Tipiliuke, Fly Fishing Resort in Patagonia Argentina
Birding
High season: mid September until March
The Lake District with its wetlands, steppes and forests provides ideal habitats for a very different variety of birds. In San Martín de los Andes there are 189 species (41 families, grouped in 19 orders). The National Parks close to Tipiliuke are also a scenic blend of environments for birding. Come and recognize the warbling of Patagonian birds while discovering their secret world! Specialized bilingual guides, binoculars, and field notebook with bird checklist included.
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Lake District Environments
The Steppe
In the east • Semi-arid habitats with shrubs and bushes covering hill, plains and plateaus • Climate: dry in the summer, cold and snowy during the winter • Vegetation: highly adapted to the semi-desert environment. Some wetlands (locally called “mallin”), river valleys interrupt the dry lands
• Typical birds: “choike” (Lesser Rhea) Pterocnemia pennata , Crested-Tinamou Eudromia elegans, numerous raptors, parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus and amongst the passerines are the Diuca Finch D. diuca, the Canasteros belonging to the genus Asthenes, the Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnella loyca and the Shrike-tyrants of the genus Agriornis.
The Forest
Includes a wide range of trees belonging to the genus Nothofagus, commonly known as beech trees, which dominate the slopes of the Andean mountains and adjoin ecotone forests of Austrocedrus chilensis, Maytenus sp. and Trinerva chacaya. The ecotone marks the transition to the steppe
• Climate: dry summers and heavy snows during winter • Several endemisms and typical families exist in the subantartic region: Magallanic woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus, Southern Pigeon Columba araucana, Southern Fire-crown Sephanoides sephanoides, tapaculos of the Rhinocryptidae family, White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps and blackbird Cureus cureus.
The Highlands
All the year round • Vegetation: adapted to the cold and strong winds, commonly short and rounded. Some species like the condor Vulture gryphus inhabit the area year-round, but many species arrive from the Puna (northern high Andean plains) during the summer. Typical species: Ground-Tyrants of the genus Muscisaxicola, Sierra-Finches of the genus Phygilus, and the Seedsnipes (Thinocoridae family).
The Aquatic Environment
Lakes, ponds, rivers or springs and wetlands of all types • The richest environments • Numerous species of ducks, grebes, coots, swans, geese, cormorants and gulls live in these bodies of water • Some examples include the Cinclodes, Torrent Duck Merganetta armata, Geese Chloephaga sp, Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops and Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelaius thilius.
Guides
Horacio Matarasso- • Biologist and a birder.
• As a biologist he worked at Buenos Aires University and at Western Washington University (USA).
• Research works: woodpeckers, birds of Lanín National Park and forest management using birds Bird communities from different parts of the National Park and conduct census in different biogeography habitats.
• Professor of biology at the Comahue National University (birds and biodiversity).
• Live in San Martín de los Andes since 1996.
• Each spring lead birding courses, opened to the community.
• Create the Patagonian Birds Association -ornithologists and birders in an effort for conservation.
• ALAS (WINGS) program.
• Visited other Latin American countries in North America and Europe.
Florencia Mancini- • Biologist since 1999.
• As a child she lived in the United States and in Ecuador.
• Live in San Martín de los Andes since 1999.
•Participate in the Patagonian Birds Association.
• Collaborate as a guide in the ALAS (WINGS) project - biologists, teachers and children recognize and appreciate local ecosystems through birding.
• Teach English.
