1

Great Grebe,  Podiceps major

Tierra del Fuego
Nat.Park (TDFNP) 4/3

2

King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus.

South Georgia 13/3

3

Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri

Antarctic Sound 9/3

4

Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae

Antarctic Sound 9/3

5

Chinstrap Penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica

Nr. South Shetlands 8/3

6

Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chryscome

E.u. moseleyi

Gough Island 20/3

7

Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus

Approaches to South Georgia 13/3

8

Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus

Beagle Channel 5/3

9

Wandering ( Snowy ) Albatross

Diomedea exulans

D.e.exulans

In Scotia Sea en route to S.Georgia 12/3

10

Wandering (Tristan )Albatross

Diomedea exulans

D.e.debbenena

En route to Gough 18/3

11

Southern Royal Albatross

Diomedea epomorphora

Drake Passage 6/3

12

Southern Black –Browed Albatross

Thalassarche melanophrys

T.m.melanophrys

Off Ushuaia 4/3

13

Shy Albatross

Thalassarche cauta,  

T.c.cauta

En route to Gough 19/3

14

Grey-headed Albatross

Thalassarche chrysostoma

Drake Passage 7/3

15

Atlantic Yellow Nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos

T.c.chlororhynchos

Approaching Gough 20/3

16

Sooty Albatross

Phoebetria fusca

Approaching S.Georgia 13/3

17

Light-Mantled Sooty Albatross

Phoebetria palpebrata

Drake Passage 6/3

18

Southern Giant Petrel

Macronectes giganteus

Off Ushuaia 5/3

19

Northern Giant Petrel

Macronetes halli

Drake Passage 6/3

20

Antarctic Petrel

Thalassoica antarctica

Powell Basin, south of Scotia Sea 10/3

21

Southern(Antarctic)Fulmar

Fulmaris glacialoides

Drake Passage 6/3

22

Cape Petrel

Daption capense

D.c.capense

Drake Passage 6/3

23

Snow Petrel

Pagodroma nivea

Probably P.n.nivea but hybrids occur with P.[n] confusa

Antarctic Sound 9/3

24

Great –Winged Petrel

Pterodroma macroptera

P.m. macronoptera

En route to Gough 18/3

25

White-Headed Petrel

Pterodroma lessonii

En route to Gough 18/3

26

Atlantic Petrel

Pterodroma incerta

Drake Passage 7/3

27

Kergulen Petrel

Pterodroma brevirostra

Drake Passage 6/3

28

Soft-Plumaged Petrel

Pterodroma mollis

P.m.mollis

Drake Passage 6/3

29

Blue Petrel

Halobaena caerulea

Drake Passage 7/3

30

Broad-Billed Prion

Pachyptila vittata

En route to Gough 19/3

31

Antarctic Prion

Pachyptila desolata

P.d.desolata but P.d.banksi also possible

Drake Passage 7/3

32

Fairy Prion

Pachyptila turtur

P.t.turtur

Approaches to S Georgia 13/3

33

White-Chinned Petrel

Procellaria aequinoctialis

Approaches to South Shetlands 8/3

34

Spectacled Petrel

Procellaria conspicillata

En route to Gough 18/3

35

Bulwer’s Petrel

Bulweria bulwerii

En route to St Helena 26/3

36

Grey Petrel

Procellaria cinera

En route to Gough 16/3

37

Cory’s Shearwater

Calonectris diomedea

South American Tern,  Sterna hirundinacea

C.d.diomedea likely, but some C.d.borealis also possible

En route to Tristan 21/3

38

Cape Verde Shearwater

Calonectris edwardsii

Approaches to Sal, Cape Verde 10/4

39

Great Shearwater

Puffinus gravis

En route to Gough 16/3

40

Sooty Shearwater

Puffinus griseus

Beagle Channel 5/3

41

Little Shearwater

Puffinus assimilis

In southern waters most likely to have been P.a.elegans

En route to Gough 18/3

42

Wilson’s Storm Petrel

Oceanites oceanicus

Probably birds of two races seen –O.o.oceanicus and O.o. exasperatus

Drake Passage 6/3

43

Grey-Backed Storm Petrel

Oceanites nereis

Approaches to S.Georgia 13/3

44

White-Faced Storm Petrel

Pelagodroma marina

Most likely to have been P.m.marina, but six races globally.

En route to Gough 19/3

45

Black-Bellied Storm Petrel

Fregetta tropica

Drake Passage 6/3

46

White-Bellied Storm Petrel

Fregatta grallaria

Most likely to have been F.g.leucogaster, but three other races globally

En route to Gough 17/3

47

Madeiran Storm Petrel

Oceanodroma castro

En route to St Helena 28/3

48

Leach’s Storm Petrel

Oceanodroma leucorhoa

O.l.leucorhoa, three further races globally.

En route to St Helena 25/3

49

South Georgian Diving Petrel

Pelecanoides georgicus

Approaches to South Georgia 13/3

50

Common Diving Petrel

Pelecaniodes urinatrix

Six races recognised globally, in field difficult enough to identify species!

Scotia Sea 12/3

51

Magellanic Diving Petrel

Pelecanoides magellani

En route to St Helena 27/3

52

Red-Billed Tropicbird

Phaethon aethereus

Three races or forms recognised globally, two likely – P.a.mesonauta and P.a.aethereus

En route to St Helena 27/3

53

White-Tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

P.l.lepturus, three other races globally.

Ascension 2/4

54

Masked Booby

Sula dactylatra

S.d.dactylatra,three other races globally

Approaching St Helena 29/3

55

 Red-Footed Booby

Sula sula

S.s. sula, two other races globally.,

Ascension 2/4

56

Brown Booby

Sula leucoaster

S.l.leucoaster, three other races globally

Ascension 2/4

57

Neotropic Cormorant

Phalacrocorax olivaceus

Two races, we saw P.o.olivaceus

Ushuaia 4/3

58

Rock Shag

Phalacrocorax magellanicus

Ushuaia 4/3

59

Imperial Shag

Phalacrocorax atriceps

Complex – maybe at least seven forms/races/sub-species. On distribution we have seen three of these - P.a. atriceps in Ushuaia, P.a. bransfieldensis in the Antarctic Peninsula and P.a. georgianus –  South Georgia Shag.

Ushuaia 4/3

60

Ascension Frigatebird

Fregata aquila

Ascension 2/4

61

Black-Crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Five races globally, we saw N.n.obscurus.

TDFNP 4/3

62

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Two races globally, we saw B.i.ibis

Cape Verde 9/3

63

Black Faced Ibis

Theristicus melanopsis

TDFNP 4/3

64

Upland Goose

Chloephaga picta

Two races , we saw C.p.picta

TDFNP 4/3

65

Kelp Goose

Chloephaga hybrida

Two races , we saw C.h.hybrida

TDFNP 4/3

66

Flying Steamer Duck

Tachyeres patachonicus

TDFNP 4/3

67

Flightless Steamer Duck

Tachyeres pteneres

TDFNP 4/3

68

Crested Duck

Lophonetta specularioides

Two races,we saw L.s.specularioides

TDFNP 4/3

69

Speckled Teal

Anas flavirostris

Four races, we saw A.f.flavirostris

TDFNP 4/3

70

Spectacled Duck

Anas specularis

TDFNP 4/3

71

Yellow-Billed Pintail

Anas georgica

Nominate race we saw on South Georgia-A.g.georgica. We saw A.g.spinicauda in TF National Park

TDFNP 4/3

72

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Six races, we saw C.a.falklandicus

Ushuaia 5/3

73

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Four races,we saw P.h.haliaetus

