Thank you! / ¡Gracias!

Acknowledgments:

Gabriela Ibarguchi thanks all contributors, assistants, and communities:

• Main research collaborators. Vicki Friesen and Steve Lougheed at Queen's University, and Pablo Tubaro at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 'Bernadino Rivadavia' / CONICET in Buenos Aires.
  
  
• Funding. Ban Righ Centre (Elspeth Baugh Memorial Bursary, Joan Louise Crozier Arkett Bursary, and Marian Webb Award); NSERC (GI, VLF, SCL), Marty Memorial/Jean Royce/Helen Simpson Lynett Scholarship, Queen’s University Graduate Award, Queen’s University Conference Award, Institute of Arctic Biology/University of Alaska (Fairbanks), Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Dean's Doctoral Travel Award (Queen's University); Neotropical Ornithological Society; and donations for fundraisers: Tara Natural Foods, House of Flowers, Earth to Spirit, Camera Kingston, Wanderer Travel Books. Some seedsnipe research was self-funded.

• Lab protocols and general discussions. Pablo Tubaro, Tim Birt, Susan Haig and Tom Mullins (RAMPs), Kevin McCracken (hemoglobins), Tara Paton, Oliver Haddrath, Nadine Sharpe, Tammy Steeves, Hollie Walsh, Monica Kidd, Graeme Gissing, Luc Poirier, Marie Evangelista, Ian Chin-Sang, Tom Quinn, Michael Sorenson, Paul Sunnocks, J. Jehl, Pete Convey, Ian Hogg, Patrick Neale, Damien Piccard, Kirstey Worley, Dave Coltman, Peter de Groot, Briar Howes, Alison Rutter, Kevin McKenna.

• Samples and access to collections for morphological data. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales ‘Bernadino Rivadavia', Buenos Aires (Pablo Tubaro); Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago (Juan Torres Murga); Instituto de la Patagonia, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas (Claudio Benegas); Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción (Jorge Artigas); Royal Ontario Museum, Canada (Allan Baker, Mark Peck); Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa (Michel Gosselin); National Museum of Natural History-Smithsonian Institution (James Dean); Estación Biológica de Doñana, Spain (José Cabot Nieves); University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks (Kevin McCracken); Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia ‘San Juan Bosco’, Argentina; Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, Baton Rouge (Donna Dittman, Steve Cardiff, Rob Brumfield); Field Museum of Natural History, Illinois (Shannon Hackett); Australia National Wildlife Collection, Canberra (Terry Chesser); M. de Cruz; V. Fratto; A. Contreras; P. Yorio, M. Abril, R. Matus; Poluca (Laguna Pozuelos).

• Field assistance and logistics. Pablo Tubaro, Graeme Gissing, Emily Croteau, Marcelo Romano, Monica Abril, Gladys Guerrero, Mark Peck, Allan Baker, Darío Lijtmair, Gabriela Murga, Veronica Dámico, Bettina Mahler, Luis Leániz, Luis Benegas, Ricardo Matus, Gerry Binsfeld, Patricia Gonzáles, Mauro Bozac, Cecilia Scarafoni, Liliana Parra, Mariana Escribano, Brian Walker, Christian Gonzales, Jeff Walker, Jonathan Keeling, Marcelo Salgado, and other volunteers.

