PUERTO MONTT to CASTRO & LIST (including Pagua-Chucao ferry)
CHILE
CHILOE (Compass)
Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl
Protected/registered status
Best Time for visit (10th & 13th April, 2005)
Birding Site Guide
We saw a few birds in Puerta Montt whilst waiting for a bus. The bus ride to Castro took about 4 hours and produced a few species. The 30 minute ferry ride from Pagua-Chucao was good for sea birds especially on the way back in the early morning. A few birds were seen around Castro. I saw 38 species.
Species seen
- Great Grebe Podiceps major
- Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Antarctic Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus Vulnerable
- Pink-footed Shearwater ? Puffinus creatopus Vulnerable
- Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
- Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus
- Peruvian Booby Sula variegata
- Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
- Rock Shag ? Phalacrocorax magellanicus
- Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps
- Red-legged Cormorant ? Phalacrocorax gaimardi Near-threatened
- Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis
- Black-necked Swan Cygnus melanocorypha
- Flightless Steamerduck Tachyeres pteneres
- Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris
- Red Shoveler Anas platalea Seen near Ancud
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango Seen near Castro
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus
- South American Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae Seen near
- Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Chilean Skua ? Stercorarius chilensis
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Brown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis
- South American Tern ? Sterna hirundinacea
- Rock Dove Columba livia Introduced
- Chilean Pigeon Patagioenas araucana Seen on way Puerto Montt to Bariloche
- Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes
- Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata
- Dark-bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii
- Patagonian Sierra-Finch Phrygilus patagonicus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus Introduced
Other Fauna
A total of -- species of mammals.
There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles.
Flora
Author: Charles Hesse
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