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CHILE:
CENTRAL AND SOUTH, & TIERRA DEL FUEGO
02 February - 23 March 2000
by Philipp Derks
Introduction
In February and March 2000 I went birdwatching in southern Chile and
Tierra
del Fuego (Argentine side). I looked for seabirds from
several
ships and
visited birdareas in Chile as well.
Because a lot of information is already known and can be found
elsewhere
I have tried to provide information which is less available, along with
some
very general
data.
General information
For general travel information about Chile and Tierra del Fuego
see
Chile & Easter Island, Wayne Bernhardson, Lonely Planet
Publications”.
For descriptions of national parks etc. in more southern areas one can
better
use Trekking in the Patagonian Andes, Clem Lindenmayer,
Lonely
Planet Publications 1998. There are 32 national parks, 47
national
reserves and 13 natural monuments in Chile.
Bird Information
Species
There are about 430 species recorded in Chile of which 9 are endemic.
These
are Slender-billed Parakeet, Crag Chilia, Chilean
Seaside-Cinclodes,
Dusky-
Tailed Canastero, Chestnut-throated Huet-Huet, Moustached
Turca,
White-throated Tapaculo, Dusky Tapaculo and Chilean Mockingbird. They
all
can be found
in central Chile. There are 5 endemic bird areas. There are 15
threatened
species
of which 3 are critically endangered and minimal 15 are near-threatened.
Organisations
Protected areas are controlled by CONAF, Corporation Nacional Forestal.
Union de Ornithologos de Chile (UNORCH), a Birdlife Partner Designate,
carries
out research, education and promotional programmes on Chilean birds,
their
diversity and need for conservation (Website
http://www.geocities.com/Rainforest/4372/).
An information bulletin is produced tree times a year.
Boletin
Chileno de Ornithologia, a scientific bulletin, is published
annually.
Sight records are published in these bulletins.
The Neotropical Bird Club (c/o the Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19
2DL,
UK) also
publishes Chilean sight records in its journal Cotinga.
Birding
For birding in northern and central Chile (Chiloe as most southern
area)
see The essential guide to birding
in Chile, Mark Pearman, Worldwide publications.
Pearman & Colcombe 1995 (for more
information click here for ‘Update 2004’.
Descriptions of birdareas, lists of observed
species and travel information like public transport are given. Some
more
good bird areas are given by Alvaro Jaramillo* and can be consulted on
the
Internet (“Alvaro Jaramillo”, “birding sites in
Chile”).
Descriptions of more southern birdareas are referred to in Where to watch
birds in South America, Nigel Wheatly Christopher Helm
Ltd, London
1994” (not so helpful about public transport). Travel reports such as
for
example A birders guide to travel in
Argentina, Nick & Daryl Gardner
1990 (at any rate obtainable from the Travel Report
Service,
Reeweg 1, 8381 GA Vledder, the Netherlands;
www.ecotouristservices.nl)
were useful to me regarding Tierra del Fuego. Many tripreports can be
consulted
on the Internet (“birding links to the world”, search for “Chile” and
“Blake
Maybank” in Canada is very good).
Public transport is good in Chile and Tierra del Fuego. Birdlocations
are
often easily reachable. Hitchhiking is rather easy (also on Tierra del
Fuego)
but in more southern regions there is often not much traffic. It is
always
best to ask for information about public transport etc. at the
tourist
office in the city (the information given in travel reports and in
guides
is not always current).
I never hired a car.
Literature
Fieldguides and handbooks are given in “Pearman” (with some
comments)
and “de la Pena”. It is likely that this most recent last guide Collins
illustrated
checklist, birds of southern South america and Antarctica, de la Pena
and
Rumboll, HarperCollins publishers Ltd 1998 is the best at this
moment.
I liked to use this book in combination with The birds of Chile, Araya and
Chester, Latour Santiago 1993, in the field. Unlike other
fieldguides
it is widely available in Europe. Good handbooks, but heavy to carry,
are
Birds of the high Andes,
Fjeldsa and Krabbe, Apollo Books Denmark 1990 and
The birds of South America vol.
1 & 2, Ridgely and Tudor, Univ.
of Texas Press, Austin Texas USA 1989 and 1994. Of course, the well
known
seabird guides such as Harrison’s identification guides are very
useful.
Perhaps it is worthwile to mention some more simple looking
light-weighted
guides which are not well known and not mentioned in ‘’Pearman”
and
“de la Pena”. Several of these books were available in Chile and Tierra
del
Fuego during my trip (in bookshops in larger cities and at the airport
of
Punta Arenas for example). Together for example with “de la Pena” you
may
find some more identification and other information on your excursions.
These books are:
-------- Aves de Chile, Birds of Chile, Sharon R. Chester,
Wandering
Albatross San Mateo USA 1995. This small book (in English) can be
used
as a supplement which its color drawings to the black and white
illustrated
guide The birds of Chile, Araya and Chester, Latour Santiago 1993
-------- Aves de Tierra del Fuego y Cabo de Hornos,
guia
de campo, Ricardo Clark, Ediciones L.O.L.A. Buenos Aires 1986.
This
is rather small book (in Spanish) with simple black
and
white drawings. Some information about Tierra del Fuego can be
useful
perhaps.
-------- Giua de Campo para las aves de Magallanes,
Venegas
C. y J. Jory H., Instituto de la Patagonia, Punta
Arenas
Chile 1979. A rather small book ( in Spanish) which can be perhaps
useful
in southern areas.
--------- Donde observar aves
en el parque nacional Torres del Paine,
guia de identification, Couve y Ojeda, Fantastico
Sur – Birding
and Nature Tours, Punta Arenas Chile 1999 (during my
visit
this was available in the park). This is a very small book, good for a
list
and some information about birds in the National Park Torres del
Paine.
In Spanish and with color pictures.
‘ there will be soon more books available probably for example Guia de Aves de Patagonia y Tierra del
Fuego, Narosky &
Babarskas, Zagier & Urrety, 2001’
One can use the Internet everywhere (public houses etc,) in Chile and
Tierra
del Fuego.
At the Museum in Punta Arenas there is a big collection of
patagonian
birds.
Locations Visited
Because much can be found in the above mentioned books and reports,
only
some short remarks about the places I visited, mainly concerning
the
environment and weather and occasionally about the public transport are
given
here:
----- Estero Lampa a saline marsh (about 30 km NW of
Santiago).
waterlevel fluctuating greatly
----- Punta Concon rocky coast (near Vina del Mar),
good
seabird watching Concon
----- Punta Liles the same situation Quintero
----- La Campana most important park of Chile concerning
rare
birds national park (near Olmue) with six of the nine mainland
endemics:
Crag Chilia, Dusky tailed Canastero, Moustached Turca, White throated
Tapaculo,
Dusky Tapaculo and Chilean Mockingbird
----- Punta Caucahapi rocky coast, rather good sabird
watching
Chiloe not many (mini)buses to that place
----- Punta Guabun rocky coast with some beach quite near,
excellent
Chiloe seabird waching
not many (mini)buses to that place
----- Puerto Montt good seabird watching. See birdcounts - In my
case:
start 28/2 20.00 h, arrival 2/3 Puerto Natales 10.30 h (ferry, Navimag-
28
+ 29/2 calm weather, wind SW, most of the time company) cloudy non-stop
28/2
Puerto Montt area 41 25 00 (only very 29/2 44 18 00 (9.45) – 45 53 40
(21.15
h short Puerto at dark at the Pacific Ocean. Eden), 4 1/3 the
same
weather but sometimes some days rain. 48 14 00 (9.45) - 50 34 38
(21.30
h) 2/3 idem but no rain. 52 07 00 (8.45 h) - 51 55 40 (10.30 h,
harbour
Puerto Natales) look for Westland Petrels (most people have overlooked
them
for years)
----- Seno Otway area with low dunes (about 35 km NW of Punta Arenas)
Pinguinera
----- Torres del Paine (145 km NW of Puerto Natales) national park 4/3
short
trek: Camping Las Torres to Torres del Paine Lookout 5/3 route north
side
Lago Nordenskjold (direction Refugio Lago Pehoe) 6/3 Lago Pehoe by
boat,
east side Lago Grey (direction Ventisquero Grey)
----- Rio Grande the small and large pool in the airport area were
surroundings
dried out. The large pool and the bushy slopes at the north side
were
not easily accesible anymore (also a fence) (5 km W of Rio Grande)
often
rather bad weather, much heavy rain no public transport from Rio Grande
to
Rio Chico (bridge) (15–20 km NW of Rio Grande)
----- Ushuaia rubbish dump location is likely not used anymore,
surroundings
but is still good for birdwatching. Look into the rather deep
hole
(otherwise caracara’s can be missed easily easily) (7 km W of Ushuaia)
16/3
very bad weather with snow
----- Tierra del Fuego (18 km W of Ushuaia) (national park) 18/3 trek
from
Lago Roca to Bahia Lapathaia national Park (route 3) 19/3 coastal trek:
Bahia
Lapataia and Bahia Ensenada
------ Isla de Martillo small islet, big part is rather low and
flat.
pinguinera birdwatching only from boat Beagle Canal near (Est.
Haberton:
90 km E of Ushuaia) Estancia Haberton
------ Porvenir – Punta good seabird watching. See ‘birdcounts’
Arenas
(ferry) 21/3 wind: S, almost no waves, sunny Punta Arenas - 22/3 wind:
S
3-4, small waves, cloudy Porvenir and sometimes sunny Return
Bird Counts
The birdnumbers are often approximate, so often round figures are used
(“about”
is regularly used when the given figure is more uncertain and at high
numbers).
Concerning seabird watching from the Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales
ferry
(Navimag) and during the trips on the Strait of Magellan extrapolated
numbers
between brackets are regularly given to represent all birds present
(not
counted as well). So during the Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales
trip
only during a part of the day were birds counted. On the Strait
of
Magellan (Punta Arenas – Punta Porvenir ferry) only birds from one side
of
the boat were counted because of the sunlight or the wind during the
entire
sailing time i.e. 2 1/2/ houres one way (for extrapolation
special
criterions have been used depending on the numbers and regularity of
the
observations etc.; concerning this a special report is
available).
Total counting time at the Navimag-ship: 28/2 0 (it means only Puerto
Montt
surroundings), 29/2 5 ½ , 1/3 5 ¾ 2/3 1 ¼ houres)
--- Thanks to Frank van Groen for giving travel and
birdinformation
to Nancy Bernstein for correcting the text
* next two years more books will be available in bookshops in Chile for
example
“Guia de Aves de Patagonia y Tierra del Fuego, Narosky & Babarskas,
Zagier & Urrety, 2001”
‘Update 2004: * It is
probably difficult to get this book at this moment. For more
information or to place orders contact:
Marcus Sulley
WWP
Email: velvet.films@virgin.net
Tel: 0044-1273-268-961
Mail: 39 Temple Street, Brighton,
East Sussex, England,
BN1 3BH
** a very good fieldguide is available now: Birds of Chile, including
the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia by
Alvaro Jaramillo, Christopher Helm, London 2003
(email Alvaro Jaramillo: alvaro@quake.net or alvaro@sirius.com or
ajaramillo@sfbbo.org).
ITINERARY
(flight Amsterdam – Frankfurt 7/2 and Frankfurt –
Santiago with short stop Buenos Aires 7-8/2/00)
9+10/2 Santiago (and surroundings)
11/2 Estero Lampa
12+13/2 Valparaiso, Vina del Mar (and surroundings)
14/2 Punta Liles (Quintero)
15/2 Rio Aconcagua mouth (and surroundings)
16/2 Punta Concon, Concon
17-19/2 La Campana NP
20/2 Vina del Mar, Santiago (and surroundings)
21/2 Santiago (and surroundings)
22+23/2 Santiago-Puerto Montt (bus)
23/2 Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt
24/2 Pargua - Chacao (Chiloe) ferry, Ancud and surroundings
(Chiloe)
25/2 Ancud and surroundings, Lago Quilo and surroundings (Chiloe)
26/2 Punta Caucahapi, Mar Brava, Lago Quilo and surroundings,
Ancud
and surroundings (Chiloe)
27/2 Punta Guabun, Lago Quilo and surroundings (Chiloe)
28/2 Chacao (Chiloe) - Pargua ferry
Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship (Navimag) first day
28,29/2 Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship (Navimag) total - 2/3 four
days
3/3 Puerto Natales, mainly Seno Ultima Esperanza
4-6/3 Torres del Paine NP
7/3 Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas (bus)
8/3 Seno Otway pinguinera
9+10/3 Punta Arenas, mainly Strait of Magellan
11/3 Punta Arenas - Rio Grande (Tierra del Fuego) via Punta Anegada
(bus)
12/3 Rio Grande and surroundings mainly coastal area and airport area
13/3 Rio Grande and surroundings mainly coastal area and Cabo Penas and
surroundings
14/3 Rio Chico NW of Rio Grande near bridge route Rio Grande - San
Sebastian
and Rio Grande coastal area
15/3 Rio Grande - Ushuaia (bus), Bahia Ushuaia
16/3 Ushuaia and surroundings mainly Marcial Glaciar
17/3 Ushuaia and surroundings mainly Bahia Ushuaia and
rubbish
dump
18+19/3 Tierra del Fuego NP
20/3 Estancia Haberton and surroundings mainly boattrip Beagle Canal to
Isla
de Ciguenas and Martillo (pinguinera)
21/3 Ushuaia - Punta Arenas via Porvenir, Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry
(Strait
of Magellan)
22/3 Punta Arenas - Porvenir ferry and return (Strait of
Magellan);
Bahia de Porvenir; Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan
(flight Punta Arenas – Santiago 23/3, Santiago – Frankfurt with short
stop
Buenos Aires and Frankfurt – Amsterdam 24–25/3/00)
List Mammels Chile and Tierra del Fuego
South American Sealion Otaria byronia
1 ex. Punta Liles, Quintero 14/2
about 100 ,, Canal de Chacao (Pargua - Chacao
ferry)
24/2
10 ,, Punta Guabun, Chiloe 27/2
tens Canal de Chacao (Chacao – Pargua) 28/2
10 ex. second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ferry 29/2
15 .,, third day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales
ferry
1/3
3 ,, fourth day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ferry 2/3
1 ,, Punta Arrenas, Strait of Magellan 20/3
1 ,, Strait of Magellan (Punta Arenas - Porvenir ferry
22/3)
South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis
possibly seen one or more locations wich are mentioned for
1
or more ex. South American Sealion
Commerson’s Dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii
min. 2 ex. Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan (from Porvenir –
Punta
Arenas ferry) 22/3
Peale’s Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis
5 ex. Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan (Porvenir – Punta Arenas
ferry)
22/3
Dolphin spec.
3 ex. Punta Guabun, Chiloe 27/2
several ex. Canal de chacao (Pargua -
Chacao
ferry) 24/2
5 ex. second day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales
ferry
29/2
5 ex. Bahia Porvenir (from Porvenir – Punta Arenas
ferry)
21/3
1 ex. Bahia porvenir (from Porvenir – Punta Arenas
ferry)
22/3
Grey Fox Dusicyon gymnocercus
3 ex. La Campana N.P. 18/2
tens Torres del Paine N.P. 4-6/3
5 ex. Seno Otway pinguinera 7/3
tens Tierra del Fuego N.P. 18,19/3
Guanaco Lama guanicoe
min. many tens Torres del Paine N.P. 3-6/3
European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus (likely)
many ex. Tierra del fuego N.P. 18-19/3
European Hare Lepus europaeus
tens Torres del Paine N.P. 5/3
10 ex. ,, ,, ,, .. 6/3
Cuvier Mountain Viscacha Lagidium viscacia
not seen but many dropping found. La Campana
N.P.
19/2
North American Beaver Castor canadensis
possibly 2 ex. many beavers dams seen in Tierra del Fuego NP
18/3.
1 ex. in this park (18/3) and east of Ushuaia (20/3)
possibly
seen
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Several times seen on Tierra del Fuego and mainland of Chile, for
example
in Punta Arenas 10/3
List Birdspecies Chile and Tierra del Fuego
Lesser Rhea Pterocnemia pennata
5 ex. Torres del Paine NP 6/3
3 ,, Puerto Natales – Punta Arenas (bus) 7/3
35 ,, Seno Otway pinguinera surroundings 8/3
White-tufted Grebe Podiceps rolland
1 ex. Ancud surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
40 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
7 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 27/2
10 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 2/3
4 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, (other area)
1 ,, Torres del Paine NP 5/3
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,(other area) 6/3
25 ,, Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 22/3
Great Grebe Podiceps major
50 ex. Rio Aconcagua coast 15/2
1 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
6 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 27/2
50 ,, Rio Grande coast 12/3
10 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings, T. d Fuego 13/3
20 ,, Rio Grande coast 13/3
30 ,, ,, ,, ,, (other area) 14/3
20 ,, Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 15/3
5 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
a few ,, ,, ,, ,, NP coast 19/3
Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
1 ex. Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris
many ex. many tens per minute to S. for houres Punta Guabun,
Chiloe
27/2
1465 ,, (about 2925) second day Puerto Montt - Puerto
Natales
ship 29/2
135 ,, (about 175) third day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales
ship
1/3
possibly a few ,, Cabo Penas surroundings, T. d. Fuego 13/3
many tens Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 15/3
about 200 ex. Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 17/3
300 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP coast 19/3
350 ,, Beagle Canal near Estancia Harberton 20/3
,, (about 4200) Porvenir – Punta Arenas ferry 21/3
3540 ex. (about 7100) Punta Arenas - Porvenir ferry 22/3
610 ,, (about 1225) Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 22/3
Antarctic Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
tens a few per houre to S, for houres Punta Guabun, Chiloe
27/2
3 ,, second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
14 ,, third day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 1/3
3 ,, fourth day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 2/3
3 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 8/3
1 ,, Rio Grande coast 12/3
1 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings, T. d. Fuego 13/3
1 ,, Rio Chico - Rio Grande coast 14/3
10 ,, Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 17/3
5 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP coast 19/3
10 ,, Beagle Canal near Estancia Harberton 20/3
27 ,, (about 55) Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 21/3
250 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 22/3
51 ,, (about 100) Punta Arenas - Porvenir ferry 22/3
21 ,, (about 40) Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 22/3
80 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 22/3
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
min. 108 ,, second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ferry
29/2
2 ,, Punta Arenas - Porvenir ferry 22/3
2 ,, Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 22/3
Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
min. 83 ex. second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship
29/2. (this species is a common and normal part of the
the chilean avifauna and is overlooked by most people, pers. comm.
Alvaro Jaramillo and Steve Howell)
Westland Petrel/White-chinned Petrel
5 ex. second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus
many ex. many tens per houre to S, a few to N. for houres Punta Guabun,
Chiloe
27/2
min. 547 ,, second day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 29/2
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
very many ex. 550 ex, per minute !! continuously birds to
N.
for hours (afternoon). Also birds to S. but much less. Punta Caucahapi,
Chiloe
26/2
,, ,, ,, almost 600 ex. per minute !! continuously birds to
N.
for hours (morning and early afternoon). Punta Guabun,
Chiloe
27/2
9435 ,, (min. 12500) second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales
ship.
Much more Sooty shearwaters. See also "Shearwater spec." 29/2
13 ex. third day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 1/3
1 ,, Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 17/3
1 ,, Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 21/3
2 ,, Punta Arenas - Porvenir ferry 22/3
2 ,, Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 22/3
White-chinned Petrel/Sooty Shearwater
1 ex. Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 22/3
Pink-footed Shearwater/Sooty Shearwater
231 ex. second day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 29/2
Shearwater spec. (undetermined, mainly Sooty shearwater)
16466 ex. (about 22500) second day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales
ship
29/2
1 ex. third day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 1/3
Shearwater spec./Magellanic penguin
3140 ex. second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
Storm Petrel 1 ex. (Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanites spec. oceanicus?)
second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
Peruvian Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides garnoti
4 ex. to S., 1 ex. also swimming for a while (1 1/2 h. counted) Punta
Liles,
Quintero 14/2
Magellanic Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides magellani
72 ex. (about 145) Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 21/3
24 ,, (about 50) Punta Arenas - Porvenir ferry 22/3
15 ,, (about 30) Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 22/3
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua
4 ex. Isla de Martillo, Beagle Canal near Estancia Harberton. A total
of
8 ex. present 20/3
Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti
1 ex. Punta Liles, Quintero 14/2
80 ,, on islets near Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
Perhaps some Magellanic Penguins included
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus
possibly some ex. on islets near Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
1 ,, Canal de Chacao (Chacao - Pargua ferry) 28/2
1935 ,, (about 2600) second day Puerto Montt - Puerto - Natales
ship
29/2
21 ,, third day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 1/3
about 2000 pr. Seno Otway pinguinera. Pop. max. is about 4000
pr.
8/3
min. 500 ex. Isla de Martillo, Beagle Canal near Estancia
Harberton.
Pop. max. is about 4000 pr. 20/3
271 ,, (about 540) Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 21/3
1 ,, Punta Arenas - Porvenir ferry 22/3
20 ,, Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 22/3
Peruvian Booby Sula variegata
many hundreds Punta Liles, Quintero. Mainly flying birds
14/2
70 ex. on islet near Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
many tens Punta Concon. Flying and on the water 16/2
Chilean Pelican Pelecanus thagus
many hundreds Punta Liles, Quintero. Flying and on the
water
14/2
tens Punta Concon, Concon 16/2
50 ex. Canal de Chacao (Pargua - Chacao ferry) 24/2
30 ,, Ancud - Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
10 ,, Canal de Chacao (Chacao - Pargua ferry) 28/2
5 ,, Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 28/2
Olivaceous Cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus
a few ex. Vina del Mar, Estero Marga Marga 13/2
many tens also nests. Punta Liles, Quintero 14/2
,, Punta Concon, Concon 16/2
5 ex. Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 23/2
tens Canal de Chacao (Pargua - Chacao ferry) 24/2
30 ex. Ancud - Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
20 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
min. 50 ,, Punta Caucahapi, Chiloe 26/2
25 ,, Punta Guabun, Chiloe 27/2
25 ,, Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 28/2
2 ,, third day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 1/3
10 ,, fourth day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 2/3
a few Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3
Guanay Cormorant Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
a few hundred flying and non-flying. Punta Liles, Quintero, 14/3
40 ex. on islets near Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
many tens per houre to S and N., also non- flying Punta
Concon,
Concon 16/2
min. tens Punta Caucahapi, Chiloe 26/2
4 ex. second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
a few ,, fourth day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 2/3
a few ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 2/3
20 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3
Red-legged Cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi
min. 75 ex. on islets near Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
min. many tens Punta Caucahapi, Chiloe 26/2
,, ,, ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
12 ex. second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
Rock Cormorant Phalacrocorax magellanicus
1 ex. Canal de Chacao (Pargua - Chacao ferry) 24/2
min. a few ,, Punta Caucahapi, Chiloe 26/2
,, ,, ,, ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
25 ,, Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 28/2
3 ,, second day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 29/2
5 ,, third day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 1/3
about 100 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 8/3
150 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 10/3
5 ,, Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 17/3
min. 700 ,, possibly many Imperial Cormorants included, Tierra
del
Fuego NP coast 19/3
hundreds Isla de Ciguenas and other islets. Beagle Canal
near
Estancia Harberton. Breeding colonies 20/3
about 250 ex. possibly Imperial Cormorants included, Bahia
Porvenir,
Porvenir 21/3
10 ,, Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 21/3
1 ,, Punta Arenas – Porvenir ferry 22/3
Imperial Cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps
also divided in Blue-eyed Cormorant Phalacrocorax
atriceps
and King Cormorant Phalacrocorax albiventer
Both (sub)species were common and often seen
5 ex. Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 23/2
25 ,, Canal de Chacao (Pargua - Chacao ferry) 24/2
15 ,, Ancud - Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
min. many tens Punta Caucahapi, Chiloe 26/2
,, ,, ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
25 ex. Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 28/2
826 ,, (about 1400) second day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship
29/2
167 ,, third day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 1/3
a few hundred ,, fourth day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 2/3
,, ,, ,, ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 2/3
min. 100 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 3/3
min. 500 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 8/3
min. 1100 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,,
300 ,, Rio Grande coast 12/3
35 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings, T. d. Fuego 13/3
about 150 ,, Rio Grande coast 13/3
350 ,, Rio Grande coast 14/3
about 10 ,, Bahia Ushuia, Ushuaia 15/3
tens Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 17/3
min. tens possibly much more than 100 ex. (perhaps hundreds).
Tierra
del Fuego NP coast 19/3 about 250 ex. possibly Rock Cormorants
included.
Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 21/3
402 ,, Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 21/3
thousands flying in one direction above land and water (to
S
in the morning). Many Blue- eyed as well as King Cormorant. Punta
Arenas,
Strait of Magellan 22/3
63 ex. Punta Arenas - Porvenir ferry 22/3
600 ,, Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 22/3
tens Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 22/3
Imperial Cormorant/Rock Cormorant
7 ex. second day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 29/2
60 ,, third day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 1/3
Cormorant spec.
15 ex. second day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 29/2
6 ,, third day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 1/3
15 ,, fourth day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 2/3
White-necked Heron Ardea cocoi
1 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
1 ex. Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
1 ,, Ancud, city centre Chiloe 27/2
3 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
1 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 22/3
3 ,, Estancia Harberton, Beagle Canal 20/3
Great Egret Egretta alba
2 ex. Ancud - Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
1 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
1 ,, Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
3 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 26/2
2 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
1 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
tens Santiago – Valparaiso (bus) 13/2
,, Vina del Mar - Quintero (bus) 14/2
4 ex. Curico surroundings (Santiago - Puerto Montt bus) 22/2
5 ,, Ancud - Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
10 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
10 ,, Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
20 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
10 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
several ex. Santiago - Valparaiso (bus) 13/2
10 ,, Rio Aconcagua 15/2
2 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis
min. 550 ex. much more likely Lake Llanquihue surroundings.
Flying
and non-flying (Santiago – Puerto Montt bus) 23/2
min. 75 ,, Chacao - Ancud (bus), Chiloe 24/2
2 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
2 ,, Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
10 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
4 ,, Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 2/3
10 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3
25 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
10 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 5/3
regularly seen Punta Arenas - Rio Grande (via Punta
Anegada)
(bus) 11/3
50 ex. airport area Rio Grande 12/3
40 ex. Cabo Penas surroundings, T. d. Fuego 13/3
75 ,, Rio Chico near Rio Grande 14/3
common Rio Grande - Ushuaia (bus) 15/3
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
300 ex. Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (seen from Navimag ship,
fourth
day) 2/3
10 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (other location as
2/3)
3/3
30 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (other location as 2
and
3/3) 4/3
On the locations of 2 and 3/3 birds still present
30 ,, Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine NP (bus) 4/3
300 ,, Torres del Paine - Puerto Natales NP (bus) 6/3
350 ,, Rio Grande surroundings (Rio Grande – Ushuaia bus)
15/3
20 ,, Porvenir surroundings 21/3
Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
about 3000 ex. Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 2/3
(seen from Navimag ship, fourth day)
Because of the distance some Black-necked Swans or other birds
(gulls
for example) perhaps included, total may be much less than 3000.
40 ,, Puerto Natales Seno Ultima Esperanza, (other
location
as 2/3). Birds of
2/3 still present 3/3
20 ,, Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine NP (bus) 4/3
about 100 ,, Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas (bus) 7/3
Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
about 3500 ex. Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza, (seen from
Navimag
ship, fourth day) 2/3
Because of the distance some Coscoroba Swans or other birds
(gulls
for example) perhaps included
250 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (other location as
2/3).
Birds of 2/3 still present
20 ,, Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine NP (bus) 4/3
about 100 ,, Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas (bus) 7/3
400 ,, Porvenir surroundings 21/3
Ashy-headed goose Chloephaga poliocephala
54 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 26/2
tens Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (also a few birds seen
from
Navimag ship, fourth day) 2/3
5 ex. Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (other location as
2/3)
3/3
30 ,, Torres del Paine NP 5/3
about 200 ,, Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas (bus) 7/3
regularly seen Punta Arenas - Rio Grande (via Punta Anegada)
(bus)
11/3
150 ex. airport area Rio Grande 12/3
100 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings, T d. Fuego 13/3
100 ,, Rio Grande coast 13/3
min. 200 ,, Rio Chico near Rio Grande 14/3
50 ,, Rio Chico - Rio Grande 14/3
regularly seen Rio Grande - Ushuaia (bus) 15/3
Ruddy-headed goose Chloephaga rubidiceps
10 ex. likely 2 more. 3 x 2 ex., perhaps pairs and group of 4 ex. Rio
Chico
near Rio Grande 14/3
perhaps 1 ,, not sure. Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 22/3
Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga
rubidiceps
10 ex. likely 2 more. 3 x 2 ex., perhaps pairs and
group of 4 ex. Rio Chico near Rio Grande 14/3
perhaps 1 ex. not sure. Bahia Porvenir,
Porvenir 22/3
Upland goose Chloephaga picta
a few ex. Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (seen from the Navimag
ship,
fourth day) 2/3
100 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3
200 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
300 ,, ,, ,, ,, NP 5/3
about 750 ,, Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas (bus) 7/3
hundreds Puerto Natales - Seno Otway pinguinera (bus) 8/3
many hundreds Punta Arenas - Rio Grande (via Punta Anegada)
10/3
750 ex. airport area Rio Grande 12/3
about 1000 ex. Rio Grande coast 13/3
600 ex. Cabo Penas surroundings, T. d. Fuego 13/3
many hundreds much more than 750 ex. Bridge Rio Chico
surroundings
near Rio Grande 14/3
min. 400 ex. Rio Chico - Rio Grande 14/3
many hundreds Rio Grande - Ushuaia (bus) 15/3
20 ex. rubbish dump surroundings near Ushuaia 17/3
30 ex. Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
a few ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida
4 ex. third day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 1/3
11 ,, fourth day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 2/3
18 ,, Rio Grande coast 12/3
40 ,, ,, ,, ,, 13/3
50 ,, Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 17/3
about 30 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Crested Duck Anas specularioides
5 ex. Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (seen from Navimag ship,
fourth
day) 2/3
80 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (other location than
2/3)
3/3
25 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
min. 60 ,, Rio Grande Coast 12/3
min. 700 ,, ,, ,, ,, 13/3
min. 800 ,, ,, ,, ,, 14/3
15 ,, Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 17/3
5 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
2 ,, 1 pr with 4 small chickens. Tierra del Fuego NP
coast
19/3
125 ,, Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 22/3
Flightless Steamerduck Tachyeres pteneres
about 10 ex. Canal de Chacao (Pargua - Chacao ferry) 24/2
5 ,, Punta Guabun, Chiloe 27/2
4 ,, second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
83 ,, third day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 1/3
25 ,, fourth day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 2/3
10 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 2/3
a few ,, Rio Grande coast 14/3
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 15/3
about 10 ,, Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 16/3
20 ,, ,, ,, ,, 17/3
about 20 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP coast 19/3
20 ,, Beagle Canal near Estancia Harberton 20/3
Flying Staemerduck Tachyeres patachonicus
8 ex. 1 pr with 6 rather big young ones Torres del Paine
NP
6/3
35 ,, Rio Grande coast 11/3
13 ,, ,, ,, ,, 13/3
30 ,, ,, ,, ,, 14/3
2 ,, Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 15/3
30 ,, ,, ,, ,, 17/3
about 30 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP coast 19/3
10 ,, Beagle Canal near Estancia Harberton 20/3
Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris
300 ex. Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
several ,, Seno Ultima Esperanza, Puerto Natales (seen from the
Navimag
ship fourth day) 2/3
50 ,, Seno Ultima Esperanza, Puerto Natales 3/3
48 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
200 ,, Rio Grande coast 13/3
15 ,, Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 17/3
10 ,, Tiera de Fuego NP 18/3
10 ,, ,, ,, ,, 19/3
25 ,, Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 22/3
Spectacled Duck Anas specularis
2 ex. Torres del Paine NP (near entrance) 4/3 12 ,, Tierra
del
Fuego NP (Lago Roca) 18/3
10 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 19/3
Chiloe Widgeon Anas sibilatrix
4 ex. 2 pr Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
2 ,, Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
10 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (seen from the
Navimag
ship fourth day) 2/3
100 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3
10 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
25 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
25 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
200 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
25 ,, Rio Aconcagua mouth 13/2
330 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
8 ,, Punta Caucahapi surroundings 26/2
25 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
30 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (also some ex. seen
from
the Navimag ship fourth day) 2/3
50 ,, Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine (bus) 4/3
several ,, Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas (bus) 7/3
10 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
25 ,, Rio Grande coast 13/3
10 ,, Bridge Rio Chico near Rio Grande 14/3
20 ,, Rio Grande coast 14/3
regularly seen Rio Grande - Ushuaia (bus) 15/3
Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
50 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
2 ,, 1 pr Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
Red Shoveler Anas platalea
5 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
75 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
Rosy-billed Porchard Netta peposaca
5 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
5 ex. fourth day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 2/3
possibly 2 ,, Puerto Natales - Torres del Paine (bus) 4/3
min. 10 ,, Torres del Paine NP 5/3
5 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 6/3
possibly 2 ,, Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas (bus) 7/3
1 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
possibly 1 ,, Ushuaia - Estancia Harberton 20/3
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
several ex. Concon surroundings 16/2
Many hundreds among others a flock of 400 ex. Rio Aconcagua
mouth
15/2
2 ,, La Campana NP 18/2
200 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
25 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
2 ,, Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 28/2
(seen from Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship first day) 28/2
3 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
15 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
5 ,, Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 23/2 40 ,,
Lago
Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
1 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
5 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
1 ,, second day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales
ship
29/2
3 ,, Ushuaia surroundings 17/3
5 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
5 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 19/3
3 ,, Ushuaia - Estancia Harberton 20/3
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
2 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
1 ,, Rio Claro surroundings (Santiago - Puerto Montt
bus)
22/2
1 ,, Curico surroundings (Santiago - Puerto Puerto Montt bus) 22/2
Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
1 ex. male Seno Otway pinguinera 8/3
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
8 ex. Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3 7 ,, Torres
del
Paine NP 4/3
1 ,, Torres del Paine ,, 6/3
Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma
2 ex. La Campana NP 17/2
3 ,, ,, ,, ,, 18/2
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, 19/2
Crested Caracara Polyborus plancus
min. 1 ex. airport Buenos Aires 8/2
1 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3 30 ,, Torres
del
Paine NP 4/3
30 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 5/3
about 10 ,, Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas (bus) 7/3
2 ,, Seno Otway pinguinera-Punta Arenas (bus) 8/3
5 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
4 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings, T. d Fuego 13/3
10 ,, Rio Chico surroundings NW of Rio Grande 14/3
75 ,, tot. Rio Chico - Rio Grande 14/3
min. many tens Rio Grande - Ushuaia (bus) 15/3
15 ex. rubbish dump, Ushuaia 17/3
10 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
10 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 19/3
5 ,, Estancia Haberton, Beagle Canal 20/3
min. 1 ,, airport Buenos Aires 24/3
White-throated Caracara Phalcoboenus albogularis
29 ex. rubbish dump, Ushuaia 17/3
Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango
several ex. airport Buenos Aires 8/2
common Santiago city 9/2 and later
many tens Estero Lampa surroundings 11/2
common Santiago - Valparaiso (bus) 12/2
,, Vina del Mar - Quintero (bus) 14/2
many hundreds among others flocks of more than 100 ex. Rio
Aconcagua
mouth 15/2
common Vina del Mar - La Campana (bus) 17/2
,, La Campana NP and surroundings 17/2 and later
,, Vina del Mar - Santiago (bus) 20/2
,, Santiago - Puerto Montt (bus) 22 and 23/2 10 ex. Bahia
de
Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 23/2
min 15 ,, Chacao - Ancud (bus), Chiloe 24/2
about 300 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
tens Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
15 ex. Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
45 ex. Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
10 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 26/2
tens Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
25 ex. Punta Guabun surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
tens Lago Quilo, Chiloe 27/2
10 ex. Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt (also seen from Puerto
Montt
- Puerto Natales ship first day) 28/2
1 ex. third day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 1/3
1 ex. fourth day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 2/3
5 ex. Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3
several ,, Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas (bus) 7/3
5 ,, tot. Rio Chico - Rio Grande 14/3
min. tens Rio Grande - Ushuaia (bus) 15/3
50 ex. rubbish dump, Ushuaia 17/3
many tens Ushuaia surroundings 17/3 and later
50 ex. Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
about 50 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 19/3
about 10 ,, Estancia Haberton, Beagle Canal 20/3
several ,, airport Buenos Aires 24/3
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
2 ex. Santiago city 9/2
1 ,, Estero Lampa 11/2
2 ,, Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
2 ,, La Campana NP 17/2
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, 18/2
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, 19/2
1 ,, Vina del Mar - Santiago (bus) 20/2
1 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
1 ,, Punta Guabun surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
1 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza, (also seen from
Puerto
Montt – Puerto Natales ship fourth day) 2/3
2 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3
1 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
2 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 5/3
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 6/3
1 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
1 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings, T. D. Fuego 13/3
1 ,, Rio Chico - Rio Grande 14/3
Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
1 ex. Cabo Penas surroundings, T. D. Fuego 13/3
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
1 ex. Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 16/3
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, 17/3
1 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 22/3
California Quail Callipepla californica
2 ex. Santiago city, Rio Mapocho 9/2
50 ,, La Campana NP 18/2
Plumbous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentis
2 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
1 ,, Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
1 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops
3 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
3 ,, Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
1 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
10 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
about 50 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
50 ,, Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
5 ,, 1 pr with 3 big young ones, Punta Caucahapi surroundings,
Chiloe
26/2
Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
several ex. Torres del Paine NP 6/3
Coot spec.
a few ex. Puerto Natales - Punta Arenas (bus) 7/3
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
3 ex. Santiago city, Rio Mapocho 9/2
2 ,, ,, ,, city center (in park)10/2 and later
about 20 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
2 ,, Santiago city, Rio Mapocho 11/2
min. 100 ,, Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
very common Santiago - Puerto Montt (bus) 22 and 23/2
about 75 ex. Chacao - Ancud (bus), Chiloe 24/2
30 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
about 40 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 26/2
60 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza
3/3
20 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
3 ,, Ushuaia surroundings 17/3
Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus
25 ex. Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus
3 ex. Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
2 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
75 ,, Seno Otway pinguinera 8/3
possibly 1 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
tens Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
8 ex. Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus
200 ex. Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
25 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
10 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
1 ,, third day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 1/3
700 ,, Rio Grande coast 12/3
about 1000 ,, Rio Grande coast 14/3
Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater
5 ex. Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
10 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
South American Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
5 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
175 - 200 ,, Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
1 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
3 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
10 ,, airport area Rio Grande 11/3
(perhaps some Lesser Yellowlegs included)
Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
ca 50 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
25 ,, Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
9 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
ca. 300 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
5 ,, Lago Quilo suroundings, Chiloe 25/2
375 ,, Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
50 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
25 ,, Punta Guabun surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
10 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
10 ,, Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt (also from Navimag
ship)
28/2
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
400 ex. Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
700 ,, Rio Grande coast 11/3
more than 100 ,, Rio Grande coast 14/3
Red Knot Calidris canutus
1 ex. Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
35 ,, Rio Grande coast 14/3
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
3 ex. Punta Liles, Quintero 14/2
Surfbird Aphriza virgata
18 ex. Punta Liles, Quintero 14/2
Sanderling Calidris alba
25 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
30 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
min. 1 ,, Rio Grande coast 14/3
White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
about 60 ex. Rio Grande coast 12/3
min 700 ,, ,, ,, ,, 14/3
White-rumped Sandpiper/Pectoral sandpiper
2 ex. Seno Otway pinguinera 8/3
White-rumped Sandpiper/Baird's Sandpiper
15 ex. airport area Rio Grande 12/3
Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
3 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
25 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
2 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago paraguaiae
1 ex. Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
2 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings, T. d. Fuego 13/3
White-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis malouinus
12 ex. one flock, Glaciar Martial, Ushuaia 16/3
Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
125 ex. airport area Rio Grande 12/3
110 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings, T. d. Fuego 13/3
5 ,, Rio Chico - Rio Grande 14/3
Snowy Sheatbill Chionis alba
9 ex. Rio Grande coast 12/3
9 ,, ,, ,, ,, 13/3 likely not all the same as
1/3
9 ,, Rio Grande coast 14/3 likely not all the
same
as 11 and 13/3
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
1 ex. second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
1 ex. Punta Arenas, Strait of Magelan 10/3
1 ,, Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 21/3
4 ,, Punta Arenas – Porvenir ferry 22/3
1 ,, Porvenir – Punta Arenas ferry 22/3
Chilean Skua Catharacta chilensis
10 ex. second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
106 ,, (about 230) third day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales
ship
1/3
about 110 ,, fourth day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship
2/3
several ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 2/3
10 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza3/3
1 ,, Seno Otway pinguinera 8/3
1 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 8/3
5 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 10/3
1 ex. Punta Delgada, Strait of Magellan 11/3
2 ,, Rio Grande coast 12/3
10 ,, Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 15/3
10 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 17/3
20 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP coast 19/3
15 ,, Beagle Canal near Estancia Harberton 20/3
2 ,, Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 21/3
11 ,, Porvenir – Punta Arenas ferry 21/3
25 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 22/3
9 ,, (about 15) Punta Arenas – Porvenir ferry 22/3
7 ,, Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 22/3
30 ,, (about 60) Porvenir – Punta Arenas ferry 22/3
Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii
13 ex. second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
10 ,, fourth day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship
2/3
50 ,, Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3
75 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 8/3
125 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 10/3
100 ,, Rio Grande coast 12/3
200 ,, ,, ,, ,, 14/3
several ,, Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 21/3
25 ,, ,, ,, ,, 22/3
Grey Gull Larus modestus
many tens among others 41 ex. flying to N. and S. during 30 min. Punta
Concon,
Concon 16/2
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
2 ex. Santiago city, Rio Mapocho 9/2 and later many tens
Punta
Liles, Quintero 14/2
about 800 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
min. 100 ,, on islets near Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
many tens Punta Concon, Concon 16/2
25 ex. Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 23/2
200 ,, Canal de Chacao, Pargua – Chacao ferry 24/2
many tens Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
min. 500 ex. Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
100 ,, Punta Guabun, Chiloe 27/2
hundreds Lago Quilo, Chiloe 27/2
min. 250 ex. Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt (also seen from the
Puerto
Montt – Puerto Natales ship first day) 28/2
471 ,, second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
319 ,, third day Puerto Montt - Puerto Natales ship 1/3
many hundreds Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza (also seen
from
the Navimag ship fourth day) 2/3 and later hundreds Puerto
Natales
– Punta Arenas (bus) 7/3
,, Seno Otway pinguinera 8/3
many hundreds Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 8/3
300 ex. Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 10/3
many ,, Punta Delgada, Strait of Magellan 11/3
more than 1500 ex. Rio Grande coast 12/3
hundreds Cabo Penas surroundings, Chiloe 13/3 many
hundreds
Rio Grande coast 13/3
more than 1000 ex. near rubbish dump near bridge Rio Chico NW of Rio
Grande
14/3
many hundreds Bahia de Ushuaia, Ushuaia 15/3
hundreds Tierra del Fuego NP coast 19/3
about 500 ex. Beagle Canal near Estancia Harberton 20/3
about 700 ,, Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 21/3
520 ,, Porvenir - Punta Arenas ferry 21/3
800 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 21/3
900 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan (also seen from the ferry
Punta
Arenas – Porvenir and return) 22/3
600 ,, Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir (also seen from the ferry Punta
Arenas
– Porvenir and return) 22/3
Franklin’s Gull Larus pipixcan
many tens Punta Liles, Quintero 14/2
much more than 500 ,, at roosting location, Rio Aconcagua
mouth
15/2
more than 100 ,, flying Punta Concon, Concon 16/2
10 ,, Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 23/2
10 ,, Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 24/2
tens Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt (also seen from the
Puerto
Montt - Puerto Natales ship first day) 28/2
5 ,, second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
Brown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis
min. 500 ex. Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 23/2
500 ex. Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 24/2
600 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2 min. 300
,,
Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
200 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
hundreds Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
,, Canal de Chacao, Chacao – Pargua ferry) 28/2
500 ex. Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt (also seen from the Puerto
Montt
– Puerto Natales ship) 28/2
45 ,, second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natals ship 29/2
many hundreds Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima
Esperanza (also seen from the Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship fourth
day)
2/3 and later
min. many tens Rio Grande coast 11/3 and later
more than hundred Bahia Ushuia, Ushuaia 15/3
South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
5 ex. possibly also tens or hundreds on land, Bahia de Puerto Montt,
Puerto
Montt 23/2
40 ,, Canal de Chacao, Pargua – Chacao ferry 24/2
25 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
tens Canal de Chacao, Chacao – Pargua ferry 28/2
25 ,, Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 28/2
33 ,, second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
200 ,, third day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 1/3
50 ,, Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 10/3
250 ,, Rio Grande coast 12/3
300 ,, ,, ,, ,, 14/3
300 ,, Beagle Canal near Estancia Harberton 20/3
637 ,, (about 1275) Porvenir – Punta Arenas ferry 21/3
306 ,, (about 600) Punta Arenas – Porvenir ferry
498 ,, (about 1000) Porvenir – Punta Arenas ferry 22/3
tens Punta Arenas, Strait of Magellan 22/3
Trudeau's Tern Sterna trudeaui
3 ex. Bahia Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt (also from Navimag-ship) 28/2
1 ,, second day Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales ship 29/2
Elegant Tern Sterna elegans
3 ex. Bahia Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 23/2
5 ,, Canal de Chacao, Pargua – Chacao ferry 24/2
5 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
Inca Tern Larosterna inca
40 ,, on offshore islet near Rio
Aconcagua mouth 15/2
Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
min. 600 ,, on roosting location, Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
Rock Dove Columba livia
common Santiago city 9/2 and later
- ,, Santiago – Puerto Montt (bus) 22/2
common many other locations
Chilean Pigeon Columba araucana
6 ex. La Campana NP 19/2
Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
common Santiago city 9/2 and later
20 ex. La Campana NP 17/2 and later
regularly seen Santiago – Puerto Montt (bus) 22/2
Picui Ground-Dove Columbina picui
common Santiago city 9/2 and later
1 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
10 ,, Paine surroundings, Santiago – Pueto Montt (bus) 22/2
Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus
about 100 ex. Torres del Paine NP 4/3
75 ,, Torres del Paine ,, 5/3
55 ,, Tierra del Fuego ,, 18/3
ca 30 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 19/3
10 ,, Estancia Harberton, Beagle Canal 20/3
Austral Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium nanum
1 ex. Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
tens La Campana NP 17/2 and later
Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides galeritus
about 15 ex. La Campana NP 17/2, also other dates
20 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
3 ,, Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
5 ,, Punta Guabun surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
5 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
3 ,, three times above the ship for a while third day Puerto
Montt
– Puerto Natales ship 1/3
1 ,, above the ship for a while fourth day Puerto Montt – puerto
Natales
ship 2/3
several ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
,, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 5/3
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 6/3
Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata
1 ex. Ancud, harbour 25/2
1 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
1 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 26/2
1 ,, Estancia Harberton, Beagle Canal 20/3
Striped Woodpecker Picoides lignarius
1 ex. Torres del Paine 5/3
Chilean Flicker Colaptes pitius
1 ex. La Campana NP 17/2
5 ,, ,, ,, ,, 18/2
1 ,, Lago quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus
1 ex. heard sometimes likely. Camping Los Andinos surroundings,
Ushuaia.
1 pr present (information local people)
1 pr. Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
2 ex. ,, ,, ,, ,, 19/3 other birds than 18/3
Common Miner Geositta cunicularia
3 ex. Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
1 ,, Seno Otway pinguinera 8/3
Seaside Cinclodes Cinclodes nigrofumosus
6 ex. Punta Liles, Quintero 14/2
Dark-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus
1 ex. La Campana NP 19/2
1 ,, Bahia de Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 24/2
7 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
1 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
10 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
5 ,, Punta Guabun, Chiloe 27/2
3 ,, Bahia Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt 27/2
several Bahia Puerto Montt, Puerto Montt (1 ex. seen from the
Puerto
Montt – Puerto Natales ship first day) 28/2
1 ex. Torres del Paine NP 5/3
1 ,, Seno Otway pinguinera 8/3
1 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
2 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
4 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 19/3
1 ,, Estancia Harberton, Beagle Canal 20/3
1 ex. Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 22/3
Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
8 ex. Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima
Esperanza 3/3
3 ex. Torres del Paine NP 5/3
3 ,, Seno Otway pinguinera 8/3
1 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
6 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings, Tierra del Fuego 13/3
2 ,, Bahia Ushuaia, Ushuaia 17/3
2 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
1 ,, Bahia Porvenir, Porvenir 22/3
Grey-flanked Cinclodes Cinclodes oustaleti
1 ,, Seno Ultima Esperanza, Puerto Natales 3/3
Crag Chilea Chilia melanura
2 ex. La Campana NP 18/2
Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda
tens La Campana NP 17/2 and later
1 ex. Ancud - Lago Quilo, Chiloe 27/2
20 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
30 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 5/3
thousands among others several flocks of more than 100 ex. Tierra
del
Fuego NP 18 and 19/3
Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura aegithaloides
2 ex. La Campana NP 18/2
1 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
Dusky-tailed Canastero Tripophaga humicola
5 ex. La Campana NP 18/2
Austral Canastero Tripophaga anthoides
2 ex. Cabo Penas surroundings, T. d Fuego 13/3
Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
1 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
White-throated Treerunner Pygarrhichas albogularis
1 ex. Torres del Paine NP 5/3
1 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
White-throated Tapaculo Scelorchilus albicollis
2 ex. La Campana NP 18/2
Andean Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus
1 ex. Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Great Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis livida
1 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth surroundings 15/2
Fire-eyed Diucon Xolmis pyrope
7 ex. La Campana NP 17/2
8 ,, ,, ,, ,, 19/2
1 ,, Punta Caucahapi, Chiloe 26/2
40 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola macloviana
2 ex. Torres del Paine NP 5/3
1 ,, Glaciar Martial, Ushuaia 16/3
Rufous-backed Negrito Lessonia rufa
about 50 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth surroundings 15/2
4 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
15 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
10 ,, Seno Ultima Esperanza, Puerto Natales 3/3
Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillata
min. 2 ex. females, Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
1 ,, male, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
common Santiago city, also some birds in very crowded city
center
9/2 and later many hundreds La Campana NP 17/2 and later
about 30 ex. Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
several ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
tens Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
4 ex. Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Many-colored Rush-Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra
3 ex. Estero Lampa 11/2
Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
7 ex. La Campana NP 17/2 and later
Rufous-tailed Plantcutter Phytotoma rara
4 ex. Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
4 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 26/2
2 ,, Punta Caucahapi, Chiloe 26/2
5 ,, Punta Guabun surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga
tens Estero Lampa 11/2
,, Punta Liles, Quintero 14/2
,, Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
common Vina del Mar – Concon (bus) 16/2
about 10 ex. Punta Concon, Concon 16/2
many tens La Campana NP 17/2 and later
common Vina del Mar – Santiago (bus) 20/2
20 ex. Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
10 ,, Seno Ultima Esperanza, Puerto Natales 3/3
20 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
about 10 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 5/3
,, ,, ,, Rio Grande coast 12/3
25 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
several ,, Rio Chico near Rio Grande 14/3
Blue and white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
25 ex. Santiago city, among others 10 ex. Rio Mapocho 9/2
tens Punta Liles, Quintero 14/2
5 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
common Vina del Mar - Concon (bus) 16/2
10 ex. Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
20 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
25 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 5/3
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
1 ex. Santiago city, Rio Mapocho 10/2
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
5 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
about 25 ,, La Campana 17/2
3 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
4 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
2 ,, Punta Caucahapi, Chiloe 26/2
2 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 26/2
5 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
10 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
20 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 5/3
2 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
5 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
1 ex. Puerto Natales, Seno Ultima Esperanza 3/3
1 ,, Cabo Penas surrounding, T. d. Fuego 13/3
3 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii
very common Santiago city, for example many hundreds Rio Mapocho
area
9/2 and later
,, Valparaiso and Vina del Mar 13/2 and later
several ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
ca. 15 ,, La Campana 18/2
5 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
3 ,, Punta Caucahapi surroundings, Chiloe 26/2
3 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
1 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 6/3
3 ,, Glaciar Martial, Ushuaia 16/3
25 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
10 ,, Estancia Haberton, Beagle Canal 20/3
Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca
1 ex. Punta Concon, Concon 16/2
3 ,, La Campana NP 17/2
15 ,, La Campana NP 18/2
Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera
a few ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
2 ,, Puerto Natales surroundings 3/3
2 ,, Torres del Paine NP 5/3
3 ,, airport area Rio Grande 12/3
5 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings. T. d. Fuego 13/3
Patagonian Yellow-Finch Sicalis lebruni
15 ex. airport area Rio Grande 12/3
15 ,, Rio Chico surroundings near Rio Grande 14/3
25 ,, Rio Chico - Rio Grande 14/3
Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola
9 ex. Lago Quilo surroundngs, Chiloe 25/2
35 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
10 ,, Punta Caucahapi, Chiloe 26/2
45 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
20 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 26/2
30 ,, Punta Guabun, Chiloe 27/2
35 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
very common Santiago city, for example hundreds Rio Mapocho
area
9/2 and later
common Punta Liles surroundings, Quintero 14/2
several ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
,, ,, Punta Concon, Concon 16/2
many tens La Campana NP 17/2 and later
,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
15 ex. Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
5 ,, Punta Caucahapi, Chiloe 26/2
30 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
5 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 26/2
10 ,, Punta Guabun surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
35 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
1 ,, Puerto Natales 3/3
about 100 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
about 120 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 5/3
many tens ,, ,, ,, ,, 6/3
1 ex. airport area Rio Grande 12/3
1 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings, T. d. Fuego 13/3
1 ,, Glaciar Martial, Ushuaia 16/3
5 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
many tens Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelaius thilius
tens Estero Lampa 11/2
about 110 ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
2 ,, Torres del Paine 5/3
Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnella loyca
2 ex. Santiago city, Rio Mapocho 9/2
4 ,, Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
5 ,, Punta Concon, Concon 16/2
3 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
2 ,, Puerto Natales surroundings 3/3
3 ,, Torres del Paine NP 5/3
4 ,, Cabo Penas surroundings T. d. Fuego 13/3
Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
3 ex. Santiago City, Rio Mapocho 9/2
1 ,, Punta Caucahapi, Chiloe 26/2
1 ,, Punta Guabun surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
Austral Blackbird Curaeus curaeus
35 ex. La Campana NP 18/2
8 ,, San Fernandez surroundings
(Santiago – Puerto Montt bus) 22/2
18 ,, Punta Guabun surroundings, Chiloe 27/2
25 ,, Torres del Paine NP 5/3
15 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 6/3
25 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
25 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, other location as 18/3 19/3
Patagonian Sierra-Finch Phrygilus patagonicus
10 ex. Torres del Paine NP 4/3
5 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch Phrygilus gayi
tens La Campana NP 17/2 and later
2 ex. Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
2 ,, Mar Brava, Chiloe 26/2
1 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings 27/2
25 ,, Torres del Paine NP 4/3
about 25 ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 5/3
tens ,, ,, ,, ,, 6/3
10 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
Common Diuca-Finch Diuca diuca
5 ,, Punta Liles, Quintero 14/2
8 ,, Punta Concon surroundings, Concon 16/2
1 ,, Lago Quilo, Chiloe 25/2
Black-chinned Siskin Carduelis barbata
2 ex. Santiago city, Rio Mapocho 9/2
7 ,, Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
5 ,, Torres del Paine 5/4
1 ,, Tierra del Fuego NP 19/3
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
many Santiago city 9/2 and later
,, Estero Lampa 11/2
,, Valparaiso and Vina del Mar 13/2 and later
,, Punta Liles, Quintero 14/2
several ex. Rio Aconcagua mouth 15/2
,, ,, Punta Concon, Concon 16/2
common Santiago – Puerto Montt (bus) 22/2
tens Lago Quilo surroundings, Chiloe 25/2
common Rio Grande and surroundings 13/3 and later
,, for example 50 ex. rubbish dump, Ushuaia and surroundings 15/3
and
later
Observations not 100 % sure:
Cordilleran Snipe Gallinago stricklandii
1 ex. Tierra del Fuego NP 18/3
South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
2 ex. Beagle Canal near Estancia Harberton 20/3
Slender-billed Parakeet Enicognathus leptorhynchus
2 ex. Chacao – Ancud (bus), Chiloe 24/2. (Slender billed Parakeet
as well as Austral Parakeet are present at Chiloe (pers. comm. Alvaro
Jaramillo).
APPENDIX
Birds observed
during the Puerto Montt – Puerto Natales boat trip 28/2 – 2/3/00
White-tufted
Grebe
Flightless
Steamerduck
Black-browed
Albatross
Chiloe
Widgeon
Antarctic Giant
Petrel
Speckled
Teal
Westland
Petrel
Yellow-billed
Pintail
White-chinned
Petrel
Andean
Condor
Pink-footed
Shearwater
Black
Vulture
Sooty
Shearwater
Turkey
Vulture
Storm-Petrel
spec.
American Kestrel
Magellanic
Penguin
Chimango
Caracara
Olivaceous
Cormorant
Wimbrel
Rock
Cormorant
Magellanic Oystercatcher
Imperial
Cormorant
Pomarine Skua
Guanay
Cormorant
Chilean
Skua
Red-legged
Cormorant
Kelp Gull
Chilean
Flamingo
Franklin’s Gull
Black-faced
Ibis
Brown-hooded Gull
Coscoroba
Swan
Dolphin Gull
Black-necked
Swan
South Samerican tern
Ashy-headed
Goose
Trudeau’s Tern
Upland
Goose
Green-backed Firecrown
Kelp
Goose
Dark-bellied cinclodes
Crested Duck
Birds observed
during the Punta Arenas- Porvenir boat trips 21-22/3/00
(one time Punta Arenas – Porvenir, twice Porvenir- Punta
Arenas)
Black-browed
Albatross
Imperial Cormorant
Sooty
Shearwater
Rock Cormorant
Antarctic Giant
Petrel
Arctic Skua
White-chinned
Petrel
South American Tern
Magellanic diving
Petrel
Chilean Skua
Magellanic
Penguin
Kelp Gull
Bird List for
national park Torres del Paine
Information from ‘Donde observar Aves en el Parque Nacional
Torres del Paine, Couve & Ojeda, Fantastico Sur 1999’ (some
more species not mentioned in this book have been seen, see for example
several bird trip reports)
Lesser Rhea Pterocnemia pennata
White-tufted Grebe Podiceps rolland
Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis
Great Grebe Podiceps major
Olivaceous Cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis
Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
Ashy-headed Goose Chloephaga poliocephala
Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps
Upland Goose Chloephaga picta
Crested duck Anas specularioides
Flying Steamer Duck Tachyeres patachonicus
Spectacled duck Anas specularis
Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris
Chiloe Widgeon Anas sibilatrix
Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
Silver Teal Anas versicolor
Red shoveler Anas platalea
Torrent duck Merganetta armata
Ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Lake duck Oxyura vittata
Andean condor Vultur gryphus
Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
Bicoloured Hawk Accipiter bicolor
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma
Crested Caracara Polyborus plancus
White-throated Caracara Phalcoboenus albogularis
Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis
Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango
American kestrel Falco sparverius
Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus
Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
Red-gathered Coot Fulica armillata
White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus
Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus
Tawny-throated dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis
Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus
Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
South American Snipe Gallinago gallinago paraguaiae
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbygnyianus
Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
Brown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis
Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Austral Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium nanum
Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris
Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides galeritus
Striped Woodpecker Picoides lignarius
Chilean Flicker Colaptes pitius
Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus
Common Miner Geositta cunicularia
Short-billed Miner Geositta antarctica
Scale-throated Earthcreeper Upucerthia dumetaria
Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
Dark-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus
Grey-flanked Cinclodes Cinclodes oustaleti
Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda
Plain-mantled Tit-spinetail Leptasthenura aegithaloides
Cordilleran Canastero Asthenes modesta
Austral Canastero Tripophaga anthoides
Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
White-throated Treerunner Pygarrhichas albogularis
Andean Tapaculo Scytalopous magellanicus
Great Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis livida
Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montana
Chocolate-vented Tyrant Neoxolmis rufiventris
Fire-eyed Diucon Xolmis pyrope
White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora
Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola
flavinucha
Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola capistrata
Dark-faced Ground –Tyrant Muscisaxicola macloviana
Rufous-backed Negrito Lessonia rufa
White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
Tufted Tit-tyrant Anairetes parulus
Rufous-tailed Plantcutter Phytotoma rara
Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga
Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca
House Wren Troglodytes aedon
Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii
Patagonian Mockingbird Mimus patagonicus
Correndera pipit Anthus correndera
Patagonian Yellow-Finch Sicalis lebruni
Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
Yellow-winged blackbird Agelaius thilius
Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnella loyca
Austral Blackbird Curaeus curaeus
Mourning Sierra-Finch Phrygilus fruticeti
Patagonian Sierra-Finch Phrygilus patagonicus
Grey-hooded Sierra-Finch Phrygilus gayi
Plumbeous Sierra Finch Phrygilus unicolor
Common Diuca-Finch Diuca diuca
Black-throated Finch Melanodera melanodera
Yellow-bridled Finch Melanodera xanthogramma
Black-chinned Siskin Carduelis barbata
Philipp Derks
Pieter Buyskenstraat 8 III
1067 ZE Amsterdam
Nederland
Tel. 0031 206131904
E-mail: philipp.derks@12move.nl