Hi Jill,
We’re doing a similar trip in March.
At this stage we plan to take ‘Birds of Chile including Antarctic Penin, the Falkland Is and South Georgia.’ Jaramillo A., Burke, P. And Beadle D. 2003. This is published by Helm Field Guides and is of their usual standard. Approx 240 pages so quite manageable in the field. It has a separate section for the Sub-Antarctic island specialities.
We’ll also take Birds of Argentina and Uruguay by Tito Narosky & Dario Yzurieta. This book also covers the Sub-Antarctic Islands and the Peninsula. I would only recommend this book if you plan to spend time in Argentina. The pictures are not all that good although one gets used to the style, and the index is in alphabetical order of common name so all the ‘yellow’ birds are listed together, etc. Not much use if you want to quickly find ‘tern’ for example unless you look for say ‘Black Tern’.
We’re still looking for something suitable for mammals.
Cheers,
Euan
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