New record of Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758) (podicipediformes, podicipedidae) in the Patagonian region of southern Chile

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.