Birds & Seals of the Falkland Islands

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Click on drawings below for information about each Falklands species.

King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis Rock Cormorant Phalacrocorax magellanicus Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris Silver Teal Anas versicolor Striated Caracara Phalcoboenus australis Pied Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus Rufous-chest Dotterel Charadrius modestus Falkland Skua Catharacta antarctica Brown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus sanfordi Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis Falkland Pipit Anthus correndera Black-chinned Siskin Carduelis barbata Fur Seal Arctocephalus australis	Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus Black-brow Albatross Diomedea melanophris King Cormorant Phalacrocorax atriceps Upland Goose Chloephaga picta Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Crested Caracara Polyborus plancus Black Oystercatcher Haematopus ater White-rump Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Dolphin Gull Larus scoresbii South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea Black Cinclodes Cinclodes antarcticus Cobb's Wren Troglodytes cobbi Long-tail Meadowlark Sturnella loyca House Sparrow Passer domesticus Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina	Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome White-tufted Grebe Podiceps rolland Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Ruddy-headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus Chiloë Wigeon Anas sibilatrix Red-backed Hawk Buteo polyosoma Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Two-banded Plover Charadrius falklandicus Magellanic Snipe Gallinago magellanica Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus Barn Owl Tyto alba Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola macloviana Falkland Thrush Turdus falcklandii Black-throated Finch Melanodera melanodera Southern Sealion Otaria flavescens Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx

Drawings and text by Dr Mike Bingham
Environmental Research Unit, Falkland Islands