Falkland Island Trip Bird List
Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig Port Stanley, Falkland Main Island
Photograph taken by and copyright Helena Craig
Gentoo Penguin on Sea Lion Island, Falklands
Photograph taken by Young Birder Birdgirl Mya-Rose Craig
We had an hour birding on the Main Island, one landing on Sea Lion Island and a day at sea. This is our full list, with new birds in bold. 37 birds with 13 new lifers:
Upland Goose
Kelp Goose
Ruddy-headed Goose
Falklands Steamer Duck
Crested Duck
Magellanic Penguin
Gentoo Penguin
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
King Penguin
Royal Southern Albatross
Black-Browed Albatross
Southern Giant Petrel
White-chinned Petrel
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Thin-billed Prion
Wilson’s Storm-petrel
Grey-backed Storm-petrel
Magellanic Cormorant
Imperial Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-heron
Turkey Vulture
Striated Caracara
Magellanic Oystercatcher
Two-banded Plover
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Dolphin Gull
Kelp Gull
South American Tern
Falkland Skua (subspecies of Brown Skua)
Blackish Cinclodes
Dark-faced Ground Tyrant
Falklands Thrush (subspecies of Austral Thrush)
White-bridled Finch
Cobb’s Wren
Long-tailed Meadowlark
Black-Browed Albatross
About The Author
Hi, I’m Dr. Mya-Rose Craig. I am a 19-year-old prominent British-Bangladeshi ornithologist, environmentalist, diversity activist as well as an author, speaker and broadcaster. At age 11 I started the popular blog Birdgirl, and at age 17 I became the youngest person to see half of the birds in the world.
Lyrical, poignant and insightful.’ - Margaret Atwood
This is my story; a journey defined by my love for these extraordinary creatures. Because large or small, brown, patterned or jewelled, there is something about birds that makes us, even for just moments at a time, lift our eyes away from our lives and up to the skies.
Lyrical, poignant and insightful.’ - Margaret Atwood
This is my story; a journey defined by my love for these extraordinary creatures. Because large or small, brown, patterned or jewelled, there is something about birds that makes us, even for just moments at a time, lift our eyes away from our lives and up to the skies.