LAGUNA DE PEÑUELOS & LIST
CHILE
VALPARAISO (near) (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (6th April, 2005)
Birding Site Guide
This large lake is easily reached from Paraiso by public bus. We took a Mirasol bus from the main terminal at 08:30 which took less than half an hour and cost P500. Get off before the turn to Quitay, walk under the bridge and through a gap in the fence. The lake had many Neotropical Cormorants and Great Grebes but few ducks and other waterfowl. The lake is surrounded by areas with non-native Monterrey Pine and Eucalyptus. There are also some scrubby areas with a few common birds. Many buses pass by the lake but only a few stop by the Quintay turnoff on the way back. I saw 28 species.
Species seen
- White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
- Great Grebe Podiceps major
- Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-necked Swan Cygnus melanocorypha
- Chiloe Wigeon Anas sibilatrix
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango
- Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Brown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis
- Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes
- Striped Woodpecker Picoides lignarius
- Thorn-tailed Rayadito h Aphrastura spinicauda
- Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura aegithaloides
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
- Fire-eyed Diucon Xolmis pyrope
- Correndera Pipit ? Anthus correndera
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnella loyca
- Austral Blackbird Curaeus curaeus
- Black-chinned Siskin Carduelis barbata
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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