The Humid Puna ecological region covers the highest areas of the east Andean chain and the northern end of the Bolivian Altiplano (Titicaca Basin). It is characterized mainly by semi-humid to humid grassland and, locally, woodland, Polylepis forest, freshwater lakes, and bogs.
Recommended eBird Hotspots in the Humid Puna:
Lake Titicaca, Southeast End
San Miguel Polylepis Forest
Bolivian Endemics and Near-Endemics:
Aglaeactis pamela/Black-hooded Sunbeam
Diglossa carbonaria/Gray-bellied Flowerpiercer
Poospiza garleppi/Cochabamba Mountain-Finch
Threatened species:
Nothoprocta taczanowskii/Taczanowski’s Tinamou
Rollandia microptera/Titicaca Grebe
Cinclodes aricomae/Royal Cinclodes
Anairetes alpinus/Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant
Poospiza garleppi/Cochabamba Mountain-Finch
Other ecoregion specialties:
Gallinago jamesoni/Jameson’s or Andean Snipe
Theristicus melanopis branickii/Black-faced or Andean Ibis
Oreotrochilus leucopleurus/White-sided Hillstar
Chalcostigma olivaceum/Olivaceous Thornbill
Chalcostigma stanleyi/Blue-mantled Thornbill
Metallura aeneocauda/Scaled Metaltail
Pterophanes cyanopterus/Great Sapphirewing
Grallaria andicolus/Stripe-headed Antpitta
Scytalopus simonsi/Puna Tapaculo
Leptasthenura andicola/Andean Tit-Spinetail
Asthenes urubambensis/Line-fronted Canastero
Asthenes maculicauda/Scribble-tailed Canastero
Asthenes wyatti/Streak-backed Canastero
Asthenes humilis/Streak-throated Canastero
Muscisaxicola griseus/Taczanowski’s Ground-Tyrant
Muscisaxicola juninensis/Puna Ground-Tyrant
Muscisaxicola albifrons/White-fronted Ground-Tyrant
Muscisaxicola flavinucha/Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant
Muscisaxicola albilora/White-browed Ground-Tyrant
Muscisaxicola capistratus/Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant
Muscisaxicola frontalis/Black-fronted Ground-Tyrant
Agriornis albicauda/White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant
Cnemarchus erythropygius/Red-rumped Bush-Tyrant
Ochthoeca fumicolor/Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant
Ampelion rubrocristatus/Red-crested Cotinga
Mimus patagonicus/Patagonian Mockingbird
Conirostrum binghami/Giant Conebill
Conirostrum ferrugineiventre/White-browed Conebill
Conirostrum cinereum/Cinereous Conebill
Sicalis lutea/Puna Yellow-Finch
Sicalis uropygialis/Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch
Idiopsar dorsalis/Red-backed Sierra Finch
Idiopsar erythronotus/White-throated Sierra Finch
Idiopsar speculifera/White-winged Diuca Finch
Idiopsar brachyurus/Short-tailed Finch
Catamenia homochroa/Paramo Seedeater
Diuca diuca/Common Diuca Finch
Pseudosaltator rufiventris/Rufous-bellied Mountain Tanager (Saltator)
Spinus crassirostris/Thick-billed Siskin
Spinus uropygialis/Yellow-rumped Siskin