Jeremy N.M.

Flanagan

Birds of Punta Sal

Aves de Punta Sal
 Birds of Punta Sal / Aves de Punta Sal

Introduction / Introducción
In terms of bird diversity and conservation, the resort is located within the Tumbesian Endemic Bird
Area (EBA). This eco-region, which covers coastal north-west Peru and western Ecuador, is
considered one of the most important globally for its high levels of endemic species (species
restricted geographically in their distribution). It is also a global priority in terms of the high levels of
deforestation and degradation of the last native forests, which has lead to many species being
classified as threatened. In this sense documenting the distribution of birds within the region is
important to better understand the overall issues of conservation facing the area.

En términos de diversidad de aves y conservación, el hotel está situado dentro del Área de Aves
Endémicas de Túmbes. Esta eco-región, que cubre la zona costera del nor oeste Peruano y el Oeste
del Ecuador, es considerada una de las más importantes globalmente por su gran nivel de especies
endémicas (especies restringidas geográficamente en esta distribución). Es además una prioridad
global en términos de los grandes niveles de deforestación y degradación de los últimos bosques
nativos, donde muchas especies han sido clasificadas como amenazadas. En este sentido
documentar la distribución de aves en la región es importante para entender mejor los temas
generales de conservación que enfrenta el área.

Tumbesian Endemic Bird Area

Area de Aves Endémicas de Túmbes

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The Area / El Área To Tumbes

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Politically: The area is na
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located within the District of eri
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Zorritos, Province of Hi ghway
Contralmirante Villar in the To Mancora
First gate
Department (Region) of Primera puerta

Tumbes, north-west Peru.

Geographically: The main

Zona de matorrales y arbustos

resort is located around the
central coordinates of UTM
0504929 / 9562680 (Datum Scrub / Bushes Zone Hills / Cerros
WGS 84), which correspond
800 m. aprox.

to the main swimming pool of

the resort.

General: The resort consists

of a total area of 80 hectares
Beach / Playa

along the Pacific coast, with

1,500 m. of beach front.
From the beach moving
eastwards the general Second gate
Segunda puerta
habitats are: sandy beach,
200 m. aprox.

with no rocky outcrops; Hotel & gardens

Hotel y jardines
several small dunes with
vegetation; scrub and
grassland with sparse Ca
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the eastern border of the site l between hills to limit
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Zona de matorrales y
Scrub / Bushes Zone

low hills with sparse

500 m. aprox.

vegetation. Swallow root

Perchas de Golondrinas
Hills / Cerros
Políticamente: El área
arbustos

observada está situada en el

Distrito de Zorritos, Provincia
de Contralmirante Villar en el
Departamento (Región) de Southern gate
Tu m b e s , N o r - O e s t e Puerta Sur

Peruano.

Geográficamente: Las instalaciones principales del hotel se localizan alrededor de la central de

coordenadas UTM 0504929 / 9562680 (Datum WGS 84), que corresponden a la piscina principal.

General: El hotel tiene una área total de 80 Has a lo largo de la costa del Pacífico, con 1,500 m de
playa al frente, Desde la playa, moviéndose hacia el este, los habitats que se suceden son: playa
arenosa,sin afloramientos rocosos; varias dunas pequeñas con vegetación; matorrales y pastizales
con escasos árboles y arbustos; y a lo largo del borde este del terreno podemos ver colinas bajas
con escasa vegetación.

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Species recorded / Especies registradas

A total of 53 species of 29 families were recorded during the study. Of these 16 are considered
as endemic species of the Tumbesian Endemic Bird Area. No threatened species were recorded.

Immature individuals of Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), West Peruvian Dove (Zenaida
meloda), Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis), Southern Beardless-tyrannulet (Camptostoma
obsoletum), Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus), Superciliated Wren (Thryothorus
superciliaris), Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea), Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus
longicaudatus), Cinereous Finch (Piezorhina cinerea), Streaked Saltator (Saltator striatipectus),
and Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) were recorded.

Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis is a parasitic nester, using the nests of other species to lay eggs
and rear the young. An immature individual of this species was seen begging for food from an adult
Superciliated Wren Thryothorus superciliaris, suggesting that the wren had been victim of the
cowbirds nesting strategy.

In a small rocky quebrada between the hotel and southern gate a roost of the Chestnut-collared
Swallow Petrochelidon rufocollaris was located; this is presumably used for nesting. Some 20 holes
or nests were counted.

Han sido registradas un total de 53 especies de 29 familias. 16 de estas especies son consideras
como especies endémicas del Área de Aves Endémicas de Túmbes. No se registraron especies
amenazadas.

Fueron registrados individuos juveniles de Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis), West Peruvian
Dove (Zenaida meloda), Pacific Parrotlet (Forpus coelestis), Southern Beardless-tyrannulet
(Camptostoma obsoletum), Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus), Superciliated Wren
(Thryothorus superciliaris), Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea), Long-tailed Mockingbird
(Mimus longicaudatus), Cinereous Finch (Piezorhina cinerea), Streaked Saltator (Saltator
striatipectus) y Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis).

En una pequeña quebrada rocosa entre el hotel y la entrada sur se localiza una percha de Chestnut-
collared Swallow ( Petrochelidon rufocollaris); presumiblemente es usada para anidar. Se contaron,
aproximadamente, 20 hoyos o nidos.

COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Sea & beach Scrub & hills Hotel & gardens Tumbesian Endemic
NOMBRE COMÚN NOMBRE CIENTÍFICO Mar y playa Matorrales y colinas Hotel y jardines Endémica Tumbesina

Storm - Petrels Hydrobatidae

White-vented Storm-Petrel Oceanites gracilis x (1)

Pelicans Pelecanidae
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis x

Boobies Sulidae
Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii x
Peruvian Booby Sula variegata x

Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae
Guanay Cormorant Phalacrocorax bougainvillii x

Frigatebirds Fregatidae
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens x x x

• (1) recorded during boat trip on 20 May, about 1 km from beach.

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COMMON NAME
NOMBRE COMÚN
Herons
Snowy Egret
American vultures
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Hawks & Eagles
Red-backed Hawk
Falcons & Caracara
Crested Caracara
Plovers
Wilson's Plover
Snowy Plover
Gulls
Kelp Gull
Grey-headed Gull
Pigeons & Doves
Eared Dove
West Peruvian Dove
Croaking Ground-Dove
Parrots
Pacific Parrotlet
Typical Owls
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl
Nighthawks & Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Hummingbirds
Amazilia Hummingbird
Short-tailed Woodstar
Woodpeckers & Piculets
Scarlet-backed Woodpecker
Furnarids / Ovenbirds
Coastal Miner
Pacific Horneo
Necklaced Spinetail
Typical Antbirds
Collared Antshrike
Tyrant Flycatchers
Southern Beardless-tyrannulet
Tumbesian Tyrannulet
Gray-and-white Tyrannulet
Vermilion Flycatcher
Short-tailed Field-Tyrant
Snowy-throated Kingbird
Tropical Kingbird
Baird's Flycatcher
Swallow and Martins
Tumbes Swallow
Gray-breasted Martin
Chestnut-collared Swallow
Wrens
Superciliated Wren
House Wren
Gnatcatchers
Tropical Gnatcatcher
• (e) Tumbesian Endemic : based on either Stattersfield et al. (1998) Endemic Bird Areas of the World or Ridgely and Greenfield (2001) The Birds of
Ecuador.
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SCIENTIFIC NAME Sea & beach
NOMBRE CIENTÍFICO Mar y playa Matorrales y colinas Hotel y jardines Endémica Tumbesina
Ardeidae
Egretta thula
Cathartidae
Coragyps atratus
Cathartes aura
Accipitridae
Buteo polyosoma
Falconidae
Caracara cheriway
Charadriidae
Charadrius wilsonia
Charadrius alexandrius
Laridae
Larus dominicanus
Larus cirrocephalus
Columbidae
Zenaida auriculata
Zenaida meloda
Columbina cruziana
Psittacidae
Forpus coelestis
Strigidae
Glaucidium peruanum
Caprimulgidae
Chordeiles acutipennis
Trochilidae
Amazilia amazilia
Myrmia micrura
Picidae
Veniliornis callonotus
Furnariidae
Geositta peruviana
Furnarius cinnamomeus
Synallaxis stictothorax
Thamnophilidae
Sakesphorus bernardi
Tyrannidae
Camptostoma obsoletum
Phaeomyias (murina) tumbezana
Pseudelaenia leucospodia
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Muscigralla brevicauda
Tyrannus niveigularis
Tyrannus melancholicus
Myiodynastes bairdii
Hirundinidae
Tachycineta stolzmanni
Progne chalybea
Petrochelidon rufocollaris
Troglodytidae
Thryothorus superciliaris
Troglodytes aedon
Polioptilidae
Polioptila plumbea
Punta Sal
Scrub & hills Hotel & gardens Tumbesian Endemic
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COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Sea & beach Scrub & hills Hotel & gardens Tumbesian Endemic
NOMBRE COMÚN NOMBRE CIENTÍFICO Mar y playa Matorrales y colinas Hotel y jardines Endémica Tumbesina

