Mountain caracara This
black-and-white bird of prey
builds nests of sticks on cliff
ledges in the high Andes.33
Giant hummingbird
Giant hummingbirds get up to 8½ in
(21.5 cm) long! They mostly feed on nectar
from flowers, looking for the ones with the
highest levels of energy-filled sugar. They
also eat spiders and small insects.Torrent duck
Native to the Andes,
the torrent duck plunges
in and out of cold,
fast-moving mountain
streams to catch insect
larvae to eat. Females,
like this one, are
orange, but males
are black and white.The spectacled bear
lives only in the
Andean mountains.Colocolo The colocolo is a
nocturnal predator that hunts
rodents, guinea pigs, and
ground-nesting birds.
Culpeo The culpeo spends
most of its time alone, but
parents stay together to raise
cubs in mountain dens.Spectacled bear The
spectacled bear eats fruit,
flowers, and plants. It also
hunts insects, rodents, and
birds in grassland habitats.Location
The Cordillera Blanca is
a chain of mountains in
northern Peru. Snow
covers many of them,
and temperatures range
from 37–73 ̊ F (3–23 ̊ C).Giant hummingbirds are the biggest
hummingbirds in the world.US_032-033_Cordillera_blanca.indd 33 31/03/2017 14:48