Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Islands Wildlife List

Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Islands Wildlife List

Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Islands Wildlife List -- January 7 - 28, 2016 Produced by Jim Wilson Date of sighting in January 2016 - Key for Locations on Page 4 Common Name Scientific Name 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 MAMMALS South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis X X X X South American Sea Lion Otaria byronia X X X Peale's Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis X X X Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis schlegellii X X X X Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis X X Commerson's Dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii X Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae X X X X X X X Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella X X X X X X X X Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina X X X X Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis X X Hourglass Dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger X X Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus X X X X Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx X X X Killer Whale Orcinus orca X X Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii X Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophaga X BIRDS Great Grebe Podiceps major X Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Rock Shag Phalacrocorax magellanicus X X X X X Imperial Shag (Blue-eyed/Impe- rial/King/Antarctic Shag/Cormo- Phalacrocorax atriceps X X X X X X X X X X X X X rant) Black Crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax X Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus X Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida X X X X Ashy-headed Goose Chloephaga poliocephala X Upland Goose Chloephaga picta X X X Common Name Scientific Name 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Flying Steamer Duck Tachyeres patachonicus X X Magellanic/Fuegia (Flightless) Tachyeres pteneres X X X Steamer Duck Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides X X Spectacled Duck Speculanas specularis X Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura X X X Andean Condor Vultur gryphus X Southern Caracara Caracara plancus X White-throated Caracara Phalcoboenus albogularis X Chimango Caracara Phalcoboenus chimango X X X Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis X X Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater X X Chilean Skua Catharacta chilensis X X X X Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus X X X X X X X X X X X South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea X X X Austral Parakeet Enicognathus leptorhynchus X Blackish Cinclodes Cinclodes antarcticus X Dark-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus X X Austral Negrito Lessonia oreas X Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda X X White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps X Tufted Tit-tyrant Anairetes parulus X Chilean Swallow Tachycineta meyeni X X Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii X (Southern) House Wren Troglodytes aedon musculus X Patagonian Sierra Finch Phrygilus patagonicus X Rufous Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis X X House Sparrow Passer Domesticus X X Black-chinned Siskin Carduelis barbata X Dolphin Gull Larus scoresbii X X X X X Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus X X Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii X Grey-flanked Cinclodes Cinclodes oustaleti X Speckled/Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris X Common Name Scientific Name 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Red Shoveler Spatula platalea X Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata X Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris 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 X Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome X X X X South Georgia/Yellow-billed Pin- Anas georgica X X X X tail Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans X X X X X X X X X X X X Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi X Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora X X X X X X White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis X X X 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 X X Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea X X X X X X Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis X X X X X Slender (Thin)-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri 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 Grey-backed Storm Petrel Garrodia nereis X X X Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus X X X Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua X X X X X X X X Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea X X X X X X X X X Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica X X X X X X X X X X X Common Diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix X X X Dark-faced Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola maclovianus X Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus X Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis X Falkland Flightless Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus X King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus X X X X X Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus X X X X X X X Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica X X X X X X X X X X X Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma X X X X X X X X X X Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata X X X X X X X X X X Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata X X X X X X X X X X Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis X X Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea X X X X X X Common Name Scientific Name 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur X X Unidentified Diving-petrel species Pelecanoides species X X X X X X X X Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata X X Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata X X X X X X South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus X X Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus X X X X Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus X X X X X Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris X Southern (Antarctic) Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides X X X X Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica X X Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae X X South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki X X X KEY January 9 ~ Ushuaia, Argentina January 10 ~ Ushuaia / Beagle Channel January 11 ~ At Sea January 12 ~ Saunders Island, Falkland Islands January 13 ~ Cruising the South Scotia Sea January 14 ~ Cruising the South Scotia Sea January 15 ~ Shag Rocks, South Scotia Sea January 16 ~ Salisbury Plain, South Georgia / Prion Island January 17 ~ Hercules Bay / Grytviken / Stromness / Fortuna Bay January 18 ~ St. Andrews Bay / Gold Harbour January 19 ~ At Sea January 20 ~ At Sea January 21 ~ Elephant Island January 22 ~ Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica / Brown Bluff January 23 ~ Antarctic Sound / Paulet Island January 24 ~ Fort Point, South Shetland Islands / Hardy Cove January 25 ~ Drake Passage January 26 ~ Ushuaia, Argentina.

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