Birds and Other Wildlife
during the 
Focus On Nature Tour
in ARGENTINA

in December 2013


Dates: 

December 9-20, 2013


In Buenos Aires and Patagonian Argentina
including the areas of Calafate, 
the Los Glaciares National Park, 
and the Valdes Peninsula.


Upper right photo: An Austral Negrito photographed during a FONT tour in Argentina.
The bird has also been aptly called the Rufous-backed Negrito.  
 

The following list compiled by Armas Hill, leader of the tour


Codes:

In Buenos Aires:  ba
in far-southern Argentina, in Patagonia:  fs
In southern Argentina, on & near the Valdes Peninsula: so

(ARe): endemic to Chile 
(ARqe): quasi (or nearly) endemic to Chile
(ARr): rare in Chile
(ARi): introduced in Chile

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


Links:

A List & Photo Gallery of Argentina Birds, in 2 parts
In cumulative lists of birds, scientific names are given & subspecies are noted.

Argentina Mammals  (with some photos)

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Argentina & Chile

1. Elegant Crested Tinamou  _____  so
   Eudromia elegans
   
   
2. Patagonian Tinamou  _____  fs
   Tinamolis ingoufi
   
   
3. Lesser Rhea  _____  fs  so
   Pterocnemia p. pennata
   
   The subspecies of Pterocenmia pennata in far-southern & southern Argentina is called the "Darwin's Rhea". 
   
   

4. Black-necked Swan  _____  fs
   Cygnus melancoryphus
   
   

5. Coscoroba Swan  _____  ba  fs  so
   Coscoroba coscoroba
   
   

6. Upland Goose  _____  fs
   Chloephaga picta
   
   

7. Ashy-headed Goose  _____  fs
   Chloephaga poliocephala
   
   

8. Chubut Steamer Duck  (t3) (ARe)  _____  so
   Tachyeres leucocephalus
   
   

9. Flying Steamer Duck  ______  fs
   Tachyeres patachonicus
   
   

10. Crested Duck  _____  fs  so
    Lophonetta specularoides
    
    

11. Chile (or Southern) Wigeon  _____  fs
    Anas sibilatrix
    
    

12. Yellow-billed (or Brown) Pintail  _____  fs  so
    Anas georgica
    
    

13. Speckled Teal  _____  fs
    Anas flavirostris
    
    

14. Silver Teal  _____  fs
    Anas versicolor
    
    

15. Red Shoveler  _____  fs
    Anas platalea
    
    

16. Spectacled (or Bronze-winged) Duck  (nt)  _____  fs
    Anas specularis 
    
    

17. Rosy-billed Pochard  _____  ba  so
    Netta peposaca
    
    

18. Ringed Teal  _____  ba
    Callonetta leucophrys
    
    

19. Black-headed Duck  (nt)  _____  so
    Heteronetta atricapilla
    
    

20. Lake Duck  _____  so
    Oxyura vittata
    
    

21. Andean Ruddy Duck  _____  fs
    Oxyura ferruginea
    
    

22. Masked Duck  _____  ba
    Nononyx dominica
    
    

23. Magellanic Penguin (nt) _____  so 
    Speheniscus magellanicus
    
    
24. Southern Giant Petrel  (t3)  _____  so
    Macronectes giganteus 
    
    
25. White-tufted Grebe  _____  ba  fs  so
    Rollandia rolland
    
    
26. Pied-billed Grebe  _____  ba
    Podilymbus podiceps
    
    
27. Silvery Grebe  _____  fs  so
    Podiceps occipitalis
    
    
28. Great Grebe _____  so
    Podiceps major 
    
    
29. Chilean Flamingo  _____  fs
    Phoenicopterus chilensis
     
    

30. Black-faced Ibis  _____  fs
    Theristicus melanops
    
    

31. White-faced Ibis  _____  so 
    Plegadis chihi 
    
    

32. Snowy Egret  _____  ba
    Egretta thula
    
    

33. Great Egret  _____  ba  so
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba
    
    

34. Black-crowned Night Heron  _____  so
    Nycticorax nycticorax 
    
    

35. Neotropic (formerly Olivaceous) Cormorant  _____  so
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus
    
    
36. Rock (or Magellan) Shag (or Cormorant)  _____  so
    Leucocarbo magllanicus
    
    
37. King (or Imperial) Shag  _____  so
    Leucocarbo atricepsi
    
    

38. Andean Condor  _____  fs
    Vultur gryphus
    
    

39. Turkey Vulture  _____  so
    Cathartes aura
    
    

40. Southern Crested Caracara  _____  fs  so
    Caracara plancus 
    
    

41. Chimango Caracara  _____  ba  fs  so
    Milvago chimango
    
    

42. American Kestrel  _____  fs  so
    Falco sparverius caerae
    
    

43. Aplomado Falcon  _____  fs  so
    Falco femoralis
    
    

44. Cinereous Harrier  _____  fs
    Circus cinereus
    
    

45. Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle _____  fs
    Geranoaetus melanoleucus
    
    

46. "Red-backed" Variable Hawk  _____  fs  so
    Buteo p. polyosoma
    
    

47. White-tailed Hawk  _____  so
    Buteo albicaudatus
    
    

48. Bay-winged (or Harris')  Hawk  _____  so
    Parabuteo unicinctus
     
    

49. Austral Rail  (t3)  (ARqe)  _____  fs
    Rallus antarcticus
    
    

50. Gray-necked Wood Rail  _____  ba
    Aramides ypecaha
    
    

51. Common Gallinule  _____  ba
    Gallinula galeata
    
    

52. Spot-flanked Gallinule  _____  ba
    Gallinula melanops
    
    

53. Red-gartered Coot  _____  ba  fs  so
    Fulica armillata
    
    

54. White-winged Coot  _____  ba
    Fulica leucoptera
    
    

55. Red-fronted Coot  _____  ba  so
    Fulica rufifrons
    
    

56. Magellanic Plover  _____  fs
    Pluvianellus socialis
    
    

57. American Oystercatcher  _____  so
    Haematopus palliatus
    
    

58. Blackish Oystercatcher  _____  so
    Haematopus ater
    
    

59. Magellanic Oystercatcher  ______  fs
    Haematopus leucopodus
    
    

60. Southern Lapwing  _____  fs  so
    Vanellus chilensis
    
    

61. Two-banded Plover  _____  so
    Charadrius falklandicus
    
    

62. Tawny-throated Dotterel  _____  so
    Oreopholus ruficollis
    
    

63. Wattled Jacana  _____  ba
    Jacana jacana
    
    

64. Least Seedsnipe  _____  fs
    Thinocorus rumicivorus
    
    

65. Lesser Yellowlegs  _____  fs
    Tringa flavipes
    
    

66. Baird's Sandpiper  _____  fs  so 
    Calidris bairdii
    
    

67. South American Snipe  _____  fs
    Gallinago paraguaiae
    
    

68. Kelp Gull  _____  ba  fs  so 
    Larus dominicanus
    
    

69. Dolphin Gull  ______  so
    Larus scoresbii 
    
    

70. Brown-hooded Gull  _____  fs  so
    Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) maculipennis 
    
    

71. South American Tern  _____  so 
    Sterna hirundinacea
    
    

72. Brown Skua  ______  so
    Stercorarius antarcticus
    
    

73. Picazuro Pigeon  _____  ba
    Patagioenas araucana
    
    

74. Feral (or Rock) Pigeon (i)  _____  ba  so
    Columba livia
    
    

75. Eared Dove  _____  ba  fs  so 
    Zenaida auriculata
    
    

76. Picui Ground Dove  _____  so
    Columbina picui
    
    

77. White-tipped Dove _____  ba
    Leptotila verreauxi
    
    

78. Burrowing Parrot  _____  so
    Cyanoliseus patagonus 
    
    

79. Austral Parakeet _____  fs
    Enicognathus ferrgineus
    
    

80. Monk Parakeet  _____  ba
    Enicognathus leptohynchus
    
    

81. Guira Cuckoo  _____  ba
    Guira guira
    
    

82. Burrowing Owl  _____  so
    Athene cunicularia
    
    

83. Band-winged Nightjar  _____  so 
    Systellura (formerly Caprimulgus) longirostris
    
    

84. Glittering-bellied Emerald  _____  ba
    Chlorostilbon aureoventris
    
    

85. Gilded Sapphire  ______  ba
    Hylocharis chrysura 
    
    

86. Field (or Campo) Flicker  _____  ba
    Colaptes campestris
    
    

87. Chilean Flicker  _____  fs 
    Colaptes pitius
    
    

88. Green-barred Woodpecker  _____  ba
    Chrysoptilus (formerly Colaptes) melanchloros
    
    The form of the Chrysoptilus melanchloros in Buenos Aires is what has been the "Golden-breasted Woodpecker" 
    
    

89. Checkered Woodpecker  _____  ba
    Picoides (formerly Dendrocopos) mixtus
    
    

90. Magellanic Woodpecker  _____  fs
    Campephilus magellanicus
    
    

91. Fire-eyed Diucon  _____  fs
    Xolmis pyrope
    
    

92. White-browed Ground Tyrant  _____  fs
    Muscisaxicola albilora
    
    

93. Chocolate-vented Tyrant  _____  fs
    Neoxolmis rufiventris
    
    

94. Austral Negrito  _____  fs  so  (also called Patagonian Negrito)  
    Lessonia oreas
    
    

95. Spectacled Tyrant  _____  fs  so
    Hymenops perspicillata
    
    

96. Hudson's Black Tyrant  _____  so
    Knipolegus hudsoni
    
    

97. Cattle Tyrant  _____  ba
    Machetornis rixosa
    
    

98. White-crested Elaenia  _____  fs
    Elaenia albiceps 
    
    

99. Streaked Flycatcher  _____  ba
    Mylodynastes maculatus solitarius
    
    

100. Great Kiskadee  _____  ba  so
     Pitangus sulphuratus 
     
     

101. Magellanic Tapaculo  _____  fs
     Scytalopus magellanicus
     
     

102. Common Miner  _____  so
     Geositta cunicularia
     
     

103. Scale-throated Earthcreeper  _____  fs
     Upucerthia dumetaria
     
     

104. Band-tailed Eremobius (or Earthcreeper)  ______  fs
     Eremobius phoenicuurus
     
     

105. Dark-bellied Cinclodes  _____  fs
     Cinclodes patagonicus
     
     

106. Rufous Hornero  _____  ba  so
     Furnarius rufus 
     
     

107. Thorn-tailed Rayadito  _____  fs
     Aphrastura spinicauda
     
     

108. Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail  _____  fs
     Leptasthenura platensis
     
     

109. Cordilleran Canastero  _____  so
     Asthenes modesta
     
     

110. Austral Canastero  _____  fs
     Asthenes anthoides 
     
     

111. White-throated Treerunner  _____  fs
     Pygarrhichas albogularis
     
     

112. Red-eyed Vireo  _____  ba
     Vireo olivaceus (or chivi) ("Chivi Vireo") 
     
     

113. White-rumped Swallow  _____  ba
     Tachycineta leucorrhoa
     
     

114. Chilean Swallow  _____  fs
     Tachycineta meyeni
     
     

115. Brown-chested Martin  _____  ba
     Progne (formerly Phaeoprogne) tapera
     
     

116. Gray-breasted Martin  _____  ba  so
     Progne chalybea
     
     

117. Southern Martin  _____  so
     Progne elegans
     
     

118. "Southern" House Wren "_____  ba  fs  so 
     Troglodytes aedon musculus
     
     

119. Masked Gnatcatcher  _____  ba
     Polioptila dumicola
     
     

120. Chalk-browed Mockingbird  _____  ba  so
     Mimus saturninus modulator
     
     

121. Patagonian Mockingbird  _____  fs  so
     Mimus patagonicus
     
     

122. White-banded Mockingbird  _____  so
     Mimus triurus
     
     

123. Rufous-bellied Thrush  _____  ba  so
     Turdus rufiventris
     
     

124. Creamy-bellied Thrush  _____  ba
     Turdus amaurochalinus
     
     

125. Austral Thrush  _____  fs
     Turdus falcklandii
     
     

126. Chiguanco Thrush  _____  so
     Turdus chiguanco anthracinus
     
     

127. Common Starling  (ARi)  _____  ba
     Sturnus vulgaris 
     
     

128. House Sparrow (ARi)  _____  ba  fs  so 
     Passer domesticus
     
     

129. Correndera Pipit  ______  fs
     Anthus correndero
     
     

130. Short-billed Pipit  _____  so
     Anthus furcatus
     
     

131. Hellmayr's Pipit  _____  fs
     Anthus hellmayri
     
     

132. Hooded Siskin  _____  ba
     Sporagra (or Carduelis) magellanica
     
     

133. Black-chinned Siskin  _____  fs
     Sporagra (or Carduelis) barbatus
     
     

134. Tropical Parula  _____  ba
     Setophaga (formerly Parula) pitiyumi
     
     

135. Southern Yellowtroat  ______  ba
     Geothlypis velata
     
     The Southern Yellowthroat was part of the now more-northerly Masked Yellowthroat.
     
     

136. Baywing (Cowbird)  _____  ba
     Agelaioides (formerly Molothrus) badius
     
     

137. Shiny Cowbird  _____  ba
     Molothrus bonariensis
     
     

138. Chestnut-capped Blackbird  _____  ba
     Chrysomus (formerly Agelaius) ruficapillus 
     
     

139. Austral Blackbird  _____  fs
     Curaeus curaeus
     
     

140. Yellow-winged Blackbird  _____  ba  so
     Agelaius thilus
     
     

141. Epaulet Oriole  _____  ba
     Icterus cayanensis pyrrhoptreus
     
     

142. Long-tailed Meadowlark  _____  fs  so
     Sturnella loyca
     
     

143. Rufous-collared Sparrow  _____  ba  fs  so
     Zonotrichia capensis
     
     

144. Red-crested Cardinal  _____  ba
     Paroaria coronata
     
     

145. Blue-and-yellow Tanager  _____  ba
     Thraupis bonariensis
     
     

146. Double-collared Seedeater  _____  ba
     Sporophila caerulescens  
     
     

147. Gray-hooded Sierra Finch  _____  fs  so
     Phrygilus gayi
     
     

148. Patagonian Sierra Finch _____  fs
     Phrygilus patagonicus
     
     

149. Mourning Sierra Finch  _____  fs  so
     Phrygilus fruticeti
     
     

150. Common Diuca Finch  _____  so
     Diuca diuca
     
     

151. Patagonian Yellow Finch  _____  fs
     Sicalis lebruni
     
     

152. Saffron Finch  _____  ba
     Sicalis flaveola
     
     

153. Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch  _____  ba
     Poospiza nigrorufa