FALKLANDS ISLANDS AND SOUTH ATLANTIC BIRDS -Click on an image to open the bird page

King Penguin Aptenodytes p. patagonica White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland Gentoo Penguin Pygocelis papua Silver Grebe Podiceps occipitalis Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax cyanocephalus Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome Cattle Egret Bubulcus Ibis Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus Upland Goose Chloephaga picta Black-browed Albatross Diomedea melanophris Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida Wandering (Snowy) Albatross Diomedea exulans Ashy-headed Goose Chloephaga poliocephala Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidceps King or Imperial Cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus Rock Cormorant 'Rock Shag' Phalacrocorax magellanicus Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba Brown Hooded Gull Larus maculipennis Falklands Flightless Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachydactyla Dolphin Gull Larus scoresbii Flying Steamer Duck Tachyeres patachonicus Kelp or Dominican Gull Larus dominicanus Patagonian Crested Duck Lophonetta s.specularioides South American TernSterna hirundinacea Speckled/ Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris Falkland Skua Catharacta antarctica Brown Pintail/ Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica spinicauda Snowy Sheathbill Chionis alba Chiloë Wigeon  Anas sibilatrix Cassin's (Peregrine) Falcon Falco peregrinus cassini Silver/ Versicolor Teal Anas versivolor fretensis Crested Caracara 'Carancho' Polyborus p.plancus Tussac Bird Cinclodes antarcticus antarcticus Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis Black-throated Finch- Melanodera melanodera Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma Black-chinned Siskin Carduelis barbata Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura House Sparrow Passer domesticus Barn Owl Tyto alba Dark-faced Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola macloviana Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Grass Wren (Short-billed Marsh Wren) Cistothorus platensis falklandicus Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus Cobb's Wren (Southern House Wren) Troglodytes aëdon cobbi Wilson’s Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Falkland Pipit Anthus correndera grayi Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea South Georgia pipit Anthus antarcticus Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnella loyca falklandica Cape Pigeon (petrel) Daption capense Falkland Thrush Turdus falcklandii White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga Fairy Prion- Pachyptila turtur Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater Thin-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus Sooty Shearwater Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus Falklands Diving Petrel Common (Magellan) Snipe Gallinago gallinago/ paraguaiae     White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis