TERRESTRIAL WILDLIFE
COASTAL AND MARINE FAUNA

Birds

• Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)

Two penguin rookeries exist at Monte León. One, with over 30,000 nesting couples is one of the largest in the world.

• Rock cormorant (Phalacrocorax magellanicus)

• Blue eyed cormorant (P. atriceps)

• Red legged cormorant (P. gaimardi)

• Common tern (Sterna hirundinacea)

• Dolphin gull (Larus scoresbi)

• Kelp gull (L. dominicanus)

• Magellanic oystercatcher (Haematopus leucopodusr)

• Ostrero negro (Haematopus ater)

• South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens)

• "Peludo" (an armadillo) (Chaetophractus villosus)

• "Mulita" (an armadillo) (Zaedyus pichiy)

• Ratón de hocico bayo (Abrothrix xanthorinus)

• Cuis (Microcavia australis)

• Tuco (Ctenomys magellanicus)

• Puma (Felis concolor) non-identified wild cat (Felis sp.)

• Non-identified fox (Pseudalopex sp.)

• Guanaco (Lama guanicoe)

• Patagonian opossum (Lestodelphis halli)

• Grey fox (Pseudalopex griseus)

• Red fox (P. culpaeus)

• Mara (Dolichotis patagonicus)

• Skunk (Conepatus humboldti)

Anfibios y reptiles

• Diplolaemus bibroni

• Liolaemus fitzingeri

• Liolaemus kingi

• Liolaemus lineomaculatus (National Park Administration)

Birds

• Buff necked ibis (Theristicus caudatus)

• Upland goose (Chloephaga picta)

• Cara cara (Polyborus plancus)

• Coscoroba swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)

• Patagonian mockingbird (Mimus patagonicus)

• Darwin's rhea (Pterocnemia pennata)

• Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilenus)

• Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

• Elegant crested tinamou (Eudromia elegans)