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Papallacta Pass (La Virgen)
Begins at 3900 MASL and winds up to to 4200 MASL (4590 ft) where communication antennas abound. This is protected by the Cayambe-Coca Reserve and is also the beginning of a Trek that goes down to Papallacta where there is another entrance to this reserve. The high altitude birds are tame and can be a great place to take pictures if the weather permits.
The typical birds found here are the Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe, the Bar-winged Cinclodes, the Stout-billed Cinclodes, the Many-striped Canastero, the Variable Hawk, and the Tawny Antpitta. If you go down to the lakes it is also possible to see the Yellow-billed Pintail, the Andean Teal, and the Andean Gull.
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Bird of Papallacta Pass
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Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
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Variable Hawk
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Bar-winged Cinclodes
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Stout-billed Cinclodes
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House Wren
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Lemon-rumped
Tanager Female
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Lemon-rumped Tanager
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Pacific Hornero
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Tawny Antpitta
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Many-striped Canastero
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Andean-Tit spinetail
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Plumbeous-Sierra Finch
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