Site Report: Valdes Peninsula, Argentina

Lion Lizard, Peninsula Valdez

Punta Piramedes, Peninsula Valdez

Old Airplane

Lion Lizard, Peninsula Valdez

Large Hairy Armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus

Southern Elephant Seal, Peninsula Valdez

Patagonian Mockingbird, Peninsula Valdez

Mourning Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus fruticeti) Female

A dry peninsula surrounded by cool Atlantic waters.

Map of Site Report: Valdes Peninsula, Argentina

Kingdom: Animals (9 records)

Phylum: Chordates (9 records)

Class: Birds (6 records)

Order: Parrots (1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Burrowing Parakeet (Cyanoliseus patagonus)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Penguins
- Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)

Order: Perching Birds (4 records)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Patagonian Mockingbird (Mimus patagonicus)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Austral Negrito (Lessonia rufa)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)

Class: Mammals (3 records)

Order: Carnivorans (2 records)
- Family: Otariidae
- South American Sea Lion (Otaria byronia)
- Family: Phocidae
- Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)

Order: Xenarthra (1 record)
- Family: Dasypodidae
- Large Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus)