This trip has been a jackpot for birding: I’ve added over 100 new bird species to my life list, from Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Falkland Islands, and Antarctica. Here is a selection of 57 for which I was able to get good photos.
This one goes out especially to my Rochester birding buddies. I’m looking at you, Judy, Luanne, Bob, and Elaine (as well as Kris and Kerrie). Wish you were here with me to enjoy these beauties.
There were 46 others added to my life list that I either didn’t get a good picture of, or recorded audio only:
- Grassland Yellow-Finch
- Austral Blackbird
- Chucao Tapaculo
- Dolphin Gull
- Flying Steamer-Duck
- Great Grebe
- Chivi Vireo
- Streaked Flycatcher
- Sooty-fronted Spinetail
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail
- Bananaquit
- Wren-like Rushbird
- Cocoi Heron
- Common Tern
- Snowy-crowned Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Brown-hooded Gull
- Kelp Gull
- Lake Duck
- Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
- Campo Flicker
- Rufous-sided Crake
- Guira Cuckoo
- Mourning Sierra Finch
- Southern Giant-Petrel
- White-rumped Swallow
- White-faced Whistling Duck
- Picui Ground Dove
- White-crested Tyrannulet
- Gilded Hummingbird
- Brown-chested Martin
- Bare-throated Bellbird
- Tropical Parula
- Black and rufous Warbling Finch
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
- Small-billed Elaenia
- White-tipped Dove
- Southern Yellowthroat
- Green-winged Saltator
- Hooded Siskin
- Golden Crowned Warbler
- European Starling
- White-crested Tyrannulet
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird
- Common Myna
- Giant Wood Rail
12 responses to “Birds of South America”
Your idea is brilliant
Basia, you have been holding out on us! HA! Those are a lot of adrenaline inducing
birding “highs”! So thrilled that you’ve been blessed with these sightings!
Muchas gracias for sharing!
Yes, it’s been a great year for birding. Should get even better soon, I’m hoping to add Galapagos to my itinerary next month.
Fav pictures… black-browed Albatross, Andean Condor and Upland Geese… What great shots of these magnificent birds!!!! Loved seeing them all !
The albatross are my favorites too. And the geese look like they’re marching to a drummer, don’t they?
so Basia what’s your total count and how many more do you need to see to make a complete list.
I have 714 on my list so far. There are approximately 10,000 species in the world. So only 9,286 to go… 🙂
Thanks for posting all these wonderful photos. I’m so glad you are getting the chance to see these gorgeous birds.
Hear hear well said Judy. Basia is generous with her sharing of her world 🌎 Especially for some of us that cannot do the rough or long hikes or the long sitting quietly to get the shot. Good to see the wonders that are captured with her lens.
Hear hear well said Judy. Basia is generous with her sharing of her world 🌎 Especially for some of us that cannot do the rough or long hikes or the long sitting quietly to get the shot. Good to see the wonders that are captured with her lens.
Hazel – so glad to know you are enjoying them. Yes, there is definitely a lot of “sitting quietly to get the shot” involved!
Judy – I am really getting maximum use out of that camera!