Site Report: Pucon, Chile

Great Grebe (Podiceps major)

Tourist town on the lake.

Map of Site Report: Pucon, Chile

2020-12-12: After getting rained on all day, we drove out, on a bad road, to the river mouth feeding Lago Villarica. We arrived to the empty beach, but per the usual, we were about 30 minutes ahead of the locals who started showing up in droves.
2020-12-14:

Kingdom: Animals (20 records)

Phylum: Chordates (20 records)

Class: Birds (20 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Black-winged Ground Dove (Metriopelia melanoptera)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

Order: Parrots (1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Austral Parakeet (Enicognathus ferrugineus)

Order: Pelicans (2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Chimango Caracara (Daptrius chimango)
- Family: Grebes
- Great Grebe (Podiceps major)

Order: Perching Birds (8 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Dark-bellied Cinclodes (Cinclodes patagonicus)
- Family: Swallows
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Austral Thrush (Turdus falcklandii)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Austral Negrito (Lessonia rufa)
- White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Brown-hooded Gull (Chroicocephalus maculipennis)
- Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- Family: Plovers
- Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)

Order: Turkey-like birds (1 record)
- Family: New World Quail
- California Quail (Callipepla californica)

Order: Vultures (2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)