“A head, then a
body, appeared from behind the trunk of a gnarled and ancient southern beech -
the recurved floppy crest and staring golden eyes of a female Magellanic
Woodpecker! We watched this majestic
bird forage unconcerned, tapping at close range, and then call. Her mate called in response and she flew to
a nearby tree to join him; we all know that woodpeckers bang on trees but this
was something else - amid a light snowfall in the lichen-clad, eerie temperate
rain forests, with the haunting songs of Black-throated Huet-huets echoing
around us. A pair of Diademed
Sandpiper-Plovers with young, feeding on a high Andean bog amid ground-tyrants,
cinclodes, and sierra-finches. Looking
straight down from a bridge on a pair of Torrent Ducks framed by glossy ripples
around a glistening rock in midstream - an icon of the Andes. These are simply three of the many memorable
moments from our 2002 Chile tour, which was characterized by mostly benign
weather - including warm (!) north winds in Patagonia, a mesmerizingly tranquil
pelagic trip in the Humboldt Current, and mild early mornings in the high
Andes. Rain in the Lake District was
expected but did little to dampen the group’s enthusiasm as we traveled
throughout the striking diversity of Chile’s landscapes and avifauna: from
windswept Tierra del Fuego to the barren Atacama Desert, from American
Painted-snipe to Peruvian Thick-knees, from meadows of wild flowers to lakes
teeming with waterfowl, from snuffling Patagonian Skunks to leaping Commerson’s
Dolphins, from incomparable Inca Terns to Andean Condors, from sandy beaches to
stunning, snow-capped volcanoes, from Giant Hummingbirds to Magellanic
Penguins, from Chocolate-vented Tyrants to Andean Swifts... the list goes on.
A great feature of the Chilean avifauna is its manageability, so there was time to watch many of the birds and even get to know them after a while. As usual, the trip list was modest by most neotropical standards but very respectable for Chile, and featured rheas, tinamous, penguins, 15 procellariiformes, flamingoes, 22 waterfowl, 37 shorebirds, 28 furnariids (or ovenbirds, that South American family that fills so many niches), seven tapaculos, 25 tyrant-flycatchers, and all five Chilean siskins.
The afternoon of
our arrival in Chile we made a short trip up into the Andes outside
Santiago. Pleasant, sunny weather, wild
flowers, and plenty of bird song confirmed we had switched hemispheres and
entered into austral Spring amid spectacular, sweeping Andean vistas. Birds included Andean Condors, Black-chested
Buzzard-Eagles, Chilean Flickers, Moustached Turcas - a superb tapaculo you can
watch in the open - running on the rocky slopes, and even Chilean Tinamou
(picked out by Malcolm - and a taste of his bird-finding skills to come). This was still a travel day, though, and we
headed back to Santiago in good time for dinner and much-needed rest.
Day two continued
the travel theme as we took a morning flight south to Punta Arenas, on the
shores of the Straits of Magellan. We
landed on time to be greeted by an atypical (and mild) northerly wind. Hotel check-in (and a Magellanic
Diving-Petrel off the beach!) was followed by birding and picnic lunch north
from town to the Seno Otway penguin colony. New birds abounded, from Darwin’s Rheas to Austral Negritos, from
burrow-nesting Magellanic Penguins up close to a pair of Patagonian
Yellow-Finches. Our walk at the colony
featured great views of some streaky skulkers - Austral Canastero, Sedge Wren
(nice spotting Susan!), and Correndera Pipits, plus wonderful looks at
Patagonian Skunks.
After our “late”
breakfast we loaded up and took the ferry across the Straits of Magellan, to
Porvenir on Tierra del Fuego. The
crossing was not too cold or windy and featured wonderful views of Black-browed
Albatrosses, a Pintado Petrel or two, but only a few Magellanic Diving-Petrels
- with Mary deftly spotting the first (and best) one, to the relief of those
seeking this localized family of tubenoses.
After hotel check-in we birded areas around Porvenir in the default
windy conditions one expects at this end of the Earth. Birds included Least Seedsnipe, Short-billed
Miners, a pair of Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrants (found by Karen and
eventually tracked down with some effort).
Finally, our last stop produced good views of the enigmatic Magellanic
Plover out on a windswept alkali lake, after which the chant of “hot shower,
pisco sour!” sounded through our brisk walk back to the bus.
Today was a long
but spectacular travel day through a vast yet tiny corner of Patagonia. We started with good views of Plain-mantled
Tit-Spinetail and Scale-throated Earthcreeper, followed by some Ruddy-headed
Geese, and wonderful views of Commerson’s Dolphins on the short ferry ride back
to the mainland. Groups of Darwin’s
Rheas, Upland Geese, and Guanacos punctuated the grasslands while Chilean Skuas
and Southern Crested Caracaras patrolled the roads for flattened fauna. Lunch in an area of relict steppe vegetation
featured Rufous-chested Plovers, Chocolate-vented Tyrants, and beautiful male
Black-throated (or Canary-winged) Finches - with mild conditions conducive to a
pleasant after-lunch stroll! Our drive back (with the air-conditioning on!) was
punctuated with stops to look for the handsome Tawny-throated Dotterel - and
Mario saved the day with a quiet “Here is one, no, two.” We reached our hotel
in good time to rest and repack before dinner overlooking a sunset on the
Straits.
Since we’d seen
“everything,” today was an optional morning of leisurely birding to areas south
of town, including an hour of glass-calm mild conditions watching side-by-side
Southern and Northern giant-petrels scavenging, close-inshore Peale’s Dolphins,
and up-close Dolphin Gulls. Terry and
Anne opted to bird around the hotel - and were rewarded with a point-blank
Great Grebe (viewed vicariously by the rest of us via frame-filling
video!). Our early p.m. flight to
Puerto Montt allowed time for some waterfront birding in the spitting rain,
which featured Dark-bellied Cinclodes, a handsome Snowy-crowned Tern (found
indirectly by Nancy!), and two Hudsonian Godwits.
