The birds of Falkland Islands
269 present or migratory species.
| English | Latin | French |
|---|---|---|
| Order : Anseriformes | ||
| Family : Anatidae | ||
| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Dendrocygne veuf |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Oie cendrée |
| Coscoroba Swan | Coscoroba coscoroba | Coscoroba blanc |
| Black-necked Swan | Cygnus melancoryphus | Cygne à cou noir |
| Flying Steamer Duck | Tachyeres patachonicus | Brassemer de Patagonie |
| Falkland Steamer Duck | Tachyeres brachypterus | Brassemer des Malouines |
| Upland Goose | Chloephaga picta | Ouette de Magellan |
| Kelp Goose | Chloephaga hybrida | Ouette marine |
| Ashy-headed Goose | Chloephaga poliocephala | Ouette à tête grise |
| Ruddy-headed Goose | Chloephaga rubidiceps | Ouette à tête rousse |
| Crested Duck | Lophonetta specularioides | Canard huppé |
| Bronze-winged Duck | Speculanas specularis | Canard à lunettes |
| Silver Teal | Spatula versicolor | Sarcelle bariolée |
| Red Shoveler | Spatula platalea | Canard spatule |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | Sarcelle cannelle |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Sarcelle à ailes bleues |
| Chiloe Wigeon | Mareca sibilatrix | Canard de Chiloé |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Canard colvert |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | Canard des Bahamas |
| Yellow-billed Pintail | Anas georgica | Canard à queue pointue |
| Yellow-billed Teal | Anas flavirostris | Sarcelle tachetée |
| Rosy-billed Pochard | Netta peposaca | Nette demi-deuil |
| Black-headed Duck | Heteronetta atricapilla | Hétéronette à tête noire |
| Lake Duck | Oxyura vittata | Érismature ornée |
| Order : Caprimulgiformes | ||
| Family : Caprimulgidae | ||
| Band-winged Nightjar | Systellura longirostris | Engoulevent à miroir |
| Order : Apodiformes | ||
| Family : Apodidae | ||
| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | Martinet à collier blanc |
| Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | Martinet de Vaux |
| Ashy-tailed Swift | Chaetura andrei | Martinet d'André |
| Sick's Swift | Chaetura meridionalis | Martinet de Sick |
| Family : Trochilidae | ||
| Green-backed Firecrown | Sephanoides sephaniodes | Colibri du Chili |
| Order : Cuculiformes | ||
| Family : Cuculidae | ||
| Dark-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus melacoryphus | Coulicou de Vieillot |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Coulicou à bec jaune |
| Order : Columbiformes | ||
| Family : Columbidae | ||
| Picazuro Pigeon | Patagioenas picazuro | Pigeon picazuro |
| Chilean Pigeon | Patagioenas araucana | Pigeon du Chili |
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | Colombe rousse |
| Blue Ground Dove | Claravis pretiosa | Colombe bleutée |
| Black-winged Ground Dove | Metriopelia melanoptera | Colombe à ailes noires |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | Tourterelle oreillarde |
| West Peruvian Dove | Zenaida meloda | Tourterelle mélodieuse
Tourterelle côtière |
| Order : Gruiformes | ||
| Family : Rallidae | ||
| Plumbeous Rail | Pardirallus sanguinolentus | Râle à bec ensanglanté |
| Austral Rail | Rallus antarcticus | Râle austral |
| Red-fronted Coot | Fulica rufifrons | Foulque à front rouge |
| Red-gartered Coot | Fulica armillata | Foulque à jarretières |
| White-winged Coot | Fulica leucoptera | Foulque leucoptère |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Talève violacée |
| Speckled Rail | Coturnicops notatus | Râle étoilé |
| Order : Podicipediformes | ||
| Family : Podicipedidae | ||
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Grèbe à bec bigarré |
| White-tufted Grebe | Rollandia rolland | Grèbe de Rolland |
| Great Grebe | Podiceps major | Grand Grèbe |
| Silvery Grebe | Podiceps occipitalis | Grèbe aux belles joues |
| Order : Phoenicopteriformes | ||
| Family : Phoenicopteridae | ||
| Chilean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus chilensis | Flamant du Chili |
| Order : Charadriiformes | ||
| Family : Pluvianellidae | ||
| Magellanic Plover | Pluvianellus socialis | Pluvianelle magellanique |
| Family : Chionidae | ||
| Snowy Sheathbill | Chionis albus | Chionis blanc |
| Family : Haematopodidae | ||
| Magellanic Oystercatcher | Haematopus leucopodus | Huîtrier de Garnot |
| Blackish Oystercatcher | Haematopus ater | Huîtrier noir |
| Family : Recurvirostridae | ||
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Échasse blanche |
| White-backed Stilt | Himantopus melanurus | Échasse à queue noire |
| Family : Charadriidae | ||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Pluvier argenté |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Pluvier bronzé |
| Tawny-throated Dotterel | Oreopholus ruficollis | Pluvier oréophile |
| Rufous-chested Dotterel | Zonibyx modestus | Gravelot d'Urville
Pluvier de d'Urville |
| Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | Vanneau téro |
| Two-banded Plover | Anarhynchus falklandicus | Gravelot des Falkland |
| Family : Rostratulidae | ||
| South American Painted-snipe | Nycticryphes semicollaris | Rhynchée de Saint-Hilaire |
| Family : Thinocoridae | ||
| White-bellied Seedsnipe | Attagis malouinus | Attagis de Magellan |
| Least Seedsnipe | Thinocorus rumicivorus | Thinocore de Patagonie |
| Family : Scolopacidae | ||
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Bartramie des champs
Maubèche des champs |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Courlis corlieu |
| Hudsonian Whimbrel | Numenius hudsonicus | Courlis hudsonien |
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Courlis esquimau |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Barge hudsonienne |
| Fuegian Snipe | Gallinago stricklandii | Bécassine de Strickland |
| Pantanal Snipe | Gallinago paraguaiae | Bécassine du Paraguay |
| Magellanic Snipe | Gallinago magellanica | Bécassine de Magellan |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Phalarope de Wilson |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Phalarope à bec large |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Chevalier grivelé |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Chevalier à pattes jaunes |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Chevalier criard |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Tournepierre à collier |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Bécasseau maubèche |
| Surfbird | Calidris virgata | Bécasseau du ressac |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Bécasseau à échasses |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Bécasseau sanderling |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Bécasseau de Baird |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Bécasseau de Bonaparte
Bécasseau à croupion blanc |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Bécasseau tacheté
Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Bécasseau semipalmé |
| Family : Laridae | ||
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Noddi noir |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Sterne fuligineuse |
| Snowy-crowned Tern | Sterna trudeaui | Sterne de Trudeau |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Sterne arctique |
| South American Tern | Sterna hirundinacea | Sterne hirundinacée |
| Antarctic Tern | Sterna vittata | Sterne couronnée |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Sterne pierregarin |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Sterne caugek |
| Cabot's Tern | Thalasseus acuflavidus | Sterne de Cabot |
| Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | Sterne élégante |
| Brown-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus maculipennis | Mouette de Patagonie |
| Grey-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Mouette à tête grise |
| Grey Gull | Leucophaeus modestus | Goéland gris |
| Dolphin Gull | Leucophaeus scoresbii | Goéland de Scoresby |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Mouette de Franklin |
| Belcher's Gull | Larus belcheri | Goéland siméon |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Goéland dominicain |
| Family : Stercorariidae | ||
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Labbe à longue queue |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Labbe parasite |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Labbe pomarin |
| Chilean Skua | Stercorarius chilensis | Labbe du Chili |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Labbe antarctique |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Labbe de McCormick |
| Order : Sphenisciformes | ||
| Family : Spheniscidae | ||
| King Penguin | Aptenodytes patagonicus | Manchot royal |
| Emperor Penguin | Aptenodytes forsteri | Manchot empereur |
| Adelie Penguin | Pygoscelis adeliae | Manchot d'Adélie |
| Chinstrap Penguin | Pygoscelis antarcticus | Manchot à jugulaire |
| Gentoo Penguin | Pygoscelis papua | Manchot papou |
| Magellanic Penguin | Spheniscus magellanicus | Manchot de Magellan |
| Macaroni Penguin | Eudyptes chrysolophus | Gorfou doré |
| Royal Penguin | Eudyptes schlegeli | Gorfou de Schlegel |
| Northern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes moseleyi | Gorfou de Moseley |
| Southern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | Gorfou sauteur |
| Fiordland Penguin | Eudyptes pachyrhynchus | Gorfou du Fiordland |
| Snares Penguin | Eudyptes robustus | Gorfou des Snares |
| Erect-crested Penguin | Eudyptes sclateri | Gorfou huppé |
| Order : Procellariiformes | ||
| Family : Oceanitidae | ||
| Wilson's Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Océanite de Wilson |
| Grey-backed Storm Petrel | Garrodia nereis | Océanite néréide |
| White-faced Storm Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Océanite frégate |
| White-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Océanite à ventre blanc |
| Black-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Océanite à ventre noir |
| Family : Diomedeidae | ||
| Northern Royal Albatross | Diomedea sanfordi | Albatros royal du Nord
Albatros de Sanford |
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | Albatros royal |
| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Albatros hurleur |
| Tristan Albatross | Diomedea dabbenena | Albatros de Tristan |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | Albatros brun |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | Albatros fuligineux |
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Albatros à nez jaune |
| Grey-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | Albatros à tête grise |
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | Albatros de Buller |
| Shy Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | Albatros à cape blanche |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Albatros à sourcils noirs |
| Family : Hydrobatidae | ||
| Leach's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Océanite culblanc
Océanite cul-blanc |
| Family : Procellariidae | ||
| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Pétrel géant |
| Northern Giant Petrel | Macronectes halli | Pétrel de Hall |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | Fulmar argenté |
| Antarctic Petrel | Thalassoica antarctica | Pétrel antarctique |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | Damier du Cap |
| Snow Petrel | Pagodroma nivea | Pétrel des neiges |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | Prion bleu |
| Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata | Prion de Forster |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | Prion de la Désolation |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | Prion de Belcher |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | Prion colombe |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | Pétrel de Kerguelen
Pétrel des Kerguelen |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | Pétrel noir |
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | Pétrel de Lesson |
| Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | Pétrel de Schlegel |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | Pétrel soyeux |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Pétrel des Kermadec |
| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Pétrel de la Trinité |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Pétrel maculé |
| Grey Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Puffin gris |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Puffin à menton blanc |
| Spectacled Petrel | Procellaria conspicillata | Pétrel à lunettes
Puffin à lunettes |
| Westland Petrel | Procellaria westlandica | Puffin du Westland |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | Puffin boréal |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Puffin fuligineux |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Puffin à pieds pâles |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Puffin majeur |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Puffin des Anglais |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | Petit Puffin |
| Subantarctic Shearwater | Puffinus elegans | Puffin élégant |
| Magellanic Diving Petrel | Pelecanoides magellani | Puffinure de Magellan |
| South Georgia Diving Petrel | Pelecanoides georgicus | Puffinure de Géorgie du Sud |
| Common Diving Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | Puffinure plongeur |
| Order : Ciconiiformes | ||
| Family : Ciconiidae | ||
| Maguari Stork | Ciconia maguari | Cigogne maguari |
| Order : Suliformes | ||
| Family : Sulidae | ||
| Peruvian Booby | Sula variegata | Fou varié |
| Family : Phalacrocoracidae | ||
| Red-legged Cormorant | Poikilocarbo gaimardi | Cormoran de Gaimard |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | Cormoran vigua |
| Rock Shag | Leucocarbo magellanicus | Cormoran de Magellan |
| Imperial Shag | Leucocarbo atriceps | Cormoran impérial |
| South Georgia Shag | Leucocarbo georgianus | Cormoran géorgien |
| Order : Pelecaniformes | ||
| Family : Threskiornithidae | ||
| Black-faced Ibis | Theristicus melanopis | Ibis à face noire |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | Spatule rosée |
| Family : Ardeidae | ||
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Bihoreau gris |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Aigrette neigeuse |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Héron strié |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Héron garde-boeufs |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Grande Aigrette |
| Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi | Héron cocoi |
| Order : Accipitriformes | ||
| Family : Cathartidae | ||
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Urubu à tête rouge |
| Family : Accipitridae | ||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | Épervier brun |
| Rufous-thighed Hawk | Accipiter erythronemius | Épervier à cuisses rousses |
| Long-winged Harrier | Circus buffoni | Busard de Buffon |
| Cinereous Harrier | Circus cinereus | Busard bariolé |
| Variable Hawk | Geranoaetus polyosoma | Buse tricolore |
| Order : Strigiformes | ||
| Family : Tytonidae | ||
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Effraie des clochers
Chouette effraie |
| American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata | Effraie d'Amérique |
| Family : Strigidae | ||
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | Chevêche des terriers |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Hibou des marais |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | Grand-duc d'Amérique |
| Lesser Horned Owl | Bubo magellanicus | Grand-duc de Magellan |
| Order : Falconiformes | ||
| Family : Falconidae | ||
| Striated Caracara | Phalcoboenus australis | Caracara austral |
| Crested Caracara | Caracara plancus | Caracara huppé |
| Chimango Caracara | Milvago chimango | Caracara chimango |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Crécerelle d'Amérique |
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | Faucon aplomado |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Faucon pèlerin |
| Order : Psittaciformes | ||
| Family : Psittacidae | ||
| Austral Parakeet | Enicognathus ferrugineus | Conure magellanique |
| Burrowing Parrot | Cyanoliseus patagonus | Conure de Patagonie |
| Order : Passeriformes | ||
| Family : Furnariidae | ||
| Blackish Cinclodes | Cinclodes antarcticus | Cinclode fuligineux |
| Buff-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes fuscus | Cinclode brun |
| Thorn-tailed Rayadito | Aphrastura spinicauda | Synallaxe rayadito |
| Family : Rhinocryptidae | ||
| Magellanic Tapaculo | Scytalopus magellanicus | Mérulaxe des Andes |
| Family : Tyrannidae | ||
| White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | Élénie à cimier blanc |
| Chilean Elaenia | Elaenia chilensis | Élénie du Chili |
| Tufted Tit-Tyrant | Anairetes parulus | Taurillon mésange |
| Scarlet Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | Moucherolle écarlate |
| Dark-faced Ground Tyrant | Muscisaxicola maclovianus | Dormilon bistré |
| White-browed Ground Tyrant | Muscisaxicola albilora | Dormilon à sourcils blancs |
| Austral Negrito | Lessonia rufa | Lessonie noire |
| Fire-eyed Diucon | Pyrope pyrope | Pépoaza oeil-de-feu |
| Black-crowned Monjita | Neoxolmis coronatus | Pépoaza couronné |
| Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant | Agriornis montanus | Gaucho à bec noir |
| Cattle Tyrant | Machetornis rixosa | Moucherolle querelleur |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Tyran quiquivi |
| Crowned Slaty Flycatcher | Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus | Tyran oriflamme |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Tyran des savanes |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Tyran tritri |
| Family : Cotingidae | ||
| Rufous-tailed Plantcutter | Phytotoma rara | Rara à queue rousse |
| Family : Hirundinidae | ||
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Hirondelle de rivage |
| White-rumped Swallow | Tachycineta leucorrhoa | Hirondelle à diadème |
| Chilean Swallow | Tachycineta leucopyga | Hirondelle du Chili |
| Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | Hirondelle tapère |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Hirondelle noire |
| Southern Martin | Progne elegans | Hirondelle gracieuse |
| Grey-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | Hirondelle chalybée |
| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | Hirondelle à gorge rousse |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca | Hirondelle bleu et blanc |
| Tawny-headed Swallow | Alopochelidon fucata | Hirondelle fardée |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirondelle rustique
Hirondelle de cheminée |
| American Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Hirondelle à front blanc |
| Family : Troglodytidae | ||
| Grass Wren | Cistothorus platensis | Troglodyte de Latham |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Troglodyte familier |
| Cobb's Wren | Troglodytes cobbi | Troglodyte de Cobb |
| Family : Mimidae | ||
| Patagonian Mockingbird | Mimus patagonicus | Moqueur de Patagonie |
| White-banded Mockingbird | Mimus triurus | Moqueur à ailes blanches |
| Family : Sturnidae | ||
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Étourneau sansonnet |
| Family : Turdidae | ||
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | Grive des bois |
| Austral Thrush | Turdus falcklandii | Merle austral |
| Creamy-bellied Thrush | Turdus amaurochalinus | Merle à ventre clair |
| Family : Passeridae | ||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Moineau domestique |
| Family : Motacillidae | ||
| Correndera Pipit | Anthus correndera | Pipit correndera |
| Family : Fringillidae | ||
| Black-chinned Siskin | Spinus barbatus | Chardonneret à menton noir |
| Family : Passerellidae | ||
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | Bruant chingolo |
| Family : Icteridae | ||
| Long-tailed Meadowlark | Leistes loyca | Sturnelle australe |
| Epaulet Oriole | Icterus cayanensis | Oriole à épaulettes |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Vacher luisant |
| Austral Blackbird | Curaeus curaeus | Quiscale austral
Carouge austral |
| Yellow-winged Blackbird | Agelasticus thilius | Carouge galonné |
| Family : Parulidae | ||
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Paruline flamboyante |
| Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi | Paruline à joues noires |
| Family : Thraupidae | ||
| Mourning Sierra Finch | Rhopospina fruticeti | Phrygile petit-deuil
Incaspize petit-deuil |
| Double-collared Seedeater | Sporophila caerulescens | Sporophile à col double |
| Grassland Yellow Finch | Sicalis luteola | Sicale des savanes |
| Patagonian Yellow Finch | Sicalis lebruni | Sicale de Patagonie |
| Patagonian Sierra Finch | Phrygilus patagonicus | Phrygile de Patagonie |
| White-bridled Finch | Melanodera melanodera | Mélanodère à sourcils blancs |
| Yellow-bridled Finch | Melanodera xanthogramma | Mélanodère à sourcils jaunes |
| Diuca Finch | Diuca diuca | Diuca gris |
Sources : Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18. IOC World Bird List (v14.1) doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1.
Avibase (ioc v14.1), the world bird database - Lepage, D. 2024-04-18. © 1996-2024 Oiseaux.net