Northern Peru: Marvelous Spatuletail, Long-whiskered Owlet & Amazing Feeders

This 14-day northern Peru: Marvelous Spatuletail, Long-whiskered Owlet and Amazing Feeders tour takes place along the finest birding route that Peru has to offer, perfect for adventurous birders and photographers alike. Over the last decade a whole series of bird feeding stations have been developed from Pomacochas to Tarapoto. These feeding stations are managed by local people, who have learnt the principles of bird ecotourism and conservation along this birding route.  Simply put, this birding circuit surpasses any of the classic birding destinations in the country. We highly recommend this tour to avid birders and enthusiastic bird photographers who want to visit Peru. You will be rewarded with views of amazing birds, including several Peruvian endemics as well as many eastern Andean slope and Upper Amazon specials.

The Marvelous Spatuletail is the star of this tour (photo Uwe Spek).

A major highlight of this tour is the endemic Marvelous Spatuletail hummingbird, possibly the most spectacular hummingbird on the planet, and the primary reason why many birders visitor this circuit. The many amazing bird feeders make it one of the top bird feeder routes around, together with the northwest valley of Mindo, Ecuador, and the coffee plantation route in the Andes of Colombia. In addition to Marvelous Spatuletail, you may reach the amazing number of 50 species of hummingbirds in five days! There are also many beautiful tanagers and endemic antpittas, attractive and unknown owls, and a few classic monotypic birds for bird family listers. Additionally, this tour gives you a very good chance of seeing the incredibly rare Long-whiskered Owlet, while staying at the famous Owlet Lodge, where we will be based for an incredible seven-night stay.

Come discover this fabulous Northern Peru birding route with Birding Ecotours, a company with two decades of experience leading birding tours in Peru!

We hope to find the poorly known Long-whiskered Owlet at Owlet Lodge (photo by Uwe Speck).