INTRODUCTION

Birding Chile | 14 days, 13 nights | Trip Code CHL01

Diademed Sandpiper-Plover (Phegornis mitchelii) photographed by guide Enrique Couve, in the Andes above Santiago, Chile

Trip Highlights

• The magnificent Andean Condor and Magellanic Woodpecker.

• Stunning waders including Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, Magellanic Plover, Tawny-throated Dotterel, Rufous-chested Dotterel and Two-banded Plover.

• Up to nine endemic species including Slender-billed Parakeet, Crag Chilia, Moustached Turca and White-throated Tapaculo. We will also search for the quasi-endemic Chestnut-throated Huet-huet.

• We shall find a diverse selection of pelagic seabirds including Royal, Salvin’s, Black-browed and Buller's albatrosses, together with a significant number of petrels and shearwaters.

• A spectacular system of national parks and nature reserves protecting some of the most beautiful places on Earth.

This program is operated as a scheduled departure, leaving on a set date.

A custom trip (flexible option which runs on a date you choose giving you more privacy) is available upon request for individuals or small private groups.

Trip participants enjoying of one of our picnic lunches in the mountains. Picture taken on a Victor Emanuel Nature Tours Chile trip led by guide Claudio F. Vidal.

The Difference of Traveling with Fantástico Sur Expeditions:

• Each of our trips have a maximum of 8 participants.

• Great accommodations at conveniently located hotels and lodges, meaning shorter driving times to the birding sites.

• Superb dinning cuisine and memorable picnic lunches.

• Spacious vehicles that ensure a window seat to each trip participant.

• Each vehicle and driver we use has been authorized by the Chilean Transportation Authority.

• The service and expertise of a professional local birding/naturalist leader, who will look after every logistical aspect of “your” holiday.

• The use of top-class spotting scopes for our guests for a better observation, identification and study of the birds and other wildlife.

• You will receive a free, signed copy of one of our great birding books for Chile & Patagonia.

• … plus an useful pre-departure information package.

Birding Chile can be combined with one of the following optional extensions:

• Torres del Paine Explorer (3 days | 2 nights), birding in Patagonia's premier wildlife destination,

• Northern Chile (5 days | 4 nights), birding the productive coast of the Atacama Desert, oasis valleys and the altiplano,

• Robinson Crusoe (5 days | 4 nights), quest for its endemic hummingbird and its rare petrels.

ITINERARY

Birding Chile | 14 days, 13 nights | Trip Code CHL01

Chilean Flamingos, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia by guide Claudio F. Vidal © Fantastico Sur Expeditions, Chile

Day 1 • Saturday | Arrival to Santiago during the morning (before 11am) – Afternoon trip to Farellones and Valle Nevado

After your arrival to Santiago airport and meet your birding guide, you will be transferred to your hotel. During the afternoon we will search in the vicinity of Farellones for several Andean species including Mountain Caracara, White-sided Hillstar, Rufous-banded and Creamy-rumped Miners, Cinereous, Black-fronted, White-browed and Rufous-naped Ground-tyrants plus Greater Yellow-Finch, Grey-hooded and Band-tailed Sierra-Finch. We will also look for the endemic Chilean Tinamou and Chilean Mockingbird and we might have the chance of seeing Red-backed (Variable) Hawk and Aplomado Falcon.

Hotel Galerías or similar, Santiago (4*). (D)(G).

Day 2 • Sunday | Lampa marshes and Central coast – Aconcagua rivermouth

Early in the morning we will drive a short distance north to visit some marshes. Here our targets will be South American Painted Snipe, Rosy-billed Pochard, White-cheeked Pintail and Cocoi Heron. Later on, we will head westward to visit the scenic Chile’s Pacific coast and the productive rocky coast north of Valparaíso. Here we shall search for the endemic Chilean Seaside Cinclodes and endemic seabirds of the Humboldt Current such as Red-legged and Guanay Cormorants, Peruvian Booby, Grey Gull and the stunning Inca Tern. During the afternoon we will continue exploring the coastal areas, visiting a protected breeding colony of Humboldt Penguin; we hope to be able to see here the scarce and range-restricted Southern Sea Otter. Before ending the day will stop in a coastal marsh to see a variety of waterfowl including Red Shoveler, Yellow-billed Pintail, Speckled Teal and Chiloe Wigeon, all three lowland coot species, Spot-flanked Gallinule and Plumbeous Rail, which surprisingly is a rallid quite easy to spot as often walks in the open.

Hotel Yachting, Quintero (4*). (B,L,D)(G).

Day 3 • Monday | La Campana National Park and Central coast

Early in the morning, we will visit La Campana National Park, where we will look for an interesting array of passerines, all endemic to Chile, Dusky-tailed Canastero, Moustached Turca, Dusky Tapaculo and White-throated Tapaculo. We are also likely to encounter the remarkable Giant Hummingbird, Striped Woodpecker, Austral Pygmy Owl and Chilean Pigeon.

Hotel Yachting, Quintero (4*). (B,L,D)(G).

Pelagic trip off Valparaiso, central Chile, by guide Enrique Couve  © Fantastico Sur Expeditions, Chile

Day 4 • Tuesday | Pelagic trip from Valparaíso | Laguna El Peral Nature Reserve

Today we will make an unforgettable visit to the cold waters of the Humboldt Current, considered to be one of the world’s finest pelagic birding locations. We can expect to see a great variety of tubenoses such as Black-browed and Salvin’s Albatrosses. On recent trips we have often recorded Buller’s, Chatham, Wandering (Antipodean) and both Northern and Southern Royal albatrosses. We should also find Southern and Northern Giant Petrels, Pintado, Masatierra, White-chinned and Westland Petrels, Pink-footed, Buller’s and Sooty Shearwaters, Wilson’s Storm-petrel, and Peruvian Diving-Petrel. Other seabirds we may encounter include Red (Grey) Phalaropes, Sabine’s Gulls and Chilean Skuas. During the afternoon we will visit the Maipo rivermouth and surrounding coastal wetlands, including the exceptional El Peral Nature Reserve, where we will concentrate in finding the cryptic-coloured Stripe-backed Bittern, the brood-parasitic Black-headed Duck and the striking Many-colored Rush-Tyrant. We will also have a chance to find the scarce and local Warbling Doradito.

Hotel Galerías or similar, Santiago (4*). (B,L,D)(G).

Day 5 • Wednesday | El Yeso Valley

We will have a full day exploring the surroundings of El Yeso reservoir in the Andean foothills, where will hopefully be rewarded with sightings of the endemic Crag Chilia plus our first Andean Condors, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, and several other Andean specialities such as Black-winged Ground-Dove, Grey-flanked Cinclodes, Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant and Yellow-rumped Siskin. Careful scanning of grasslands and streams may produce the stunning Diademed Sandpiper-plover, our main target species for the day. This is a lovely mountain spot where we will also have chances for flocking Mountain Parakeets.

Hotel Galerías or similar, Santiago (4*). (B,L,D)(G).

Inca Terns,  by guide Enrique Couve © Fantastico Sur Expeditions, Chile

Day 6 • Thursday | Drive to Talca and Vilches Alto | Altos de Lircay Nature Reserve

Early in the morning we will continue our exploration south of Santiago to seek forest-dwelling birds of the Andean slopes. Among others, today we shall be seeking for Rufous-legged Owl, Magellanic Woodpecker, White-throated Treerunner and quasi-endemic Chestnut-throated Huet-huet. Along the road we will find the opportunity to observe the largest of the tyrant-flycatchers, the Great Shrike-tyrant.

Complejo Turístico El Roble, Vilches Alto (2*). (B,L,D)(G).

Day 7 • Friday | Altos de Lircay Nature Reserve | Colbun Lake | Drive to Santiago

While exploring an Andean reservoir, our search will concentrate on the endemic Dusky Tapaculo and the threatened Chilean race of the Burrowing Parrot, which usually congregates in noisy flocks. After an enjoyable morning birding in the beautiful temperate forests of Vilches Altos, will be transferred to Santiago.

Hotel Galerías or similar, Santiago (4*). (B,L,D)(G).

Day 8 • Saturday | Morning flight to Puerto Montt | Llanquihue Lake | Drive to Puyehue National Park

Today we will take a short flight southwards to Puerto Montt, the entrance to Chile’s Lake District. The grasslands, orchards and meadows are ideal for Black-faced Ibis, the endemic Slender-billed Parakeet, Chilean Flicker, Rufous-tailed Plantcutter, Common Diuca-Finch and Grassland Yellow-Finch. During the afternoon we will aim to Puyehue National Park where we will attempt to find Black-throated Huet-huet, Ochre-flanked Tapaculo, Des Murs Wiretail and the local and rare Rufous-tailed Hawk.

Hotel Antillanca, Puyehue (3*). (B,L,D)(G).

Chucao  Tapaculo, by guide Enrique Couve © Fantastico Sur Expeditions, Chile

Day 9 • Sunday | Puyehue National Park

The sight of these magnificent temperate rainforests amidst the fantastic mountain backdrop is simple breathtaking. Here we will search for Green-backed Firecrown, White-throated Treerunner, White-crested Elaenia, Patagonian Tyrant plus other specialties of the Nothofagus forests.

Hotel Antillanca, Puyehue (3*). (B,L,D)(G).

Day 10 • Monday | Drive to Puerto Montt - Coastal mudflats

This morning we will explore again the park’s lush rainforests in search of skulking tapaculos. During the afternoon we will be transferred to Puerto Montt. We will scan the intertidal mudflats south of Puerto Montt in search of wintering flocks of Hudsonian Godwits, Red Knots and Sanderlings plus the stocky Flightless Steamer-Duck, big flocks of Black-necked Swans and Silvery Grebes and solitary individuals of the local Snowy-crowned (Trudeau’s) Tern.

Hotel Club Presidente, Puerto Montt (4*). (B,L,D)(G).

Day 11 • Tuesday | Morning flight to Punta Arenas | San Juan area

This morning we will take our fight to Punta Arenas, Chile’s southernmost city. This can be a truly enjoyable plane journey as will fly over seemingly endless Patagonian icecaps, deep fjords and the rugged peaks of the southern Andes. We will bird along the coast of the Straits of Magellan looking for Flying Steamer and Crested Ducks, Kelp Goose, King and Rock Cormorant and Magellanic Oystercatcher.

Hotel Diego de Almagro, Punta Arenas (4*). (B,L,D)(G).

Day 12 • Wednesday | Ferry crossing to Tierra del Fuego | Laguna Verde and Bahía Inútil

On our crossing to Porvenir in Tierra del Fuego, by ferry, we will enjoy the company of Black-browed Albatrosses and Southern Giant Petrels and the views of Magellanic Diving-Petrel. Among our target species in Tierra del Fuego will be interesting shorebirds such as Two-banded and Magellanic Plovers and Rufous-chested Dotterel. Then we will explore the shrubby slopes and moorland of the Baquedano Hills, as we search for specialties such as Magellanic Horned Owl, Austral Canastero and the stunning Black-throated Finch.

Hostería Yendegaia, Porvenir (3*). (B,L,D)(G).

Guanacos,  Torres del Paine National Park, by guide Enrique Couve © Fantastico Sur  Expeditions, Chile

Day 13 • Thursday | Ferry crossing to mainland | Pali Aike road

Today we will cross the windswept steppes of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia in search of its specialties including Ruddy-headed Goose, Least Seedsnipe, Tawny-throated Dotterel, Short-billed Miner, Band-tailed Earthcreeper and Chocolate-vented Tyrant. A short ferry ride will allow us to be on mainland once again and if we are lucky to see the striking Commerson’s Dolphin following the wake. Chilean Flamingos, Upland Goose, Coscoroba Swans, Silver Teal plus thousands of waders such as Wilson’s Phalarope, Baird’s and White-rumped Sandpipers will be common at the roadside wetlands while we explore and enjoy of the beauty of this “big sky” open country. On the journey, we should encounter Lesser Rhea, Cinereous Harrier, Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant and Patagonian Mockingbird.

Hotel Diego de Almagro, Punta Arenas (4*). (B,L,D)(G).

Day 14 • Friday | Morning trip to Otway Sound | Afternoon flight to Santiago | End of the trip

This morning we will take a boat in the Straits of Magellan in order to visit Magdalena Island. Here we will view a Magellanic Penguin rookery. In the rocky shores we will look for Dolphin Gulls. We will be back to Punta Arenas to take a flight towards Santiago, where our trip will ends. (B)(G).

Codes: B=Breakfast; L=Lunch/Box-lunch; D=Dinner; G=Guide; *=Hotel Category.

MAP

Birding Chile | 14 days, 13 nights | Trip Code CHL01

DATES & RATES

Birding Chile | 14 days, 13 nights | Trip Code CHL01

Dates and Rates for scheduled departures:

What the trip includes/excludes

The above price is per person in US$, based on double occupancy. All payments are in US Dollars.

Single supplement will be added if single accommodations are requested.

The trip price includes: All accommodations, domestic flights (Santiago - Puerto Montt - Punta Arenas - Santiago), meals and guide services as stated in the itinerary, private ground transportation during the tour, pelagic trip off Valparaiso (c. 6 hours), two ferry rides, and park entrance fees. A daily bottle of mineral water is also included.

The trip price excludes: Tipping for restaurants and guides, travel insurance, entrance tax to Chile, excess baggage charges, private excursions, à la carte dishes, snacks, drinks, laundry, telephone calls and anything else of a purely personal nature.

Tour Registration: To register for this tour, complete the Fantástico Sur Expeditions registration form and return it (by fax or email) with a deposit of $350 per person. Full payment of the tour fee is due 90 days prior to tour departure.

Cancellation Policy: Notice of cancellation can only be accepted IN WRITING from the person who signed the booking form and takes effect on the day such noticed is received by us.

Refunds are made according to the following schedule:

If cancellation is made 120 days or more before departure date, the deposit less $200 is refundable.

If cancellation is made between 120 and 60 days before departure, the deposit is not refundable, but any payments covering the balance of the fee will be refunded.

If cancellation is made fewer than 60 days before departure date, no refund is available.

This policy and fee schedule also applies to pre-trip and post trip extensions, as well as any transfers from one tour to another. We strongly recommend the purchase of trip cancellation insurance to protect yourself.

GUIDES

Birding Chile | 14 days, 13 nights | Trip Code CHL01

	Enrique Couve has been birdwatching for over 40 years in his native country of Chile and is the author of the photographic guide "Birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and Antarctic Peninsula", among several other bird and nature photography field guides and books. He is extremely skilled in finding and identifying birds and is an excellent nature photographer, having one of the most complete portfolios of Chile’s birds and wildlife. Enrique has travelled extensivley throughout Chile, its oceanic islands and the Antarctic Peninsula, as well as in other countries of South America. He is partner and director of Fantastico Sur Expeditions and lives in Punta Arenas with his wife and their four children.
	Claudio F. Vidal has been bird-watching since the age of 12 and he leads bird-watching and natural history tours throughout Chile. He is very keen on pelagic birdlife and marine mammals occurring in the Humboldt Current, Patagonia, and Antarctica as well as in photography, being particularly interested in photographying the wild flowers of desert and mediterranean regions of the world. Claudio is currently working on a field guide to the birds of Chile with other Chilean birders, and is co-author of the photographic guide "Birds of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego & Antarctic Peninsula". He is involved in several nature-based tourism projects in Chile, and he is also partner and director of Fantastico Sur Expeditions. He lives in Punta Arenas.
	Roberto Donoso has been part of our team since 2003, but he has been involved in the process of learning about birding and handling visitors to Chile and Patagonia since 1999. Roberto has an extensive experience leading birdwatching tours throughout Chile and Juan Fernandez islands, and his most recent trips has taken him to the Falkland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. During the last couple of years he has developed an increasing interest in mammals, particularly cats, and he is responsible of developing some of the hard-core puma and mammal tours that we are currently carrying out with clients from the US and the UK. Rob is one of the Fantastico Sur favourite guides due to his kind and charismatic personality, his particular attention to detail and his involvement with the goals and interests of our clients. Roberto lives in Punta Arenas with his wife Vjera and their two lovely girls, Vjerita and Florencia.

PHOTOS

Birding Chile | 14 days, 13 nights | Trip Code CHL01

Check out our set of images from recent birding trips in Chile.

Inca Terns Inca Terns

Chilean Flamingos Chilean Flamingos

Tawny-throated Dotterel Tawny-throated Dotterel

Diademed Sandpiper Plover Diademed Sandpiper Plover

Andean Condor Andean Condor

White-throated Tapaculo White-throated Tapaculo

Magellanic Plover Magellanic Plover

Inca Terns Inca Terns

Osorno Volcano and Petrohue Falls Osorno Volcano and Petrohue Falls

Peruvian Booby Peruvian Booby

Extinct volcanic calderas near Antillanca Extinct volcanic calderas near Antillanca

Lava fields in the Lake District Lava fields in the Lake District

Magellanic Oystercatchers Magellanic Oystercatchers

Kelp Goose Kelp Goose

Ruddy-headed Goose Ruddy-headed Goose

Dolphin Gull Dolphin Gull

Thorn-tailed Rayadito Thorn-tailed Rayadito

Chucao Tapaculo Chucao Tapaculo

Chilla Fox Chilla Fox

Black-necked Swan Black-necked Swan

Orca or Killer Whale off Valparaiso Orca or Killer Whale off Valparaiso

Magellanic Woodpecker Magellanic Woodpecker

Magellanic Penguin Magellanic Penguin

Chilean Palm, La Campana NP Chilean Palm, La Campana NP

Coastal birding near Valparaiso Coastal birding near Valparaiso

Watching pelagic birds off Valparaiso Watching pelagic birds off Valparaiso

Yellow-bridled Finch Yellow-bridled Finch

Rock Shag Rock Shag

Silver Teal Silver Teal

Kelp Goose Male Kelp Goose Male

Guanacos in Patagonia Guanacos in Patagonia

Black-throated Finch Black-throated Finch

Austral Parakeet Austral Parakeet

Magellanic Plover Magellanic Plover

Flightless Steamer-Duck Flightless Steamer-Duck

Spectacled Duck Spectacled Duck

Ashy-headed Goose Ashy-headed Goose

White-throated Caracara White-throated Caracara

Pelagic trip off Valparaiso Pelagic trip off Valparaiso

Two-banded Plover Two-banded Plover

Magellanic Woodpecker male Magellanic Woodpecker male

Chilean Hawk Chilean Hawk

Green-backed Firecrown Green-backed Firecrown

Chucao Tapaculo Chucao Tapaculo

Rufous-chested Dotterel Rufous-chested Dotterel

Giant Hummingbird Giant Hummingbird

Southern Giant Petrel Southern Giant Petrel

Peruvian Pelican Peruvian Pelican

CHECKLIST

Birding Chile | 14 days, 13 nights | Trip Code CHL01

Birds and mammals possible to be seen during this trip

Compiled by Claudio F. Vidal, Fantástico Sur Expeditions (2010)

Rheas | Rheidae

Lesser Rhea Rhea pennata

Tinamous | Tinamidae

Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria

Penguins | Spheniscidae

Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti

Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus

Grebes | Podicipedidae

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland

Great Grebe Podiceps major

Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis

Albatrosses | Diomedeidae

Antipodean Albatros Diomedea antipodensis

Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora

Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris

Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri

Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini

Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita

Shearwaters & Petrels | Procellariidae

Antarctic Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus

Hall's Giant Petrel Macronectes halli

Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides

Cape Petrel Daption capense

Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa

Defilippe's Petrel Pterodroma defilippiana

White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis

Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica

Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus

Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus

Storm-Petrels | Hydrobatidae

Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus

Diving-Petrels | Pelecanoididae

Peruvian Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides garnotii

Magellanic Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides magellani

Pelicans | Pelecanidae

Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus

Gannets & Boobies | Sulidae

Peruvian Booby Sula variegata

Cormorants | Phalacrocoracidae

Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Rock Shag Phalacrocorax magellanicus

Guanay Cormorant Phalacrocorax bougainvillii

Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps

Red-legged Cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi

Herons, Egrets & Bitterns | Ardeidae

Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi

Great Egret Ardea alba

Snowy Egret Egretta thula

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

Stripe-backed Bittern Ixobrychus involucris

Ibises & Spoonbills | Threskiornithidae

Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis

Flamingos | Phoenicopteridae

Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis

Ducks, Geese & Swans | Anatidae

Black-necked Swan Cygnus melanocorypha

Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba

Upland Goose Chloephaga picta

Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida

Ashy-headed Goose Chloephaga poliocephala

Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps

Flightless Steamerduck Tachyeres pteneres

Flying Steamerduck Tachyeres patachonicus

Torrent Duck Merganetta armata

Chiloe Wigeon Anas sibilatrix

Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris

Spectacled Duck Anas specularis

Crested Duck Anas specularioides

Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica

White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis

Silver Teal Anas versicolor

Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera

Red Shoveler Anas platalea

Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca

Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla

Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea

Lake Duck Oxyura vittata

New World Vultures | Cathartidae

Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

Andean Condor Vultur gryphus

Hawks, Eagles & Kites | Accipitridae

White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus

Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus

Chilean Hawk Accipiter chilensis

Harris' Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus

Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus

Variable Hawk Buteo polyosoma

Falcons & Caracaras | Falconidae

Mountain Caracara Phalcoboenus megalopterus

White-throated Caracara Phalcoboenus albogularis*

Southern Crested Caracara Caracara plancus

Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango

American Kestrel Falco sparverius

Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

New World Quails | Odontophoridae

California Quail Callipepla californica

Rails, Gallinules & Coots | Rallidae

Austral Rail Rallus antarcticus*

Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus

Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops

White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera

Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata

Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons

Painted-Snipes | Rostratulidae

American Painted-snipe Rostratula semicollaris

Oystercatchers | Haematopodidae

Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus

Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater

American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus

Avocets & Stilts | Recurvirostridae

Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus

Plovers & Lapwings | Charadriidae

Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis

American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica

Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus

Collared Plover Charadrius collaris

Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus

Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus

Diademed Sandpiper-Plover Phegornis mitchellii

Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis

Magellanic Plover | Pluvianellidae

Magellanic Plover Pluvianellus socialis

Sandpipers & Allies | Scolopacidae

South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae

Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca

Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Surfbird Aphriza virgata

Red Knot Calidris canutus

Sanderling Calidris alba

White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis

Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii

Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor

Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria

Seedsnipes | Thinocoridae

Gray-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus

Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus

Sheathbills | Chionidae

Snowy Sheathbill Chionis alba

Skuas & Jaegers | Stercoraridae

Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis

South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki

Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus

Gulls | Laridae

Dolphin Gull Larus scoresbii

Band-tailed Gull Larus belcheri

Gray Gull Larus modestus

Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus

Brown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis

Andean Gull Larus serranus

Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan

Elegant Tern Sterna elegans

South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea

Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui

Inca Tern Larosterna inca

Skimmers | Rhynchopidae

Black Skimmer Rynchops niger

Doves & Pigeons | Columbidae

Rock Dove Columba livia

Chilean Pigeon Columba araucana

Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata

Picui Ground-Dove Columbina picui

Black-winged Ground-Dove Metriopelia melanoptera

Parrots, Macaws & Allies | Psittacidae

Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus

Slender-billed Parakeet (E) Enicognathus leptorhynchus

Mountain Parakeet Psilopsiagon aurifrons

Barn Owls | Tytonidae

Barn Owl Tyto alba

Typical Owls | Strigidae

Magellanic Horned Owl Bubo magellanicus

Rufous-legged Owl Strix rufipes

Austral Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium nanum

Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia

Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus

Nightjars & Allies | Caprimulgidae

Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris

Hummingbirds | Trochilidae

White-sided Hillstar Oreotrochilus leucopleurus

Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas

Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes

Kingfishers | Alcedinidae

Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata

Woodpeckers & Allies | Picidae

Striped Woodpecker Picoides lignarius

Chilean Flicker Colaptes pitius

Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus

Ovenbirds | Furnariidae

Short-billed Miner Geositta antarctica

Rufous-banded Miner Geositta rufipennis

Creamy-rumped Miner Geositta isabellina

Scale-throated Earthcreeper Upucerthia dumetaria

Straight-billed Earthcreeper Upucerthia ruficauda

Band-tailed Earthcreeper Eremobius phoenicurus

Crag Chilia (E) Chilia melanura

Chilean Seaside Cinclodes (E) Cinclodes nigrofumosus

Dark-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus

Gray-flanked Cinclodes Cinclodes oustaleti

Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus

Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda

Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura aegithaloides

Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops

Lesser Canastero Asthenes pyrrholeuca

Dusky-tailed Canastero (E) Asthenes humicola

Cordilleran Canastero Asthenes modesta

Austral Canastero Asthenes anthoides

White-throated Treerunner Pygarrhichas albogularis

Tapaculos | Rhinocryptidae

Black-throated Huet-huet Pteroptochos tarnii

Moustached Turca (E) Pteroptochos megapodius

White-throated Tapaculo (E) Scelorchilus albicollis

Chucao Tapaculo Scelorchilus rubecula

Ochre-flanked Tapaculo Eugralla paradoxa

Magellanic Tapaculo Scytalopus magellanicus

Dusky Tapaculo (E) Scytalopus fuscus

Plantcutters | Phytotomidae

Rufous-tailed Plantcutter Phytotoma rara

Tyrant Flycatchers | Tyrannidae

White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps

Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus

Many-colored Rush-Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra

Warbling Doradito Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris

Fire-eyed Diucon Xolmis pyrope

Chocolate-vented Tyrant Neoxolmis rufiventris

Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montana

Great Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis livida

Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris

Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola macloviana

Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola capistrata

Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola rufivertex

White-browed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora

Cinereous Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola cinerea

Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola flavinucha

Black-fronted Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola frontalis

Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa

Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus

Swallows | Hirundinidae

Chilean Swallow Tachycineta meyeni

Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Wagtails & Pipits | Motacillidae

Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera

Wrens | Troglodytidae

House Wren Troglodytes aedon

Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis

Mockingbirds & Thrashers | Mimidae

Patagonian Mockingbird Mimus patagonicus

Chilean Mockingbird (E) Mimus thenca

Thrushes & Allies | Turdidae

Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii

Old World Sparrows | Passeridae

House Sparrow ( I ) Passer domesticus

Siskins, Crossbills & Allies | Fringillidae

Black-chinned Siskin Carduelis barbata

Yellow-rumped Siskin Carduelis uropygialis

Buntings, Sparrows & Allies | Emberizidae

Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch Phrygilus gayi

Patagonian Sierra-Finch Phrygilus patagonicus

Mourning Sierra-Finch Phrygilus fruticeti

Plumbeous Sierra-Finch Phrygilus unicolor

Band-tailed Sierra-Finch Phrygilus alaudinus

Canary-winged Finch Melanodera melanodera

Yellow-bridled Finch Melanodera xanthogramma*

Grassland Yellow-Finch Sicalis luteola

Greater Yellow-Finch Sicalis auriventris

Patagonian Yellow-Finch Sicalis lebruni

Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

Troupials & Allies | Icteridae

Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelaius thilius

Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnella loyca

Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis

Austral Blackbird Curaeus curaeus

MAMMALS

Old World Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus

Brown Hare Lepus capensis

Degu Octodon degu

Nutria Myocastor coypus

Peale's Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis

Commerson's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii

Southern Grey Fox Pseudalopex griseus

Culpeo Fox Pseudalopex culpaeus

Patagonian Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus humboldti

Marine Otter Lutra felina

Southern Sea Lion Otaria byronia

Guanaco Lama guanicoe