Now then… just what you’ve been twitching for… here is the first month’s wildlife list!
It includes all the species of weird and wonderful wildlife we have seen whilst running. After all, these are the true celebrates of the 5000mileproject and for whom we started this expedition for in the first place!
The list begins on 28 July 2012, Cabo Froward, Chile. Think ice, snow, rugged mountains, southern beech woods and the Magellan Straits… to 28 August 2012; on the road to El Chalten, windswept, low, rolling, over-grazed, icy Argentine pampas (see photo at the end of the list).
Birds appear at the top of the list, mammals at the bottom. We haven’t spotted any amphibians or reptiles yet. I’m not sure they would get on well with the “freezer” conditions we’re currently enjoying!
For methods check out our Mega Transect page.
| Species English Name |
| white-tufted grebe |
| giant petrel |
| black-browed albatross |
| Neotropic cormorant |
| rock cormorant |
| imperial cormorant |
| Darwin’s rhea |
| black-faced ibis |
| Chilean flamingo |
| coscoroba swan |
| black-necked swan |
| kelp goose |
| ashy-headed goose |
| upland goose |
| flightless steamer-duck |
| flying steamer-duck |
| spectacled duck |
| crested duck |
| speckled teal |
| chiloe wigeon |
| Andean condor |
| black-chested buzzard eagle |
| Chilean hawk |
| cinereous harrier |
| variable hawk |
| rufous-tailed hawk |
| southern caracara |
| chimango caracara |
| American kestrel |
| aplomado falcon |
| red-gartered coot |
| tawny-throated dotterel |
| blackish oystercatcher |
| Magellanic oystercatcher |
| least seedsnipe |
| kelp gull |
| rock dove |
| Austral parakeet |
| Austral pygmy owl |
| Magellanic woodpecker |
| Chilean flicker |
| dark-bellied cinclodes |
| thorn-tailed rayadito |
| fire-eyed diucon |
| Austral thrush |
| correndera pipit |
| Austral blackbird |
| long-tailed meadowlark |
| Patagonian sierra-finch |
| grey-hooded sierra-finch |
| rufous-collared sparrow |
| house sparrow |
| black-chinned siskin |
| culpeo- patagonian red fox |
| South American grey fox |
| puma |
| guanaco |
| European hare |
| European rabbit |
| Humbolt hog-nosed skunk |
| South American sealion |
| marine otter |
| Peale’s dolphin |
| Chilean dolphin |
| Huemul deer |
Patagonian armadillo- piche |