News - January 2014


Rosy-billed Pochard
Netta peposaca
Rosy-billed Pochard
25-01-14 © Bea Grasso
Greyish Baywing
Agelaioides badius
Greyish Baywing
25-01-14 © Bea Grasso
Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata
Common Gallinule
25-01-14 © Bea Grasso
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Snowy Egret
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata
White-faced Whistling-Duck
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
White-tufted Grebe
Rollandia rolland
White-tufted Grebe
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Red-fronted Coot
Fulica rufifrons
Red-fronted Coot
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Red-fronted Coot
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Red-fronted Coot
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Nest building. It is an elaborate cup made out of cattail leaves.

Chestnut-capped Blackbird
Chrysomus ruficapillus
Chestnut-capped Blackbird
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Unicolored Blackbird
Agelasticus cyanopus
Unicolored Blackbird
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Creamy-bellied Thrush
Turdus amaurochalinus
Creamy-bellied Thrush
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Screaming Cowbird
Molothrus rufoaxillaris
Screaming Cowbird
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Screaming Cowbird
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Red-eyed Vireo
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Bran-colored Flycatcher
Myiophobus fasciatus
Bran-colored Flycatcher
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Masked Yellowthroat
Geothlypis aequinoctialis
Masked Yellowthroat
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
European Starling
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Picui Ground Dove
Columbina picui
Picui Ground Dove
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Picui Ground Dove
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Pied-billed Grebe
25-01-14 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Otra especie que volvió para reproducirse
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Pied-billed Grebe
25-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Guira Cuckoo
Guira guira
Guira Cuckoo
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Guira Cuckoo
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Guira Cuckoo
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
25-01-14 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

Feeding the chick with a coleopteran

The adult brought the fledgling a nice morsel. It is a male rhino beetle Diloboderus abderus. In Gustavo's photo it is alive and kicking
Rhino beetle
28-01-14 © Gustavo F. Brahamian

Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Limpkin
25-01-14 © Nicolás Giorgio
Limpkin
25-01-14 © Nicolás Giorgio

Masked Gnatcatcher
Polioptila dumicola
29-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Female feeding two out of three chicks. Photos in video format


White-patched duskywing
Chiomara autander autander
White-patched duskywing
18-01-14 © Astrid Wessels



Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus
Monk Parakeet
25-01-14 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
Wattled Jacana
18-01-14 © Gustavo F. Brahamian

Common wall gecko
Tarentola mauritanica
Common wall gecko
10-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Common wall gecko
10-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian



Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
Pectoral Sandpiper
19-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Pectoral Sandpiper
19-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Pectoral Sandpiper
19-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Green Kingfisher
Chloroceryle americana
Green Kingfisher
18-01-14 © Pablo Serur
Green Kingfisher
18-01-14 © Pablo Serur
Green Kingfisher
18-01-14 © Pablo Serur

Black-headed Duck
Heteronetta atricapilla
Black-headed Duck
07-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Snowy Egret
11-01-14 © Elsa y Guillermo Marcaida
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
Striated Heron
16-01-14 © Elsa y Guillermo Marcaida
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Lesser Yellowlegs
01-01-14 © Elsa y Guillermo Marcaida
Lesser Yellowlegs
16-01-14 © Elsa y Guillermo Marcaida

With white-faced ibis

Ultramarine Grosbeak
Cyanoloxia brissonii
Ultramarine Grosbeak
07-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

White-lined Tanager
Tachyphonus rufus
15-01-14 © Amelia Besana

Parasitized by shiny cowbird

With this species we have photographed 10 species parasitized by the shiny cowbird at Costanera




Maguari Stork
Ciconia maguari
Maguari Stork
11-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Adults and juveniles

Maguari Stork
11-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Adults and juveniles

White-eyed Parakeet
Psittacara leucophtalmus
White-eyed Parakeet
11-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

More juveniles
Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Amblyramphus holosericeus
Scarlet-headed Blackbird
11-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Scarlet-headed Blackbird
11-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Vermilion Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Vermilion Flycatcher
09-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Great Kiskadee
10-01-14 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Masked Gnatcatcher
Polioptila dumicola
Masked Gnatcatcher
04-01-14 © Amelia Besana



Ringed Teal
Callonetta leucophrys
Ringed Teal
10-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Black-backed Water-Tyrant
Fluvicola albiventer
Black-backed Water-Tyrant
10-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Black-backed Water-Tyrant
10-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Black-backed Water-Tyrant
10-01-14 © Elsa y Guillermo Marcaida



Polydamas swallowtail
Battus polydamas polydamas
Polydamas swallowtail
15-01-14 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Julia
Dryas iulia alcionea
Julia
09-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Julia
09-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian



Lutrine opossum
Lutreolina crassicaudata
Lutrine opossum
04-01-14 © Astrid Wessels

Green Kingfisher
Chloroceryle americana
Green Kingfisher
11-01-14 © Elsa y Guillermo Marcaida
Green Kingfisher
11-01-14 © Elsa y Guillermo Marcaida
White-winged Becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
White-winged Becard
10-01-14 © Elsa y Guillermo Marcaida
Snail Kite
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Snail Kite
10-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
American Kestrel
10-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Mimus saturninus
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
10-01-14 © Gustavo F. Brahamian

Eating fruit of Passiflora caerulea 

2006 - 2014 Sumamos 8 años y vamos por el 9 ¡GRACIAS! gigante a los fotógrafos que aportan material para compartir 10º cumpleañosFoto original de Rodolfo Pani

South American Painted-snipe
Nycticryphes semicollaris
09-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
09-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Green Kingfisher
Chloroceryle americana
Green Kingfisher
31-12-13 © Gonzalo Díaz
Green Kingfisher
31-12-13 © Gonzalo Díaz
Green Kingfisher
31-12-13 © Gonzalo Díaz
What a New Year's present! Gonzalo photographed this Green Kingfisher male on 31st of December. It stood in a Sapium haematospermum behind the water tank at the Viamonte Access. Kingfishers feed mainly on fish which they hunt from a perch. As they observe the prey, they swoop to catch it and return to the perch. So they have a close relationship with water though they are not considered waterbirds. And the best of all is that it was photographed today as well (January, 7th). Now it has an adequate envrironment to live in.
Green Kingfisher
07-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Green Kingfisher
07-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

South American Painted-snipe
Nycticryphes semicollaris
South American Painted-snipe
07-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
South American Painted-snipe
07-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Sooty Tyrannulet
Serpophaga nigricans
Sooty Tyrannulet
07-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Sooty Tyrannulet
07-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
Roseate Spoonbill
04-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Lesser Yellowlegs
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Dark-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus melacoryphus
Dark-billed Cuckoo
04-01-14 © Eduardo Carreyra
Spot-winged Pigeon
Patagioenas maculosa
Spot-winged Pigeon
03-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Sulphur-throated Spinetail
Cranioleuca sulphurifera
Sulphur-throated Spinetail
01-01-14 © Carlos González Ledo
Sayaca Tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Sayaca Tanager
01-01-14 © Carlos González Ledo
Grayish Saltator
Saltator coerulescens
Grayish Saltator
04-01-14 © Nicolás Giorgio

More of the kids' Section
Masked Gnatcatcher
Polioptila dumicola
Masked Gnatcatcher
03-01-14 © Eduardo Carreyra
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
House Sparrow
04-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
European Starling
04-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Plumbeous Rail
Pardirallus sanguinolentus
Plumbeous Rail
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian

Rufous-bellied Thrush
Turdus rufiventris
Rufous-bellied Thrush
04-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
White-tipped Dove
Leptotila verreauxi
White-tipped Dove
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Tropical Screech-Owl
Megascops choliba
Tropical Screech-Owl
04-01-14 © Eduardo Carreyra
Freckle-breasted Thornbird
Phacellodomus striaticollis
Freckle-breasted Thornbird
04-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Wren-like Rushbird
Phleocryptes melanops
Wren-like Rushbird
01-01-14 © Carlos González Ledo
Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosa
Cattle Tyrant
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tropical Kingbird
04-01-14 © Nicolás Giorgio
Blue-and-yellow Tanager
Pipraeidea bonariensis
Blue-and-yellow Tanager
04-01-14 © Nicolás Giorgio
Variable Oriole
Icterus pyrrhopterus
Variable Oriole
01-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian
Yellow-winged Blackbird
Agelasticus thilius
Yellow-winged Blackbird
04-01-14 © J. Simón Tagtachian