Southern Cone of South America

Southernmost South America evokes images of incredible mountain scenery, Cape Horn, and expansive Patagonia. It also has some of the oldest forests on Earth, the Pampas grasslands made famous in stories of the gauchos, and the little-known Chaco dry forest. The Humboldt Current is perhaps the richest part of the ocean on the planet. This southernmost triangle of the continent, the Southern Cone, is made up of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil, and Paraguay. It's an area with amazing birds and other wildlife, such as seedsnipes, rheas, yellow-finches, sierra-finches, shrike-tyrants, penguins, and diving-petrels. Come see the landscapes, birds, and other creatures of the far south of the Americas.

Speaker: Alvaro Jaramillo