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Central Chile and the Atacama Desert Field Checklist Potential Bird List with Fabrice Schmitt & Steve Howell Column A: JF = Juan Fernandez extension only A Puna [Lesser] Rhea Pterocnemia [pennata] tarapacensis Ornate Tinamou Nothoprocta ornata Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria Puna Tinamou Tinamotis pentlandii Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera Upland Goose Chloephaga picta Torrent Duck Merganetta armata Flying Steamer-Duck Tachyeres patachonicus Flightless (Chiloe) Steamer-Duck Tachyeres pteneres Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides Spectacled Duck Speculanus specularis Chiloe (Southern) Wigeon Anas sibilatrix Yellow-billed (Speckled) Teal Anas flavirostris flavirostris Andean [Yellow-billed/Speckled] Teal Anas flavirostris oxyptera Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis Puna Teal Anas puna Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera Red Shoveler Anas platalea Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla Andean Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis ferruginea Lake Duck Oxyura vittata California Quail Callipepla californica White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Great Grebe Podiceps major Patagonian [Silvery] Grebe Podiceps [occipitalis] occipitalis Andean [Silvery] Grebe Podiceps ]occipitalis] juninensis Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus Puna (James's) Flamingo Phoenicoparrus jamesi ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Central Chile and Atacama Desert Bird List… 2 Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea [epomophora] sanfordi Southernn Royal Albatross Diomedea [epomophora] epomophora Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli Antarctic (Southern) Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides Pintado (Cape) Petrel Daption capense Kermadec Petrel JF Pterodroma neglecta Juan Fernandez Petrel JF Pterodroma externa De Filippi's (Masatierra) Petrel Pterodroma defilippiana Stejneger's Petrel JF Pterodroma longirostris White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus Fuegian [Wilson's] Storm-Petrel Oceanites [oceanicus] chilensis Elliot's Storm-Petrel Oceanites gracilis Pincoya Storm-Petrel Oceanites pincoyae White-bellied Storm-Petrel JF Fregetta grallaria Markham's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma markhami Peruvian Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides garnotii Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii Peruvian Booby Sula variegata Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Red-legged Shag (Cormorant) Phalacrocorax gaimardi Rock Shag (Cormorant) Phalacrocorax magellanicus Guanay Shag (Cormorant) Phalacrocorax bougainvillii Imperial Shag (Cormorant) Phalacrocorax atriceps Stripe-backed Bittern Ixobrychus involucris Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Central Chile and Atacama Desert Bird List… 3 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi Black-faced Ibis Theristicus [melanopis] melanopis Andean Ibis Theristicus [melanopis] branickii Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Andean Condor Vultur gryphus White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus Chilean [Bicolored] Hawk Accipiter bicolor chilensis Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus White-throated Hawk Buteo albigula Variable Hawk Buteo polyosoma Juan Fernandez Hawk JF Buteo [polyosoma] exsul Rufous-tailed Hawk Buteo ventralis Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus Southern Black Rail Laterallus [jamaicensis] salinasi Common Gallinule (Moorhen) Gallinula galeata Spot-flanked Gallinule Gallinula melanops Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons Giant Coot Fulica gigantea Horned Coot Fulica cornuta Andean (Slate-colored) Coot Fulica ardesiaca White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Collared Plover Charadrius collaris Puna Plover Charadrius alticola Diademed Plover Phegornis mitchellii American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus melanurus Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina Peruvian Thick-knee Burhinus superciliaris ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. 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    Bolivia 7–25 September 2007 Participants: Didier Godreau Rolf Gräfvert Helge Grastveit Andrew Self Dennis and Margaret Weir Leader: Nick Acheson and Leo Catari (driver) Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Day 1 Overnight flight from London via Miami. Day 2 Having arrived smoothly courtesy of American Airlines, we immediately set to work in the savannahs surrounding the Viru Viru airport. Here we were delighted to see Greater Rhea, Red-winged Tinamou, Campo Flicker and flocks of Blue-crowned Parakeets. After a fine lunch in Santa Cruz we headed for the Piraí River on the west side of the city, and the Urubó savannahs beyond it. Once we found a sheltered spot out of the wind we had great birding, seeing, among many others, Speckled Chachalaca, Yellow-tufted Woodpecker, Blue-winged Parrotlet, Green-cheeked Parakeet, Golden-collared and Chestnut-fronted Macaws, Chestnut-eared Aracari, Thrush-like Wren, and Greater Thornbird. A pair of Titi Monkeys was also popular here. Day 3 This morning was spent at the Jardín Botánico, ten kilometres east of the city of Santa Cruz. By the roadside we saw White Woodpecker and Red-crested Cardinal and around the pond we found a dozy Brown-throated Three- toed Sloth, Social and Rusty-margined Flycatchers (very thoughtfully perched next to each other for ease of comparison), Blue-crowned Trogon, Blue-crowned Motmot and Narrow-billed Woodcreeper. Highlights in the forest included Rufous Casiornis, White-wedged Piculet, White-crested Tyrannulet, Fawn-breasted Wren, Ferruginous Pygmy-owl and a family of Silvery Marmosets. This afternoon we drove to Los Volcanes where we were greeted by Andean Condor, Military Macaw, Channel-billed Toucan, Red-billed and Turquoise-fronted Parrots and noisy, sky-filling flocks of Mitred Parakeets.
  • First Record of the Austral Negrito (Aves: Passeriformes) from the South Shetlands, Antarctica

    First Record of the Austral Negrito (Aves: Passeriformes) from the South Shetlands, Antarctica

    vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 297–304, 2015 doi: 10.1515/popore−2015−0018 First record of the Austral Negrito (Aves: Passeriformes) from the South Shetlands, Antarctica Piotr GRYZ 1,2, Małgorzata KORCZAK−ABSHIRE 1* and Alina GERLÉE 3 1 Zakład Biologii Antarktyki, Instytut Biochemii i Biofizyki PAN, ul. Pawińskiego 5a, 02−106 Warszawa, Poland *corresponding author <[email protected]> 2 Instytut Paleobiologii PAN, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00−818 Warszawa, Poland <[email protected]> 3 Zakład Geoekologii, Wydział Geografii i Studiów Regionalnych, Uniwersytet Warszawski, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 30, 00−927 Warszawa, Poland <[email protected]> Abstract: The order Passeriformes is the most successful group of birds on Earth, however, its representatives are rare visitors beyond the Polar Front zone. Here we report a photo− −documented record of an Austral Negrito (Lessonia rufa), first known occurrence of this species in the South Shetland Islands and only the second such an observation in the Antarc− tic region. This record was made at Lions Rump, King George Island, part of the Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 151 (ASPA 151). There is no direct evidence of how the indi− vidual arrived at Lions Rump, but ship assistance cannot be excluded. Key words: Antarctica, King George Island, avifauna monitoring, Lessonia rufa, vagrant birds. Introduction Monitoring of the avifauna in Admiralty and King George Bays on King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica; Fig. 1) is an important part of the Polish Antarctic research, and has been conducted since 1977 (Jabłoński 1986; Trivelpiece et al. 1987; Sierakowski 1991; Lesiński 1993; Korczak−Abshire et al.