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West Coast of South America Bird & Mammal List -- October 8 West Coast of South America Bird & Mammal List -- October 8 - 27, 2013 Compiled by Peter Harrison, Kevin Clement & Rick Price Birds Date of sighting in October 2013 - Key for Locations on Page 19 Common Name Scientific Name Notes 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Lesser Rhea Rhea pennata N-T Puna Rhea Rhea pennata tarapacensis X Ornate Tinamou Nothoprocta ornata Endemic - Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria Chile Andean Tinamou Nothoprocta pentlandii R/A - Chile Puna Tinamou Tinamotis pentlandii Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti VU X X X X X Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus X Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps X X X X White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland X Great Grebe Podiceps major X X X X Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis X X Hooded Grebe Podiceps gallardoi N-T Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora Diomedea epomophora Northern Royal Albatross epophomora Diomedea epomophora Sanford's Albatross sanfordi VU // R/A - Waved Albatross Phoebastria irrorata X X X X Chile Gray-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma VU Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris X X X X X Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri X X Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta Gray-backed "Salvin's" Thalassarche cauta salvini X X X Albatross Common Name Scientific Name Notes 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Chatham Island Albatross Thalassarche cauta eremita Southern Giant-petrel Macronectes giganteus VU X X X Northern Giant-petrel Macronectes halli N-T X X Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides X Cape (Pintado) Petrel Daption capense X Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta R/A - Peru Galapagos Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia CE X BR Endemic - Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa Chile // VU Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii ED Defilippe's (Mas a Tierra) Pterodroma defilippiana VU X X X X Petrel BR Endemic - Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris Chile // VU Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri Gray Petrel Procellaria cinerea N-T White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis X X X X X X X X Parkinson's (Black) Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni VU Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica VU X X Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus VU X X X X X X X X Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes R/A Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri VU Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus N-T X X X X X X X X X X X X X Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus R/A Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri R/A Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus X White-vented (Elliot's) Oceanites gracilis X X X X X X X X X Storm-petrel White-faced Storm-petrel Pelagodroma marina Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregatta tropica R/A Polynesian Storm-Petrel Neofregatta fulginosa R/A Least Storm-petrel Oceanodroma microsoma Common Name Scientific Name Notes 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Wedge-rumped Storm- Oceanodroma tethys X petrel Markham's Storm-petrel Oceanodroma markhami X X Black Storm-petrel Oceanodroma melania Ringed (Hornby's) Storm- Oceanodroma hornbyi X petrel Peruvian Diving-petrel Pelecanoides garnotii ED X X X X X X Common Diving-petrel X Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus X X X X X X X X X X X X X Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis X X Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii X X X X X Peruvian Booby Sula variegata X X X X X X X X X X X X X Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Nazca Booby Sula granti Red-footed Booby Sula sula R/A Brown Booby Sula leucogaster R/A Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Rock Shag Phalacrocorax magellanicus R/A X Imperial Cormorant X Guanay Cormorant Phalacrocorax bougainvillii N-T X X X X X X X X X X Red-legged Cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi N-T X X X X X X X X X Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens X Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi X X Great Egret Ardea alba X X X X X X Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea X X X X X X Snowy Egret Egretta thula X X X X X X X Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis X X X X X Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax X X X X X Stripe-backed Bittern Ixobrychus involucris Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis X X White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi X X X X Common Name Scientific Name Notes 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis N-T X X X X Andean Flamingo Phoenicopterus andinus VU X X X Puna (James') Flamingo Phoenicopterus jamesi N-T X Black-necked Swan Cygnus melanocorypha X X Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera X Torrent Duck Merganetta armata Chiloe Wigeon Anas sibilatrix X X X Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris X X X Crested Duck Anas specularioides X X X Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica X X X X White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis X X X X X Puna Teal Anas puna X X Silver Teal Anas versicolor Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera X X X X X X X Red Shoveler Anas platalea Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea X X X Lake Duck Oxyura vittata Black Vulture Coragyps atratus X X X X X X X X Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura X X X X X X X X X X X X Andean Condor Vultur gryphus N-T Northern Peru King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa only Osprey Pandion haliaetus White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Rare in Peru Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus X X Yellow-crowned Night- Nycticorax nycticorax X heron White Ibis Eudocimus albus X Chilean Hawk Accipiter chilensis Common Name Scientific Name Notes 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis Harris' Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus X X X X Black-chested Buzzard- Geranoaetus melanoleucus N-T eagle White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula Red-backed (Variable) Buteo polyosoma Hawk Phalcoboenus megalop- Mountain Caracara terus Southern Caracara Caracara plancus X Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway X Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango X X American Kestrel Falco sparverius Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon [cassini] Falco peregrinus cassini California Quail Callipepla californica IS - Chile Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Sora Porzana carolina R/A Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus R/A Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus X X X X X Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera X X X Slate-colored (Andean) Fulica ardesiaca X X X Coot Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata X X Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons X Giant Coot Fulica gigantea X Horned Coot Fulica cornuta R/A X Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater X X X American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus X X X X X X Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus X X X X X Common Name Scientific Name Notes 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 White-backed Stilt Himantopus melanurus Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina X X Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris Pied Lapwing Vanellus cayanus X Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis X X X Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens X American Golden-plover Pluvialis dominica Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola X Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus X X Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Killdeer Charadrius vociferus X X X Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus X Collared Plover Charadrius collaris Puna Plover Charadrius alticola X X Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus Diademed Sandpiper- Phegornis mitchellii N-T X plover Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae Puna Snipe Gallinago andina Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica X Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus X X X X X X X Numenius phaeopus hud- American Whimbrel sonicus Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca X X X X X X X X Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes X X X Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia X X X X Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus X X Catoptrophorus semipalma- Willet X tus Common Name Scientific Name Notes 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres X X Surfbird Aphriza virgata X X Red Knot Calidris canutus X Sanderling Calidris alba Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla R/A Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri X Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla X X X White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii X X X X X X X X Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor X X X Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus X X Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius X X X X X X X X Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe Attagis gayi Gray-breasted Seedsnipe Thinocorus orbignyianus X Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis X X X X X X X X X X South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus X X X X Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus X X Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus X X Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri X X X X X X X X X X X X Gray Gull Larus modestus X X X X X X X X X X X Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus X X X X X X X X X X X X X Gray-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
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