• Parks, Natural Resources, and Governments (permits and logistic support). Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG), Chile (Charif Tala); Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable (Buenos Aires); Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAF), Chile (Ivan Benoit; VIII Región, Edison Maldonado, Raúl Verdugo Gómez; II Región, Nelson Amado, Rodrigo Araya, Eduardo Rodriguez, Hector Oyarzo; XII Región, Arturo Rosas, Francisco Barrientos, Sebastián Ávila, Eriberto Yeguer, CONAF Torres del Paine; Jorge Herreros de Lartundo, Ia Región); Patricia Marconi, Nestor Aguilera, Ricardo Guerra (Deleg. Regional Noroeste); Adrián Contreras, Sandra Rivera, Marcia Flores (Chubut); Nestor García, Susana García (Chubut; Sec. Turismo & Áreas Protegidas); Juan Cejas (Tierra del Fuego); Adriana Guillén, Roque G. Lapédula (Tierra del Fuego); Heber Sosa, Guillermo Ferraris (Mendoza); Enrique A. Fra (Catamarca); Juan Pablo Villafañe, Sandra Romero (Jujuy); Walter Ciares, Jorge Kalnay, Yanina (Jujuy); Sonia Echeverría (Salta); Ramón Martinez, Cristian Alcalá (Del. Rec. Nat. Malargüe, Mendoza); Raúl Cardón (Río Negro); Raúl Clarke (Santa Cruz); Claudia Pérez Miranda (Tucumán).

• Parks Staff, Biologists, Naturalists, Institutions. Ricardo Ojeda, Gabriela Díaz (IADIZA, Mendoza); Pablo Yorio (Centro Nacional Patagónico, Chubut); Sandra Caziani & lab (Universidad Nacional de Salta); Rubén Barquez (Centro Nacional de Anillado, Fund. Miguel Lillo, Tucumán); Oscar Ferrería, Miguel (Pta.Tombo, Chubut); Yagua & Gpque. Pablo Berlanga (Manzano Antiguo, Mendoza); Instituto de Botánica 'Darwinio' & Raúl Pozner (Buenos Aires); Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Buenos Aires); Stan Cordezski, Ben Lobo (Health Canada); Peter Autenried, Sharon David (Queen´s University); Cristian Bonacic & Javier Salvatierra (Fauna Australis, Pont. Univ. Cat. de Chile); Cristian Olivo; CONAF Torres del Paine XII Región (Pablo Talmar, Ryan Clayton), Claudio Ulloa, Kazuya Naoki.

• Community groups, National Guard bases, landowners (logistics, in-kind support, safety, access to seedsnipe habitat). Gendarmería Pareditas, Gendarmería Tunuyan, Refugio Portinari, Of. Salas (Mendoza). Soriano family (Bahía Bustamante, Chubut), Estancia Dos Posos, Sr. Pepa, Sr. Almendra (Chubut); Estancia ‘Los Ángeles' (VIII Región), Estancia El Saladillo (Salta), Estancia Viamonte (Tierra del Fuego), Chacra Urbide; Claudio Temporelli, Chantal Torlaschi (Turism Los Vikingos, Santa Cruz), Nayfer (Chubut), Transporte CATA (Chubut), La Escalerita (Chubut), Graciela Violaz y Turismo Malargüe (Mendoza), El Refugio (Yala, Jujuy), La Esquina (Tunuyan, Mendoza), Magdiel & Karen Guerrero (Pto. Natales, Chile), Hostería Manquehue (Concepción, VIII Región), Hospedaje Mexicana (Punta Arenas), United- Rent-a-Car (Santiago), Cuerpo Carabineros (Punta Arenas), ex-Azufrera Río Putana/El Tatío (II Región).

• Photos, recordings, seedsnipe information. Gerry Binsfeld, Don Robertson, Mario Infante, Martin Reid, Ben Garrett (Victory Adventure Travel, Tierra del Fuego), Silvio Sommazzi, Giuliano Gerra, Nick Lowton, Álvaro Villalobos, Carlo Castellani, Gladys Guerrero, Patricia González, Mónica Abril, Roberto Straneck, Roberto Schlatter, Edward Miller, Luis Benegas, Álvaro Jaramillo, Mark Pearman, Martin Cody, Roberto Pereyra, Gladys Garay & Oscar Guineo, José Cabot Nieves, Jorge Navas, Fauna Pampeana, Paul Sweet, John Klicka, Robin Woods, Tom Webber, Ed Miller, Sjoerd Mayer, Paul Coopmans, Kazuya Naoki, Benito A. González P., and the EvolDir and NEOORN listserv communities.

• GIS support. Jackson Smith, Gerry Barber, Rowland Tinline, Andrei Rosu