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Rufous-bellied Thrush
Reminiscent of our America Robin (T. migratorius), this South American endemic is the national bird of Brazil. Photographed from a fast moving non-birding tourist boat. Two subspecies are recognized. This is the darker more southerly nominate race.- jmorlan
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- argentina. buenos aires rufous-bellied thrush turdus rufiventris
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Chalk-browed Mockingbird
This is one of the largest of the Mockingbirds. They are common in open country often seen foraging on the ground. Four subspecies are currently recognized. This is presumably the southern race "M. s. modulator" which is distinguished by its dark crown and almost unstreaked pale buffy flanks...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires chalk-browed mockingbird mimus saturninus
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Dusky-legged Guan
This was an unexpected lifer. Photographed from a rather fast moving non-birding tourist boat along a small backwater of the Rio Sarmiento, this guan was one of two foraging on a lawn in a wooded residential backyard. The extensive white streaking over its entire body makes it an adult. This...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires dusky-legged guan penelope obscura
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Great Kiskadee
Note long bill with orange gape which helps distinguish this species from lookalikes. Great Kiskadee is a widespread aggressive flycatcher which is mimicked closely by several other species, some of which are not closely related. Prum (Zool J Linn Soc, 172: 910-941, 2014) speculated that...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires great kiskadee pitangus sulphuratus
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Cattle Tyrant
This unique Neotropical flycatcher is the sole member of its genus and its relationships within the Tyrannidae are uncertain. Behaviorally it acts more like pipit, walking on the ground chasing insects. As the name implies, Cattle Tyrants sometimes perch on cattle or horses flying out to catch...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires cattle tyrant machetornis rixosa
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Golden-billed Saltator
A lifer for me, I found this one by its loud ringing song. This is an adult male. Females are similar but have a dusky bill. Formerly classified with the Cardinals and Grosbeaks, new research places the Saltators in the Tanager family. The nominate race with a white supercilium and throat is...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires golden-billed saltator saltator aurantiirostris
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Grayish Baywing
This smart looking Icterid used to be called the Bay-winged Cowbird and was thought to be closely related to the Screaming Cowbird which is an obligate brood parasite on the Baywing. In fact the nestlings and eggs of the Screaming Cowbird are almost indistinguishable from those of its Baywing...- jmorlan
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- agelaioides badius argentina bay-winged cowbird buenos aires grayish baywing molothrus badius
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Harris's Hawk
I was confused at first by this juvenile Harris's Hawk. Alvaro Jaramillo set me straight pointing out that this is the southern nominate "F. u. unicinctus," sometimes called "Bay-winged" Hawk. The long tail with very thin banding does not look like the juvenile of the northern Harris's Hawk (P...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires harris's hawk parabuteo unicinctus
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Cocoi Heron
This heron is common and widespread in the South American lowlands where it replaces the similar Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) of North and Middle America. In addition to the white neck, Cocoi Heron differs in having a black cap extending below its eyes. Formerly called the "White-necked...- jmorlan
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- ardea cocoi argentina buenos aires cocoi heron
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Rufescent Tiger-Heron
A shy denizen of slow moving backwaters in the tropics, its occurrence in Buenos Aires appears to be a relatively recent southerly range expansion. Of the three species of Tiger-Herons in the genus "Tigrasoma", this one ranges the furthest south. It is an adult, presumably of the larger...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires rufescent tiger-heron tigrisoma lineatum
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Limpkin
The Limpkin is in its own family the Aramidae within the Gruiformes. I like to think of it as intermediate between Cranes (Gruidae) and Rails (Rallidae). It is anatomically crane-like with its long neck and rear toe slightly elevated, but behaves more like a rail, being active at night and...- jmorlan
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- aramus guarauna argentina buenos aires limpkin
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Lake Duck
A close relative of the familiar Ruddy Duck ("O. jamaicensis") of North America, the Lake Duck is confined to freshwater lakes and ponds in southern South America. The black head recalls a number of similar dark-headed stifftails (Oxyurini) including the Andean Duck ("O. ferruginea") and...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires lake duck oxyura vittata
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Red-fronted Coot
One of three species of coots breeding at the reserve, this one is unique. It appears to be intermediate between a coot and a gallinule. Like the Common Gallinule, the Red-fronted Coot lacks broad flaps of skin on its toes. Also Red-fronted is more gallinule-like in its behavior, hiding in the...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires fulica rufifrons red-fronted coot
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Picazuro Pigeon
These large, handsome pigeons were fairly common and conspicuous in a variety of habitats. The name Picazuro comes from the Güaraní name Pihkasú-ró which means sour tasting. Perhaps that explains why they were so common. Formerly included in the more inclusive genus "Columba" they were moved to...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires patagioenas picazuro picazuro pigeon
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Rosy-billed Pochard
Females such as this are drab brown with a bulbous bill extension on their forehead and white undertail coverts.- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires netta peposaca rosy-billed pochard
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Rosy-billed Pochard
Although classified with the diving ducks, I did not see this species do much diving. Instead they fed by dabbling in manner similar to most surface feeding ducks. The male has an outrageous rosy pink bill, but also notice the red iris. Females are very drab brown with white undertail...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires netta peposaca rosy-billed pochard
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Argentine Black and White Tegu (Salvator merianae)
This huge lizard in the family Teiidae is also known as the Argentine Giant Tegu. It is the largest Tegu Lizard in the world. It ranges in a variety of habitats in eastern and central South America. They are said to darken with age and this one appears to be an adult shedding its skin. It was...- jmorlan
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- argentina argentine black and white tegu buenos aires salvator merianae
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- Category: Reptiles
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Silver Teal
This elegant teal inhabits fresh water with floating vegetation. Formerly in the genus "Anas" it is now included the genus "Spatula" along with three species of shovelers and five related teal. This new arrangement is needed to maintain the monophyly of "Anas." This is the more northerly...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires silver teal spatula versicolor
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White-faced Whistling-Duck
I believe this is an adult. Immatures have a less contrasting head pattern. A lifer for me, this distinctive, largely nocturnal whistling-duck is near the southern end of its range in northern Argentina. However, it is widespread and apparently more common in sub-Saharan Africa.- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires dendrocygna viduata white-faced whistling-duck
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Southern Screamer
An annoyingly loud road grader was working nearby and flushed two of these giant but shy birds out of the trees. I was astonished when they landed in front of me and posed for photos. These huge South American endemics are one of the heaviest flying birds in the area. Member of the screamer...- jmorlan
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- argentina buenos aires chauna torquata southern screamer
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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Brown-chested Martin (Progne tapera fusca)- Stanley Jones
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- argentina brown-chested martin buenos aires flight progne tapera
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Brown-chested Martin (Progne tapera fusca)- Stanley Jones
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- 1bb argentina brown-chested martin buenos aires progne tapera
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Red-crested Cardinal (Paroaria coronata)- Stanley Jones
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- argentina buenos aires paroaria coronata red-crested cardinal
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- Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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White-eyed Parakeet (Psittacara leucophthalmus leucophthalmus)- Stanley Jones
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- argentina buenos aires psittacara leucophthalmus white-eyed parakeet
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