Argentina - Nahuel Huapi National Park (1 Viewer)

[lockbreeze926]

I am going on a family trip to Argentina in December, based on Lago Gutierrez near San Carlos de Bariloche.

The only bird information I have been able to find is very generic - "many species", "varied wlidlfe", "rich diversity", etc. and I have read dozens of trip reports, not one of which even mentions the area.

The lack of information tells its own story (at least partly) but if anyone can offer some more specific advice, I'd be grateful.

John

 

[Fritz73]

Hola John,

Never been in that area for birdwatching, but the birds to be watch there must be like in other areas of Patagonian forest. Some birds in that area come from the Valdivian forest in Chile. So you must look for the following birds:

Great Grebe
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black-faced Ibis
Chilean Flamingo
Coscoroba Swan
Black-necked Swan
Upland Goose
Ashy-headed Goose
Crested Duck
Spectacled Duck
Southern Wigeon
Yellow-billed Pintail
Speckled Teal
Red Shoveler
Cinnamon Teal
Silver Teal
Torrent Duck
Flying Steamer-Duck
Andean Ruddy Duck
Lake Duck
Andean Condor
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
Bay-winged Hawk
Cinereous Harrier
Bicolored Hawk
Red-backed Hawk
Rufous-tailed Hawk
White-throated Hawk
Mountain Caracara
White-throated Caracara
Southern Crested-Caracara
Chimango Caracara
Peregrine Falcon
Aplomado Falcon
American Kestrel
California Quail (introduced)
Plumbeous Rail
Austral Rail
Red-gartered Coot
White-winged Coot
Red-fronted Coot
Spot-flanked Gallinule
South American Stilt
Southern Lapwing
Tawny-throated Dotterel
Two-banded Plover
Collared Plover
Lesser Yellowlegs
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Least Seedsnipe
Gray-breasted Seedsnipe
White-bellied Seedsnipe
Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe
Kelp Gull
Brown-hooded Gull
Franklin's Gull
Snowy-crowned Tern
Chilean Pigeon
Spot-winged Pigeon
Rock Dove
Eared Dove
Picui Ground-Dove
Black-winged Ground-Dove
Burrowing Parrot
Austral Parakeet
Barn Owl
Great Horned-Owl
Burrowing Owl
Austral Pigmy-Owl
Rufous-legged Owl
Short-eared Owl
Band-winged Nightjar
Andean Swift
White-sided Hillstar
Green-backed Firecrown
Ringed Kingfisher
Chilean Flicker
Striped Woodpecker
Magellanic Woodpecker
Rufous-banded Miner
Common Miner
Scale-throated Earthcreeper
Straight-billed Earthcreeper
Band-tailed Earthcreeper
Dark-bellied Cinclodes
Bar-winged Cinclodes
Gray-flanked Cinclodes
Wren-like Rushbird
Des Murs' Wiretail
Thorn-tailed Rayadito
Lesser Canastero
Cordilleran Canastero
Austral Canastero
White-throated Cacholote
Plain-tailed Tit-Spinetail
White-throated Treerunner
Black-throated Huet-huet
Ochre-flanked Tapaculo
Chucao Tapaculo
Andean Tapaculo
Rufous-tailed Plantcutter
Great Shrike-Tyrant
Black-billed Shrike Tyrant
Fire-eyed Diucon
Black-fronted Ground-Tyrant
Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant
White-browed Ground-Tyrant
Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant
Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant
Rufous-backed Negrito
Spectacled Tyrant
Many-colored Rush-Tyrant
Tufted Tit-Tyrant
White-crested Elaenia
Patagonian Tyrant
Barn Swallow
Chilean Swallow
Blue-and-White Swallow
House Wren
Correndera Pipit
Hellmayr's Pipit
Patagonian Mockingbird
Austral Thrush
Yellow-bridled Finch
White-bridled Finch
Common Diuca-Finch
Grassland Yellow-Finch
Patagonian Yellow-Finch
Greater Yellow-Finch
Plumbeous Sierra-Finch
Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch
Patagonian Sierra-Finch
Mourning Sierra-Finch
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Black-chinned Siskin
Austral Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Yellow-winged Blackbird
Long-tailed Meadowlark
White-browed Blackbird
House Sparrow

 

[lockbreeze926]

Thanks, Fritz.

I am confident that the last one on the list will be easy to find!

John