WThe cordilleran canastero is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. Seven subspecies are recognized:A. m. proxima (Chapman, 1921) - Peru A. m. modesta (Eyton, 1852) - Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru A. m. hilereti (Oustalet, 1904) - Tucumán and Catamarca, Argentina A. m. rostrata (von Berlepsch, 1901) - Bolivia A. m. serrana Nores, 1986 - Argentina A. m. cordobae Nores & Yzurieta, 1980 - Argentina. Includes former subspecies A. m. navasi (Remsen, 2003) A. m. australis Hellmayr, 1925 - Chile and Argentina
WThe scribble-tailed canastero is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
WThe white-throated caracara is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in grasslands and other barren habitats in the Andes of southern Chile and Argentina. It is generally uncommon to fairly common. A highly opportunistic bird commonly seen walking on the ground, it will feed on both carrion and virtually any small animal it can catch. It resembles the closely related mountain caracara, but unlike that species its underparts are entirely white. Juveniles are far less distinctive than the yellow-faced pied adults, being overall brown with dull pinkish-grey facial skin.
WThe horned coot is a species of bird found in the Andes of South America. It was described by Bonaparte in 1853 based on a specimen collected in Bolivia. For a long time it was known only from the type specimen.
WThe tawny-throated dotterel is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae. It is placed in the genus Oreopholus, which is monotypic as regards living species. A prehistoric relative, Oreopholus orcesi, has been described from fossil remains.
WThe black-winged ground dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
WThe Andean crested duck is one of two subspecies of the crested duck. It is much rarer than its sibling subspecies, the Patagonian crested duck.
WThe straight-billed earthcreeper is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
WThe Chilean elaenia is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found from southern Bolivia to Tierra del Fuego. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the white-crested elaenia.
WThe common diuca finch is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Diuca. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
WThe grey-hooded sierra finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
WThe Patagonian sierra finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile.
WThe yellow-bridled finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitat is high-altitude grassland, from the tropical in the north to the sub-Antarctic region of Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn in the south.
WThe Chilean flicker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
WThe greater yellow finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, temperate grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.
WThe Chilean hawk is a bird of prey species belonging to the typical hawks. It breeds in Andes forests from central Chile and western Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego, from sea level to 2,700 m altitude. Some winter apparently in the lowlands of NW Argentina.
WThe white-sided hillstar is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is the southernmost species of hillstar, being found in grassland and scrubland at altitudes of 1,200 to 4,000 metres in far southern Bolivia, Chile and western Argentina. It resembles the Andean hillstar, but the male of that species has a far narrower brown line to the central belly.
WThe rufous-banded miner is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae.
WThe grey-breasted seedsnipe is a species of bird in the Thinocoridae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and swamps.
WThe least seedsnipe is a xerophilic species of bird in the Thinocoridae family.
WThe yellow-rumped siskin is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
WThe Magellanic tapaculo is a small passerine bird of southern South America. It belongs to the genus Scytalopus, a genus of tapaculos.
WThe black-fronted ground tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It breeds in the southern Andes and winters north, reaching southern Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
WThe ochre-naped ground tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers, specifically the ground tyrants.
WThe white-browed ground tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It breeds in the Andes in Argentina and Chile between 1,500 and 4,000 m above sea-level. It migrates north to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
WThe Magellanic woodpecker is a very large woodpecker found in southern Chile and southwestern Argentina; it is resident within its range. This species is the southernmost example of the genus Campephilus, which includes the famous ivory-billed woodpecker.
WThe striped woodpecker is a woodpecker found in southwestern South America. It occurs northwest- and southwestwards of the range of its sister taxon, the checkered woodpecker, in the Cordillera Patagonica and its foothills, and in another population in the Andes of Bolivia and the adjacent foothills. As the latter is isolated and differs in numerous respects, it is being considered to separate it as V. (lignarius) puncticeps.