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The snow-covered southern Andes behind the turquoise waters of Lago Argentino in El Clafate (Photo by participant Dominic Sherony)
This year's Southern Argentina tour started off pretty soggy. Rain all day upon arrival in Buenos Aires, and then most of the following day, kept us from enjoying the birding opportunities within the city (Costanera Sur Reserve, in particular) and just to the south of the city (the Magdalena area). The resulting widespread flooding in northern Buenos Aires Province was something that I'd never seen the likes of before! We did our best to catch up with a few of the missed birds on our return to the city from the San Clemente area, but we just couldn't put the time into looking for all that we wanted to see, darn it!
Despite the bad weather at the start, we still did remarkably well in the pampas. A half day of strong winds after the rains had stopped didn't help, but we were able to get out and do some birding under clear skies. We spent a lot of time in the lee of the big trees that we could find on that first morning, very happy to get the birds that we did. Then, after lunch, the winds diminished and we got down to business. We ended up having a marvelous afternoon along the highway out of town and at the beautiful Estancia El Palenque down the road. The weather was even better the following day, and we were able to enjoy most of the targets that we were searching for before we headed back into the capital.
Northern Patagonia was our next stop, and we had to contend with some more wind here, which is pretty typical of the area. In Chubut, a visit to the lovely Punta Tombo area produced memorable encounters with the Magellanic Penguins breeding there, as well as prizes like Lesser Rhea, White-headed (Chubut) Steamer-Duck, Brown Skua, Band-tailed Earthcreeper, and Patagonian Canastero. On the incredible Peninsula Valdes, after a fantastic encounter with multiple Southern Right Whales with calves, this unique wild area sticking out into the cold southern Atlantic gave us dozens of Elegant Crested-Tinamous, our only Darwin's Nothuras of the trip, a migrant flock of extraordinary Tawny-throated Dotterels, the strange Patagonian Cavy or Mara, dozens of giant Southern Elephant Seals lounging on the beaches at the eastern end, distant Orcas feeding in a protected lagoon, close flyby giant-petrels -- both Northern and Southern -- riding the onshore winds, endemic Rusty-backed Monjitas, local Patagonian Yellow-Finches, and so much more. A little farther north, in southern Rio Negro Province near the small seaside town of Las Grutas, our efforts there over a couple of days produced some rarely seen birds, namely White-throated Cacholote, Sandy Gallito, Straneck's Tyrannulet, Hudson's Black-Tyrant, Black-crowned Monjita, White-banded Mockingbird, Carbonated Sierra-Finch, and Cinnamon Warbling-Finch.
It was then time for a change of scenery. We left the flat pampas and coastal plains of northern Patagonia for more southern points, where the Patagonian steppe meets the towering southern Andes (El Calafate) and where dark forests of Southern Beech (Nothofagus) cloak the rugged Cordillera de Darwin above the cold waters of the Beagle Channel (Ushuaia). There was a lot to see in both places, and we did quite well. It was tough to beat that day at Los Glaciares NP with the looming backdrop of Perito Moreno Glacier! And this hike up above Ushuaia to the Le Martial Glacier was followed by a thrilling boat ride in the Beagle Channel that produced King Penguin, Black-browed Albatross, Snowy Sheathbill -- and a surprise Leopard Seal! It was a fantastic way to wind up this great tour!
Thanks to all of you for joining me for the two-and-a-half weeks we spent in beautiful Southern Argentina. You were a fantastic group to travel with, and I appreciate all of your camaraderie and support (especially at the end of the tour). Thanks also must be extended to our very able set of co-leaders and local guides throughout -- Germán Pugnali in Buenos Aires and in northern Patagonia, Mabel Carmona in Chubut, Martina McNamara in El Calafate, and Marcelo de Cruz in Ushuaia. Thanks to all of them! I hope to see all of you, my wonderful fellow travelers on this tour, again in another great birding locale soon!
--Dave
KEYS FOR THIS LIST
One of the following keys may be shown in brackets for individual species as appropriate: * = heard only, I = introduced, E = endemic, N = nesting, a = austral migrant, b = boreal migrant
Rheidae (Rheas)

As it is with all of the ratites around the world, dad takes care of the kids. This Lesser Rhea on the Peninsula Valdes had another dozen or so chicks in tow. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
GREATER RHEA (Rhea americana) LESSER RHEA (DARWIN'S) (Rhea pennata pennata) [N]
Tinamidae (Tinamous)
DARWIN'S NOTHURA (Nothura darwinii)
SPOTTED NOTHURA (Nothura maculosa) [*]
ELEGANT CRESTED-TINAMOU (Eudromia elegans) [N]
Anhimidae (Screamers)
SOUTHERN SCREAMER (Chauna torquata)
Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl)
WHITE-FACED WHISTLING-DUCK (Dendrocygna viduata)
FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK (Dendrocygna bicolor)
BLACK-NECKED SWAN (Cygnus melancoryphus) [N]
COSCOROBA SWAN (Coscoroba coscoroba) [N]
UPLAND GOOSE (Chloephaga picta) [N]
KELP GOOSE (Chloephaga hybrida)
ASHY-HEADED GOOSE (Chloephaga poliocephala)
FLYING STEAMER-DUCK (Tachyeres patachonicus)
FLIGHTLESS STEAMER-DUCK (Tachyeres pteneres)
WHITE-HEADED STEAMER-DUCK (Tachyeres leucocephalus) [E]
CRESTED DUCK (Lophonetta specularioides) [N]
SPECTACLED DUCK (Speculanas specularis) [N]

It doesn't get much cuter than this, does it? This family of Black-necked Swans made their home on the lagoons at Estancia Alice near El Calafate. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
RINGED TEAL (Callonetta leucophrys) CHILOE WIGEON (Anas sibilatrix)
CINNAMON TEAL (Anas cyanoptera)
RED SHOVELER (Anas platalea)
WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL (Anas bahamensis)
YELLOW-BILLED PINTAIL (Anas georgica)
SILVER TEAL (Anas versicolor)
YELLOW-BILLED TEAL (FLAVIROSTRIS) (Anas flavirostris flavirostris)
ROSY-BILLED POCHARD (Netta peposaca)
RUDDY DUCK (ANDEAN) (Oxyura jamaicensis ferruginea)
LAKE DUCK (Oxyura vittata)
Podicipedidae (Grebes)
WHITE-TUFTED GREBE (Rollandia rolland)
PIED-BILLED GREBE (Podilymbus podiceps)
GREAT GREBE (Podiceps major)

This southern race of Silvery Grebe (here at the lagoon at Estancia Alice) might someday be split from the much drabber race to the north in the Andes. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
SILVERY GREBE (PATAGONIAN) (Podiceps occipitalis occipitalis) Phoenicopteridae (Flamingos)
CHILEAN FLAMINGO (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Spheniscidae (Penguins)
KING PENGUIN (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
GENTOO PENGUIN (Pygoscelis papua)
MAGELLANIC PENGUIN (Spheniscus magellanicus)
Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)
BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS (Thalassarche melanophris)
Procellariidae (Shearwaters and Petrels)
SOUTHERN GIANT-PETREL (Macronectes giganteus)
NORTHERN GIANT-PETREL (Macronectes halli)

No, this Southern Giant-Petrel isn't flying through some desert canyon somewhere; the southern Atlantic Ocean is to the right. The onshore winds hitting the coastal cliffs here on the east end of the Peninsula Valdes make excellent flying conditions for this huge tubenose, bringing birds face-to-face with patient observers. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
SOUTHERN FULMAR (Fulmarus glacialoides) WHITE-CHINNED PETREL (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
SOOTY SHEARWATER (Puffinus griseus)
MANX SHEARWATER (Puffinus puffinus)
Pelecanoididae (Diving-Petrels)
MAGELLANIC DIVING-PETREL (Pelecanoides magellani)
Hydrobatidae (Storm-Petrels)
WILSON'S STORM-PETREL (Oceanites oceanicus)
Ciconiidae (Storks)
MAGUARI STORK (Ciconia maguari)
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and Shags)
NEOTROPIC CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
MAGELLANIC CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax magellanicus) [N]

These two squabbling male Upland Geese hardly got the attention of the nesting Gentoo Penguins behind them on one of the many islets in the Beagle Channel. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
IMPERIAL CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax atriceps atriceps) [N] IMPERIAL CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer) [N]
Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)
COCOI HERON (Ardea cocoi)
GREAT EGRET (Ardea alba)
SNOWY EGRET (Egretta thula)
CATTLE EGRET (Bubulcus ibis)
WHISTLING HERON (Syrigma sibilatrix)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Threskiornithidae (Ibises and Spoonbills)
WHITE-FACED IBIS (Plegadis chihi)
BARE-FACED IBIS (Phimosus infuscatus)
BLACK-FACED IBIS (Theristicus melanopis) [N]
ROSEATE SPOONBILL (Platalea ajaja)
Cathartidae (New World Vultures)

One of the many Andean Condors we enjoyed seeing in the El Calafate area this year. (Photo by participant Dominic Sherony)
TURKEY VULTURE (Cathartes aura) ANDEAN CONDOR (Vultur gryphus)
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles, and Kites)
WHITE-TAILED KITE (Elanus leucurus)
SWALLOW-TAILED KITE (Elanoides forficatus)
SNAIL KITE (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
LONG-WINGED HARRIER (Circus buffoni)
CINEREOUS HARRIER (Circus cinereus) [N]
ROADSIDE HAWK (Rupornis magnirostris)
HARRIS'S HAWK (Parabuteo unicinctus)
VARIABLE HAWK (VARIABLE) (Geranoaetus polyosoma polyosoma) [N]
BLACK-CHESTED BUZZARD-EAGLE (Geranoaetus melanoleucus)
Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, and Coots)
GIANT WOOD-RAIL (Aramides ypecaha)
GRAY-NECKED WOOD-RAIL (Aramides cajaneus)
DOT-WINGED CRAKE (Porzana spiloptera) [*]
PLUMBEOUS RAIL (Pardirallus sanguinolentus)
COMMON GALLINULE (Gallinula galeata) [N]
RED-GARTERED COOT (Fulica armillata)
RED-FRONTED COOT (Fulica rufifrons)
WHITE-WINGED COOT (Fulica leucoptera)
Aramidae (Limpkin)

The wind was ferocious, but we were able to pick out one of these strange Magellanic Plovers among the more common Baird's Sandpipers along the shoreline. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
LIMPKIN (Aramus guarauna) Chionidae (Sheathbills)
SNOWY SHEATHBILL (Chionis albus)
Pluvianellidae (Magellanic Plover)
MAGELLANIC PLOVER (Pluvianellus socialis)
Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)
BLACK-NECKED STILT (WHITE-BACKED) (Himantopus mexicanus melanurus)
Haematopodidae (Oystercatchers)
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER (Haematopus palliatus)
BLACKISH OYSTERCATCHER (Haematopus ater)
MAGELLANIC OYSTERCATCHER (Haematopus leucopodus)
Charadriidae (Plovers and Lapwings)
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (Pluvialis squatarola) [b]

It looked like this Tawny-throated Dotterel, and about 16 of his buddies, had just arrived from the wintering grounds here on the grasslands of the Peninsula Valdes. (Photo by participant Dominic Sherony)
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (Pluvialis dominica) [b] TAWNY-THROATED DOTTEREL (Oreopholus ruficollis)
SOUTHERN LAPWING (NORTHERN) (Vanellus chilensis cayennensis) [N]
SOUTHERN LAPWING (SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA) (Vanellus chilensis chilensis)
TWO-BANDED PLOVER (Charadrius falklandicus)
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (Charadrius semipalmatus) [b]
Thinocoridae (Seedsnipes)
LEAST SEEDSNIPE (Thinocorus rumicivorus) [N]
Jacanidae (Jacanas)
WATTLED JACANA (Jacana jacana)
Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
SPOTTED SANDPIPER (Actitis macularius) [b]
GREATER YELLOWLEGS (Tringa melanoleuca) [b]
LESSER YELLOWLEGS (Tringa flavipes) [b]
HUDSONIAN GODWIT (Limosa haemastica) [b]
RUDDY TURNSTONE (Arenaria interpres) [b]
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (Calidris bairdii) [b]
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER (Calidris fuscicollis) [b]
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (Calidris subruficollis) [b]
SOUTH AMERICAN SNIPE (MAGELLANIC) (Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica)
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (Phalaropus tricolor) [b]
Stercorariidae (Skuas and Jaegers)

This beautiful Dolphin Gull gave us a nice show late in the afternoon on our return to port at Ushuaia. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
CHILEAN SKUA (Stercorarius chilensis) BROWN SKUA (FALKLAND) (Stercorarius antarcticus antarcticus)
Laridae (Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers)
BROWN-HOODED GULL (Chroicocephalus maculipennis)
GRAY-HOODED GULL (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus)
DOLPHIN GULL (Leucophaeus scoresbii)
OLROG'S GULL (Larus atlanticus)
KELP GULL (Larus dominicanus) [N]
COMMON TERN (Sterna hirundo) [b]
SOUTH AMERICAN TERN (Sterna hirundinacea)
SNOWY-CROWNED TERN (Sterna trudeaui)
ROYAL TERN (Thalasseus maximus)
SANDWICH TERN (CAYENNE) (Thalasseus sandvicensis eurygnathus)
BLACK SKIMMER (INTERCEDENS) (Rynchops niger intercedens)
Columbidae (Pigeons and Doves)

It's hard to find an owl, especially when it's not calling! This Austral Pygmy-Owl sat above us silently while our group looked on. (Photo by participant Dominic Sherony)
ROCK PIGEON (Columba livia) [I] PICAZURO PIGEON (Patagioenas picazuro)
SPOT-WINGED PIGEON (Patagioenas maculosa)
PICUI GROUND-DOVE (Columbina picui)
EARED DOVE (Zenaida auriculata)
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
DARK-BILLED CUCKOO (Coccyzus melacoryphus)
GUIRA CUCKOO (Guira guira)
Strigidae (Owls)
AUSTRAL PYGMY-OWL (Glaucidium nana)
BURROWING OWL (Athene cunicularia)
RUFOUS-LEGGED OWL (Strix rufipes)
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

This stunning male Magellanic Woodpecker, one of three individuals present, was found while your guide was preparing a picnic lunch for the group. (Photo by participant Dominic Sherony)
GLITTERING-BELLIED EMERALD (Chlorostilbon lucidus) WHITE-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD (Leucochloris albicollis)
GILDED HUMMINGBIRD (Hylocharis chrysura)
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
RINGED KINGFISHER (Megaceryle torquata)
Picidae (Woodpeckers)
CHECKERED WOODPECKER (Veniliornis mixtus)
GREEN-BARRED WOODPECKER (Colaptes melanochloros melanolaimus)
CHILEAN FLICKER (Colaptes pitius)
CAMPO FLICKER (Colaptes campestris)
MAGELLANIC WOODPECKER (Campephilus magellanicus)
Falconidae (Falcons and Caracaras)
WHITE-THROATED CARACARA (Phalcoboenus albogularis)
SOUTHERN CARACARA (Caracara plancus) [N]
CHIMANGO CARACARA (Milvago chimango)
AMERICAN KESTREL (Falco sparverius)
PEREGRINE FALCON (Falco peregrinus)
Psittacidae (New World and African Parrots)
MONK PARAKEET (Myiopsitta monachus)
AUSTRAL PARAKEET (Enicognathus ferrugineus)

One of the scenic highlights of a trip to the far south of Argentina is the stupendous Perito Moreno Glacier near the town of El Calafate. It's one of very few glaciers in the world that is still advancing. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
BURROWING PARAKEET (Cyanoliseus patagonus) NANDAY PARAKEET (Aratinga nenday) [I]
WHITE-EYED PARAKEET (Psittacara leucophthalmus) [I]
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)
RUFOUS-CAPPED ANTSHRIKE (Thamnophilus ruficapillus)
Rhinocryptidae (Tapaculos)
SANDY GALLITO (Teledromas fuscus) [E]
MAGELLANIC TAPACULO (Scytalopus magellanicus)
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers)
COMMON MINER (PATAGONIAN) (Geositta cunicularia cunicularia)
NARROW-BILLED WOODCREEPER (Lepidocolaptes angustirostris)

Doraditos always garner a lot of attention wherever they're found, and this Warbling Doradito was no different. The pampas of Argentina are a terrific place to see this confiding species. (Photo by participant Dominic Sherony)
WHITE-THROATED TREERUNNER (Pygarrhichas albogularis) BAND-TAILED EARTHCREEPER (Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus) [E]
RUFOUS HORNERO (Furnarius rufus)
WREN-LIKE RUSHBIRD (Phleocryptes melanops)
SCALE-THROATED EARTHCREEPER (Upucerthia dumetaria)
BUFF-WINGED CINCLODES (Cinclodes fuscus)
DARK-BELLIED CINCLODES (Cinclodes patagonicus) [N]
THORN-TAILED RAYADITO (Aphrastura spinicauda)
TUFTED TIT-SPINETAIL (Leptasthenura platensis)
PLAIN-MANTLED TIT-SPINETAIL (PALLIDA) (Leptasthenura aegithaloides pallida)
FRECKLE-BREASTED THORNBIRD (Phacellodomus striaticollis)
SHORT-BILLED CANASTERO (Asthenes baeri)
HUDSON'S CANASTERO (Asthenes hudsoni)
CORDILLERAN CANASTERO (Asthenes modesta)

We drove through -- and walked through -- a lot of great habitat for this Darwin's Nothura, but we only ever detected the one pair found by our driver. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
SHARP-BILLED CANASTERO (Asthenes pyrrholeuca) SULPHUR-THROATED SPINETAIL (Cranioleuca sulphurifera)
STRIPE-CROWNED SPINETAIL (Cranioleuca pyrrhophia)
PATAGONIAN CANASTERO (Pseudasthenes patagonica) [E]
BAY-CAPPED WREN-SPINETAIL (Spartonoica maluroides)
WHITE-THROATED CACHOLOTE (Pseudoseisura gutturalis) [E]
SPIX'S SPINETAIL (Synallaxis spixi)
Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers)
YELLOW-BILLED TIT-TYRANT (Anairetes flavirostris)
TUFTED TIT-TYRANT (Anairetes parulus)
WARBLING DORADITO (Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris)

One of the biggest "finds" on the tour was seeing this Leopard Seal lounging on the beach at the Magellanic/Gentoo Penguin colony in the Beagle Channel. These seals are fierce predators, and you could certainly see that the Magellanic Penguins knew what he was all about! (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
WHITE-CRESTED ELAENIA (Elaenia albiceps) SMALL-BILLED ELAENIA (Elaenia parvirostris)
SOOTY TYRANNULET (Serpophaga nigricans)
WHITE-CRESTED TYRANNULET (Serpophaga subcristata)
STRANECK'S TYRANNULET (Serpophaga griseicapilla)
MANY-COLORED RUSH TYRANT (Tachuris rubrigastra)
GREATER WAGTAIL-TYRANT (Stigmatura budytoides)
VERMILION FLYCATCHER (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
AUSTRAL NEGRITO (Lessonia rufa)
WHITE-WINGED BLACK-TYRANT (Knipolegus aterrimus)
HUDSON'S BLACK-TYRANT (Knipolegus hudsoni)
SPECTACLED TYRANT (Hymenops perspicillatus)
YELLOW-BROWED TYRANT (Satrapa icterophrys)

Northern Patagonia was home to most of the Argentine endemics (or near-endemics, like this one) that we saw on this tour, including a cooperative Band-tailed Earthcreeper near Trelew. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
DARK-FACED GROUND-TYRANT (Muscisaxicola maclovianus) WHITE-BROWED GROUND-TYRANT (Muscisaxicola albilora)
CINNAMON-BELLIED GROUND-TYRANT (Muscisaxicola capistratus)
GREAT SHRIKE-TYRANT (Agriornis lividus)
GRAY-BELLIED SHRIKE-TYRANT (Agriornis micropterus)
LESSER SHRIKE-TYRANT (Agriornis murinus)
FIRE-EYED DIUCON (Xolmis pyrope)
BLACK-CROWNED MONJITA (Xolmis coronatus)
WHITE MONJITA (Xolmis irupero)
RUSTY-BACKED MONJITA (Xolmis rubetra) [E]
CHOCOLATE-VENTED TYRANT (Neoxolmis rufiventris)
GREAT KISKADEE (Pitangus sulphuratus)
TROPICAL KINGBIRD (Tyrannus melancholicus)
FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER (Tyrannus savana)
Cotingidae (Cotingas)
WHITE-TIPPED PLANTCUTTER (Phytotoma rutila)
RUFOUS-TAILED PLANTCUTTER (Phytotoma rara)
Vireonidae (Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis)
RED-EYED VIREO (Vireo olivaceus)
Hirundinidae (Swallows)
BLUE-AND-WHITE SWALLOW (PATAGONICA) (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca patagonica)
GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN (Progne chalybea)
SOUTHERN MARTIN (Progne elegans) [N]
BROWN-CHESTED MARTIN (FUSCA) (Progne tapera fusca)

Another one of the many Argentina endemics that we found in northern Patagonia was this territorial male Carbonated Sierra-Finch. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
WHITE-RUMPED SWALLOW (Tachycineta leucorrhoa) CHILEAN SWALLOW (Tachycineta meyeni)
BARN SWALLOW (Hirundo rustica) [N]
Troglodytidae (Wrens)
HOUSE WREN (SOUTHERN) (Troglodytes aedon musculus)
SEDGE WREN (PLATENSIS GROUP) (Cistothorus platensis platensis)
SEDGE WREN (PLATENSIS GROUP) (Cistothorus platensis hornensis) [*]
Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies)
AUSTRAL THRUSH (Turdus falcklandii)
RUFOUS-BELLIED THRUSH (Turdus rufiventris)
CREAMY-BELLIED THRUSH (Turdus amaurochalinus)
CHIGUANCO THRUSH (Turdus chiguanco)
Mimidae (Mockingbirds and Thrashers)
PATAGONIAN MOCKINGBIRD (Mimus patagonicus) [N]
CHALK-BROWED MOCKINGBIRD (Mimus saturninus)
WHITE-BANDED MOCKINGBIRD (Mimus triurus)
Sturnidae (Starlings)
EUROPEAN STARLING (Sturnus vulgaris) [I]
Motacillidae (Wagtails and Pipits)
SHORT-BILLED PIPIT (Anthus furcatus)

I think Fire-eyed Diucon is a very appropriate name for this one, no? (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
CORRENDERA PIPIT (Anthus correndera) HELLMAYR'S PIPIT (Anthus hellmayri brasilianus)
Parulidae (New World Warblers)
MASKED YELLOWTHROAT (Geothlypis aequinoctialis)
TROPICAL PARULA (Setophaga pitiayumi)
Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
RED-CRESTED CARDINAL (Paroaria coronata)
BLUE-AND-YELLOW TANAGER (Pipraeidea bonariensis)
GRAY-HOODED SIERRA-FINCH (Phrygilus gayi)
PATAGONIAN SIERRA-FINCH (Phrygilus patagonicus)
MOURNING SIERRA-FINCH (Phrygilus fruticeti)
CARBONATED SIERRA-FINCH (Phrygilus carbonarius) [E]
COMMON DIUCA-FINCH (Diuca diuca)
YELLOW-BRIDLED FINCH (Melanodera xanthogramma)
LONG-TAILED REED FINCH (Donacospiza albifrons)
CINNAMON WARBLING-FINCH (Poospiza ornata) [E]
BLACK-AND-RUFOUS WARBLING-FINCH (Poospiza nigrorufa)
RINGED WARBLING-FINCH (Poospiza torquata)
PATAGONIAN YELLOW-FINCH (Sicalis lebruni)
SAFFRON FINCH (Sicalis flaveola)
GRASSLAND YELLOW-FINCH (GRASSLAND) (Sicalis luteola luteiventris)
GREAT PAMPA-FINCH (EASTERN) (Embernagra platensis platensis)
DOUBLE-COLLARED SEEDEATER (Sporophila caerulescens)

This beautiful Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch was the first of three species of lovely warbling-finches seen on this tour. (Photo by participant Dominic Sherony)
GOLDEN-BILLED SALTATOR (Saltator aurantiirostris) Emberizidae (Buntings and New World Sparrows)
RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW (Zonotrichia capensis)
Icteridae (Troupials and Allies)
LONG-TAILED MEADOWLARK (Sturnella loyca)
AUSTRAL BLACKBIRD (Curaeus curaeus)
SCARLET-HEADED BLACKBIRD (Amblyramphus holosericeus)
YELLOW-WINGED BLACKBIRD (Agelasticus thilius)
BROWN-AND-YELLOW MARSHBIRD (Pseudoleistes virescens)
BAY-WINGED COWBIRD (Agelaioides badius)
SCREAMING COWBIRD (Molothrus rufoaxillaris)
SHINY COWBIRD (Molothrus bonariensis)
VARIABLE ORIOLE (Icterus pyrrhopterus)
Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies)

Our group on the hunt for the uncharacteristically elusive Cinnamon-bellied Ground-Tyrant. (Photo by participant Dominic Sherony)
HOODED SISKIN (Spinus magellanicus) BLACK-CHINNED SISKIN (Spinus barbatus)
Passeridae (Old World Sparrows)
HOUSE SPARROW (Passer domesticus) [I]
PICHI (Zaedyus pichiy)
OLD WORLD RABBIT (Oryctolagus cuniculus) [I]
CAPE HARE (Lepus capensis) [I]
SOUTHERN CAVY (Microcavia australis)
PATAGONIAN CAVY (Dolichotis patagonum) [E]
NUTRIA (Myocastor coypus)
ORCA (Orcinus orca)
SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE (Eubalaena australis)

The Southern Argentina tour is a great trip for mammals, and a high percentage of the total individuals you see are various forms of "guinea pigs" or cavies. This Southern Cavy was using the old nesting burrows at the Magellanic Penguin Colony in Punta Tombo. (Photo by guide Dave Stejskal)
CULPEO FOX (Pseudalopex culpaeus) SOUTHERN SEA LION (Otaria byronia)
LEOPARD SEAL (Hydrurga leptonyx)
SOUTHERN ELEPHANT SEAL (Mirounga leonina)
GUANACO (Lama guanicoe)
Totals for the tour: 261 bird taxa and 13 mammal taxa