Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Islands Wildlife Sightings Compiled by Mark Brazil January 2020 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 MAMMALS Sequence and Names follow Duff A & Lawson A 2004 Mammals of the World A Checklist A&C Black, London Common Name Latin Name South American Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis X Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella X X X X X X X South American Otaria flavescens X X Sea Lion Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina X X X X X X Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophaga X X X Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx X X X Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii X X X Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis X Balaenoptera borealis Sei Whale X schlegellii Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae X X X X X X X X X X X X Killer Whale Orcinus orca X Peale's Dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis X Dusky Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus X X Guanaco Lama guanicoe X BIRDS Sequence and Names follow IOC 10.1 January 2020 Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus X Flying Steamer Duck Tachyeres patachonicus X Fuegian Steamer Duck Tachyeres pteneres X Falkland Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus X X Upland Goose Chloephaga picta X X X Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Islands Wildlife Sightings Compiled by Mark Brazil January 2020 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida X X Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides X X Red Shoveler Spatula platalea X White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis X Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica X X X X X Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris Great Grebe Podiceps major X Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus X X X X X X X Magellanic Haematopus leucopodus X X Oystercatcher Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater X X X Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis X Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus X White-rumped Calidris fuscicollis X Sandpiper Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus X Dolphin Gull Larus scoresbii X X X X Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus X X X X X X X X X X X X X X South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea X X X Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea X Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata X X X X X X X X X Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis X X South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki X X X X X Brown Skua Stercorarius antarctica X X X X X X X X X X X X King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus X X X X X Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri X Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Islands Wildlife Sightings Compiled by Mark Brazil January 2020 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua X X X X X X X X X X X X Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae X X Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus X X X X X X X X Southern Rockhopper Eudyptes chrysocome X Penguin Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus X X X X X Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus X X X X Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus X X X X X X X X X X X X Oceanites (oceanicus) Fuegian Storm Petrel X X chilensis Grey-backed Garrodia nereis X Storm Petrel Black-bellied Fregetta tropica X X X X X X X X Storm Petrel Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans X X X X X X X X X Southern Royal Diomedea epomophora X X X X X X Albatross Northern Royal Diomedea sanfordi X Albatross Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata 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 Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma X X X X X Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus X X 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 X X X X Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides X X X X X X Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica X Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Islands Wildlife Sightings Compiled by Mark Brazil January 2020 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Cape Petrel (Pintado) Daption capense X X X X X X X X X X X Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea X X X X X X X Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea X X X X Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata X X X X X X X Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri X X X X X X X Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis X X White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis X X X X X X X X X X X X Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea X X X X X X X Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis X X X X Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix X X X X X Red-footed Booby*** Sula sula X Phalacrocorax Rock Shag X X X X magellanicus Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps X X X X South Georgia Shag Leucocarbo georgianus X Antarctic Shag Leucocarbo bransfieldensis X X X X Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis X Black-crowned Nycticorax nycticorax X Night Heron Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura X X Black-chested Geranoaetus melanoleucus X Buzzard-Eagle American Barn Owl*** Tyto furcata X Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis X Southern Crested Caracara plancus X Caracara Antarctica, South Georgia & the Falkland Islands Wildlife Sightings Compiled by Mark Brazil January 2020 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Chimango Caracara Phalcoboenus chimango X Enicognathus Austral Parakeet H leptorhynchus White-throated Pygarrhichas albogularis X Treerunner Blackish Cinclodes Cinclodes antarcticus X X Thorn-tailed Rayadito Aphrastura spinicauda X White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps X Dark-faced Ground Muscisaxicola maclovianus X X Tyrant Fire-eyed Diucon Xolmis pyrope X Chilean Swallow Tachycineta meyeni X House Wren Troglodytes aedon X Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii X X X House Sparrow Passer domesticus X X Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera X South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus X X X Black-chinned Siskin Carduelis barbata X X Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis X Long-tailed Meadowlark Leistes loyca X X X Patagonian Sierra Finch Phrygilus patagonicus X White-bridled Finch Melanodera melanodera X X Itinerary 05 January: Arrival into Ushuaia 06 January: Ushuaia Excursion 07 January: At Sea: To the Falkland Islands 08 January: Falkland Islands: Steeple Jason | Saunders Island 09 January: Falkland Islands: Stanley | At Sea 10 January: At Sea: Falkland Islands to South Georgia 11 January: At Sea: Falkland Islands to South Georgia 12 January: South Georgia: Elsehul | Salsibury Plain | Prince Olaf Harbour 13 January: South Georgia: Fortuna Bay | Stromness | Grytviken 14 January: South Georgia: Gold Harbour | St Andrew's Bay | Drygalski Fiord 15 January: At Sea: South Georgia to Antarctic Peninsula 16 January: At Sea: South Georgia to Antarctic Peninsula 17 January: Elephant Island | At Sea 18 January: Weddell Sea | Paulet Island | Antarctic Sound | Brown Bluff 19 January: Half Moon Island | King George Island 20 January: Deception Island | Hughes Bay | Portal Point 21 January: Lemaire Channel | Pleneau & Charcot 22 January: At Sea: Drake Passage 23 January: At Sea: Drake Passage | Beagle Channel | Ushuaia .