Our drive north
through the Lake District’s farmland was, in a word, rainy, but we still
managed some nice birds - including good views of the endemic Slender-billed
Parakeet, amazing views of Torrent Ducks at two different rivers, striking
Dark-bellied Cinclodes, and a very obliging eye-level Tufted Tit-Tyrant. After this we wound up through Puyehue
National Park’s incredible old-growth Nothofagus
forests, arriving in time to check in and do a little birding (in the rain!) -
but with great looks at a pair of Black-throated Huet-huets in the snow and
bamboo.
Our optional early
morning, pre-breakfast walk seemed slow, cold, and rainy - which it was until
Graham spotted a female Magellanic Woodpecker as we returned to the lodge (and
Susan saw it from her bedroom window!).
We then got to watch a pair of these majestic birds at close range,
foraging and then copulating in a light snowfall - a once-in-a-lifetime
experience. During breakfast we watched
Austral Parakeets and Bar-winged Cinclodes feeding outside the window, and then
we headed out for a mostly rainy day of birding, punctuated by a leisurely,
indoors, and very welcome warm lunch.
Highlights in the intermittent drier spells were a singing Magellanic
Tapaculo seen well, a male Green-backed Firecrown flashing his firecrown,
handsome Chucao Tapaculos - “the easiest tapaculo to see” - and a calling Great
Grebe.
Another optional
early morning walk in the woods produced superb views of Black-throated
Huet-huet for those who had missed our earlier encounter. After breakfast we birded along the road,
almost walking under (and missing) some silent Austral Parakeets until Ken
pointed them out. Superb views of these
were followed by a White-throated Treerunner tracked down excavating its nest -
heard (and felt by Bernie!) inside a hollow trunk. Striped Woodpecker and the little-known White-throated and
Chilean Bicolored hawks were other highlights before we left the enchanting
grandeur of the old-growth temperate rain-forests and headed to Osorno airport,
where the sun finally came out.
An early start out
of Santiago took us to a remnant area of marsh north of the city - under clear,
sunny skies with a backdrop of the snow-capped Andes to our east. Bernie spotted our first Stripe-backed
Bittern from the bus - we ended up with five! - and other highlights included
the incomparable little Many-colored Rush-Tyrants, Rosy-billed Pochards, and a
Cocoi Heron. While some walked through
the marsh, Terry came upon a flaming red blob by the road - Chile’s first
record of the stunning Scarlet-headed Blackbird, which was seen well by all and
duly documented by Pete’s amazing camera.
The marsh-walkers were rewarded by good views of American Painted-snipe,
and we left this great area reluctantly.
En route to the coast we stopped to watch an ethereal White-tailed Kite
quartering the fields, and also found singing male Band-tailed
Sierra-Finches. A relict valley of
coastal matorral amid cancerous groves of introduced eucalyptus and pines
produced our first Giant Hummingbirds (wow!) and good views of the endemic
White-throated and Dusky tapaculos. We
adjourned to Laguna El Peral for lunch and more excellent birding, with a
road-crossing Plumbeous Rail (called out by Graham while we were looking the
other way), and sundry waterfowl including Black-necked Swans. We then headed north to our hotel in
Quinteros, in time to relax while overlooking the coast (and Seaside Cinclodes
for the die-hards).
A 0515 continental
breakfast was our earliest start of the tour, in preparation for a morning’s
pelagic trip out into the riches of the Humboldt Current. An overcast and near-calm day made for the
most benign pelagic I can remember - it almost seemed we weren’t even on a boat
- but then a Northern Royal Albatross, numerous Salvin’s Albatrosses, De
Filippi’s Petrels, and hundreds of other birds all around the boat - Northern
Giant-Petrels, Westland, White-chinned, and Pintado petrels, dancing Wilson’s
Storm-Petrels, Pink-footed Shearwaters, Peruvian Pelicans, good views of
Peruvian Diving-Petrels, and hundreds of Red Phalaropes - told a different
story. A couple of Southern Sea-lions
back at the harbor were also appreciated.
After lunch and a siesta some optional birding near town proved very
productive - with Black-headed and Lake ducks, Spectacled Tyrants, nesting
Burrowing Owls, and a nice male Cinereous Harrier.
Today we spent a
very pleasant spring day’s birding along and near the coast, with a coastal
picnic lunch in the sun opposite a Humboldt Penguin colony where Marine Otters
gave amazing close-up views. Morning
marshbirds included a Plumbeous Rail with chicks and a Wrenlike Rushbird
spotted by Karen singing at its nest! Birds at another valley of relict native
matorral included more Giant Hummingbirds, Striped Woodpecker, Rufous-tailed
Plantcutters, and great views of Dusky-tailed Canastero. After lunch, stops along the rocky coast
produced the quintessential Humboldt Current seabirds - and superb views of
them: a rock with Guanay and Red-legged shags in full breeding colors, plus
Inca Terns, Peruvian Boobies, and Peruvian Pelicans, with Seaside Cinclodes and
Surfbirds for variety. After a stop for
ice cream and a stretch we headed to our Santiago hotel base in good time to
relax before dinner.
An early breakfast
got us out of the city in good time, up into the high Central Andes northeast
of Santiago. The scenery around
Portillo ranges from spectacular to amazingly spectacular, with sheer cliffs
and icy lakes under snow-capped peaks.
We started out with point-blank views of Cinereous Ground-Tyrants and
continued with a variety of other species typical of Chile’s central Andes:
Black-winged Ground-Doves, Ochre-naped and Black-fronted ground-tyrants,
Rufous-banded Miners, and a Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant, before picnic lunch at
a green bog simply full of life - hundreds of birds included side-by-side
Bar-winged and Oustalet’s cinclodes, Great Yellow-Finches, sierra-finches,
ground-tyrants, and Yellow-rumped Siskins.
After lunch John spotted a pair of the local Thick-billed Siskin -which
we watched bathing alongside Yellow-rumped Siskins - and we tracked down
White-sided Hillstars and Sharp-billed Canasteros. Oh, and then there were more condors - this time against the
classic Andean backdrop of rugged snowy peaks, and more Torrent Ducks on the
rushing rivers.
Another early
breakfast saw us leaving Santiago for another day amid stunning scenery in the
Andes inland from Santiago. Our first
stop featured the endemic Crag Chilia, a Giant Hummingbird, and Moustached
Turcas but higher up the valley the road to the Diademed Sandpiper-Plover bog
was blocked. Instead we explored a
nearby valley and had a beautiful day - with six species of ground-tyrants,
sierra-finches, cinclodes, siskins, miners, and earthcreepers, before heading
back in good time to relax and re-pack in preparation for the last leg of the
tour - to the far north of Chile.
Our early morning
flight meant another early breakfast but we arrived in Arica before noon and
were soon lunching on hot empanadas and birding by the beach at the Lluta River
mouth. New birds were everywhere - from
Belcher’s Gulls to Peruvian Meadowlarks, White-cheeked Pintail to Peruvian
Pipit, both light and dark subspecies of Black-crowned Night-Herons, and with
Bottlenose Dolphins and Antarctic Fulmar off the beach. After lunch we worked inland through the
Lluta Valley, stopping at a field of sleepy Peruvian Thick-knees, followed by a
pair of Rufescent Flycatchers, handsome Andean Swifts sweeping low overhead
and, thanks to Malcolm, a wonderful little Peruvian Pygmy-Owl, before ascending
into total desert. Amid apparent
lifelessness we saw a Greyish Miner before nothingness gave way to striking but
sparse Candelabro Cacti between 7000 and 9000 feet, and then scrubby bushes and
diverse cacti marked our entry into the Precordillera zone - one of the richest
landbird zones in Chile. A brief stop at
the Putre overlook produced sleepy Vizcachas on the rocky cliffs and Greenish
Yellow-Finches beside the road before we reached our hotel after a day
incredibly full of life zone changes.
Today was a day to
familiarize ourselves with the avifauna in and around Putre, and to acclimate
to the elevation. The cool morning air
soon gave way to warm and sunny conditions and we took our time birding in the
new habitats. Andean Hillstars were
nesting at the hotel, while Blue-and-yellow Tanagers fluttered against car
wing-mirrors. In and around town we
found many birds typical of southern Peru and northern Chile, including one
bare bush that simply teemed with life -a 30-minute parade featuring a
White-throated Earthcreeper, Canyon and Dark-winged canasteros, Streak-backed
Tit-Spinetails, 3-4 Giant Hummingbirds, 2-3 male Andean Hillstars, Black-hooded
and Mourning sierra-finches, Band-tailed Seedeaters, Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrants,
Black-throated Flower-piercer, Greenish Yellow-Finches, Cinereous Conebills,
and a Rufous-collared Sparrow! Bernie
spotted our only Sparkling Violet-ear while Malcolm and Pete caused us to find
and watch a pair of nesting White-browed Chat-Tyrants. In early afternoon we headed higher up the
main road for lunch and birded for a few hours before returning early to rest
at the hotel. Anne brought the bus to a
stop for our first Black Siskins and other highlights of the afternoon included
a roadside trio of Puna Tinamous, Rufous-bellied and Grey-breasted seedsnipe,
our first Vicuña and, to everyone’s delight, a pair of Diademed Sandpiper-Plovers
with young!
Our trip to Lauca
National Park was a truly memorable day amid mind-blowing vistas across puna
plains and lakes ringed by snow-capped and sometimes steaming volcanoes rising
to over 20,000 feet. All survived the
elevation with minimal effects and Nancy ran around like she was at sea level!
We started with Vizcachas grazing on a bog in the morning sun, then our first
Giant Coot, then a huge bog full of life - Andean Geese, Puna Ibis, flamingoes
flying in front of snow-capped peaks, Speckled Teal, a handsome Puna Plover
with migrant Baird’s Sandpipers, cinclodes, miners, ground-tyrants, and
Bright-rumped Yellow-Finches. Despite
heroic efforts by Mario we could find “only” Chilean and Andean flamingoes -
the trip had gone so amazingly well we were due to miss something - and Puna
Flamingo was it... But then Lago
Chungará was liberally to densely splattered with thousands of twinkling
Silvery Grebes, Giant Coots, and waterfowl, and lunch featured a shopping spree
amid brightly colored alpaca wool garments, while Andean Gulls sailed overhead
and Black-hooded Sierra-Finches begged crumbs.
After lunch we worked our way slowly back down to the relatively thick
air of Putre in time for a good rest and dinner.
After an early
breakfast we birded around Putre where the fields were full of life, including
amazing views of Ornate Tinamous, male Andean Hillstars glowing in the morning
sun, and a pair of the handsome D’Orbigny’s Chat-Tyrant. After a sit-down picnic lunch with cold
drinks we birded the Lluta Valley down to the coast at Arica, with birds
ranging from Peruvian Elaenias and Slender-billed Finches to close-up Snowy
Plovers and displaying Blackish Oystercatchers. Hundreds of roosting shorebirds (waders) packed onto the rocks
near our hotel were flushed by a pair of hunting Peregrines, and the air was
filled with the calls of Grey Gulls.
An early start to
valleys near Arica produced the little-known Tamarugo Conebill (described only
in 1972!) and great views of the tiny and very local Chilean Woodstar including
three males chasing together! Other
highlights of our last morning were Oasis Hummingbirds, Andean Swifts, a
Peruvian Thick-knee with juvenile, but still no sign of Peruvian Sheartail... Then Malcolm struck again at the 11th hour
and we enjoyed walk-away views of a spectacular male sheartail before returning
to the hotel in time to re-pack and shower before lunch and heading to the
airport for our flight back to Santiago in time for international connections.
Any tour with five
internal flights, early breakfasts, two ferries, a pelagic, and birding at
15,000 feet elevation has got to be tiring, but such a trip is also incredibly
full of great memories of birds, landscapes, wildflowers, food, wine, varied
experiences, and great company. Thanks
to all for helping make this such a wonderful tour and I hope we meet again
down the road.”
Steve Howell.
Column 1 = number
of days recorded
Column 2 =
greatest daily total
N = nesting behavior observed, nest
building, on nest, or dependent young observed
H = heard only
(H) = mostly heard but at least seen once
E = endemic
(E) = endemic to Chile as a breeding
taxon; also migrates to other areas
P = shared endemic with Peru
A = shared endemic with Argentina
|
Darwin’s [Lesser] Rhea |
2 |
50 |
A |
Pterocnemia [p.] pennata |
|
Humboldt Penguin |
2 |
100 |
P N |
Sphensicus humboldtii |
|
Magellanic Penguin |
3 |
50 |
N |
Sphensicus magellanicus |
|
Ornate Tinamou |
3 |
7 |
|
Nothoprocta ornata |
|
Chilean Tinamou |
2 |
2 |
E (H) |
Nothoprocta perdicaria |
|
Puna Tinamou |
2 |
3 |
|
Tinamotis pentlandii |
|
Pied-billed Grebe |
3 |
6 |
|
Podilymbus podiceps |
|
White-tufted Grebe |
4 |
15 |
N |
Rollandia rolland |
|
Patagonian Silvery Grebe |
2 |
4 |
|
Podiceps [o.] occipitalis |
|
Andean Silvery Grebe |
1 |
‘000s |
N |
Podiceps [o.] juninensis |
|
Great Grebe |
5 |
10 |
|
Podiceps major |
|
Northern Royal Albatross |
1 |
1 |
|
Diomedea epomophora
sanfordi |
|
Black-browed Albatross |
4 |
50 |
|
Thalassarche melanophris |
|
Salvin's [Shy] Albatross |
1 |
30 |
|
Thalassarche [cauta]
salvini |
|
Southern Giant-Petrel |
3 |
30 |
|
Macronectes giganteus |
|
Northern Giant-Petrel |
2 |
10 |
|
Macronectes halli |
|
Antarctic (Southern) Fulmar |
4 |
70 |
|
Fulmarus glacialoides |
|
White-chinned Petrel |
2 |
30 |
|
Procellaria aequinoctialis |
|
Westland Petrel |
1 |
10 |
|
Procellaria westlandica |
|
Pintado (Cape) Petrel |
2 |
100 |
|
Daption capense |
|
De Filippi's Petrel |
1 |
10 |
(E) |
Pterodroma defilippiana |
|
Pink-footed Shearwater |
1 |
200 |
(E) |
Puffinus creatopus |
|
Sooty Shearwater |
3 |
300 |
|
Puffinus griseus |
|
Wilson's Storm-Petrel |
1 |
50 |
|
Oceanites oceanicus |
|
Peruvian Diving-Petrel |
1 |
9 |
P |
Pelecanoides garnotii |
|
Magellanic Diving-Petrel |
3 |
3 |
A |
Pelecanoides magellani |
|
Peruvian Booby |
6 |
40 |
|
Sula variegata |
|
Peruvian Pelican |
7 |
100 |
|
Pelecanus thagus |
|
Neotropic Cormorant |
11 |
500 |
N |
Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
|
Rock Shag (Cormorant) |
4 |
20 |
N |
Phalacrocorax magellanicus |
|
Guanay Shag (Cormorant) |
3 |
10 |
|
Phalacrocorax
bougainvillii |
|
Red-legged Shag (Cormorant) |
2 |
30 |
|
Phalacrocorax gaimardi |
|
Imperial (incl. Blue-eyed & King) |
|
|
|
|
|
Shag (Cormorant) |
4 |
200 |
|
Phalacrocorax atriceps |
|
Streak-backed Bittern |
2 |
5 |
|
Ixobrychus involucris |
|
Cocoi (White-necked) Heron |
1 |
1 |
|
Ardea cocoi |
|
Great Egret |
4 |
12 |
|
Egretta alba |
|
Snowy Egret |
7 |
70 |
|
Egretta thula |
|
Little Blue Heron |
1 |
3 |
|
Egretta caerulea |
|
Cattle Egret |
4 |
100 |
|
Bubulcus ibis |
|
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
6 |
60 |
|
Nycticorax nycticorax |
|
Puna Ibis |
1 |
50 |
|
