Patagonia's Birds

AGUILA MORA (juvenile)

Features:
Geramoaeutus melanoleucus. 65 cm. Planes High. Juvenile: barred in brown. Adult: Dark grey head, chest and back.

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AUSTRAL OR DIUCóN

Features:
Xolmis pyrope. 19 cm. Red eyes, elastic flight. Grey color. Whitish abdomen and throat.



BANDURRIA

Features:
Theristicus melanosis. 57 cm. Horn like sound. Long curved peak, cinnamon colored head and neck; grey back.



COMMON MALE CAUQUéN

Features:
Chloephaga picta. 54 cm. Often in couples. Can be found in mallines or near water. Goose like aspect. Mail is white with Black legs, female brown with cinnamon legs.

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WHITE CAUQUéN EGGS

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CHIMANGO

Features:
Milvago chimango. 37 cm. 37 cm. Brown, with a whitish stripe in tail and wings.

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FEMALE MARTíN PESCADOR

Features:
Ceryle torquita. 36cm. Aquatic enviroments. Male with red Chest. Lands in cables or branches to fish.

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MALE ANDEAN COMECEBO

Features:
Phrygilus gayi. 15 cm. Blue grey hood and wings; olive back. Female with brown, striated throat.

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DIUCA

Features:
Diuca diuca. 14 cm. Grey with White throat and belly and cinnamon abdomen. Melodic singing.



DIUCóN

Features:
Xolmis pirope. 19 cm. Red eyes, elastic flight. Grey, whitish abdomen and throat.



FíOFIO SILBóN

Features:
Elaenia albiceps. 13 cm. reliant. Spaced and plaintive “Fio”. Semi hood with triangular white stain. Olive like color. White wing bands.



FíOFIO

Features:
Elaenia albiceps. 13 cm. reliant. Spaced and plaintive “Fio”. Semi hood with triangular white stain. Olive like color. White wing bands.



GARZA BRUJA (witch)

Features:
Nyticorax nycticorax. 50 cm. Red eyes. Loud shriek, heard at night. Noticeable nape feather. White neck. Vulgar name: Huirao.

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GAVIOTA CAPUCHA CAFé (cofee like hood gull)

Features:
Larus maculipennis. 35 cm. Black hood. Seen with it’s bridal plumage. White abdomen and grey back.



GOLONDRINA BARRANQUERA (gully swallow)

Features:
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca. Found near gullies. Small. Black bluish back, White abdomen.

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VISCACHERA OWL

Features:
Athene cunicularia. 25 cm. Day time bird. Found in poles, in the steppe mainly. Hawks. White eye brows and throat. Brown, spotted in white.

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FEMALE COMMON LOICA

Features:
Sturnella loyca. 22 cm. White throat. Strident melodic chant. Quail like back.



MALE COMMON LOICA

Features:
Sturnella loyca. 22 cm. Throat and Chest of intense red. Strident melodic chant. Quail like back.



CORN DUCK

Features:
Anas georgica. 40 cm. Brown and stained. Whitish throat, yellow Peak. Stained sides and back.

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FEMALE PICO DE PLATA (SILVER PEAK)

Features:
Hymenops perspicillatus. 13 cm. Brown, reddish wings. Inconspicuos. Elastic flight. White t-shirts, notables in flights.

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MALE PICO DE PLATA (SILVER PEAK)

Features:
Hymenops perspicillatus. 13 cm. Black Peak and eyes and yellowish Peak. Elastic flight. White t-shirts, notables in flights.

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RATONA COMúN (Chercan)

Features:
Trogloditas aedon. 10 cm. Varied and trilled like chant. Brown, barred and black wings and tail. Peridomestic.



BIGUá

Features:
Phalacrocórax olivaceus. 63 cm. Blackish. Juvenile: brown. Posed in branches or trunks with open wings, with fin to take flight.

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ROYAL CAUQUéN

Features:
Chloephaga poliocephala.
53 cm. Grey head and neck, reddish back and Chest.

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SOBREPUESTO

Features:
Lessonia rufa. 11 cm. Black with red triangle in the back. found through the ground.

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OFFE LIEK TACHURIS

Features:
Tachuris rubrigastra. 10 cm. Curious. Found among rushs. Adult has many colors (7).

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TERO

Features:
Vanellus chilensis. 31 cm. Loud shriek “tero-tero”, fine hood, Red eyes, Black face. Shimmering neck.



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