Pictures of Birds in Peru

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Click here if you are interested in see all the pictures for this topic -- including ones that did not make the cut. Peru is home to more than 1,800 bird species (about 20% of the world's total), 120 of which are found nowhere else in the world. Nearly 1000 species have been recorded at Manu Biosphere Reserve, a protected area in the southeastern part of the country, alone.

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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot Chestnut Eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) Green heron (Butorides striatus) Andean Cock-of-the-rock Lafresnaya lafresnayi hummingbird in mid-flight Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbird Boissonneaua matthewsii hummingbird feeding Leucippus chionogaster hummingbird Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbirds at bird feeder Hummingbirds on bird feeder Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Scarlet macaws Large group of parrots and macaws flying Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Scarlet macaws flying in front of purple flowers Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) in flight Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Entire clay lick Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Macaws feeding on clay wall Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying Single red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on branch preparing to feed on clay wall Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Cobalt-winged Parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on clay wall with Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight Macaw clay lick from a distance Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Pair of red-and-green macaws fighting in a tree as parrots watch Macaws feeding on clay wall Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Three Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) perched in tree Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick Macaws feeding on clay wall Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Wild Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Hummingbird feeding on Heliconia flower Close-up on face of a Red-and-green macaw Blue-and-yellow macaw flying in front of purple flowers Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick Red-and-green macaw in flight Blue-and-yellow macaws flying toward clay lick Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot Green-and-red macaw feeding on crackers after stealing them from a room Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Green-and-red macaw feeding on a banana Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) in flight Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Red-and-green macaws Three Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on clay lick Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Blue-and-yellow macaws, Scarlet macaws, and parrots on clay lick Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Blue-headed parrots (Pionus menstruus) in tree Mealy parrots in flight over rainforest Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok seeds Parrots in flight Blue-headed parrots and Yellow-crowned parrots Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok seeds Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok (Ceiba) seeds Blue-headed parrot (Pionus menstruus) feeding on clay lick Blue-headed parrots (Pionus menstruus) and Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) feeding on clay wall Parakeets flying over forest canopy Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) Dusky-headed parakeets (Aratinga weddellii) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Feathers of scarlet macaw (Ara macao) Macaws feeding on clay lick Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying toward clay lick Flock of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying toward clay lick Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying Yellow-crowned parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Ceiba seeds Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) in Oxbow lake Chestnut Eared Araçari (Pteroglossus castanotis) Blue-headed parrot, Pionus menstruus, in the canopy Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) in Kapok tree Neotropical cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) in Oxbow lake Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) in grass near Oxbow lake Hanging Oropendula nests in canopy tree Spix's Guan, Penelope jacquacu Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake Amazonian Oropendola (Gymnostinops bifasciatus) Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) Striated heron Spix's Guan, Penelope jacquacu, on clay lick Red-capped cardinal (Paroaria gularis) Unknown bird Black-capped Tanager (Tangara heinei) Spix's Guan, Penelope jacquacu Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake Chestnut Eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake Saffron-crowned Tanager [Tangara xanthocephala] Spix's Guan, Penelope jacquacu, on clay lick Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) with wings spread and standing on one leg Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Russet-backed Oropendula (Psarocolinus angustifrons) with hanging nests Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Common Piping Guan, Pipile pipile Unidentified bird in forest canopy Four Neotropic cormorants (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) on tree branch Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake Small shore birds along Rio Tambopata Neotropic cormorant Wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) Vulture Greater ani (Crotophaga major) Neotropic cormorant Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) White-throated Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) Hanging Oropendola nests in canopy tree

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