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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)

A list of Mammals & Other Wildlife during our Argentina tour in 2013 follows the bird-list. 

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Argentina & Chile



Bird-List:

  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



Mammals found during the FONT Tour 
in
Argentina
in December 2013


Codes:

in Buenos Aires:  ba
in far-southern Argentina:  fs
in southern Argentina, mostly in the area of the Valdes Peninsula:  so

(ARi):  an introduced species in Argentina

   Land Mammals:

  1. European (or Brown) Hare (ARi)  _____  fs  so
    Lepus europaeus

  2. Big Hairy Armadillo  (or "Peludo")  _____  so
    Chaetophractus villosus

  3. Small Patagonian Cavy  _____  fs  so
    Microavia australis

  4. Patagonian Mara  _____  so
    Dolichotis patagonum

  5. Magellanic Tuco-tuco  _____  so 
    Ctenomys magellanicus

  6. Colpeo (Fox)  _____  fs
    Lycalopex culpaeus

  7. South American Gray Fox  _____  so
    Lycalopex griseus

  8. Pampas Cat  _____  so
    Leopardus pajeros

  9. Geoffroy's Cat  _____  fs
    Leopardus geoffroyi

  10. Patagonian (or Humboldt's) Hog-nosed Skunk  _____  fs
    Conepatus humboldti

  11. Lesser Grison  _____so
    Galictis cuja

  12. Guanaco  _____  fs  so
    Lama guanicoe



    Marine Mammals:

  13. Southern (or South American) Sea Lion  _____  so
    Otaria byronia

  14. Southern Elephant Seal  _____  so
    Mirounga leonina

  15. Orca  (or Killer Whale)  _____ so
    Orcinus orca