Since leaving Cochabamba we've visited Oruro on the Altiplano for flamingos, Inquisivi for Bolivian Spinetail, Sud Yungas near Chulumani for Scimitar-winged Piha and Nor Yungas near Coroico for Yungas Tody-tyrant and Upland Antshrike. We've made our way up to La Paz for the final day of the tour visiting the Sorata Valley and Lake Titicaca. This morning we've had another look at the Black-hooded Sunbeam (a crippling hummingbird endemic to Bolivia) in the Sorata Valley before heading back toward the pass and stopping in a likely-looking area for canasteros. The Berlepsch's Canastero is restricted Mt Illampu near La Paz and the Sorata Valley is one of the best sites to see this taxon. Some authorities do not accept its species status and it certainly is similar to the Rusty-vented Canastero, indeed it responded immediately to a recording of that species here.
The top image is of one of the Berlepsch's seen this morning and the rufous outer two retrices can be noted with the third partly so. Below this image is a photo of Rusty-vebnted Canastero taken above Pojo between Comarapa and Cochabamba. These appear to show less rufous in the tail (tail appears mainly black) and apparently more rufous in the wing.
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