Mockinbirds Mimidae
Long-tailed Mockingbird Mimus longicaudatus x x
Finches Emberizidae
Tumbes Sparrow Aimophila stolzmanni x e
Cinereous Finch Piezorhina cinerea x e
Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola x x
Sulphur-throated Finch Sicalis taczanowskii x e
Parrot-billed Seedeater Sporophila peruviana x e

Grosbeaks and Saltators Cardinalidae

Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus x x

Warblers Parulidae
Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum x

American orioles Icteridae

Scrub Blackbird Dives warszewiczi x x
Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis x x

Old World Sparrows Passeridae

House Sparrow Passer domesticus x

• (e) Tumbesian Endemic : based on either Stattersfield et al. (1998) Endemic Bird Areas of the World or Ridgely and Greenfield (2001) The Birds of
Ecuador.

Landscapes / Paisajes

Panoramic view of scrub and hills along

access road from main gate to hotel

Rocky outcrops in hills between hotel View from southern gate looking back Quebrada with swallow roost
and southern gate in direction of hotel

Beach looking south Main installations of hotel Main installations of hotel

Hotel taken from sea, with hills behind

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Cinereous Finch - Fringilo Cinéreo - Piezorhina cinerea

16cm. Endemic to north-west Peru Saffron Finch - Chirigüe Azafranada - Sicalis flaveola
14cm. From Venezuela to central Argentina and Brasil

Parrot-billed Seedeater
Espiguero Pico de Loro
Sporophila peruviana
11cm. Endemic to south-west
Ecuador and west Peru

Cinereous Conebill - Mielerito Cinéreo

Conirostrum cinereum
12cm. South-west Colombia to north Chile

House Sparrow - Gorrión Casero - Passer domesticus

15cm. Throughout the globe
Drawings: The Birds of Ecuador. 2001. Ridgely & Greenfield.

Sulphur-throated Finch
Streaked Saltator - Saltador Listado - Saltator striatipectus
Chirigüe Gargantiazufrafa - Sicalis taczanowskii
20cm. Costa Rica to west Peru
12cm. Endemic to south-west Ecuador and north-west Peru

Shiny Cowbird - Tordo Brilloso - Molothrus bonariensis Scrub Blackbird - Tordo de Matorral - Dives warszewiczi
20cm. From south USA to Argentina and Chile 25cm. Endemic to west Ecuador and west Peru

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Tumbes Swallow - Golondrina de Tumbes

Tachycineta stolzmanni
12cm. Endemic to north-west Peru

Chestnut-collared Swallow - Golindrina de Cuellicastaño

Petrochelidon rufocollaris
12cm. Endemic to south-west Ecuador and west Peru

Gray-breasted Martin - Martín Pechigris - Progne chalybea

19cm. From Mexico to north Argentina and Brazil

Long-tailed Mockingbird - Soña

Mimus longicaudatus
27cm. South-west Ecuador to
south-west Peru

Baird's Flycatcher - Mosquero de Baird

Myiodynastes bairdii
23cm. Endemic to south-west Ecuador
and north-west Peru

Tumbes Sparrow - Gorrión de Tumbes - Aimophila stolzmanni Superciliated Wren - Cucarachero Cejón
14cm. Endemic to south-west Ecuador and north-west Peru Thryothorus superciliaris
14cm. Endemic to south-west Ecuador and west Peru

House Wren - Cucarachero Común - Troglodytes aedon Tropical Gnatcatcher - Perlita Tropical - Polioptila plumbea
11cm. From Canada to Tierra del Fuego 11cm. Mexico to north Peru and Amazon basin
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Necklaced Spinetail - Colaespina Acollarada

Collared Antshrike - Batará Acollarado Synallaxis stictothorax
Sakesphorus bernardi 12cm. Endemic to south-west Ecuador and north-west Peru
18cm. Endemic to west Ecuador and north-west Peru

Tropical Kingbird
Tirano Tropical
Snowy-throated Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Tirano Gargantiníveo 20cm. South-west USA
Tyrannus niveigularis to central Argentina
19cm. South-west Colombia
to north-west Peru

Short-tailed Field-Tyrant - Dormilona Colicorta

Muscigralla brevicauda
11cm. South-west Ecuador to extreme north Chile

Gray-and-white Tyrannulet
Moscateta Gris y Blanco
Pseudelaenia leucospodia
12cm. Endemic to south-west
Ecuador
and north-west Peru

Tumbesian Tyrannulet - Tirano de Tumbes

Phaeomyias (murina) tumbezana
12cm. Endemic to west Ecuador and north-west Peru

Vermilion Flycatcher - Putillo

Pyrocephalus rubinus
15cm. South-west USA to Chile
Southern Beardless-tyrannulet - Mosquerito Silbador
Camptostoma obsoletum
10cm. Costa Rica to north Argentina
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male female

Short-tailed Woodstar - Estrellita Colicorta - Myrmia micrura

6.5cm. Endemic to south-west Ecuador and north-west Peru

Croaking Ground-Dove - Tortolita Peruana - Columbina cruziana

18cm. Western Ecuador to north Chile

Pacific Horneo - Chilalo

Furnarius cinnamomeus
18cm. Throughout South America

Lesser Nighthawk - Chotacabra Menor - Chordeiles acutipennis

20cm. Western USA to south Brazil and Chile

Scarlet-backed Woodpecker
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl - Lechucita Peruana - Glaucidium peruanum Carpintero Dorsiescarlata
18cm. South-west Ecuador and Peru Veniliornis callonotus
14cm. South-west Colombia to north-west Peru

female

male

Pacific Parrotlet - Periquito Sordo - Forpus coelestis

13cm. Endemic to western Ecuador and north-west Peru

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Kelp Gull
Gaviota Dominicana
Larus dominicanus
53cm. Widespread throughout the Americas Black Skimmer - Rayador Negro - Rynchops niger
45cm. Migratory during northern winter

Franklin´s Gull Grey-headed Gull

Gaviota de Franklin - Larus pipixcan Gaviota de Cabecigris
35cm. Migratory during northern winter Larus cirrocephalus
40cm. Africa, Madagascar,
Elegant Tern south and west South America
Gaviotín Elegante
Sterna elegans
40cm. Migratory during
northern winter
Spotted Sandpiper - Playero Coleador
Actites macularia
19cm. Migratory during
northern winter

Common Tern - Gaviotín Común

Sterna hirunda
40cm. Migratory during northern winter

West Peruvian Dove

Tórtola Melódica
Zenaida meloda
27cm. Western Eared Dove
Ecuador to Tórtola Orejuda
north Chile Zenaida auriculata
25cm. Central and
South America

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Western Sandpiper
Playero Occidental
Calidris mauri
16cm. Migratory during northern
winter Sanderling
Playero Arenero
Calidris alba
20cm. Migratory during northern winter

Gray Plover - Chorlo Gris - Pluvialis squatarola

30cm. Migratory during northern winter
Willet - Playero Aliblanco -
Whimbrel - Zarapito Trinador
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
Numenius phaeopus
40cm. Migratory during northern winter
43cm. Migratory during northern winter

Semipalmated Plover - Chorlo Semipalmeado

Charadrius semipalmatus Snowy Plover - Chorlo Nevado - Charadrius alexandrius
17cm. Migratory during northern winter 15cm. Migratory during northern winter
Short-billed Dowitcher
Agujeta Piquicorto
Limnodromus griseus
30cm. Migratory during
northern winter

Ruddy Turnstone - Vuelvepierdras Rojizo

Arenaria interpres
23cm. Migratory during northern winter

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juvenile Guanay Cormorant - Cormorán Guanay

Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
76cm. Coast of Peru, Chile and Argentina

Magnificent Frigatebird - Avefragata Magnífica - Fregata magnificens

106cm. Tropical west Atlantic and Pacific ocean

female

male

American Oystercatcher - Ostrero Americano

Haematopus palliatus
43cm. From USA to southern South America

Wilson's Plover - Chorlo Piquigrueso - Charadrius wilsonia

20cm. Migratory during northern winter

Black Vulture - Gallinazo Cabecinegra

Coragyps atratus
63cm. Southern USA to Argentina

Snowy Egret - Garcita Blanca - Egretta thula

Turkey Vulture 58cm. From USA to central Argentina
Gallinazo Cabecirrojo
Cathartes aura
73cm. Canada to Tierra del Fuego

Red-backed Hawk - Aguilucho Variable - Buteo polyosoma Crested Caracara - Caracara Crestada - Caracara cheriway
55cm. From Colombia to Tierra del Fuego 60cm. South USA to northern Peru

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juvenile

Brown Pelican - Pelícano Pardo

Pelecanus occidentalis
127cm. Coastal USA to north South America

Waved Albatross
Albatros de las Galápagos
Phoebastria irrorata
90cm. Pelagic species

Peruvian Pelican - Pelícano Peruano

Pelecanus thagus
152cm. Coast of Ecuador to Chile

White-vented Storm-Petrel - Paíño Chico

Oceanites gracilis
15cm. From Galapagos Islands and west South America

Blue-footed Booby - Piquero Patiazul Peruvian Booby - Piquero Peruano

Sula nebouxii Sula variegata
86cm. Coast of Mexico to Peru 73cm. Coast of Colombia to Chile

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