DEDICATION

WE DEDICATE THIS HANDBOOK TO ALL FOREIGN

PEOPLE WHO VISITE OUR COUNTRY TO SEE THE

DIFFERENT KIND OF BIRDS, AND ALSO FOR ALL THE

PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THE FAUNA OF

THE TITIKAKA LAKE.

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF THE
ALTIPLANO - PUNO
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
PROFESSIONAL TOURISM SCHOOL

BIRDS OF TITICACA LAKE

GUIDED IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE

MADE BY:
ARIAS MAMANI, Edwin.
CCALLA BELIZARIO, Junior Lee.
FLORES PACOMPIA, Elvis Maycol.
NUEZ GAMARRA, Jhon Angel.
MAMANI PAMPA, Antonio Winston.

TEACHER;
LIC. NINA CARITA, Lucrecia.
SEMESTER: VII
PUNO PER
2016
 WELCOME TO PUNO
Welcome to Puno my friends, you are in the
highest navigable lake of the world, The
Titicaca Lake, in 3812 m.a.s.l.

This is a small handbook for you, that has a

basic information of some birds that live
around the lake.

Thank you for your visit

 WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE THESE BIRDS
LOCAL NAME : Keola.
COMMON NAME : Zambullidor del
Titicaca.
ENGLISH NAME : Short-winged Grebe.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Rollandia
microptera.
SIZE : 28 - 45 CM.
DESCRIPTION :
Is a endemic bird.

In the plumage of his body predominates

brown. His blackish pileus and the bottom
of his head and neck frontal white child,
while the rest of his neck is reddish brown,
like their flanks. Almost 95% by weight of its
food consists mainly of Orestias ispi and
other species of the genus Orestias own
Titicaca basin. Clutches usually consist of
two chicks, but can get up to four.

LOCAL NAME : Suri.

COMMON NAME : andu de la Puna.
ENGLIS NAME : suri.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Rhea pennata
SIZE : 80cm 1 m
DESCRIPTION :

suri is an Andean bird that lives in the

highlands, this bird can reach a speed of 60
km per hour.
The male prepares the nest in one year.
The nests are usually made where people
can not see, them suri each egg is valued
at 25 bolivianos the reduction of these birds
is due to poaching because their feathers
are used for the preparation of folk
costumes and other similar activities.
LOCAL NAME : Pato Pana.
COMMON NAME : Pato rana.
ENGLIS NAME : Ruddy Duck.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Oxyura jamaicensis.
SIZE : 45 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
You can find it in Colombia, Ecuador, Per, Bolivia, Argentina and
Chile in lakes and wets.
This bird lives in small groups, they are shy and scape quickly ducking
into the water. The male has a pale blue beak, its head and neck are
black, and its body is brick color whit a black tail.
The female has a gray beak, its body is Brown, and their eggs are big.

LOCAL NAME : Tikicho, tiki.

COMMON NAME : Polla de agua.
ENGLIS NAME : Common Gallinule.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Gallinula chloropus.
SIZE : 30-38 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
This bird lives in South Amrica,in Panam, Colombia, Ecuador,
Venezuela, Guianas, Brasil, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile.
Sometimes Its walk and swin alone, in couple or in groups; generally
to hold.
It has a black head and neck, the back and its belly is gray, the beak is
red whit yellow, in has a red plate in the forehead, the feet are yellow.
Generally to nest in the rain time.

LOCAL NAME : Choca.

COMMON NAME : Gallareta andina.
ENGLIS NAME : Slate-colored Coot.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Fulica ardesiaca.
SIZE : 43 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
You can find from northem Aregntina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador
and the south of Colombia.
Is a big bird, that has a gray whit a black head and neck, its beak is
white or yellow, its feet are yellow or dark gray.
This birds are shy, and to nest between July and August. But they are
hunted by different communities as foot.

LOCAL NAME : kellua, gaviota.

COMMON NAME : gaviota andina.
ENGLIS NAME : Andean Gull.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Larus serranus.
SIZE : 46 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
Lives between 3000 to 4600 m.a.s.l. in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia,
Ecuador and Per.
This birds are white whit the back gray, Its more common bird
because It has a black head, the feet and beak are dark red.
This birds are noisy when find a food, or when defend the nest.
Generally to nest between september and january in the rainy time.
LOCAL NAME : Cancato.
COMMON NAME : Pato crestn.
ENGLIS NAME : Crested Duck.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Anas specularioides.
SIZE : 60 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
This bird lives in the Andes of Argentina Chile, Bolivia and Per, is a
big duck that has a long body, the head and neck are dark brown, the
eyes are red, and the body is grayish Brown.
Often they gather in flocks of twenty idividuals, sometimes nest away
from water in the rainy time, but this bird is hunted by the Uros people
to sell stuffed.

LOCAL NAME : Pato ishlo, pato jerga.

COMMON NAME : Pato real.
ENGLIS NAME : Brown pintail.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Anas gergica.
SIZE : 51 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
You can see this bird in Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina Chile, Brasil
Bolivia and Per to fire land. It has a Brown head whit small black
stripes, whit dark Brown feathers back, the chest and abdomen light
Brown, the beak is yellow with a black tip and the feet are gray.
This bird feeds on grasses and sedes, the nest has between four to
ten eggs.

LOCAL NAME : Chipta-pato, pato lahuacho.

COMMON NAME : Pato real.
ENGLIS NAME : Speckled Teal.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Anas flavirostris.
SIZE : 40 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
This bird is the most common and abundant species thah you see in
the Titicaca Lake, but also you can find it in Chile, Argentina, and Per
between 2500 to 4500 m.a.s.l.
It has a short neck, the beak is yellow whit black center, its head and
neck are dark gray.
It lives in small groups or in couple, fly fast but arratically.

LOCAL NAME : Uncayllo, pato puna.

COMMON NAME : Pato puna.
ENGLIS NAME : Puna Teal.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Anas puna.
SIZE : 47 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
This bird lives between 3500 to 4600 m.a.s.l. in Argentina, Bolivia
Chile and Per.
The top of the head is black whit white cheek and neck, the beak is
blue, the back is Brown with cream spots and the feet are gray.
They feed on floating vegetation and sometimes dipped its head
underwater for a few seconds, and nest before and after the rainy
time.
LOCAL NAME : Pato Colorado.
COMMON NAME : Pato colorado.
ENGLIS NAME : Cinnamon teal.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Anas Cyanoptera.
SIZE : 45-46 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
This bird lives in Colombia,Per, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brasil, its
condition is touristic attraction.
This birdd lives in lagoon, lakes and marshes. The male has a blackish
crown, the rest of the head, neck, chest and abdomen, dark rufous,
black beak and yellow feet, the female is also equal that male, with the
difference that the body is brown, and puts 6 to 10 eggs.

LOCAL NAME : Tiulinco.

COMMON NAME : Pata amarilla menor.
ENGLIS NAME : Lasser yellowlegs.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Tringa Flavipes.
SIZE : 26 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
You can see this bird in all South America.
This bird lives in muddy beaches, edges of ponds, flooded grasslands.
Its main feature is that it has long yellow paw. The head, neck and
chest are gently scratched a light gray hue; the belly is White, In flight
black wings distinguish dorsally; although they live in large flocks thery
arent very sociable.

LOCAL NAME : Rakja-rakja.

COMMON NAME : Agachadiza de puna.
ENGLIS NAME : Puna snipe.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Gallinago Andina.
SIZE : 24 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
You can find this bird in Peru, Bolivia Chile nd Argentina.
This bird lives in bogs and pastisales. is characterized by mimetic
plumage, it is confused with surrounding medium. The bill is long and
straight, has over the head and through the eyes black lines
and a line on the eye cream colored wings with black lines and white
chest.

