Trip Report: Argentina (2005-02-01 - 2005-02-18)
Fitz Roy, Laguna de los Tres
Cut Outs, Parque El Desafio
Buenos Aires Street
Buenos Aires
Harry and Olga, Cueva de los Manos
Fitz Roy, Laguna de los Tres
Tango, Buenos Aires
La Boca, Buenos Aires
Reserva Natural Costanera, Buenos Aires
Punta Piramedes, Peninsula Valdez
Old Airplane
Beagle Channel, Tierra Del Fuego
Hands, Cueva de los Manos
Perito Moreno Glacier, Parque National los Glaciares
Cerro Torre, Parque National Los Glaciares
Large Hairy Armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus
Western Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
Guanacos, Cueva de los Manos
Commerson's Dolphins, Puerto Rawson
Upland Geese, Tierra Del Fuego
Austral Pygmy Owl, Parque Los Glaciares
Magellanic Penguins, Isla Pinguinos
Southern Elephant Seal, Peninsula Valdez
Patagonian Mockingbird, Peninsula Valdez
Lion Lizard, Peninsula Valdez
Red-legged Cormorant, Puerto Deseado
Southern Sea Lions, Beagle Channel
Snowy Sheathbills, Isla Pinguinos
Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)
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Fitz Roy, Laguna de los Tres
Cut Outs, Parque El Desafio
Buenos Aires Street
Buenos Aires
Harry and Olga, Cueva de los Manos
Fitz Roy, Laguna de los Tres
Tango, Buenos Aires
La Boca, Buenos Aires
Reserva Natural Costanera, Buenos Aires
Punta Piramedes, Peninsula Valdez
Old Airplane
Beagle Channel, Tierra Del Fuego
Hands, Cueva de los Manos
Perito Moreno Glacier, Parque National los Glaciares
Cerro Torre, Parque National Los Glaciares
Large Hairy Armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus
Western Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
Guanacos, Cueva de los Manos
Commerson's Dolphins, Puerto Rawson
Upland Geese, Tierra Del Fuego
Austral Pygmy Owl, Parque Los Glaciares
Magellanic Penguins, Isla Pinguinos
Southern Elephant Seal, Peninsula Valdez
Patagonian Mockingbird, Peninsula Valdez
Lion Lizard, Peninsula Valdez
Red-legged Cormorant, Puerto Deseado
Southern Sea Lions, Beagle Channel
Snowy Sheathbills, Isla Pinguinos
Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)
Three week trip to Patagonia. We flew from San Francisco to Buenos Aires. We flew from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia a couple of days later.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (119 records,
23 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(119 records,
23 images)
Class: Birds
(109 records,
17 images)
- Order: Anseriformes
(13 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Ashy-headed Goose (Chloephaga poliocephala)
- Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melancoryphus)
- Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)
- Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides)
- Flightless Steamer-Duck (Tachyeres pteneres)
- Flying Steamer-Duck (Tachyeres patachonicus)
- Red Shoveler (Spatula platalea)
- Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca)
- Silver Teal (Spatula versicolor)
- Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta)
- White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
- Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)
- Yellow-billed Teal (Anas flavirostris)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-winged Coot (Fulica leucoptera)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (5 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Austral Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium nana)
- Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans (29 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Chimango Caracara (Daptrius chimango)
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Flamingos
- Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Black-faced Ibis (Theristicus melanopis)
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Family: Jacanas
- Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
- Chilean Skua (Stercorarius chilensis)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus)
- Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
- Magellanic Oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus)
- Family: Penguins
- Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
- Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)
- Western Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
- Family: Sheathbills
- Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Family: Storks
- Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari)
- Order: Perching Birds
(33 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Grayish Baywing (Agelaioides badius)
- Long-tailed Meadowlark (Leistes loyca)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Hooded Siskin (Spinus magellanicus)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird (Mimus saturninus)
- Patagonian Mockingbird (Mimus patagonicus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Southern Yellowthroat (Geothlypis velata)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Gray-flanked Cinclodes (Cinclodes oustaleti)
- Rufous Hornero (Furnarius rufus)
- Thorn-tailed Rayadito (Aphrastura spinicauda)
- White-throated Treerunner (Pygarrhichas albogularis)
- Family: Swallows
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch (Poospiza nigrorufa)
- Double-collared Seedeater (Sporophila caerulescens)
- Gray-hooded Sierra Finch (Phrygilus gayi)
- Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti)
- Patagonian Sierra Finch (Phrygilus patagonicus)
- Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata)
- Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Austral Thrush (Turdus falcklandii)
- Rufous-bellied Thrush (Turdus rufiventris)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Austral Negrito (Lessonia rufa)
- Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis montanus)
- Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus)
- Fire-eyed Diucon (Pyrope pyrope)
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Spectacled Tyrant (Hymenops perspicillatus)
- White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps)
- Family: Wrens
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (8 records)
- Order: Struthioniformes
(1 record)
- Family: Rheas
- Lesser Rhea (Rhea pennata)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Tinamous
- Elegant Crested-Tinamou (Eudromia elegans)
- Order: Tubenoses
(5 records)
- Family: Albatrosses
- Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Magellanic Diving-Petrel (Pelecanoides magellani)
- Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
- Southern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
- White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (3 records)
Class: Mammals
(8 records,
5 images)
- Order: Armadillos
(1 record)
- Family: Armadillos
- Large Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus)
- Order: Carnivorans (3 records)
- Family: Phocidae
- Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetaceans
(3 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Domestic Sheep (Ovis aeries)
- Family: Camelidae
- Guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
- Family: Dolphins
- Commerson's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Nutrias
- Coypu (Myocastor coypus)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records,
1 image)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(2 records)
- Family: Smooth Anoles
- Tacu Tacu Lizard (Diplolaemus bibronii)
- Family: Whiptails and Tegus
- Common Tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)
Kingdom: Plants (2 records,
2 images)
Phylum: Vascular Plants
(2 records,
2 images)
Class: Dicots
(2 records,
2 images)
- Order: Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Slipper-flowers
- Darwin's Slipper (Calceolaria uniflora)
- Yellow Lady's Slipper (Calceolaria biflora)