The Abra Patricia-Alto Nieva Private Conservation Area is located at mid-altitude in the foothills of the Andes, in the Department of Amazonas, along the Northeast Andes Birding Route, and close to the Alto Mayo Protection Forest. This area has bird diversity that is among the highest on Earth. Parts of the reserve also protect the upper watershed and headwaters of the Amazon River.

The area's bird list includes 317 species of which 23 are considered globally threatened. These include the Endangered Long-whiskered Owlet and Ochre-fronted Antpitta, two species which make this an Alliance for Zero Extinction site, along with the Royal Sunangel, and Johnson’s Tody-tyrant.

Marvelous Spatuletail Courtship Display on YouTube

The Critically Endangered Yellow-tailed Woolly Monkey also occurs here. Several songbirds that breed in North America such as the Alder Flycatcher, Swainson's Thrush, and Blackburnian Warbler, winter in the forests of the Abra Patricia as well.

The area now has a state of the art birding tourism lodge where you can stay right in the thick of the action. Many people have now heard the Long-whiskered Owlet calling right at the lodge, though it is still very hard to see. The best site for Marvelous Spatuletail is about an hour’s drive from the lodge.