News - May 2015
Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus ![]() |
Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius ![]() |
Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops ![]() |
White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus ![]() |
White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus ![]() |
New butterfly species: Ocola Skipper Panoquina ocola ocola ![]() |
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus ![]() On the last day of May Diego Carús found it. It had not been seen for some time |
Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis ![]() ![]() |
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana ![]() |
Green-winged Saltator Saltator caerulescens ![]() |
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus ![]() Adulto abajo, inmaduro arriba |
New bird species: Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus ![]() ![]() ![]() Primer registro fotográfico de esta especie |
New butterfly species: Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus proteus proteus ![]() ![]() |
Blue-billed Black-Tyrant Knipolegus cyanirostris ![]() ![]() |
Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota ![]() ![]() We thank members of the COA La Plata who warned us and we hope they will send their photographs to include. |
Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus ![]() ![]() |
New butterfly species: Laurentia Emperor Doxocopa laurentia laurentia ![]() |
White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila ![]() |
Sooty Tyrannulet Serpophaga nigricans ![]() |
White-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus ![]() |
Buff-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus ![]() |
Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari ![]() |
Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus ![]() |
Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris ![]() |
Grey-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus ![]() |
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis ![]() |
Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola ![]() |
Great Grebe Podiceps major ![]() © Cora Rimoldi |
Sharp-billed Canastero Asthenes pyrrholeuca © Claudia y Diego Bastías Difficult to see, but at least spotted by its vocalization |
Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa ![]() |
White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata ![]() |
Snowy Egret Egretta thula ![]() |
Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris ![]() |
Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens ![]() |
Giant Wood-Rail Aramides ypecaha ![]() |
High tide ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus ![]() ![]() |
Sooty Tyrannulet Serpophaga nigricans ![]() |
White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus ![]() |
Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba ![]() |
Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus ![]() ![]() © Nicolás Giorgio |
Sooty Tyrannulet Serpophaga nigricans ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus ![]() |
Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanocompsa brissonii ![]() |
Mourning Sierra-Finch Phrygilus fruticeti ![]() ![]() |
Sharp-billed Canastero Asthenes pyrrholeuca ![]() © Claudia y Diego Bastías |
Southern Screamer Chauna torquata ![]() © Claudia y Diego Bastías |
Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus ![]() |
Blue-billed Black-Tyrant Knipolegus cyanirostris ![]() |
Diademed Tanager Stephanophorus diadematus ![]() |
Many-coloured Rush-Tyrant Tachuris rubigastra ![]() |
Birds of the survey We keep adding species. Up until now there are 113 species. See the results |
Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant Anairetes flavirostris ![]() |
Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus ![]() ![]() |
Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata ![]() |
Striped Owl Pseudoscops clamator ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum ![]() |
Cinnamon Teal Anas cinnamomeus ![]() |
Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava ![]() ![]() |
Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus ![]() |
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana ![]() ![]() |
Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca ![]() |
Greyish Saltator Saltator caerulescens ![]() |
Great Pampa-Finch Embernagra platensis ![]() |
Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius ![]() ![]() |
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri ![]() |
Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi ![]() |
Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops ![]() |
Plumbeous Rail Laterallus melanophaius ![]() ![]() |
Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca ![]() |
Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus ![]() |
Blue-and-yellow Tanager Pipraeidea bonariensis ![]() |
Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola ![]() |
Checkered Woodpecker Veniliornis mixtus ![]() |
Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum ![]() |
Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius ![]() |
Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca ![]() |
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor ![]() |
World Migratory Bird Day The World Migratory Bird Day is celebrated on the second weekend of May. The objective is to raise awareness about the conservation and habitats of migratory birds. This year's theme is "Energy: Make it bird-friendly". It emphasizes the need of technologies which bear in mind migratory birds. Migratory birds are affected by the generation and distribution of these sources and cause great mortality to them. To celebrate the occasion the COARECS invited observers to make a bird count. ![]() Very early in the morning ![]() ![]() ![]() At mid morning the climate looked better. ![]() At 1 p.m. everybody gathered at the Visitors' Center for the bird count. ![]() ![]() The count showed a total of 108 bird species, an encouraging figure in itself. The final result was 110. To see the results |
Variable Oriole Icterus pyrrhopterus ![]() |
Ringed Kingfisher/strong> Megaceryle torquata ![]() ![]() |
New butterfly species: Plain Longtail Urbanus simplicius ![]() |
New butterfly species: Red Peacock Anartia amathea roeselia ![]() ![]() |
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana ![]() |
Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus ![]() |
Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus ![]() |
Great Pampa-Finch Embernagra platensis © Cora Rimoldi |
Straneck's Tyrannulet Serpophaga griseicapilla ![]() |
Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus ![]() |
Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata ![]() |
Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis ![]() |
White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland ![]() |