Now [...]]]> Are you familiar with Flickr? If not, Flickr is a great online tool to share photos. The problem is that Flickr is so popular that sometimes it is a bit hard to find exactly what we want. To help with this situation there are groups where users can share photos grouped according to different subjects.

Now let’s talk about the subject that interests us, birds. On Flickr there are many groups for birds. Some of them are related to families of birds, hummingbirds, owls, shorebirds, etc.

Others are classified depending on the geographical location. Globally the most ambitious and organized group is Field Guide: Birds of the World, with photographs of more than 6000 species of birds. In the Neotropical region we have a great group called Neotropical Birds. Then each country has their own group, for example Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil. Amazing right? But there was a very important country not part of this list…

Although it seems incredible Peru did not have a group on Flickr to organize its bird photos. This situation changed 48 hours ago with the creation of Birds of Peru. The idea of the group is to organize and classify pictures of all species (and hopefully someday subspecies) of birds of Peru. If you have traveled to Peru and have pictures of birds please add them to the group and do not forget to put a tag with the scientific and english names to help organize our index. On the other hand, if you’ve never been to Peru, take look at the photos and see what you are missing!

So far the group is working very well, with over 500 photos submitted during the first 24 hours! Very soon we will enable an area where you can discuss various topics related to birds of Peru and there will be a section designed to help with bird ID. I hope that many birders join the group and take advantage of this resource.

Plenge has followed the classification of South American Classification Committee (SACC). Including its ‘inclusion criteria’ by codes which are described at the end of the list. The species without a code corresponds to the ‘X’ of SACC. [...]]]> The Peruvian ornithologist Manuel Plenge has just published the 2010 List of the Birds of Peru.

Plenge has followed the classification of South American Classification Committee (SACC). Including its ‘inclusion criteria’ by codes which are described at the end of the list. The species without a code corresponds to the ‘X’ of SACC.

Therefore, the number of species per code is:

X = resident: 1477 
E = endemic: 103
NB = nonbreeding resident: 135
V = vagrant: 16
IN = introduced species: 2
EX = extinct: 1
H = hypothetical: 98

Total: 1831

However, there are the following four species which are not in the list of SACC. The explanation lies in the last page in the notes highlighted in color. Theristicus branickii, Calidris ruficollis, Gygis alba and Icterus chrysocephalus. Then the total number of bird species would be 1835.

Two species in the list are no longer considered hypothetical (H) for Peru:

Northern Giant Petrel: Zavalaga et al. (2009) Immature Northern Giant Petrels Macronectes halli visiting the coast of Peru.  Marine Ornithology, 37: 237-240.

Magellanic Penguin: Zavalaga et al. (2009) Records of Magellanic Penguins Spheniscus magellanicus in Peru.  Marine Ornithology, 37: 281-282.

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