LAS ALBUFERAS DE MEDIO MUNDO WETLANDS & HUACHO PORT AND ISLANDS

Birding Tours:
Duration: Full day.
Our Service Includes:  Private tourist transport, and tour guide.

Itinerary: Lima -Vegueta-Caleta Vidal-Lima.

Las Albuferas de Medio Mundo wetlands are a Coastal Wetlands that it´s part of the biological corridor of the South Pacific, with a resting area for migratory birds. Medio Mundo is located at Km. 177 of the Panamericana Norte, Huacho, Lima, Perú.  Can see 122 species of birds, resident and migratory.

Program:

06:00 Departure from Lima in the place suggested by visitors.

07:00 Breakfast in Pipo's coffee shop.

09:00 Bird watching in Las Albuferas de Medio Mundo Wetlands
11:00 Arrive to Vegueta Fishing Port and visit Don Martín Island

14:00 Lunch

16:00 Return to Lima.

Contact: 
Miriam Edelmira López Aguilar.
Cellphone: (+51) 979658210

Mail: miriamedelmira@yahoo.com

Medio Mundo Wetland

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Family

Scientific Name

English Name

1	Podicipedidae	Podilymbus podiceps	Pied-billed Grebe
2	Podicipedidae	Podiceps major	Great Grebe
3	Podicipedidae	Podiceps occipitalis	Silvery Grebe
4	Podicipedidae	Rollandia rolland	White-tufted Grebe
5	Pelecanidae	Pelecanus thagus	Peruvian Pelican
6	Fregatidae	Fregata magnificens	Magnificent frigate bird
7	Sulidae	Sula variegata	Peruvian Booby
8	Sulidae	Sula nebouxii	Blue-footed Booby
9	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax brasilianus	Neotropic Cormorant
10	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax bougainvillii	Guanay Cormorant or Guanay Shag
11	Phalacrocoracidae	Phalacrocorax gaimardi	Red-legged cormorant
12	Ardeidae	Egretta caerulea	Little Blue Heron
13	Ardeidae	Egretta Thula	Snowy Egret
14	Ardeidae	Ardea alba	Great Egret
15	Ardeidae	Ardea cocoi	Cocoi Heron
16	Ardeidae	Butorides striatus	Striated Heron or Green-backed Heron
17	Ardeidae	Nycticorax nycticorax	Black-crowned Night-Heron Immature
18	Ardeidae	Ixobrychus exilis	Least Bittern
19	Threskiornithidae	Plegadis ridyway	Puna Ibis
20	Phoenicopteridae	Phoenicopterus chilensis	Chilean Flamingo
21	Anatidae	Anas bahamensis	White-cheeked Pintail
22	Anatidae	Anas discors	Blue-winged Teal
23	Anatidae	Anas cyanoptera	Cinnamon Teal
24	Anatidae	Anas puna	Puna teal
25	Anatidae	Oxyura jamaicencis	Ruddy duck
26	Cathartidae	Coragyps atratus	Black Vulture
27	Cathartidae	Cathartes aura	Turkey vulture
28	Pandionidae	Pandion haliaetus	Osprey
29	Accipitridae	Parabuteo unicinctus	Harris's Hawk
30	Accipitridae	Circus cinereus	Cinereous Harrier
31	Falconidae	Falco sparverius	American Kestrel
32	Falconidae	Falco peregrinus	Peregrine Falcon
33	Rallidae	Pardirallus sanguinolentus	Plumbeous Rail
34	Rallidae	Gallinula chloropus	Common Moorhen
35	Rallidae	Fulica ardesiaca	Andean Coot
36	Haematopodidae	Haematopus palliatus	American Oystercatcher
37	Haematopodidae	Haematopus ater	Blackish Oystercatcher
38	Recurvirostridae	Himantopus mexicanus	Black-necked Stilt
39	Burhinidae	Burhinus superciliaris	Peruvian Thick-knee
40	Charadriidae	Charadrius collaris	Collared plover
41	Charadriidae	Charadrius semipalmatus	Semipalmated Plover
42	Charadriidae	Aphriza virgata	Surfbird
43	Charadriidae	Pluvialis squatarola	Grey Plover
44	Charadriidae	Charadrius vociferus	Killdeer
45	Charadriidae	Charadrius alexandrinus	Kentish plover
47	Scolopacidae	Arenaria interpres	Ruddy Turnstone
48	Scolopacidae	Calidris bairdii	Baird's Sandpiper
49	Scolopacidae	Calidris melanotos	Pectoral Sandpiper
50	Scolopacidae	Calidris pusilla	Semipalmated Sandpiper
51	Scolopacidae	Calidris mauri	Western Sandpiper
52	Scolopacidae	Calidris alba	Sanderling
53	Scolopacidae	Calidris minutilla	Least Sandpiper
54	Scolopacidae	Calidris  himantopus	Stilt Sandpiper
55	Scolopacidae	Calidris canutus	Red knot
56	Scolopacidae	Calidris fuscicollis	White rumped sandpiper
58	Scolopacidae	Limosa fedoa	Marbled godwit
59	Scolopacidae	Limosa haemastica	Hudsonian godwit
60	Scolopacidae	Tringa flavipes	Lesser Yellowlegs
61	Scolopacidae	Tringa melanoleuca	Greater Yellowlegs
62	Scolopacidae	Actitis macularia	Spotted Sandpiper
63	Scolopacidae	Catoptrophorus semipalmatus	Willet
64	Scolopacidae	Numenius phaeopus	Whimbrel
65	Phalaropodidae	Phalaropus tricolor	Wilson's Phalarope
66	Phalaropodidae	Phalaropus fulicarius	Red Phalarope
67	Laridae	Larus modestus	Gray Gull
68	Laridae	Larus pipixcans	Franklin's Gull
69	Laridae	Larus cirrocephalus	Gray-hooded Gull
70	Laridae	Larus belcheri	Band-tailed Gull
71	Laridae	Larus dominicanus	Kelp Gull
72	Laridae	Larus  atricilla	Laughing gull
73	Laridae	Sterna hirundinacea	South American Tern
74	Laridae	Sterna hirundo	Common term
75	Laridae	Sterna lorata	Peruvian Tern
76	Laridae	Thalasseus elegans	Elegant Tern
77	Laridae	Thalasseus sandvicensis	Sandwich Tern
78	Laridae	Thalasseus maximus	Royal Tern
79	Laridae	Larosterna inca	Inca Tern
80	Rynchopidae	Rynchops niger	Black Skimmer
81	Columbidae	Zenaida auriculata	Eared Dove
82	Columbidae	Zenaida meloda	West Peruvian Dove
83	Columbidae	Culumba livia	Rock dove
84	Columbidae	Culumbina cruziana	Croaking Ground-Dove
85	Cuculidae	Crotophaga sulcirostris	Groove-billed Ani
86	Strigidae	Athene cunicularia	Burrowing Owl
87	Strigidae	Asio flammeus
88	Caprimulgidae	Chordelius acustipennis	Lesser nighthawk
89	Trochilidae	Amazilia Amazilia	Amazilia Hummingbird
90	Furnariidae	Geosita peruviana	Coastal Miner
91	Furnariidae	Phleocryptes melanops	Wren-like Rushbird
92	Furnariidae	Cinclodes taczanowskii	Surf Cinclodes /Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes
93	Tyrannidae	Tachuris rubrigastra	Many-colored Rush-Tyrant
94	Tyrannidae	Pyrocephalus rubinus	Vermilion Flycatcher
95	Tyrannidae	Muscigralla brevicauda	Short-tailed Field-tyrant
96	Hirundinidae	Notiochelidon cyanoleuca	Blue-and-white swallow
97	Hirundinidae	Riparia riparia	Sand Martin
98	Hirundinidae	Petrochelidon pyrrhonota	American cliff swallow
99	Hirundinidae	Hirundo rustica	Barn swallow
100	Motacillidae	Anthus lutescens	Yellowish Pipit
101	Troglodytidae	Trodlodytes aedon	House Wren
102	Mimidae	Mimus longicaudatus	Long-tailed Mockingbird
103	Passeridae	Passer domesticus	House Sparrow
104	Emberizidae	Conirostrum cinereum	Cinereous Conebill
105	Emberizidae	Volatinia jacarina	Blue-black grassquit
106	Emberizidae	Sicalis luteola	Grassland Yelow-Finch
107	Emberizidae	Zonotrichia capensis	Rufous-collared Sparrow
108	Icteridae	Sternella belicosa	Peruvian Meadowlark
109	Icteridae	Molothrus bonariensis	Shiny Cowbird
110	Fringillidae	Carduelis magellanica	Hooded Siskin