What is percha2?

Percha2 is a teaching tool suitable for all ages with which you will learn about the birds of Colombia while having fun.

The birds belonging to the game are the 57 most distributed for the Colombian territory through the ebird.org platform.

There is always a single bird in common between two cards in the deck. Identify it and win!

Before you start playing…

If you never played Percha2 before, start drawing two random cards and placing them face-up on the table so that everyone can see.

Find the matching birds between these two cards (same shape, same color; only the size may be different).

The first player to spot the matching symbol must call out its name or signal it with the finger, so you can find the bird´s name at the list; then draw two new cards, and repeat these steps until all the players clearly understand hat there is always one —and only one—matching symbol between any two cards. That’s it.

Now you’re ready to play Percha2, This methodology is also a game mode, where the person who finds the bird in common keeps the two cards; whoever is left with the most cards at the end wins.

Game modes

The Well

Deal one card per player, the others are stacked, revealing only one, each player must look for the bird that is repeated in their card and the pot, when someone find it, the player must say the name aloud and take the card from the pot, there is no shifts; Whoever has the most cards wins. You can play it in reverse, dealing the cards evenly among the players and leaving one in the center to identify the pairs; winning who runs out of cards first.

Hot Potato

deal the cards equally; the players will put one card in their hands. The card must be held flat in the palm of a steady hand so everyone can see it.

If you spot a matching bird between your card and another player’s card, call it out and place your card face-up on top of the other player’s card.

If you have two or more cards in your hand look only at your top card for a
match.

When you spot it, give all your cards to the player who has the match.
Repeat play in this manner until one player has all the cards. That player loses.

You can play this mode with the whole deck or with fewer cards to play a faster game.

Manotazo

Deal the cards among the players, this mode is played in turns, each player must guess one of the 57 birds of the game while putting one of their cards face up, if one of the images of the card matches with what was guessed, everyone must put their hand on the card. The last player to put his hand will keep all the cards that are on the table. Whoever runs out of cards first wins.

Poisoned gift

Shuffle the cards and deal one card face-down to each player.

Place the remaining cards face-up in the middle of the table to form the draw pile.

At the same time, players flip over their cards. Players look for a match between the center card and any of the other players’ cards.

If you spot a match, call it out. Take the center card and place it on top of the other player’s card on which you found the match.

This is the “Poisoned Gift” because you give an unwanted card to an opponent. The revealed card on the center stack becomes the new card that players use to find a match.

Continue playing until the draw pile is gone.

The player with the least number of cards wins the game.

Triplet

Place all the cards face down in a pile, one player takes the first 9 cards and places them face-up on the table as shown below.

Then, at the same time the players try to find a matching bird on 3 cards, the same bird must be present on all three cards to make a matching set; as soon as you find the matching birds call out its name (example «Osprey») take the cards and reload with another 3 cards from the deck.

When there are fewer than 9 left cards on the table and no matching sets left, the game ends and the player with most cards wins.

I want it!

We send Percha2 to any city in Colombia, just send us a mesage through socialmedia.

List of birds

Ilustración	N. Común (es)	N. Inglés	N. Científico
	Lora Cabeciamarilla	Yellow-crowned Amazon	Amazona ochrocephala
	Terlaque andino	Black-bellied Mountain-toucan	Andigena nigrirostris
	Pato aguja	Anhinga	Anhinga anhinga
	Guacamaya Bandera	Scarlet Macaw	Ara macao
	Garcita bueyera	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
	Cacique lomiamarillo	Yellow-rumped Cacique	Cacicus cela
	Tangara multicolor	Multicolored tanager	Chlorochrysa nitidissima
	Platanero	Bananaquit	Coereba flaveola
	Carpintero moteado	Spot-breasted Woodpecker	Colaptes punctigula
	Tortolita	Ruddy Ground Dove	Columbina talpacoti
	Garrapatero	Smooth-billed Ani	Crotophaga ani
	Dacnis azul	Blue Dacnis	Dacnis cayana
	Suiriri piquirrojo / pisingo	Black-bellied Whistling-duck	Dendrocygnaa autumnalis
	Carpintero real	Lineated Woodpecker	Dryocopus lineatus
	Torito cabecirrojo	Red-headed Barbet	Eubucco bourcierii
	Eufonia piquigruesa	Thick-billed Euphonia	Euphonia laniirostris
	Colibrí collarejo	White-Necked Jacobin	Florisuga mellivora
	Periquito de anteojos	Spectacled Parrotlet	Forpus conspicillatus
	Guaco	Laughing Falcon	Herpetotheres cachinnans
	Turpial montañero / Toche	Yellow-backed Oriole	Icterus chrysater
	Manakin barbiblanco	White-bearded Manakin	Manacus manacus
	Martín gigante neotropical	Ringed Kingfisher	Megaceryle torquata
	Currucutú / Autilio choliba	Tropical Screech-owl	Megascops choliba
	Caracara chimachima	Yellow-headed Caracara	Milvago chimachima
	Mirla guayabera / Sinsonte tropical	Tropical Mockingbird	Mimus gilvus
	Barranquero	Andean Motmot	Momotus aequatorialis
	Bienparado	Common Potoo	Nyctibius griseus
	Bujio / guardacaminos pauraque	Common Pauraque	Nyctidromus albicollis
	Guacharaca	Colombian Chachalaca	Ortalis columbiana
	Águila pescadora	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
	Coquito / Ibis	Bare-faced Ibis	Phimosus infuscatus
	Soledad de montaña / Cuco ardilla	Squirrel Cuckoo	Piaya cayana
	Lora cabeciazul	Blue-headed Parrot	Pionus menstruus
	Piranga roja	Summer Tanager	Piranga rubra
	Bichofué	Great Kiskadee	Pitangus sulphuratus
	Tingua azul	Purple Gallinule	Porphyrio martinica
	Golondrina barranquera	Blue-and-White Swallow	Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
	Cardenal / Atrapamoscas pechirrojo	Vermilion Flycatcher	Pyrocephalus rubinus
	Gavilán pollero	Roadside Hawk	Rupornis magnitrostris
	Reinita gorjinaranja	Blackburnian Warbler	Setophaga fusca
	Canario costeño / Chirigué azafranado	Saffron Finch	Sicalis flaveola
	Piscuís pechiblanco / Chamicero pálido	Pale-breasted Spinetail	Synallaxis albescens
	Tangará cabecibaya o cabecirrufa	Bay-headed Tanager	Tangara gyrola
	Tangará golondrina	Swallow Tanager	Tersina viridis
	Zafiro coronado / Coroniazul	Crowned Woodnymph	Thalurania colombica
	Batará barrado	Barred Antshrike	Thamnophilus doliatus
	Azulejo	Blue and gray Tanager	Thraupis episcopus
	Azulejo palmero / Griselejo	Palm Tanager	Thraupis palmarum
	Titirijí / Espatulilla común	Common Tody-Flycatcher	Todirostrum cinereum
	Cucarachero – Chochín criollo	House Wren	Troglodytes aedon
	Trogón collarejo	Collared Trogon	Trogon collaris
	Sirirí tijereta / Tijereta sabanera	Fork-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus savana
	Alcaraván / Pellar	Southern Lapwing	Vanellus chilensis
	Cóndor de los andes	Andean condor	Vultur gryphus
	Picocuña / Picolezna	Plain Xenops	Xenops minutus
	Tórtola torcaza	Eared Dove	Zenaida auriculata
	Copetón / Gorrión / Pinche	Rufous-collared Sparrow	Zonotrichia capensis