LOCAL NAME : Parihuana.

COMMON NAME : Flamenco andino.
ENGLIS NAME : Andean Flamingo.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Phoenicopterus andinus.
SIZE : 105 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
You can see this big bird lives in Per, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina
from 3800 to 4500 m.a.s.l. and also it can travel long distances in
search of food.
It has legs and long neck, the beak is yellow whit balck, this species is
white but the base of the neck and chest is pink, the people hunt this
bird, because their meat and feathers are healing.
LOCAL NAME : Totorero, reke reke.
COMMON NAME : Totorero cucarachero.
ENGLIS NAME : Wren-like rush-bird.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Phleocryptes melanops.
SIZE : 13,5 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
This little bird lives in Per, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Uruguay
and Paraguay.
This bird is anywhere where there are rushes, and it walk jumping
nervously rush to rush.
The nest es wonderful, because it is hung on the rushes, and inside it
has two or three eggs that are dark sky.

LOCAL NAME : Uchumpila

COMMON NAME : Siete colores de la totora.
ENGLIS NAME : Many-colored Rush-Tyrant.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Tachuris rubrigastra.
SIZE : 14,0 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
This bird inhabits from the center of Per to Brasil, Uruguay and
Argentina.
It has very colorful feathers, usually they are observed in couple, flying
over the reeds, and it feed on small insects to chasing and
hunting.making a nest among the vegetation characterstic.

LOCAL NAME : Undentified.

COMMON NAME : Dormilona nuca rojiza.
ENGLIS NAME : Rufous-naoed Ground-Tyrant.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Muscisaxicola rufivertex.
SIZE : 16,5 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
You can see this bird in Per, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, it is
characterized baya red spot on the head, it has a long beak, its body
is generally gray whit a dark tail, the feet are dark gray.
This bird is generally solitaire, and it observed mainly in dry time,
around the lake or in the mountains.

LOCAL NAME : Negrito.

COMMON NAME : Negrito de a las blancas.
ENGLIS NAME : White - winged Negrito.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Lessonia oreas.
SIZE : 12.5 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
You can find this bird in Per, Chile, Bolivia and Argentina between
1000 to 4600 m.a.s.l.
This bird known for this black color whit reddish back in males, and a
white mark on the wing, the female is blackish.
To nest in rainy time, the male fidgeting makes opening and closing
the wins.
LOCAL NAME : Pichi tanka.
COMMON NAME : Gorrin americano.
ENGLIS NAME : Rufous-collared Sparrow.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Zonotrichia capensis
SIZE : 14,5 cm
DESCRIPTION :
You can see this bird in Mexico, Ecuador, Per, Bolivia, Chile and
Argentina.
It is easily identified by ist crest of feathers and their rufous necklace, it
feeds on sends and insects, it often sing in the evenings, they
reproduce in rainy time, an put in Two or four eggs.
It reproduces up twice in a year.

LOCAL NAME : Picaflor Negro

ENGLISH NAME : Black picaflor
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Florisuga Fusca
SIZE : 10 cm
DESCRIPTION:

The predominant color of its body is black, has the back and rump
green, skinny abdomen are white like the tail feathers, internal are
dark and all have black apex.

LOCAL NAME : Jacajllo

COMMON NAME : Serrano carpenter
ENGLISH NAME : Andean flicker
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Colaptes Rupicola
SIZE : 37 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
The male has a bright red crown, the body is yellowish in general is
dorsally
Striped black, rump and belly are cream until soft striped cinnamon or
densely flecked with black. The tail is black.

LOCAL NAME : Lorito

COMMON NAME : Parakeet Cordillerano
ENGLISH NAME : Mountain Parakeet
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Bolborhynchus Aurifrons
SIZE : 18 cm
DESCRIPTION :
It is small compact figure. The general color is green grass, with part
ventral something yellowish, both in the chest and belly and face, so
his name scientist (aurifrons), some feathers blue wings, especially
primary or rowers. He peak is short and thick pale yellow, the legs
have the same hue as the peak. The tail is long and graduated.
LOCAL NAME : Golondrina
COMMON NAME : Andean Swifts
ENGLISH NAME : Andean Swift
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Aeronautes Andecolus
SIZE : 14 CM
DESCRIPTION:
It is a small swift, almost black dark brown general coloration gray,
neck and white neck collar fashion plus rump, throat and stomach. Tail
is forked, the legs are very short because these birds are more
adapted to flight; most of the time fly by.

LOCAL NAME : Buho

ENGLISH NAME : Great hornet Owl
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Bubo virginianus
SIZE : 48-56 cm
DESCRIPTION:
It is a large owl that is characterized by its somewhat cylindrical shape
and large "ears" pens that are vertical in males and females sideways.
Coloration usually whitish - thick cream striped and mottled black and
various shades of brown, the throat is white to cream, has a clear
facial disk with a black line that borders,the eyes are yellow - orange.

LOCAL NAME : ALLKAMARI

COMMON NAME : Matamico Andino
ENGLISH NAME : Mountain Caracara
CIENTIFIC NAME : Phalcoboenus Megalopterus
SIZE : 47 cm
DESCRIPTION:
This species is black with the tailbone, apex flow and internal rowers,
capped and white ventral rest. Orange face surrounding the eye. No
sexual dimorphism, although females are slightly larger, some authors
estimate 5%. It is between 47-55 cm. long. Males weigh about 800
grams.

LOCAL NAME : Paloma.

COMMON NAME : Paloma comn.
ENGLIS NAME : Rock dove
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Columba Livia
SIZE : 32 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
This bird is cosmopolitian.
This bird lives in gardens and urban areas. these birds are bluish gray
with two black bars on the wings, some with white rump, black at the
end of the tail, neck and chest with a pink tinge with variations to the
metallic purple. The legs are always pink
LOCAL NAME :
COMMON NAME : KEOLA
ENGLIS NAME : Rollandia.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : ROLLANDIA MICROPTERA
SIZE : 28-45
DESCRIPTION :
In the plumage of his body predominates brown. His blackish pileus
and the bottom of his head and neck frontal white child, while the rest
of his neck is reddish brown, like their flanks. Almost 95% by weight of
its food consists mainly of Orestias ispi and other species of the genus
Orestias own Titicaca basin. Clutches usually consist of two chicks, but
can get up to four
.

LOCAL NAME : Garza Blanca Grande

COMMON NAME : Garza Blanca Grande
ENGLIS NAME : Big Heron
SCIENTIFIC NAME :Ardea Alba.
SIZE : 80 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
Their weight ranges between 700 and 1500 g, with an average around
a kilogramo.7 is only slightly smaller than the gray heron or the blue
heron. In their breeding plumage presents in the back long and fine
decorative feathers that often erizar. Males and females are identical in
appearance, and juveniles resemble adults in non-breeding
feathers.Reaches sexual maturity between 2 and 3 years and
successive form monogamous pairs each season. It is unknown if
couples ever lasts until the following season. The male selects the
area to anizar and start a nest, and then attracts a female. The nest is
built with intertwined and lined with twigs and other plant materials can
be up to one meter wide. Usually they put between 3 and 5 eggs bluish
green.

LOCAL NAME : Yanavico.

COMMON NAME : Yanavico.
ENGLIS NAME :.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Plegadis Ridgwayi.
SIZE : 45-60 cm.
DESCRIPTION :

Characteristic species of the high Andean region (3500-4800 m), often

down to the Peruvian coast from May to September which occurs
mainly juveniles. Inhabits wetlands, grasslands, pastures, banks of
lakes and rivers, even on hills gramadales sometimes far from wter
when fed often it sports a curved back which rise some feathers, flies
frequently not very high soil groups.
LOCAL NAME :Huallata.
COMMON NAME :Huallata.
ENGLIS NAME : Huallata Bird
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Chloephaga Melanoptera
SIZE :70 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
Has a thick neck, it is white in color with purple sash alar. The beak,
legs are reddish. The total length is 75 to 80 cm. No sexual
dimorphism in the plumage of males and females. Males weigh
between 2.7 to 3.6 kg, females are smaller. He puts five to ten eggs,
which take about 30 days to hatch. The female incubates, the male
stays near the nest. At birth the pigeons, move the mirror of water, for
about three months.

LOCAL NAME : Avoceta Andina

COMMON NAME : Avoceta Andina
ENGLIS NAME : Andean Avoced
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Recurvirostra
SIZE : 40 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
It has short legs and bluish, but its characteristic color is white, except
in the coverts of the wings and tail are black.

It is a bird of the Puna of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru.

Inhabits shallow lagoons located between 3,000 and 4,000 meters

(high Andean lakes).

LOCAL NAME : Flamenco Rosado.

COMMON NAME : Flamenco Rosado.
ENGLIS NAME : Flamingo.
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Phoenicopterus.
SIZE : 1.30 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
The bill is very distinctive, and perfectly suited to dig in the mud. The
upper jaw, smaller than the bottom, is the only moving. The peak has a
pronounced curvature downward and is provided with a internal
lamellae to retain the food substances by filtering silt. The feet have
four fingers, three front webbed and subsequent very small. The
flamingos feed by filtration, shellfish and algae. They make mud
nests, shaped like a truncated cone, with the concave top, where they
lay a single white egg (sometimes two) that incubate for about 30
days. Flamingos feed their young with a similar pigeon "milk", but with
more fat and less protein, which is produced by glands located in the
upper digestive tract.
LOCAL NAME : aguilucho cordellerano
COMMON NAME : Aguilucho cordellerano
ENGLIS NAME : Black-chested Buzzard- Eagle
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Geranoaetus melanoleucus
SIZE : 65-80
DESCRIPTION :
lives in semi-arid areas in the Andes, in rocky steep slopes. Griz this
bird is blackish color with breast with yellow legs. it feeds on snakes,
lizards and sometimes often hunt hares.

LOCAL NAME : quellito o cerncalo A.

COOMON NAME : Cernicalo
ENGLIS NAME : American Krestel
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Falco sparveriusrius
SIZE : 25-55
DESCRIPTION :
This bird lives in open forests and xerophytic areas, rocky hillsides. The
male has a red tail with a black terminal bar. The female has thick
reddish back streaked with black, the ventral side is brown striped, tail
has in addition to the black terminal band and usually seen in pairs or
alone.
LOCAL NAME : Playero pectoral
COMMON NAME : Playero
ENGLIS NAME : Pectoral sandpiper
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Calidris Melanoto
SIZE : 19-23 cm
DESCRIPTION :
This beaed lives in marshes, lagoons and sometimes in maindlands. the
male is larger tan the female and juveniles. Generally they have small
heads, small peak and the same size head, dorsal side is dark brown,
the chest is streaked with brown, the belly is white. The legs are dark or
ochreous olives. these birds do not nest in America if not in the northern
hemisphere.

LOCAL NAME : Chorlito Puneo.

COMMON NAME : Chorlito Puneo
ENGLIS NAME : Punenian chorlit
SCIENTIFIC NAME : Pluvialis Apricaria.
SIZE :26 cm.
DESCRIPTION :
Their breeding habitat are moors and tundras of northern Europe and
western Asia. Nest on the ground in dry land. They are a migratory
species, wintering in southern Europe and northern Africa. Around
500,000 copies winter in Ireland and Britain. Although it is a common
species, its population has declined in recent years due to habitat
destruction. hese birds feed on the tundra, fields, beaches and
marshes, usually catching their food by sight. They feed mainly on
small insects, crustaceans and other invertebrates, but also eat
berries.
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