A Bird unprecedented in Peru was discovered at competition sightings



(Fotos: Archivo El Comercio / januartha en Flickr)Birding Challenge Rally participants were able to see a black Swift, a migratory species in North America own
(EFE). The black swift (Apodidae), a North American migratory bird was discovered in Peru during the Birding Rally Challenge, a competition held ornithological sightings in this country, and around Machu Picchu.
This was announced today by the contest coordinator, Dennis Osorio, which summons in this competition some of the world’s leading experts in ornithology divided into six teams from five countries.
In six days, participants must identify as many birds as possible along a journey that began in the Tambopata Amazon nature reserve and end in the mountainous jungle of Machu Picchu, which covers an area where “700 different species live, “said Osorio.
Very similar to a swallow:
Specifically this Swift was spotted in Tambopata by the English team, which is led by ornithologist Guy Kirwan, author of over 30 books on birds, and that leads to teams from Spain, United States, Brazil and South Africa.
“It is a migratory boreal bird, looking very similar to a swallow, traveling south when winter begins, but so far there was no record of it within the Peruvian territory,” said the coordinator of the competition.
He also recalled that Peru is the second country in the world with the highest biodiversity of birds, only behind Colombia, bringing together more than 1,800 different species among ecosystems whose contrasts ranging from marine and coastal desert, at the height of Andean and lush vegetation of the Amazon.
OTHER SPECIES captivated
However, contestants could also spot in their tour the most common birds of Peru, the cock of the rock (rupicola peruviana), “identifiable by lively red colour and its crest.”
Other sightings were the most common hummingbird curved beak (Trochilinae), also known as Hummingbird, and the Andean watchmaker (Momotus ecuatorialis), famous for perching on branches and moving its tail in a pendulum-like motion of a clock.
Some of the competing teams are still looking for some of the most elusive species within these landscapes, such as the masked Orchard (Pipreola pulchra) and Black-faced Cotinga (Conioptilon mcilhennyi).
Dennis Osorio said it is the first time that in South America there is a competition that lengthy to watch birds “as they usually are limited to a 24-hour marathon,” but this time “the objective is to demonstrate the potential of the biodiversity and wildlife in Peru. ”
The competition will end this Wednesday,  where in  ceremony the team with the most sightings will be handed an award on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Jose Luis Silva.

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