Bird AlbumPeru · Cusco Department
Lago Piuray
194 species and 27,287 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 101 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Andean CootFulica ardesiaca
Andean GullChroicocephalus serranus
Andean GooseChloephaga melanoptera
White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
Andean DuckOxyura ferruginea
Puna IbisPlegadis ridgwayi
Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
Silvery GrebePodiceps occipitalis
Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Puna TealSpatula puna
Andean LapwingVanellus resplendens
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata88 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 194 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sitio Arqueológico Tambomachay10 km193 species
- Santuario de Colibríes – Ensifera Camp23 km164 species
- Humedal Lucre-Huacarpay40 km168 species
- ACP Abra Málaga Thastayoc Royal Cinclodes42 km295 species
- Carretera a Manú – Túneles Pillahuata54 km326 species
- Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station55 km395 species
All 194 species recorded here
- Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca
- Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris
- White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
- Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
- Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi
- Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
- Puna Teal Spatula puna
- Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
- Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera
- Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
- Peruvian Sierra Finch Phrygilus punensis
- Many-colored Rush Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra
- Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
- Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Black-throated Flowerpiercer Diglossa brunneiventris
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Mourning Sierra Finch Rhopospina fruticeti
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Puna Pipit Anthus brevirostris
- Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Mountain Caracara Daptrius megalopterus
- White-browed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia ceciliae
- Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Andean Ibis Theristicus branickii
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
- Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
- Southern Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
- Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae
- Band-tailed Sierra Finch Rhopospina alaudina
- Rufous-webbed Bush Tyrant Cnemarchus rufipennis
- Rusty-fronted Canastero Asthenes ottonis
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
- Chestnut-breasted Mountain Finch Poospizopsis caesar
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Greenish Yellow Finch Sicalis olivascens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Giant Coot Fulica gigantea
- Andean Swallow Orochelidon andecola
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Andean Negrito Lessonia oreas
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Cream-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albiventris
- Puna Plover Anarhynchus alticola
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ornate Tinamou Nothoprocta ornata
- Darwin's Nothura Nothura darwinii
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
- Spot-billed Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Puna Snipe Gallinago andina
- Andean Tinamou Nothoprocta pentlandii
- Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
- Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Creamy-crested Spinetail Cranioleuca albicapilla
- Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa
- Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montanus
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
- Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant Anairetes flavirostris
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bearded Mountaineer Oreonympha nobilis
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Andean Swift Aeronautes andecolus
- Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides
- Green-and-white Hummingbird Elliotomyia viridicauda
- Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera
- White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Puna Yellow Finch Sicalis lutea
- White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Rust-and-yellow Tanager Thlypopsis ruficeps
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pacific Pygmy Owl Glaucidium peruanum
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Red-crested Cotinga Ampelion rubrocristatus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides
- Bright-rumped Yellow Finch Sicalis uropygialis
- Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola rufivertex
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Slender-billed Miner Geositta tenuirostris
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Thick-billed Siskin Spinus crassirostris
- Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus
- Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa
- D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
- Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi
- White-tufted Sunbeam Aglaeactis castelnaudii
- Andean Parakeet Bolborhynchus orbygnesius
- Hooded Mountain Tanager Buthraupis montana
- Highland Elaenia Elaenia obscura
- Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
- Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis
- Subtropical Doradito Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Warbling Masked Flowerpiercer Diglossa cyanea
- Plushcap Catamblyrhynchus diadema
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- White-fronted Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola albifrons
- Black Siskin Spinus atratus
- Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
- Plumbeous Sierra Finch Geospizopsis unicolor
- Glacier Finch Idiopsar speculifer
- White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis albicauda
- Streak-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticeps
- Olivaceous Siskin Spinus olivaceus
- Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Tawny Tit-Spinetail Sylviorthorhynchus yanacensis
- Taczanowski's Tinamou Nothoprocta taczanowskii
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus
- Cinereous Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola cinereus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Taczanowski's Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola griseus
- Puna Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola juninensis
- Tit-like Dacnis Xenodacnis parina
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
- Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
- Pink-billed Cnemoscopus Cnemoscopus rubrirostris
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera
- Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lago Piuray?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 101 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lago Piuray?
194 species, from 27,287 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lago Piuray in November?
The most recorded in November: Andean Coot, Andean Gull, Andean Goose, White-tufted Grebe and Andean Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.