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Birds
and Other Wildlife
during the
Focus On Nature Tour
in CHILE
in Nov/Dec 2009
Dates:
November 22 - December 4, 2009
In central Chile, along the seacoast,
and in the Andes east of Santiago, and in between,
In the Lake District in the South,
including Chiloe Island.
List compiled by Armas Hill, leader of the tour
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: so
and at Chiloe Island (including the ferry): ci
(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
FONT Chile ToursChile Mammals (with some photos)
A list of Mammals during our Chile tour in 2009 follows the bird-list.
Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Chile & Argentina
Bird-List:
Black-necked Swan _____ cs,so,ci
Cygnus melancoryphus
Ashy-headed Goose _____ so
Chloephaga poliocephala
Kelp Goose _____ ci
Chloephaga hybrida
Fuegian (Flightless) Steamer-Duck _____ ci
Tachyeres pteneres
Torrent Duck _____ ca
Merganetta armata
Crested Duck _____ ca
Lophonetta specularoides
Chile (or
Southern)
Wigeon _____ cc,cs,so,ci
Anas sibilatrix
Yellow-billed (or
Brown)
Pintail _____ cs,sl,ci
Anas georgica
Red Shoveler _____ cc,cs,so
Anas platalea
Cinnamon Teal _____ ci
Anas cyanoptera
Speckled Teal _____ ca,so,ci
Anas flavirostris
Lake Duck _____ cs,so
Oxyura vittata
Black-faced Ibis _____ so,ci
Theristicus melanops
White-faced Ibis _____ so
Plegadis chihi
Cocoi Heron _____ cc,cs (at 3 locations)
Ardea cocoi
Western Cattle Egret _____ cc,cs,so
Bubulcus ibis
Snowy Egret _____ cc,so
Egretta thula
Great Egret _____ cc,so
Casmerodius (has been
Ardea)
alba
Black-crowned Night Heron _____ cc,cs,so,ci
Nycticorax nycticorax
Andean Condor _____ ca
Vultur gryphus
Black Vulture _____ so,ci
Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture _____ cs,so,ci
Cathartes aura
Southern Crested Caracara _____ so,ci
Caracara plancus
Chimango Caracara _____ cc,cs,ca,so,ci
Milvago chimango
American Kestrel _____ cc,ca
Falco sparverius
Peregrine Falcon _____ ca
Falco peregrinus
White-tailed Kite _____ so
Elanus leucurus
Chilean Hawk _____ so,ci (was part of Bicolored
Hawk)
Accipiter chilensis
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle _____ ca
Geranoaetus melanoleucus
Cinereous Harrier _____ cc,ci
Circus cinereus
"Red-backed" Variable Hawk _____ cc,ca
Buteo polyosoma
Rufous-tailed Hawk (nt) _____ so,ci
Buteo ventralis
Plumbeous Rail _____ ci
Paradirallus sanguinolentus
Spot-flanked Gallinule _____ cc
Gallinula melanops
Red-gartered Coot _____ cc,cs,so,ci
Fulica armillata
White-winged Coot _____ cc,so
Fulica leucoptera
Red-fronted Coot _____ cc,cs
Fulica rufifrons
South American
American Oystercatcher _____ cs,ci
Haematopus palliatus
Blackish Oystercatcher _____ cs,ci
Haematopus ater
Southern Lapwing _____ cc,cs,ca,so,ci
Vanellus chilensis
Diademed Plover (nt) _____ ca
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe _____ ca
Thinocorus orbignyianus
Hudsonian Godwit _____ ci
Limosa haemastica
Whimbrel _____ cs,so,ci
Numenius phaeopus
Greater Yellowlegs _____ cc,ci
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs _____ so,ci
Tringa flavipes
Ruddy Turnstone _____ cs
Arenaria interpres
Sanderling _____ ci
Calidris alba
Baird's Sandpiper _____ ca
Calidris bairdii
South American Snipe _____ ca
Gallinago paraguaiae
Wilson's Phalarope _____ so
Phalaropus tricolor
Parasitic Jaeger _____ ci
Stecorarius parasiticus
Kelp Gull _____ cs,so,ci
Larus dominicanus
Brown-hooded Gull _____ cc,cs,so,ci
Chroicocephalus
Franklin's Gull _____ cs
Chroicocephalus
South American Tern _____ cs,so,ci
Sterna hirundinacea
Arctic Tern _____ ci
Sterna paradisea
Snowy-crowned Tern _____ so,ci
Sterna trudeaui
Elegant Tern (nt) _____ cs
Thalasseus elegans
Inca Tern _____ cs
Larosterna inca
Chilean Pigeon (nt) (CHqe) _____ so
Patagioenas araucana
Feral
Eared Dove _____ cc,cs,ca,so
Zenaida auriculata
Picui Ground Dove _____ cc
Columbina picui
Black-winged Ground Dove _____ ca
Metriopelia melanoptera
Burrowing Parrot (CHr) _____ cc
Cyanoliseus patagonus bloxami
Austral Parakeet _____ so,ci
Enicognathus ferrgineus
Slender-billed Parakeet (nt) (CHe) _____ so,ci
Enicognathus leptohynchus
Burrowing Owl _____ cc
Athene cunicularia
Austral Pygmy Owl _____ ca
Glaucidium nanum
Green-backed Firecrown _____ so,ci
Sephanoides sephanoides
Ringed Kingfisher _____ so,ci
Megaceryle torquata
Chilean Flicker _____ cc,ca,so,ci
Colaptes pitius
Striped Woodpecker (CHqe) _____ so
Picoides lignarius
Magellanic Woodpecker _____ so,ci
Campephilus magellanicus
Rufous-tailed Plantcutter _____ ci
Phytotoma rara
Fire-eyed Diucon _____ so,ci
Xolmis pyrope
Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant _____ ca
Muscisaxicola rufivertex
White-browed Ground Tyrant _____ ca
Muscisaxicola albilora
Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant _____ ca
Muscisaxicola flavinucha
Cinereous Ground Tyrant _____ ca
Muscisaxicola cinerea
Dark-faced Ground Ground Tyrant _____ so
Muscisaxicola macloviana
Spot-billed Ground Tyrant _____ ca
Muscisaxicola maculirostris
Patagonian Negrito _____ ca,so,ci
Patagonian Tyrant _____ so
Coloramphus parvirostris
Spectacled Tyrant _____ cs,so,ci
Hymenops perspicillata
Many-colored Rush-Tyrant _____ cs
Tachuris rubigastra
Tufted Tit-Tyrant _____ so
Anairetes parulus
"Chilean" White-crested Elaenia _____ cc,so,ci
Elaenia albiceps chilensis
Black-throated Huet-Huet (CHqe) _____ so
Pteroptochos tarnii
Moustached Turca (CHe) _____ ca
Pteroptochos megapodius
Chucao Tapaculo (CHqe) _____ so,ci
Scelorchilus rubecula
Magellanic Tapaculo _____ so
Scytalopus magellanicus
Dusky Tapaculo _____ ca
Scytalopus fuscus
Common Miner _____ ca
Geositta cunicularia
Rufous-banded Miner _____ ca
Geositta rufipennis
Straight-billed Earthcreeper _____ ca
Upucerthia rufucaudus
Scale-throated Earthcreeper _____ ca
Upucerthia dumetaria
Bar-winged Cinclodes _____ cc,ca,ci
Cinclodes fuscus
Gray-flanked Cinclodes _____ so
Cinclodes oustaleti
Dark-bellied Cinclodes _____ cc,so,ci
Cinclodes patagonicus
Chilean Seaside-Cinclodes (CHe) _____ cc,ci
Cinclodes nigrofumosus
Crag Chilia (CHe) _____ ca
Chilia melanura
Des Murs' Wiretail (CHqe) _____ so
Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii
Thorn-tailed Rayadito _____ so
Aphrastura spinicauda
Wren-like Rushbird _____ cs
Phleocryptes melanops
Sharp-billed Canastero _____ ca
Asthenes pyrrholeuca
Cordilleran Canastero _____ ca
Asthenes modesta
Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail _____ ci
Leptasthenura aegithaloides
White-throated Treerunner _____ so
Pygarrhichas albogularis
Chilean Swallow _____ cc,cs,ca,so,ci
Tachycineta meyeni
Blue-and-white Swallow _____ cc,cs,ca,so,ci
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
Sedge
"Southern" House Wren _____ cc,so,ci
Troglodytes aedon musculus
Austral Thrush _____ cc,cs,so,ci
Turdus falcklandii
Chilean Mockingbird (CHe) _____ cc,cs,ca,so
Mimus tenca
House Sparrow (i) _____ cc,ca,cs,so,ci
Passer domesticus
Black-chinned Siskin _____ ca,cs,so,ci
Carduelis barbatus
Shiny Cowbird _____ cc,so,ci
Molothrus bonariensis
Austral Blackbird _____ cc,cs,ca,so,ci
Curaeus curaeus
Yellow-winged Blackbird _____ cc,cs
Agelaius thilus
Long-tailed Meadowlark _____ cc,so,ci
Sturnella loyca
Rufous-collared Sparrow _____ cc,cs,ca,so,ci
Zonotrichia capensis
Band-tailed Sierra Finch _____ cc,ca
Phrygilus alaudinus
Plumbeous Sierra Finch _____ ca
Phrygilus unicolor
Gray-hooded Sierra Finch _____ ca
Phrygilus gayi
Patagonian Sierra Finch _____ so,ci
Phrygilus patagonicus
Mourning Sierra Finch _____ ca
Phrygilus fruticeti
Common Diuca Finch _____ cc,cs,ca,so,ci
Diuca diuca
Greater Yellow Finch _____ ca
Sicalis auriventris
Grassland Yellow Finch _____ cc,cs,so,ci
Sicalis luteola
Mammals
found during the FONT Tour
in Chile
in November/December 2009
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: so
at Chiloe Island (including
the ferry): ci
Land Mammals: