With 60% of Peru covered in dense rainforest, this country is home to an amazing abundance of diverse wildlife, with thousands of species of colorful birds, reptiles and fresh-water amphibians. See below for a list of interesting animals that can be seen while nature-watching in Peru:
- Ornate Hawk Eagle
- Black-collared Hawk
- Great Kiskadee
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird
- Neotropic Cormorant
- Horned Screamer
- Black-capped Donacobius
- BlackVulture
- Black Caracara
- Yellow-headed Caracara
- Slate-colored Hawk
- White-eared Jacamar
- Amazon Kingfisher
- Ringed Kingfisher
- Green Kingfisher
- Wattled Jacana
- Large-billed Tern
- Hoatzin
- White-headed Marsh-Tyrant
- Great Egret
- Boat-billed Heron
- Tropical Screech-Owl
- Wood Stork
- Red-Capped Cardinal
- Great Black-Hawk
- White-necked (Cocoi) Heron
- Chestnut-eared Aracari
- Yellow-Ridged Toucan
- Bat Falcon
- Black-tailed Tityra
- Cream-colored Woodpecker
- Mealy Parrot
- Balck-fronted Nunbird
- Orange-winged Parrot
- Blue and Yellow Macaws
- Lineated Woodpecker
- Blue-crowned Trogon
- Paradise Jacamar
- Black Vulture
- Turckey Vulture
- Black-tailed Trogon
- Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher
- Blue-gray Tanager
- Thick-billed Euphonia
- Blue Dacnis
- Silver-beaked Tanager
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet
- Gould’s Inco Hummingird
- Sparkling Violetear
- Lamas
- Alpacas
- Vicuña
- Jaguar
- Puma
- Inca Orchid (Inca hairless dog)
- Guinea Pigs
- Brown-throated Sloth
- South American Squirrel Monkey
- Monk Saki Monkey
- Saddle-backed Tamarin
- Jamaican Fruit-Eating Bats
- Agouti
- Anteater
- Common Green Iguana
- Green Anaconda
- Amazon Tree Boa
- Spectacled Caiman Crocodile
- Cane toad
- Rainbow Boa
- Polka-Dot Tree Frog
- Horned leaf toad
- Pink-Toed Tarantula
- Cicada
- Lanternfly
- Katydid
- Tailless Whip-Scorpion
- Heliconia Butterfly
- Grey River Dolphin
- Red-bellied Piranha
- A variety of native orchids
- Torch Lily
- Victoria Water Lily
