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Laguna Blanca 12/02/2012

Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)
Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox)
Tawny-headed Swallow (Alopochelidon fucata)
White-rumped Monjita (Xolmis velatus)
Purplish Jay (Cyanocorax cyanomelas)
Curl-crested Jay (Cyanocorax cristatellus)
White-banded Tanager (Neothraupis fasciata)
White-rumped Tanager (Cypsnagra hirundinacea)
Black-throated Saltator (Saltator atricollis)
Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea)
Double-collared Seedeater (Sporophila caerulescens)

 

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Laguna Blanca 13/02/2012

Red-winged Tinamou (Rhynchotus rufescens)
White-eyed Parakeet (Aratinga leucophthalma)
Canary-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris versicolurus)
White-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus candicans)
White-tailed Goldenthroat (Polytmus guainumbi)
White-eared Puffbird (Nystalus chacuru)
Sharp-tailed Tyrant (Culicivora caudacuta)
Cock-tailed Tyrant (Alectrurus tricolor)
Purple-throated Euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica)
Chestnut-vented Conebill (Conirostrum speciosum)
Hooded Tanager (Nemosia pileata)
Chestnut Seedeater (Sporophila cinnamomea)
Screaming Cowbird (Molothrus rufoaxillaris)

Laguna Blanca 14/02/2012

Little Woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus)
Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris)
Sooty-fronted Spinetail (Synallaxis frontalis)
Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis)
Thrush-like Wren (Campylorhynchus turdinus)
Masked Yellowthroat (Geothlypis aequinoctialis)
Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)

 

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Mbaracayu Biosphere Reserve 14/02/2012

Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)

Mbaracayu Biosphere Reserve 15/02/2012

Small-billed Tinamou (Crypturellus parvirostris)
Spot-winged Wood-quail (Odontophorus capueira)
Scaled Pigeon (Patagioenas speciosa)
Maroon-bellied Parakeet (Pyrrhura frontalis)
Scaly-headed Parrot (Pionus maximiliani)
Greater Ani (Crotophaga major)
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
Rufous-capped Motmot (Baryphthengus ruficapillus)
Saffron Toucanet (Pteroglossus bailloni)
Ochre-collared Piculet (Picumnus temminckii)
Grey-bellied Spinetail (Synallaxis cinerascens)
White-eyed Foliage-gleaner (Automolus leucophthalmus)
Planalto Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes platyrostris)
Blue Manakin (Chiroxiphia caudata)
Black-tailed Tityra (Tityra cayana)
Crested Becard (Pachyramphus validus)
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
Yellow-browed Tyrant (Satrapa icterophrys)
Flavescent Warbler (Basileuterus flaveolus)
White-rimmed Warbler (Basileuterus leucoblepharus)
Neotropical River Warbler (Phaeothlypis rivularis)
Magpie Tanager (Cissopis leverianus)
Burnished-buff Tanager (Tangara cayana)

 

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Mbaracayu Biosphere Reserve 16/02/2012

Surucua Trogon (Trogon surrucura)
Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis)
White Woodpecker (Melanerpes candidus)
Blond-crested Woodpecker (Celeus flavescens)
Ochre-breasted Foliage-Gleaner (Philydor lichtensteini)
Rufous-winged Antwren (Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus)
Bare-throated Bellbird (Procnias nudicollis)
Sepia-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon amaurocephalus)
Eared Pygmy-tyrant (Myiornis auricularis)
Bran-coloured Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
Chestnut-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia pectoralis)
Red-rumped Cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous)

Near Border with Brazil:-
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus)

Mbaracayu Biosphere Reserve 17/02/2012

Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus)
Euler's Flycatcher (Lathrotriccus euleri)

 

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A two day trip to Argentina to see the Iguazu Falls produced a few birds not seen in Paraguay. Then it was a return trip to Ascuncion for the flight home via Sao Paulo.

Iguazu Falls Argentina 18/02/2012

Barred Forest-falcon [sp] (Micrastur ruficollis)
Black-fronted Piping-Guan (Pipile jacutinga)
Great Dusky Swift (Cypseloides senex)
Yellow-chinned Spinetail [sp] (Certhiaxis cinnamomeus)
Southern Antpipit (Corythopis delalandi)
Black-capped Donacobius [sp] (Donacobius atricapilla)
Green-winged Saltator [sp] (Saltator similis)

Iguazu Hummingbird Garden Argentina 18/02/2012

Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca)
Large Elaenia (Elaenia spectabilis)

 

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Calshot Hampshire 26/02/2012

Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)

Pagham Harbour West Sussex 26/02/2012

Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)

Two lifers in a day a welcome return to Blighty!

 

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A training week at Club La Santa in the Canary Islands had me cycling off to the Teguise Plains for a few hours.

Teguise Plain Lanzarote 03/12/2012

Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata)
Cream-coloured Courser(Cursorius cursor)
Lesser Short-toed Lark (Calandrella rufescens)
Berthelot's Pipit (Anthus berthelotii)
Desert Grey Shrike ()

No sign of any Black Bellied Sandgrouse but there were Cream Coloured Coursers xc9 present. I saw Houbara Bustard x2, Desert Grey Shrikes x2 were on the wires near the Soo roundabout. A flock of c30 Lesser Short Toed Larks and Berthelots Pipits were present.