Birds during the most-recent FONT Birding Tour in Chile

November 13 - December 1, 2000 

This was the 11th FONT birding tour in Chile.

Places visited included: the areas east of Santiago (in the Andes), and west to the coast (Vina del Mar & Valparaiso), the south (lake district), the far-south (Punta Arenas & Tierra del Fuego), the far-north (Arica, Putre, & Lauca Natl Park).

Codes:

no: during far-northern extension only

(t): a globally threatened, or rare, species as designated by Birdlife Intl
(t1): critical (t2): endangered (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

(e): Chilean endemic
(i): introduced species
(n): note, following the list
h: heard only

Itinerary upcoming FONT Chile Birding Tour

 Birds:

  1. Darwin's/Lesser Rhea 
  2. Chilean Tinamou (e) 
  3. Puna Tinamou no 
  4. Humboldt/Peruvian Penguin (nt) 
  5. Magellanic Penguin
  6. Pied-billed Grebe
  7. White-tufted Grebe 
  8. Great Grebe
  9. Silvery Grebe 
  10. Royal Albatross (n) 
  11. Black-browed Albatross/Mollymawk 
  12. Salvin's Albatross/Mollymawk 
  13. Gray-headed Albatross/Mollymawk
  14. Southern Giant-Petrel
  15. Northern Giant-Petrel (nt)
  16. Southern/Antarctic/Silver-grey Fulmar 
  17. Cape/Pintado Petrel
  18. DeFilippe's/Masatierra Petrel 
  19. White-chinned Petrel/"Shoemaker" 
  20. Westland (Black-) Petrel
  21. Pink-footed Shearwater (t3) 
  22. Sooty Shearwater
  23. Little Shearwater
  24. Wilson's Storm-Petrel
  25. White-vented/Elliot's Storm-Petrel (nt) 
  26. Peruvian Diving-Petrel (t2)
  27. Magellanic Diving-Petrel
  28. Peruvian/Chilean Pelican
  29. Peruvian Booby
  30. Neotropic/Olivaceous Cormorant 
  31. Rock/Magellan Cormorant
  32. Guanay Cormorant
  33. Red-legged Cormorant/Shag (nt) 
  34. Imperial Shag/"King/Blue-eyed Cormorant" 
  35. Great Egret
  36. Snowy Egret 
  37. Little Blue Heron no 
  38. Cattle Egret
  39. Black-crowned Night-Heron (a dark race) 
  40. Black-faced Ibis
  41. Puna Ibis no 
  42. White-faced Ibis 
  43. Chilean Flamingo 
  44. Andean Flamingo (t3) no 
  45. Puna/James' Flamingo (t3) no 
  46. Black-necked Swan
  47. Coscoroba Swan
  48. Andean (Sheld-)Goose 
  49. Upland/Magellan (Sheld-)Goose 
  50. Ashy-headed (Sheld-)Goose no 
  51. Ruddy-headed (Sheld-)Goose (nt) 
  52. Flying Steamer-Duck 
  53. (Magellanic) Flightless Steamer-Duck 
  54. Torrent Duck
  55. Southern/Chiloe Wigeon
  56. Speckled Teal
  57. "Andean Speckled Teal" no 
  58. Spectacled/Bronze-winged Duck (nt) 
  59. Crested Duck
  60. Yellow-billed/Brown Pintail
  61. White-cheeked Pintail no
  62. Puna Teal no 
  63. Cinnamon Teal 
  64. Red Shoveler
  65. Rosy-billed Pochard
  66. Andean (Ruddy) Duck no 
  67. Lake Duck/"Blue-bill"
  68. Andean Condor
  69. Turkey Vulture
  70. American Black Vulture 
  71. White-tailed Kite
  72. Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle 
  73. Variable/Red-backed Hawk 
  74. Variable/Puna Hawk no 
  75. Cinereous Harrier
  76. Mountain Caracara 
  77. Crested Caracara
  78. Chimango (Caracara) 
  79. American Kestrel
  80. Aplomado Falcon 
  81. California Quail (i)
  82. Common Gallinule/Moorhen 
  83. Andean Coot no 
  84. White-winged Coot 
  85. Red-gartered Coot
  86. Red-fronted Coot
  87. Giant Coot no
  88. American Oystercatcher no 
  89. Magellanic Oystercatcher
  90. Blackish Oystercatcher
  91. Southern Lapwing
  92. Andean Lapwing
  93. American/Lesser Golden Plover no 
  94. Peruvian/Snowy Plover no 
  95. Semipalmated Plover no 
  96. Puna Plover no 
  97. Two-banded Plover 
  98. Rufous-chested Dotterel/Plover 
  99. Tawny-throated Dotterel
  100. Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (nt)
  101. Magellanic Plover (nt)
  102. Whimbrel
  103. Greater Yellowlegs
  104. Lesser Yellowlegs
  105. Willet no 
  106. Ruddy Turnstone
  107. Surfbird
  108. Sanderling 
  109. White-rumped Sandpiper 
  110. Least Sandpiper no
  111. Baird's Sandpiper
  112. Magellan/Paraguayan/South American Snipe
  113. Puna Snipe no 
  114. Red/Grey Phalarope
  115. White-backed/South American Stilt 
  116. Andean Avocet no 
  117. Peruvian Thick-knee no
  118. Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe no 
  119. Gray-breasted Seedsnipe
  120. Least Seedsnipe
  121. Snowy Sheathbill 
  122. South Polar Skua 
  123. Chilean Skua
  124. Pomarine Jaeger/Skua no 
  125. Parasitic Jaeger/Arctic Skua 
  126. Dolphin/Magellan Gull
  127. Gray Gull
  128. Belcher's/Band-tailed Gull 
  129. Kelp/Dominican Gull 
  130. Andean Gull no 
  131. Franklin's Gull
  132. Brown-hooded Gull 
  133. South American Tern
  134. Arctic Tern
  135. Trudeau's/Snowy-crowned Tern 
  136. Elegant Tern
  137. Inca Tern
  138. Black Skimmer 
  139. Feral Pigeon (i) 
  140. Chilean Pigeon (nt) 
  141. Eared Dove
  142. Peruvian/White-winged Dove (meloda) no 
  143. Picui Ground-Dove
  144. Croaking/Gold-billed Ground-Dove no 
  145. Bare-faced Ground-Dove no 
  146. Black-winged Ground-Dove
  147. Austral Parakeet/Conure
  148. Slender-billed Parakeet (nt) (e) 
  149. Mountain Parakeet
  150. Groove-billed Ani no 
  151. Magellan (formerly part of Great Horned) Owl
  152. Burrowing Owl
  153. Austral Pygmy-Owl
  154. Band-winged Nightjar 
  155. Andean Swift no 
  156. Andean Hillstar no 
  157. White-sided Hillstar 
  158. Giant Hummingbird
  159. Green-backed Firecrown 
  160. Peruvian Sheartail no 
  161. Oasis Hummingbird no 
  162. Chilean Woodstar (t3) no 
  163. Ringed Kingfisher
  164. Andean Flicker no 
  165. Chilean Flicker
  166. Striped Woodpecker 
  167. Magellanic Woodpecker 
  168. Common Miner 
  169. Puna Miner no 
  170. Grayish Miner no 
  171. Short-billed Miner
  172. Rufous-banded Miner 
  173. Straight-billed Earthcreeper 
  174. Rock Earthcreeper no 
  175. Scale-throated Earthcreeper 
  176. White-throated Earthcreeper no 
  177. Plain-breasted Earthcreeper no 
  178. Band-tailed Earthcreeper
  179. Bar-winged Cinclodes
  180. White-winged Cinclodes no 
  181. Gray-flanked Cinclodes
  182. Dark-bellied Cinclodes
  183. Chilean Seaside/Surf Cinclodes (e) 
  184. Crag Chilia (e)
  185. Des Murs' Wiretail 
  186. Thorn-tailed Rayadito
  187. Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail 
  188. Streaked Tit-Spinetail no 
  189. Lesser/Sharp-billed Canastero 
  190. Cordilleran Canastero
  191. Dark-winged (formerly part of Creamy-breasted) Canastero no 
  192. Dusky-tailed Canastero
  193. Austral Canastero (t3)
  194. Wren-like Rushbird
  195. White-throated Treerunner 
  196. (Black-throated) Huet-Huet 
  197. Moustached Turca (e)
  198. Chucao Tapaculo
  199. Ochre-flanked Tapaculo 
  200. White-throated Tapaculo (n) 
  201. Magellanic Tapaculo
  202. Dusky/"Andean" Tapaculo (n) 
  203. Great Shrike-Tyrant
  204. Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant 
  205. Chocolate-vented Tyrant
  206. Fire-eyed Diucon
  207. Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant 
  208. White-browed Ground-Tyrant 
  209. Puna Ground-Tyrant no 
  210. Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant 
  211. Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant 
  212. White-fronted Ground-Tyrant no 
  213. Cinereous Ground-Tyrant (was conspecific w/ Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant) 
  214. Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant
  215. Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant
  216. Patagonian/Austral Negrito 
  217. Andean Negrito no 
  218. d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant (nt) no 
  219. White-browed Chat-Tyrant no 
  220. Patagonian (Chat-) Tyrant
  221. Spectacled Tyrant
  222. Vermilion Flycatcher no 
  223. Warbling Doradito 
  224. Many-colored Rush-Tyrant 
  225. Tufted Tit-Tyrant
  226. Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant no 
  227. White-crested Elaenia
  228. Rufous-tailed Plantcutter 
  229. Chilean Swallow
  230. Blue-and-white Swallow
  231. Bank Swallow/Sand Martin 
  232. Barn Swallow
  233. Andean Swallow no 
  234. Grass Wren
  235. (Southern) House Wren
  236. Chilean Mockingbird (e)
  237. Patagonian Mockingbird 
  238. Chiguanco Thrush no 
  239. Austral Thrush 
  240. Correndera Pipit 
  241. Shiny/Glossy Cowbird
  242. Austral Blackbird
  243. Yellow-winged Blackbird 
  244. Peruvian Meadowlark no 
  245. Long-tailed Meadowlark
  246. Cinereous Conebill no 
  247. Tamarugo Conebill (t3) no 
  248. Black-throated Flower-piercer no 
  249. Blue-and-yellow Tanager no 
  250. Blue-black Grassquit no 
  251. Chestnut-throated Seedeater no 
  252. Band-tailed Seedeater no 
  253. Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch no 
  254. Greater Yellow-Finch
  255. Greenish Yellow-Finch no 
  256. Patagonian Yellow-Finch
  257. Grassland/Misto Yellow-Finch 
  258. Common Diuca-Finch
  259. White-winged Diuca-Finch no 
  260. Patagonian Sierra-Finch
  261. Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch 
  262. Black-hooded Sierra-Finch no 
  263. Mourning Sierra-Finch
  264. Plumbeous Sierra-Finch 
  265. Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch no 
  266. Band-tailed Sierra-Finch
  267. Black-throated/Canary-winged Finch (nt) po 
  268. Yellow-bridled Finch po
  269. Rufous-collared Sparrow
  270. Slender-billed Finch (t3) no 
  271. Thick-billed Siskin no 
  272. Hooded Siskin no 
  273. Black-chinned Siskin 
  274. Black Siskin no 
  275. Yellow-rumped Siskin 
  276. House Sparrow (i) 

Mammals & Other Nature found in Chile during our Tours

Codes:

(c) in captivity
(d) domesticated
(i) introduced
(r) a rare or threatened species.

 Mammals: 

European Hare (i)

European Rabbit (i)

Coypu/Nutria

Patagonian Skunk

Patagonian Fox

"Red Fox"

Geoffroy's Cat/"Guina"

Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys magellanicus)

Guanaco

Vicuna

Llama (d)

Alpaca (d)

Pudu (c) (a very small forest deer)

Chilean Huemul/Guemal (r)

Mountain Viscacha (an oddity, to say the least)

Altiplano Chinchilla

degu (or octodont) (sp.)

small bat (sp.)

South American Sea Lion

Southern Elephant Seal

Peale's Dolphin

Commerson's Dolphin (with a nice black-and-white pattern, one of the most beautiful of the world's dolphins)

Common Dolphin

Other Nature:

In 1992, a probable extra-terrestrial object (a meteorite fragment): Found in the Andes, not far from where the Diademed Sandpiper-Plover was seen. A light-weight, nearly spherical, dark-colored "rock". Upon our return to the U.S., there was an article in "Sky & Telescope Magazine" referring to such objects in that area.

Fossils, of marine life, also found in that region of the High Andes.