There are many good reasons to visit the most amazing of all known Inca ruins and birding definitely adds to the long list. The habitats surrounding the ruins are probably the best place to see Inca Wren and another elusive endemic, Parodi´s Hemispingus. Many birders see their first Andean Cock-of the-Rock along the rail way near Aguas Calientes and Torrent Duck in the Urubamba river. Machu Picchu offers a nice range of montane forest birds in an incredible setting.