A hypothetical record is based on observations or specimens of questionable origin, unpublished photographs or recordings, and other material kept in private hands.
A vagrant species is one that occasionally occurs in Peru and are not part of the usual avifauna.
These lists are frequently revised as new information becomes available and species change of status.
List to species that are considered hypothetical in Peru
| DUCKS | ANATIDAE |
| Chiloe Wigeon | Mareca sibilatrix |
| HUMMINGBIRDS | TROCHILIDAE |
| Chilean Woodstar | Eulidia yarrellii |
| Crowned Woodnymph | Thalurania colombica |
| SANDPIPERS | SCOLOPACIDAE |
| Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Noble Snipe | Gallinago nobilis |
| TROPICBIRDS | PHAETHONTIDAE |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda |
| PENGUINS | SPHENISCIDAE |
| King Penguin | Aptenodytes patagonicus |
| ALBATROSSES | DIOMEDEIDAE |
| Gray-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma |
| Chatham Albatross | Thalassarche eremita |
| SOUTHERN STORM-PETRELS | OCEANITIDAE |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria |
| NORTHERN STORM-PETRELS | HYDROBATIDAE |
| Least Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates microsoma |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro |
| SHEARWATERS | PROCELLARIIDAE |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa |
| Westland Petrel | Procellaria westlandica |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna cameipes |
| Galapagos Shearwater | Puffinus subalaris |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis |
| FRIGATEBIRDS | FREGATIDAE |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor |
| HERONS | ARDEIDAE |
| Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinnatus |
| HAWKS | ACCIPITRIDAE |
| Long-winged Harrier | Circus buffoni |
| Semiplumbeous Hawk | Leucopternis semiplumbeus |
| JACAMARS | GALBULIDAE |
| Coppery-chested J acamar | Galbula pastazae |
| TOUCANS | RAMPHASTIDAE |
| Toco Toucan | Ramphastos toco |
| WOODPECKERS | PICIDAE |
| White Woodpecker | Melanerpes candidus |
| PARROTS | PSITTACIDAE |
| White-necked Parakeet | Pyrrhura albipectus |
| ANTBIRDS | THAMNOPHILIDAE |
| Ash-winged Antwren | Euchrepomis spodioptila |
| Bicolored Antvireo | Dysithamnus occidentalis |
| Humaita Antbird | Myrmelastes humaythae |
| ANTPITTAS | GRALLARIIDAE |
| Jocotoco Antpitta | Grallaria ridgelyi |
| MANAKINS | PIPRIDAE |
| Flame-crowned Manakin | Heterocercus linteatus |
| TYRANTFLYCATCHERS | TYRANNIDAE |
| Rufous-browed Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes superciliaris |
| Snethlage’s Tody-Tyrant | Hemitriccus minor |
| Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola alpinus |
| VIREOS | VIREONIDAE |
| Ashy-headed Greenlet | Hylophilus pectoralis |
| SWALLOWS | HIRUNDINIDAE |
| Chilean Swallow | Tachycineta leucopyga |
| THRUSHES | TURDIDAE |
| Pale-vented Thrush | Turdus obsoletus |
| SPARROWS | PASSERELLIDAE |
| Black-striped Sparrow | Arremonops conirostris |
| WOOD-WARBLERS | PARULIDAE |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| TANAGERS | THRAUPIDAE |
| White-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila leucoptera |
| Tawny-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila hypoxantha |
| Dark-throated Seedeater | Sporophila ruficollis |
List of species that are considered vagrant in Peru
| SCREAMERS | ANHIMIDAE |
| Southern Screamer | Chauna torquata |
| DUCKS | ANATIDAE |
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata |
| Rosy-billed Pochard | Netta peposaca |
| PIGEONS | COLUMBIDAE |
| Picazuro Pigeon | Patagioenas picazuro |
| CUCKOOS | CUCULIDAE |
| Guira Cuckoo | Guira guira |
| Ash-colored Cuckoo | Coccycua cinerea |
| HUMMINGBIRDS | TROCHILIDAE |
| Ruby-topaz Hummingbird | Chrysolampis mosquitus |
| Glittering-bellied Emerald | Chlorostilbon lucidus |
| RAILS | RALLIDAE |
| White-throated Crake | Laterallus albigularis |
| Horned Coot | Fulica cornuta |
| White-winged Coot | Fulica leucoptera |
| PLOVERS | CHARADRIIDAE |
| Rufous-chested Dotterel | Charadrius modestus |
| SANDPIPERS | SCOLOPACIDAE |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| GULLS | LARIDAE |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
| Brown-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus maculipennis |
| Herring Gull | Lams argentatus |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| Snowy-crowned Tern | Sterna trudeaui |
| PENGUINS | SPHENISCIDAE |
| Magellanic Penguin | Spheniscus magellanicus |
| SOUTHERN STORM-PETRELS | OCEANITIDAE |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina |
| NORTHERN STORM-PETRELS | HYDROBATIDAE |
| Leach’s Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous |
| SHEARWATERS | PROCELLARIIDAE |
| Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata |
| Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffmus |
| STORKS | CICONIIDAE |
| Maguari Stork | Ciconia maguari |
| BOOBIES | SULIDAE |
| Cape Gannet | Moms capensis |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| HERONS | ARDEIDAE |
| Stripe-backed Bittern | Ixobrychus involucris |
| Whistling Heron | Syrigma sibilatrix |
| Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens |
| IBISES | THRESKIORNITHIDAE |
| Scarlet Ibis | Eudocimus ruber |
| Bare-faced Ibis | Phimosus infuscatus |
| Buff-necked Ibis | Theristicus caudatus |
| HAWKS | ACCIPITRIDAE |
| Mississippi Kite | lctinia mississippiensis |
| Swainson’s Hawk | Buteo swainsoni |
| TOUCANS | RAMPHASTIDAE |
| Choco Toucan | Ramphastos brevis |
| PARROTS | PSITTACIDAE |
| Turquoise-fronted Parrot | Amazona aestiva |
| TITYRAS | TITYRIDAE |
| White-naped Xenopsaris | Xenopsaris albinucha |
| TYRANT FLYCATCHERS | TYRANNIDAE |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus |
| Pied Water-Tyrant | Fluvicola pica |
| Spectacled Tyrant | Hymenops perspicillatus |
| Hudson’s Black-Tyrant | Knipolegus hudsoni |
| VIREOS | VIREONIDAE |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus |
| SWALLOWS | HIRUNDINIDAE |
| Tawny-headed Swallow | Alopochelidon fucata |
| THRUSHES | TURDIDAE |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens |
| MOCKINGBIRDS | MIMIDAE |
| Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus |
| White-banded Mockingbird | Mimus triurus |
| Brown-backed Mockingbird | Mimus dorsalis |
| BLACKBIRDS | ICTERIDAE |
| Unicolored Blackbird | Agelasticus cyanopus |
| WOOD-WARBLERS | PARULIDAE |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum |
| CARDINAL GROSBEAKS | CARDINALIDAE |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| TANAGERS | THRAUPIDAE |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca |