News - November 2009



Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus savana
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
28-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
European Starling
22-11-09 © Pablo Manuel Fernández
Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata
Common Gallinule
22-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
Spectacled Tyrant
Hymenops perspicillatus
Spectacled Tyrant
28-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
Rufous-bellied Thrush
Turdus rufiventris
Rufous-bellied Thrush
15-11-09 © Roberto Ares
Maguari Stork
Ciconia maguari
Maguari Stork
22-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Checkered Woodpecker
Veniliornis mixtus
21-12-13 © Carlos González Ledo

Claiming for food


Stripe-backed Bittern
Ixobrychus involucris
28-11-09 © Roberto Ares

Out of the blue a bittern popped up, moved in the vegetation in front of us and soon disappeared



Masked Duck
Nomonyx dominicus
Masked Duck
14-11-09 © Roberto Ares
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Black-necked Stilt
14-11-09 © Roberto Ares
Rufous Hornero
Furnarius rufus
Rufous Hornero
14-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Parsitized by shiny cowbird Molothrus bonariensis

Rufous Hornero
14-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Parsitized by shiny cowbird Molothrus bonariensis

Rufous Hornero
14-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Parsitized by shiny cowbird Molothrus bonariensis

Masked Gnatcatcher
Polioptila dumicola
Masked Gnatcatcher
07-11-09 © José Luis Merlo
House Wren
Troglodytes aedon
House Wren
14-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
House Wren
14-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
House Wren
14-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
Eared Dove
Zenaida auriculata
Eared Dove
14-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro
White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi
White-faced Ibis
07-11-09 © Pablo Alberto Meoniz
Ringed Teal
Callonetta leucophrys
Ringed Teal
07-11-09 © Pablo Alberto Meoniz
Typical habit of perching ducks: stand on tree branches
Ringed Teal
Callonetta leucophrys
Ringed Teal
07-11-09 © Pablo Alberto Meoniz

Painted turtle
Trachemys dorbigni
Painted turtle
14-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Laying eggs by the path


New bird species
There are historical records for the northeast of Argentina. A released or escaped individual
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
08-11-09 © Pablo Alberto Meoniz
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
08-11-09 © Pablo Alberto Meoniz



White-winged Coot
Fulica leucoptera
White-winged Coot
01-11-09 © Carlos González Ledo
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Black-necked Stilt
01-11-09 © Roberto Ares
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata
White-faced Whistling-Duck
01-11-09 © Carlos González Ledo
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata
White-faced Whistling-Duck
01-11-09 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro