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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Chile: Tierra del Fuego to the Atacama Desert

Cumulative birdlist and 2011 species list

with Steve Howell and Jake Mohlmann as leaders

  • Column A: Number of tours out of ten on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B: Number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column C: Maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column D: H = Heard but not seen; (H) = Mostly heard; N= Nesting observed; X = Non-avian species seen on 2011 tour
A B C D
10 Darwin's [Lesser] Rhea 2 25 Pterocnemia pennata pennata
8 Puna [Lesser] Rhea 1 5 Pterocnemia pennata tarapacensis
10 Ornate Tinamou 2 1 Nothoprocta ornata
9 Chilean Tinamou 1 6 (H) Nothoprocta perdicaria
7 Puna Tinamou 1 3 Tinamotis pentlandii
10 Black-necked Swan 1 30 Cygnus melancoryphus
10 Coscoroba Swan 4 21 N Coscoroba coscoroba
2 Kelp Goose 1 3 Chloephaga hybrida
10 Andean Goose 2 50 Chloephaga melanoptera
10 Upland Goose 4 100s Chloephaga picta
10 Ashy-headed Goose 2 2 Chloephaga poliocephala
10 Ruddy-headed Goose 1 5 Chloephaga rubidiceps
10 Torrent Duck 1 1 Merganetta armata
10 Flying Steamer-Duck 2 6 N Tachyeres patachonicus
10 Flightless (Fuegian) Steamer-Duck 2 2 Tachyeres pteneres
10 Crested Duck 6 100s N Lophonetta specularioides
10 Chiloe (Southern) Wigeon 6 50 N Anas sibilatrix
10 Yellow-billed (Speckled) Teal 3 6 Anas flavirostris flavirostris
10 Andean (Speckled) Teal 2 100s Anas flavirostris oxyptera
10 Yellow-billed Pintail 9 100 N Anas georgica
7 White-cheeked Pintail 1 4 Anas bahamensis
7 Silver Teal 1 3 Anas versicolor
10 Puna Teal 1 100 Anas puna
10 Cinnamon Teal 4 39 Anas cyanoptera
10 Red Shoveler 4 100 N Anas platalea
8 Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
9 Black-headed Duck 1 1 Heteronetta atricapilla
10 Andean [Ruddy] Duck 1 6 Oxyura jamaicensis ferruginea
10 Lake Duck 3 20 N Oxyura vittata
10 California Quail 4 30 Callipepla californica
10 White-tufted Grebe 3 6 Rollandia rolland
10 Pied-billed Grebe 3 2 N Podilymbus podiceps
10 Great Grebe 4 6 N Podiceps major
10 Patagonian [Silvery] Grebe 1 7 Podiceps occipitalis occipitalis
10 Andean [Silvery] Grebe 1 100s N Podiceps occipitalis juninensis
10 Chilean Flamingo 2 450 Phoenicopterus chilensis
7 Andean Flamingo 1 50 Phoenicoparrus andinus
9 Puna (James') Flamingo 1 30 Phoenicoparrus jamesi
10 Humboldt Penguin 1 50 N Spheniscus humboldti
10 Magellanic Penguin 3 40 N Spheniscus magellanicus
9 Northern Royal Albatross 1 6 Diomedea epomophora sanfordi
1 Wandering Albatross 1 1 Diomedea exulans
10 Black-browed Albatross 3 20 Thalassarche melanophrys
5 Buller's Albatross 1 1 Thalassarche bulleri
10 Salvin's Albatross 1 25 Thalassarche salvini
3 Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
1 Shy Albatross 1 1 Thalassarche cauta/steadi
10 Southern Giant-Petrel 2 6 Macronectes giganteus
10 Northern Giant-Petrel 1 5 Macronectes halli
10 Antarctic (Southern) Fulmar 2 30 Fulmarus glacialoides
10 Pintado (Cape) Petrel 2 8 Daption capense
1 Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
9 De Filippi's (Masatierra) Petrel 1 6 Pterodroma defilippiana
1 Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris
10 White-chinned Petrel 2 40 Procellaria aequinoctialis
10 Westland Petrel 1 30 Procellaria westlandica
10 Sooty Shearwater 2 500 Puffinus griseus
10 Pink-footed Shearwater 1 50 Puffinus creatopus
10 Fuegian [Wilson's] Storm-Petrel 2 60 Oceanites oceanicus chilensis
3 Elliot's Storm-Petrel 1 2 Oceanites gracilis
10 Peruvian Diving-Petrel 1 3 Pelecanoides garnotii
10 Magellanic Diving-Petrel 2 20 Pelecanoides magellani
1 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
10 Peruvian Pelican 6 50 Pelecanus thagus
1 Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
10 Peruvian Booby 6 50 Sula variegata
10 Neotropic Cormorant 11 150 N Phalacrocorax brasilianus
10 Red-legged Shag (Cormorant) 4 150 N Phalacrocorax gaimardi
10 Rock Shag (Cormorant) 3 100s N Phalacrocorax magellanicus
10 Guanay Shag (Cormorant) 4 400 Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
10 Imperial Shag (Cormorant) 4 100s N Phalacrocorax atriceps
7 Stripe-backed Bittern Ixobrychus involucris
1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
10 Black-crowned Night-Heron 6 6 Nycticorax nycticorax
10 Cattle Egret 3 150 N Bubulcus ibis
9 Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
10 Great Egret 7 2 N Ardea alba
10 Snowy Egret 7 10 N Egretta thula
10 Little Blue Heron 3 3 Egretta caerulea
2 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
10 Puna Ibis 1 12 Plegadis ridgwayi
10 Black-faced Ibis 6 100s N Theristicus melanopis
10 Turkey Vulture 8 270 Cathartes aura
10 Black Vulture 6 100 Coragyps atratus
10 Andean Condor 4 12 Vultur gryphus
1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
9 White-tailed Kite 2 2 Elanus leucurus
10 Cinereous Harrier 4 4 Circus cinereus
1 Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
5 Chilean [Bicolored] Hawk Accipiter bicolor chilensis
10 Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle 4 2 Geranoaetus melanoleucus
9 Harris' Hawk 2 3 Parabuteo unicinctus
7 White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula
10 Variable (Red-backed/Puna) Hawk 10 6 Buteo polyosoma
3 Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis
10 Mountain Caracara 4 4 N Phalcoboenus megalopterus
10 Southern (crested) Caracara 6 6 Caracara plancus
10 Chimango Caracara 9 100s Milvago chimango
10 American Kestrel 9 10 Falco sparverius
9 Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
10 Peregrine Falcon 3 1 Falco peregrinus
10 Plumbeous Rail 2 2 Pardirallus sanguinolentus
10 Common Moorhen 2 32 Gallinula chloropus
10 Spot-flanked Gallinule 1 1 Gallinula melanops
10 Red-gartered Coot 6 100 N Fulica armillata
10 Red-fronted Coot 4 50 N Fulica rufifrons
10 Giant Coot 1 100s N Fulica gigantea
10 Andean (Slate-colored) Coot 3 50 Fulica ardesiaca
10 White-winged Coot 3 6 Fulica leucoptera
10 Southern Lapwing 11 100s N Vanellus chilensis
10 Andean Lapwing 1 1 Vanellus resplendens
9 American Golden-Plover 1 2 Pluvialis dominica
3 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
9 Semipalmated Plover 2 85 Charadrius semipalmatus
10 Killdeer 2 1 Charadrius vociferus
6 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
3 Collared Plover 1 1 Charadrius collaris
10 Puna Plover 1 4 Charadrius alticola
10 Two-banded Plover 2 10 N Charadrius falklandicus
10 Rufous-chested Dotterel 1 3 Charadrius modestus
10 Diademed Sandpiper-Plover 1 1 Phegornis mitchellii
5 Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis
10 American Oystercatcher 6 100 N Haematopus palliatus
10 Blackish Oystercatcher 4 8 Haematopus ater
10 Magellanic Oystercatcher 3 15 N Haematopus leucopodus
10 Black-necked Stilt 3 40 N Himantopus mexicanus melanurus
10 Andean Avocet 1 30 Recurvirostra andina
10 Peruvian Thick-Knee 2 2 Burhinus superciliaris
2 Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
10 Magellanic Plover 1 2 Pluvianellus socialis
10 Magallenic [South American] Snipe 4 20 Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica
2 Puna Snipe Gallinago andina
6 Hudsonian Godwit 3 25 Limosa haemastica
