ALACRAN PENINSULAR & LIST
CHILE
ARICA, REGION 1 (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (7th February, 2006)
Birding Site Guide
This is a good spot for sea and shore birds. It is just a 15 minute walk from the centre of Arica heading South. Inca Tern and Sabines Gull were common here. Another couple of spots worth a look are the Lluta River estuary further to the n, where they seem to be trying to make a small nature reserve, and Playa Corazon at the end of the coast road to the south. A path continues along the coast from here through a cave. It reaches a point where you can see an island with fur seals on it. Chilean Seaside Cinclodes can be seen on rocks along the path. I saw 23 species including 3 lifers.
Species seen
- Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus Photographed
- Peruvian Booby Sula variegata
- Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Photographed
- Guanay Cormorant Phalacrocorax bougainvillii Photographed
- Red-legged Cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi Near-threatened
- Great Egret Ardea alba Seen Lluta estuary
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula Photographed
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Photographed
- Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater Photographed
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Seen near Lluta estuary
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Photographed
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Photographed
- Surfbird Aphriza virgata
- Belcher's Gull Larus belcheri Photographed
- Gray Gull Larus modestus Photographed
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini Photographed
- Elegant Tern Sterna elegans Near-threatened
- Inca Tern Larosterna inca
- Pacific Dove Zenaida meloda
- Chilean Seaside Cinclodes Cinclodes nigrofumosus Endemic Seen near Playa Corazon Photo'd
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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