Birds in National Reserve of Lachay -
Lima
(Photos © Jorge Mazzotti) |
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National Reserve of Lachay (Lomas de Lachay):
Conservation unit, on an area of coastal desert, protection of the fauna and
flora characteristic of this area. Oasis in the desert, forming an ecosystem
feed by the humidity generated by the drizzle (fog) coming from the sea. During
September and October all the hills are covered of intense greenery, diminishing
during the rest of the year, until being completely dry in the months of summer.
Animal species as foxes of the desert, deer, bats, and great quantity of species
of birds inhabit this ecosystem. The ecosystem of Lachay, is a phenomenon, oasis
in high parts of the desert which vegetation feeds of the humidity of the fog,
for its proximity to the sea. Many "lomas" (hills) exist in the central and
south area of the Peruvian coast. Lachay is located at 105 Km (65 miles) north
of Lima city. |
Andean Tinamou
(Nothoprocta pentlandii) |
Variable Hawk
(Buteo polysoma) |
Variable Hawk
(Buteo polysoma) |
Variable Hawk
(Buteo polysoma) |
Variable Hawk
(Buteo polysoma) |
Variable Hawk
(Buteo polysoma) |
Variable Hawk
(Buteo polysoma) |
Variable Hawk
(Buteo polysoma) |
Variable Hawk
(Buteo polysoma) |
Variable Hawk
(Buteo polysoma) |
Variable Hawk
(Buteo polysoma) |
Variable Hawk
(Buteo polysoma) |
Eared Dove
(Zenaida auriculata) |
Eared Dove
(Zenaida auriculata) |
Eared Dove
(Zenaida auriculata) |
Eared Dove
(Zenaida auriculata) |
Bare-faced Ground-Dove
(Metriopelia ceciliae) |
Mountain Parakeet
(Psilopsiagon aurifrons) |
Burrowing Owl
(Athene cunicularia) |
Burrowing Owl
(Athene cunicularia) |
Burrowing Owl
(Athene cunicularia) |
Oasis Hummingbird
(Rhodopis vesper) |
Oasis Hummingbird
(Rhodopis vesper) |
Oasis Hummingbird
(Rhodopis vesper) |
Thick-billed Miner
(Geositta crassirostris) |
Thick-billed Miner
(Geositta crassirostris) |
Thick-billed Miner
(Geositta crassirostris) |
Cactus Canastero
(Asthenes cactorum)
ENDEMIC TO PERU |
Cactus Canastero
(Asthenes cactorum)
ENDEMIC TO PERU |
Cactus Canastero
(Asthenes cactorum)
ENDEMIC TO PERU |
Vermilion Flycatcher
(Pyrocephalus rubinus) |
Vermilion Flycatcher
(Pyrocephalus rubinus) |
Vermilion Flycatcher
(Pyrocephalus rubinus) |
Yellowish Pipit
(Anthus lutescens) |
Yellowish Pipit
(Anthus lutescens) |
Yellowish Pipit
(Anthus lutescens) |
House Wren
(Troglodytes aedon) |
House Wren
(Troglodytes aedon) |
House Wren
(Troglodytes aedon) |
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Cinereous Conebill
(Conirostrum cinereum) |
Grassland Yellow-Finch
(Sicalis luteola) |
Grassland Yellow-Finch
(Sicalis luteola) |
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (male)
(Phrygilus alaundinus) |
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (male)
(Phrygilus alaundinus) |
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (male)
(Phrygilus alaundinus) |
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (male)
(Phrygilus alaundinus) |
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch
(female) |
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch
(female) |
Raimondi's Yellow-Finch
(Sicalis raimondii) |
Raimondi's Yellow-Finch
(Sicalis raimondii) |
Raimondi's Yellow-Finch
(Sicalis raimondii) |
Rufous-collared Sparrow
(Zonotrichia capensis) |
Rufous-collared Sparrow
(Zonotrichia capensis) |
Rufous-collared Sparrow
(Zonotrichia capensis) |
Rufous-collared Sparrow
(Zonotrichia capensis) |
Rufous-collared Sparrow
(Zonotrichia capensis) |
Rufous-collared Sparrow
(Zonotrichia capensis) |
Peruvian Meadowlark
(Sturnella bellicosa) |
Peruvian Meadowlark
(Sturnella bellicosa) |
Peruvian Meadowlark
(Sturnella bellicosa) |
Hooded Siskin
(Carduelis magellanica) |
Hooded Siskin
(Carduelis magellanica) |
Hooded Siskin
(Carduelis magellanica) |
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