Site Report: Ushuaia - Beagle Channel

Beagle Channel, Tierra Del Fuego

Beagle Channel, Tierra Del Fuego

Upland Geese, Tierra Del Fuego

Upland Geese, Tierra Del Fuego

Southern Sea Lions, Beagle Channel

Southern Sea Lions, Beagle Channel

Brown-chinned Albatross, Beagle Channel

Brown-chinned Albatross, Beagle Channel

Chilean Skua, Beagle Channel

Chilean Skua, Beagle Channel

Beagle Channel, Tierra Del Fuego

Upland Geese, Tierra Del Fuego

Southern Sea Lions, Beagle Channel

Brown-chinned Albatross, Beagle Channel

Chilean Skua, Beagle Channel

The Beagle Channel Separates Argentina from Chile and the southernmost point in South America.

Visits

2005-02-02: Boat trip in the Beagle Channel from Ushuaia to a nearby estancia.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (14 records)

Phylum: Chordates (14 records)

Class: Birds (12 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta)

Order: Pelicans (5 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Imperial Cormorant (Leucocarbo atriceps)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Chilean Skua (Stercorarius chilensis)
- Family: Penguins
- Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
- Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- South American Tern (Sterna hirundinacea)

Order: Tubenoses (4 records)
- Family: Albatrosses
- Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
- Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
- Magellanic Diving-Petrel (Pelecanoides magellani)

Class: Mammals (2 records)

Order: Carnivorans (2 records)
- Family: Otariidae
- South American Fur Seal (Arctocephalus australis)
- South American Sea Lion (Otaria byronia)

Lifelists

Trips

Argentina