Santiago, CapeVerde 10/4

74

Black-Chested Buzzard Eagle

Geranoaetus melanoculus

Two races, we saw G.m.australis

TDFNP 4/3

75

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

Two races, we saw C.p.plancus

TDFNP 4/3

76

White- Throated Caracara

Phalcoboenus albogularis

Ushuaia 5/3

77

Chimango Caracara

Milvago chimango

Two races,we saw M.c.temucoensis

Ushuaia 4/3

78

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

Seventeen races described,we saw F.s.cinnamominus

TDFNP 4/3

79

Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

Eleven races, we saw F.t.alexandri on Cape Verde

Santiago, Cape Verde 9/4

80

Red-Necked Francolin

Francolinus afer

Heard on Ascension 3/4

81

Inaccessible Island Flightless Rail

Atlantisia rogersi

Inaccessible Island 24/3

82

Gough Moorhen

Gallinula comeri

Gough 20/3

83

Magellanic Oystercatcher

Haematopus leucopodus

Ushuaia 5/3

84

Blackish Oystercatcher

Haematopus ater

Ushuaia 5/3

85

Black-Winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Ushuaia 5/3

86

Cream-Coloured Courser

Cursorius cursor

Possibly four races, but situation not clear. On Cape Verde race first described was C.c.exsul, but needs modern taxonomic study.

Sal, Cape Verde 10/4

87

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Three races, formerly four.We saw V.c.chilensis

TDFNP 4/3

88

Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Two races, likely that we saw C.h.hiaticula

Sal,Cape Verde 10/4

90

Kentish Plover

Charadrius alexandrius

Six races, likely we saw C.a.alexandrius

Sal, Cape Verde 10/4

91

St.Helena Plover

Charadrius sanctaehelenae

St Helena 30/3

92

Rufous-Chested Dotterel

Charadrius modestus

TDFNP 3/3

93

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Four races, we saw N.p.phaeopus

Sal 10/4

94

Redshank

Tringa totanus

Probably six races, not possible to ascribe those we saw

Sal 10/4

95

Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Sal 10/4

96

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Two races, likely we saw A.i.interpres

Sal 10/4

97

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Sal 10/4

98

White-Rumped Sandpiper

Calidris fuscicollis

Ushuaia 5/3

99

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Sal 10/4

100

Snowy Sheathbill

Chionis alaba

Approaches to South Shetlands 8/3

101

Chilean Skua

Catharacta chilensis

Part of the Catharacta complex, Shirihai.H. 2002 is followed.

Ushuaia/TDFNP4/3

102

Brown Skua

Catharacta antarctica

This ‘species’ includes C.a.hamiltoni – Tristan Skua, C.a.lonnbergi-Subantarctic skua,

Drake Passage 6/3

103

South Polar Skua

Catharacta maccormicki

Again Shirihai ( 2002) is followed.

Off King George Island, S.Shetlands 8/3

104

Pomarine Skua

Stercorarius pomarinus

En route to Cape Verde 5/4

105

Arctic Skua

Stercorarius parasiticus

En route to Cape Verde 4/4

106

Long-Tailed Skua

Stercorarius longicaudus

En route to Ascension 31/3

107

Dolphin Gull

Larus scoresbii

Ushuaia 5/3

108

Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus

Two races, we saw L.d.dominicanus

Ushuaia 4/3

109

Brown-Hooded Gull

Larus maculipennis

TDFNP 4/3

110

South American Tern

Sterna hirundinacea

TDFNP 4/3

111

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

En route to South Shetlands 8/3

112

Antarctic Tern

Sterna vittata

Four races, we saw two- S.v.tristanensis and S.v.georgiae.

En route to South Shetlands 8/3

113

Sooty Tern

Sterna fuscata

Seven races, S.c.fuscata breeds on Ascension and St.Helena

Ascension 2/4

114

White Tern

Gygis alba

Seven races, we saw G.g.alba.

