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.
DETAILS .
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Participants: Fabrice Schmitt, Raphaël Sané, Ombline Chabasseur, Lucero Odar.
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Partners: Instituto Peruano de Herpetologia
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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.
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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.
PHOTOS
FROM THE EXPEDITION .
PARTNERS
Thanks to the partners who supported us for this expedition:
