Birds found during the
FONT Birding Tour 
in
Chile

November 12-26, 2005


In the Andes east of Santiago, 
on a pelagic trip from Valparaiso,
in the Lake District in the South,
including Chiloe Island, 

in the Far-North from Arica on the coast 
high up into Lauca Natl Park,

 

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 Tours
In cumulative lists of birds, scientific names are given & subspecies are noted.

South American Mammals
A list of Mammals during our Chile tour in 2005 follows the bird-list. 

Upcoming Tours in Argentina & Chile


Bird-List:

  1. Chilean Tinamou (CHe) - cc

  2. Magellanic Penguin (nt) - ci 

  3. Humboldt (or Peruvian) Penguin (t3) - cs,vp,ci

  4. White-tufted Grebe - cs,sl

  5. Silvery Grebe - sl,ci,fn

  6. Pied-billed Grebe - cc,cs,ci

  7. Great Grebe - cs,sl

  8. Southern Giant-Petrel (t3) - vp

  9. Northern Royal Albatross (t2) - vp

  10. Black-browed Albatross (nt) - vp

  11. Salvin's Albatross (t3) - vp

  12. Southern Fulmar - vp

  13. Cape Petrel (or Pintado) - vp

  14. DeFilippi's (or Masatierra) Petrel (t3) - vp 

  15. White-chinned Petrel - vp,ci

  16. Westland (Black-) Petrel (t3) - vp

  17. Pink-footed Shearwater (t3) - vp

  18. Sooty Shearwater - vp,ci,fn

  19. Wilson's Storm-Petrel - vp

  20. Peruvian (or Chilean) Pelican - cs,vp,ci,fn

  21. Peruvian Booby - cs,vp

  22. Neotropic (formerly Olivaceous) Cormorant - cs,sl,ci,fn

  23. Rock (or Magellan) Cormorant (or Shag) - ci

  24. Imperial Shag - ci

  25. Guanay Cormorant - cs,vp,fn

  26. Red-legged Cormorant (or Shag) (nt) - cs,fn 

  27. Cocoi Heron - sl

  28. Cattle Egret - cc,sl

  29. Snowy Egret - cc,cs,ci,fn

  30. Great Egret - cc,cs

  31. Black-crowned Night-Heron - cc,cs,fn

  32. Stripe-backed Bittern - cs

  33. Black-faced Ibis - sl,ci

  34. Puna Ibis - fn

  35. Chilean Flamingo (nt) - fn

  36. Black-necked Swan - cs,sl,ci

  37. Andean (Sheld-) Goose - fn

  38. Kelp (Sheld-) Goose - ci

  39. Magellanic (Flightless) Steamer-Duck - ci

  40. Torrent Duck - sl

  41. Crested Duck - ci,fn

  42. Southern (or Chiloe) Wigeon - cc,cs,ci

  43. Yellow-billed (or Brown) Pintail - cs,sl,ci

  44. White-cheeked Pintail - fn

  45. Red Shoveler - cs

  46. Cinnamon Teal - cs

  47. Speckled Teal - sl,ci,fn

  48. Puna Teal - fn

  49. Black-headed Duck (nt) - cs

  50. Lake Duck - cs

  51. Andean Condor - ca

  52. Black Vulture - cs,sl,ci

  53. Turkey Vulture - cs,sl,ci,fn

  54. White-tailed Kite - cc

  55. Bicolored Hawk - cc

  56. Black-chested Eagle-Buzzard (or Buzzard-Eagle) - ca,fn

  57. Variable (Red-backed) Hawk - cc,ca

  58. Variable (Puna) Hawk - fn

  59. Rufous-tailed Hawk (nt) - sl

  60. Bay-winged (or Harris's) Hawk - ca 

  61. Mountain Caracara - fn

  62. Southern (Crested) Caracara - sl

  63. Chimango (Caracara) - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci

  64. American Kestrel - cc,cs,sl,fn

  65. California Quail (CHi) - cc,cs,ca

  66. Plumbeous Rail - cs,ca,ci

  67. Spot-flanked Gallinule - cc

  68. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) - fn

  69. Andean Coot - fn

  70. Red-gartered Coot - cc,cs,sl

  71. White-winged Coot - cs,sl

  72. Red-fronted Coot - cs

  73. Giant Coot - fn

  74. South American (or White-backed) Stilt - cs,sl

  75. Andean Avocet - fn

  76. American Oystercatcher - cs,ci,fn

  77. Blackish Oystercatcher - ci,fn

  78. Magellanic Oystercatcher - ci

  79. Southern Lapwing - cc,cs,sl,ci

  80. Black-bellied Plover - fn

  81. American Golden Plover - fn

  82. Semipalmated Plover - fn

  83. Killdeer (CHr) - fn

  84. Marbled Godwit (CHr) - cs

  85. Whimbrel - cs,ci,fn

  86. Greater Yellowlegs - cs,ci

  87. Lesser Yellowlegs - cs,ci

  88. Willet - fn

  89. Spotted Sandpiper - fn

  90. Ruddy Turnstone - cs,fn

  91. Surfbird - cs,fn

  92. Baird's Sandpiper - fn

  93. South American Snipe - sl

  94. Gray-breasted Seedsnipe - fn

  95. Gray Gull - fn

  96. Belcher's (formerly Band-tailed) Gull - fn

  97. Kelp Gull - cc,cs,vp,sl,ci

  98. Andean Gull - fn

  99. Brown-hooded Gull - cc,cs,sl,ci

  100. Franklin's Gull - cs,vp,fn

  101. Sabine's Gull - vp

  102. South American Tern - cs,vp,ci

  103. Common Tern - cs,vp,ci

  104. Arctic Tern - vp

  105. Snowy-crowned (or Trudeau's) Tern - vp

  106. Elegant Tern - vp,fn

  107. Inca Tern - cs,vp

  108. Black Skimmer - fn

  109. Chilean Pigeon (nt) (CHqe) - cc,sl

  110. Feral (or Rock) Pigeon (i) - cc,cs,sl

  111. Eared Dove - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci

  112. West Peruvian (formerly White-winged) Dove - fn

  113. Picui Ground-Dove - cc,cs

  114. Croaking (or Gold-billed) Ground-Dove - fn

  115. Bare-faced Ground-Dove - fn 

  116. Black-winged Ground-Dove - ca

  117. Austral Conure/Parakeet - sl

  118. Slender-billed Conure/Parakeet (nt) (CHe) - sl,ci

  119. Groove-billed Ami - fn

  120. Band-winged Nightjar - cc,sl

  121. Andean Swift - fn

  122. Andean Hillstar - fn

  123. White-sided Hillstar - ca 

  124. Sparkling Violetear (CHr) - fn

  125. Giant Hummingbird - ca,fn

  126. Green-backed Firecrown - sl

  127. Oasis Hummingbird - fn

  128. Peruvian Sheartail - fn

  129. Chilean Woodstar (t2) (CHqe) - fn

  130. Ringed Kingfisher - sl

  131. Striped Woodpecker  (CHqe) - sl

  132. Common Miner - ca,fn

  133. Rufous-banded Miner - ca

  134. Straight-billed Earthcreeper - ca,fn

  135. Scale-throated Earthcreeper - ca

  136. Bar-winged Cinclodes - ca,sl

  137. White-winged Cinclodes - fn

  138. Gray-flanked Cinclodes - sl

  139. Dark-bellied Cinclodes - ci

  140. Chilean Seaside-Cinclodes (CHe) - cs

  141. Crag Chilia (CHe) - ca

  142. Des Murs' Wiretail (CHqe) - sl

  143. Thorn-tailed Rayadito - sl

  144. Wren-like Rushbird - cs

  145. Sharp-billed (also called Lesser) Canastero - ca

  146. Cordilleran Canastero - ca

  147. Dusky-tailed Canastero (CHe) - ca

  148. Streaked Tit-Spinetail - fn

  149. Black-throated Huet-huet  (CHqe) - sl

  150. Moustached Turca (CHe) - ca

  151. Chucao Tapaculo (CHqe) - sl

  152. Ochre-flanked Tapaculo - sl

  153. Magellanic Tapaculo - sl

  154. Dusky Tapaculo - ca

  155. Rufous-tailed Plantcutter - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci 

