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Chile: Tierra del Fuego to the Atacama Desert

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Cumulative Checklist

with Steve Howell as leader

  • Column A: Number of tours out of nine on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B: Number of days this species was seen on the 2009 tour
  • Column C: Maximum daily count for this species on the 2009 tour
  • Column D: H = Heard but not seen; (H) = Mostly heard; N= Nesting observed; X = Non-avian species seen on 2009 tour
A B C D
9 Darwin's [Lesser] Rhea 2 100 Pterocnemia pennata pennata
7 Puna [Lesser] Rhea 1 9 Pterocnemia pennata tarapacensis
9 Ornate Tinamou 1 1 Nothoprocta ornata
8 Chilean Tinamou 3 10 (H) Nothoprocta perdicaria
6 Puna Tinamou 2 19 N Tinamotis pentlandii
9 Black-necked Swan 4 41 N Cygnus melancoryphus
9 Coscoroba Swan 4 11 Coscoroba coscoroba
9 Andean Goose 3 50 Chloephaga melanoptera
9 Upland Goose 4 100s Chloephaga picta
9 Ashy-headed Goose 3 4 Chloephaga poliocephala
9 Ruddy-headed Goose 1 13 Chloephaga rubidiceps
9 Torrent Duck 2 3 Merganetta armata
9 Flying Steamer-Duck 3 30 N Tachyeres patachonicus
9 Flightless Steamer-Duck 1 2 Tachyeres pteneres
9 Crested Duck 7 200 N Lophonetta specularioides
9 Chiloe (Southern) Wigeon 7 100 Anas sibilatrix
9 Yellow-billed (Speckled) Teal 7 30 N Anas flavirostris flavirostris
9 Puna (James') Flamingo 2 250 Phoenicoparrus jamesi
9 Yellow-billed Pintail 8 50 N Anas georgica
6 White-cheeked Pintail 2 4 Anas bahamensis
6 Silver Teal 1 1 Anas versicolor
9 Puna Teal 1 100 Anas puna
9 Cinnamon Teal 7 44 N Anas cyanoptera
9 Red Shoveler 6 100 Anas platalea
8 Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
8 Black-headed Duck 2 1 Heteronetta atricapilla
9 Andean [Ruddy] Duck 1 10 Oxyura jamaicensis ferruginea
9 Lake Duck 3 50 N Oxyura vittata
9 California Quail 3 10 Callipepla californica
9 White-tufted Grebe 4 40 N Rollandia rolland
9 Pied-billed Grebe 3 1 Podilymbus podiceps
9 Great Grebe 4 3 Podiceps major
9 Patagonian [Silvery] Grebe 5 50 Podiceps occipitalis occipitalis
9 Andean [Silvery] Grebe 1 100s Podiceps occipitalis juninensis
9 Chilean Flamingo 2 380 Phoenicopterus chilensis
6 Andean Flamingo 1 100 Phoenicoparrus andinus
9 Humboldt Penguin 2 50 N Spheniscus humboldti
9 Magellanic Penguin 5 40 N Spheniscus magellanicus
8 Northern Royal Albatross 1 5 Diomedea epomophora sanfordi
9 Black-browed Albatross 3 30 Thalassarche melanophrys
5 Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
9 Salvin's Albatross 1 4 Thalassarche salvini
2 Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
9 Southern Giant-Petrel 4 20 Macronectes giganteus
9 Northern Giant-Petrel 2 6 Macronectes halli
9 Antarctic (Southern) Fulmar 4 150 Fulmarus glacialoides
9 Pintado (Cape) Petrel 2 30 Daption capense
8 De Filippi's (Masatierra) Petrel 1 1 Pterodroma defilippiana
1 Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris
9 White-chinned Petrel 2 25 Procellaria aequinoctialis
9 Westland Petrel 1 5 Procellaria westlandica
1 Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri
9 Sooty Shearwater 3 150 Puffinus griseus
9 Pink-footed Shearwater 2 80 Puffinus creatopus
9 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 2 2 Oceanites oceanicus
2 Elliot's Storm-Petrel 1 10 Oceanites gracilis
9 Peruvian Diving-Petrel 1 12 Pelecanoides garnotii
9 Magellanic Diving-Petrel 3 20 Pelecanoides magellani
1 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
9 Peruvian Pelican 5 150 Pelecanus thagus
9 Peruvian Booby 4 1000 Sula variegata
1 Blue-footed Booby 1 3 Sula nebouxii
9 Neotropic Cormorant 12 150 N Phalacrocorax brasilianus
9 Red-legged Shag (Cormorant) 2 400 Phalacrocorax gaimardi
9 Rock Shag (Cormorant) 5 50 Phalacrocorax magellanicus
9 Guanay Shag (Cormorant) 4 100 Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
9 Imperial Shag (Cormorant) 6 500 N Phalacrocorax atriceps
7 Stripe-backed Bittern Ixobrychus involucris
9 Black-crowned Night-Heron 6 50 N Nycticorax nycticorax
1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 1 Nyctanassa violacea
9 Cattle Egret 5 100 N Bubulcus ibis
9 Cocoi Heron 2 1 Ardea cocoi
9 Great Egret 5 5 N Ardea alba
9 Snowy Egret 5 11 N Egretta thula
9 Little Blue Heron 2 4 Egretta caerulea
2 White-faced Ibis 1 4 Plegadis chihi
9 Puna Ibis 1 50 Plegadis ridgwayi
9 Black-faced Ibis 6 100s Theristicus melanopis
9 Turkey Vulture 7 150 Cathartes aura
9 Black Vulture 6 100 Coragyps atratus
9 Andean Condor 5 12 Vultur gryphus
1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
7 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
9 Cinereous Harrier 2 3 Circus cinereus
1 Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
5 Chilean [Bicolored] Hawk Accipiter bicolor chilensis
9 Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle 3 3 Geranoaetus melanoleucus
8 Harris' Hawk 2 2 Parabuteo unicinctus
7 White-throated Hawk 1 2 Buteo albigula
9 Variable (Red-backed/Puna) Hawk 10 4 Buteo polyosoma
3 Rufous-tailed Hawk 1 1 Buteo ventralis
9 Mountain Caracara 3 3 Phalcoboenus megalopterus
9 Southern (crested) Caracara 7 10 Caracara plancus
9 Chimango Caracara 10 100s Milvago chimango
9 American Kestrel 9 8 Falco sparverius
9 Aplomado Falcon 3 1 Falco femoralis
9 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Falco peregrinus
9 Plumbeous Rail 1 1 Pardirallus sanguinolentus
9 Common Moorhen 2 20 Gallinula chloropus
9 Spot-flanked Gallinule 2 4 Gallinula melanops
9 Red-gartered Coot 7 150 N Fulica armillata
9 Red-fronted Coot 3 20 Fulica rufifrons
9 Giant Coot 2 100s N Fulica gigantea
9 Andean (Slate-colored) Coot 1 50 Fulica ardesiaca
9 White-winged Coot 5 10 Fulica leucoptera
9 Southern Lapwing 12 100s N Vanellus chilensis
9 Andean Lapwing 1 8 Vanellus resplendens
8 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica
3 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
8 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
9 Killdeer 2 1 Charadrius vociferus
6 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
2 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
9 Puna Plover 1 2 Charadrius alticola
9 Two-banded Plover 3 20 N Charadrius falklandicus
9 Rufous-chested Dotterel 2 1 Charadrius modestus
9 Diademed Sandpiper-Plover 1 2 Phegornis mitchellii
5 Tawny-throated Dotterel 1 2 Oreopholus ruficollis
9 American Oystercatcher 5 60 Haematopus palliatus
9 Blackish Oystercatcher 3 6 Haematopus ater
9 Magellanic Oystercatcher 4 20 N Haematopus leucopodus
9 Black-necked Stilt 4 20 N Himantopus mexicanus melanurus
9 Andean Avocet 1 30 Recurvirostra andina
9 Peruvian Thick-Knee 1 2 Burhinus superciliaris
2 Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
9 Magellanic Plover 1 1 Pluvianellus socialis
9 Magallenic [South American] Snipe 5 5 Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica
2 Puna Snipe Gallinago andina
5 Hudsonian Godwit 3 6 Limosa haemastica
9 Whimbrel 5 100 Numenius phaeopus
9 Greater Yellowlegs 2 4 Tringa melanoleuca
8 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 1 Tringa flavipes
8 Willet 1 110 Tringa semipalmatus
8 Spotted Sandpiper 2 1 Actitis macularius
9 Ruddy Turnstone 4 6 Arenaria interpres
9 Surfbird 2 20 Aphriza virgata
7 Sanderling Calidris alba
3 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
5 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
9 White-rumped Sandpiper 4 100 Calidris fuscicollis
9 Baird's Sandpiper 7 100 Calidris bairdii
1 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
9 Wilson's Phalarope 4 200 Phalaropus tricolor
9 Red Phalarope 2 100 Phalaropus fulicarius
4 Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi
9 Gray-breasted Seedsnipe 3 8 Thinocorus orbignyianus
9 Least Seedsnipe 3 4 Thinocorus rumicivorus
5 South American Painted-Snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris
9 Chilean Skua 5 20 Stercorarius chilensis
3 Parasitic Jaeger 1 1 Stercorarius parasiticus
9 Dolphin Gull 2 20 Leucophaeus scoresbii
9 Belcher's Gull 3 200 Larus belcheri
9 Gray Gull 4 1000s Larus modestus
9 Kelp Gull 11 1000 Larus dominicanus
9 Brown-hooded Gull 6 100s N Larus maculipennis
9 Andean Gull 3 100 N Larus serranus
1 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
9 Franklin's Gull 6 20 Larus pipixcan
4 Sabine's Gull 1 3 Xema sabini
9 Inca Tern 3 500 Larosterna inca
2 Peruvian Tern 1 3 Sternula lorata
2 Common Tern 1 1 Sterna hirundo
8 Arctic Tern 2 20 Sterna paradisaea
9 South American Tern 6 300 Sterna hirundinacea
2 Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
9 Elegant Tern 4 100 Thalasseus elegans
8 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger cinerascens
9 Feral Pigeon x x "Columba livia"
9 Picui Ground-Dove 2 2 Columbina picui
9 Croaking Ground-Dove 1 2 Columbina cruziana
9 Bare-faced Ground-Dove 3 30 Metriopelia ceciliae
9 Black-winged Ground-Dove 5 70 Metriopelia melanoptera
6 Golden-spotted Ground-Dove Metriopelia aymara
6 Spot-winged Pigeon 3 50 Patagioenas maculosa
9 Chilean Pigeon 2 40 Patagioenas araucana
9 West Peruvian Dove 4 150 Zenaida meloda
9 Eared Dove 9 40 Zenaida auriculata
9 Austral Parakeet 3 12 Enicognathus ferrugineus
9 Slender-billed Parakeet 2 40 Enicognathus leptorhynchus
3 Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
5 Mountain Parakeet 1 7 Psilopsiagon aurifrons
5 Magellanic [Great] Horned Owl 1 2 Bubo virginianus magellanicus
8 Austral Pygmy-Owl 3 1 Glaucidium nanum
7 Peruvian Pygmy-Owl 1 1 Glaucidium peruanum
8 Burrowing Owl 1 1 Athene cunicularia
5 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
4 Band-winged Nightjar 1 1 Caprimulgus longirostris
1 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
9 Andean Swift 1 40 Aeronautes andecolus parvulus
2 Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
9 Andean Hillstar 3 25 N Oreotrochilus estella
9 White-sided Hillstar 2 5 Oreotrochilus leucopleurus
9 Chilean [Giant] Hummingbird 3 5 Patagona gigas gigas
9 Andean [Giant] Hummingbird 2 4 Patagona gigas peruviana
9 Green-backed Firecrown 3 20 Sephanoides sephaniodes
9 Oasis Hummingbird 2 5 Rhodopis vesper
8 Peruvian Sheartail 1 3 Thaumastura cora
9 Chilean Woodstar 1 7 Eulidia yarrellii
9 Ringed Kingfisher 1 1 Megaceryle torquata stellata
9 Striped Woodpecker 1 2 Picoides lignarius
9 Chilean Flicker 3 2 Colaptes pitius
9 Andean Flicker 1 10 Colaptes rupicola
9 Magellanic Woodpecker 1 3 Campephilus magellanicus
8 Patagonian [Common] Miner 2 10 Geositta cunicularia cunicularia
6 Altiplano [Common] Miner 1 2 Geositta cunicularia frobeni
9 Short-billed Miner 2 50 Geositta antarctica
6 Grayish Miner Geositta maritima
9 Puna Miner 2 10 Geositta punensis
9 Rufous-banded Miner 3 70 Geositta rufipennis
9 Scale-throated Earthcreeper 2 2 Upucerthia dumetaria
9 White-throated Earthcreeper 2 3 Upucerthia albigula
9 Plain-breasted Earthcreeper 3 4 N Upucerthia jelskii
7 Straight-billed Earthcreeper 1 4 Upucerthia ruficaudus
9 Crag Chilia 1 2 Chilia melanura
9 Buff [Bar]-winged Cinclodes 6 12 N Cinclodes fuscus fuscus
9 Cream [Bar]-winged Cinclodes 3 20 Cinclodes fuscus albiventris
9 Gray-flanked (Oustalet?s) Cinclodes 2 10 Cinclodes oustaleti
9 Dark-bellied Cinclodes 5 6 N Cinclodes patagonicus
9 Seaside Cinclodes 2 10 N Cinclodes nigrofumosus
9 White-winged Cinclodes 2 6 N Cinclodes atacamensis
9 Wren-like Rushbird 1 10 N Phleocryptes melanops
9 Thorn-tailed Rayadito 4 40 Aphrastura spinicauda
9 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail 2 4 Leptasthenura a. aegithaloides
3 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura a. pallida
3 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura a. berlepschi
2 Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura a. grisecens
9 Streaked Tit-Spinetail 2 4 Leptasthenura striata
9 Des Murs' Wiretail 2 2 Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii
9 Canyon Canastero 1 3 Asthenes pudibunda
9 Cordilleran Canastero 3 3 Asthenes modesta
8 Austral Canastero 3 3 Asthenes anthoides
8 Sharp-billed Canastero Asthenes pyrrholeuca
9 Dusky-tailed Canastero 2 2 N Asthenes humicola
9 Dark -winged [Cr.-br.] Canastero 3 6 N Asthenes dorbignyi arequipae
9 White-throated Treerunner 2 4 Pygarrhichas albogularis
9 Black-throated Huet-huet 3 8 (H) Pteroptochos tarnii
9 Moustached Turca 3 25 Pteroptochos megapodius
8 White-throated Tapaculo 1 5 Scelorchilus albicollis
9 Chucao Tapaculo 3 50 (H) Scelorchilus rubecula
9 Ochre-flanked Tapaculo 2 8 (H) Eugralla paradoxa
9 Magellanic Tapaculo 3 5 (H) Scytalopus magellanicus
9 Dusky Tapaculo 2 4 (H) Scytalopus fuscus
9 Chilean [White-crested] Elaenia 7 20 Elaenia albiceps chilensis
9 Peruvian [White-crested] Elaenia 2 4 Elaenia albiceps modesta
9 Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant 2 3 Anairetes flavirostris
9 Tufted Tit-Tyrant 5 6 Anairetes parulus
9 Many-colored Rush-Tyrant 1 10 N Tachuris rubrigastra
8 Rufescent [Bran-colored] Flycatcher 1 2 Myiophobus fasciatus rufescens
9 Vermilion Flycatcher 2 30 Pyrocephalus rubinus
9 Austral Negrito 6 150 Lessonia rufa
9 Andean Negrito 1 8 Lessonia oreas
9 Spectacled Tyrant 2 1 Hymenops perspicillatus
7 Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
9 Puna Ground-Tyrant 2 5 Muscisaxicola juninensis
8 Cinereous Ground-Tyrant 1 1 Muscisaxicola cinereus
9 White-fronted Ground-Tyrant 2 10 Muscisaxicola albifrons
9 Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant 2 1 Muscisaxicola flavinucha
8 Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant 2 3 Muscisaxicola rufivertex
7 Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant 3 50 Muscisaxicola maclovianus
9 White-browed Ground-Tyrant 2 20 Muscisaxicola albilora
8 Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant 1 5 Muscisaxicola capistratus
9 Black-fronted Ground-Tyrant 1 3 Muscisaxicola frontalis
9 Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant 3 2 Agriornis montanus
3 White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant 1 2 Agriornis andicola
7 Great Shrike-Tyrant 2 1 Agriornis lividus
1 Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis micropterus
9 Fire-eyed Diucon 8 10 Xolmis pyrope
9 Chocolate-vented Tyrant 1 1 Neoxolmis rufiventris
4 d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides
8 White-browed Chat-Tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys
9 Patagonian Tyrant 1 1 H Colorhamphus parvirostris
9 Rufous-tailed Plantcutter 4 2 Phytotoma rara
9 Chilean Swallow 9 100 Tachycineta meyeni
1 Southern Martin Progne elegans
3 Peruvian Martin Progne murphyi
9 Andean Swallow 2 5 Haplochelidon andecola
9 Blue-and-white Swallow 13 30 N Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
7 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
9 Barn Swallow 3 5 Hirundo rustica
4 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
9 House Wren 9 15 Troglodytes aedon musculus
9 Sedge Wren 1 5 Cistothorus platensis
9 Chiguanco Thrush 2 10 Turdus chiguanco
9 Austral Thrush 12 50 Turdus falcklandii
9 Chilean Mockingbird 6 25 Mimus thenca
3 Peruvian [Yellowish] Pipit Anthus lutescens
9 Correndera Pipit 4 10 Anthus correndera
9 Blue-and-yellow Tanager 2 7 Thraupis bonariensis
9 Cinereous Conebill 2 6 Conirostrum cinereum
2 Tamarugo Conebill Conirostrum tamarugense
9 Black-throated Flowerpiercer 1 5 Diglossa brunneiventris
9 Rufous-collared Sparrow 15 200 Zonotrichia capensis
9 Black-hooded Sierra-Finch 3 15 Phrygilus atriceps
9 Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch 8 60 Phrygilus gayi
9 Patagonian Sierra-Finch 3 6 Phrygilus patagonicus
9 Mourning Sierra-Finch 5 120 Phrygilus fruticeti
9 Plumbeous Sierra-Finch 2 10 Phrygilus unicolor
9 White-throated Sierra-Finch 2 6 Phrygilus erythronotus
9 Ash-breasted Sierra-Finch 2 15 Phrygilus plebejus
8 Band-tailed Sierra-Finch 1 2 Phrygilus alaudinus
9 White-winged Diuca-Finch 2 12 Diuca speculifera
9 Common Diuca-Finch 5 20 Diuca diuca
9 Black-throated Finch 1 4 Melanodera melanodera
4 Yellow-bridled Finch Melanodera xanthogramma
9 Slender-billed Finch 1 4 Xenospingus concolor
9 Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch 1 6 Sicalis uropygialis
9 Great (Greater) Yellow-Finch 2 70 Sicalis auriventris
9 Greenish Yellow-Finch 3 60 Sicalis olivascens
9 Patagonian Yellow-Finch 1 7 Sicalis lebruni
9 Grassland Yellow-Finch 3 20 Sicalis luteola
7 Blue-black Grassquit 1 3 Volatinia jacarina
9 Chestnut-throated Seedeater 2 12 Sporophila telasco
9 Band-tailed Seedeater 2 30 Catamenia analis
9 Golden-billed Saltator 1 1 Saltator aurantiirostris
9 Austral Blackbird 6 100 Curaeus curaeus
1 Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus
9 Yellow-winged Blackbird 1 15 Agelasticus thilius
9 Shiny Cowbird 3 5 Molothrus bonariensis
9 Peruvian Meadowlark 2 15 Sturnella bellicosa
9 Long-tailed Meadowlark 13 50 Sturnella loyca
9 Thick-billed Siskin 1 2 Carduelis crassirostris
9 Hooded Siskin 2 60 Carduelis magellanica
9 Black Siskin 1 10 Carduelis atrata
9 Yellow-rumped Siskin 2 12 Carduelis uropygialis
9 Black-chinned Siskin 5 50 Carduelis barbata
8 House Sparrow 11 30 Passer domesticus
Southern Sea Lion X Otaria byroni
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus ssp

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Mammals

Big-eared Mouse Auliscomys boliviensis
Highland Tuco-Tuco Ctenomys opimus
Mountain Vizcacha X Lagidium viscacia
Coypu X Myocastor coypus
European Hare X Lepus europaeus
European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Muskrat 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 X Lutra felina
Lesser Grison Galictis cuja
Andean Deer (Huemul) X Hippocamelus antisensis
Guanaco X Lama guanico
Vicuña X Lama vicugna
South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis
Commerson's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii
Peale's Dolphin X Lagenorhynchus australis
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus