Birdwatching - Los Alerces National Park - Cholila- Esquel - Patagonia - Argentina
Observación de Aves en Patagonia
La belleza y el encanto de la geografía de la estepa y los Andes, permite una plácida observación de las aves, que anidan en la densa vegetación austral.
The Cholila region, including the Los Alerces National Park and other natural reserves an especiality Lago Mosquito, offer a wonderful range of spectacular scenery and also cover a significant variety of habitats. From the high-andean through wet forest and transition forest to the Patagonian steppe we can see up to around 110 native bird species. 24 from these are endemic of the Patagonian Andes.
The next is a list of some of the species we can see in our birding excursions:
Austral pigmy owl (glaucidium nanum) Endemic
Black-throated huet-huet (pteroptochos tarnii) Endemic
Black-throated huet-huet (pteroptochos tarnii) Endemic
Chilean flicker (colaptes pitius) Endemic
Black-throated huet-huet (pteroptochos tarnii) Endemic
Chucao tapaculo (scelorchilus rubecula) Endemic
Fire-eyed diucon (pyrope/xolmis pyrope) Endemic
Fire-eyed diucon (pyrope/xolmis pyrope) Endemic
Black-chinned siskin (carduelis barbatus) Endemic
Yellow-bridled finch (melanodera xanthogramma) Endemic
Patagonian sierra-finch (phrygilus patagonicus) Endemic
Austral blackbird (curaeus curaeus) Endemic
Spectacled duck (anas specularis) Endemic
Magellanic woodpecker (campephilus magellanicus) Endemic
Dark-bellied cinclodes (cinclodes patagonicus) Endemic
Thorn-tailed rayadito (aphrastura spinicauda) Endemic
White-throated treerunner (pygarrhichas albogularis) Endemic
Andean condor (vultur gryphus)
Black-chested buzzard eagle (geranoaetus melanoleucus)
Red-backed hawk (buteo polyosoma)
Chimango caracara (polyborus/milvago chimango)
Crested caracara (polyborus plancus)
Peregrine falcon (falco peregrinus)
Aplomado falcon (falco femoralis)
American kestrel (falco sparverius)
Cinereous harrier (circus cinereus)
Turkey vulture (cathartes aura)
Black vulture (coragyps atratus)
Green-backed firecrown (sephanoides galeritus)
Ringed kingfisher (ceryle torquata)
Black-bellied shrike tyrant (agriornis montana)
Rufous-backed negrito (lessonia rufa)
Chilean swallow (tachycineta leucopyga)
Austral thrush (turdus falcklandii)
Grey-hooded sierra-finch (phrygilus gayi)
Eared dove (zenaida auriculata)
Rufous-collared sparrow (zonotrichia capensis)
Long-tailed meadowlark (sturnella loyca)
Black faced ibis (theristicus melanopis)
Chilean flamingo (phoenicopterus chilensis)
Silvery grebe (podiceps occipitalis)
White-tufted grebe (podiceps rolland)
Great grebe (podiceps major)
Neotropic cormorant (phalacrocorax olivaceus)
Blue-eyed cormorant (phalacrocorax atriceps)
Black-necked swan (cygnus melancoryphus)
Upland goose (chloephaga picta)
Ashy-headed goose (chloephaga poliocephala)
Yellow-billed pintail (anas georgica)
Specled teal (anas flavirostris)
Red-gartered coot ( fulica armillata)
Southern lapwing (vanellus chilensis)
Kelp gull (larus dominicanus)
Brown-hooded gull (larus maculipennis)
Austral parakeet (enicognathus ferrugineus / microsittace ferruginea) Endemic
Striped woodpecker (picoides lignarius)