Plegadis ridgwayi |
|
Black-faced [Buff-necked] Ibis |
6 |
‘00s |
N |
Theresticus [caudatus]
melanopis |
|
Chilean Flamingo |
1 |
300 |
|
Phoenicopterus chilensis |
|
Andean Flamingo |
1 |
2 |
|
Phoenicoparrus andinus |
|
Coscoroba Swan |
2 |
28 |
|
Coscoroba coscoraba |
|
Black-necked Swan |
1 |
22 |
|
Cygnus melancoryphus |
|
Andean Goose |
2 |
100 |
|
Chloephaga melanoptera |
|
Ashy-headed Goose |
3 |
6 |
A |
Chloephaga poliocephala |
|
Ruddy-headed Goose |
1 |
8 |
|
Chloephaga rubidiceps |
|
Upland Goose |
4 |
350 |
|
Chloephaga picta |
|
Crested Duck |
7 |
‘00s |
|
Lophonetta specularioides |
|
Fuegian (Flightless) Steamer-Duck |
1 |
1 |
A |
Tachyeres pteneres |
|
Flying Steamer-Duck |
3 |
25 |
|
Tachyeres patachonicus |
|
Southern Speckled Teal |
4 |
30 |
|
Anas [f.] flavirostris |
|
Andean Speckled Teal |
2 |
‘00s |
|
Anas [f.] oxyptera |
|
Southern (Chiloe) Wigeon |
5 |
70 |
N |
Anas sibilatrix |
|
White-cheeked Pintail |
1 |
1 |
|
Anas bahamensis |
|
Yellow-billed Pintail |
8 |
170 |
N |
Anas georgica |
|
Puna Teal |
1 |
30 |
|
Anas puna |
|
Cinnamon Teal |
5 |
35 |
N |
Anas cyanoptera |
|
Red Shoveler |
5 |
20 |
N |
Anas platalea |
|
Torrent Duck |
4 |
6 |
N |
Merganetta armata |
|
Rosy-billed Pochard |
1 |
4 |
|
Netta peposaca |
|
Andean Ruddy Duck |
2 |
10 |
|
Oxyura [jamaicensis]
ferruginea |
|
Lake Duck |
3 |
30 |
|
Oxyura vittata |
|
Black-headed Duck |
2 |
8 |
|
Heteronetta atricapilla |
|
Black Vulture |
6 |
100 |
|
Coragyps atratus |
|
Turkey Vulture |
6 |
250 |
|
Cathartes aura |
|
Andean Condor |
4 |
10 |
|
Vultur gryphus |
|
White-tailed Kite |
3 |
4 |
|
Elanus leucurus |
|
Cinereous Harrier |
4 |
4 |
|
Circus cinereus |
|
Chilean [Bicolored] Hawk |
1 |
1 |
A |
Accipiter [bicolor]
chilensis |
|
Harris' Hawk |
2 |
1 |
|
Parabuteo uncinatus |
|
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle |
6 |
8 |
|
Geranoaetus melanoleucus |
|
White-throated Hawk |
1 |
2 |
|
Buteo albigula |
|
Variable (incl. Red-backed |
|
|
|
|
|
& Puna) Hawk |
11 |
5 |
|
Buteo polyosoma |
|
Mountain Caracara |
2 |
2 |
|
Phalcoboenus megalopterus |
|
Southern Crested Caracara |
5 |
25 |
|
Caracara plancus |
|
Chimango Caracara |
12 |
‘00s |
|
Milvago chimango |
|
American Kestrel |
10 |
20 |
|
Falco sparverius |
|
Aplomado Falcon |
3 |
2 |
|
Falco femoralis |
|
Peregrine Falcon |
3 |
3 |
|
Falco peregrinus |
|
California Quail |
4 |
10 |
|
Callipepla californica
(introduced!) |
|
Plumbeous Rail |
3 |
6 |
N |
Pardirallus sanguinolentus |
|
Spot-flanked Gallinule |
3 |
3 |
N |
Gallinula melanops |
|
Common Moorhen |
3 |
12 |
|
Gallinula chloropus |
|
Andean (Slate-col.) Coot |
3 |
20 |
|
Fulica ardesiaca |
|
Red-gartered Coot |
5 |
100 |
N |
Fulica armillata |
|
White-winged Coot |
7 |
10 |
|
Fulica leucoptera |
|
Red-fronted Coot |
3 |
50 |
N |
Fulica rufifrons |
|
Giant Coot |
1 |
’000s |
N |
Fulica gigantea |
|
Peruvian Thick-knee |
2 |
6 |
N |
Burhinus superciliaris |
|
Chilean [Southern] Lapwing |
13 |
‘00s |
N |
Vanellus [chilensis]
chilensis |
|
Andean Lapwing |
2 |
2 |
|
Vanellus resplendens |
|
Grey (Black-bellied) Plover |
2 |
105 |
|
Pluvialis squatarola |
|
Two-banded Plover |
3 |
40 |
|
Charadrius falklandicus |
|
Puna Plover |
1 |
1 |
|
Charadrius alticola |
|
Snowy Plover |
2 |
3 |
|
Charadrius [alexandrinus]
nivosus |
|
Semipalmated Plover |
3 |
6 |
|
Charadrius semipalmatus |
|
Rufous-chested Plover (Dotterel) |
1 |
2 |
|
Charadrius modestus |
|
Killdeer |
3 |
2 |
|
Charadrius vociferus |
|
Diademed Sandpiper-Plover |
2 |
4 |
N |
Phegornis mitchellii |
|
Tawny-throated Dotterel |
1 |
2 |
N |
Oreopholus ruficollis |
|
Magellanic Plover |
1 |
4 |
A |
Pluvianellus socialis |
|
American Oystercatcher |
5 |
8 |
|
Haematopus palliatus |
|
Magellanic Oystercatcher |
4 |
12 |
|
Haematopus leucopodus |
|
Blackish Oystercatcher |
2 |
2 |
|
Haematopus ater |
|
Black-necked (White-backed) Stilt |
3 |
25 |
N |
Himantopus mexicanus
melanurus |
|
Andean Avocet |
1 |
30 |
|
Recurvirostra andina |
|
American Painted-snipe |
1 |
2 |
|
Nycticryphes semicollaris |
|
Greater Yellowlegs |
4 |
8 |
|
Tringa melanoleuca |
|
Lesser Yellowlegs |
1 |
2 |
|
Tringa flavipes |
|
Willet |
1 |
70 |
|
Catoptrophorus
semipalmatus |
|
Spotted Sandpiper |
3 |
2 |
|
Actitis macularia |
|
Whimbrel |
7 |
25 |
|
Numenius phaeopus |
|
Hudsonian Godwit |
1 |
2 |
|
Limosa haemastica |
|
Ruddy Turnstone |
3 |
50 |
|
Arenaria interpres |
|
Surfbird |
3 |
100 |
|
Aphriza virgata |
|
Sanderling |
3 |
40 |
|
Calidris alba |
|
Least Sandpiper |
2 |
5 |
|
Calidris minutilla |
|
White-rumped Sandpiper |
2 |
200 |
|
Calidris fuscicollis |
|
Baird's Sandpiper |
6 |
200 |
|
Calidris bairdii |
|
South American Snipe |
5 |
8 |
|
Gallinago paraguaiae
magellanica |
|
Red (Grey) Phalarope |
1 |
700 |
|
Phalaropus fulicaria |
|
Wilson's Phalarope |
2 |
1 |
|
Steganopus tricolor |
|
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe |
1 |
6 |
|
Attagis gayi |
|
Grey-breasted Seedsnipe |
2 |
2 |
|
Thinocorus orbignyianus |
|
Least Seedsnipe |
2 |
2 |
|
Thinocorus rumicivorus |
|
Chilean Skua |
3 |
20 |
|
Catharacta chilensis |
|
Dolphin Gull |
4 |
100 |
|
Larus scoresbii |
|
Grey Gull |
3 |
2000 |
|
Larus modestus |
|
Belcher's [Band-tailed] Gull |
4 |
20 |
P |
Larus belcheri |
|
Kelp Gull |
12 |
1000 |
|
Larus dominicanus |
|
Andean Gull |
1 |
60 |
N |
Larus serranus |
|
Franklin's Gull |
2 |
6 |
|
Larus pipixcan |
|
Brown-hooded Gull |
5 |
500 |
|
Larus maculipennis |
|
Elegant Tern |
3 |
2 |
|
Sterna elegans |
|
South American Tern |
4 |
50 |
|
Sterna hirundinacea |
|
Arctic Tern |
1 |
100 |
|
Sterna paradisea |
|
Snowy-crowned (Trudeau’s) Tern |
1 |
1 |
|
Sterna trudeaui |
|
Inca Tern |
3 |
1000 |
|
Larosterna inca |
|
Amazonian Black Skimmer |
1 |
1 |
|
Rynchops niger cinerascens |
|
Chilean Pigeon |
3 |
30 |
A |
Columba araucana |
|
Eared Dove |
9 |
20 |
|
Zenaida auriculata |
|
West Peruvian [White-winged] Dove |
3 |
50 |
|
Zenaida meloda |
|
Picui Ground-Dove |
3 |
5 |
|
Columbina picui |
|
Croaking Ground-Dove |
3 |
10 |
|
Columbina cruziana |
|
Bare-faced Ground-Dove |
2 |
100 |
|
Metriopelia ceciliae |
|
Black-winged Ground-Dove |
3 |
20 |
|
Metriopelia melanoptera |
|
Austral Parakeet |
2 |
5 |
A |
Enicognathus ferrugineus |
|
Slender-billed Parakeet |
2 |
50 |
E |
Enicognathus leptorhynchus |
|
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl |
2 |
1 |
|
Glaucidium peruanum |
|
Austral Pygmy-Owl |
1 |
1 |
A H |
Glaucidium nanum |
|
Band-winged Nightjar |
2 |
1 |
|
Caprimulgus longirostris |
|
West Andean Swift |
3 |
30 |
|
Aeronautes andecolus
parvulus |
|
Sparkling Violet-Ear |
1 |
1 |
|
Colibri coruscans |
|
Andean Hillstar |
3 |
20 |
N |
Oreotrochilus estella |
|
White-sided Hillstar |
1 |
4 |
|
Oreotrochilus leucopleurus |
|
Chilean Giant Hummingbird |
3 |
5 |
(E) |
Patagona gigas gigas |
|
Andean Giant Hummingbird |
1 |
10 |
|
Patagona gigas peruviana |
|
Green-backed Firecrown |
5 |
10 |
|
Sephanoides sephanoides |
|
Oasis Hummingbird |
2 |
4 |
P |
Rhodopis vesper |
|
Peruvian Sheartail |
1 |
1 |
P |
Thaumastura cora |
|
Chilean Woodstar |
1 |
3 |
P |
Eulidia yarrellii |
|
Austral Ringed Kingfisher |
2 |
2 |
A |
Ceryle torquata stellata |
|
Striped Woodpecker |
3 |
1 |
|
Picoides lignarius |
|
Chilean Flicker |
4 |
2 |
A N |
Colaptes pitius |
|
Andean Flicker |
2 |
25 |
N |
Colaptes rupicola |
|
Magellanic Woodpecker |
2 |
2 |
A |
Campephilus magellanicus |
|
Greyish Miner |
1 |
1 |
P |
Geositta maritima |
|
Puna Miner |
2 |
6 |
|
Geositta punensis |
|
Short-billed Miner |
2 |
70 |
A N |
Geositta antarctica |
|
Patagonian [Common] Miner |
2 |
6 |
|
Geositta [c.] cunicularia |
|
Altiplano [Common] Miner |
1 |
2 |
|
Geositta [c.] frobeni |
|
Rufous-banded Miner |
2 |
15 |
|
Geositta rufipennis |
|
Scale-throated Earthcreeper |
4 |
4 |
|
Upucerthia dumetaria |
|
White-throated Earthcreeper |
1 |
3 |
P |
Upucerthia albigula |
|
Plain-breasted Earthcreeper |
3 |
4 |
N |
Upucerthia jelskii |
|
Straight-billed Earthcreeper |
2 |
2 |
|
Upucerthia ruficauda |
|
Crag Chilia |
1 |
2 |
E N |
Chilia melanura |
|
Dark-bellied Cinclodes |
3 |
2 |
A |
Cinclodes patagonicus |
|
Oustalet’s (Grey-flanked) Cinclodes |
2 |
5 |
A N |
Cinclodes oustaleti |
|
Bar-winged Cinclodes |
7 |
9 |
A |
Cinclodes [f.] fuscus |
|
Bar-winged Cinclodes |
3 |
40 |
|
Cinclodes [f.] albiventris |
|
White-winged Cinclodes |
3 |
10 |
|
Cinclodes atacamensis |
|
Chilean Seaside Cinclodes |
3 |
5 |
E |
Cinclodes nigrofumosus |
|
Des Murs' Wiretail |
2 |
2 |
A (H) |
Sylviorthorhynchus
desmursii |
|
Thorn-tailed Rayadito |
5 |
20 |
A |
Aphrastura spinicauda |
|
Wrenlike Rushbird |
3 |
8 |
N |
Phleocryptes melanops |
|
Streak-backed (Streaked) Tit-Spinetail |
2 |
12 |
P |
Leptasthenura striata |
|
Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail |
4 |
2 |
N |
Leptasthenura
aegithaloides |
|
Sharp-billed (Lesser) Canastero |
1 |
2 |
|
Asthenes pyrrholeuca |
|
Dark-winged [Cr-bellied] Canastero |
3 |
12 |
N |
Asthenes arequipae |
|
Canyon Canastero |
1 |
4 |
P |
Asthenes pudibunda |
|
Dusky-tailed Canastero |
1 |
3 |
E |
Asthenes humicola |
|
Cordilleran Canastero |
2 |
5 |
|
Asthenes modesta |
|
Austral Canastero |
2 |
2 |
A |
Asthenes anthoides |
|
White-throated Treerunner |
2 |
3 |
A N |
Pygarrhichas albogularis |
|
Black-throated Huet-huet |
3 |
2 |
A (H) |
Pteroptochos tarnii |
|
Moustached Turca |
2 |
4 |
E (H) |
Pteroptochos megadapodius |
|
White-throated Tapaculo |
1 |
2 |
E |
Scelorchilus albicollis |
|
Chucao Tapaculo |
3 |
2 |
A (H) |
Scelorchilus rubecula |
|
Ochre-flanked Tapaculo |
1 |
1 |
A H |
Eugralla paradoxa |
|
Magellanic Tapaculo |
2 |
1 |
A (H) |
Scytalophus magellanicus |
|
Dusky Tapaculo |
2 |
1 |
E (H) |
Scytalophus fuscus |
|
Chilean [White-crested] Elaenia |
7 |
15 |
|
Elaenia [albiceps]
chilensis |
|
Peruvian [White-crested] Elaenia |
2 |
5 |
P |
Elaenia [albiceps] modesta |
|
Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant |
1 |
3 |
|
Anairetes flavirostris |
|
Tufted Tit-Tyrant |
5 |
5 |
|
Anairetes parulus |
|
Many-colored Rush-Tyrant |
3 |
7 |
|
Tachuris rubrigastra |
|
Vermilion Flycatcher |
3 |
6 |
|
Pyrocephalus rubinus |
|
Rufescent [Bran-colored] Flycatcher |
1 |
2 |
P |
Myiophobus [fasciatus]
rufescens |
|
D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant |
1 |
2 |
|
Ochthoeca oenanthoides |
|
White-browed Chat-Tyrant |
2 |
2 |
N |
Ochthoeca leucophrys |
|
Patagonian Tyrant |
1 |
1 |
A |
Coloramphus parvirostris |
|
Fire-eyed Diucon |
8 |
10 |
A |
Xolmis pyrope |
|
Chocolate-vented Tyrant |
1 |
6 |
|
Neoxolmis rufiventris |
|
Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant |
2 |
2 |
|
Agriornis montana |
|
Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant |
1 |
3 |
|
Muscisaxicola
maculirostris |
|
Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant |
2 |
4 |
|
Muscisaxicola capistrata |
|
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant |
3 |
3 |
|
Muscisaxicola rufivertex |
|
Puna Ground-Tyrant |
2 |
10 |
|
Muscisaxicola juninensis |
|
Cinereous Ground-Tyrant |
2 |
4 |
|
Muscisaxicola cinerea |
|
White-browed Ground-Tyrant |
4 |
150 |
|
Muscisaxicola albilora |
|
Black-fronted Ground-Tyrant |
2 |
3 |
|
Muscisaxicola frontalis |
|
Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant |
2 |
3 |
|
Muscisaxicola flavinucha |
|
White-fronted Ground-Tyrant |
2 |
3 |
|
Muscisaxicola albifrons |
|
Austral [Rufous-backed] Negrito |
9 |
150 |
|
Lessonia [r.] rufa |
|
Andean [Rufous-backed] Negrito |
2 |
12 |
|
Lessonia [r.] oreas |
|
Spectacled Tyrant |
3 |
4 |
|
Hymenops perspicillata |
|
Rufous-tailed Plantcutter |
5 |
9 |
A N |
Phytotoma rara |
|
Chilean Swallow |
13 |
300 |
|
Tachycineta leucopyga |
|
Blue-and-white Swallow |
16 |
30 |
|
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
patagonica |
|
Bank Swallow (Sand Martin) |
2 |
1 |
|
Riparia riparia |
|
Barn Swallow |
4 |
500 |
|
Hirundo rustica |
|
Andean Swallow |
3 |
12 |
|
Hirundo andecola |
|
Sedge (Grass) Wren |
1 |
2 |
|
Cistothorus platensis |
|
Southern House Wren |
14 |
20 |
N |
Troglodytes [aedon]
musculus |
|
Chiguanco Thrush |
3 |
6 |
|
Turdus chiguanco |
|
Austral Thrush |
11 |
30 |
|
Turdus falklandii |
|
Chilean Mockingbird |
7 |
50 |
E N |
Mimus thenca |
|
Correndera Pipit |
7 |
6 |
N |
Anthus correndera |
|
Peruvian [Yellowish] Pipit |
1 |
1 |
P |
Anthus [lutescens]
peruvianus |
|
Cinereous Conebill |
4 |
7 |
|
Conirostrum cinereum |
|
Tamarugo Conebill |
1 |
2 |
(E) |
Conirostrum tamarugense |
|
Blue-and-yellow Tanager |
2 |
8 |
|
Thraupis bonariensis |
|
Golden-billed Saltator |
1 |
3 |
|
Saltator aurantiirostris |
|
Band-tailed Seedeater |
2 |
30 |
|
Catamenia analis |
|
Chestnut-throated Seedeater |
3 |
10 |
|
Sporophila telasco |
|
Blue-black Grassquit |
1 |
1 |
|
Volatinia jacarina |
|
Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch |
1 |
7 |
|
Sicalis uropygialis |
|
Greenish Yellow-Finch |
3 |
100 |
|
Sicalis olivascens |
|
Great (Greater) Yellow-Finch |
2 |
100 |
|
Sicalis auriventris |
|
Patagonian Yellow-Finch |
1 |
2 |
A |
Sicalis lebruni |
|
Grassland (Misto) Yellow-Finch |
5 |
30 |
|
Sicalis luteola
luteiventris |
|
Slender-billed Finch |
3 |
5 |
P |
Xenospingus concolor |
|
White-winged Diuca-Finch |
2 |
6 |
|
Diuca speculifera |
|
Common Diuca-Finch |
6 |
15 |
A |
Diuca diuca |
|
Black-throated Flowerpiercer |
1 |
5 |
|
Diglossa brunneiventris |
|
Canary-winged (Black-thr.) Finch |
1 |
5 |
|
Melanodera [melanodera]
princetoniana |
|
Patagonian Sierra-Finch |
3 |
8 |
|
Phrygilus patagonicus |
|
Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch |
6 |
100 |
|
Phrygilus gayi |
|
Black-hooded Sierra-Finch |
3 |
15 |
N |
Phrygilus atriceps |
|
Mourning Sierra-Finch |
5 |
100 |
|
Phrygilus fructiceti |
|
White-throated Sierra-Finch |
2 |
2 |
|
Phrygilus erythronotus |
|
Plumbeous Sierra-Finch |
3 |
10 |
|
Phrygilus unicolor |
|
Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch |
4 |
30 |
|
Phrygilus plebejus |
|
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch |
3 |
2 |
|
Phrygilus alaudinus |
|
Rufous-collared Sparrow |
18 |
120 |
N |
Zonotrichia capensis |
|
Shiny Cowbird |
7 |
30 |
|
Molothrus bonariensis |
|
Austral Blackbird |
9 |
20 |
A N |
Curaceus curaceus |
|
Yellow-winged Blackbird |
4 |
100 |
|
Agelaius thilius |
|
Scarlet-headed Blackbird |
1 |
1 |
|
Amblyramphus holosericeus |
|
Peruvian Meadowlark |
3 |
12 |
|
Sturnella bellicosa |
|
Long-tailed Meadowlark |
11 |
40 |
|
Sturnella loyca |
|
Thick-billed Siskin |
1 |
2 |
|
Carduelis crassirostris |
|
Hooded Siskin |
3 |
10 |
|
Carduelis magellanica |
|
Black Siskin |
2 |
5 |
|
Carduelis atrata |
|
Yellow-rumped Siskin |
4 |
12 |
|
Carduelis uropygialis |
|
Black-chinned Siskin |
10 |
10 |
|
Carduelis barbata |
|
House Sparrow |
14 |
50 |
|
Passer domesticus |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mammals
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“Big-eared Mouse” |
|
|
|
cf. Auliscomys
sp. |
|
Mountain Vizcacha |
|
|
|
Lagidium
viscacia |
|
Coypu |
|
|
|
Myocastor
coypus |
|
European Hare (introduced) |
|
|
|
Lepus
europaeus |
|
European Rabbit (introduced) |
|
|
|
Oryctolagus
cuniculus |
|
South American Grey Fox |
|
|
|
Dusicyon
griseus |
|
Patagonian Skunk |
|
|
|
Conepatus
humboldtii |
|
Marine Otter |
|
|
|
Lutra
felina |
|
Guanaco |
|
|
|
Lama
guanico |
|
Vicuña |
|
|
|
Lama
(Vicugna) vicugna |
|
Southern Sea Lion |
|
|
|
Otaria
byroni |
|
Commerson’s Dolphin |
|
|
|
Cephalorhynchus
commersonii |
|
Peale’s Dolphin |
|
|
|
Lagenorhynchus
australis |
|
Bottlenose Dolphin |
|
|
|
Tursiops
truncatus ssp. |