photos of wild animals of ARGENTINA
By: Alec Earnshaw
Updated:
6-2008
photos of wild animals of ARGENTINA
Este sitio también esta disponible en idioma Español - MARCA AQUI

Birds - Main Page
Here are my photos of birds of Argentina, mostly taken in the wild.

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
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

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

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



Click HERE to see the best photos taken during my last visit to a Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego in February 2008 - A.


Click HERE to see the best photos taken on a trip to Camarones, Chubut on the patagonian coast, in February 2006 - A.

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.

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 places)

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

TABLE 1: Birds of "non-passerine" orders
(There is one row for each order of the AVES class)
Sphenisciformes (Penguins)
31 photos:Magellanic Penguin (28), Gentoo Penguin (3)
Rheiformes (Rheas)
16 photos:Lesser Rhea (5), Greater Rhea (9). Exposing the rhea egg trade (2)
Tinamiformes (Tinamous)
16 photos: Red-winged Tinamou (3), Spotted Nothura (9), Elegant-Crested Tinamou (4)
Podicipediformes (Grebes)
28 photos: Pied-billed Grebe (6), Great Grebe (12), White-tufted Grebe (7), Silvery Grebe (3)
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
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)
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)
Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingoes)
6 photos of Chilean Flamingo
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)
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)
Galliformes (Pavas de Monte)
4 photos: Dusky-legged Guan (3), Chaco Chachalaca (1)
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)
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),
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars)
35 photos: Scissor-tailed Nightjar (23), Little Nightjar (4), Nacunda Nighthawk (8)
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Apodiformes (Swifts)
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)
Coraciiformes (Kingfishers)
32 photos: Ringed Kingfisher (14), Amazon Kingfisher (4), Green Kingfisher (14)
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)

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)
Dendrocolaptidae (Woodcreepers)
22 photos: Narrow-billed Woodcreeper (15), Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper (7)
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)
Formicariidae (Antshrikes, etc.)
26 photos: Variable Antshrike (4), Rufous-capped Antshrike (15), Great Antshrike (3)
Rhinocryptidae (Gallitos, etc.)
8 photos: Crested Gallito (3), Magellanic (or Andean) Tapaculo (5)
Cotingidae (Becards, etc)
21 photos: White-winged Becard (7), White-naped Xenopsaris (14)
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Pipridae (Manakins)
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)
Phytotomidae (Plantcutters)
17 photos: White-tipped Plantcutter
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)
Corvidae (Jays)
3 photos: Plush-crested Jay (2), Purplish Jay (1)
Troglodytidae (Wrens)
17 photos: House-Wren (11), Grass Wren (6)
Mimidae (Mockingbirds)
31 photos: Chalk-browed Mockingbird (13), Patagonian Mockingbird (8), White-banded Mockingbird (5), Chilean Mockingbird (4)
Turdidae (Thrushes)
28 photos: Rufous-bellied Thrush (10), Creamy-bellied Thrush (4), Austral Thrush (12), Chiguanco Thrush (1), Swainson's Thrush (1)
Motacillidae (Pipits)
31 photos: Correndera Pipit (16), Yellowish Pipit (2), Pipit sp (13)
Silviidae (Gnatcatchers)
6 photos: Masked Gnatcatcher
Vireonidae (Vireos, Peppershrikes)
11 photos: Red-eyed Vireo (4), Rufous-browed Peppershrike (7)
Ploceidae (Sparrows)
7 photos. House Sparrow
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)
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)
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)
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),
Fringillidae (Siskins)
18 photos: Hooded Siskin (10), Black-chinned Siskin (8)
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).
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!
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Hope you enjoy these photos, and remember: always do your bit to help wildlife survive for future generations...

Also please check out my personal web site
(watercolours; birding trip reports in Spanish + some sea shells)


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