Photos of Birds of Argentina

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TABLE 1: Birds of "non-passerine" orders
(There is one row for each order of the AVES class)
	Sphenisciformes (Penguins) 11 photos of Magellanic Penguin
	Rheiformes (Rheas) 3 photos of Lesser Rhea
	Tinamiformes (Tinamous) 2 photos of Elegant-Crested Tinamou
	Podicipediformes (Grebes) 6 photos: Pied-billed Grebe (2), Great Grebe (1), White-tufted Grebe (3)
	Procellariiformes (Albatrosses, Petrels, Prions) 12 photos: Royal Albatross (4), Black-browed Albatross (1), Southern Giant Petrel (4) To read: "Pancho's Story" - A Wondering Albatross came ashore in Camarones, Chubut. 3 photos
	Pelecaniformes (Cormorants, etc) 13 photos: Neotropic Cormorant (4, 1 of chicks), Red-legged Cormorant (3), Breeding colony (1), King Cormorant (4), Anhinga (1)
	Ardeiformes (Herons, Storks, Ibis) 24 photos: Rufescent Tiger-Heron (1 + 1 juvenile), Black-crowned Night-Heron (1 + 1 juvenile), White-necked Heron (1), Little Blue-Heron (1 - Caribbean), Great Egret (1), Snowy Egret (1), Cattle Egret (1), Great & Snowy Egret (1), Striated Heron (4), Maguari Stork (2), Woodstork (1), White-faced Ibis (3), Bare-Faced Ibis (1), Buff-necked Ibis (1), Roseate Spoonbill (2)
	Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingoes) 5 photos of Chilean Flamingo (1 dead)
	Anseriformes (Screamers, Duck, Gueese, Swans) 37 photos: Southern Screamer (2), White-faced Tree-Duck (2), Black-necked Swan (6), Coscoroba Swan (1), Upland Goose (2 + 1 captive in UK), Ruddy-headed Goose (2, in Chile), Crested Duck (1), Silver Teal (2), Speckled Teal (2), Southern Widgeon (2), Brazilian Duck (2), Red Shoveler (1), White-cheeked Pintail (1), Brown Pintail (1), Rosy-billed Pochard (4), Blue-winged Teal (1, Caribbean), Andean Ruddy Duck (1), Flying Steamer-Duck (1) & Chubut Steamer-Duck (1)
	Falconiformes (Condors, Hawks, Kites, Falcons) 23 photos: Andean Condor (2), Turkey Vulture (1), Black Vulture (1), King Vulture (1, distant), Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle (1, in captivity), Black Hawk-Eagle (1, captivity), Snail Kite (2), Long-winged Harrier (2), Red-backed Hawk (3), Roadside Hawk (3), Crested Caracara (1), Chimango Caracara (4), Yellow-headed Caracara (1), Peregrine Falcon (1, in captivity)
-	Galliformes (Pavas de Monte)
	Gruiformes (Limpkin, Rails, Crakes) 22 photos: Limpkin (2), Giant Wood-Rail (3), Gray-Necked Wood-Rail (2), Plumbeous Rail (2), Rufous-sided Crake (2), Common Gallinule (2), Spot-flanked Gallinule (2), Red-gartered Coot (3), White-winged Coot (2), Red-fronted Coot (3)
	Charadriiformes - Part 1 (Jacanas, Oystercatchers, Shorebirds, etc) 18 photos: Wattled Jacana (3), Blackish Oystercatcher (3), American Oystercatcher (1), Magellanic Oystercatcher (1), South-American Stilt (1), Black-necked Stilt (2, from the Caribbean), Southern Lapwing (3), Two-banded Plover (2) & White-rumped Sandpiper (2)
	Charadriiformes - Part 2 (Skuas, Gulls y Terns) 14 photos: Chilean Skua (3), Brown-hooded Gull (1), Dolphin Gull (1), Kelp Gull (1), Olrog's Gull (5), Terns (3)
	Columbiformes (Pigeons & Doves) 10 photos: Picazuro Pigeon (2), Spot-winged Pigeon (3), Rock Dove (3), Eared Dove (2)
	Psittaciformes (Parrots) 16 photos: Red-and-Green Macaw (1 captive), Austral Parakeet (3), Burrowing Parrot (6), Monk Parakeet (1), Turquoise-fronted Parrot (1 captive + 1 feral), Black-hooded Parakeet (1 feral), Vinaceous Parrot (1 captive) To read: On the Conservation of the Vinaceous Parrot and the Araucarias of San Pedro
	Cuculiformes (Cuckoos) 6 photos: Dark-billed Cuckoo (2), Ash-colored Cuckoo (1), Guira Cuckoo (3)
	Strigiformes (Owls) 8 photos: Barn Owl (2). Great Horned Owl (1), Burrowing Owl (1), Tropical Screech-Owl (2), Chaco Owl (2)
	Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars) 1 photo: Scissor-tailed Nightjar
-	Apodiformes (Swifts)
	Trochiliformes (Hummingbirds) 10 photos: Glittering-Bellied Emerald (2), Gilded Sapphire (3), White-throated Hummingbird (3), Red-tailed Comet (1, female), White-bellied Hummingbird (1, poor),
-	Trogoniformes (Trogons)
	Coraciiformes (Kingfishers) 1 photo: Green Kingfisher
	Piciformes (Toucans, Woodpeckers) 10 photos: Green-barred Woodpecker (ex- Golden-breasted) (3), Chilean Flicker (1), Magellanic Woodpecker (1), Field Flicker (2), Checkered Woodpecker (3) - [Toucans: no photo yet. Sorry!]
-	Passeriformes (Passerines - songbirds, perching birds) (see TABLE 2)

TABLE 1: Birds of "non-passerine" orders
(There is one row for each order of the AVES class)

Sphenisciformes (Penguins)
11 photos of Magellanic Penguin

Rheiformes (Rheas)
3 photos of Lesser Rhea

Tinamiformes (Tinamous)
2 photos of Elegant-Crested Tinamou

Podicipediformes (Grebes)
6 photos: Pied-billed Grebe (2), Great Grebe (1), White-tufted Grebe (3)

Procellariiformes (Albatrosses, Petrels, Prions)
12 photos: Royal Albatross (4), Black-browed Albatross (1), Southern Giant Petrel (4)
To read: "Pancho's Story" - A Wondering Albatross came ashore in Camarones, Chubut. 3 photos

Pelecaniformes (Cormorants, etc)
13 photos: Neotropic Cormorant (4, 1 of chicks), Red-legged Cormorant (3), Breeding colony (1), King Cormorant (4), Anhinga (1)

Ardeiformes (Herons, Storks, Ibis)
24 photos: Rufescent Tiger-Heron (1 + 1 juvenile), Black-crowned Night-Heron (1 + 1 juvenile),
White-necked Heron (1), Little Blue-Heron (1 - Caribbean), Great Egret (1), Snowy Egret (1), Cattle Egret (1), Great & Snowy Egret (1), Striated Heron (4), Maguari Stork (2), Woodstork (1), White-faced Ibis (3), Bare-Faced Ibis (1), Buff-necked Ibis (1), Roseate Spoonbill (2)

Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingoes)
5 photos of Chilean Flamingo (1 dead)

Anseriformes (Screamers, Duck, Gueese, Swans)
37 photos: Southern Screamer (2), White-faced Tree-Duck (2), Black-necked Swan (6), Coscoroba Swan (1), Upland Goose (2 + 1 captive in UK), Ruddy-headed Goose (2, in Chile), Crested Duck (1), Silver Teal (2), Speckled Teal (2), Southern Widgeon (2), Brazilian Duck (2), Red Shoveler (1), White-cheeked Pintail (1), Brown Pintail (1), Rosy-billed Pochard (4), Blue-winged Teal (1, Caribbean), Andean Ruddy Duck (1), Flying Steamer-Duck (1) & Chubut Steamer-Duck (1)

Falconiformes (Condors, Hawks, Kites, Falcons)
23 photos: Andean Condor (2), Turkey Vulture (1), Black Vulture (1), King Vulture (1, distant), Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle (1, in captivity), Black Hawk-Eagle (1, captivity), Snail Kite (2), Long-winged Harrier (2), Red-backed Hawk (3), Roadside Hawk (3), Crested Caracara (1), Chimango Caracara (4), Yellow-headed Caracara (1), Peregrine Falcon (1, in captivity)

Galliformes (Pavas de Monte)

Gruiformes (Limpkin, Rails, Crakes)
22 photos: Limpkin (2), Giant Wood-Rail (3), Gray-Necked Wood-Rail (2), Plumbeous Rail (2),
Rufous-sided Crake (2), Common Gallinule (2), Spot-flanked Gallinule (2), Red-gartered Coot (3),
White-winged Coot (2), Red-fronted Coot (3)

Charadriiformes - Part 1 (Jacanas, Oystercatchers, Shorebirds, etc)
18 photos: Wattled Jacana (3), Blackish Oystercatcher (3), American Oystercatcher (1), Magellanic Oystercatcher (1), South-American Stilt (1), Black-necked Stilt (2, from the Caribbean), Southern Lapwing (3), Two-banded Plover (2) & White-rumped Sandpiper (2)

Charadriiformes - Part 2 (Skuas, Gulls y Terns)
14 photos: Chilean Skua (3), Brown-hooded Gull (1), Dolphin Gull (1), Kelp Gull (1), Olrog's Gull (5), Terns (3)

Columbiformes (Pigeons & Doves)
10 photos: Picazuro Pigeon (2), Spot-winged Pigeon (3), Rock Dove (3), Eared Dove (2)

Psittaciformes (Parrots)
16 photos: Red-and-Green Macaw (1 captive), Austral Parakeet (3), Burrowing Parrot (6), Monk Parakeet (1), Turquoise-fronted Parrot (1 captive + 1 feral), Black-hooded Parakeet (1 feral), Vinaceous Parrot (1 captive)
To read: On the Conservation of the Vinaceous Parrot and the Araucarias of San Pedro

Cuculiformes (Cuckoos)
6 photos: Dark-billed Cuckoo (2), Ash-colored Cuckoo (1), Guira Cuckoo (3)

Strigiformes (Owls)
8 photos: Barn Owl (2). Great Horned Owl (1), Burrowing Owl (1), Tropical Screech-Owl (2), Chaco Owl (2)

Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars)
1 photo: Scissor-tailed Nightjar

Apodiformes (Swifts)

Trochiliformes (Hummingbirds)
10 photos: Glittering-Bellied Emerald (2), Gilded Sapphire (3), White-throated Hummingbird (3), Red-tailed Comet (1, female), White-bellied Hummingbird (1, poor),

Trogoniformes (Trogons)

Coraciiformes (Kingfishers)
1 photo: Green Kingfisher

Piciformes (Toucans, Woodpeckers)
10 photos: Green-barred Woodpecker (ex- Golden-breasted) (3), Chilean Flicker (1), Magellanic Woodpecker (1), Field Flicker (2), Checkered Woodpecker (3) - [Toucans: no photo yet. Sorry!]

Passeriformes (Passerines - songbirds, perching birds) (see TABLE 2)

TABLE 2: Birds of the "Passerine" order
This particular order groups about 50% of bird species.
(There is one row for each **family** of the Passerine order)
	Dendrocolaptidae (Woodcreepers) 7 photos: Narrow-billed Woodcreeper (6), Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper (1)
	Furnariidae (Horneros, Spinetails, Cinclodes, Earthcreepres, etc) 31 photos: Rufous Hornero (3 + 3 nests), Crested Hornero (1 + 1 nest), Curve-billed Reedhaunter (4), Band-tailed Earthcreeper (2), Grey-flanked Cinclodes (1), Wren-like Rushbird (1), Tufted Tit-Spinetail (2), Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail (1), Patagonian Canastero (1), Bar-winged Cinclodes (1), Stripe-crowned Spinetail (1, poor), Thorn-tailed Rayadito (1), Sooty-fronted Spinetail (1), Chicli Spinetail (1), Common Miner (2), Firewood Gatherer (1), Chotoy Spinetail (3)
	Formicariidae (Antshrikes, etc.) 2 photos: Variable Antshrike (1), Rufous-capped Antshrike (1)
	Rhinocryptidae (Gallitos, etc.) 3 photos: Crested Gallito
	Cotingidae (Becards, etc) 4 photos: White-winged Becard (2), White-naped Xenopsaris (2)
-	Pipridae (Manakins)
	Tyrannidae (Tyrants, Monjitas, Kiskadees, Flycatchers, etc.) 34 photos: Great Kiskadee (2), Cattle Tyrant (3), Streaked Flycatcher (1), Yellow-browed Tyrant (1), Tropical Kingbird (1), Fork-tailed Flycatcher (1), White-headed Marsh-Tyrant (1, female), Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant (1), Suiriri Flycatcher (1), Bran-coloured Flycatcher (2), White Monjita (2), Vermillion Flycatcher (4), Mottled-cheeked Tyrannulet (2), Rufous-backed Negrito (1)Rough-legged Tyrannulet (1), Spectacled Tyrant (4), Many-coloured Rush-Tyrant (2), White-crested Tyrannulet (2), Sooty Tyrannulet (2)
	Phytotomidae (Plantcutters) 2 photos: White-tipped Plantcutter
	Hirundinidae (Swallows) 6 photos: White-rumped Swallow (4), Brown-chested Martin (1), Rough-winged Swallow (1)
	Corvidae (Jays) 1 photo: Plush-crested Jay
	Troglodytidae (Wrens) 6 photos: House-Wren (3), Grass Wren (3)
	Mimidae (Mockingbirds) 10 photos: Chalk-browed Mockingbird (5), Patagonian Mockingbird (5)
	Turdidae (Thrushes) 4 photos: Rufous-bellied Thrush (3), Creamy-bellied Thrush (1)
	Motacillidae (Pipits) 1 photo: Correndera Pipit
	Silviidae (Gnatcatchers) 3 photos: Masked Gnatcatcher
	Vireonidae (Vireos, Peppershrikes) 1 photo: Red-eyed Vireo
	Ploceidae (Sparrows) 2 photos. House Sparrow
	Parulidae (New World Warblers) 7 photos: Pale-legged Warbler (2), Two-banded Warbler (2), Masked Yellowthroat (3)
	Thraupidae (Tanagers) 4 photos: Sayaca Tanager (3) Bananaquit (1 - Caribbean)
	Emberizidae (Seedeaters, Finches) 32 photos: Rufous-collared Sparrow (5), Golden-billed Saltator (2, juvenile), Red-crested Cardinal (1, poor), Yellow-billed Cardinal (1), Rusty-collared Seedeater (1, female), Saffron Finch (3), Mourning Sierra-Finch (2, females / juv.), Stripe-crowned Sparrow (2), Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch (4), Red-rumped Warbling-Finch (1), Black-capped Warbling-Finch (1), Long-tailed Reed-Finch (1), Great Pampa-Finch (3), Patagonian Sierra-Finch (1), Black-backed Grosbeak (1), Fulvous-headed Brush-Finch (1).
	Fringillidae (Siskins) 3 photos: Hooded Siskin (2), Black-chinned Siskin (1)
	Icteridae (Blackbirds, Cowbirds, Caciques, Meadowlarks) 22 photos: Solitary Black Cacique (2), Epaulet Oriole (1), Screaming Cowbird (1), Shiny Cowbird (2), Bay-winged Cowbird (2), Yellow-winged Blackbird (4), Saffron-cowled Blackbird (1), Brown-and-yellow Marshbird (2), Scarlet-headed Blackbird (5), Long-tailed Meadowlark (2), White-browed Meadowlark (1).

TABLE 2: Birds of the "Passerine" order
This particular order groups about 50% of bird species.
(There is one row for each family of the Passerine order)

Dendrocolaptidae (Woodcreepers)
7 photos: Narrow-billed Woodcreeper (6), Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper (1)

Furnariidae (Horneros, Spinetails, Cinclodes, Earthcreepres, etc)
31 photos: Rufous Hornero (3 + 3 nests), Crested Hornero (1 + 1 nest), Curve-billed Reedhaunter (4), Band-tailed Earthcreeper (2), Grey-flanked Cinclodes (1), Wren-like Rushbird (1), Tufted Tit-Spinetail (2), Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail (1), Patagonian Canastero (1), Bar-winged Cinclodes (1), Stripe-crowned Spinetail (1, poor), Thorn-tailed Rayadito (1), Sooty-fronted Spinetail (1), Chicli Spinetail (1), Common Miner (2), Firewood Gatherer (1), Chotoy Spinetail (3)

Formicariidae (Antshrikes, etc.)
2 photos: Variable Antshrike (1), Rufous-capped Antshrike (1)

Rhinocryptidae (Gallitos, etc.)
3 photos: Crested Gallito

Cotingidae (Becards, etc)
4 photos: White-winged Becard (2), White-naped Xenopsaris (2)

Pipridae (Manakins)

Tyrannidae (Tyrants, Monjitas, Kiskadees, Flycatchers, etc.)
34 photos: Great Kiskadee (2), Cattle Tyrant (3), Streaked Flycatcher (1), Yellow-browed Tyrant (1), Tropical Kingbird (1), Fork-tailed Flycatcher (1), White-headed Marsh-Tyrant (1, female), Ochre-naped Ground-Tyrant (1), Suiriri Flycatcher (1), Bran-coloured Flycatcher (2), White Monjita (2), Vermillion Flycatcher (4), Mottled-cheeked Tyrannulet (2), Rufous-backed Negrito (1)Rough-legged Tyrannulet (1), Spectacled Tyrant (4), Many-coloured Rush-Tyrant (2), White-crested Tyrannulet (2), Sooty Tyrannulet (2)

Phytotomidae (Plantcutters)
2 photos: White-tipped Plantcutter

Hirundinidae (Swallows)
6 photos: White-rumped Swallow (4), Brown-chested Martin (1), Rough-winged Swallow (1)

Corvidae (Jays)
1 photo: Plush-crested Jay

Troglodytidae (Wrens)
6 photos: House-Wren (3), Grass Wren (3)

Mimidae (Mockingbirds)
10 photos: Chalk-browed Mockingbird (5), Patagonian Mockingbird (5)

Turdidae (Thrushes)
4 photos: Rufous-bellied Thrush (3), Creamy-bellied Thrush (1)

Motacillidae (Pipits)
1 photo: Correndera Pipit

Silviidae (Gnatcatchers)
3 photos: Masked Gnatcatcher

Vireonidae (Vireos, Peppershrikes)
1 photo: Red-eyed Vireo

Ploceidae (Sparrows)
2 photos. House Sparrow

Parulidae (New World Warblers)
7 photos: Pale-legged Warbler (2), Two-banded Warbler (2), Masked Yellowthroat (3)

Thraupidae (Tanagers)
4 photos: Sayaca Tanager (3) Bananaquit (1 - Caribbean)

Emberizidae (Seedeaters, Finches)
32 photos: Rufous-collared Sparrow (5), Golden-billed Saltator (2, juvenile), Red-crested Cardinal (1, poor), Yellow-billed Cardinal (1), Rusty-collared Seedeater (1, female), Saffron Finch (3), Mourning Sierra-Finch (2, females / juv.), Stripe-crowned Sparrow (2), Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch (4), Red-rumped Warbling-Finch (1), Black-capped Warbling-Finch (1), Long-tailed Reed-Finch (1), Great Pampa-Finch (3), Patagonian Sierra-Finch (1), Black-backed Grosbeak (1), Fulvous-headed Brush-Finch (1).

Fringillidae (Siskins)
3 photos: Hooded Siskin (2), Black-chinned Siskin (1)

Icteridae (Blackbirds, Cowbirds, Caciques, Meadowlarks)
22 photos: Solitary Black Cacique (2), Epaulet Oriole (1), Screaming Cowbird (1), Shiny Cowbird (2), Bay-winged Cowbird (2), Yellow-winged Blackbird (4), Saffron-cowled Blackbird (1), Brown-and-yellow Marshbird (2), Scarlet-headed Blackbird (5), Long-tailed Meadowlark (2), White-browed Meadowlark (1).

	photos of wild animals of ARGENTINA
		By: Alec Earnshaw Updated: 3-2006
	photos of wild animals of ARGENTINA