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Chile: Tierra del Fuego to the Atacama Desert

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Cumulative List for Chile

With Steve Howell and Gavin Bieber as leaders

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7 Darwin's [Lesser] Rhea 2 30 Pterocnemia pennata pennata
5 Puna [Lesser] Rhea 2 8 Pterocnemia pennata tarapacensis
7 Ornate Tinamou 1 2 Nothoprocta ornata
6 Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria
4 Puna Tinamou 1 3 Tinamotis pentlandii
7 Black-necked Swan 1 51 N Cygnus melancoryphus
7 Coscoroba Swan 3 9 N Coscoroba coscoroba
7 Andean Goose 3 150 Chloephaga melanoptera
7 Upland Goose 4 100's Chloephaga picta
7 Ashy-headed Goose 1 6 Chloephaga poliocephala
7 Ruddy-headed Goose 1 4 Chloephaga rubidiceps
7 Torrent Duck 4 5 N Merganetta armata
7 Flying Steamer-Duck 4 12 Tachyeres patachonicus
7 Flightless Steamer-Duck 1 2 Tachyeres pteneres
7 Crested Duck 8 100's N Lophonetta specularioides
7 Chiloe Wigeon 5 80 Anas sibilatrix
7 Speckled Teal 7 10 Anas flavirostris flavirostris
7 Andean [Speckled] Teal 3 100's Anas flavirostris oxyptera
7 Yellow-billed Pintail 6 100 Anas georgica
4 White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
4 Silver Teal 1 1 Anas versicolor
7 Puna Teal 1 100+ Anas puna
7 Cinnamon Teal 3 10 Anas cyanoptera
7 Red Shoveler 4 40 Anas platalea
7 Rosy-billed Pochard 1 1 Netta peposaca
7 Black-headed Duck 2 4 Heteronetta atricapilla
7 Andean [Ruddy] Duck 1 30 Oxyura jamaicensis ferruginea
7 Lake Duck 2 40 Oxyura vittata
7 California Quail 5 40 Callipepla californica
7 White-tufted Grebe 3 10 N Rollandia rolland
7 Pied-billed Grebe 2 2 Podilymbus podiceps
7 Great Grebe 4 6 Podiceps major
7 Patagonian [Silvery] Grebe 3 30 Podiceps occipitalis occipitalis
7 Andean [Silvery] Grebe 1 1000's Podiceps occipitalis juninensis
7 Chilean Flamingo 2 350 Phoenicopterus chilensis
5 Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus
6 Puna (James's) Flamingo 1 30 Phoenicoparrus jamesi
7 Humboldt Penguin 2 70 N Spheniscus humboldti
7 Magellanic Penguin 4 30 N Spheniscus magellanicus
6 Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora sanfordi
7 Black-browed Albatross 2 50 Thalassarche melanophrys
4 Buller's Albatross 1 5 Thalassarche bulleri
7 Salvin's [Shy] Albatross 1 25 Thalassarche cauta salvini
2 Chatham [Shy] Albatross Thalassarche cauta eremita
7 Southern Giant-Petrel 5 5 Macronectes giganteus
7 Northern Giant-Petrel 1 3 Macronectes halli
7 Southern Fulmar 3 500 Fulmarus glacialoides
7 Cape Petrel 1 60 Daption capense
7 De Filippi's (Masatierra) Petrel 1 30 Pterodroma defilippiana
1 Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris
7 White-chinned Petrel 1 40 Procellaria aequinoctialis
7 Westland Petrel 1 8 Procellaria westlandica
1 Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri
7 Sooty Shearwater 2 150 Puffinus griseus
7 Pink-footed Shearwater 1 50 Puffinus creatopus
7 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1 150 Oceanites oceanicus
1 Elliot's Storm-Petrel Oceanites gracilis
7 Peruvian Diving-Petrel 2 2 Pelecanoides garnotii
7 Magellanic Diving-Petrel 2 25 Pelecanoides magellani
1 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
7 Peruvian Pelican 5 300 Pelecanus thagus
7 Peruvian Booby 6 50 Sula variegata
7 Neotropic Cormorant 9 200 N Phalacrocorax brasilianus
7 Red-legged Cormorant 2 50 Phalacrocorax gaimardi
7 Magellan (Rock) Cormorant 4 20 Phalacrocorax magellanicus
7 Guanay Cormorant 2 10 Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
7 Imperial Cormorant 4 500 Phalacrocorax atriceps
6 Stripe-backed Bittern Ixobrychus involucris
7 Black-crowned Night-Heron 6 5 Nycticorax nycticorax
7 Cattle Egret 2 100 N Bubulcus ibis
7 Cocoi Heron 1 3 Ardea cocoi
7 Great Egret 7 3 Ardea alba
7 Snowy Egret 5 25 Egretta thula
7 Little Blue Heron 3 2 Egretta caerulea
1 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
7 Puna Ibis 2 50 Plegadis ridgwayi
7 Black-faced Ibis 7 100's Theristicus melanopis
7 Turkey Vulture 7 250 Cathartes aura
7 Black Vulture 6 150 Coragyps atratus
7 Andean Condor 4 40 Vultur gryphus
1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
7 White-tailed Kite 1 2 Elanus leucurus
7 Cinereous Harrier 4 2 Circus cinereus
4 Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor chilensis
7 Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle 6 5 Geranoaetus melanoleucus
7 Harris's Hawk 3 3 Parabuteo unicinctus
5 White-throated Hawk 1 1 Buteo albigula
7 Variable Hawk 8 5 Buteo polyosoma
2 Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis
7 Mountain Caracara 3 3 Phalcoboenus megalopterus
7 Southern (crested) Caracara 6 25 Caracara plancus
7 Chimango Caracara 12 100's Milvago chimango
7 American Kestrel 7 10 Falco sparverius
7 Aplomado Falcon 1 1 Falco femoralis
7 Peregrine Falcon 2 2 Falco peregrinus
7 Plumbeous Rail 2 4 (h) Pardirallus sanguinolentus
7 Common Moorhen 3 5 Gallinula chloropus
7 Spot-flanked Gallinule 1 7 Gallinula melanops
7 Red-gartered Coot 5 100's N Fulica armillata
7 Red-fronted Coot 2 10's Fulica rufifrons
7 Giant Coot 2 1000's N Fulica gigantea
7 Anderan (Slate-colored) Coot 1 100 Fulica ardesiaca
7 White-winged Coot 3 10's Fulica leucoptera
7 Southern Lapwing 13 100's Vanellus chilensis
7 Andean Lapwing 1 4 Vanellus resplendens
7 American Golden-Plover 2 2 Pluvialis dominica
3 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
7 Semipalmated Plover 2 50 Charadrius semipalmatus
7 Killdeer 2 3 N Charadrius vociferus
6 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
2 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
7 Puna Plover 1 6 Charadrius alticola
7 Two-banded Plover 3 25 N Charadrius falklandicus
7 Rufous-chested Dotterel 2 4 Charadrius modestus
7 Diademed Plover 1 4 N Phegornis mitchellii
4 Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis
7 American Oystercatcher 6 30 Haematopus palliatus
7 Blackish Oystercatcher 4 12 Haematopus ater
7 Magellanic Oystercatcher 4 20 Haematopus leucopodus
7 Black-necked Stilt 2 50 Himantopus mexicanus melanurus
7 Andean Avocet 2 50 Recurvirostra andina
7 Peruvian Thick-Knee 1 5 Burhinus superciliaris
1 Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
7 Magellanic Plover 1 1 Pluvianellus socialis
7 Magallenic [South American] Snipe 5 10 N Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica
1 Puna Snipe Gallinago andina
4 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
6 Whimbrel 7 400 Numenius phaeopus
7 Greater Yellowlegs 3 6 Tringa melanoleuca
6 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 6 Tringa flavipes
6 Willet 3 90 Tringa semipalmatus
6 Spotted Sandpiper 2 1 Actitis macularius
7 Ruddy Turnstone 5 40 Arenaria interpres
7 Surfbird 4 400 Aphriza virgata
6 Sanderling 1 45 Calidris alba
3 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris pusilla
4 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
7 White-rumped Sandpiper 2 50 Calidris fuscicollis
7 Baird's Sandpiper 8 200 Calidris bairdii
1 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
7 Wilson's Phalarope 1 30 Phalaropus tricolor
7 Red Phalarope 1 800 Phalaropus fulicarius
4 Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
7 Gray-breasted Seedsnipe 3 20 Thinocorus orbignyianus
7 Least Seedsnipe 2 10 Thinocorus rumicivorus
5 South American Painted-Snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris
7 Chilean Skua 4 30 Stercorarius chilensis
2 Parasitic Jaeger 1 1 Stercorarius parasiticus
7 Dolphin Gull 4 100 Leucophaeus scoresbii
7 Belcher's Gull 3 50 Larus belcheri
7 Gray Gull 6 1000's Larus modestus
7 Kelp Gull 12 1000 Larus dominicanus
7 Brown-hooded Gull 6 100 N Larus maculipennis
7 Andean Gull 5 100 N Larus serranus
1 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
6 Franklin's Gull 5 1000 Larus pipixcan
3 Sabine's Gull 1 1 Xema sabini
7 Inca Tern 3 200 Larosterna inca
1 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
6 Arctic Tern 1 20 Sterna paradisaea
7 South American Tern 4 120 Sterna hirundinacea
2 Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
7 Elegant Tern 3 350 Thalasseus elegans
6 Black Skimmer 2 50 Rynchops niger cinerascens
7 Picui Ground-Dove 2 6 Columbina picui
7 Croaking Ground-Dove 2 10 Columbina cruziana
7 Bare-faced Ground-Dove 3 30 Metriopelia ceciliae
7 Black-winged Ground-Dove 4 100 Metriopelia melanoptera
6 Golden-spotted Ground-Dove 1 2 Metriopelia aymara
4 Spot-winged Pigeon 2 40 Patagioenas maculosa
7 Chilean Pigeon 4 100 Patagioenas araucana
7 West Peruvian Dove 3 50 N Zenaida meloda
7 Eared Dove 11 50 Zenaida auriculata
7 Austral Parakeet 3 102 Enicognathus ferrugineus
7 Slender-billed Parakeet 1 2 Enicognathus leptorhynchus
2 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
3 Mountain Parakeet 1 12 Psilopsiagon aurifrons
4 Great Horned Owl 1 3 Bubo virginianus magellanicus
6 Austral Pygmy-Owl 2 2 Glaucidium nanum
6 Peruvian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium peruanum
6 Burrowing Owl 2 2 Athene cunicularia
5 Short-eared Owl 1 1 Asio flammeus
3 Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris
1 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
7 Andean Swift 1 50 Aeronautes andecolus parvulus
2 Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
7 Andean Hillstar 3 20 Oreotrochilus estella
7 White-sided Hillstar 2 5 Oreotrochilus leucopleurus
7 Chilean [Giant] Hummingbird 3 5 Patagona gigas gigas
7 Andean [Giant] Hummingbird 1 5 Patagona gigas peruviana
7 Green-backed Firecrown 4 10 Sephanoides sephaniodes
7 Oasis Hummingbird 1 5 Rhodopis vesper
6 Peruvian Sheartail Thaumastura cora
7 Chilean Woodstar 1 3 Eulidia yarrellii
7 Ringed Kingfisher 2 1 Megaceryle torquata stellata
7 Striped Woodpecker 2 2 Picoides lignarius
7 Chilean Flicker 2 2 Colaptes pitius
7 Andean Flicker 1 7 Colaptes rupicola
7 Magellanic Woodpecker 1 2 Campephilus magellanicus
6 Patagonia [Common] Miner 2 12 Geositta cunicularia cunicularia
4 Altiplano [Common] Miner Geositta cunicularia frobeni
7 Short-billed Miner 2 20 Geositta antarctica
6 Grayish Miner Geositta maritima
7 Puna Miner 1 15 Geositta punensis
7 Rufous-banded Miner 3 10 Geositta rufipennis
7 Scale-throated Earthcreeper 3 7 Upucerthia dumetaria
7 White-throated Earthcreeper 1 2 Upucerthia albigula
7 Plain-breasted Earthcreeper 1 3 N Upucerthia jelskii
5 Straight-billed Earthcreeper Upucerthia ruficaudus
7 Crag Chilia 2 2 N Chilia melanura
7 Creamy [Bar]-winged Cinclodes 7 15 Cinclodes fuscus fuscus
7 White [Bar]-winged Cinclodes 3 30 Cinclodes fuscus albiventris
7 Gray-flanked Cinclodes 2 12 Cinclodes oustaleti
7 Dark-bellied Cinclodes 3 6 N Cinclodes patagonicus
7 Seaside Cinclodes 1 8 N Cinclodes nigrofumosus
7 White-winged Cinclodes 2 8 N Cinclodes atacamensis
7 Wren-like Rushbird 2 2 N Phleocryptes melanops
7 Thorn-tailed Rayadito 5 40 Aphrastura spinicauda
7 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail 2 3 Leptasthenura a. aegithaloides
2 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura a. pallida
3 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura a. berlepschi
1 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura a. grisecens
7 Streaked Tit-Spinetail 1 4 Leptasthenura striata
7 Des Murs's Wiretail 2 2 (h) Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii
7 Canyon Canastero 1 7 Asthenes pudibunda
7 Cordilleran Canastero 2 6 Asthenes modesta
6 Austral Canastero 2 1 Asthenes anthoides
7 Sharp-billed Canastero 1 1 Asthenes pyrrholeuca
7 Dusky-tailed Canastero 2 4 N Asthenes humicola
7 Dark-winged [Creamy-br.] Canastero 3 5 N Asthenes dorbignyi arequipae
7 White-throated Treerunner 2 2 Pygarrhichas albogularis
7 Black-throated Huet-huet 3 8 (h) Pteroptochos tarnii
7 Moustached Turca 3 8 Pteroptochos megapodius
7 White-throated Tapaculo 1 4 (h) Scelorchilus albicollis
7 Chucao Tapaculo 3 30 (h) Scelorchilus rubecula
7 Ochre-flanked Tapaculo 1 4 (h) Eugralla paradoxa
7 Magellanic Tapaculo 3 1 (h) Scytalopus magellanicus
7 Dusky Tapaculo 2 3 (h) Scytalopus fuscus
7 Chilean [White-crested] Elaenia 5 5 Elaenia albiceps chilensis
7 Peruvian [White-crested] Elaenia 1 3 Elaenia albiceps modesta
7 Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant 1 8 Anairetes flavirostris
7 Tufted Tit-Tyrant 6 6 Anairetes parulus
6 Many-colored Rush-Tyrant 1 4 Tachuris rubrigastra
7 Rufescent [Bran-colored] Flycatcher 1 1 Myiophobus fasciatus rufescens
7 Vermilion Flycatcher 2 10 Pyrocephalus rubinus
7 Austral Negrito 9 100 Lessonia rufa
7 Andean Negrito 2 20 Lessonia oreas
7 Spectacled Tyrant 2 2 Hymenops perspicillatus
6 Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant 1 1 Muscisaxicola maculirostris
7 Puna Ground-Tyrant 2 10 Muscisaxicola juninensis
7 Cinereous Ground-Tyrant 1 1 Muscisaxicola cinereus
7 White-fronted Ground-Tyrant 2 8 Muscisaxicola albifrons
7 Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant 2 2 Muscisaxicola flavinucha
6 Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant 1 1 Muscisaxicola rufivertex
5 Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maclovianus
7 White-browed Ground-Tyrant 3 50 Muscisaxicola albilora
6 Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant 1 2 N Muscisaxicola capistratus
7 Black-fronted Ground-Tyrant 2 3 Muscisaxicola frontalis
7 Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant 1 4 Agriornis montanus
2 White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis andicola
5 Great Shrike-Tyrant 1 1 Agriornis lividus
1 Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis micropterus
7 Fire-eyed Diucon 5 10 Xolmis pyrope
7 Chocolate-vented Tyrant 1 2 Neoxolmis rufiventris
4 d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant 1 1 Ochthoeca oenanthoides
7 White-browed Chat-Tyrant 2 1 Ochthoeca leucophrys
7 Patagonian Tyrant 1 2 Colorhamphus parvirostris
7 Rufous-tailed Plantcutter 3 6 Phytotoma rara
7 Chilean Swallow 10 100's Tachycineta meyeni
1 Peruvian Martin Progne murphyi
7 Andean Swallow 2 25 Haplochelidon andecola
7 Blue-and-white Swallow 12 70 Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
6 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
7 Barn Swallow 1 2 Hirundo rustica
3 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
7 House Wren 12 5 N Troglodytes aedon musculus
7 Sedge Wren 1 5 Cistothorus platensis
7 Chiguanco Thrush 1 8 Turdus chiguanco
7 Austral Thrush 13 25 Turdus falcklandii
7 Chilean Mockingbird 4 30 Mimus thenca
3 Yellowish Pipit Anthus lutescens
7 Correndera Pipit 3 12 Anthus correndera
7 Blue-and-yellow Tanager 2 5 Thraupis bonariensis
7 Cinereous Conebill 4 20 Conirostrum cinereum
7 Black-throated Flowerpiercer 1 10 Diglossa brunneiventris
7 Rufous-collared Sparrow 16 100 N Zonotrichia capensis
7 Black-hooded Sierra-Finch 3 15 Phrygilus atriceps
7 Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch 8 100 Phrygilus gayi
7 Patagonian Sierra-Finch 3 30 Phrygilus patagonicus
7 Mourning Sierra-Finch 8 50 Phrygilus fruticeti
7 Plumbeous Sierra-Finch 4 15 Phrygilus unicolor
7 White-throated Sierra-Finch 1 6 Phrygilus erythronotus
7 Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch 4 20 Phrygilus plebejus
7 Band-tailed Sierra-Finch 1 5 Phrygilus alaudinus
7 White-winged Diuca-Finch 2 6 Diuca speculifera
7 Common Diuca-Finch 4 20 Diuca diuca
7 Black-throated Finch 1 3 Melanodera melanodera
3 Yellow-bridled Finch Melanodera xanthogramma
7 Slender-billed Finch 2 4 Xenospingus concolor
7 Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch 1 5 Sicalis uropygialis
7 Greater Yellow-Finch 2 100 Sicalis auriventris
7 Greenish Yellow-Finch 4 50 N Sicalis olivascens
7 Patagonian Yellow-Finch 2 6 Sicalis lebruni
7 Grassland Yellow-Finch 4 20 Sicalis luteola
5 Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
7 Chestnut-throated Seedeater 1 10 Sporophila telasco
7 Band-tailed Seedeater 2 30 Catamenia analis
7 Golden-billed Saltator 1 2 Saltator aurantiirostris
7 Austral Blackbird 9 20 Curaeus curaeus
1 Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus
7 Yellow-winged Blackbird 2 60 Agelasticus thilius
7 Shiny Cowbird 6 15 Molothrus bonariensis
7 Peruvian Meadowlark 2 20 Sturnella bellicosa
7 Long-tailed Meadowlark 12 40 Sturnella loyca
6 Thick-billed Siskin 1 2 Carduelis crassirostris
6 Hooded Siskin 2 20 Carduelis magellanica
6 Black Siskin 2 10 Carduelis atrata
6 Yellow-rumped Siskin 4 10 Carduelis uropygialis
6 Black-chinned Siskin 6 60 Carduelis barbata
6 House Sparrow 10 60 Passer domesticus

Mammals

Bolivian Big-eared Mouse X Auliscomys boliviensis
Mountain Vizcacha X Lagidium viscacia
Coypu X Myocastor coypus
European Hare X Lepus europaeus
European Rabbit X Oryctolagus cuniculus
Guigna Cat Felis guigna
South American Grey Fox X Dusicyon griseus
South American Red Fox X Dusicyon culpaeus
Patagonian Skunk Conepatus humboldtii
Marine Otter X Lutra felina
Lesser Grison Galictis cuja
Andean Deer (Huemul) Hippocamelus antisensis
Guanaco X Lama guanico
Vicuña X Lama vicugna
Southern Sea Lion X Otaria byroni
Commerson's Dolphin X Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Peale's Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis

Possible Mammals

Sperm Whale X Physeter macrocephalus