Peruvian endemics.
- Bearded Mountaineer
- Rusty-fronted Canastero
- Puna Teal
- Yellow-billed Teal
- Plumbeous Rail
- Common Gallinule
- Wren-like Rushbird
- Many-colored Rush-Tyrant
- Puna Ibis
- Andean Negrito
- Cinereous Harrier
- Aplomado Falcon
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