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Day 0. Afternoon flight to Tumbes. Late arrival. Hotel in Tumbes.
Day 1-2. Tumbes Forest. We will visit the areas of El Caucho this day. We have seen displaying Pacific Royal Flycatcher and Grey-backed Hawk in the past. Higher up birds like Henna-hooded Foliage-Gleaner, Grey-breasted Flycatcher, Blackish-headed Spinetail and Rufous-headed Chachalaca occur. Other birds include Crested Guan, Slaty Becard, Scrub Antpitta, Ecuadorian Trogon, Grey-necked Parakeet, Guayaquil Woodpecker, Saffron Siskin, etc. Camp or lodging in the newly built research station
Day 3. An additional morning in the forest.
In the afternoon we make a visit to the Mangroves of Tumbes, which includes species like White Ibis, Mangrove Black Hawk, Mangrove (Yellow) Warbler, Masked Water-Tyrant, Ruofus-necked Woodrail, Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Magnificent Frigatebird, Tricolored Heron, Brown Pelican and many others. In the evening we shall transfer to the resort Punta Sal.
Day 4. We shall be doing some unique exploring of the sheltered but very rich waters near Punta Sal, famous for resident Humpback Whales in July-September. Pelagic birds we hope to see include Magnificent and Great Frigatebird, Peruvian, Blue-footed, Nazca and Red-footed Boobies, Galapagos Petrel, Galapagos Shearwater, Waved Albatross, Ringed, Black, Markham's, White-vented, Wedge-rumped and Madeiran Storm-Petrels, Swallow-tailed Gull and Red-billed Tropicbird and many more. In the afternoon we shall leave for Piura. On the way there are good sites for Peruvian Plantcutter and Tumbes Tyrant. At the mangroves of Vice one of the best populations of Peruvian Tern is present. We also hope to pick up Tumbes Swallow on the way. Night in Piura. The following day connects to North Peru 2
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