Trip Report: Argentina (2005-02-01 - 2005-02-18)
Fitz Roy, Laguna de los Tres
Tacu Tacu Lizard, Cueva de los Manos
Buenos Aires Street
Buenos Aires
Harry and Olga, Cueva de los Manos
Cut Outs, Parque El Desafio
Fitz Roy, Laguna de los Tres
Tango, Buenos Aires
La Boca, Buenos Aires
Orchid, Parque National Los Glaciares
Orchid, Parque National Los Glaciares
Reserva Natural Costanera, Buenos Aires
Lion Lizard, Peninsula Valdez
Punta Piramedes, Peninsula Valdez
Old Airplane
Beagle Channel, Tierra Del Fuego
Lion Lizard, Peninsula Valdez
Hands, Cueva de los Manos
Perito Moreno Glacier, Parque National los Glaciares
Cerro Torre, Parque National Los Glaciares
Guanacos, Cueva de los Manos
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Fitz Roy, Laguna de los Tres
Tacu Tacu Lizard, Cueva de los Manos
Buenos Aires Street
Buenos Aires
Harry and Olga, Cueva de los Manos
Cut Outs, Parque El Desafio
Fitz Roy, Laguna de los Tres
Tango, Buenos Aires
La Boca, Buenos Aires
Orchid, Parque National Los Glaciares
Orchid, Parque National Los Glaciares
Reserva Natural Costanera, Buenos Aires
Lion Lizard, Peninsula Valdez
Punta Piramedes, Peninsula Valdez
Old Airplane
Beagle Channel, Tierra Del Fuego
Lion Lizard, Peninsula Valdez
Hands, Cueva de los Manos
Perito Moreno Glacier, Parque National los Glaciares
Cerro Torre, Parque National Los Glaciares
Guanacos, Cueva de los Manos
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 (118 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(118 records)
Class: Birds
(109 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(13 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
- Black-necked Swan (Cygnus melancoryphus)
- Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)
- Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta)
- Ashy-headed Goose (Chloephaga poliocephala)
- Flightless Steamer-Duck (Tachyeres pteneres)
- Flying Steamer-Duck (Tachyeres patachonicus)
- Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides)
- Red Shoveler (Spatula platalea)
- Yellow-Billed Teal (Anas flavirostris)
- Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)
- Silver Teal (Spatula versicolor)
- Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca)
- 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
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Chimango Caracara (Daptrius chimango)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Flamingos
- Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
- Family: Herons
- Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- 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)
- Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
- Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)
- 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
- Long-tailed Meadowlark (Leistes loyca)
- Grayish Baywing (Agelaioides badius)
- 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
- Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga)
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata)
- Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus gayi)
- Patagonian Sierra-Finch (Phrygilus patagonicus)
- Mourning Sierra-Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti)
- Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch (Poospiza nigrorufa)
- Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
- Double-collared Seedeater (Sporophila caerulescens)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Rufous-bellied Thrush (Turdus rufiventris)
- Austral Thrush (Turdus falcklandii)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- White-crested Elaenia (Elaenia albiceps)
- Fire-eyed Diucon (Pyrope pyrope)
- Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant (Agriornis montanus)
- Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus)
- Austral Negrito (Lessonia rufa)
- Spectacled Tyrant (Hymenops perspicillatus)
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- 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
- Southern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
- White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
- Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
- Magellanic Diving-Petrel (Pelecanoides magellani)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (3 records)
Class: Mammals
(8 records)
- Order: Carnivorans (3 records)
- Family: Phocidae
- Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(3 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Domestic Sheep (Ovis aeries)
- Family: Camelidae
- Guanaco (Lama guanicoe)
- Family: Delphinidae
- Commerson's Dolphin (Cephalorhynchus commersonii)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Nutrias
- Coypu (Myocastor coypus)
- Order: Xenarthra
(1 record)
- Family: Dasypodidae
- Large Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus villosus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Whiptails and Tegus
- Common Tegu (Tupinambis teguixin)