s/y Nine of Cups
Birds of South America
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Masked booby - aboard Nine of Cups en
route to Ecuador from Panama
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Mockingbird - Galapagos Islands
Monk parakeet - Piriapolis, Uruguay
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Nandu - pampas near Pta Arenas, Chile
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Neotropic cormorant - Valdivia, Chile
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Patagonian sierra finch - Lago Chungara, Chile
Peruvian pelican - Arica, Chile
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Plush crested jay - Iguazu Falls, Argentina
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Red gartered coot - Piriapolis, Uruguay
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Red legged shag - Paracas, Peru
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Rock shag - Harberton, Argentina
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Roseate spoonbill - Rio Sabana, Darien, Panama
Ruffous collared sparrow
Isla de Damas, Chile
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Ruffous hornero - Piriapolis, Uruguay
(National bird of Uruguay)
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Southern lapwing - Puerto Montt, Chile
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Tricolor heron - Darien, Panama
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Upland geese (male/female)-Ushuaia, Argentina
Warbling doradito - Piriapolis, Uruguay
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Whimbrel - Rio Sabana, Darien, Panama
Sandpiper - Piriapolis, Uruguay
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Black-faced Ibis - Chiloe, Chile
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Black-necked Swans - Chiloe, Chile
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Greater Egret - Salinas, Ecuador
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Silvery Grebe - Estero Chope, Chile
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Black necked stilt
Isabela, Galapagos
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Blue-footed booby
Isla de la Plata, Ecuador
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Night heron - Arica, Chile
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Brown hooded gull - Valdivia, Chile
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Burrowing owl - Salinas, Ecuador
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Chicken & chicks - Puerto Pina, Panama
Caracara - Easter Island, Chile
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Dolphin gull - Ushuaia, Argentina
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Crested duck - Ushuaia, Argentina
Galapagos Penguins - Isabela, Galapagos
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Fairy terns - Flamenco anchorage, Panama
Great Frigate - Galapagos Islands
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Grebe - Piriapolis, Uruguay
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Heron - Iguazu Falls, Argentina
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Lava heron - Galapagos Islands
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Kelp gull - Valdivia, Chile
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Kelp geese (male/white & female) -Ushuaia, Argentina
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Parakeet - Salinas, Ecuador
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Snowy egret- Salinas, Ecuador
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Speckled teal - Chiloé, Chile
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American oystercatcher - Chiloe, Chile
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Hudsonian godwit - Chiloe, Chile
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Chiloe widgeon - Chiloe, Chile
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Magellanic penguin - Chiloe, Chile
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Dark-bellied dipper - Chiloe, Chile
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Juan Fernandez tit-tyrant
I. Robinson Crusoe
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Juan Fernandez Firecrown (male)
I.Robinson Crusoe
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Juan Fernandez Firecrown (female)
I.Robinson Crusoe
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Common diuca-finch - Easter Island
We were in and out of South America for
nearly four years so our bird photos are fairly
extensive. Even so, we missed so much. Some
birds we saw and couldn't photograph. Some
we never saw, but loved looking. Here's the
best of the best.
Our source of identification: Birds of
Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego and the
Antarctica Peninsula in English and Spanish
(Couve & Vidal)