10 Whimbrel 6 1000 Numenius phaeopus
10 Greater Yellowlegs 3 20 Tringa melanoleuca
9 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 20 Tringa flavipes
9 Willet 1 70 Tringa semipalmatus
9 Spotted Sandpiper 1 1 Actitis macularius
10 Ruddy Turnstone 4 40 Arenaria interpres
1 Red Knot 1 1 Calidris canutus
10 Surfbird 2 200 Aphriza virgata
8 Sanderling 1 1200 Calidris alba
5 Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 7 Calidris pusilla
6 Least Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris minutilla
10 White-rumped Sandpiper 2 20 Calidris fuscicollis
10 Baird's Sandpiper 7 200 Calidris bairdii
1 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
9 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
10 Red Phalarope 1 100 Phalaropus fulicarius
4 Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
10 Gray-breasted Seedsnipe 3 15 Thinocorus orbignyianus
10 Least Seedsnipe 1 2 Thinocorus rumicivorus
5 South American Painted-Snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris
10 Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis
3 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
10 Dolphin Gull 2 20 Leucophaeus scoresbii
10 Belcher's Gull 3 50 Larus belcheri
10 Gray Gull 4 1000s Larus modestus
10 Kelp Gull 12 100s Larus dominicanus
10 Brown-hooded Gull 6 200 Larus maculipennis
10 Andean Gull 3 100 Larus serranus
1 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
10 Franklin's Gull 6 1000 Larus pipixcan
4 Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
10 Inca Tern 3 200 Larosterna inca
3 Common Tern 2 1 Sterna hirundo
8 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
10 South American Tern 6 1500 Sterna hirundinacea
2 Snowy-crowned (Trudeau's) Tern Sterna trudeaui
10 Elegant Tern 4 200 Thalasseus elegans
9 Black Skimmer 3 300 Rynchops niger cinerascens
10 Feral Pigeon x x "Columba livia"
10 Picui Ground-Dove 2 6 Columbina picui
10 Croaking Ground-Dove 2 15 Columbina cruziana
10 Bare-faced Ground-Dove 2 30 Metriopelia ceciliae
10 Black-winged Ground-Dove 3 250 Metriopelia melanoptera
6 Golden-spotted Ground-Dove Metriopelia aymara
7 Spot-winged Pigeon 2 40 Patagioenas maculosa
10 Chilean Pigeon 3 6 Patagioenas araucana
10 West Peruvian Dove 3 50 Zenaida meloda
10 Eared Dove 11 80 Zenaida auriculata
10 Austral Parakeet 2 6 Enicognathus ferrugineus
10 Slender-billed Parakeet 1 150 Enicognathus leptorhynchus
6 Mountain Parakeet 2 3 Psilopsiagon aurifrons
5 Magellanic [Great] Horned Owl Bubo virginianus magellanicus
8 Austral Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium nanum
7 Peruvian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium peruanum
9 Burrowing Owl 2 3 Athene cunicularia
5 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
4 Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris
1 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
9 Andean Swift Aeronautes andecolus parvulus
2 Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
10 Andean Hillstar 3 30 Oreotrochilus estella
10 White-sided Hillstar 1 2 Oreotrochilus leucopleurus
10 Chilean [Giant] Hummingbird 3 7 Patagona gigas gigas
10 Andean [Giant] Hummingbird 1 5 Patagona gigas peruviana
10 Green-backed Firecrown 4 20 Sephanoides sephaniodes
10 Oasis Hummingbird 1 6 Rhodopis vesper
9 Peruvian Sheartail 1 1 Thaumastura cora
10 Chilean Woodstar 1 4 Eulidia yarrellii
9 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata stellata
10 Striped Woodpecker 2 3 Picoides lignarius
10 Chilean Flicker 1 1 Colaptes pitius
10 Andean Flicker 1 20 Colaptes rupicola
10 Magellanic Woodpecker 2 4 Campephilus magellanicus
