Abstract
We report a new record of Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758) in the southern Chilean Patagonia, 120 km south of previous records on the western side of the Andes, and more than 400 km south of their known distribution area on the eastern side of the Andes. This is the southernmost record of this species in Chile and one of the southernmost records worldwide, highlighting the vagrancy of this species in southern Patagonia.
Highlights
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758) is an aquatic bird species that is widely distributed across North and South America (Llimona et al 1992)
The southern cone of South America is inhabited by the subspecies P. podiceps antarcticus (Lesson, 1842) (Llimona et al 1992, Clements et al 2015), which is distributed from Venezuela to southern Argentina and Chile, where it inhabits lakes, lagoons, and rivers (Jaramillo et al 2005)
On the eastern side of the Andes, P. podiceps inhabits much of South America, south to 42° S, where the extensive steppes of the Chilean and Argentine Patagonia begin (Goodall et al 1951, Birdlife International 2016)
Summary
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758) is an aquatic bird species that is widely distributed across North and South America (Llimona et al 1992). Throughout the southern part of its distribution range, P. podiceps is distributed differently on either side of the Patagonian Andes (Birdlife International 2016). On the eastern side of the Andes, P. podiceps inhabits much of South America, south to 42° S, where the extensive steppes of the Chilean and Argentine Patagonia begin (Goodall et al 1951, Birdlife International 2016).
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