Birds of Peru - Cinclodes


Chestnut-winged Cinclodes (Cinclodes albidiventris albidiventris) Cajas National Park, Ecuador Smaller than the Stout-billed Cinclodes.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Cream-winged Cinclodes (Cinclodes albiventris albiventris) Salinas, Arequipa, Peru
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Royal Cinclodes (Cinclodes aricomae) Critically Endangered Abra Málaga, Peru
Photograph by Chris West © All Rights Reserved.

An all dark brown cinclodes, found only at the highest altitudes, often above the snow line.


White-winged Cinclodes (Cinclodes atacamensis atacamensis) Lauca National Park, Chile
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White-bellied Cinclodes (Cinclodes palliatus) Critically Endangered ENDEMIC Ticlio Bog, Lima region, Peru
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

The most attractive of all the cinclodes, and also one of the rarest. Found only in very high elevation bogs in central Peru, the total population is thought to be only a few hundred birds (Athanas).


Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes (Cinclodes taczanowskii) ENDEMIC Lima, Peru
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Found along the shore on mossy rocks.