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Falkland Islands Bird Species

Taxanomic Listing

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Classification in accordance with the South American Classification Committee (SACC), September 2009

DUCKS, GEESE, SWANS

Falkland Steamer-Duck (Tachyeres brachypterus)
Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta)

Kelp Goose (Chloephaga hybrida)
Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps)
Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides)

PENGUINS

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
Magellanic Penguin (Phalacrocorax magellanicus)
Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)

ALBATROSSES

Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)

PETRELS AND SHEARWATERS

Southern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)
Cape Petrel (Daption capense)

CORMORANTS

Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps)

NEW WORLD VULTURES

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

HAWKES, KITES, AND EAGLES

Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis)

OYSTERCATCHERS

Blackish Oystercatcher (Haematopus ater)
Magellanic Oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodus)

PLOVERS

Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus)

SANDPIPERS AND SNIPES

South American (Magellan) Snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae)

GULLS, TERNS AND SKIMMERS

Dolphin Gull (Leucophaeus scoresbii)
Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)

JAEGERS AND SKUAS

Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)

OVENBIRDS

Blackish Cinclodes (Cinclodes antarcticus)

TYRANT-FLYCATCHERS

Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus)

WRENS

House (Cobb's) Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis)

THRUSHES

Austral Thrush (Turdus falcklandii)

WAGTAILS AND PIPITS

Correndera Pipit (Anthus correndera)

FINCHES

Black-chinned Siskin (Carduelis barbata)

NEW WORLD BLACKBIRDS

Long-taled Meadowlark (Sturnella loyca)