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photos
of wild animals of ARGENTINA
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Este
sitio también esta disponible en idioma Español
- MARCA AQUI
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Here
are my photos of birds of Argentina, mostly taken in the wild.
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Some
statistics about this bird-photo site:
It contains 3,201 photos covering 417 bird species.
(Argentina hosts about 1,000 different species of birds.)
Site hits February 2006: 26,000 / Site hits
May 2008: 59,000
ALL
PHOTOS IN THIS WEBSITE TAKEN BY A. EARNSHAW
(c)
Alec Earnshaw 1992-2008 - Buenos Aires - Argentina
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Instructions
to use this site:
The core of this site are the 2 tables (NON-PASSERINE
ORDERS and PASSERINE FAMILIES) that
access the species pages, aranged systematically. The illustrated
species is listed in bold type.
For
the Top 10 bird shots: Click
HERE
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GUIDING
- Please take note I offer full-day worry-free birding trips to
the best hotspots in the Buenos Aires area. We can visit productive
nature reserves or inland country areas with spectacular habitats
that will really "up" your list. Spring/summer species
count should easily top 100 spp., and in winter you can expect about
80 spp. I can provide an English-language field guide and checklist
for the outing. I provide transport and sort out meals for the day.
I am normally available on weekends, but can sometimes accomodate
a weekday as well.
If you are interested kindly email me.
Alec Earnshaw
Photo: Saffron-cowled Blackbird
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Selection
of FIELD GUIDES and other books on the birds and wildlife of Argentina
I have put together a compendium of useful links from where you
may select and purchase a good number of natural history books
about the fauna of South America, including birding field guides
and other useful books for your birding trip to the region, including
travel guides and an introduction to the food, wine and music
of the land - including tango!
Check out basic differences, pros and cons, and then purchase
on-line from Amazon.
CLICK HERE
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Click HERE
to see the best photos taken during my last visit to a Ushuaia,
Tierra del Fuego in February 2008 - A.
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Click HERE
to see the best photos taken on a trip to Camarones, Chubut on the
patagonian coast, in February 2006 - A.
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NEW:
Photos of birds taken during brief buisness trips to other South American
countries.
Number of species that are not known for Argentina are shown
in brackets.
- Ecuador -
Guayaquil, February 2006 (9)
- Chile - Viña
del Mar, March 2006 (4)
- Peru - Lima, December
2006 (8)
- Colombia
- Bogotá, April 2007 (22)
- Chile
- Copiapó, mayo 2008 (2)
Counting these additional 43 birds, the site now contians photos of
421 bird species. |
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NEW:
Photos of birds from some specific places I have visited
(These are the same photos as shown in the rest of the site, but lumped
by location)
- Parque
Enrique Berduc - Paraná, Entre Ríos - August
2007
- Punta
Rasa - San Clemente del Tuyú, Buenos Aires - April
2008
(I hope to add here more links to see the bird photos taken at other
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Birdlife's
World Conservation Conference 2008
Aves Argentinas, the local Birdlife partner, is proud to announce
it is hosting Birdlife's foremost international event, held every
4 years.
This 6-day gathering will be in Buenos Aires between 22-27 September
2008.
The venue for the conferences will be at the Sheraton Hotel &
Towers.
The event is named "Taking on the Mellennium Challenge"
For more information please visit Birdlife's website - HERE
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TABLE
1: Birds of "non-passerine" orders
(There
is one row for each order of the AVES class)
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Sphenisciformes
(Penguins)
31 photos:Magellanic Penguin (28), Gentoo Penguin
(3)
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Rheiformes
(Rheas)
16 photos:Lesser Rhea (5), Greater Rhea (9).
Exposing the rhea egg trade (2)
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Tinamiformes
(Tinamous)
16 photos: Red-winged Tinamou
(3), Spotted Nothura (9), Elegant-Crested
Tinamou (4)
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Podicipediformes
(Grebes)
28 photos: Pied-billed Grebe (6), Great Grebe (12),
White-tufted Grebe (7), Silvery Grebe (3)
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Procellariiformes
(Albatrosses, Petrels, Prions)
37 photos: Royal Albatross (4), Black-browed
Albatross (14), Southern Giant Petrel (16)
To read: "Pancho's
Story" - A Wondering Albatross came ashore in Camarones, Chubut.
3 photos
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Pelecaniformes
(Cormorants, Anhingas)
42 photos: Neotropic Cormorant (15), Red-legged Cormorant
(3), Rock Cormorant (8), King Cormorant (9), Breeding colony
(1), Anhinga (4), Magnifiscent Frigatebird (2)
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Ciconiiformes
(Herons, Storks, Ibis, Vultures)
205 photos: FAM.