9 Patagonian [Common] Miner 2 10 Geositta cunicularia cunicularia
7 Altiplano [Common] Miner 1 1 Geositta cunicularia frobeni
10 Short-billed Miner 2 10 Geositta antarctica
6 Grayish Miner Geositta maritima
10 Puna Miner 2 6 Geositta punensis
10 Rufous-banded Miner 2 10 Geositta rufipennis
10 Scale-throated Earthcreeper 1 1 Upucerthia dumetaria
10 White-throated Earthcreeper 1 4 Upucerthia albigula
10 Plain-breasted Earthcreeper 2 3 Upucerthia jelskii
9 Straight-billed Earthcreeper 1 1 Upucerthia ruficaudus
10 Crag Chilia 1 2 N Chilia melanura
10 Buff [Bar]-winged Cinclodes 4 20 Cinclodes fuscus fuscus
10 Cream [Bar]-winged Cinclodes 3 30 Cinclodes fuscus albiventris
10 Gray-flanked (Oustalet's) Cinclodes 1 10 Cinclodes oustaleti
10 Dark-bellied Cinclodes 5 2 Cinclodes patagonicus
10 Seaside Cinclodes 2 7 Cinclodes nigrofumosus
10 White-winged Cinclodes 2 2 Cinclodes atacamensis
10 Wren-like Rushbird 3 5 Phleocryptes melanops
10 Thorn-tailed Rayadito 4 50 N Aphrastura spinicauda
10 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail 4 4 Leptasthenura a. aegithaloides
3 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura a. pallida
3 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura a. berlepschi
10 Streaked (Streak-backed) Tit-Spinetail 1 3 Leptasthenura striata
10 Des Murs' Wiretail 3 5 (H) Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii
10 Canyon Canastero 1 4 Asthenes pudibunda
10 Cordilleran Canastero 2 6 Asthenes modesta
9 Austral Canastero 1 1 Asthenes anthoides
9 Sharp-billed Canastero 1 2 Asthenes pyrrholeuca
10 Dusky-tailed Canastero 2 4 Asthenes humicola
10 Dark -winged [Cr.-br.] Canastero 2 10 N Asthenes dorbignyi arequipae
10 White-throated Treerunner 1 6 Pygarrhichas albogularis
10 Black-throated Huet-huet 3 10 (H) Pteroptochos tarnii
10 Moustached Turca 2 15 Pteroptochos megapodius
9 White-throated Tapaculo 1 5 Scelorchilus albicollis
10 Chucao Tapaculo 3 40 (H) Scelorchilus rubecula
10 Ochre-flanked Tapaculo 3 2 (H) Eugralla paradoxa
10 Magellanic Tapaculo 3 5 (H) Scytalopus magellanicus
10 Dusky Tapaculo 2 2 (H) Scytalopus fuscus
10 Chilean [White-crested] Elaenia 6 25 Elaenia albiceps chilensis
10 Peruvian [White-crested] Elaenia 1 8 Elaenia albiceps modesta
10 Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant 1 4 Anairetes flavirostris
10 Tufted Tit-Tyrant 4 8 N Anairetes parulus
10 Many-colored Rush-Tyrant 3 7 N Tachuris rubrigastra
9 Rufescent [Bran-colored] Flycatcher 1 1 Myiophobus fasciatus rufescens
10 Vermilion Flycatcher 1 10 Pyrocephalus rubinus
10 Austral Negrito 7 70 Lessonia rufa
10 Andean Negrito 2 6 Lessonia oreas
10 Spectacled Tyrant 2 3 Hymenops perspicillatus
7 Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
10 Puna Ground-Tyrant 2 10 Muscisaxicola juninensis
9 Cinereous Ground-Tyrant 1 1 Muscisaxicola cinereus
10 White-fronted Ground-Tyrant 2 12 Muscisaxicola albifrons
10 Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant 1 2 Muscisaxicola flavinucha
9 Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant 1 2 Muscisaxicola rufivertex
7 Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maclovianus
10 White-browed Ground-Tyrant 2 30 Muscisaxicola albilora
9 Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant 1 3 N Muscisaxicola capistratus
10 Black-fronted Ground-Tyrant 1 5 Muscisaxicola frontalis
10 Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant 1 1 Agriornis montanus
3 White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis andicola
8 Great Shrike-Tyrant 1 1 Agriornis lividus
1 Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis micropterus
10 Fire-eyed Diucon 6 8 Xolmis pyrope
9 Chocolate-vented Tyrant 1 5 Neoxolmis rufiventris
4 d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides
9 White-browed Chat-Tyrant 1 1 Ochthoeca leucophrys
10 Patagonian Tyrant 1 1 Colorhamphus parvirostris
10 Rufous-tailed Plantcutter 2 5 Phytotoma rara
10 Chilean Swallow 9 100s Tachycineta meyeni
3 Peruvian Martin Progne murphyi
10 Andean Swallow 1 5 Haplochelidon andecola
10 Blue-and-white Swallow 13 30 Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
7 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
10 Barn Swallow 4 2 Hirundo rustica
4 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
10 House Wren 11 15 Troglodytes aedon
10 Sedge Wren 3 3 Cistothorus platensis
10 Chiguanco Thrush 2 12 Turdus chiguanco
10 Austral Thrush 12 15 Turdus falcklandii
10 Chilean Mockingbird 5 25 Mimus thenca
3 Peruvian [Yellowish] Pipit Anthus lutescens peruvianus
10 Correndera Pipit 7 10 N Anthus correndera
10 Blue-and-yellow Tanager 1 3 Thraupis bonariensis
10 Cinereous Conebill 1 15 Conirostrum cinereum
10 Black-throated Flowerpiercer 1 5 Diglossa brunneiventris
10 Rufous-collared Sparrow 14 100 N Zonotrichia capensis
10 Black-hooded Sierra-Finch 4 20 N Phrygilus atriceps
10 Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch 5 50 Phrygilus gayi
10 Patagonian Sierra-Finch 2 6 Phrygilus patagonicus
10 Mourning Sierra-Finch 4 100 Phrygilus fruticeti
10 Plumbeous Sierra-Finch 2 8 Phrygilus unicolor
10 White-throated Sierra-Finch 2 2 Phrygilus erythronotus
10 Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch 2 10 Phrygilus plebejus
9 Band-tailed Sierra-Finch 2 6 Phrygilus alaudinus
10 White-winged Diuca-Finch 1 6 Diuca speculifera
10 Common Diuca-Finch 5 6 Diuca diuca
10 Black-throated (Canary-winged) Finch 1 7 Melanodera melanodera
4 Yellow-bridled Finch Melanodera xanthogramma
10 Slender-billed Finch 1 10 N Xenospingus concolor
10 Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch Sicalis uropygialis
10 Great (Greater) Yellow-Finch 2 30 Sicalis auriventris
10 Greenish Yellow-Finch 3 60 Sicalis olivascens
10 Patagonian Yellow-Finch 2 15 Sicalis lebruni
10 Grassland Yellow-Finch 5 50 Sicalis luteola
9 Blue-black Grassquit 1 3 Volatinia jacarina
10 Chestnut-throated Seedeater 1 20 Sporophila telasco
10 Band-tailed Seedeater 1 5 Catamenia analis
9 Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris
10 Austral Blackbird 8 20 Curaeus curaeus
1 Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus
10 Yellow-winged Blackbird 3 20 N Agelasticus thilius
10 Shiny Cowbird 3 6 N Molothrus bonariensis
10 Peruvian Meadowlark 2 20 Sturnella bellicosa
10 Long-tailed Meadowlark 11 25 Sturnella loyca
10 Hooded Siskin 2 20 Carduelis magellanica
10 Black Siskin 2 4 Carduelis atrata
10 Yellow-rumped Siskin 2 2 Carduelis uropygialis
10 Black-chinned Siskin 6 30 Carduelis barbata
10 House Sparrow 10 30 Passer domesticus

Mammals

Coruro (Charcoal Gopher) x Spalacopus cyanus
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
Muskrat x Ondatra zibethicus
Guigna Cat Felis guigna
South American Grey Fox x Dusicyon griseus
South American Red Fox x Dusicyon culpaeus
Patagonian Skunk Conepatus humboldtii
Marine Otter Lutra felina
Lesser Grison x Galictis cuja
Andean Deer (Huemul) Hippocamelus antisensis
Guanaco x Lama guanico
Vicuña x Lama vicugna
Southern Sea Lion x Otaria byroni
South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis
Commerson's Dolphin x Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Peale's Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis
Bottlenose Dolphin x Tursiops truncatus ssp
Sperm Whale x Physeter macrocephalus