Birds
found during the
FONT Birding Tour
in Chile
November 12-26, 2005
List compiled by Armas Hill
Codes:
In central Chile:
between the Andes & the seacoast: cc
in the Andes: ca
along the seacoast: cs
on the pelagic trip from Valparaiso: vp
In south Chile:
in the Lake District, north & east of Puerto Montt: sl
at Chiloe Island (including the ferry): ci
In far-northern Chile, from Arica to the Andes: fn
(CHe): endemic to Chile
(CHqe): quasi (or nearly) endemic to Chile
(CHr): rare in Chile
(CHi): 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:
Cumulative List of Birds during our
Chile ToursSouth
American Mammals
A list of Mammals during our Chile tour in 2005
follows the bird-list.
Upcoming Tours in Argentina & Chile
Bird-List:
Cocoi Heron - sl
Cattle Egret - cc,sl
Snowy Egret - cc,cs,ci,fn
Great Egret - cc,cs
Black-crowned Night-Heron - cc,cs,fn
Stripe-backed Bittern - cs
Black-faced Ibis - sl,ci
Puna Ibis - fn
Chilean Flamingo (nt) - fn
Black-necked Swan - cs,sl,ci
Andean (Sheld-) Goose - fn
Kelp (Sheld-) Goose - ci
Magellanic (Flightless) Steamer-Duck - ci
Torrent Duck - sl
Crested Duck - ci,fn
Southern (or Chiloe) Wigeon - cc,cs,ci
Yellow-billed (or Brown) Pintail - cs,sl,ci
White-cheeked Pintail - fn
Red Shoveler - cs
Cinnamon Teal - cs
Speckled Teal - sl,ci,fn
Puna Teal - fn
Black-headed Duck (nt) - cs
Lake Duck - cs
Andean Condor - ca
Black Vulture - cs,sl,ci
Turkey Vulture - cs,sl,ci,fn
White-tailed Kite - cc
Bicolored Hawk - cc
Black-chested Eagle-Buzzard (or Buzzard-Eagle) - ca,fn
Variable (Red-backed) Hawk - cc,ca
Variable (Puna) Hawk - fn
Rufous-tailed Hawk (nt) - sl
Bay-winged (or Harris's) Hawk - ca
Mountain Caracara - fn
Southern (Crested) Caracara - sl
Chimango (Caracara) - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci
American Kestrel - cc,cs,sl,fn
California Quail (CHi) - cc,cs,ca
Plumbeous Rail - cs,ca,ci
Spot-flanked Gallinule - cc
Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) - fn
Andean Coot - fn
Red-gartered Coot - cc,cs,sl
White-winged Coot - cs,sl
Red-fronted Coot - cs
Giant Coot - fn
South American (or White-backed) Stilt - cs,sl
Andean Avocet - fn
American Oystercatcher - cs,ci,fn
Blackish Oystercatcher - ci,fn
Magellanic Oystercatcher - ci
Southern Lapwing - cc,cs,sl,ci
Black-bellied Plover - fn
American Golden Plover - fn
Semipalmated Plover - fn
Killdeer (CHr) - fn
Marbled Godwit (CHr) - cs
Whimbrel - cs,ci,fn
Greater Yellowlegs - cs,ci
Lesser Yellowlegs - cs,ci
Willet - fn
Spotted Sandpiper - fn
Ruddy Turnstone - cs,fn
Surfbird - cs,fn
Baird's Sandpiper - fn
South American Snipe - sl
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe - fn
Gray Gull - fn
Belcher's (formerly Band-tailed) Gull - fn
Kelp Gull - cc,cs,vp,sl,ci
Andean Gull - fn
Brown-hooded Gull - cc,cs,sl,ci
Franklin's Gull - cs,vp,fn
Sabine's Gull - vp
South American Tern - cs,vp,ci
Common Tern - cs,vp,ci
Arctic Tern - vp
Snowy-crowned (or Trudeau's) Tern - vp
Elegant Tern - vp,fn
Inca Tern - cs,vp
Black Skimmer - fn
Chilean Pigeon (nt) (CHqe) - cc,sl
Feral (or Rock) Pigeon (i) - cc,cs,sl
Eared Dove - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci
West Peruvian (formerly White-winged) Dove - fn
Picui Ground-Dove - cc,cs
Croaking (or Gold-billed) Ground-Dove - fn
Bare-faced Ground-Dove - fn
Black-winged Ground-Dove - ca
Austral Conure/Parakeet - sl
Slender-billed Conure/Parakeet (nt) (CHe) - sl,ci
Groove-billed Ami - fn
Band-winged Nightjar - cc,sl
Andean Swift - fn
Andean Hillstar - fn
White-sided Hillstar - ca
Sparkling Violetear (CHr) - fn
Giant Hummingbird - ca,fn
Green-backed Firecrown - sl
Oasis Hummingbird - fn
Peruvian Sheartail - fn
Chilean Woodstar (t2) (CHqe) - fn
Ringed Kingfisher - sl
Striped Woodpecker (CHqe) - sl
Common Miner - ca,fn
Rufous-banded Miner - ca
Straight-billed Earthcreeper - ca,fn
Scale-throated Earthcreeper - ca
Bar-winged Cinclodes - ca,sl
White-winged Cinclodes - fn
Gray-flanked Cinclodes - sl
Dark-bellied Cinclodes - ci
Chilean Seaside-Cinclodes (CHe) - cs
Crag Chilia (CHe) - ca
Des Murs' Wiretail (CHqe) - sl
Thorn-tailed Rayadito - sl
Wren-like Rushbird - cs
Sharp-billed (also called Lesser) Canastero - ca
Cordilleran Canastero - ca
Dusky-tailed Canastero (CHe) - ca
Streaked Tit-Spinetail - fn
Black-throated Huet-huet
(CHqe) - sl
Moustached Turca (CHe) - ca
Chucao Tapaculo (CHqe) - sl
Ochre-flanked Tapaculo - sl
Magellanic Tapaculo - sl
Dusky Tapaculo - ca
Rufous-tailed Plantcutter - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci
Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant - ca
Puna Ground-Tyrant - fn
White-fronted Ground-Tyrant - fn
Cinereous Ground-Tyrant - ca
Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant - ca
Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant - sl
Austral (or Patagonian) Negrito - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci
Andean Negrito - fn
D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant - fn
Spectacled Tyrant - ci
Vermilion Flycatcher - fn
Many-colored Rush-Tyrant - cs
Tufted Tit-Tyrant - sl
(Chilean) White-crested Elaenia - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci
(Peruvian) White-crested Elaenia - fn
Austral Thrush - cc,cs,sl,ci
Chiguanco Thrush - fn
Chilean Mockingbird (CHe) - cc,cs,ca
Patagonian Mockingbird - sl
Chilean Swallow - cc,ca,cs,sl,ci
Blue-and-white Swallow - cc,cc,ca,sl,ci,fn
Barn Swallow - fn
(Southern) House Wren - cc,ca,cs,sl,fn
House Sparrow (i) - cc,ca,cs,sl,ci,fn
Correndera Pipit - ci
Cinereous Conebill - fn
Blue-and-yellow Tanager - fn
Golden-billed Saltator - fn
Chestnut-throated Seedeater - fn
Band-tailed Sierra-Finch - ca
Plumbeous Sierra-Finch - ca,fn
Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch - ca,sl
Patagonian Sierra-Finch - ci
Black-hooded Sierra-Finch - fn
Mourning Sierra-Finch - ca,fn
Common Diuca-Finch - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci
White-winged Diuca-Finch - fn
Greater Yellow Finch - ca
Greenish Yellow-Finch - fn
Grassland Yellow-Finch - cc,cs,sl
Rufous-collared Sparrow - cc,ca,cs,sl,fn
Slender-billed Finch (t3) - fn
Shiny (or Glossy) Cowbird - cc,cs,sl,ci,fn
Austral Blackbird - cc,cs,ca,sl
Yellow-winged Blackbird - cs
Peruvian Meadowlark - fn
Long-tailed Meadowlark - cc,ca,cs,sl,ci
Hooded Siskin - fn
Black-chinned Siskin - ca
Yellow-rumped Siskin - ca
Mammals
found during the FONT Tour
in Chile
in November 2005
Codes:
in central Chile:
between the Andes & the seacoast: cc
in the Andes: ca
along the seacoast: cs
in south Chile:
in the Lake District, north & east of Puerto Montt: sl
at Chiloe Island (including
the ferry): ci
in far-northern Chile, from Arica to the Andes: fn
Land Mammals: