Aysén Fjord
The Aysén Fjord is a sea inlet roughly 70 kilometres long. The port of Puerto Chacabuco lies at its head, and the town of Puerto Aysén a short way up the Aysén River. Tides here reach up to eight metres.
Fresh river water flows into the salt water of the fjord. The shores are covered with evergreen rainforest, moss, ferns and cypress. Dolphins, otters, sea lions and seabirds live in the fjords and channels of Aysén.
Source: Wikipedia: Aysén Fjord
29 species in the atlas
Above the surface · 17
A small dolphin that stays within a few hundred metres of the shore and near river mouths. The Puyuhuapi Channel holds a small resident population, estimated at fewer tha…
Found along the whole Puyuhuapi Channel, most often in its upper part, in Queulat Inlet and north of Puerto Cisnes. Nobody has counted the population yet. Formerly listed…
A South American otter. A large part of the population lives in marine fjords and channels south of 44° S, preferring river mouths and calm water. It avoids open coast wi…
An otter of rocky, ocean-exposed coasts. It copes with surf and also enters sheltered bays. In Aysén it lives along the coast from the Guaitecas archipelago. Not to be co…
Recorded in the Puyuhuapi Channel and Magdalena Island area.
Recorded in the Puyuhuapi Channel and Magdalena Island area. Also listed in the literature as Otaria flavescens.
A porpoise recorded in the Puyuhuapi Channel and Magdalena Island area.
Recorded in the Puyuhuapi Channel and Magdalena Island area.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Forest · 9
A conifer up to 40 m tall, growing on wet and waterlogged soils in Aysén, Magallanes and on Chiloé. It is said to live around 800 years. Protected under Chile's native fo…
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Rivers and shores · 3
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
Listed in the field guide to the birds of the Patagonian archipelagos of the Aysén region. Full profile coming soon.
These species are documented in the Aysén region, mostly in its fjords and channels. Records from the Aysén Fjord itself will be added from our own observations.