Mecapaca Bird List

by Lawrence Rubey and A. Bennett Hennessey

This is a bird list for the Mecapaca area I made in 1996 when I lived in La Paz. Note, I saw (and I am sure about this) the Bolivian Spinetail in the a shrub just after Mecapaca on the hillside, but it has never been seen since. I would imagine the bird numbers are reduced now due to developments.

Lista de las aves de Mecapaca, dept. de La Paz, Bolivia (2800 m.s.n.m.)

List of birds for Mecapaca, dept. of La Paz, Bolivia (2800 m)

A. Bennett Hennessey


#

Nombre Cientifico

Nombre en Ingles

Fecha/ Date

 

 

 

 

 

 14/1/96

 22/1/96

 25/2/96

 30/6/96

07/1/96

 02/9/96

 01/12/96

1

Nycticorax nycticorax

Black-crowned Night-Heron

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

2

Plegadis ridgwayi

Puna Ibis

 

 

 

 

18

32

 

3

Anas cyanoptera

Cinnamon Teal

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

4

Geranoates melanoleucus

Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

5

Phalcoboenus megalopterus

Mountain Caracara

x

x

x

4

 

 

 

6

Buteo poecilochrous

Puna Hawk

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

7

Falco sparverius

American Kestrel

x

x

x

2

2

1

1

 

Falco sparverius cinnamominus

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

8

Falco femoralis

Aplomado Falcon

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Rallus sanguinolentus

Plumbeous Rail

 

3

5

3

1

3

2

10

Gallinula chloropus

Common Moorhen

 

 

1

1

1

4

5

11

Vanellus resplendens

Andean Lapwing

 

 

 

3

12

4

 

12

Gallinago andina

Puna Snipe

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

13

Larus serranus

Andean Gull

 

 

 

2

1

4

 

14

Columba livia

European Pigeon

10

10

10

10

1

30

10

15

Zenaida auriculata

Eared Dove

4

6

7

5

3

20

7

16

Metriopelia ceciliae

Bare-faced Ground-Dove

 

 

 

 

7

4

 

17

Metriopelia melanoptera

Black-winged Ground-Dove

x

 

 

5

3

35

4

18

Bolborhynchus aymara

Gray-hooded Parakeet

 

x

x

12

22

35

3

19

Tyto alba

Barn Owl

 

Muerto

 

 

 

 

 

20

Aeronautes andecolus

Andean Swift

 

 

 

 

26

1

3

21

Patagona gigas

Giant Hummingbird

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

22

Sappho sparganura

Red-tailed Comet

 

1

 

1

 

1

1

23

Cinclodes fuscus

Bar-winged Cinclodes

 

 

 

3

7

4

 

24

Leptasthenura fuliginiceps

Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail

 

 

 

1

 

5

7

25

Cranioleuca henricae

Bolivian Spinetail

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

26

Notiochelidon cyanoleuca

Blue-and-White Swallow

 

x

x

 

11

10

10

27

Troglodytes aedon

House Wren

 

x

x

1

1

1

4

#

Nombre Cientifico

Nombre en Ingles

Fecha/ Date

 

 

 

 

 

 14/1/96

 22/1/96

 25/2/96

 30/6/96

07/7/96

 02/9/96

 01/1296

28

Asthenes dorbignyi

Rusty-vented Canastero

 

x

 

 

4

5

1

29

Serpophaga munda

White-bellied Tyrannulet

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

30

Ochthoeca leucophrys

White-browed Chat-Tyrant

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

31

Muscisaxicola maculirostris

Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

32

Muscisaxicola cinerea

Cinereous Ground-Tyrant

 

 

 

 

3

4

 

33

Knipolegus aterrimus

White-winged Black-Tyrant

2

1

3

1

 

1

2

34

Phytotoma rutila

White-tipped Plantcutter

12

18

13

15

9

10

8

35

Turdus chiguanco

Chiguanco Thrush

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

36

Turdus fuscater

Great Thrush

x

x

x

3

 

2

2

37

Turdus amaurochalinus

Creamy-bellied Thrush

x

x

 

 

1

2

12

38

Mimus dorsalis

Brown-backed Mockingbird

3

5

8

10

2

5

4

39

Asthenessp.

Pipit sp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

40

Phrygilus punensis

Olive-backed Sierra-Finch

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

41

Sporophila caerulescens

Double-collared Seedeater

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

42

Catamenia analis

Band-tailed Seedeater

x

x

 

5

11

80

10

43

Poospiza boliviana

Bolivian Warbling-Finch

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

44

Poospiza hypochondria

Rufous-sided Warbling-Finch

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

45

Zonotrichia capensis

Rufous-collared Sparrow

x

10

10

35

30

200

30

46

Sicalis olivascens

Greenish Yellow-Finch

x

x

 

 

 

1

15

47

Saltator aurantiirostris

Golden-billed Saltator

1

 

1

1

1

4

3

48

Thraupis sayaca

Sayaca Tanager

3

x

x

7

14

15

10

49

Thraupis bonariensis

Blue-and-yellow Tanager

x

 

x

 

1

3

 

50

Conirostrum cinereum

Cinereous Conebill

 

 

 

1

1

1

 

51

Carduelis xanthogastra

Yellow-bellied Siskin

x

x

x

 

 

 

12

52

Carduelis atrata

Black Siskin

 

x

x

 

 

30

15

53

Passer domesticus

House Sparrow

 

3

1

1

 

5

1

 

Total

 

20

27

20

26

27

43

30

 

Horas

 

5

4

2

5,5

5

7,5

3