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From Our Field Team
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Everything here is written by the people who guide these sites every week — the same notes we hand our own team. Download, print, share with your trip mates; if they help you plan a better Peru trip, that's the point.
Ecosystem field guides
Photographic guides to the four great ecosystems our Lima tours cross — every species pictured and named, Peruvian endemics marked.
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Marine Ecosystem: A Field Guide
The Humboldt Current cast in photographs — Humboldt Penguin, Inca Tern, boobies, cormorants, sea lions and more, with Peruvian endemics marked.
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Wetlands Ecosystem: A Field Guide
The coastal wetland specialists photographed and labeled — Many-colored Rush-Tyrant, rails, grebes, bitterns and the Peruvian Thick-knee.
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Lomas Ecosystem: A Field Guide
The fog-oasis world our founder documented for National Geographic — miners, canasteros, Raimondi's Yellow-Finch and the raptors of the lomas.
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Andean Valleys: A Field Guide
The inter-Andean valley specialists in photographs — Bronze-tailed Comet, Great Inca-Finch, Andean Condor and more, endemics marked.
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Checklist · PDF
Peruvian Endemics: The Target List
Every Peruvian endemic on our tour target lists — 43 species, each mapped to the exact tour that finds it, with tick-boxes for your trip.
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Birding Lima: The Essential Guide
The six world-class sites within day-trip range of the capital — key birds, time needed and season-by-season advice.
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The Peru Birding Packing List
Coast, 4,800 m puna and Amazon in one bag: the printable checklist we give our own guides, from optics to altitude meds.
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The Lima Layover Birding Plan
A one-page field plan for airport connections: what 5, 8 or 10+ hours realistically buys you, and the golden rules.
Download Free PDFMore resources are on the way — site checklists, seasonal calendars and photography guides. Questions about planning your trip? Write to us — advice is free too.