How many Peruvian endemic birds are on these checklists?

53. Peru has well over a hundred endemics in total; these are the ones with records across the 40 of our sites that carry species data — a narrower claim, and a more useful one, because every bird comes with the places we actually find it.

Where can I see the most Peruvian endemics in one place?

Satipo Road (14), Upper Santa Eulalia Valley (12), Ollantaytambo & the Río Vilcanota (12) hold the most on our lists. Those counts are records, not guarantees: they say the bird has been reported there, not that it will show on any given morning.

Which Peruvian endemics are the hardest to find?

12 of the 53 appear at just one site on our lists — among them Ash-throated Antwren, Black-spectacled Brushfinch, Cactus Canastero. For a bird that localised, a one-site list is close to the practical answer to where to go.

Which bird families hold the most Peruvian endemics?

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers (13), Hummingbirds (11), Tanagers and Allies (9). The ovenbirds and hummingbirds dominate, which is what you would expect of two families that radiated hard into Andean elevation bands.

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Peruvian endemic birds

Peru holds well over a hundred endemic birds. These are the 53 we have records for on our own site checklists — each one with the places we actually find it and the tours that go there, rather than a range map you cannot act on.

Some are widespread enough to turn up on a dozen lists. Others are a single ridge: the Long-whiskered Owlet at Alto Nieva, the Junín Grebe on one lake. For those, the shortness of the list is the useful part.

Lima & central Peru

19 endemics

Cusco & the Sacred Valley

12 endemics

Paracas & the south coast

1 endemic

Slender-billed Finch Xenospingus concolor4 sites

The Satipo Road & Huánuco

10 endemics

The Manu Road

1 endemic

Koepcke's Hermit Phaethornis koepckeae2 sites · also Northern Peru

Northern Peru

10 endemics

Common questions

How many Peruvian endemic birds are on these checklists?: 53. Peru has well over a hundred endemics in total; these are the ones with records across the 40 of our sites that carry species data — a narrower claim, and a more useful one, because every bird comes with the places we actually find it.
Where can I see the most Peruvian endemics in one place?: Satipo Road (14), Upper Santa Eulalia Valley (12), Ollantaytambo & the Río Vilcanota (12) hold the most on our lists. Those counts are records, not guarantees: they say the bird has been reported there, not that it will show on any given morning.
Which Peruvian endemics are the hardest to find?: 12 of the 53 appear at just one site on our lists — among them Ash-throated Antwren, Black-spectacled Brushfinch, Cactus Canastero. For a bird that localised, a one-site list is close to the practical answer to where to go.
Which bird families hold the most Peruvian endemics?: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers (13), Hummingbirds (11), Tanagers and Allies (9). The ovenbirds and hummingbirds dominate, which is what you would expect of two families that radiated hard into Andean elevation bands.

Endemic status and site records come from our open checklist dataset, compiled from public eBird records. Humboldt Current specialities shared with Chile — Inca Tern, Humboldt Penguin, Peruvian Booby — are not endemics and are not listed here.