News - June 2011


Blue-billed Black-Tyrant
Knipolegus cyanirostris
Blue-billed Black-Tyrant
26-06-11 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Great Grebe
26-06-11 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Southern Caracara
Caracara plancus
24-06-11 © Roberto Ares

Eating a rock pigeon


Feeding little rufescent tiger-herons
Feeding little rufescent tiger-herons
Feeding chicks
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Hepatic Tanager
Piranga flava
Hepatic Tanager
12-06-11 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Hepatic Tanager
12-06-11 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Campo Troupial
Icterus jamacaii
Campo Troupial
11-06-11 © Javier Ubiría
Campo Troupial
11-06-11 © Javier Ubiría
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
Brotogeris chiriri
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet
11-06-11 © Javier Ubiría

Eating seeds of silk floss tree Chorisia speciosa fruit

Ultramarine Grosbeak
Cyanoloxia brissonii
Ultramarine Grosbeak
12-06-11 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Ultramarine Grosbeak
12-06-11 © J. Simón Tagtachian
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
House Sparrow
12-06-11 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Rufous Hornero
Furnarius rufus
Rufous Hornero
12-06-11 © Javier Ubiría

When walking it limped. Otherwise, it kept it raised

Creamy-bellied Thrush
Turdus amaurochalinus
Creamy-bellied Thrush
12-06-11 © Javier Ubiría

Lutrine opossum sniffing around the viewpoint
Lutrine opossum sniffing around the viewpoint
Lutrine opossum looking for food
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Two easily confused
Giant Wood-Rail
Aramides ypecaha
Giant Wood-Rail
11-06-11 © J. Simón Tagtachian
The difference in colour of the neck leaps to the eye. The Gray-necked Wood-Rail's neck is completely gray, whereas that of the Giant Wood-Rail is two-coloured. The foreneck is gray and the hindneck is chestnut. If they were together the difference in size would be easily noted. The Gray-necked Wood-Rail (36 cm) is smaller than the Giant Wood-Rail (42 cm).
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Aramides cajaneus
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
11-06-11 © Javier Ubiría

Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Great Kiskadee
12-06-11 © Carlos González Ledo
White-lined Tanager
Tachyphonus rufus
White-lined Tanager
12-06-11 © Carlos González Ledo
White-lined Tanager
12-06-11 © Carlos González Ledo
Turquoise-fronted Parrot
Amazona aestiva
Turquoise-fronted Parrot
05-06-11 © Carlos González Ledo
Turquoise-fronted Parrot
05-06-11 © Carlos González Ledo
Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant
Muscisaxicola maclovianus
Dark-faced Ground-Tyrant
05-06-11 © Carlos González Ledo
25th Anniversary 25º Aniversario/25th Anniversary At a flower bed adorned with a "grass" cake gathered the authorities and neighboors to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Costanera. The cake was surrounded by native plant starts which were given to those present at the event. © Carlos Gonzalez Ledo

White-tipped Plantcutter
Phytotoma rutila
White-tipped Plantcutter
05-06-11 © J. Simón Tagtachian
White-tipped Plantcutter
Phytotoma rutila
White-tipped Plantcutter
05-06-11 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Straneck's Tyrannulet
Serpophaga griseicapilla
Straneck's Tyrannulet
04-06-11 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Tigrisoma lineatum
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
04-06-11 ©

Most certainly the last year pair beginning the breeding cycle again