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Argentina
Birds
during FONT Birding
& Nature Tours
Part 1: Tinamous to
Flycatchers
1991
thru 2007
(during the months
of October & November)
List compiled by Armas Hill
Link:
Argentina Bird List - Part 2: Antshrikes to Grosbeaks
There have been 13 FONT birding tours in
Argentina, during which
692
species of birds have cumulatively been seen.
PHOTO AT UPPER LEFT: a female KELP GOOSE in southern Argentina
Codes:
ba: in and near Buenos
Aires
fs: far-southern Argentina, including
Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego
nc: in north-central Argentina,
including areas south from Jujuy (Calilegua Nat Park), and Salta, to Tucuman and
Cordoba
ne: in northeast Argentina,
including the areas of Iguazu (in Missiones) and the Ibera Marshes (in
Corrientes), and in between
nw: in northwest Argentina
(north of Jujuy), including the Altiplano
so: in southern Argentina, including the Valdez Peninsula,
and nearby areas to the north & south, in Chubut & Rio Negro
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical (t2): endangered
(t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
(ARe): endemic to Argentina
(ARr): rare in Argentina
(i): introduced species
(in PG): in Birds of Southern South America Photo
Gallery
Other Links:
Upcoming
Argentina Birding Tour Itineraries
List
of Mammals & Other Wildlife during our Argentina Tours
Southern South America Photo
Gallery
Bird-List:
- King Penguin (ARr) ______ fs
Aptenodytes patagonicus (now said to be monotypic)
A King Penguin, with Magellanic Penguins,
photographed during a FONT tour in Argentina
- Gentoo Penguin (ARr) ______ fs
Pygoscelis p. papua
- Rockhopper Penguin (ARr) ______ fs
Eudyptes c. chrysocome
- Magellanic Penguin (nt) ______ so,fs
Spheniscus magellanicus (monotypic)
A Magellanic Penguin in its burrow
photographed during a FONT tour
- Greater Rhea (nt) ______ ne
Rhea americana albescens
- Darwin's Rhea ______ nw,so,fs
(has been called Lesser Rhea)
Pterocnemia p. pennata
Pterocnemia pennata garleppi (nt) ("Puna Rhea")
- Tataupa Tinamou ______
Crypturellus t. tataupa
- Solitary Tinamou (nt) ______ ne
Tinamus s. solitarius
- Red-winged Tinamou ______ ne
Rhynchotus rufescens pallescens
- Brushland Tinamou ______ nw,nc
Nothoprocta c. cinerascens
- Ornate Tinamou ______ nw
Nothoprocta ornata rostrata
- Andean Tinamou ______ nc
Nothoprocta pentlandii doeringi
- Spotted Nothura ______ ne
Nothura m. maculosa
- Darwin's Nothura ______ nc,so
Nothura d. darwinii
- Elegant Crested-Tinamou ______ so
Eudromia e. elegans
- Patagonian Tinamou ______ fs
Tinamotis ingoufi
(monotypic)
- Puna Tinamou ______ nw
Tinamotis pentlandii
(monotypic)
- White-tufted Grebe ______ ba,nw,nc,so,fs
Rollandia
(formerly Podiceps) rolland chilensis
- Silvery Grebe ______ so,fs
Podiceps o. occipitalis
- Hooded Grebe (nt) ______ fs
Podiceps gallardoi
(monotypic, described recently in 1974)
- Pied-billed Grebe ______ ba,nw,ne,nc
Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus
- Least Grebe ______ nw
Tachybabtus dominicus speciosus
- Great Grebe ______ ba,so,fs
Podiceps m. major
- Black-browed Mollymawk (or Albatross) (nt)
______ so,fs (in PG)
Thalassarche (has been
Diomedea)
m. melanophrys
- Southern (or Antarctic) Giant-Petrel (t3)
______ so,fs (in PG)
Macronectes giganteus
(monotypic)
- Northern (or Hall's) Giant-Petrel (nt) ______
(in PG)
Macronectes halli
(monotypic)
- Southern (or Antarctic or
Silver-grey) Fulmar
______ fs (in PG)
Fulmarus glacialoides
(monotypic)
- White-chinned Petrel (called
"Shoemaker") ______ so (also called
"Shoemaker")
Procellaria a. aequinoctialis
- Manx Shearwater ______ so
Puffinus puffinus
(monotypic)
- Magellanic Diving-Petrel ______ fs
Pelecanoides magellani
(monotypic)
- Anhinga ______ ne
Anhinga a. anhinga
- Neotropical Cormorant ______ ba,nw,ne,nc,so,fs
(was called Olivaceous Cormorant)
Phalacrocorus b. brasilianus (formerly P. olivaceous)
- Red-legged Cormorant/Shag (nt) ______ fs
Phalacrocorax gaimardi
(monotypic)
- Rock (or Magellan) Cormorant/Shag ______ so,fs
Phalacrocorax magellanicus
(monotypic)
- Guanay Cormorant/Shag ______ so
Phalacrocorax bougainvillii
(monotypic)
-
Imperial Shag ______ fs
Phalacrocorax (atriceps) atriceps
- King Shag/Cormorant ______ so,fs
Phalacrocorax (atriceps) albiventer
- Cocoi Heron ______ ba,nw,ne,nc (has also been
called White-necked Heron, but there's a species so-named in
Australia)
Ardea cocoi (monotypic)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron ______ ne,nc
Tigrisoma lineatum marmoratum
- Whistling Heron ______ ba,ne,nc
Syrigma s. sibilatrix
- Great Egret ______ ba,nw,ne,nc
Ardea alba egretta
- Snowy Egret ______ ba,nw,ne,nc,so
Egretta thula brewsteri
- Cattle Egret ______ ba,nw,ne,nc
Bubulcus i. ibis
- Pinnated Bittern ______
Botaurus p. pinnatus
- Least Bittern ______ ne
Ixobrychus exilis erythromelas
- Stripe-backed Bittern ______ ba
Ixobrychus involucris
(monotypic)
- Striated Heron ______ ba,ne,nc
Butorides s. striata
- Black-crowned Night-Heron ______ ba,nw,ne,so,fs
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactii (nw & ne AR, & ba)
Nycticorax nycticorax obscurus (so & fs
AR, a darker
form)
- Wood Stork ______ nw,ne
Mycteria americana (monotypic)
- Maguari Stork ______ ba,ne
Ciconia maguari (monotypic)
- Jabiru ______ ne
Jabiru mycteria (monotypic)
- Black-faced Ibis ______ nw,fs (in PG) (formerly
considered conspecific with more-northerly Buff-necked Ibis,
Theristicus
caudatus)
Theristicus m. melanopis (fs)
Theristicus melanopis branickii
(nw, a rare form also known as the "Andean Ibis")
- Buff-necked Ibis ______ ne
Theristicus caudatus hyperorius
- Bare-faced Ibis ______ ba,ne (has
also been called "Whispering Ibis")
Phimosus i. infuscatus
- Puna Ibis ______ nw
Plegadis ridgwayi (monotypic)
- White-faced Ibis ______ ba,ne,nc,so,fs
Plegadis chihi (monotypic)
- Roseate Spoonbill ______ ba,ne,nc
Ajaia (formerly Platalea)
ajaja (monotypic)
- Chilean Flamingo (nt) ______ nw,nc,so,fs
(in PG)
Phoenicopterus chilensis (monotypic)
- Andean Flamingo (t3) ______ nw
Phoenicoparrus andinus (monotypic)
- Puna (or James') Flamingo (nt) ______ nw
Phoenicoparrus jamesi
(monotypic)
- Southern Screamer ______ ba,ne
Chauna torquata (monotypic)
A Southern Screamer photographed during a
FONT tour
- Muscovy Duck ______ nw
Cairina moschata
(monotypic)
- (American) Comb Duck ______ ne
Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck ______ ba,ne,nc
Dendrocygna bicolor
(monotypic)
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ______
ne
Dendrocygna autumnalis discolor
- White-faced Whistling-Duck ______ ba,ne
Dendrocygna viduata (monotypic)
- Coscoroba Swan ______ ba,nc,so,fs
Coscoroba coscoroba
(monotypic)
- Black-necked Swan ______ ba,so,fs
Cygnus melancoryphus
(monotypic)
- Kelp (Sheld-) Goose ______ fs (in PG)
(PHOTO AT TOP OF THIS LIST: A FEMALE)
Chloephaga h. hybrida
- Upland (or Magellan) (Sheld-) Goose ______ fs
(in PG)
Chloephaga p. picta
- Andean (Sheld-) Goose ______ nw
Chloephaga melanoptera
(monotypic)
- Ashy-headed (Sheld-) Goose ______ fs (in PG)
Chloephaga poliocephala
(monotypic)
- Crested Duck ______ nw,so,fs
Lophonetta s. specularioides (so & fs AR)
Lophonetta specularioides alticola (nw AR)
- Spectacled (or Bronze-winged Duck) (nt) ______
fs
Speculanas
(formerly Anas) specularis (monotypic)
- Southern (or Chiloe) Wigeon ______ so,fs
Anas sibilatrix
(monotypic)
- Yellow-billed Pintail ______
ba,nw,nc,so,fs (has also been called Brown Pintail)
Anas georgica spinicauda
- Speckled Teal ______ ba,nw,nc,so,fs
Anas f. flavirostris (ba + so & fs AR)
Anas flavirostris oxyptera (nw & nc AR)
- Red Shoveler ______ ba,nc,so,fs
Anas platalea
(monotypic)
- Cinnamon Teal ______ ba,nw,nc,so,fs
Anas c. cyanoptera
- White-cheeked Pintail ______ nw
Anas bahamensis rubrirostris
- Puna Teal ______ nw (has been considered as part
of Silver Teal)
Anas (versicolor) puna
- Silver Teal ______ ba,fs
Anas v. versicolor (ba)
Anas versicolor fretensis (fs AR)
- Torrent Duck ______ nc (in PG)
Merganetta a. armata
- Magellanic (Flightless)
Steamer-Duck ______ fs (exclusively marine)
Tachyeres pteneres
(monotypic)
- Flying Steamer-Duck ______ fs (in PG)
Tachyeres patachonicus
- White-headed (or Chubut)
Flightless Steamer-Duck (nt) ______ so
Tachyeres leucocephalus (monotypic, described recently in 1981)
- Rosy-billed Pochard ______
ba,so,fs (another name has been "Rosybill")
Netta peposaca
(monotypic)
- Brazilian Teal ______ ne
Amazonetta brasiliensis ipecutiri
- Ringed Teal ______ nw
Callonetta leucophrys (monotypic)
- Black-headed Duck (nt) ______ ba
Heteronetta atricapilla (monotypic)
- Andean (Ruddy) Duck ______ nw,fs (has been
considered by some conspecific with Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis)
Oxyura ferruginea
- Lake Duck ______
ba,nw,so (another name has been "Argentine Blue-bill")
Oxyura vittata (monotypic)
- Masked Duck ______ ba
Oxyura dominica (monotypic)
- Andean Condor (nt) ______ nw,nc,fs
(in PG)
Vultur gryphus (monotypic)
- Turkey Vulture ______ ba,nw,ne,nc,so,fs
Cathartes aura
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture ______ ne
Cathartes burrovianus
(monotypic)
- Black Vulture ______ nw,ne,nc,so
Coragyps atratus (now considered by some monotypic)
- King Vulture ______ nw
Sarcoramphus papa (monotypic)
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle ______
nw,ne,nc,so,fs (in PG)
Geranoaetus melanoleucus (the single member of its genus)
- Crowned Solitary Eagle (t3) ______
Harpyhaliaetus coronatus (monotypic)
- Swallow-tailed Kite ______ nw,ne
Elanoides forficatus yetapa
- White-tailed Kite ______ ba,nw,ne,nc,so
Elanus leucurus
- Plumbeous Kite ______ nw,ne
Ictinia plumbea (monotypic)
- Snail Kite ______ ba,ne
Rostrhamus s. sociabilis
- Hook-billed Kite ______ nw,ne
Chondrohierax u. uncinatus
- Rufous-thighed Kite ______ nw,ne
Harpagus diodon
(monotypic)
- Gray-headed Kite ______ ne
Leptodon cayanensis monachus
- Long-winged Harrier ______ ba,ne
Circus buffoni
(monotypic)
- Cinereous Harrier ______ nw,nc,so,fs
Circus cinereus (monotypic)
- Black-collared Hawk ______ ne
Busarellus nigricollis leucocephalus
- Great Black Hawk ______ nw,ne
Buteogallus u. urubitinga
- Bay-winged Hawk ______ ba,ne (called Harris's Hawk
in North America)
Parabuteo u. unicinctus
- Gray-lined Hawk ______
(includes Gray Hawk of mostly Central America)
Buteo nitida pallida
- Bicolored Hawk ______ nw,fs
Accipiter bicolor chilensis
- Rufous-thighed Hawk ______ (was
considered conspecific with the Sharp-shinned Hawk)
Accipiter erythronemius
- Roadside Hawk ______ ba,nw,ne,nc
Buteo magnirostris
- White-tailed Hawk ______ ne,nc,so
Buteo a. albicaudatus
- Short-tailed Hawk ______ nw
Buteo b. brachyurus
- Swainson's Hawk ______ nw
Buteo swainsoni
(monotypic)
- Variable Hawk ______ nw,nc,so (considered to include
both Red-backed and Puna Hawks, but some still consider them distinct, with
Red-backed Hawk as Buteo polyosoma, and
Puna, or Gurney's, Hawk of higher
Andean elevations as Buteo poecilochrous)
Buteo (polyosoma) poecilochrous
- Savanna Hawk ______ ne
Buteogallus meridionalis (monotypic)
- Crane Hawk ______
Geranospiza caerulescens flexipes
- Mountain Caracara ______ nw
Phalcoboenus megalopterus
(monotypic)
- White-throated Caracara ______ fs
Phalcoboenus albogularis
(monotypic)
- Southern Crested Caracara ______
ba,nw,ne,nc,so,fs (was
considered conspecific with the Northern Crested Caracara, Caracara
cheriway, of north of
the Amazon & further north in Central America & parts of southern
North America)
Caracara plancus (monotypic)
A Southern Crested Caracara photographed during
a FONT tour.
- Chimango Caracara ______ ba,ne,nc,so,fs
Milvago c. chimango
- Yellow-headed Caracara ______ ne
Milvago c. chimachima
- Spot-winged Falconet ______ nc,so
Spiziapteryx circumcincta
(monotypic)
- Peregrine Falcon ______ nw,nc,fs
Falco peregrinus tundrius
(migrant from North America)
Falco peregrinus cassini (resident in far-southern Argentina, including
what's now considered a light morph of the Peregrine, formerly called either
the Pallid Falcon or Kleinschmidt's Falcon, "Falco kreyenborgi")
- Aplomado Falcon ______ nw,ne,nc,so
Falco f. femoralis (ne & ncAR)
Falco femoralis pichinchae (nwAR)
- Bat Falcon ______ ne
Falco rufigularis (now said to be monotypic)
- American Kestrel ______ ba,nw,ne,nc,so,fs
Falco sparverius cinnamominus
- Chaco Chachalaca ______ nc
Ortalis c. canicollis
- Black-fronted Piping-Guan
(t3) ______ ne
Pipile jacutinga (monotypic)
- Dusky-legged Guan ______ nw,ne
Penelope o. obscura
- Spot-winged Wood-Quail ______ ne
Odontophorus capueira (monotypic)
- Limpkin ______ ba,ne
Aramus g. guarauna (the single member
of its genus & family)
- Black-legged Seriema ______ nc
Chunga burmeisteri
(monotypic)
(the other seriema, the Red-legged, is in a
different genus)
- Giant Wood-Rail ______ ne
Aramides ypecaha
(monotypic)
- Gray-necked Wood-Rail ______ ba,nw
Aramides c. cajanea
- Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail ______ ne
Aramides saracura
(monotypic)
- Plumbeous Rail ______ ba,nw,ne,so
Rallus s. sanguinolentus
- Rufous-sided Crake ______ nw
Laterallus melanophalus
- Ash-throated Crake ______ ne
Porzana a. albicollis
- Yellow-breasted Crake ______ ne
Porzana f. flaviventer
- Giant Coot ______ nw
Fulica gigantea
(monotypic)
- Horned Coot (t3) ______ nw
Fulica cornuta
(monotypic)
- Andean Coot ______ nw,nc (has been called
Slate-colored Coot, but coot is not that color? Has been said, by some, to
be conspecific with American Coot of mostly North America,
Fulica americana)
Fulica a. ardesiaca
- Red-gartered Coot ______ ba,nw,nc,so,fs
Fulica armillata
(monotypic)
- White-winged Coot ______ ba,nw,nc,so,fs
Fulica leucoptera
(monotypic)
- Red-fronted Coot ______ ba,nc,so,fs
Fulica rufifrons
(monotypic)
- Common Gallinule (or Moorhen)
______ ba,nw,ne,nc,so
Gallinula chloropus garmani (nw AR)
Gallinula chloropus galeata (no & ce to so AR)
- Spot-flanked Gallinule ______ ba
Porphyriops melanops crassirostris
- Purple Gallinule ______ ne
Porphyrula martinicus (monotypic)
- Azure Gallinule ______ ne
Porphyrula flavirostris (monotypic)
- Wattled Jacana ______
ba,nw,ne,nc
Jacana j. jacana
- South American Painted-Snipe ______ nw
Nycticryphes semicollaris
(monotypic)
- American Oystercatcher ______ so
Haematopus p. palliatus
- Magellanic Oystercatcher ______ fs
Haematopus leucopodus
(monotypic)
- Blackish Oystercatcher ______ so,fs
Haematopus ater
(monotypic)
- Andean Avocet ______ nw
Recurvirostra andina
(monotypic)
- White-backed
Stilt ______ ba,ne,nc,so (was said to be conspecific with the Black-winged
Stilt of the Old World, Himantopus himantopus)
Himantopus melanurus
- Black-necked Stilt ______ nw (was
said to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World,
Himantopus
himantopus)
Himantopus mexicanus
- Southern Lapwing ______ ba,nw,ne,nc,so,fs
Vanellus chilensis lampronotus (ba + ne & ncAR)
Vanellus chilensis fretensis (fsAR)
Vanellus c. chilensis (soAR)
- Andean Lapwing ______ nw,nc
Vanellus resplendens (monotypic)
- Grey Plover ______ so (has been
called Black-bellied Plover in the Americas)
Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
- American Golden Plover ______
Pluvialis dominica
(monotypic)
- Tawny-throated Dotterel ______ nw,so,fs
Oreopholus r. ruficollis
- Two-banded Plover ______ so,fs
Charadrius falklandicus (monotypic)
- Collared Plover ______ nw
Charadrius collaris (monotypic)
- Puna Plover ______ nw
Charadrius alticola (monotypic)
- Semipalmated Plover ______
Charadrius semipalmatus (monotypic)
- Rufous-chested Dotterel/Plover ______ fs
Charadrius (formerly Zonibyx) modestus
(monotypic)
- Magellanic Plover (nt) ______ fs
Pluvianellus socialis (monotypic)
(not a plover at all, in fact more closely related to the sheathbills)