2024

Sira
Cordillera

Prospect and inventory the Sira mountain range in the department of Ucayali (central Peru) with particular focus on the Sira Barbet, a very rarely observed bird.

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Participants: Fabrice Schmitt, Raphaël Sané, Ombline Chabasseur, Lucero Odar.
Partners: Instituto Peruano de Herpetologia
Key results: census of 320 bird species including a new site for the Sira Barbet, an endemic bird known from only two other locations in Peru and seen by only a handful of ornithologists worldwide; several rare bird sightings; 43 bat species and 11 other mammal species; over 1,300 records about 600 species added to the iNaturalist online database (with several firsts for iNat and for Peru), including a potential new species of moth.
Follow-ups: the sites visited have high potential for naturalist discoveries, particularly the central and southern part of the mountain range, and could be the subject of subsequent expeditions.