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British Antarctic Territory
This checklist includes all bird species found in British Antarctic Territory , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2023. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: British Antarctic Territory [map]
Other names: Antarctic British Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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| Black-necked Swan | Cygnus melancoryphus | Rare/Accidental |
| Upland Goose | Chloephaga picta | Introduced species |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
| Chiloe Wigeon | Mareca sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-billed Pintail | Anas georgica | |
| Yellow-billed Teal | Anas flavirostris | |
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| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Snowy Sheathbill | Chionis albus | |
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| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-chested Dotterel | Zonibyx modestus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Rare/Accidental |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chilean Skua | Stercorarius chilensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | |
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| Brown-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus maculipennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Dolphin Gull | Leucophaeus scoresbii | Rare/Accidental |
| Olrog's Gull | Larus atlanticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Antarctic Tern | Sterna vittata | |
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| King Penguin | Aptenodytes patagonicus | |
| Emperor Penguin | Aptenodytes forsteri | Rare/Accidental |
| Adelie Penguin | Pygoscelis adeliae | |
| Gentoo Penguin | Pygoscelis papua | |
| Chinstrap Penguin | Pygoscelis antarcticus | |
| Magellanic Penguin | Spheniscus magellanicus | |
| Macaroni Penguin | Eudyptes chrysolophus | |
| Royal Penguin | Eudyptes schlegeli | Rare/Accidental |
| Southern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | |
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| Northern Royal Albatross | Diomedea sanfordi | Rare/Accidental |
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | Rare/Accidental |
| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | |
| Tristan Albatross | Diomedea dabbenena | |
| Antipodean Albatross | Diomedea antipodensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | |
| Gray-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
| Salvin's Albatross | Thalassarche salvini | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| Gray-backed Storm-Petrel | Garrodia nereis | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | |
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| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
| Antarctic Petrel | Thalassoica antarctica | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Snow Petrel | Pagodroma nivea | |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | |
| Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | |
| Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata | |
| Salvin's Prion | Pachyptila salvini | Breeding endemic |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | |
| Fulmar Prion | Pachyptila crassirostris | |
| Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | |
| Westland Petrel | Procellaria westlandica | Rare/Accidental |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Subantarctic Shearwater | Puffinus elegans | |
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | |
| South Georgia Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides georgicus | |
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| South Georgia Shag | Leucocarbo georgianus | Endemic |
| Antarctic Shag | Leucocarbo bransfieldensis | |
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| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
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| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Rare/Accidental |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Rare/Accidental |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | Rare/Accidental |
| Austral Negrito | Lessonia rufa | Introduced species |
| Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola maclovianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Chilean Swallow | Tachycineta leucopyga | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| South Georgia Pipit | Anthus antarcticus | Endemic |
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| Long-tailed Meadowlark | Leistes loyca | Rare/Accidental |
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