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Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Stocky heron with neck usually tucked in. Adults overall pale grayish with black cap and back. Red eyes. Juveniles noticeably different,...


Mourning Sierra Finch (Rhopospina fruticeti)
Attractive bulky “finch” that is actually a tanager; found in scrubby habitats in the Andes and Patagonian steppe, often around villages...


Thorn-tailed Rayadito (Aphrastura spinicauda)
Common and often noisy and conspicuous little bird of temperate southern forests, also ranging locally into matorral with taller trees....


Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides)
A distinctive, rather large duck that is common in wetlands, lakes, bogs, slow-moving rivers, and along seacoasts. Sexes look alike:...


Patagonian Sierra Finch (Phrygilus patagonicus0
Attractive small “finch” that is actually a tanager; found in humid forest and wooded habitats in southern Chile and adjacent Argentina....


Chocolate-vented Tyrant (Neoxolmis rufiventris)
Wonderfully (if poorly) named large terrestrial flycatcher of open windswept habitats in Patagonia, especially bunch grass and open...


Dark-bellied Cinclodes (Cinclodes patagonicus)
Fairly common in lowlands and foothills; often along the coast south of the range of Seaside Cinclodes. Found along streams, lakeshores,...


House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Small brownish wren with extensive variation across range. Usually rather plain overall, with dark barring on the wings and tail. Lacks...


Fire-eyed Diucon (Pyrope pyrope)
A distinctive gray flycatcher of southern South America that is often fairly common and conspicuous. Found in semiopen habitats from open...


Austral Blackbird (Curaeus curaeus)
Distinctive but understated, this wholly glossy blackbird with a rather long, sharply pointed bill occurs in a wide range of mainly open...
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