Otun Quimbaya is situated south of Pereira. We arrived with an afternoon flight and drove straight to the reserve. The main attractions in Otun is Cauca Guan (E) and Red-ruffed Fruitcrow with both species being common and easily seen. A dirt road goes from the accomodation and into higher elevations stopping at a small shop. All the birding is done along this dirt road. We stayed two nights at Otun.
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9/2 The main building at Otun. All meals are served here. |
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9/2 Sleeping quarters at Otun. Good birding just outside your door. |
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9/2 Our dinner companion. Loads of different moths in the evenings. |
We drove to the top and walked down to the "resort". Besides the already mentioned species, Otun is also a good place for Multi-colored Tanager (E), Moustached Antpitta, Colombian Screech-Owl (E) and several other good species.
Our first morning started really well at the open area at the end of the dirt road with Black-billed Peppershrike and a noisy group of White-capped Tanagers. Working our way down the road more good birds were seen with Cauca + Sickle-winged Guan, the Friutcrow, Bronzy Inca, Pale-vented Pigeon, Masked Trogon, Highland Motmots, skulking Chestnut-breasted Wrens and our only Lineated Foliage-gleaner,Tyranine Woodcreepers, Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet, Bronze-olive Pygmy-tyrant of the trip. About a kilometer before the lodge we finally connected with Multi-colored Tanager and actually ended up seing 3 of these amazing birds within the last stretch of the dirt road. The species can be tricky as they often forage high in the vegetation and quickly moves between trees.
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9/2 White-capped Tanager at Otun. One of my most wanted species. |
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9/2 White-capped Tanager at Otun. We actually ended up seing this species in four places. |
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9/2 Blackburnian Warbler at Otun. Very common through out the trip |
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9/2 Black Phoebe at Otun. Widespread and common species. |
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9/2 Collared Trogon at Otun. Nice male eating a cicada. |
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9/2 Cauca Guan, Otun. Listed as Endangered but easily seen at Otun. |
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9/2 Cauca Guan, Otun. A big Guan. |
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Red-ruffed Fruitcrow, Otun |
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9/2 Saffron Finch, Otun. Common bird over much of South America. |
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9/2 Strong-billed Woodcreeper, Otun. Amazing Woodcreeper! |
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9/2 Sickle-winged Guan, Otun. Seen in several places. |
The remainder of the day we birded around the lodge with a small trip before dusk to the small stream. Here we had 3 Crested Ant-Tanagers (E) easily located by their very strange calls. After dinner we did some owling without much luck. Tropical Screech-owl, a few Paraques and a small troop of Andes Night Monkeys was the best.
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9/2 Andean Night Monkey at Otun. Just outside the cabins |
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9/2 Paraque at Otun. Common at night time. |
As we had seen most of the specialities the previous day we decided to move on the next morning with only a short stop before the village of Quimbaya where we luckily connected with both White-capped Dipper and Torrent Duck.
RDN
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