TonyQ: Big Year 2023

[Peter Connan]

I am somehow glad to see that among all those really stunning birds, there are also a fee more ordinary-looking birds in South America!

 

Beautiful shots.

[michael-ibk]

A great collection Tony, you did very well with your birds and photos. Many of these are quite similar to the Andean species I picked up in Ecuador, a lot of close cousins apparently.

[TonyQ]

@PeterHGthank you

@Zim Girlthank you. We had not heard of most of them. Even the families are very unfamiliar, and we found the names difficult to remember - can't tell our Cinclodes from a Canastero

@Peter Connanthank you

@michael-ibkthank you - it is good to see the cousins of ones you posted!

 

387.C.43 Grey-breasted Seedsnipe  Thinocorus orbignyianus   

Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

We really enjoyed seeing this bird, and hearing different individuals calling to each other across the valley.

 

Edited December 23, 2023 by TonyQ

[TonyQ]

388.C.44 Creamy-rumped Miner  Geositta isabellina        

Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

[TonyQ]

A few Ground-tyrants for @JimS!

 

389.C.45 Black-fronted Ground-Tyrant  Muscisaxicola frontalis           

Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

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390.C.46 Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant  Muscisaxicola flavinucha       

Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

[TonyQ]

391.C.47 Cinereous Ground-Tyrant  Muscisaxicola cinereus         

Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

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392.C.48 Andean Gull  Chroicocephalus serranus           

Very distant, Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

[TonyQ]

393.C.49 Andean Goose  Oressochen melanopterus 

Also very distant, Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

[TonyQ]

394.C.50 Cordilleran Canastero  Asthenes modesta         

Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

[Kitsafari]

I have to confess that if and when I get to South America for the birds, I'm going to have the most difficult time speaking and remembering all those unpronounceable names. 

[TonyQ]

A few more

395.C.51 Yellow-billed Pintail  Anas georgica           

Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

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396.C.52 Grey-flanked Cinclodes  Cinclodes oustaleti          

Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

Hiding, but to show markings, Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

[TonyQ]

397.C.53 Magellanic Tapaculo  Scytalopus magellanicus  

Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

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398.C.54 Greater Yellow-Finch  Sicalis auriventris 

Yeso, Chile      09/11/2023

          

The last of the Andean birds - to the seaside and wetlands next!

[TonyQ]

399.C.55 Seaside Cinclodes  Cinclodes nigrofumosus 

The Seaside (!), Near Valparaiso, Chile            10/11/2023

[TonyQ]

400.C.56 Stripe-backed Bittern  Ixobrychus involucris        

Algarrobo, Chile          10/11/2023

I changed the order slightly as I have a number of wetland birds in the rain coming up!

[xelas]

Before the wet birds arrives, congratulations on achieving 400 birds this Big Year, with more to come.

[Peter Connan]

Congratulations on the 400, and a great photo of an elusive bird to celebrate the achievement!

[Kitsafari]

Cool bird for the 400th! Well done!

[PeterHG]

Congratulations on your beautiful #400!

[michael-ibk]

Congrats Tony, really enjoying your Chile birds. Top quality photos! 

[Soukous]

Thanks for sharing a great collection of birds I will probably never see in the wild. 

[TonyQ]

@xelas@Peter Connan@Kitsafari@PeterHG@michael-ibk@Soukous thank you

For the next ones we had headed towards the coast. Unfortunately it was a wet, grey day - so good birds but not great photos!

 

401.C.57 White-tailed Kite  Elanus leucurus 

Santo Domingo, Valparaíso Region   10/11/2023

Santo Domingo, Valparaíso Region   10/11/2023

Quite similar in appearance to the more familiar Black-winged Kite

[TonyQ]

402.C.58 Dark-bellied Cinclodes  Cinclodes patagonicus    

Santo Domingo, Valparaíso Region   10/11/2023