Quest for the endemics and specialties of Mediterranean Chile, the Lake District, Patagonia & Tierra del Fuego. We will bird throughout the most scenic areas of the country, visiting a wide range of habitats, including mountain areas, rocky seashores, oceanic waters, scrubby slopes, broad-leaf woodlands, temperate and sub-Antarctic forests and wind-swept steppes and islands.Discover the birdlife of Chile in the hands of a Chilean-based company and the expertise and field skills of highly experienced local guides.
14-day trip Starts/Ends: Santiago de Chile November 26 – December 9, 2016 by Rodrigo Tapia. See 2017 and 2018 dates.
Diademed Sandpiper-Plover, Phegornis mitchellii © Rodrigo Tapia, Far South Expeditions
Birding Chile is an exciting birdwatching journey aimed to discover the endemics and specialties of this 3,000-mile long and narrow biogeographical island and explore and enjoy its marvelous landscapes, excellent infrastructure, great cuisine and fabulous wines at a relaxed, laid-back pace.
Chile is a land of huge contrasts, truly a ‘geographic extravaganza’. On this birding adventure we will explore Chile’s incredibly diverse habitats and marvel at some of the most beautiful landscapes on Earth, while enjoying top-class hotels, cuisine and wines. From Mediterranean scrub to lush rainforests and coastal marshes, from the windswept steppes of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia, to the impressive lakes and volcanoes of south-central Chile, our search for the avian specialties of this long and narrow country will take us from the high Andes to the cold and productive waters of the Humboldt Current in the Pacific.
We will find many interesting species, some of them with very restricted distributional ranges and some endemic to the country.
OVERVIEW
Overview
Itinerary in Brief (14 days, 13 nights)
Day 1 Farellones and Valle Nevado
Day 2 Lampa & Central Coast – Aconcagua rivermouth
Day 3 La Campana National Park
Day 4 Pelagic trip off Valparaiso – Laguna El Peral
Day 5 El Yeso Valley
Day 6 Vilches Alto – Altos de Lircay Nature Reserve
Day 7 Colbun Lake
Day 8 Flight to Puerto Montt – Puyehue National Park
Day 9 Puyehue National Park
Day 10 Drive to Puerto Montt – Coastal mudflats
Day 11 Flight to Punta Arenas – San Juan Bay
Day 12 Ferry to Tierra del Fuego – Useless Bay
Day 13 Pali Aike National Park
Day 14 Otway Sound – Flight to Santiago
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, Salvins, 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.
The Difference of Traveling with Far South 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.
Very good 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.
plus an useful pre-departure information package.
Birding Chile, An Easy Tour can be combined with one of the following optional extensions:
Birding Northern Chile (5-6 days), exploring one of Chile’s birding hotspots, from the coasts and oasis of the Atacama Desert up to the Altiplano,
Robinson Crusoe Island (4-5 days), birding and nature quest to the fascinating Juan Fernandez Archipelago for its endemic hummingbird and rare petrels,
Torres del Paine Explorer (3-5 days), birding adventure in Patagonia’s premier wildlife destination.
ITINERARY
Detailed Itinerary and Activities
Day 1 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.
Overnight at Hotel Galerías or similar, Santiago (Dinner)(Guide).
Chilean Tinamou, Nothoprocta perdicaria © Enrique Couve, Far South Expeditions
Day 2 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 Chiles 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.
Overnight at Hotel Yachting or similar, Quintero (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Gray Gull, Leucophaeus modestus, Chile © Rodrigo Tapia, Far South Expeditions
Day 3 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.
Overnight at Hotel Yachting or similar, Quintero (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Chiloe Wigeon, Anas sibilatrix © Enrique Couve, Far South Expeditions
Day 4 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 worlds finest pelagic birding locations. We can expect to see a great variety of tubenoses such as Black-browed and Salvins Albatrosses. On recent trips we have often recorded Bullers, 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, Bullers and Sooty Shearwaters, Wilsons Storm-petrel, and Peruvian Diving-Petrel. Other seabirds we may encounter include Red (Grey) Phalaropes, Sabines 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.
Overnight at Hotel Galerías or similar, Santiago (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Salvin’s Albatross, Thalassarche salvini © Rodrigo Tapia, Far South Expeditions
Day 5 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.
Overnight at Hotel Galerías or similar, Santiago (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Day 6 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.
Overnight at Complejo Turístico El Roble, Vilches Alto (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Day 7 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.
Overnight at Hotel Diego de Almagro airport or similar, Santiago (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Day 8 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 Chiles 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.
Overnight at Hotel Antillanca, Puyehue (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Day 9 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.
Overnight at Hotel Antillanca, Puyehue (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Day 10 Drive to Puerto Montt Coastal mudflats
This morning we will explore again the parks 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 (Trudeaus) Tern.
Overnight at Hotel Club Presidente or similar, Puerto Montt (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Day 11 Morning flight to Punta Arenas San Juan area
This morning we will take our fight to Punta Arenas, Chiles 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.
Overnight at Hotel Diego de Almagro or similar, Punta Arenas (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Day 12 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.
Overnight at Yendegaia House, Porvenir (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Day 13 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 Commersons Dolphin following the wake. Chilean Flamingos, Upland Goose, Coscoroba Swans, Silver Teal plus thousands of waders such as Wilsons Phalarope, Bairds 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.
Overnight at Hotel Diego de Almagro or similar, Punta Arenas (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)(Guide).
Ashy-headed and Upland Geese, Tierra del Fuego, Chilean Patagonia © Enrique Couve, Far South Expeditions
Day 14 Morning trip to Otway Sound Afternoon flight to Santiago End of the trip
This morning we will visit the Magellanic Penguin rookery at Otway Sound. 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. (Breakfast)(Guide).
MAP
Trip Map
DATES & RATES
Dates & Rates
For Scheduled Departures
Birding Chile, An Easy Tour
Trip Code
CHL01
Trip Length
14-day trip from Santiago, Chile
2016 Dates
November 26 – December 9 by Rodrigo Tapia
2017 Dates
October 14-27, Leader TBA
2018 Dates
October 13-26, Leader TBA
Price per person
$4,898
Single Supplement
$650
Trips are guaranteed to depart with a minimum of 4 participants.
Maximum group size of 8 participants.
What the trip includes/excludes
The above price is per person in US$, 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, 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: Domestic flights (add app. $400 for 3 in-country flight package), tipping for restaurants and guides, travel insurance, entrance tax to Chile, excess baggage charges, private excursions, à la carte dishes, snacks, drinks, laundry, telephone calls and anything else of a purely personal nature.
Tour Registration
To book this tour, please complete our online registration form. We will process your booking form and will send you (within 24 hours) a note with space confirmation and a deposit invoice with payment instructions. The deposit amount is US$ 500 per person. Full payment of the tour fee is due 90 days prior to tour departure.
NOTE: Inquires received on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays will be replied during the following working day.
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 US$ 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
Tour Leader
Rodrigo Tapia started his long-time love relationship with birds when he became an avid birder by the age of 10, and has been observing, studying and learning about them for more than 30 years now, first by birding in many different environments from the seaside to the Andes mountains around his home patch, acquiring in the process a good deal of field experience with virtually all the birds of central Chile including most chilean endemics, and later expanding his voyages to the rest of the country. This early passion naturally evolved into his career and led him into studying Biology at Universidad Católica de Valparaíso and further studying with Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
He has explored Chile’s whole length from the northern Altiplano to Cape Horn while conducting ornithological research and guiding groups of birders since 1989. He studied the birds in the wetlands of the Aconcagua river and Mantagua for three years, gathering experience with shorebirds, plovers, waders and coastal seabirds. Rodrigo travelled to Antarctica for the first time in 1991 as part of a research team conducting studies on antarctic penguins, and later worked for eight seasons in the White Continent as an expedition leader, lecturer and zodiac driver on board a couple of vessels. These years of sailing across the Drake Passage, together with the experience gathered in pelagic birding off his hometown of Valparaíso in the Pacific coast of central Chile gave him hundreds of hours with albatrosses, petrels and other seabirds, a group of birds which has always captivated him.
Member of the Chilean Ornithologists Union, he has worked as a birding guide, as an independent researcher, and as a birding consultant and guide instructor for several nature-oriented hotels and lodges. He´s also interested in bird photography. Rodrigo has been involved in several environmental education projects with children, imparted workshops and lectured about birds and birding, and has worked to try and get the public attention on birds, their knowledge and conservation, and birdwatching as a sustainable economic activity. In this context he was the mind behind Festival de Aves de Chile, in 2008, the first ever bird festival in Chile, an event that is still celebrated every year in the city of Viña del Mar and has spurred the apparition of similar bird-centered community events throughout the country. He started guiding birding tours and pelagics in central Chile for Far South Expeditions in 2006 and currently works for us as a full-time birding, wildlife and wildlife photo trip leader and writer since 2012 when he moved to Punta Arenas.
GALLERY
Photo Gallery
Check out our photo gallery with images from recent birding trips throughout Chile.
One of our groups watching the stunning Diademed Sandpiper-Plover at El Yeso Reservoir, central Chile. This shot was taken while co-leading a group with world-famous birder Debra Shearwater © Claudio F. Vidal, FS Expeditions – www.fsexpeditions.com
CHECKLIST
Field Checklist
Birds and mammals possible to be seen during this trip.
Birds
Mammals
Rheas | Rheidae
Lesser Rhea Rhea pennata
Tinamous | Tinamidae
Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria
Penguins | Spheniscidae
Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonica
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
Common Miner Geositta cunicularia
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
Des Murs’ Wiretail Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii
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
Patagonian Tyrant Colorhamphus parvirostris
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*
Common Diuca-Finch Diuca diuca
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
