Tingo Maria National Park

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Where the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes descend toward the Amazon basin, the landscape fractures into a maze of limestone ridges, humid gorges, and cloud-wrapped peaks that define Mariano Dámaso Beraún National Park. Spanning 84 square kilometers in Huánuco's rugged terrain, this protected area straddles the ecological frontier between montane cloud forest and the transitional zones that feed into lowland Amazonian watersheds. The park's dramatic karst geology—sculpted by millennia of water erosion—creates a complex mosaic of habitats: steep-sided valleys thick with epiphytic plants and ferns, high ridge systems where elfin forest clings to windswept slopes, and deeper ravines where year-round moisture sustains dense vegetation. This vertical complexity supports a fauna characteristic of upper Amazonian montane regions: canopy-dwelling primates and arboreal mammals in the forest canopy, specialized birds adapted to different elevation bands, and small terrestrial mammals that exploit the rich leaf litter and undergrowth of the transitional zones.

For wildlife photographers and ornithologists, the park demands patience and timing in equal measure. The interplay between mist-shrouded ridges and emergent canopy creates light conditions of rare subtlety, especially during the early hours after the clouds begin to break. The wet season, from October through March, swells the rivers and energizes the forest chorus, though accessibility can become challenging; the drier months offer more reliable hiking conditions and clearer skies, yet the wildlife becomes more dispersed. The Peruvian state recognizes this 84-square-kilometer sanctuary as a National Park of Category II status, affording it the highest protection and designating it for scientific study and carefully regulated access. Visitors arrive primarily from the nearby town of Tingo María, though the park's remote gorges and high ridges remain largely unexplored by casual tourists, rewarding those committed enough to venture into its mist-laden depths with encounters few lowland reserves can match.

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Andean Cock-of-the-rock

Rupicola peruvianus

White-eyed Parakeet

Psittacara leucophthalmus

Yellow-rumped Cacique

Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Steatornis caripensis

Pale-legged Hornero

Furnarius leucopus

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventris

Eurypyga helias

Long-tailed Tyrant

Colonia colonus

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Fiery-capped Manakin

Machaeropterus pyrocephalus

Russet-backed Oropendola

Psarocolius angustifrons

Crested Oropendola

Psarocolius decumanus

Thraupis palmarum

Coragyps atratus

Lafresnaye's Piculet

Picumnus lafresnayi

Crimson-crested Woodpecker

Campephilus melanoleucos

Spot-winged Antbird

Myrmelastes leucostigma

Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum

Cyanocorax violaceus

Thick-billed Euphonia

Euphonia laniirostris

Buff-rumped Warbler

Myiothlypis fulvicauda

Masked Crimson Tanager

Ramphocelus nigrogularis

Silver-beaked Tanager

Ramphocelus carbo

Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch

Sporophila angolensis

Paradise Tanager

Tangara chilensis

Blue-grey Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

Blue-headed Parrot

Pionus menstruus

Coereba flaveola

Speckled Chachalaca

Ortalis guttata

Blue-necked Tanager

Stilpnia cyanicollis

Common Squirrel Cuckoo

Ruddy Ground Dove

Columbina talpacoti

Pitangus sulphuratus

Chestnut-eared Aracari

Pteroglossus castanotis

Rupornis magnirostris

Smooth-billed Ani

Blue-headed Macaw

Primolius couloni

Cliff Flycatcher

Hirundinea ferruginea

Western Wood Pewee

Contopus sordidulus

Eastern Wood Pewee

Contopus virens

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Sayornis nigricans

Blue-and-white Swallow

Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

Fork-tailed Woodnymph

Thalurania furcata

Black-billed Thrush

Turdus ignobilis

Huallaga Tanager

Ramphocelus melanogaster

White-collared Swift

Streptoprocne zonaris

Brown Violetear

Colibri delphinae

Black-throated Mango

Anthracothorax nigricollis

Green-backed Trogon

Bluish-fronted Jacamar

Galbula cyanescens

White-fronted Nunbird

Monasa morphoeus

Yellow-tufted Woodpecker

Melanerpes cruentatus

Plain-brown Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla fuliginosa

White-lored Tyrannulet

Ornithion inerme

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum cinereum

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Golden-crowned Flycatcher

Myiodynastes chrysocephalus

Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

Cyanocorax yncas

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

White-thighed Swallow

Atticora tibialis

Olivaceous Siskin

Spinus olivaceus

Blue-naped Chlorophonia

Chlorophonia cyanea

Yellow-browed Sparrow

Ammodramus aurifrons

Red-rumped Cacique

Cacicus haemorrhous

Orange-backed Troupial

Icterus croconotus

Myiothlypis chrysogaster

Cardellina canadensis

Green Honeycreeper

Chlorophanes spiza

Swallow Tanager

Tersina viridis

Black-faced Dacnis

Stilpnia nigrocincta

Bay-headed Tanager

Green-and-gold Tanager

Tangara schrankii

Cinereous Tinamou

Crypturellus cinereus

Crypturellus soui

Crypturellus obsoletus

Undulated Tinamou

Crypturellus undulatus

Cairina moschata

Penelope montagnii

Penelope jacquacu

Sickle-winged Guan

Chamaepetes goudotii

Nyctidromus albicollis

Nyctibius griseus

Chestnut-collared Swift

Streptoprocne rutila

Grey-rumped Swift

Chaetura cinereiventris

Pale-rumped Swift

Chaetura egregia

White-tipped Swift

Aeronautes montivagus

Aeronautes andecolus

Fork-tailed Palm Swift

Tachornis squamata

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

Panyptila cayennensis

White-necked Jacobin

Florisuga mellivora

Rufous-breasted Hermit

Glaucis hirsutus

Pale-tailed Barbthroat

Threnetes leucurus

Black-throated Hermit

Phaethornis atrimentalis

Phaethornis ruber

White-bearded Hermit

Phaethornis hispidus

Phaethornis guy

Koepcke's Hermit

Phaethornis koepckeae

Great-billed Hermit

Phaethornis malaris

Green-fronted Lancebill

Doryfera ludovicae

Blue-fronted Lancebill

Doryfera johannae

Sparkling Violetear

Colibri coruscans

Black-eared Fairy

Heliothryx auritus

Rufous-crested Coquette

Lophornis delattrei

Sapphire-vented Puffleg

Eriocnemis luciani

Emerald-bellied Puffleg

Eriocnemis aline

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Ensifera ensifera

Long-billed Starthroat

Heliomaster longirostris

White-bellied Woodstar

Chaetocercus mulsant

Blue-tailed Emerald

Chlorostilbon mellisugus

Grey-breasted Sabrewing

Campylopterus largipennis

Many-spotted Hummingbird

Taphrospilus hypostictus

Golden-tailed Sapphire

Chrysuronia oenone

Sapphire-spangled Emerald

Chionomesa lactea

White-bellied Hummingbird

Elliotomyia chionogaster

Crotophaga major

Patagioenas speciosa

Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

Plumbeous Pigeon

Patagioenas plumbea

Patagioenas subvinacea

Croaking Ground Dove

Columbina cruziana

Blue Ground Dove

Claravis pretiosa

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montana

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

Grey-fronted Dove

Leptotila rufaxilla

White-throated Quail-Dove

Zentrygon frenata

Zenaida auriculata

Pardirallus nigricans

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Purple Gallinule

Porphyrio martinica

Aramus guarauna

Hoploxypterus cayanus

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Neotropic Cormorant

Nannopterum brasilianum

Mesembrinibis cayennensis

Fasciated Tiger Heron

Tigrisoma fasciatum

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Pilherodius pileatus

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Butorides striata

Opisthocomus hoazin

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes burrovianus

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes melambrotus

Hook-billed Kite

Chondrohierax uncinatus

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

Double-toothed Kite

Harpagus bidentatus

Ictinia plumbea

White-rumped Hawk

Parabuteo leucorrhous

Geranoaetus polyosoma

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Short-tailed Hawk

Buteo brachyurus

Ferruginous Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium brasilianum

Tropical Screech Owl

Megascops choliba

Pulsatrix perspicillata

Band-bellied Owl

Pulsatrix melanota

Amazonian Trogon

Trogon ramonianus

Blue-crowned Trogon

Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

Amazon Kingfisher

Chloroceryle amazona

Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

Amazonian Motmot

Baryphthengus martii

Chestnut-capped Puffbird

Bucco macrodactylus

Western Striolated Puffbird

Nystalus obamai

Lanceolated Monklet

Micromonacha lanceolata

Rufous-capped Nunlet

Nonnula ruficapilla

Black-fronted Nunbird

Monasa nigrifrons

Yellow-billed Nunbird

Monasa flavirostris

Swallow-winged Puffbird

Chelidoptera tenebrosa

Versicolored Barbet

Eubucco versicolor

Yellow-throated Toucan

Ramphastos ambiguus

White-throated Toucan

Ramphastos tucanus

Lettered Aracari

Pteroglossus inscriptus

Golden-collared Toucanet

Selenidera reinwardtii

Southern Emerald Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus albivitta

White-throated Woodpecker

Piculus leucolaemus

Golden-olive Woodpecker

Colaptes rubiginosus

Crimson-mantled Woodpecker

Colaptes rivolii

Spot-breasted Woodpecker

Colaptes punctigula

Red-throated Caracara

Ibycter americanus

Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

Barred Forest Falcon

Micrastur ruficollis

Collared Forest Falcon

Micrastur semitorquatus

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

Aplomado Falcon

Falco femoralis

Falco rufigularis

White-winged Parakeet

Brotogeris versicolurus

Yellow-crowned Amazon

Amazona ochrocephala

Amazona farinosa

Riparian Parrotlet

Forpus crassirostris

Rose-fronted Parakeet

Pyrrhura roseifrons

Dusky-headed Parakeet

Aratinga weddellii

Chestnut-fronted Macaw

Mitred Parakeet

Psittacara mitratus

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus

Tyrannine Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla tyrannina

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

Cinnamon-throated Woodcreeper

Dendrexetastes rufigula

Elegant Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus elegans

Buff-throated Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus guttatus

Olive-backed Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus triangularis

Straight-billed Woodcreeper

Dendroplex picus

Montane Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger

Inambari Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes fatimalimae

Amazonian Plain Xenops

Xenops genibarbis

Streaked Xenops

Xenops rutilans

Streaked Tuftedcheek

Pseudocolaptes boissonneautii

Montane Foliage-gleaner

Anabacerthia striaticollis

Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner

Syndactyla rufosuperciliata

Chestnut-winged Foliage-gleaner

Dendroma erythroptera

Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner

Automolus ochrolaemus

Ash-browed Spinetail

Cranioleuca curtata

Dark-breasted Spinetail

Synallaxis albigularis

Rufous Spinetail

Synallaxis unirufa

Dot-winged Antwren

Microrhopias quixensis

Ornate Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla ornata

Black-throated Antbird

Myrmophylax atrothorax

Moustached Antwren

Myrmotherula ignota

Myrmotherula brachyura

Stripe-chested Antwren

Myrmotherula longicauda

Myrmotherula menetriesii

Bluish-slate Antshrike

Thamnomanes schistogynus

Dysithamnus mentalis

Barred Antshrike

Thamnophilus doliatus

Chestnut-backed Antshrike

Thamnophilus palliatus

White-shouldered Antshrike

Thamnophilus aethiops

Plain-winged Antshrike

Thamnophilus schistaceus

Mouse-colored Antshrike

Thamnophilus murinus

Variable Antshrike

Thamnophilus caerulescens

Fasciated Antshrike

Cymbilaimus lineatus

Great Antshrike

Hairy-crested Antbird

Rhegmatorhina melanosticta

Common Scale-backed Antbird

Willisornis poecilinotus

Streak-headed Antbird

Drymophila striaticeps

Peruvian Warbling Antbird

Hypocnemis peruviana

Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird

Hypocnemis subflava

Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird

Sciaphylax hemimelaena

Blackish Antbird

Cercomacroides nigrescens

Spot-backed Antbird

Hylophylax naevius

Silvered Antbird

Sclateria naevia

Black-faced Antbird

Myrmoborus myotherinus

White-browed Antbird

Myrmoborus leucophrys

Western Fire-eye

Pyriglena maura

Black-faced Antthrush

Formicarius analis

Rufous-breasted Antpitta

Grallaricula leymebambae

Wing-barred Piprites

Piprites chloris

Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet

Tyrannulus elatus

Myiopagis gaimardii

White-crested Elaenia

Elaenia albiceps

Mottle-backed Elaenia

Elaenia chiriquensis

Sierran Elaenia

Elaenia pallatangae

White-throated Tyrannulet

Mecocerculus leucophrys

Tufted Tit-Tyrant

Anairetes parulus

Torrent Tyrannulet

Serpophaga cinerea

Mouse-colored Tyrannulet

Nesotriccus murinus

Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant

Pseudotriccus ruficeps

Peruvian Tyrannulet

Zimmerius viridiflavus

Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant

Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus

Spectacled Bristle Tyrant

Pogonotriccus orbitalis

Streak-necked Flycatcher

Mionectes striaticollis

Olive-striped Flycatcher

Mionectes galbinus

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Mionectes oleagineus

Sepia-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon amaurocephalus

Slaty-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon superciliaris

Flavescent Flycatcher

Myiophobus flavicans

Ornate Flycatcher

Myiotriccus ornatus

Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant

Myiornis ecaudatus

Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus capitalis

Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus latirostris

Western Olivaceous Flatbill

Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis

Yellow-olive Flatbill

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

Yellow-margined Flatbill

Tolmomyias assimilis

Grey-crowned Flatbill

Tolmomyias poliocephalus

Olive-faced Flatbill

Tolmomyias viridiceps

Cinnamon Flycatcher

Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus

Euler's Flycatcher

Lathrotriccus euleri

Smoke-colored Pewee

Contopus fumigatus

Alder Flycatcher

Empidonax alnorum

Drab Water Tyrant

Ochthornis littoralis

Little Ground Tyrant

Syrtidicola fluviatilis

Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant

Ochthoeca rufipectoralis

Grey-capped Flycatcher

Myiozetetes granadensis

Dusky-chested Flycatcher

Myiozetetes luteiventris

Lesser Kiskadee

Philohydor lictor

Lemon-browed Flycatcher

Conopias cinchoneti

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

Sulphury Flycatcher

Tyrannopsis sulphurea

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Greyish Mourner

Rhytipterna simplex

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Short-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus ferox

Bright-rumped Attila

Attila spadiceus

Masked Fruiteater

Pipreola pulchra

Red-crested Cotinga

Ampelion rubrocristatus

Amazonian Umbrellabird

Cephalopterus ornatus

Lipaugus vociferans

Cryptopipo holochlora

Cerulean-capped Manakin

Lepidothrix coeruleocapilla

White-crowned Manakin

Pseudopipra pipra

Round-tailed Manakin

Ceratopipra chloromeros

Black-crowned Tityra

Tityra inquisitor

Black-tailed Tityra

Tityra semifasciata

Pachyramphus versicolor

White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus

Pink-throated Becard

Pachyramphus minor

Tawny-breasted Myiobius

Myiobius villosus

Whiskered Myiobius

Myiobius barbatus

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Slaty-capped Shrike-Vireo

Vireolanius leucotis

Olivaceous Greenlet

Hylophilus olivaceus

Yellow-green Vireo

Vireo flavoviridis

Brown-capped Vireo

Vireo leucophrys

White-winged Swallow

Tachycineta albiventer

Brown-chested Martin

Grey-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea

White-banded Swallow

Atticora fasciata

Brown-bellied Swallow

Orochelidon murina

Black-capped Donacobius

Donacobius atricapilla

Thrush-like Wren

Campylorhynchus turdinus

Pheugopedius coraya

Buff-breasted Wren

Cantorchilus leucotis

White-breasted Wood Wren

Henicorhina leucosticta

Grey-breasted Wood Wren

Henicorhina leucophrys

Southern Nightingale-Wren

Microcerculus marginatus

White-eared Solitaire

Entomodestes leucotis

Glossy-black Thrush

Turdus serranus

Turdus fuscater

Rusty-flanked Thrush

Turdus albicollis

Hauxwell's Thrush

Turdus hauxwelli

White-capped Dipper

Cinclus leucocephalus

Passer domesticus

Spinus magellanicus

Golden-rumped Euphonia

Chlorophonia cyanocephala

Purple-throated Euphonia

Euphonia chlorotica

White-lored Euphonia

Euphonia chrysopasta

White-vented Euphonia

Euphonia minuta

Orange-bellied Euphonia

Euphonia xanthogaster

Bronze-green Euphonia

Euphonia mesochrysa

Rufous-bellied Euphonia

Euphonia rufiventris

Yellow-throated Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus flavigularis

Common Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus flavopectus

Orange-billed Sparrow

Arremon aurantiirostris

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Yellow-breasted Brushfinch

Atlapetes latinuchus

Peruvian Meadowlark

Leistes bellicosus

Dusky-green Oropendola

Psarocolius atrovirens

Solitary Cacique

Cacicus solitarius

Scarlet-rumped Cacique

Cacicus uropygialis

Icterus cayanensis

Molothrus oryzivorus

Molothrus bonariensis

Oriole Blackbird

Gymnomystax mexicanus

Tropical Parula

Setophaga pitiayumi

Blackburnian Warbler

Setophaga fusca

Citrine Warbler

Myiothlypis luteoviridis

Russet-crowned Warbler

Myiothlypis coronata

Three-striped Warbler

Basileuterus tristriatus

Slate-throated Whitestart

Myioborus miniatus

Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea

Amazonian Grosbeak

Cyanoloxia rothschildii

Yellow-backed Tanager

Hemithraupis flavicollis

Purple Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes caeruleus

Bluish-grey Saltator

Saltator coerulescens

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Slate-colored Grosbeak

Saltator grossus

Dull-colored Grassquit

Asemospiza obscura

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

Black-goggled Tanager

Trichothraupis melanops

White-shouldered Tanager

Loriotus luctuosus

Yellow-crested Tanager

Loriotus rufiventer

Wing-barred Seedeater

Sporophila americana

Black-and-white Seedeater

Sporophila luctuosa

Yellow-bellied Seedeater

Sporophila nigricollis

Chestnut-bellied Seedeater

Sporophila castaneiventris

Chestnut-vented Conebill

Conirostrum speciosum

Fawn-breasted Tanager

Pipraeidea melanonota

Blue-capped Tanager

Sporathraupis cyanocephala

Blue-winged Mountain Tanager

Anisognathus somptuosus

Cissopis leverianus

Black-faced Tanager

Schistochlamys melanopis

Red-capped Cardinal

Paroaria gularis

Yellow-bellied Tanager

Ixothraupis xanthogastra

Golden-naped Tanager

Chalcothraupis ruficervix

Blue-and-black Tanager

Tangara vassorii

Beryl-spangled Tanager

Tangara nigroviridis

Blue-browed Tanager

Tangara cyanotis

Saffron-crowned Tanager

Tangara xanthocephala

Flame-faced Tanager

Tangara parzudakii

Turquoise Tanager

Tangara mexicana

Opal-crowned Tanager

Tangara callophrys

Rufescent Tiger Heron

Tigrisoma lineatum

Ochre-crowned Greenlet

Tunchiornis ochraceiceps

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