  156. Fire-eyed Diucon - cc,sl

  157. Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant - ca

  158. Puna Ground-Tyrant - fn

  159. White-fronted Ground-Tyrant - fn

  160. Cinereous Ground-Tyrant - ca

  161. Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant - ca

  162. Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant - sl

  163. Austral (or Patagonian) Negrito - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci

  164. Andean Negrito - fn

  165. D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant - fn

  166. Spectacled Tyrant - ci

  167. Vermilion Flycatcher - fn

  168. Many-colored Rush-Tyrant - cs

  169. Tufted Tit-Tyrant - sl

  170. (Chilean) White-crested Elaenia - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci

  171. (Peruvian) White-crested Elaenia - fn

  172. Austral Thrush - cc,cs,sl,ci

  173. Chiguanco Thrush - fn

  174. Chilean Mockingbird (CHe) - cc,cs,ca

  175. Patagonian Mockingbird - sl

  176. Chilean Swallow - cc,ca,cs,sl,ci

  177. Blue-and-white Swallow - cc,cc,ca,sl,ci,fn

  178. Barn Swallow - fn

  179. (Southern) House Wren - cc,ca,cs,sl,fn

  180. House Sparrow (i) - cc,ca,cs,sl,ci,fn

  181. Correndera Pipit - ci

  182. Cinereous Conebill - fn

  183. Blue-and-yellow Tanager - fn

  184. Golden-billed Saltator - fn

  185. Chestnut-throated Seedeater - fn

  186. Band-tailed Sierra-Finch - ca

  187. Plumbeous Sierra-Finch - ca,fn

  188. Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch - ca,sl

  189. Patagonian Sierra-Finch - ci

  190. Black-hooded Sierra-Finch - fn 

  191. Mourning Sierra-Finch - ca,fn

  192. Common Diuca-Finch - cc,cs,ca,sl,ci

  193. White-winged Diuca-Finch - fn 

  194. Greater Yellow Finch - ca

  195. Greenish Yellow-Finch - fn  

  196. Grassland Yellow-Finch - cc,cs,sl

  197. Rufous-collared Sparrow - cc,ca,cs,sl,fn

  198. Slender-billed Finch (t3) - fn

  199. Shiny (or Glossy) Cowbird - cc,cs,sl,ci,fn

  200. Austral Blackbird - cc,cs,ca,sl

  201. Yellow-winged Blackbird - cs

  202. Peruvian Meadowlark - fn

  203. Long-tailed Meadowlark - cc,ca,cs,sl,ci

  204. Hooded Siskin - fn

  205. Black-chinned Siskin - ca

  206. 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

i
n far-northern Chile, from Arica to the Andes: fn
   

   Land Mammals:

  1. European Rabbit (i) - ca
    Oryctolagus cuniculus

  2. European (or Brown) Hare (i) - sl
    Lepus europaeus

  3. Copyu (or Nutria) - cc
    Myocaster coypus

  4. Coruro - ci
    Spalacopus cyanus 

  5. Northern Viscacha - fn
    Lagidium peruanum
    (was called Mountain Viscacha when it was combined with what's now the Southern Viscacha)

  6. Short-tailed Chinchilla - fn
    Chinchilla brevicaudata

  7. Bennett's Chinchilla-Rat - sl
    Abrocoma bennettii

  8. Guanaco - fn
    Lama guanicoe

  9. Vicuna - fn
    Vicigna vicugna 

  10. Llama - fn  (domesticated animal)
    Lama glama

  11. Alpaca - fn  (domesticated animal)
    Vicugna (formerly Lama) pacos


    Marine Mammals:

  12. Southern (or South American) Sea Lion - cs,ci,fn
    Otaria byronia