Andean Amazon Colourful Dawn

My first long recording in this location was more of a test rather than an attempt for a finite result. Although issues that often occur in very quiet places, such as high noise floor, practically don’t exist in a densely populated area, there are so many sources and different sounds that aesthetic options can take time on the field to take. Here at Manu National Park the numbers are close to the following: 222 species of mammals, 99 species of reptiles, 140 species of amphibians, 1000 species of birds, 210 species of fish, 130 species of butterflies, 136 species of dragonflies and 650 species of beetles. It’s important to say, especially regarding insects, that there are numerous species that are undescribed and even bird identification tools like Merlin only “know” about 65% of birds in the region.
It’s the rainy season and the air is dense and thick having reached 94% of humidity level in the same day the recordings happened.
Animals are everywhere and at this time of the day – shortly before 6am when it’s still dark – they surround the area.

The bird species we could identify so far in this recording are: Cinerous Tinamou, Little Tinamou, Black-face Anttrush, Hoatzin (the scary “breathy” sounds), Hauxwell’s Thrush and Russet-backed Oropendola. The constant medium-high pitch sound belongs to the dart poison frog.

Thanks to the team who, with their knowledge and interest, helped with identification.