En route to St Helena 29/3

115

Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

Five races, we saw A.s.stolidus

En route to Gough 20/3

116

Black Noddy

Anous minutus

Six races,we saw A.m.atlanticus

Off St Helena 29/3

117

Zebra Dove

Geopelia striata

St Helena 29/3

118

Austral Parakeet

Enigconathus ferrugineus

Two races, we saw E.f.ferrugineus

Ushuaia 4/3

119

Cape Verde Swift

Apus alexandri

Santiago, Cape Verde 9/4

120

Grey-Headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

Five races, we saw H.l.acteon on Santiago,Cape Verde

Santiago, 9/4

121

Ringed Kingfisher

Ceryle torquata

TDFNP 4/3

122

Magellanic Woodpecker

Campephilus magellanicus

200 metres from TDFNP 4/3

123

Grey-Flanked Cinclodes

Cinclodes oustaleti

Two races, we saw C.o.hornensis

TDFNP 4/3

124

Dark-Bellied Cinclodes

Cinclodes patagonicus

Two races, we saw C.p.patagonicus

TDFNP 4/3

125

Bar-Winged Cinclodes

Cinclodes fuscus

TDFNP 4/3

126

Thorn-Tailed Rayadito

Aphrastura spinicauda

Three races, we saw A.s.spinicauda

TDFNP 4/3

127

White-Throated Treerunner

Pygarrhichas albogularis

TDFNP 4/3

128

Magellanic Tapaculo

Scytalopus magellanicus

TDFNP 4/3

129

Fire-Eyed Diucon

Xolmis pyrope

At least two races, we saw X.p.pyrope.

TDFNP 4/3

130

Dark-Faced Ground Tyrant

Muscisaxicola macloviana

At least two races, not known which we saw.

TDFNP 4/3

131

Blue and White Swallow

Notiochelidon cyanoleuca

Ushuaia 5/3

132

Bar Tailed Desert Lark

Ammomanes cinctrus

Three races, we saw the nominate A.c.cinctrus on Cape Verde.

Santiago 9/4

133

Black-Crowned Sparrow Lark

Eremopterix nigriceps

Three races, only E.n.nigriceps on Cape Verde.

Santiago 9/4l

134

Hoopoe Lark

Alaemon alaudipes

Five Races, only A.a. boaviste on Cape Verde.

Sal 10/4

135

South Georgia Pipit

Anthus antarcticus

Prion Island, S.Georgia 15/3

136

Tristan Thrush

Nesocichla eremita

Formerly three races, Tristan race now probably extinct. We saw remaining two races – N.e.gordoni ( Inaccessible Island) and N.e.procax ( Nightingale,Middle and Stoltenhoff Islands)

Inacessible Island 24/3

137

Austral Thrush

Turdus falcklandii

Three races, we saw T.f.magellanicus

TDFNP 4/3

138

Cape Verde Cane Warbler

Acrocephalus brevipennis

Santiago 9/4

139

Spectacled Warbler

Sylvia conspicillata

Two races, we saw the restricted Atlantic Islands race- S.c.orbitalis on Cape Verde

Santiago 9/4

140

Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Five races, we saw the restricted S.a.gularis on Santiago, Cape Verde

Santiago 9/4

141

House Wren

Troglodytes aedon

A minimum of six races, probably more. We saw T.a.chilensis in TdFNP

TDFNP 4/3

142

Brown-Necked Raven

Corvus ruficollis

Two races, we saw nominate, C.r.ruficollis

Santiago 9/4

143

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

Two races, we saw nominate,A.t.tristis

St.Helena 29/3

144

Madagascar Fody

Foudia madagascarensis

St Helena 29/3

145

Rufous-Collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Between 25 –29 races/sub-species, we probably saw Z.c.australis

TDFNP 4/3

146

Common Waxbill

Estrilda astrild

Approx.17races/sub-species,not known which we saw

St Helena 29/3

147

Yellow Canary

Serinus flaviventris

St Helena 29/3

148

Java Sparrow

Padda oryzivora

St Helena 29/3

149

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

12 races/forms, not known which we saw

Ushuaia 5/3

150

Spanish Sparrow

Passer hispaniolensis

Two races, we saw P.h.hispaniolensis on Cape Verde

Santiago 9/4

151

Iago Sparrow

Passer iagoensis

Santiago 9/4

152

Patagonian Sierra-Finch

Phrygilus patagonicus

TDFNP 4/3

153

Black-Chinned Siskin

Carduellis barbatus

No current information available

TDFNP 4/3

154

Tristan Bunting

Nesospiza acunhae

Two sub-species/forms-N.a.acunhae on Inaccessible Islans and N.a.questi on Nightingale Island , we saw both

Inaccessible and Nightingale Islands 24/3

155

Grosbeak Bunting

Nesospiza wilkinisi

Two sub-species/forms- N.w.wilkinisi Seen on Nightingale, and N.w.dunnei ( not seen) on Inaccessible.

Nightingale Island 24/3

156

Gough Bunting

Rowettia goughensis

Gough Island 20/3

Total species

156

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