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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

The South Atlantic: Ushuaia to Capetown

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Flying Steamer-Duck 2 Tachyeres patachonicus
Yellow-billed Pintail 1 Anas georgica
King Penguin 1 Aptenodytes patagonicus
Emperor Penguin 2 Aptenodytes forsteri
Adelie Penguin 1 Pygoscelis adeliae
Gentoo Penguin 1 Pygoscelis papua
Chinstrap Penguin 1 Pygoscelis antarcticus
Magellanic Penguin 1 Spheniscus magellanicus
African Penguin 1 Spheniscus demersus
Macaroni Penguin 1 Eudyptes chrysolophus
Northern Rockhopper Penguin 1 Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi
Southern Rockhopper Penguin 2 Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome
Southern Royal Albatross 1 Diomedea epomophora epomophora
Northern Royal Albatross 2 Diomedea [epomophora] sanfordi
Snowy [wandering] Albatross 1 Diomedea exulans exulans
Tristan [Wandering] Albatross 1 Diomedea [exulans] dabbenena
Sooty Albatross 1 Phoebetria fusca
Light-mantled Albatross 1 Phoebetria palpebrata
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross 1 Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Black-browed Albatross 1 Thalassarche melanophrys
Gray-headed Albatross 1 Thalassarche chrysostoma
Salvin's [Shy] Albatross 3 Thalassarche [cauta] salvini
White-capped/tasmanian [shy] Albatross 2 Thalassarche [cauta] steadi/cauta
Southern Giant-Petrel 1 Macronectes giganteus
Northern Giant-Petrel 1 Macronectes halli
Giant-Petrel sp. 1 Macronectes sp.
Antarctic (Southern) Fulmar 1 Fulmarus glacialoides
Antarctic Petrel 2 Thalassoica antarctica
Pintado (Cape) Petrel 1 Daption capense
Snow Petrel 1 Pagodroma nivea
Kerguelen Petrel 1 Aphrodroma brevirostris
Soft-plumaged Petrel 1 Pterodroma mollis
Great-winged Petrel 1 Pterodroma macroptera
Atlantic Petrel 1 Pterodroma incerta
White-headed Petrel 3 Pterodroma lessonii
Blue Petrel 1 Halobaena caerulea
Fairy Prion 2 Pachyptila turtur
Broad-billed Prion 1 Pachyptila vittata
Antarctic (dove) Prion 1 Pachyptila desolata
Slender-billed Prion 1 Pachyptila belcheri
Prion sp. 1 Pachyptila sp.
Gray Petrel 1 Procellaria cinerea
White-chinned Petrel 1 Procellaria aequinoctialis
Spectacled Petrel 1 Procellaria conspicillata
Westland Petrel 3 Procellaria westlandica
Cory's Shearwater 3 Calonectris diomedea
Sooty Shearwater 1 Puffinus griseus
Greater Shearwater 1 Puffinus gravis
Manx Shearwater 3 Puffinus puffinus
Subantarctic [little] Shearwater 1 Puffinus [assimilis] elegans
White-bellied Storm-petrel 1 Fregetta grallaria
Black-bellied Storm-petrel 1 Fregetta tropica
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1 Oceanites oceanicus
Gray-backed Storm-petrel 1 Garrodia nereis
White-faced Storm-Petrel 2 Pelagodroma marina
European Storm-petrel 3 Hydrobates pelagicus
Leach's Storm-Petrel 3 Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Common Diving-Petrel 1 Pelecanoides urinatrix
South Georgia Diving-petrel 1 Pelecanoides georgicus
Diving-Petrel sp. 1 Pelecanoides sp.
Cape Gannet 1 Morus capensis
Rock Shag (magellan Cormorant) 1 Phalacrocorax magellanicus
Imperial Shag (cormorant) 1 Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps
Antarctic Shag (cormorant) 1 Phalacrocorax [atriceps] bransfieldensis
South Georgia Shag (cormorant) 1 Phalacrocorax [atriceps] georgianus
Bank Cormorant 2 Phalacrocorax neglectus
Cape Cormorant 2 Phalacrocorax capensis
Inaccessible Island Rail 1 Atlantisia rogersi
Gough Moorhen 2 Gallinula comeri
Snowy Sheathbill 1 Chionis albus
Red Phalarope 3 Phalaropus fulicarius
Chilean Skua 1 Stercorarius chilensis
South Polar Skua 1 Stercorarius maccormicki
South Polar X Brown Skua 1 Stercorarius maccormicki x lonnbergi
Subantarctic [brown] Skua 1 Stercorarius [antarcticus] lonnbergi
Tristan [brown] Skua 1 Stercorarius [antarctica] hamiltoni
Pomarine Jaeger 3 Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger 2 Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger 3 Stercorarius longicaudus
Sabine's Gull 3 Xema sabini
Brown-hooded Gull 2 Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Hartlaub's Gull 2 Chroicocephalus hartlaubi
Dolphin Gull 1 Leucophaeus scoresbii
Kelp Gull 1 Larus dominicanus
Common Tern 3 Sterna hirundo
South American Tern 1 Sterna hirundinacea
Arctic Tern 3 Sterna paradisaea
Antarctic Tern 1 Sterna vittata
Arctic/antarctic Tern 1 Sterna paradiseae/vittata
South Georgia [Antarctic] Tern 1 Sterna [vittata] georgiae
Tristan [antarctic] Tern 1 Sterna [vittata] tristanensis
Tristan Thrush 1 Nesocichla eremita procax
South Georgia Pipit 1 Anthus antarcticus
Tristan Bunting 1 Neospiza acunhae questi
Grosbeak (Wilkins') Bunting 2 Neospiza wilkinsi
Gough Bunting 1 Rowettia goughensis

Mammals

Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis
Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina

Possible Mammals

Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
Bryde's Whale Balaenoptera brydei
Common Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
Arnoux's Beaked Whale Berardius arnuxii
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperodon planifrons
Shepherd's Beaked Whale Tasmacetus shepherdi
Gray's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon grayi
Hector's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon hectori
Strap-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon layardii
Andrew's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon bowdoini
Beaked Whale Spp. Mesoplodon sp.
Killer Whale Orcinus orca
Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
Short-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Dusky Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Hourglass Dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger
Peale's Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Long-beaked Common Dolphin Delphinus capensis
Southern Rightwhale Dolphin Lissodelphis peronii
Commerson's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Dolphin sp. Dolphin sp.
Spectacled Porpoise Phocoena dioptrica
South American Sea Lion Otaria flavescens (byronia)
South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis
Subantarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis
Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella
South African Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus
Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophagus
Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx
Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii