I n the Spa of Boca del Río you can find a diversity of birds and fishes which are the delight of the visitors. Please find onwards some of them.

BIRDS

Pelican Pelecanus thagus	Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus
Small Magpie Egretta thula	Huaco Magpie Nycticorax nycticorax
Gallinazo Cathartes aura	Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
Black Oystercatcher Haematopus ater	Snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus
It returns Stones Arenaria interpres	Gray Gull Larus modestus
Peruvian Gull Larus belcheri	Dominican Republic`s Gull Larus dominicana
Sparrow Zanotrichia capensis	Leque Leque Vanellus resplendens
European sparrow Passer domesticus	Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Big Heron Egretta alba	Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Halfpalmed Plover Charadrius semipalmatus	Triller Curlew  Numenius phaeopus
Sacred Rose Notiochelidon cyanoleuca	Domestic Pigeon Columba livia
Sparrow Hawk Falco sparverius	Mielerito Conirostrum cinereum
Sleepyhead Black Head Muscixacicola macloviana	Piquero Sula variegata

Plover of The Reefs Aphrizia virgata

PLANTS

Scirpus californicus	Pluchea chingollo
Tessaria integrifolia	Baccopa monnieri

CRABS

Rock Crab Garpsus grapsus	Spider Crab Ocypode gaudichaudi
Violet Crabl Platyxanthus orbignyi	Hairy Crab Cancer setosus

FISHES

Kelpfish Calliclinus geniguttatus	Merlo Ephinephelus labriformis
Dea Bass Grouper Epinephelus labriformis	Drum Isacia coceptionis
Cling Fishes Sycyases sanguineus	Pintacha Cheilodactylus variegatus
Cherlo Acanthistius pictus	Sargo Anisotremus dorii
Sole Paralichtys adspersus	Sea Silverside/Smelt Odontesthes regia regia

Drunk Blennius pholis

Y ou can also find banks of  Small Snail (Littorina peruviana), Chorito (Perumytilus purpuratus), Pick of Parrot (Balanus peruvianus), Chanque (Concholepas concholepas) and Very Very (Emerita análoga), serving as food for the birds and fishes of the spa, the same as you can find mollusks as Octopus (Octopus mimus) in the rocky area of the bank and Pota (Dosidicus gigas) in the high seas.

T he natural attractiveness of the Spa of Boca del Río beaches,  considered the cleanest in Peru, is used as a potential habitat for the creatures inhabiting in it.

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