Birds of the Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands hosts 131 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to the Falkland Islands
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus
- Upland GooseChloephaga picta
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Falkland Steamer DuckTachyeres brachypterus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Imperial ShagLeucocarbo atriceps
- Austral ThrushTurdus falcklandii
- Kelp GooseChloephaga hybrida
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Dolphin GullLeucophaeus scoresbii
- Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicus
- Magellanic OystercatcherHaematopus leucopodus
- Dark-faced Ground TyrantMuscisaxicola maclovianus
- Crested DuckLophonetta specularioides
- White-bridled FinchMelanodera melanodera
- South American TernSterna hirundinacea
- Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papua
- Blackish CinclodesCinclodes antarcticus
- Ruddy-headed GooseChloephaga rubidiceps
- Black-chinned SiskinSpinus barbatus
- Blackish OystercatcherHaematopus ater
- White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
- King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicus
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Western Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome
- Correndera PipitAnthus correndera
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
- Snowy SheathbillChionis albus
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Magellanic SnipeGallinago magellanica
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Slender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheri
- Cobb's WrenTroglodytes cobbi
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophus
- Pintado PetrelDaption capense
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Southern FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
- Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli
- Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora
- Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
- White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Silver TealSpatula versicolor
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Grey-backed Storm PetrelGarrodia nereis
- Common Diving PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix
- Silvery GrebePodiceps occipitalis
- Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostoma
- Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
- Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Flying Steamer DuckTachyeres patachonicus
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Atlantic PetrelPterodroma incerta
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata
- Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
- Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
- Chilean SwallowTachycineta leucopyga
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Northern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea sanfordi
- Grey PetrelProcellaria cinerea
- Kerguelen PetrelAphrodroma brevirostris
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Northern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes moseleyi
- White-winged CootFulica leucoptera
- White-crested ElaeniaElaenia albiceps
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Ashy-headed GooseChloephaga poliocephala
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopis
- Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fusca
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Grassland Yellow FinchSicalis luteola
- Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis
- White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessonii
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Great GrebePodiceps major
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Magellanic Diving PetrelPelecanoides magellani
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Chilean SkuaStercorarius chilensis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Chinstrap PenguinPygoscelis antarcticus
- Antarctic PetrelThalassoica antarctica
- Red ShovelerSpatula platalea
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Lake DuckOxyura vittata
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Royal PenguinEudyptes schlegeli
- Great EgretArdea alba
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Mourning Sierra FinchRhopospina fruticeti
- Tawny-throated DotterelOreopholus ruficollis
- Snares PenguinEudyptes robustus
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
- Least SeedsnipeThinocorus rumicivorus
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Pantanal SnipeGallinago paraguaiae
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Red-fronted CootFulica rufifrons
- Patagonian Sierra FinchPhrygilus patagonicus
- Broad-billed PrionPachyptila vittata
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposaca
- Black-winged Ground DoveMetriopelia melanoptera
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Creamy-bellied ThrushTurdus amaurochalinus
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Red-gartered CootFulica armillata
- Southern MartinProgne elegans
- Antarctic TernSterna vittata
- Adelie PenguinPygoscelis adeliae
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Double-collared SeedeaterSporophila caerulescens
- Diuca FinchDiuca diuca
- Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thilius
- White-banded MockingbirdMimus triurus
- Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus
- Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
- Erect-crested PenguinEudyptes sclateri
- South Georgia Diving PetrelPelecanoides georgicus