ARDEIDAE: Rufescent Tiger-Heron
(16), Stripe-backed Bittern (7), Whistling Heron (16), Black-crowned
Night-Heron (13), Cocoi (or White-necked) Heron (7), Little Blue
Heron (5), Great Egret (12), Snowy Egret (11), Cattle Egret (7),
Great & Snowy Egret (1), Striated Heron (23)
- FAM.
CICONIIDAE: Maguari Stork (12), American
Wood Stork (8) - FAM.
THRESKIORNITHIDAE: White-faced Ibis
(17), Bare-Faced Ibis (9), Puna
Ibis (4), Black-faced Ibis (10), Plumbeous
Ibis (6), Roseate Spoonbill (7) - FAM.
CATHARTIDAE: Andean Condor (4),
Black
Vulture (4), Turkey Vulture (2), Leser Yellow-headed Vulture (1),
King Vulture (1)
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Anseriformes
(Screamers, Swans, Gueese, Duck)
211 photos: FAM.
ANHIMIDAE:
Southern Screamer (12) - FAM.
ANATIDAE:
White-faced Tree-Duck (6), Fulvous Tree-Duck
(4), Black-bellied Tree-Duck (2), Black-necked Swan (17), Coscoroba
Swan (6), Kelp Goose (5), Upland Goose (16), Ruddy-headed
Goose (2, in Chile), Ashy-headed Goose (3), Andean Goose (6), Crested
Duck (14), Silver Teal (6), Speckled Teal (15), Brown Pintail
(5), Southern Widgeon (5), Brazilian Duck (13), Red Shoveler (7),
Cinnamon Teal (3), White-cheeked Pintail (4), Rosy-billed Pochard
(6), Ringed Teal (11), Blue-winged Teal (1), Black-Headed Duck (6),
Andean Ruddy Duck (2), Masked Duck (4), Flightless steamerduck (9),
Flying Steamerduck (4), Chubut Steamerduck (5), Mallard (6), Graylag
Goose (3), Moscovy Duck (2), Hybrid (2)
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Falconiformes
(Condors, Hawks, Kites, Falcons)
137 photos: FAM.
ACCIPITRIDAE: Harpy
Eagle (3, in captivity), Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle (2, in captivity),
Black Hawk-Eagle (1, captivity), White-tailed Kite (3), Snail Kite
(16), Long-winged Harrier (8), Cinereus Harrier (1), Bay-winged
Hawk (Harris's Hawk) (16), Bicolored Hawk (2), Red-backed Hawk (8),
Savanna Hawk (8), Black-collared Hawk (2), Roadside Hawk (15) -FAM.
FALCONIDAE:
White-throated Caracara (5), Crested Caracara (18), Chimango
Caracara (16), Yellow-headed Caracara (2), Peregrine Falcon
(1), Aplomado Falcon (2), American Kestrel (8 - incl. animation)
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Galliformes
(Pavas de Monte)
4 photos: Dusky-legged Guan (3), Chaco Chachalaca
(1)
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Gruiformes
(Limpkin, Rails, Crakes)
130 photos: Limpkin (8), Giant Wood-Rail (26), Gray-Necked
Wood-Rail (9), Plumbeous Rail (17), Spotted Rail (2), Rufous-sided
Crake (11), Red-and-white Crake (6), Common Gallinule (11), Spot-flanked
Gallinule (9), Red-gartered Coot (13), White-winged Coot (5), Red-fronted
Coot (9), Andean Coot (5)
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Charadriiformes
- Part 1 (Jacanas, Oystercatchers, Shorebirds, etc)
223 photos: FAM.
JACANIDAE: Wattled Jacana (10) - FAM.
ROSTRATULIDAE: South-american Painted
Snipe (1) - FAM.
HAEMATOPODIDAE: American Oystercatcher
(2), Magellanic Oystercatcher (8), Blackish
Oystercatcher (3), South-American Stilt
(10) - FAM.
RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Black-necked Stilt
(2, from the Caribbean) - FAM.
CHARADRIIDAE: Southern Lapwing (11),
Grey Plover (AKA Black-bellied Plover) (4),
American Golden Plover (9), Semipalmated Plover (1), Collared
Plover (6), Two-banded Plover (12), Rufous-chested
Plover (or Dotterel) (10) - FAM.
SCOLAPACIDAE: South
American Snipe (9), Hudsonian Godwit (17),
Whimbrel
(2), Upland Sandpiper (1), Greater Yellowlegs
(10), Greater Yellowlegs + Lesser Yellowlegs (2), Lesser Yellowlegs
(6), Solitary Sandpiper (6), Spotted Sandpiper (5), Ruddy
Turnstone (3), Red Knot (14), Sanderling
(10), Semipalmated
Sandpiper (5), White-rumped Sandpiper (20),
Baird's
Sandpiper (1), Pectoral Sandpiper (10), Stilt
Sandpiper (7), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (3), Wilson's Phalarope (2),
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Charadriiformes
- Part 2 (Skuas, Gulls y Terns)
129 photos: FAM.
THINOCORIDAE: Least
Seedsnipe (1) - FAM.
CHIONIDAE: Pale-faced (Snowy) Sheathbill
(2) -
FAM.
LARIDAE: Chilean Skua (7), Parasitic Yaeger
(1), Brown-hooded Gull (10), Gray-hooded Gull (1), Dolphin Gull
(13), Kelp Gull (20), Olrog's Gull (20), Franklin's
Gull (3), Large-billed Tern (2), Yellow-billed
Tern (4), Snowy-crowned Tern (12), South American Tern (13), Common
Tern (2), Sandwhich Tern or Cayenne Tern (4), Royal Tern (4), Elegant
Tern (3), Black Skimmer (7)
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Columbiformes
(Pigeons & Doves)
48 photos: Picazuro Pigeon (6), Spot-winged Pigeon
(7), Rock Pigeon (4), Eared Dove (8), Pacific Dove (9 ), Picui Ground-Dove
(9), Ruddy Ground-Dove (1), White-tipped Dove (4)
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Psittaciformes
(Parrots)
53 photos: Red-and-Green Macaw (1 captive), Blue-crowned
Parakeet (1), White-eyed parakeet (1), Austral Parakeet (3), Burrowing
Parrot (12), Monk Parakeet (10), Black-hooded Parakeet (5, feral),
Red-bellied (or Maroon-bellied) Parakeet (9), Canary-winged Parakeet
(7), Turquoise-fronted Parrot (1 captive + 1 feral), Vinaceous Parrot
(1 captive). Parrot chick trade (1)
To read: On
the Conservation of the Vinaceous Parrot and the Araucarias of San
Pedro
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Cuculiformes
(Cuckoos)
32 photos: Dark-billed Cuckoo (11), Ash-colored
Cuckoo (2), Smooth-billed Ani (1), Groove-billed Ani (3), Guira
Cuckoo (11), Striped Cuckoo (4)
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Strigiformes
(Owls)
44 photos: Barn Owl (2). Great Horned Owl (8), Lesser
Horned Owl (1), Burrowing Owl (19), Tropical Screech-Owl
(4), Chaco Owl (2), Striped Owl (5), Feruginous Pygmy-Owl (3)
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Caprimulgiformes
(Nightjars)
35 photos: Scissor-tailed Nightjar (23),
Little Nightjar (4), Nacunda Nighthawk (8)
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Apodiformes
(Swifts)
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Trochiliformes
(Hummingbirds)
61 photos: Glittering-Bellied Emerald (19),
Gilded Sapphire (20), White-throated Hummingbird (10), Starthroat
sp (3), Green-backed Firecrown (3), Sparkling Violetear (6), Red-tailed
Comet (1, female), White-bellied Hummingbird (1, poor)
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Trogoniformes
(Trogons)
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Coraciiformes
(Kingfishers)
32 photos: Ringed Kingfisher (14), Amazon Kingfisher
(4), Green Kingfisher (14)
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Piciformes
(Toucans, Woodpeckers)
74 photos: Field Flicker (9), Green-barred Woodpecker
(formerly: Golden-breasted W.) (15), Chilean Flicker (1), White-barred
Piculet (5), White Woodpecker (4), White-fronted
Woodpecker (12), Checkered Woodpecker (19), Smoky-brown Woodpecker
(2), Magellanic
Woodpecker (7)
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Passeriformes
(Passerines - songbirds, perching birds) (see
TABLE 2)
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TABLE
2: Birds of the "Passerine" order
This particular order groups about 50% of bird species.
(There is one row for each family of the Passerine order)
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Dendrocolaptidae
(Woodcreepers)
22 photos: Narrow-billed Woodcreeper (15),
Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper (7) |
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Furnariidae
(Horneros, Spinetails, Cinclodes, Earthcreepres, etc)
403 photos: FURNARIINAE
SUB-FAMILY: Rufous Hornero (40),
Crested Hornero (1 + 1 nest), Chaco
Earthcreeper (2), Curve-billed Reedhaunter
(17), Wren-like Rushbird (11), Bar-winged Cinclodes (23), Dark-bellied
Cinclodes (15), Grey-flanked Cinclodes (12), Scale-throated Earthcreeper
(3) -
BASAL CLADE: Common
Miner (2), Short-billed Miner (6) - PHILYDORINAE
SUB_FAMILY: Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner
(3), White-throated Treerunner (12), Band-tailed Eremobius (8) -
SYNALLAXINAE
SUB_FAMILY:Thorn-tailed Rayadito (9), Tufted
Tit-Spinetail (11), Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail (6), Greater Thornbird
(4), Freckle-breasted
Thornbird (20), Little Thornbird (7), Lark-like
Brushrunner (10), Firewood Gatherer (16), Brown Cacholote (10),
Short-billed Canastero (12), Patagonian Canastero
(9), Lesser Canastero (13), Hudson's Canastero (1), Bay-capped
Wren-Spinetail (8), Chicli Spinetail (9), Sooty-fronted
Spinetail (8), Pale-breasted Spinetail (8), Chotoy
Spinetail (13), Yellow-chinned
Spinetail (15), Stripe-crowned Spinetail (15), Sulphur-bearded
Spinetail (24), Straight-billed Reedhaunter
(18) |
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Formicariidae
(Antshrikes, etc.)
26 photos: Variable Antshrike (4), Rufous-capped
Antshrike (15), Great Antshrike (3) |
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Rhinocryptidae
(Gallitos, etc.)
8 photos: Crested Gallito
(3), Magellanic (or Andean) Tapaculo (5) |
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Cotingidae
(Becards, etc)
21 photos: White-winged Becard (7), White-naped
Xenopsaris (14) |
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Pipridae
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Tyrannidae
(Tyrants, Monjitas, Kiskadees, Flycatchers, etc.)
354 photos: Strange-tailed Tyrant (1), Black-and-White
Monjita (7), Grey Monjita (3), Crowned Monjita (6), White Monjita
(12), Fire-eyed Diucon (9), Least Shrike-Tyrant (3), Great Kiskadee
(9), Cattle Tyrant (8), Swainson's Flycatcher (4), Yellow-browed
Tyrant (9), Tropical Kingbird (6), Streaked Flycatcher (4), Crowned
Slaty-Flycatcher (8), Fork-tailed Flycatcher (13), White-winged
Black-Tyrant (5), Blue-billed Black-Tyrant (10), Pied Water-Tyrant
(5), White-headed Marsh-Tyrant (1, female), Masked Water-Tyrant
(9), Suiriri Flycatcher (3), Traill's (Willow, or Alder) Flycatcher
(3), Cinnamon Flycatcher (2), Bran-coloured Flycatcher (15), Bearded
Tachuri (18), Vermillion Flycatcher (20), Mottled-cheeked Tyrannulet
(17), Greater Wagtail-Tyrant (5), Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant (11),
Ochre-naped
Ground-Tyrant (5), Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant
(4), Spot-billed Ground-Tyrnat (6), Rufous-backed Negrito (19),
Rough-legged Tyrannulet (1), Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant (2), White-crested
Elaenia (8), Short-billed Elaenia (10), Large Elaenia (2), Southern
Scrub-Flycatcher (5), Spectacled Tyrant (20), Many-coloured Rush-Tyrant
(12), Warbling Doradito (10), Crested Doradito (1), Tufted Tit-Tyrant
(6), Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant (3), White-throated Tyrannulet (1),
White-crested Tyrannulet (9), Grey-crowned Tyrannulet (4), Sooty
Tyrannulet (10), Southern Beardless Tyranulet (7), Tawny-crowned
Pygmy-Tyrant (8) |
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Phytotomidae
(Plantcutters)
17
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Hirundinidae
(Swallows)
58 photos: White-rumped Swallow (11), Chilean
Swallow (5), Blue-and-white Swallow (6), Southern Martin (1), Barn
Swallow (2), Grey-breasted Martin (4), Brown-chested Martin (10),
Cliff Swallow (9), Rough-winged Swallow (8), Tawny-headed Swallow
(1) |
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Corvidae
(Jays)
3 photos: Plush-crested Jay (2), Purplish Jay
(1) |
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Troglodytidae
(Wrens)
17 photos: House-Wren (11), Grass Wren (6) |
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Mimidae
(Mockingbirds)
31 photos: Chalk-browed Mockingbird (13), Patagonian
Mockingbird (8), White-banded Mockingbird (5), Chilean Mockingbird
(4) |
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Turdidae
(Thrushes)
28 photos: Rufous-bellied Thrush (10), Creamy-bellied
Thrush (4), Austral Thrush (12), Chiguanco Thrush (1), Swainson's
Thrush (1) |
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Motacillidae
(Pipits)
31 photos: Correndera Pipit (16), Yellowish
Pipit (2), Pipit sp (13) |
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Silviidae
(Gnatcatchers)
6 photos: Masked Gnatcatcher |
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Vireonidae
(Vireos, Peppershrikes)
11 photos: Red-eyed Vireo (4), Rufous-browed
Peppershrike (7) |
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Ploceidae
(Sparrows)
7 photos. House Sparrow |
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Parulidae
(New World Warblers)
20 photos: Masked Yellowthroat (8), Pale-legged
Warbler (3), Golden-crowned Warbler (4), Two-banded Warbler (1),
White-browed Warbler (1), Tropical Parula (3) |
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Thraupidae
(Tanagers)
58 photos: Sayaca Tanager (7), Palm Tanager (3),
Blue-and-yellow Tanager (11), White-lined Tanager (10), Diademed
Tanager (5), Hepatic Tanager (3), Fawn-breasted Tanager (9), Bananaquit
(1), Common Buch-Tanager (1), Rusty Flower-piercer (8) |
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Emberizidae
(Seedeaters, Finches)
239 photos: Rufous-collared Sparrow (30),
Red-crested Cardinal (8), Yellow-billed Cardinal (7), Yellow Cardinal
(1), Yellow-bridled Finch (10), Rusty-collared Seedeater (8), Double-collared
Seedeater (8), Chestnut Seedeater (2), White-collared Seedeater
= Narosky's Seedeater = Entre Ríos Seedeater = Zelich's Seedeater
(2), Marsh Seedeater (4), Dark-throated Seedeater (7), Tawny-bellied
Seedeater (12), Seedeater sp (2), seedeater sp2 (3), Blue-black
Grassquit (6), Band-tailed Seedeater (2), Common Diuca-Finch (8),
Saffron Finch (10), Patagonian Yellow-Finch (9), Greenish Yellow-Finch
(7), Grassland Yellow-Finch (9), Gray-hooded Sierra-Finch (9), Patagonian
Sierra-Finch (11), Band-tailed Sierra-Finch (4), Mourning Sierra-Finch
(6), Carbonated Sierra-Finch (2), Red-crested Finch (3), Stripe-crowned
Sparrow (2), Grassland Sparrow (10), Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch
(12), Red-rumped Warbling-Finch (5), Black-capped Warbling-Finch
(5), Long-tailed Reed-Finch (12), Great Pampa-Finch (11), Fulvous-headed
Brush-Finch (1) |
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Cardinalidae
(Grossbeaks, Saltators)
43 photos: Black-backed
Grosbeak (1), Ultramarine Grossbeak (13), Glaucous-blue Grosbeak
(15), Golden-billed Saltator (7), Green-winged
Saltator (3), Grayish Saltator (4), |
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Fringillidae
(Siskins)
18 photos: Hooded Siskin (10), Black-chinned
Siskin (8) |
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Icteridae
(Blackbirds, Cowbirds, Caciques, Meadowlarks)
141 photos: Golden-winged Cacique (2), Solitary
Black Cacique (3), Epaulet Oriole (5), Austral Blackbird (3), Screaming
Cowbird (5), Shiny Cowbird (7), Bay-winged Cowbird (9), Chestnut-capped
Blackbird (18), Unicolored Blackbird (7), Yellow-winged Blackbird
(7), Troupial (4), Saffron-cowled Blackbird (18), Brown-and-yellow
Marshbird (13), Scarlet-headed Blackbird (21), Long-tailed Meadowlark
(8), White-browed Blackbird (11). |
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Sturnidae
(Starlings - species that have been introduced
from ther continents)
4 photos of Common Starling |
I hope you enjoyed
the visit... If you have any questions, comments, etc. please email me:
Alec Earnshaw
I
can recommend visiting my website of the Ribera
Norte nature reserve (site is both in English & Spanish)
This has a page on birding in the Buenos Aires area with much useful
information, and describes other reserves too.
If you are coming to
Argentina for birding I would be delighted to answer any questions you
might have about your trip.
Also kindly consider hiring me as a birding guide. I can take you to many
hotspots, starting early for a full day of birding!
-o-
Hope you enjoy these
photos, and remember: always do your bit to help wildlife survive for
future generations...
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first nature conservation NGO.
It's aim is conservation of the avian population thorugh education
and management actions.
Aves Argentinas is BirdLife International's local partner.
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Tina MacDonald's great bird site. Photos of many species and info
on birding worldwide
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you travel, here you'll find friendly
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