Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Island 2018 WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS ( & Mammals) Note: listed in order of first seeing them and includes those seen on the day of embarkation MAMMALS January 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Cupleo Fox Lycalopex culpaeus x Grey Fox Lycalopex griseus x South American Sealion Otaria byronia x x Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus x x x x South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis x x x Hourglass Dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger x x Peale’s Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis x x Balaenoptera borealis Sei Whale x x schlegellii Arnoux’s Beaked Whale Berardius arnuxii x Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella x x x x x x x x Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina x x x x x x Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae x x x x x x Unidentidied Beaked Ziphid Species x Whale Hydrurga leptonyx x x x Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis x x Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii x x Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophaga x x x Killer Whale Orcinus orca x x x BIRDS 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Great Grebe Podiceps major x Southern Macronectes giganteus x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli x x x x x x x x x x x Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus x x x x x Rock Shag/Cormorant Phalacrocorax magellanicus x x x Imperial Shag/Cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps x x x x x x x x x x x x Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus x Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax x x Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis x Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus x Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus x x x x x x x x x x x Upland Goose Chloephaga picta x x x Flying Steamer Tachyeres patachonicus x Flightless Steamer Duck Tachyeres pteneres x Spectacled Duck Speculanas specularis x x Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides x Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica x Speckled/Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris x Chiloe Wigeon Anas sibilatrix x Red Shoveler Anas platalea x Andean Condor Vultur gryphus x Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango x Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis x Blackish Oystercatcher Chloephaga picta x x x Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus x x x 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 South American/ Gallinago paraguaiae x Magellanic Snipe Chilean Skua Catharacta chilensis x Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida x x x Dolphin Gull Larus scoresbii x x x South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea x x Austral Parakeet Enicognathus ferrugineus x Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana x Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus x Buff-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus x Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda x Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa x White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps x Tuften Tit Tyrant Anairetes parulus x Chilean Swallow Tachycineta meyeni x Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii x x x Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus x Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera x x Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnus loyca x x x Patagonian Sierra Finch Phrygilus patagonicus x Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis x House Sparrow Passer domesticus x x Black-chinned Siskin Carduelis barbata x x x White-throated Caracara Phalcoboenus albogularis x Black-chested Buzzard Geranoaetus melanoleucus x Eagle Dark-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus x Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea x x x x Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis x x 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus x White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis x x x x x x x x x x Cape Petrel (Pintado) Daption capense x x x x x x x x x x x x Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Unidentified Diving Petrel Pelecanoide species x x x x x x Species Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora x x x Slender/Thin-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri x Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma x x x x x x x x x x Catharacta antarctica (Falkland) x x x antarctica Southern Rockhopper Pen- Eudyptes chrysocome x x x guin chrysocome Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus x x x x x x x Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata x x x x x x x x x x x / Cinclodes antarcticus x x Tussacbird antarcticus Muscisaxicola maclovianus Dark-faced Ground Tyrant x x maclovianus Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis x Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura x x Falkland Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus x x Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix x x Ruddy-headed Goose Chloëphaga rubidiceps x Southern Caracara Caracara plancus x King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus x x x x x x Grey-backed Storm Petrel Garrodia nereis x x x Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus x Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus x 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Black-throated/ Melanodera melanodera x White-bridled Finch Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis x Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans x x x x x x x x Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis x x x x x Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua x x x x x x x x x Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica x x x x x x x x x Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur x x Catharacta antarctica Brown Skua (Sth Georgia) x x x x x x lonnbergi Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus x Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata x x x x x x x x x South Georgia Pintail Anas georgica georgica x x x South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus x x Light-mantled (Sooty) Alba- Phoebetria palpebrata x x x x x tross Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea x x x x x South Georgia Diving Pelecanoides georgicus x x x Petrel Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea x x x x x Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris x x South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki x x x x Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides x x x x Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus x x x x x Catharacta antarctica Brown Skua (Antarctic) x x x antarctica Brown Skua (Tierra del Catharacta antarctica x Fuego) Using the IUCN/BirdLife International Species Classification List(2017) Itinerary 6th Jan - Ushuaia 7th Jan - At Sea to Falkland Islands 8th Jan - New Island & Saunders Island (Falklands) 9th Jan - Stanley (Falklands) 10th Jan - At Sea to South Georgia 11th Jan - At Sea to South Georgia 12th Jan - Elsehul, Prion Island & Salisbury Plain 13th Jan - Fortuna Bay, Stromness & Grytviken 14th Jan - Andrews Bay, Gold Harbour & Drygalski Fjord 15th Jan - At Sea to Elephant Island 16th Jan - At Sea to Elephant Island 17th Jan - Elephant Island 18th Jan - Antarctic Sound (Brown Bluff to Bransfield Island Area) 19th Jan - King George Island/Bellingshausen Base 20th Jan - Cierva Cove, Portal Point & Wilhelmina Bay 21st Jan - Paradise Bay 22nd Jan - At Sea to Ushuaia 23rd Jan Cape Horn and at Sea to Ushuaia