Birds of the Falkland Islands

Endemic to the Falkland Islands

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Cobb's WrenTroglodytes cobbi

All regular species

• Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus
• Upland GooseChloephaga picta
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
• Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
• Falkland Steamer DuckTachyeres brachypterus
• Turkey VultureCathartes aura
• Rock ShagLeucocarbo magellanicus
• 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
• Long-tailed MeadowlarkLeistes loyca
• Crested DuckLophonetta specularioides
• White-bridled FinchMelanodera melanodera
• South American TernSterna hirundinacea
• Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papua
• Blackish CinclodesCinclodes antarcticus
• Ruddy-headed GooseChloephaga rubidiceps
• Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
• Black-chinned SiskinSpinus barbatus
• Blackish OystercatcherHaematopus ater
• White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
• King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicus
• Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
• Western Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Correndera PipitAnthus correndera
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
• Snowy SheathbillChionis albus
• Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
• Rufous-chested DotterelZonibyx modestus
• Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Magellanic SnipeGallinago magellanica
• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
• Variable HawkGeranoaetus polyosoma
• 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
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• 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
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis
• Subantarctic ShearwaterPuffinus elegans
• 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
• Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
• 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
• Fire-eyed DiuconPyrope pyrope
• 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
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• 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
• Black-crowned MonjitaNeoxolmis coronatus
• Erect-crested PenguinEudyptes sclateri
• South Georgia Diving PetrelPelecanoides georgicus
• South Georgia PipitAnthus antarcticus