Location:
North
forest, 347 feet above sea level (106 m.a.s.l.) - 23
km south of Iquitos |
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Iquitos
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627
miles (1,009km) from Lima,
by air
615 miles (990 km) from Pucallpa, by river
Weather:
Tropical humid, maximum temperature 99.9°F
(37.7°C), Temp. Minimum temperature 58.6°F (14.8
°C) Season of rains from November to March.
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Allpahuayo - Mishana National Reserve
The AIlpahuayo-Mishana
National Reserve, created on
January 16, 2008 - was a reserved area from 1999- by the Peruvian government, encompasses
57,600 hectares of land approximately 23 km south of Iquitos.
The rainforest near Iquitos is famous for their habitat heterogeneity. A combination of historical and geological events has given the area a mosaic of diverse soil types- ranging from pure white quartz sands to red clays.
Each of these distinct formations supports a unique community of plants and animals, the result being that Allpahuayo Mishana contains one of the highest biodiversities known in the Amazon basin.
Many of these species are white-sand specialists and are therefore exceedingly rare, due to the scarcity of white-sand forests in Peru. For example, 21 bird species have been found to be associated with white-sand forests in this area, and for several of them, these forests near Iquitos are their only known distribution in Peru.
At least six new species of birds have been discovered within the last five years in AIlpahuayo-Mishana, four of them have been already described. AIlpahuayo-Mishana is also the only place where the habitat of two species of primates has been officially protected in Peru
(Callicebus torquatus and Pithecia
aequatorialis).
However, biologists have only studied a small part of the flora and fauna of
Allpahuayo - Mishana. This reserve harbors the only white-sand forests that enjoy legal protection in Peru and protects the largest concentration known of this type of forest in the country.
* Biologist José Álvarez Alonso IIAP
Species
of new birds for the science discovered and described in
the reserved area
- Herpsilochmus gentryi (Ancient Antwren)
- Zimmerius villarejoi
(Mishana Tyrannulet)
- Percnostola arenarum
(Allpahuayo Antbird)
- Myrmeciza castanea
centuculorum (Northern Chesnut-tailed Antbird)
Species of new birds for Peru or very rares discover in the reserved area
- Crypturellus duidae
(Gray-Iegged Tinamou)
- Nyctibius leucopterus
(White-winged Potoo)
- Nyctibius bracteatus
(Rufous Potoo)
- Nyctiprogne leucopyga
(Band-tailed Nighthawk)
- Notharcus ordii
(Brown-banded Puffbird)
- Hemitriccus minimus
(Zimmer's Tody-Tyrant)
- Platyrinchus saturatus
(Cinnamon-crested spadebill)
- Conopias parva
(Yellow-throated Flycatcher)
- Neopelma
chrysocephalum (Saffron-crested Tyrant-Manakin)
- Xipholena punicea
(Pompadour Cotinga)
- Neopipo cinnamomea
(Cinnamon Tyrant-Manakin)
Suggested program to
visit Allpahuayo Mishana National Reserve, 3 days / 2
nights. 2 nights in Iquitos
City and 2 full days in the reserved zone.
Ask for tailor
made programs
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Birds
in Machu Picchu 1
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Birds
in Machu Picchu 2
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Tanagers
in Machu Picchu
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Andean birds in Lake Titicaca 1
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Andean birds in Lake Titicaca 2
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Andean birds in Lake Titicaca 3
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Andean
Condor - Colca Canyon, Arequipa
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Andean birds in Colca
Canyon, Arequipa - Eagles, hawks, kestrels
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Andean birds in Colca Valley
and Colca Lodge - Arequipa
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Andean birds in
Bofedales Pampa Toqra - NR Salinas Aguada Blanca,
Arequipa
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Amazon birds in Tambopata 1
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Amazon birds in Tambopata
2
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Amazon birds in Tambopata -
Anhingas, Cormorants, Egrets & Herons
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Amazon birds in Tambopata -
Band-tailed Manakin
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Amazon birds in Tambopata -
Flycatchers, Sparrows and Wrens
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Amazon birds in Tambopata - Lemon-throated Barbets
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Amazon birds in Tambopata -
Macaws and Parrots
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Amazon birds in Tambopata -
Orioles and Oropendolas
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Amazon birds in Tambopata -
Tanagers and Euphonias
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Amazon birds in Tambopata - Trogons and
Cuckoos
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Amazon birds in Tambopata -
Vultures, Ospreys, Hawks & Falcons
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Amazon birds in Tarapoto
1
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Amazon birds in Tarapoto
2
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Amazon birds in Tarapoto
3: Yellow-tufted Woodpecker
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Amazon birds in Pacaya Samiria National Reserve
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Amazon birds - Iquitos area
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Birds in coastal marshes in Peru I
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Birds in coastal marshes in Peru II
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Birds in coastal
- Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes
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Garden Birds in Lima
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Garden Birds in Lima
- Vermillion Flycatcher
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