Argentina Birds

from Tinamous to Flycatchers

Noting those during 
Focus On Nature Tours
with an (*)  

from 1992 thru 2014

during the months of October, 
November, and December

Part 1 of a List of Argentina Birds 
compiled by Armas Hill


UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: a female KELP GOOSE

Link:

Part #2 of this List of Argentina Birds:  Antbirds thru Grosbeaks

There have been 14 FONT birding tours in Argentina.
693 species of birds have cumulatively been seen during FONT Argentina tours.  

The most recent taxonomy has been incorporated into the following list, originally from the 3rd edition of "The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World", and other changes since.

Codes:

(ARe):    endemic to Argentina
(ARqe):  quasi (or near) endemic to Argentina
(ARr):     rare in Argentina
(ARi):     an introduced species in Argentina

(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
  (t1): critical 
  (t2): endangered 
  (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

(ph):  species with a photograph in the FONT web-site 

ba:  in and near Buenos Aires

fs:  far-southern Argentina, including Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego

nc:  in north-central Argentina, including areas south from Salta to Tucuman and Cordoba  

ne: in northeast Argentina, including the areas of Iguazu (in Misiones) and the Ibera Marshes (in Corrientes), and in between 

nw:  in northwest Argentina (from Salta north of Jujuy), including the areas of Jujuy, Calilegua National Park, and the Altiplano

so:  in southern Argentina, including the Valdez Peninsula, and nearby areas to the north & south, in Chubut & Rio Negro   

Links to Groupings of Birds in this List:

Waterfowl    Penguins    Seabirds    Raptors    Shorebirds    Pigeons & Doves    Macaws, Parakeets,Parrots

Cuckoos    Owls    Potoo, Nighthawks, Nightjars    Swifts     Hummingbirds    Woodpeckers    Flycatchers


Other Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Argentina  

Rare Birds in the Andes & Patagonia 

Mammals in Argentina    Mammals in South America    (both of these with some photos) 

Butterflies in South America, a list in 5 parts    Butterflies at Iguazu   (both of these with some photos) 

Directory of Photos in this Web-Site

Least Seedsnipe
(photo by Larry O'Meallie)

  Birds:

       TINAMUS

1. Solitary Tinamou  (nt) (*)  ______  ne
   Tinamus s. solitarius 
   
   Tinamus solitarius is classified as a threatened species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.  
   
   
   CRYPTURELLUS
   
   
2. Undulated Tinamou   ______ 
   Crypturellus undulatus 
   
   
3. Brown Tinamou  ______ 
   Crypturellus obsoletus  
   
   
4. Small-billed Tinamou   ______ 
   Crypturellus parvirostris  (monotypic)
   
   
5. Tataupa Tinamou   ______ 
   Crypturellus t. tataupa 
   
   
   RHYNCHOTUS
   
   
6. Red-winged Tinamou  (*)   ______ ne
   Rhynchotus rufescens pallescens
   
   
   NOTHOPROCTA
   
   
7. Ornate Tinamou  (*)  ______  nw
   Nothoprocta ornata rostrata
   
   
8. Brushland Tinamou  (*)  ______  nc  nw
   Nothoprocta c. cinerascens
   
   
9. Andean Tinamou  (*)  ______  nc
   Nothoprocta pentlandii doeringi
   
   
   NOTHURA
   
   
10. Spotted Nothura  (ph) (*)   ______  ne 
    Nothura m. maculosa  
    
    In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called Nothura maculosa the "Spotted Tinamu"  (that is how he spelled it). 
    But Hudson also noted that the "naturalist's name" of "Tinamu" was utterly unknown in the southern part of South America. Northura maculosa was (he said) "always called" the "Perdiz Comun", or "Common Partridge".  
    
    
    
    A Spotted Nothura photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
11. Darwin's Nothura  (*)  ______  nc so 
    Nothura darwinii  (monotypic)
    
    
    EUDROMIA 
    
    
12. Elegant Crested Tinamou  (ph) (*)  ______  so
    Eudromia e. elegans
    
    
    
    A Elegant Crested Tinamou photographed during the FONT tour
    in southern Argentina in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
13. Quebracho Crested Tinamou  ______
    Eudromia formosa
    
    
    TINAMOLIS
    
    
14. Puna Tinamou  (*)  ______  nw
    Tinamolis pentlandii  (monotypic)
    
    
15. Patagonian Tinamou  (*)  ______  fs
    Tinamolis ingoufi  (monotypic)
    
    
    RHEA
    
    
16. Greater Rhea  (nt) (ph) (*) ______  ne 
    Rhea americana albescens  (the single member of its genus)
    
    In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called Rhea americana the "Common Rhea" and noted that the in the Guarani Indian language its name was "Nandu" (it still is), and in the language of the native people ("the Indians") on the Argentine pampas, it was "Chueke".    
    
    
    
    Above: A Greater Rhea photographed during a FONT tour in 2006.
    Below: A photo during another FONT tour in 2008 of a Rhea sitting on eggs.
    (upper photo by Andy Smith)  
    
    
    
    
    
    PTEROCNEMIA
    
    
17. Lesser Rhea  (ph) (*) _____  fs  nw  so
    Pterocnemia p. pennata  _____  "Darwin's Rhea" 
    Pterocnemia pennata garleppi  _____  "Puna Rhea"
    
    
    
    About 50 Darwin's, or Lesser Rheas on a road on the Valdes Peninsula
    during the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner) 
    
    
    ORTALIS
    
    
18. Chaco Chachalaca  (ph) (*) ______  nc 
    Ortalis canicollis   
    
    
    PENELOPE
    
    
19. Rusty-margined Guan  ______ 
    Penelope superciliaris 
    
    Penelope superciliaris is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina. 
    
    
20. Dusky-legged Guan  (ph) (*)  ______  ne  nw 
    Penelope obscura
    
    
21. Red-faced Guan  ______
    Penelope dabbenei
    
    
    PIPILE
    
    
22. Black-fronted Piping-Guan  (t2) (*)  ______  ne 
    Pipile jacutinga  (monotypic)
    
    Pipile jacutinga is classified as an endangered species in Argentina. 
    
    
    CRAX
    
    
23. Bare-faced Curassow   ______ 
    Crax fasiolata 
    
    
    ODONTOPHURUS
    
    
24. Spot-winged Wood Quail  (*)  ______  ne 
    Odontophorus capueira  (monotypic)  
    
    Odontophorus capueira is classified as vulnerable species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.  
    
    
    LOPHORTYX
    
    
25. California Quail  (i) ______
    Lophortyx californica 
    
    
    CHAUNA
    
    
26. Southern Screamer  (ph) (*) ______  ba  ne 
    Chauna torquata (monotypic) 
    
    In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Chauna chavaria the "Crested Screamer".  
    
    
    
    A Southern Screamer photographed during a FONT tour 
    
    
    CYGNUS
    
    
27. Black-necked Swan  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  so 
    Cygnus melancoryphus (monotypic)
    
    
    
    A Black-necked Swan photographed during the FONT tour
    in southern Argentina in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner) 
    
    
    COSCOROBA
    
    
28. Coscoroba Swan  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  so 
    Coscoroba coscoroba (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
    Coscoroba Swans photographed during the FONT tour
    in southern Argentina in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
    CAIRINA
    
    
29. Muscovy Duck  (ph) (*) ______  nw 
    Cairina moschata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
    DENDROCYGNA
    
    
30. White-faced Whistling Duck  (ph) (*) ______  ba  ne 
    Dendrocygna viduata (monotypic)
    
    
31. Black-bellied Whistling Duck  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
    Dendrocygna autumnalis discolor
    
    
32. Fulvous Whistling Duck  (*) ______  ba  nc  ne
    Dendrocygna bicolor (monotypic)
    
    
    SARKIDIORNIS
    
    
33. Comb Duck  (*)  ______  ne    
    Sarkidiornis sylvicola  (monotypic)    
    
    The Comb Duck was conspecific with what is now the Knob-billed Duck of Africa and Asia. 
    
    
    NEOCHEN
    
    
34. Orinoco Goose  (nt)  ______
    Neochen jubata  (the single member of its genus) 
    
    
    CHLOEPHAGA
    
    
35. Andean Goose  (*)  ______  nw
    Chloephaga melanoptera
    
    
36. Kelp Goose  (ph) (*)  ______  fs
    Chloephaga hybrida
    
    
    
    A female Kelp Goose photographed during a FONT tour
    
    
37. Upland Goose  (ph) (*)  ______  fs
    Chloephaga picta
    
    
    
    Above & below: Upland Geese photographed during the FONT tour
    in southern Argentina in December 2013
    Above: a male   Below: a female with goslings
    (photos by Marie Gardner)
    
    
    
    
    
38. Ashy-headed Goose  (ph) (*)  ______  fs
    Chloephaga poliocephala
    
    
39. Ruddy-headed Goose  (ph) (*)  ______  fs
    Chloephaga rubidiceps
    
    
    
    Ruddy-headed Geese
    
    
    TACHYERES
    
    
40. Fuegian Steamer Duck  (ph) (*) ______  fs
    Tachyeres pteneres
    
    
41. Chubut Steamer Duck  (t3) (ARe) (ph) (*) ______  so  (another name is White-headed Steamer Duck)
    Tachyeres leucocephalus 
    
    
    
    A male Chubut, or White-headed Steamer Duck during 
    the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
42. Falkland Steamer Duck ______
    Tachyeres brachypterus
    
    
43. Flying Steamer Duck  (ph) (*) ______  fs
    Tachyeres patachonicus
    
    
    MERGANETTA
    
    
44. Torrent Duck  (ph) (*) ______  nc
    Merganetta armata  (the single member of its genus) 
    
    
    
    LOPHONETTA
    
    
45. Crested Duck  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  nw  so
    Lophonetta specularioides
    
    
    
    A Crested Duck during the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    The crest is not the most obvious feature of the bird.
    But in this photo, with the head turned a certain way, there is a hint of it,
    and also, with the sun shining on it, a visible red eye.  
    
    
    ANAS
    
    
46. White-cheeked Pintail  (ph) (*)  ______  nw 
    Anas bahamensis rubriostris
    
    
47. Yellow-billed Pintail  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  nw  so  (has also been called Brown Pintail)
    Anas georgica spinicauda
    
    In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Dafila spinicauda the "Brown Pintail".  
    
    
    
    Yellow-billed Pintails photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Bob Enever)
    
    
48. Speckled Teal  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  nw  so 
    Anas flavirostris
    
    
    
    In this photo, 4 of the ducks are Speckled Teal, the ones with the dark heads.
    The other two are Yellow-billed, or Brown Pintails.
    (photo by Marie Gardner during the FONT Argentina Tour in December 2013)
    
    
49. Silver Teal  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs 
    Anas versicolor 
    
    
    
    A male Silver Teal photographed during the 
    FONT Southern Argentina Tour in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
50. Puna Teal  (*) ______  nw
    Anas puna
    
    
51. Chiloe Wigeon  (ph) (*) ______  fs  so  (has also been called Southern Wigeon) 
    Anas sibilatrix
    
    
52. Cinnamon Teal  (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  nw  so 
    Anas cyanoptera
    
    
53. Blue-winged Teal  (ph) ______
    Anas discors
    
    
54. Red Shoveler  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  so   
    Anas platalea
    
    
    
    A Red Shoveler photographed during the FONT tour
    in southern Argentina in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner) 
    
    
55. Bronze-winged Duck  (nt) (ph) (*)  ______  fs
    Speculanas specularis  (formerly Anas specularis)
    
    Another name for Speculanas specularis is Spectacled Duck.
    
    
    
    A Spectacled Duck in glacial waters, photographed 
    during the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner)    
    
    
    NETTA
    
    
56. Rosy-billed Pochard  (ph) (*)   _____  ba  fs  so  (another name has been "Rosybill")
    Netta peposaca (monotypic)
    
    
    
    A Rosy-billed Pochard photographed during 
    the FONT Argentina Tour in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner) 
    
    
57. Southern Pochard  ______ 
    Netta e. erythrophthalma
    
    
    CALLONETTA
    
    
58. Ringed Teal  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nw 
    Callonetta leucophrys (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
    A pair of Ringed Teal photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
    AMAZONETTA
    
    
59. Brazilian Teal  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
    Amazonetta brasiliensis ipecutiri  (the single member of its genus)
    
    In the "Bird Biographies" written by W. H. Hudson in the late 1800s, the scientific name of the Brazilian Teal was Querquedula brasiliensis.
    Hudson wrote: "It is a rather curious coincidence that the vernacular name of this Teal in La Plata (the La Plata region of Argentina) is "Pato Portugues", which means, as things are understood in that region, "Brazilian Duck".  
    
    
    MERGUS
    
    
60. Brazilian Merganser  (t1) (ph)  ______ 
    Mergus octosetaceus  (monotypic)
    
    
    HETERONETTA
    
    
61. Black-headed Duck  (nt) (*)  ______  ba 
    Heteronetta atricapilla  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    The Black-headed Duck is the only brood-parasitic duck in the world. 
    
    
    OXYURA 
    
    
62. Lake Duck  (*) ______  ba  so  nw
    Oxyura vittata
    
    
63. Andean Ruddy Duck  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  nw
    Oxyura ferruginea
    
    
    
    A male Andean Ruddy Duck photographed during
    the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013
    (photo by Marie Gardner) 
    
    
    NONONYX
    
    
64. Masked Duck  (*)  ______  ba 
    Nononyx (formerly Oxyura) dominica  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
    SPHENISCUS
    
    
65. Magellanic Penguin  (nt) (ph) (*)  ______ fs  so
    Spheniscus mendiculus  (monotypic)
    
    For more about the Magellanic Penguin:  THREATENED & NEAR-THREATENED BIRDS IN PATAGONIA  
    
    
    
    A Magellanic Penguin at its burrow, 
    photographed during a FONT tour 
    
    
    APTENODYTES
    
    
66. King Penguin  (ARr) (ph) (*)  ______  fs 
    Aptenodytes patagonicus  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    A King Penguin, with Magellanic Penguins, in Argentina,
    photographed during a FONT tour 
    
    
    PYGOSCELIS
    
    
67. Gentoo Penguin  (ARr) (*) ______  fs
    Pygoscelis p. papua
    
    
68. Chinstrap Penguin  ______  (has also been called Bearded Penguin)
    Pygoscelis antarctica
    
    
    EUDYPTES
    
    
69. Southern Rockhopper Penguin  (t3) (ARr) (ph) (*)  ______  fs   
    Eudyptes chrysocome
    
    Some taxonomists consider all of the populations of Rockhopper Penguins to be one species with 3 subspecies.
    However, others assert that those around the southern coasts of South America and in the subarctic waters of the southern Pacific Oceans are the Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome.
    
    What is called the Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes moseleyi, lives in waters separated by the Subtropical Front, and is genetically different. 
    It breeds on Tristan de Cunha, Gough, St. Paul, and Amsterdam Islands in South Atlantic & Indian Oceans.   
    
    
    
    A Southern Rockhopper Penguin photographed 
    during a FONT tour in Argentina 
    (photo by Alan Brady)
    
    
70. Macaroni Penguin  (t3) (ph)  _____ 
    Eudyptes chrysolophus 
    
     
    
    Macaroni Penguin
    (photo by Hubert Hall) 
    
    
    DIOMEDEA
    
    
71. Wandering Albatross  (t3) (ph)  ______
    Diomedea exulans 
    
    
72. Northern Royal Albatross  (t2) ______
    Diomedea sanfordii
    
    
73. Southern Royal Albatross  (t3) (ph) ______
    Diomedea epomophora 
    
    
    THALASSARCHE
    
    
74. Black-browed Albatross  (nt) (ph) (*)  ______  fs  so
    Thalassarche (has been Diomedea) m. melanophrys
    
    
    
    Black-browed Albatross
    (photo by Alan Brady)
    
    
75. Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross  (nt) ______
    Thalassarche chlororhynchos
    
    
76. Gray-headed Albatross  (t3) (ph) ______
    Thalassarches chrysostoma
    
    
    PHOEBETRIA
    
    
77. Sooty Albatross  (t3) ______
    Phoebetria fusca
    
    
78. Light-mantled Albatross  (nt) ______ 
    Phoebetria palpebrata
    
    
    MACRONECTES 
    
    
79. Southern Giant Petrel  (ph) (*) ______  fs  so
    Macronectes giganteus  (monotypic)
    
    
80. Northern Giant Petrel  (nt) (ph) ______
    Macronectes halli  (monotypic)
    
    
    FULMARUS
    
    
81. Southern Fulmar  (ph) (*) ______  fs
    Fulmarus glacialoides  (monotypic)
    
    
    HALOBAENA
    
    
82. Blue Petrel ______  
    Halobaena caerulea  (the single member of its genus)
     
    
    PACHYPTILA
    
    
83. Broad-billed Prion ______   
    Pachyptila vittata
    
    The closely-related Antarctic Prion (below) has been considered conspecific with the Broad-billed Prion. 
    
    
84. Slender-billed Prion ______  
    Pachyptila belcheri
    
    
85. Antarctic Prion  ______  
    Pachyptila desolata
    
    Another name for Pachyptila desolata has been Dove Prion. 
    
    
    DAPTION
    
    
86. Cape Petrel  (ph)  ______  
    Daption capense
    
    Another name for Daption capense is Pintado.
    
    
    APHRODROMA
    
    
87. Kerguelen Petrel ______
    Aphrodroma brevirostris  (or Lugensa brevirostris)  (the single member of its genus) 
     
    
    PTERODROMA 
    
    
88. Soft-plumaged Petrel ______
    Pterodroma mollis
    
    
89. Great-winged Petrel ______
    Pterodroma macroptera
    
    
90. Kermadec Petrel ______  (this species is not common in the South Atlantic)
    Pterodroma neglecta
    
    
91. White-headed Petrel ______
    Pterodroma lessonii
    
    
92. Atlantic Petrel  (t3) ______  (has been called Hooded Petrel)
    Pterodroma incerta 
    
    
    PROCELLARIA
    
    
93. White-chinned Petrel  (t3) (*) ______  so 
    Procellaria aequinoctialis
    
    
94. Spectacled Petrel  (t1) ______  (has been split from the White-chinned Petrel)
    Procellaria conspicillata
    
    
95. Gray Petrel  (nt) ______  (also called Pediunker)
    Procellaria (formerly Adamastor) cinerea
    
    
    CALONECTRIS
    
    
96. Cory's Shearwater  (ph) ______  
    Calonectris diomedea  
    
    
    PUFFINUS
    
    
97. Manx Shearwater  (*)  ______  so 
    Puffinus puffinus  (monotypic)
    
    
98. Greater Shearwater (ph) ______  (seasonally present offshore)
    Puffinus gravis
    
    
99. Sooty Shearwater  (ph) ______  
    Puffinus griseus
    
    
100. Subantarctic Little Shearwater ______
     Puffinus elegans   
     
     
     OCEANITES
     
     
101. Wilson's Storm-Petrel  (ph)  ______  
     Oceanites oceanicus
     
     
     GARRODIA  
     
     
102. Gray-backed Storm Petrel ______
     Garrodia nereis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     FREGETTA
     
     
103. White-bellied Storm Petrel ______
     Fregetta grallaria
     
     
104. Black-bellied Storm Petrel ______
     Fregetta tropica
     
     
     PELAGODROMA
     
     
105. White-faced Storm Petrel  (ph) ______
     Pelagodroma marina  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     PELECANOIDES
     
     
106. Magellanic Diving Petrel  (*)  ______  fs  
     Pelecanoides magellani  (monotypic)
     
     
107. Common Diving Petrel  (ph) ______
     Pelecanoides urinator   
     
     
     PODILYMBUS
     
     
108. Pied-billed Grebe  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw 
     Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus
     
     
     TACHYBABTUS
     
     
109. Least Grebe  (ph) (*)  ______  nw 
     Tachybabtus (formerly Podiceps) dominicus speciosus
     
     
     ROLLANDIA
     
     
110. White-tufted Grebe  (ph) (*) ______   ba  fs  nc  nw  so
     Rollandia (formerly Podiceps) rolland chilensis
     
     
     PODICEPS
     
     
111. Great Grebe  (ph) (*)  ______   ba  fs  so
     Podiceps m. major 
     
     
     
     A Great Grebe photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Frank Stermitz)
     
     
112. Silvery Grebe  (*) ______  fs  so
     Podiceps o, occipitalis
     
     
113. Hooded Grebe  (t1) (ph) (*)  ______  fs  
     Podiceps gallardoi  (monotypic)  
     
     The Hooded Grebe was discovered and described recently, in 1974. The discovery was in Argentina about 150 kilometers east of the Perito Moreno Glacier (the Los Glaciares National Park).
     
     At first, only about 250 Hooded Grebes were thought to exist. During the next two decades, a survey of the plateaus of Santa Cruz province was undertaken and the estimated population of the Hooded Grebe was believed to be from 3,000 to 5,000 birds. Thus, in 1994, the status of the species was downlisted from "threatened" to "near-threatened".
     
     During its breeding season, the Hooded Grebe occurs solely on the high plateaus in Argentinan Patagonia east of the Andes. It breeds on a few basaltic lakes in the interior of Santa Cruz.
     In the winter, the species migrates. When the high plateau lakes are frozen, most Hooded Grebes move to the Atlantic coast of Santa Cruz. The only known wintering grounds are along the Santa Cruz, Coyle, and Gallegos estuaries. 
     The migratory flights of the Hooded Grebe across the Patagonian steppe are at night. 
     The mystery of where the species went in the winter was not solved until 1994, twenty years after the bird's discovery. To this day, the whereabouts of immature birds during the harsh winter and their migration routes are still unknown.
     
     After the winter discoveries of 1994, it was assumed that the status of the Hooded Grebe was secure, given the number thought to exist and the remoteness of where the bird occurred.
     But in 2009, a team of naturalists and biologists surveyed, during 3 weeks in the summer, the known range of the Hooded Grebe, attempting to determine a population count and find breeding colonies. And what they found was disheartening, as many of the lakes were dry or becoming clogged with silt due to the general desertification of the region.
     The situation continued to be studied the next couple years, without good news. 
     During the years 2009 to 2011, strong winds caused around 50 per cent of all the breeding attempts of the Hooded Grebe to fail. 
     The most recent counts at the wintering grounds indicated that during 7 years there was a decline of the Hooded Grebe population by 40 per cent. 
     Surveys at known breeding sites in 2006 and 2007 also found sharp declines. At one lake, where there had been 452 birds, there were 51. At 3 other lakes, where collectively there had been nearly 1,000 birds, there were none.
     In 2009, the species was uplisted from "near threatened" to "threatened". Now the Hooded Grebe is listed as "critically threatened", as the situation has continued to worsen.
     During the last three breeding seasons (up to 2011), data has shown that the estimated global population of the species fell close to 80 per cent, when compared to what had been found back in the 1980s.
     In the 1980s, an average of 2,500 Hooded Grebes were found at 78 lakes. In 2011, only 400 were found at those 78 lakes and at around 120 other lakes.
     While it is thought that numbers can fluctuate considerably from year to year, the overall declines that have been found at both the breeding and wintering grounds of the Hooded Grebe sadly appear to be real and rapid. 
     
            
     
     Hooded Grebe
                              
     
     
     PHOENICOPTERUS
     
     
114. Chilean Flamingo  (nt) (ph) (*)  ______  fs  nc  nw  so   
     Phoenicopterus chilensis
     
     
     
     Above & below: Chilean Flamingos photographed during 
     the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013
     Above: an adult   Below: immatures  
     (photos by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     
     
     
     PHOENICOPARRUS
     
     
115. Andean Flamingo  (t3) (*)   ______  nw  
     Phoenicoparrus andinus
     
     
116. Puna Flamingo  (nt) (*)  ______  nw
     Phoenicoparrus jamesi 
     
     
     JABIRU
     
     
117. Jabiru  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Jabiru mycteria  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     A Jabiru in flight, photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
     CICONIA
     
     
118. Maguari Stork  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  ne
     Ciconia maguari  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     A Maguari Stork photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     MYCTERIA
     
     
119. Wood Stork  (ph) (*)  ______  ne  nw 
     Mycteria americana  (monotypic)
     
     
     THERISTICUS
     
     
120. Buff-necked Ibis  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Theristicus caudatus 
     
     
121. Black-faced Ibis  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  nw
     Theristicus melanopis
     
     
     
     A Black-faced Ibis photographed during the FONT tour
     in southern Argentina in December 2013
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
122. Plumbeous Ibis  (ph)  ______ 
     Theristicus (formerly Harpiprion) caerulescens  (monotypic)
     
     
     MESEMBRINIBIS
     
     
123. Green Ibis  ______ 
     Mesembrinibis cayennensis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     PHIMOSUS
     
     
124. Bare-faced Ibis  (*)  ______  ba  ne 
     Phimosus infuscatus nudifrons  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     PLEGADIS
     
     
125. White-faced Ibis  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  ne  so  
     Plegadis chihi  (monotypic)
     
     
126. Puna Ibis  (*) ______  nw
     Plegadis ridgwayi  
     
     
     PLATALEA
     
     
127. Roseate Spoonbill  (ph) (*) ______  ba  nc  ne 
     Platalea (formerly Ajaia) ajaja  (monotypic)
     
     
     BUTORIDES
     
     
128. Striated Heron  (ph) (*) ______  ba  nc  ne   
     Butorides striatus
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Ardetta involucris the "Little Red Heron", or "Variegated Heron".   
     
     
     
     A Striated Heron photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
     IXOBRYCHUS
     
     
129. Least Bittern  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Ixobrychus exilis 
     
     
130. Stripe-backed Bittern  (*)  ______  ba 
     Ixobrychus involucris  (monotypic)
     
     
     BOTAURUS
     
     
131. Pinnated Bittern  (ph)  ______  ba
     Botaurus pinnatus 
     
     
     TIGRISOMA
     
     
132. Rufescent Tiger Heron  (ph) (*)  ______  nc  ne
     Tigrisoma lineatum marmoratum
     
     
133. Fasciated Tiger Heron  ______
     Tigrosoma fasciatum
     
     
     NYCTICORAX
     
     
134. Black-crowned Night Heron  (ph) (*) ______  ba  fs  ne  nw  so
     Nycticorax nycticorax 
     
     
     COCHLEARIUS
     
     
135. Boat-billed Heron  (ph)  ______ 
     Cochlearius c. cochlearius  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     SYRIGMA
     
     
136. Whistling Heron  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne 
     Syrigma s. sibilatrix  (the single member of its genus)
     
     The Argentina/British ornithologist William Henry Hudson wrote in his "Bird Biographies" in the late 1800s about the Whistling Heron, with the scientific name at that time of Ardea sibilatrix.
     Here is some of what he wrote:
     
     "It is a beautiful bird, with plumage as soft as down to touch. Its colors are clear blue-grey and pale yellow, the under surface being nearly white. In some specimens I have obtained the rump and tail-coverts had a pure primrose hue. 
     There is a chestnut mark on the side of the head. The eye is white, and the legs dark green in life."
     
     Felix de Azara, back in the late 1700s, named the Whistling Heron "Flauta del Sol" (the "Flute of the Sun"), a translation from a local (Paraguayan) Indian name, derived from the popular belief that its whistling notes, which have a melodious and melancholy sound, prophesize changes in the weather.    
     
     
     
     Whistling Heron
     
     
     BUBULCUS
     
     
137. Western Cattle Egret  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw 
     Bubulcus ibis
     
     The Western Cattle Egret occurs in Africa, parts of Europe, and the Americas. The Eastern Cattle Egret, Bubulcus coromandus occurs in eastern Asia. 
     
     The Western Cattle Egret arrived, apparently on its own, in northern South America from Africa in the mid 20th Century. 
     In far-southern South America, the first records on Tierra del Fuego were during the fall of 1975.
     The southernmost occurrence of the Western Cattle Egret has been on the Antarctic Peninsula at 65 degrees south.  
     
     
     EGRETTA
     
     
138. Little Blue Heron  (ph)  ______  (very rare in Argentina) 
     Egretta caerulea  (monotypic)
     
     
139. Snowy Egret  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw  so
     Egretta thula 
     
     
     ARDEA
     
     
140. Cocoi Heron  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw  
     Ardea cocoi  (monotypic) 
     
     The Cocoi Heron has also been called the White-necked Heron, but there is a species so-named in Australia. 
     
     
     CASMERODIUS
     
     
141. Great Egret  (ph) (*)  ______ ba  nc  ne  nw  so
     Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba egretta 
     
     
     FREGATA
     
     
142. Magnificent Frigatebird  (ph)  ______ 
     Fregata magnificens  (now considered monotypic) 
     
     
     SULA
     
     
143. Brown Booby  (ph)  ______ (has occurred as a vagrant at Buenos Aires)
     Sula leucogaster  
     
     
     PHALACROCORAX
     
     
144. Neotropic Cormorant  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  ne  nw  so  
     Phalacrocorax b. brasilianus  (formerly P. olivacous) 
     
     Phalacrocorax brasilianus has also been called the Olivaceous Cormorant.
     
     
145. Red-legged Shag  (nt) (ph) (*) ______  fs  
     Phalacrocorax gaimardi  (monotypic)
     
     Phalacrocorax gaimardi has also been called the Red-legged Cormorant.
     
     
     
     The Red-legged Shag, or Red-legged Cormorant
     has been seen during FONT tours along the 
     Rio Deseado in the Santa Cruz province of Argentina.
     
     
146. Rock Shag  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  so  (has been called Rock Cormorant; another name has been Magellan Cormorant)
     Phalacrocorax magellanicus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Above & below: Rock Shags photographed during FONT tours
     
     In the photo below, adults and a fledgling at a nesting colony
     during the FONT Southern Argentina Tour In December 2013
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     
     
     
147. Guanay Cormorant  (*)  ______  so
     Phalacrocorax bougainvilli
     
     
148. King Shag  (*)  ______  fs  so
     Phalacrocorax albiventer
     
     
149. Imperial Shag  (*) ______ fs  (has been called Blue-eyed Cormorant)
     Phalacrocorax atriceps
     
     
150. Antarctic Shag ______  (this species breeds on the South Shetland Islands in the far-southern Atlantic)
     Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis
       
     
     ANHINGA
     
     
151. Anhinga  (ph) (*)  ______  ne
     Anhinga a. anhinga
     
     
     SACORAMPHUS
     
     
152. King Vulture  (ph) (*)  ______  nw 
     Sarcoramphus papa  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     CORAGYPS
     
     
153. Black Vulture  (ph) (*)   ______  nc  ne  nw  so 
     Coragyps atratus  (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
     CATHARTES
     
     
154. Turkey Vulture  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  ne  nw  so 
     Cathartes aura 
     
     
155. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Cathartes burrovianus   (now said to be monotypic)
     
     
     VULTUR
     
     
156. Andean Condor (nt) (ph) (*) ______  fs  nc  nw  
     Vultur gryphus
     
     
     
     An Andean Condor
     
     
     CARACARA
     
     
157. Southern Crested Caracara  (ph) (*) ______  ba  fs  nc  ne  nw  so   
     Caracara plancus
     
     The Southern Crested Caracara was conspecific with the Northern Crested Caracara, Caracara cheriway, of north of the Amazon and further north in Central America and parts of North America.  
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Polyboras tharus, the "Caracara" and the "Carancho". The second of these two names, he said, was the common name for the species in is range south of Paraguay, coming possibly from a name of the native Puelche people for the bird.  
     
     
     
     A Southern Crested Caracara photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
     
     MILVAGO
     
     
158. Yellow-headed Caracara  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Milvago c. chimachima
     
     
     
     A Yellow-headed Caracara photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Virginia Woodhouse)
     
     
159. Chimango Caracara  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  ne  so 
     Milvago c. chimango
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called Milvago chimango the "Common Carrion Hawk". 
     
     
     POLYBORUS
     
     
160. Mountain Caracara  (*)  ______  nw
     Polyborus megalopterus
     
     
161. White-throated Caracara  (*)  ______ fs
     Polyborus albogularis
     
     
162. Striated Caracara  (nt) (ph)  ______
     Polyborus australis 
     
     
     
     The Striated Caracara of far-southern South America
     (photo by Hubert Hall)
     
     
     HERPETOTHERES
     
     
163. Laughing Falcon  (ph)  ______ 
     Herpetotheres cachinnans  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     MICRASTUR
     
     
164. Barred Forest Falcon  ______ 
     Micrastur r. ruficollis
     
     
165. Collared Forest Falcon  ______ 
     Micrastur s. semitorquatus 
     
     Micrastur semitorqutus is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina.
     
     
     SPIZIAPTERYX 
     
     
166. Spot-winged Falconet  (*)  ______  nc  so
     Spizapteryx circumcinctus
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called Spizapteryx circumcinctus the "Pigmy Falcon". 
      
     
     FALCO
     
     
167. American Kestrel  (ph) (*) ______  ba  fs  nc  ne  nw  so 
     Falco sparverius caerae
     
     
168. Bat Falcon  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Falco r. rufigularis
     
     
169. Orange-breasted Falcon  (ph)  ______ 
     Falco deiroleucos  (monotypic)
     
     
170. Aplomado Falcon  (ph) (*) ______  fs  nc  ne  nw  so  
     Falco femoralis
     
     
     
     An Aplomado Falcon photographed during the FONT tour
     in southern Argentina in December 2013
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
171. Peregrine Falcon  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  nc  nw 
     Falco peregrinus tundrius  
     
     
     PANDION
     
     
172. Osprey  (ph)  ______ 
     Pandion haliaetus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     ELANOIDES
     
     
173. Swallow-tailed Kite  (ph) (*)  ______ ne  nw
     Elanoides forficatus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     GAMPSONYX
     
     
174. Pearl Kite  (ph)  ______ 
     Gampsonyx swainsonii  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     ELANUS
     
     
175. White-tailed Kite  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw  so 
     Elanus l. leucurus
     
     
     LEPTODON
     
     
176. Gray-headed Kite  (*)  ______  ne  
     Leptodon cayanensis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     CHONDROHIERAX
     
     
177. Hook-billed Kite  (*)  ______  ne  nw 
     Chondrohierax uncinatus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     ROSTRHAMUS
     
     
178. Snail Kite  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  ne 
     Rostrhamus s. sociabilis 
     
     
     HARPAGUS
     
     
179. Rufous-thighed Kite  (*)  ______  ne  nw 
     Harpagus diodon  (monotypic)
     
     
     ICTINIA
     
     
180. Plumbeous Kite  (*)  _______   ne  nw
     Ictinia plumbea  (monotypic)
     
     
181. Mississippi Kite ______
     Ictinia mississippiensis
     
     
     CIRCUS
     
     
182. Long-winged Harrier  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  ne 
     Circus buffoni  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Above & below: Long-winged Harriers photographed during FONT tours
     (photos by Marie Gardner) 
     
     
     
     
     
183. Cinereous Harrier  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  nc  nw  so  
     Circus cinereus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     A Cinereous Harrier photographed during the FONT tour
     in southern Argentina in December 2013
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     GERANOSPIZA
     
     
184. Crane Hawk  (ph) (*) ______ 
     Geranospiza caerulescens  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     ACCIPITER
     
     
185. Rufous-thighed Hawk  (*)  ______  ne  
     Accipiter erythronemius 
     
     Accipiter erythronemius was, at one time, said to be conspecific with the more-northerly Sharp-shinned Hawk. 
     
     
186. Bicolored Hawk  (*)  ______  fs  nw 
     Accipiter bicolor 
     
     
187. Tiny Hawk  _____ 
     Accipiter superciliosus
     
     Accipiter superciliosus is classified as a threatened species in Argentina.
     
     
188. Gray-bellied Hawk  (nt)  ______ 
     Accipiter poliogaster  (monotypic) 
     
     Accipiter poliogaster is classified as an endangered species in Argentina.
     
     
     LEUCOPTERNIS
     
     
189. Mantled Hawk  (nt)  ______ 
     Leucopternis polionotus  (monotypic)  
     
     
     BUTEOGALLUS
     
     
190. Great Black Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______  ne  nw 
     Buteogallus u. urubitinga 
     
     
191. Savanna Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  ne 
     Buteogallus meridionalis  (monotypic) 
     
     
     HARPYHALIAETUS
     
     
192. Crowned Solitary Eagle  (t3) (ph) (*)  ______  ne
     Harpyhaliaetus coronatus  (monotypic) 
     
     
193. Montane Solitary Eagle ______
     Harpyhaliaetus solitarius 
     
     
     BUSARELLUS
     
     
194. Black-collared Hawk  (ph) (*) ______  ne 
     Busarellus nigricollis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     GERANOAETUS
     
     
195. Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  nc  ne  nw  so   
     Geranoaetus melanoleucus 
     
     
196. White-tailed Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______  nc  ne  so 
     Geranoaetus a. albicaudatus  (formerly Buteo a. albicaudatus)
     
     
     
     An adult White-tailed Hawk photographed during the FONT tour
     in southern Argentina in December 2013
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
197. Variable Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______  nc  nw  so
     Geranoaetus p. polyosoma  (formerly Buteo p. polyosoma)  ("Red-backed Hawk)
     Geranoaetus polyosoma poecilochrous  (formerly Buteo polyosoma poecilochrous)   ("Puna Hawk")
     
     
     
     Above & below: Variable Hawks, the red-backed form
     In the photo below, a young Variable Hawk 
     photographed on the Valdes Peninsula 
     during the December 2013 FONT Argentina Tour  
     (upper photo courtesy of Hubert Hall;
      lower photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     
     
     
     RUPORNIS
     
     
198. Roadside Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne nw
     Rupornis magnirostris  (formerly Buteo magnirostris)
     Rupornis magnirostris magniplumis   subspecies in northwest Argentina
     Rupornis magnirostris pucherani  subspecies in eastern Argentina
     
     
     
     An immature Roadside Hawk photographed during a FONT tour
     Subspecies Rupornis magnirostris pucherani.
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     BUTEO
     
     
199. Gray-lined Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______
     Buteo nitida pallida 
     
     The Gray-lined Hawk was conspecific with the Gray Hawk, Buteo plagiatus, of northern Central America, Mexico, and the southwest US.   
     
     
200. Rufous-tailed Hawk  (nt)  ______
     Buteo ventralis
     
     
201. White-throated Hawk  ______
     Buteo albigula
     
     
202. Short-tailed Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______  nw 
     Buteo b. brachyurus  
     
     
203. Swainson's Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______  nw
     Buteo swainsoni 
     
     
     
     Swainson's Hawk
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
     PARABUTEO
     
     
204. Bay-winged Hawk  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  ne  so  
     Parabuteo unicinctus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Parabuteo unicinctus is called the Harris' Hawk in North America.
     
     
     PERCNOHIERAX
     
     
205. White-rumped Hawk ______
     Percnohierax (formerly Buteo) leucorrhous
     
     
     HARPIA
     
     
206. Harpy Eagle  (nt) (ph)  _____ 
     Harpia harpyja  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     MORPHNUS 
     
     
207. Crested Eagle  (nt) ______
     Morphnus guianensis
     
     
     SPIZAETUS
     
     
208. Ornate Hawk-Eagle  (nt) (ph)  ______ 
     Spizaetus o. ornatus
     
     Spizaetus ornatus is classified as a threatened species in Argentina.
     
     
209. Black Hawk-Eagle  ______ 
     Spizaetus t. tyrannus 
     
     Spizaetus tyrannus is classified as an endangered species in Argentina.   
     
     
     SPIZASTUR
     
     
210. Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle  ______ 
     Spizaetus melanoleucus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     Spizaetus melanoleucus is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina. 
     
     
     OROAETUS
     
     
211. Black-and-chestnut Eagle  (t3)  ______
     Oroaetus isidori
      
     
     CARIAMA  
     
     
212. Red-legged Seriema  (ph)  ______ 
     Cariama cristata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     CHUNGA
     
     
213. Black-legged Seriema  (*)  ______  nc
     Chunga burmeisteri  (the single ember of its genus) 
     
     
     RALLUS
     
     
214. Austral Rail  (t3) (*)   ______  fs
     Rallus antarcticus
     
     Until 1998, there were only 3 records of the Austral Rail since 1900, and none since 1959.
     In January 1998, an effort was made to find the bird, and it was found (in response to a tape recording of the similar Virginia Rail) between Calafate and La Angostura, in the Santa Cruz province of Argentina. An individual of this obviously secretive species, responding to the taped call, gave a sufficiently good view to substantiate the rediscovery of the species.
     Since then, the Austral Rail has been found at a number of sites in that part of Argentina, and even in Chile.
     In Argentina, the sites have been at 7 localities in Santa Cruz province and 2 in Chubut.
     In Chile, two sites for the Austral Rail have been in Magallanes.
     
     So it was in 1998 that the voice of the Austral Rail, itself, was determined. The bird gives a series of 5 to 10 high-pitched and strident "pi-ric" notes introduced by a single "pic". Also the bird has a loud call.     
     
     Curiously, all of the recent records of the Austral Rail have been outside the historical range, despite searchings at former haunts. 
     That the bird is found in Patagonia during its breeding season, while the historical Buenos Aires specimens were taken in the autumn and winter, seems to confirm that the species is migratory. On the other hand, there were old breeding records in central Chile (well to the north of Patagonia).
     
     A recent record of an Austral Rail on the Falkland Islands seems to have been a vagrant, thus substantiating the species to be migratory. 
     
     The Austral Rail has a dusky red bill, and pinkish-red legs.    
     
     An Austral Rail was seen in flight, albeit it quickly, during the FONT Southern Argentina Tour in December 2013, at a wetland between in Patagonia between El Chalten and La Leona.          
     
     
     PARDIRALLUS
     
     
215. Plumbeous Rail  (*) ______  ba  ne  nw  so
     Pardirallus (formerly Rallus) sanguinolentus
     
     The Plumbeous Rail, a common bird, is larger than the rare Austral Rail (above). Pardirallus sanguinolentus has a green bill (longer than that of the Austral Rail), and plain underparts and an unbarred rear.
     
     All of the crakes (below) are smaller than the Plumbeous Rail and the Austral Rail. 
     
     
216. Blackish Rail  ______ 
     Pardirallus nigricans 
     
     
217. Spotted Rail ______
     Pardirallus maculatus 
     
     
     ARAMIDES
     
     
218. Giant Wood Rail  (*) ______  ne 
     Aramides ypecaha  (monotypic) 
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called Aramides ypecaha the Ypecaha Rail.
     "Ypecaha" is a native Guarani Indian name, preserved by Felix de Azara, a Spanish soldier who was assigned to Asuncion (in Paraguay) in 1784. 
     During 13 years, Azara collected specimens and wrote about various aspects of natural history in the colony. He studied an impressive 448 bird species, later reduced to 381 as correct taxonomy was imposed. Deprived of ornithological literature, Azara had invented names for his specimens, often based on their physical characteristics. Later, some of those names were discarded, but others kept by more established taxonomists of the time (such as Temminck, Viellot).           
     
     
219. Gray-necked Wood Rail  (ph) (*) ______  ba  nw 
     Aramides c. cajanea
     
     
220. Slaty-breasted Wood Rail  (*)  ______  ne 
     Aramides saracura  (monotypic)
     
     Aramides saracura is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.
     
     
     NEOCREX
     
     
221. Paint-billed Crake ______
     Neocrex erythrops
     
     
     PORZANA
     
     
222. Ash-throated Crake  (*)  ______  ne 
     Porzana a. albicollis
     
     
223. Yellow-breasted Crake  (*) ______  ne
     Porzana flaviventer
     
     
224. Dot-winged Crake ______ 
     Porzana spiloptera  
     
     
     MICROPYGIA 
     
     
225. Ocellated Crake ______
     Micropygia schomburgkii 
     
     
     LATERALLUS
     
     
226. Rufous-sided Crake  (*) ______  nw 
     Laterallus melanophaius
     
     
227. Red-and-white Crake ______
     Laterallus leucopyrrhus
     
     
228. Black Rail  (nt) ______  (might better be called Black Crake)
     Laterallus jamaicensis
     
     
     COTURNICOPS
     
     
229. Speckled Crake ______   (also called Speckled Rail)
     Coturnicops notatus (monotypic)
     
     
     GALLINULA
     
     
230. Common Gallinule  (ph) (*) ______  ba  nc  ne  nw  so 
     Gallinula galeata
     
     
231. Spot-flanked Gallinule  (ph) (*)  ______  ba 
     Gallinula m. melanops  
     
     
     
     A Spot-flanked Gallinule photographed during the FONT tour
     in southern Argentina in December 2013.
     Although seemingly shy, with its head turned away, the bird's
     spotted flanks show nicely.
     (photo by Marie Gardner) 
     
     
     PORHYRULA
     
     
232. Purple Gallinule  (ph) (*)  ______  ne
     Porphyrula martinicus (monotypic)
     
     
233. Azure Gallinule  (*)  ______  ne 
     Porphyrula flavirostris (monotypic)
     
     
     FULICA
     
     
234. Red-gartered Coot  (*)  ______   ba  fs  nc  nw  so
     Fulica armilata  (monotypic)
     
     
235. White-winged Coot  (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  nw  so  
     Fulica leucoptera (monotypic)
     
     
236. Red-fronted Coot  (ph) (*)   ______  ba  fs  nc  so  
     Fulica rufifrons  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     A Red-fronted Coot photographed during the FONT Argentina Tour in December 2013.
     This was 1 of 3 species of coots seen in Buenos Aires during that tour.  
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
237. Andean Coot  (*) ______  nc  nw
     Fulica ardesiaca
     
     
238. Giant Coot  (*)  ______  nw
     Fulica gigantea
     
     
239. Horned Coot  (t3) (*)  ______  nw
     Fulica cornuta
     
     
     HELIORNIS
     
     
240. Sungrebe  (ph)  ______  (an alternate name would be  "American Finfoot")
     Heliornis fulica (monotypic)
     
     
     ARAMUS
       
     
241. Limpkin  (ph) (*) ______ ba  ne
     Aramus guarauna  (the single member of its genus & family)
     
     
     CHIONIS
     
     
242. Snowy Sheathbill  (*)  ______  fs  so  
     Chionis albus
     
     
     PLUVIANELLUS
     
     
243. Magellanic Plover  (ph) (*)  ______  fs
     Pluvianellus socialis
     
     
     
     Above & below: pairs of rare Magellanic Plovers photographed 
     during FONT tours in far-southern Patagonia.
     Those below were during the our Argentina Tour in December 2013.
     (lower photo by Marie Gardner)   
     
     
     
     
     
     HAEMATOPUS  
     
244. American Oystercatcher  (ph) (*) ______  so 
     Haematopus palliatus
     
     
245. Magellanic Oystercatcher  (ph) (*)  ______  fs
     Haematopus leucopodus
     
     
     
     A Magellanic Oystercatcher photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
     
246. Blackish Oystercatcher  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  so
     Haematopus ater 
     
     
     
     Blackish Oystercatchers
     (photo by Hubert Hall)
     
     
     RECURVIROSTRA
     
     
247. Andean Avocet  (*)  ______  nw
     Recirvirostra andina
     
     
     HIMANTOPUS
     
     
248. White-backed Stilt  (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  so   
     Himantopus melanurus
     
     The White-backed Stilt of South America has been said to be conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World, Himantopus hamantopus, including also the Black-necked Stilt of mostly North America.    
     
     
249. Black-necked Stilt  (ph) (*)  ______  nw
     Himantopus mexicanus 
     
     
     VANELLUS
     
250. Southern Lapwing  (ph) (*) ______  ba  fs  nc  ne  nw  so 
     Vanellus chilensis 
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Vanellus cayennensis the "Spur-winged Lapwing".
     In Argentina, the bird is commonly called "Teru-teru", quoting Hudson, "from its ever-repeated disyllabic cry". 
     
     
251. Andean Lapwing  (*)  ______  nc  nw
     Vanellus resplendens
     
     
     PHEGORNIS
     
     
252. Diademed Plover  (ph)  ______
     Phegornis mitchellii
     
     
     PLUVIALIS
     
     
253. Black-bellied Plover  (ph) (*) ______  so   (called Grey Plover in the Old World) 
     Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae
     
     
254. American Golden Plover  (ph) (*)  ______ 
     Pluvialis dominica  (monotypic)
     
     
     CHARADRIUS
     
     
255. Collared Plover  (*) ______  nw 
     Charadrius collaris  (monotypic)
     
     
256. Semipalmated Plover  (ph) (*) ______ 
     Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic) 
     
     
257. Two-banded Plover  (ph) (*) ______  fs  so 
     Charadrius falklandicus
     
     
     
     A Two-banded Plover photographed during the
     FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013
     (photo Marie Gardner) 
     
     
258. Puna Plover  (*)  ______  nw
     Charadrius alticola 
     
     
259. Rufous-chested Plover  (*) ______  fs  (has been called Rufous-chested Dotterel) 
     Charadrius modestus 
     
     
     OREOPHOLUS
     
     
260. Tawny-throated Dotterel  (ph) (*) ______  fs  nw  so  
     Oreopholus ruficollis
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called Oreopholus ruficollis the "Slender-billed Plover".
     
     
     
     The attractive Tawny-throated Dotterel, photographed 
     during the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     NYCTICRYPHES
     
     
261. South American Painted Snipe (*) ______  nw  
     Nyctiryphes semicollaris
     
     
     JACANA  
     
     
262. Wattled Jacana  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw 
     Jacana j. jacana
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson referred to other names of the Jacana, then with the scientific name Parra jacana.
     Those names included "Yasana" (similar to "Jacana") and "Alas-amarillas" ("Yellow-wings").
     Hudson noted that the Jacana differs from ""all other members of the "Limicoline Order" (as the shorebird order was known at that time).     
     
       
     
     A juvenile Wattled Jacana 
     photographed during a FONT tour 
     
     
     THINOCORUS
     
     
263. Least Seedsnipe  (ph) (*) ______  fs  so 
     Thinocorus rumicivorus
     
     
     
     A Least Seedsnipe in Patagonia
     (photo by Cameron Rutt)
     
     
264. Gray-breasted Seedsnipe  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  nw
     Thinocorus orbignyianus
     
     
     ATTAGIS
     
     
265. White-bellied Seedsnipe  (ph) (*)  ______  fs
     Attagis malouinus
     
     
     
     A White-bellied Seedsnipe photographed 
     during a FONT tour in Argentina
     (photo by Larry O' Meallie)
     
     
266. Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe  ______
     Attagis gayi  
     
     
     GALLINAGO  
     
     
267. South American Snipe  (*)  ______  fs  ne  so   
     Gallinago p. paraguaiae 
     
     The South American Snipe has been conspecific with what is now the Wilson's Snipe, Gallinago delicata, of North America, which also was conspecific with the Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago, of the Old World. 
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called Gallinago paraguaiae the "Paraguay Snipe". 
     
     
268. Fuegian Snipe  (*)  ______  fs  (has been called Strickland's Snipe or Cordilleran Snipe)
     Gallinago stricklandis
     
     
269. Puna Snipe  (ph)  ______
     Gallinago andina
     
     
     LIMNODROMUS
     
     
270. Short-billed Dowitcher  (ph) (*) ______
     Limnodromus griseus 
     
     
     LIMOSA
     
     
271. Hudsonian Godwit  (ph) (*)  ______  fs 
     Limosa haemastica  (monotypic) 
     
     
     NUMENIUS
     
     
272. Whimbrel  (ph) (*) ______  fs
     Numenius phaeopus
     
     
273. Eskimo Curlew  (t1) ______  (now presumed extinct; the last sightings may have been in the 1980s)
     Numenius borealis 
     
     
     BARTRAMIA
     
     
274. Upland Sandpiper  (*)  ______  ne 
     Bartramia longicauda  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     Bartramia longicauda is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina.
     
     
     TRINGA
     
     
275. Greater Yellowlegs  (*)  ______  ba  fs  ne  nw  so 
     Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
     
     
276. Lesser Yellowlegs  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  ne  so 
     Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
     
     
277. Solitary Sandpiper  (ph) (*) ______  ne 
     Tringa s. solitaria
     
     
278. Willet  (ph) ______ 
     Tringa (formerly Catoptrophorus) semipalmatus
     
     
     ACTITIS
     
     
279. Spotted Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______  ba 
     Actitis macularia (monotypic)
     
     
     ARENARIA
     
     
280. Ruddy Turnstone  (ph) (*)  _____ 
     Arenaria interpres morinella
     
     
     APHRIZA
     
     
281. Surfbird  (*)  ______
     Aphriza virgata 
     
     
     CALIDRIS
     
     
282. Red Knot  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  so 
     Calidris canutus rufa
     
     
283. Sanderling  (ph) (*)  ______  so 
     Calidris alba rubida
     
     
284. Baird's Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  _____  ba  fs  nc  nw  so 
     Calidris bairdii  (monotypic)
     
     
285. White-rumped Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  so 
     Calidris fuscicollis  (monotypic)
     
       
286. Pectoral Sandpiper  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc 
     Calidris melanotos  (monotypic)
     
     
287. Stilt Sandpiper  (ph)  ______ 
     Calidris (formerly Micropalama) himantopus (monotypic) 
     
     
288. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (ph)  ______
     Calidris pusilla
     
     
289. Least Sandpiper  (ARr) (ph) (*) ______  ba
     Calidris minutilla
     
     
     TRYNGITES
     
     
290. Buff-breasted Sandpiper  (nt) (ph) ______  
     Tryngites subruficollis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     PHALAROPUS
     
     
291. Wilson's Phalarope  (*)  ______  fs 
     Phalaropus (formerly Steganopus) tricolor  (monotypic) 
     
     
292. Red Phalarope  (ph)  ______
     Phalaropus fulicarius
     
     
293. Red-necked Phalarope  (ph)  ______
     Phalaropus (formerly Lobipes) lobatus
      
     
     LARUS
     
294. Kelp Gull  (ph) (*) ______  ba  fs  so  (called Dominican Gull in Australia & Africa) 
     Larus d. dominicanus   
     
     
295. Olrog's Gull  (t3)  ______   
     Larus atlanticus  (monotypic)
     
     The Olrog's Gull was part of the Band-tailed Gull when it was considered conspecific with the Belcher's Gull of the Pacific coast of South America.
     
     
296. Gray-hooded Gull  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nw 
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) c. cirrocephalus
     
     
297. Brown-hooded Gull  (ph) (*)   ______  ba  fs  nc  so 
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) maculipennis  (monotypic) 
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H, Hudson called what was then Larus maculipennis the "Argentine Black-headed Gull". 
     
     
     
     Brown-hooded Gulls photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
298. Andean Gull  (*)  ______  nc  nw
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) serranus  
      
     
     LEUCOPHAEUS 
     
     
299. Dolphin Gull  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  so  (another name has been Magellan Gull)
     Leucophaeus scoresbii 
     
     
     
     A Dolphin Gull photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
     GELOCHELIDON
     
     
300. Gull-billed Tern  (ph) (*) ______  ba
     Gelochelidon nilotica
     
     
     STERNA
     
     
301. Snowy-crowned Tern  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  so   (has also been called Trudeau's Tern)
     Sterna trudeaui (monotypic) 
     
     
302. South American Tern  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  so 
     Sterna hirundinacea  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     South American Terns during a FONT tour
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
     
303. Antarctic Tern  ______ 
     Sterna vittata
     
     
304. Common Tern  (*)  ______  so 
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     
305. Arctic Tern  (ph)  ______  (seasonally offshore)
     Sterna paradisaea
     
     
306. Roseate Tern  (ph) ______
     Sterna dougallii 
     
     
     PHAETUSA
     
     
307. Large-billed Tern  (ph) (*) ______  ne 
     Phaetusa simplex chloropoda  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     STERNULA
     
     
308. Yellow-billed Tern  (*)  ______  ne  (has also been called Amazon Tern, but not restricted to that basin) 
     Sternula (formerly Sterna) superciliaris (monotypic) 
     
     
     THALASSEUS
     
     
309. Cayenne Tern  (*)  ______  so  (was considered conspecific with the more-northerly Sandwich Tern)
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) eurygnatha
     
     
310. Royal Tern  (ph) (*)  ______  so 
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima  
     
     
     RYNCHOPS
     
     
311. Black Skimmer  (ph) (*)  ______  ba 
     Rynchops nigra 
     
     
     STERCORARIUS
     
     
312. Parasitic Jaeger  (ph)  ______  (has also been called Arctic Skua)
     Stercorarius parasiticus  
     
     
313. Long-tailed Jaeger  (ph) ______  (offshore waters) 
     Stercorarius longicaudus  
     
     
314. Pomarine Jaeger  (ph) ______  (generally occurs offshore) 
     Stercorarius pomarinus  
     
     
315. South Polar Skua  (ph) ______  (offshore waters)
     Stercorarius maccormicki 
     
     
316. Brown Skua  (*) ______  fs  so  (offshore & coastally) 
     Stercorarius antarcticus
     
     
317. Chilean Skua  (ph) (*) ______  fs  (offshore & coastally) 
     Stercorarius chilensis  
     
     
     PATAGIOENAS
     
     
318. Scaled Pigeon  ______ 
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) speciosa (monotypic)
     
     
319. Picazuro Pigeon  (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw 
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) picazuro
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Columba picazuro the "Argentine Wood Pigeon".  
     
     
320. Spot-winged Pigeon  (*)  ______  ba  nc  so 
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) maculosa 
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Zenaida maculata the "Spotted Dove".  
     
      
321. Pale-vented Pigeon  (*)  ______  ne  nw
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) cayennensis 
     
     
322. Band-tailed Pigeon  (ph)  ______
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) fasciata 
     
     
323. Chilean Pigeon  ______  
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) araucana
     
     
     COLUMBA
     
     
324. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  ne  nw  so 
     Columba livia
     
     
     ZENAIDA
     
     
325. Eared Dove  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  ne  nc  nw  so 
     Zenaida auriculata virgata 
     
     
326. Pacific Dove  (ARr)  ______
     Zenaida meloda
     
     A Pacific Dove photographed in La Rioja province in March 2007 was a new species for Argentina.  
     
     
     COLUMBINA
     
     
327. Ruddy Ground Dove  (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne 
     Columbina t. talpacoti
     
     
328. Picui Ground Dove  (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw  so  
     Columbina picui
     
     
329. Scaled Dove  (ph)  ______ 
     Columbina squammata
     
     
     CLARAVIS
     
     
330. Blue Ground Dove  ______ 
     Claravis preiosa  (monotypic) 
     
     
331. Purple-winged Ground Dove  (t2)  ______
     Claravis godefrida
     
     
     METRIOPELIA
     
     
332. Black-winged Ground Dove  (*)  ______  nc
     Metriopelia melanoptera
     
     
333. Golden-spotted Ground Dove  (*)  ______  nw
     Metriopelia aymara
     
     
334. Bare-faced Ground Dove  (*)  ______  nw
     Metriopelia ceciliae
     
     
335. Moreno's Ground Dove  (*)  ______  nc
     Metriopelia morenoi
     
     
     LEPTOTILA
     
     
336. White-tipped Dove  (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne   (has been called White-fronted Dove)
     Leptotila verreauxi 
     
      
337. Gray-fronted Dove  (*) ______  ne 
     Leptotila rufaxilla 
     
     
338. Yungas Dove  (*)  ______  nc  (has been called Large-tailed Dove and White-faced Dove) 
     Leptotila megalura
     
     
     GEOTRYGON
     
     
339. Ruddy Quail-Dove  ______ 
     Geotrygon m. montana
     
     
340. Violaceous Quail-Dove  (*)  ______  ne 
     Geotrygon violacea
     
     Geotrygon violacea is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina.
     
     
341. White-throated Quail-Dove  (*)  ______  nw
     Geotrygon frenata
     
     
     ARA
     
     
342. Red-and-green Macaw  (ph)  ______ 
     Ara chloroptera  (monotypic)  
     
     
343. Military Macaw  ______
     Ara militaris
     
     
     PRIMOLIUS
     
     
344. Blue-winged Macaw  (nt) (*) ______  ne  
     Primolius (formerly Propyrrhura) maracana  (monotypic)
     
     Another name for Primolius maracana has been the Illiger's Macaw. 
     
     Primolius maracana is classified as a critically endangered species in Argentina. 
     
     
345. Golden-collared Macaw  (ph) (*)  ______  ne  
     Primolius (formerly Propyrrhura) auricollis  (monotypic) 
     
     Other names for Primolius auricollis have been the Yellow-collared Macaw or the Cassin's Macaw.   
     
     
     ANODORHYNCHUS
     
     
346. Glaucous Macaw ______  (extinct)
     Anodorhynchus glaucus 
     
     
     THECTOCERCUS
     
     
347. Blue-crowned Parakeet  (*) ______  nw 
     Thectocercus (formerly Aratinga) acuticaudata
     
     
     PSITTACARA
     
     
348. White-eyed Parakeet  (ph) (*)  ______  ne  nw 
     Psittacara (formerly Aratinga) leucophtalmus
     
     
     
     White-eyed Parakeets
     
     
349. Mitred Parakeet  (*)  ______  nc  nw
     Psittacara (formerly Aratinga) mitrata
     
     
     EUPSITTULA
     
     
350. Peach-fronted Parakeet  (ph)  ______
     Eupsittula (formerly Aratinga) aurea  (monotypic)
     
     
     ARATINGA
     
     
351. Nanday Parakeet  (ph) ______  
     Aratinga (formerly Nandayus) nenday (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Aratinga nenday has also been called Black-hooded Parakeet.
     
     
     CYANOLISEUS
     
     
352. Burrowing Parrot  (ph) (*)  ______  so  (another name has been Patagonian Conure)
     Cyanoliseus patagonus  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Conurus patagonus the "Patagonian Parrot".
     
     
     
     A colorful Burrowing Parrot, or Patagonian Conure, photographed 
     during the FONT Southern Argentina Tour in December 2013.
     With olive-brown, yellow, reddish-orange, and a white patch
     on the sides of the upper breast, all seen here.   
     Also, the bird has blue feathers on the wings when in flight. 
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
         
     
     PYRRHURA
     
     
353. Reddish-bellied Parakeet  (ph) (*)  ______  ne  
     Pyrrhura frontalis 
     
     Pyrrhura frontalis is also called Maroon-bellied Parakeet.   
     
     
     
     Reddish-bellied Parakeet, but with no reddish or maroon on the belly visible  
     (photo by Larry O''Meallie)
     
     
354. Green-cheeked Parakeet  (*)   ______ 
     Pyrrhura molinae  
     
     
     
     ENICOGNATHUS
     
     
355. Austral Parakeet  (ph) (*)  ______  fs
     Enicognathus ferrugineus
     
     
     
     An Austral Parakeet photographed during the FONT tour
     in southern Argentina in December 2013
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     MYIOPSITTA
     
     
356. Monk Parakeet  (ph) (*)   ______  ba  nc  ne 
     Myiopsitta monachus 
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Bolborhynchus monachus the "Green Parrakeet".  (Yes, with two "r"s) 
     
     
     
     A Monk Parakeet photographed during the FONT tour
     in Argentina in December 2013
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     FORPUS
     
     
357. Blue-winged Parrotlet  (*)  ______  ne   
     Forpus xanthopterygius (formerly crassirostris) xanthopterygius   
     
     The Blue-winged Parrotlet was, at one time, considered conspecific with the more-northerly Green-rumped Parrotlet, Forpus passerinus.  
     
     
     BROTOGERIS
     
     
358. Yellow-chevroned Parakeet  ______
     Brotogeris chiriri
     
     
     BOLBORHYNCHUS
     
     
359. Sierra Parakeet  (*)  ______  nc   (has been called Gray-hooded Parakeet)
     Psilopsiagon (formerly Bolborhynchus) aymara 
     
     
360. Mountain Parakeet  (*)  ______  nw 
     Psilopsiagon (formerly Bolborhynchus) aurifrons  
     
     
     PIONOPSITTA
     
     
361. Pileated  Parrot  ______  
     Pionopsitta pileata  (monotypic)  
     
     Pionopsitta pileata has also been called the Red-capped Parrot. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.
     
     
     PIONUS
     
     
362. Scaly-headed Parrot  (*)   ______  ne  nw
     Pionus maximiliani 
     
     
     AMAZONA
     
     
363. Turquoise-fronted Amazon  (ph) (*) ______  nc  ne  nw  (has also been called Blue-fronted Amazon, or Parrot)
     Amazona aestiva xanthopteryx
     
     
364. Vinaceous-breasted Amazon  (t2) ______ 
     Amazona vinacea  (monotypic) 
     
     Amazona vinacea is classified as a critically endangered species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.    
     
     
365. Tucuman Amazon  (*)  ______  nc  nw  (was called Alder Amazon, or Parrot)
     Amazona tucumana
     
     
     CROTOPHAGA
     
     
366. Smooth-billed Ani  (ph) (*)  ______  nc  ne
     Crotophaga ani (monotypic)
     
     
367. Greater Ani  (*)  ______  ne
     Crotophaga major (monotypic)
     
     
     COCCYZUS
     
     
368. Dark-billed Cuckoo  (*)  ______  ne 
     Coccyzus melacoryphus (monotypic)
     
     
369. Pearly-breasted Cuckoo ______
     Coccyzus euleri
     
     
370. Yellow-billed Cuckoo ______
     Coccyzus americanus
     
     
371. Black-billed Cuckoo  (*) ______  nc
     Coccyzus erythropyhalmus 
     
     
     COCCYCUA
     
     
372. Ash-colored Cuckoo  (*)  ______  ba  so 
     Coccycua cinereus  (monotypic)  
     
     
     PIAYA
     
     
373. Squirrel Cuckoo  (ph) (*)  ______  ne  nw
     Piaya cayana
     
     
     TAPERA
     
     
374. Striped Cuckoo  (*)  ______  nc  ne
     Tapera naevia  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     DROMOCOCCYX
     
     
375. Pheasant Cuckoo  ______ 
     Dromococcyx phasianellus
     
     
376. Pavonine Cuckoo  (*) ______
     Dromococcyx pavoninus 
     
     
     GUIRA
     
     
377. Guira Cuckoo  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw  so
     Guira guira (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     A Guira Cuckoo photographed during the FONT Argentina Tour
     in December 2013 
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     TYTO
     
     
378. American Barn Owl  (ph) (*) ______ 
     Tyto furcata
     
     The American Barn Owl has been considered conspecific with the Barn Owl, Tyto alba, of the Old World. 
     
     
     BUBO
     
     
379. Great Horned Owl  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Bubo virginianus nacurutu  (subspecies from Venezuela to northeast Argentina, smaller than the nominate) 
     
     
380. Magellanic Horned Owl  (ph) (*) ______  fs  nc  
     Bubo magellanicus  (monotypic)
     
     Bubo magellanicus has also been called the Lesser Horned Owl. 
     It occurs south to Cape Horn. 
     In parts of Argentina, it is said to have increased in numbers due to the introduction of rabbits. 
     
     
     PULSATRIX
     
     
381. Spectacled Owl  (ph)  ______  
     Pulsatrix perspicillata boliviana  (subspecies from Bolivia to northern Argentina) 
     
     
382. Short-browed Owl  ______
     Pulsatrix pulsatrix  (monotypic, has been considered a subspecies (the nominate) of the Spectacled Owl) 
     
     Regarding 3 similar species, with 2 of them (the Short-browed Owl and the Tawny-browed Owl) having overlapping ranges: 
     
     The Spectacled Owl is smaller than the Short-browed Owl and has white "spectacles" and a rather blackish crown and nape, an unbroken chest band, and bright orange-yellow eyes.
     
     The Short-browed Owl has a brown breast-band that is indistinctly broken in the center. Its warm earth-brown facial disc has an indistinct facial rim and rather short creamy-buff eyebrows reaching only just behind its pale orange or brownish-yellow eyes. Its bill and cere are a light green. 
     The juvenile Short-browed Owl has been said to be undescribed.
     
     The Short-browed Owl occurs mostly in eastern Brazil, as well as in northeastern Argentina, where the Tawny-browed Owl also occurs.
     
     The Tawny-browed Owl is considerably smaller than the Short-browed Owl and has long pale tawny eyebrows and dark chestnut-colored eyes.
     
     The Short-browed Owl inhabits semi-open primary and secondary forests, and can be found near human settlements and by roads.       
     
     
383. Tawny-browed Owl  ______  
     Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana  (monotypic)  
     
     Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana has also been called the White-chinned Owl.
     
     The Tawny-browed Owl prefers mature tropical and subtropical forests, but it also can be found in degraded and marginal forests in lowlands up to 1500 meters above sea level.  
     
     Pulsatrix koeniswaldiana is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
     STRIX  (or CICCABA)
     
     
384. Mottled Owl  ______ 
     Strix (or Ciccaba) virgata superciliaris  (subspecies from Amazonian Peru to northwest Argentina)
     Strix (or Ciccaba) virgata borelliana  (subspecies in southeastern Brazil & northeastern Argentina)  
     
     Strix, or Ciccaba virgata is classified as a threatened species in Argentina.    
     
     
385. Rusty-barred Owl  (nt)  ______ 
     Strix hylophila  (monotypic)
     
     The Rusty-barred Owl occurs in northeastern Argentina , where it prefers primary and secondary forests with dense undergrowth. It is sometimes, however, near human habitation. 
     
     The Rusty-barred Owl is found in lowlands and up to 2,000 meters above sea level.
     
     Strix hylophila is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly of southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
386. Black-banded Owl  ______
     Strix (or Ciccaba) huhula albomarginata  (subspecies in northeastern Argentina, eastern Paraguay, and eastern Brazil) 
     
     Strix, or Ciccaba huhula is classified as a threatened species in Argentina.
     
     
387. Rufous-legged Owl ______
     Strix rufipes  (monotypic)
     
     The Rufous-legged Owl ranges in southwestern Argentina in Patagonia and south to Tierra Del Fuego. Migrants occasionally occur in the Falkland Islands.  
     
     
388. Chaco Owl  ______  
     Strix chacoensis  (monotypic)
     
     The Chaco Owl was formerly considered a subspecies of the Rufous-legged Owl. 
     Strix chacoensis occurs from southern Bolivia south to the Argentine provinces of Cordoba and Buenos Aires.
     
     The Chaco Owl is now thought to be more closely related to the Rusty-barred Owl than to the Rufous-legged Owl. 
     The Rusty-barred Owl differs from the Chaco Owl by having russet upperparts and yellowish toes that are not feathered. 
     
     
     MEGASCOPS
     
     
389. Tropical Screech Owl  (ph) (*) ______  ne 
     Megascops (formerly Otus) choliba 
     
     
390. Black-capped Screech Owl  ______ 
     Megascops (formerly Otus) atricapilla
     
     The Black-capped Screech Owl was historically lumped with these other Screech-Owls: Guatemalan, Rio Napo, Montane Forest, and Long-tufted (below). When so, it was called the Variable Screech-Owl. 
     
     There are 3 color morphs of Megascops atricapilla: red, gray, and dark.
     
     In Argentina, Megascops atricapilla occurs most often up to 250 meters above sea level. It inhabits primary and secondary rainforests with dense undergrowth.
     
     The Black-capped Screech Owl gives a long, purring trill that lasts usually 8 to 14 seconds, but at times up to 20 seconds, beginning faintly, gradually increasing in volume, and then breaking off abruptly.   
     
     Megascops atricapilla is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.  
     
     
391. Long-tufted Screech Owl  ______   
     Megascops (formerly Otus) sanctaecatarinae
     
     Another name for Megascops sanctaecatarinae has been the Santa Catarina Screech Owl.
     
     Megascops sanctaecatarinae is slightly larger than the range-overlapping Megascops atricapilla.
     
     Megascops sanctaecatarinae prefers humid forests and open woodlands mixed with Araucaria trees. But it is also found in pastureland with trees, occurring near farmland and human habitation. Usually it is between 300 and 1,000 meters above sea level.   
     
     The Long-tufted Screech Owl utters a rapid, guttural trill, lasting usually 6 to 8 seconds. It begins as a faint grunting sound, gradually increases in volume and a little in pitch, until it ends abruptly, The call is repeated at intervals of several seconds.
     
     Megascops sanctaecatarinae is classified as a threatened species in Argentina. 
     
     
392. Yungas Screech Owl  (*)  ______  nw  (also called Montane Forest Screech Owl or Hoy's Screech Owl) 
     Megascops (formerly Otus) hoyi
     
     Megascops hoyi inhabits deciduous mountain forests in northern Argentina and south-central Bolivia, where epihytes such as Tillandsia are common. It occurs mostly between 1,000 & 2,600 meters above sea level, sometimes as high as 2,800 meters.
     
     The call of Megascops hoyi is a long trill with staccato notes, with about 11 notes a second. This call sequence lasts from 5 tp 20 seconds and is repeated at intervals of several seconds.     
     
     
     GLAUCIDIUM
     
     
393. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Glaucidium brasilianum stranecki  (the largest subspecies of Glaucidium brasilianum)
     
     
394. Chaco Pygmy Owl  (ph)  ______  (another name is Tucuman Pygmy Owl)
     Glaucidium t. tucumanum  (subspecies in the chaco habitat of Paraguay & Argentina)
     
     The Chaco Pygmy Owl was part of the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, but vocal and DNA evidence and a difference of ecological preference justifies Glaucidium tucumanum as a separate species.    
     
     
     
     A Chaco Pygmy Owl photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
395. Yungas Pygmy Owl  ______  (this species described in 1991)
     Glaucidium bolivianum  (monotypic)
     
     The Yungas Pygmy Owl ranges in from Peru and Bolivia south into northern Argentina. It is mainly on eastern Andean slopes, where it occupies humid mountain and cloud forests with many epiphytes, between 900 and 3,000 meters above sea level. Sometimes it is even higher, depending on the timberline.
     
     It is said that Glaucidium bolivianum calls only during darkness. 
     
     In Argentina, Glaucicium bolivianum is classified as endangered due to local forest destruction.   
     
     
396. Austral Pygmy Owl  (*) ______  fs 
     Glaucidium nana  (monotypic) 
     
     The Austral Pygmy Owl occurs as far south as Tierra del Fuego. It has been reported as "wintering" in northern & eastern Argentina and in northern Chile (all of these north of the breeding range).  
     
     
397. Sick's Pygmy Owl  ______
     Glaucidium sicki
     
     Glaucidium sicki may possibly occur in northeastern Argentina. It was formerly considered part of the Least Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium minutisimum.   
     
     
     ATHENE
     
     
398. Burrowing Owl  (ph) (*) ______  ba  nc  ne  so 
     Athene c. cunicuaria  (this nominate subspecies from southern Brazil & northern Chile south to Tierra del Fuego) 
     Athene cunicuaria juninensis  (subspecies in the Andes from Peru south to northwestern Argentina, has pale buff upperparts
     Athene cunicuaria boliviana  ______  (subspecies in arid habitats of northern Argentina & Bolivia)
     
     Until recently, the Burrowing Owl has been in its own genus, Speotyto.    
     
     
     ASIO
     
     
399. Short-eared Owl  (ph)  ______ 
     Asio flammeus suinda  (subspecies from southern Peru & Brazil to Tierra del Fuego)
     
     
400. Stygian Owl ______
     Asio stygius barberoi   (subspecies in northern Argentina, Paraguay, & southeast Brazil)
     
     The Stygian Owl inhabits humid to semi-arid mountain forests and chaco, but it also can be found at lower elevations and in semi-open landscapes with trees.
     
     Asio stygius is classified as a threatened species in Argentina.
     
     
401. Striped Owl  (ph) ______  
     Asio (has been Pseudoscops) midas  (subspecies from Bolivia to Uruguay, the largest and palest race) 
     
     
     AEGOLIUS
     
     
402. Buff-fronted Owl ______
     Aegolius harrisii dabbenei  (subspecies in northwestern Argentina & western Bolivia, darker above than other subspecies and with pale yellow eyes)
     
     The Buff-fronted Owl occurs in mountain forests, cloud forests, and drier forests. In the Andes it lives between 1700 and 3900 meters above sea level, but it also occurs at lower altitudes. 
     
     
     NYCTIBIUS
     
     
403. Common Potoo  (*)   ______  ne  (has also been called Gray Potoo)
     Nyctibius g. griseus
     
     
     LUROCALIS
     
     
404. Short-tailed Nighthawk  (*)  ______  ne  (has also been called Semicollared Nighthawk)
     Lurocalis semitorquatus
     (the southern subspecies L. s. natteri has been called "Chestnut-banded Nighthawk")
     
     
     CHORDEILES
     
     
405. Nacunda Nighthawk  (*)  ______  nc  ne
     Chordeiles (formerly Podager) n. nacunda
     
     
     CHORDEILES
     
     
406. Common Nighthawk  ______ 
     Chordeiles minor    
     
     
     NYCTIDROMUS
     
     
407. Pauraque  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Nyctidromus albicollis 
     
     
     NYCTIPHRYNUS
     
     
408. Ocellated Poorwill   ______   
     Nyctiphrynus ocellatus 
     
     Nyctiphrynus ocellatus is classified as a threatened species in Argentina.
     
     
     ANTROSTOMUS
     
     
409. Rufous Nightjar  (ph) (*) ______ 
     Antrostomus (formerly Caprimulgus) rufus 
     
     
410. Silky-tailed Nightjar  ______ 
     Antrostomus (formerly Caprimulgus) sericocaudatus
     
     Antrostomus sericocaudatus is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina.
     
     
     SYSTELLURA
     
     
411. Band-winged Nightjar  (ph) (*)  ______  nw  so 
     Systellura (formerly Caprimulgus) longirostris
     
     
     SETOPAGIS
     
     
412. Little Nightjar  (ph) (*) ______  ne 
     Setopagis (formerly Caprimulgus) parvulus
     
     
     HYDROPSALIS
     
     
413. Scissor-tailed Nightjar  (ph) (*) ______  ne 
     Hydropsalis torquata (formerly brasiliana)  
     
     
     MACROPSALIS
     
     
414. Long-trained Nightjar  (nt)  ______ 
     Macropsalis creagra  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Macropsalis creagra is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.  
     
     
     UROPSALIS
     
     
415. Lyre-tailed Nightjar  ______
     Uropsalis lyra
     
     
     ELEOTHREPTUS
     
     
416. Sickle-winged Nightjar (nt) (*) ______  ne 
     Eleothreptus anomalus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     STREPTOPROCNE
     
     
417. White-collared Swift  (*)   ______  nc  ne
     Streptoprocne zonaris 
     
     
     CYPSELOIDES
     
     
418. Sooty Swift  ______ 
     Cypseloides fumigatus  (monotypic) 
     
     Cypseloides fumigatus is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina.
     
     
419. Great Dusky Swift  (*)  ______  ne 
     Cypseloides senex  (monotypic) 
     
     
     
     Great Dusky Swifts (above) photographed at Iguazu Falls (below) during a FONT tour.
     The swifts were perched on the mossy, rocky ledge beneath the falls.   
     
     
     
     
     
420. Rothchild's Swift  (nt) (*)  ______  nw  (another name was Dark Brown Swift) 
     Cypseloides rothschildi
     
     
     CHAETURA
     
     
421. Ashy-tailed Swift  (*)  ______  ne 
     Chaetura meridionalis  (monotypic)
     
     
422. Gray-rumped Swift  (*)  ______ 
     Chaetura cinereiventris 
     
     
     AERONAUTES
     
     
423. Andean Swift  (*)  ______  nw
     Aeronautes andecolus 
      
     
     PHAETHORNIS
     
     
424. Scale-throated Hermit  (*)  ______ ne
     Phaethornis eurynome  
     
     Phaethornis eurynome is endemic to the Atlantic Forest, mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.  
     
     
425. Planalto Hermit  (ph) (*)  ______ nw
     Phaethornis pretrei  (monotypic) 
     
     
     FLORISUGA
     
     
426. Black Jacobin  (ph)  ______ 
     Florisuga fusca (or Melanotrochilus fuscus)  
     
     Florisuga fusca is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina and nearby Paraguay.     
     
     
     COLIBRI
     
     
427. White-vented Violetear  (ph)  ______ 
     Colibri serrirostris  (monotypic) 
     
     
428. Sparkling Violetear  (ph) (*)  ______  nw  
     Colibri coruscans
     
     
429. Green Violetear  (ph) ______   
     Colibri thalassinus
     
     
     ANTHRACOTHORAX
     
     
430. Black-throated Mango  (ph) (*)  ______  ne
     Anthracothorax nigricollis  (monotypic)   
     
     
     STEPHANOXIS
     
     
431. Black-breasted Plovercrest  (ph)  ______ 
     Stephanoxis lalandi  (the single member of its genus)
     
     Stephanoxis ialandi is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
     LOPHORNIS
     
     
432. Festive Coquette  ______ 
     Lophornis c. chalybea 
     
     
     CHLOROSTILBON
     
     
433. Glittering-bellied Emerald  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw 
     Chlorostilbon aureoventris 
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Chlorostilbon splendidus the "Glittering Hummingbird".  
     
     
     
     Glittering-bellied Emerald
     
     
     THALURANIA
     
     
434. Fork-tailed Woodnymph  (*)  ______ 
     Thalurania furcata eriphile  
     
     
435. Violet-capped Woodnymph  (ph) (*)   ______  ne
     Thalurania glaucopis  (monotypic) 
     
     Thalurania glaucopis is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.  
     
     
     
     Violet-capped Woodnymph
     
     
     POLYTMUS
     
     
436. White-tailed Goldenthroat  (*)   ______ 
     Polytmus guainumbi thaumantias
     
     
     HYLOCHLARIS
     
     
437. Gilded Sapphire  (ph) (*) ______  ba  ne 
     Hylocharis chrysura  (monotypic)
     
     
438. Rufous-throated Sapphire  (*) ______  ne
     Hylochlaris sapphirina  (monotypic)  
     
     
     LEUCOCHLORIS
     
     
439. White-throated Hummingbird  (ph) (*) ______  ne
     Leucochloris albicollis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     AMAZILIA
     
     
440. Versicolored Emerald  (*)  ______ 
     Amazilia versicolor kubtchecki  
     
     
441. White-bellied Hummingbird  (*) ______  nc  nw
     Amazilia chionogaster
     
     
     OREOTROCHILUS
     
     
442. White-sided Hillstar  (*)  ______
     Oreotrochilus leucopleurus
     
     
443. Andean Hillstar  (*)  ______  nw
     Oreotrochilus estella
     
     
     PATAGONA
     
     
444. Giant Hummingbird  (*)  ______  nw
     Patagona gigas
     
     
     SEPHANOIDES
     
     
445. Green-backed Firecrown  (*)  ______  fs
     Sephanoides galeritus
     
     
     SAPPHO
     
     
446. Red-tailed Comet  (*)  ______  nc  nw
     Sappho sparganura  (the single member of its genus)   
     
     
     HELIOMASTER
     
     
447. Blue-tufted Starthroat  (ph) (*)  ______  nc
     Heliomaster furcifer  (monotypic) 
     
     
448. Stripe-breasted Starthroat  (ARr) (ph)  ______
     Heliomaster squamosus
     
     The Stripe-breasted Starthroat is considered a Brazilian endemic, but one was photographed at the Iguazu National Park in Argentina in November 2009. 
     
     
     CALLIPHLOX
     
     
449. Amethyst Woodstar  ______ 
     Calliphlox amethystina  (monotypic)
     
     Calliphlox amethystina is classified as a threatened species in Argentina.
     
     
     MICROSTILBON
     
     
450. Slender-tailed Woodstar  (*)  ______  nw
     Microstilbon burmeisteri
     
     
     TROGON
     
     
451. Black-throated Trogon  (*)  ______ 
     Trogon rufus 
     
     
452. Blue-crowned Trogon  (ph) (*)  ______  nw
     Trogon curucui 
     
     
453. Surucua Trogon  (*)  ______  ne
     Trogon s. surrucura  (this southern subspecies sometimes referred to "Orange-bellied Trogon") 
     
     
     MEGACERYLE
     
     
454. Ringed Kingfisher  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne
     Megaceryle torquata
     
     
     CHLOROCERYLE
     
     
455. Green Kingfisher  (ph) (*) ______  ne
     Chloroceryle americana 
     
     
456. Amazon Kingfisher  (*) ______  ne
     Chloroceryle amazona  (said by some to be monotypic)
     
     
     MOTMOTUS
     
     
457. Blue-crowned Motmot  (ph) (*) ______ 
     Motmotus momota 
     
     
     BARYPHTHENGUS
     
     
458. Rufous-capped Motmot  (*)  ______  ne  
     Baryphthengus ruficapillus  (monotypic) 
     
     Baryphthengus ruficapillus was at one time considered part of the more-northerly Rufous Motmot.
     It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.
     
     
     NOTHARCHUS
     
     
459. Buff-bellied Puffbird  (*)  ______  ne   
     Notharchus swainsoni  
     
     The Buff-bellied Puffbird was considered conspecific with the more-northerly and more widespread White-necked Puffbird. 
     Notharchus swainsoni is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
     NYSTALUS
     
     
460. White-eared Puffbird  (*)   ______  ne 
     Nystalus chacuru
     
     
461. Chaco Puffbird  (*) ______  nc  ne   (was part of "Spot-backed Puffbird")
     Nystalus striatipectus   
     
     
     NONNULA
     
     
462. Rusty-breasted Nunlet  (*)   ______  ne  
     Nonnula rubecula   
     
     
     RAMPHASTOS
     
     
463. Toco Toucan  (ph) (*) ______  ne
     Ramphastos toco 
     
     
464. Green-billed Toucan  (ph) (*) ______  ne  
     Ramphastos dicolorus  (monotypic) 
     
     The Green-billed Toucan has been called the Red-breasted Toucan.
     Ramphastos dicolorus is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.
     
     
     PTEROGLOSSUS
     
     
465. Chestnut-eared Aracari  (*)  ______  ne
     Pteroglossus castanotis   
     
     
     SELENIDERA
     
     
466. Spot-billed Toucanet  (*)  ______  ne
     Selenidera maculirostris  (monotypic) 
     
     Selenidera maculirostris is classified as a threatened species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.
     
     
     BAILLONIUS
     
     
467. Saffron Toucanet  (nt) (ph) (*)  ______  ne
     Baillonius bailloni  (monotypic)   
     
     Baillonius bailloni is classified as a threatened species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.  
     
     
     CELEUS
     
     
468. Blond-crested Woodpecker  (*)  ______  ne
     Celeus f. flavescens  
     
     
469. Pale-crested Woodpecker  (ph) ______ 
     Celeus lugubris
     
     
     COLAPTES
     
     
470. Campo (or Field) Flicker  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne
     Colaptes campestris
     
     
471. Andean Flicker  (ph) (*)  ______  nc  nw
     Colaptes rupicola
     
     
     
     An Andean Flicker photographed during a FONT tour.
     This bird gets along very well without trees. 
     
     
472. Chilean Flicker  (*)  ______  fs
     Colaptes pitius
     
     
     
     A young Chilean Flicker looking out of its nest hole,
     photographed during the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2012 
     
     
     CHRYSOPTILUS
     
     
473. Green-barred Woodpecker  (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  so  (includes "Golden-breasted Woodpecker") 
     Chrysoptilus (formerly Colaptes) melanochloros  
     
     
     PICULUS
     
     
474. Golden-olive Woodpecker  (ph) (*) ______  nw
     Piculus rubiginosus 
     
     
475. Yellow-browed Woodpecker (nt)  ______ 
     Piculus aurilentus  (monotypic)
     
     Piculus aurilentus is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.
     
     
476. Golden-green Woodpecker  ______ 
     Piculus chrysochloros    
     
     
     DRYOCOPUS
     
     
477. Lineated Woodpecker  (ph) (*)  ______   ne  nw
     Dryocopus lineatus erythrops  
     
     
478. Helmeted Woodpecker  (t3)  ______  
     Dryocopus galeatus
     
     Dryocopus galeatus is classified as an endangered species in Argentina. It is endemic to a part of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. 
     
     
479. Black-bodied Woodpecker  ______
     Dryocopus schulzi
     
     
     MELANERPES
     
     
480. Yellow-fronted Woodpecker  (ph) (*) ______  ne
     Melanerpes flavifrons  (monotypic)
     
     Melanerpes flavifrons is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.  
     
     
481. White-fronted Woodpecker  (*)  ______  nc
     Melanerpes (formerly Trichopicus) cactorum (monotypic)
     
     
482. White Woodpecker  (ph) (*)  ______  ne
     Melanerpes (formerly Leuconerpes) candidus
     
     
     PICOIDES
     
     
483. Checkered Woodpecker  (*)  ______  ba  nc
     Picoides (formerly Dendrocopos) mixtus
     
     
484. Striped Woodpecker  ______
     Picoides (formerly Dendrocopos) lignarius  
     
     
485. Smoky-brown Woodpecker  (*)  ______  nc
     Picoides (formerly Veniliornis) fumigatus   
     
     
     VENILIORNIS
     
     
486. White-spotted Woodpecker  (*) ______  ne
     Veniliornis spilogaster  (monotypic)
     
     Veniliornis spilogaster is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
487. Little Woodpecker  (*)  ______  ne
     Veniliornis passerinus 
     
     
488. Dot-fronted Woodpecker  (*)  ______  nc
     Veniliornis frontalis
     
     
     CAMPEPHILUS
     
     
489. Crimson-crested Woodpecker  (ph)  ______ 
     Campephilus melanoleucos
     
     
490. Robust Woodpecker  (ph) (*)  ______  ne
     Campephilus robustus  (monotypic) 
     
     Campephilus robustus is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
     
     A Robust Woodpecker photographed during a FONT tour at Iguazu Falls
     
     
491. Cream-backed Woodpecker  (*) ______  ne
     Campephilus leucopogon
     
     
492. Magellanic Woodpecker  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  
     Campephilus magellanicus
     
     
     
     A female Magellanic Woodpecker photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Robert Hinz)
     
     
     PICUMNUS
     
     
493. White-barred Piculet  (*)  ______  nc  ne
     Picumnus cirratus
     
     
494. Ochre-collared Piculet  (*)  ______  ne 
     Picumnus temminckii  (monotypic)
     
     Picumnus temminckii is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.   
     
     
495. Mottled Piculet  (nt)  ______ 
     Picumnus nebulosus  (monotypic)
     
     

496. Ocellated Piculet   ______  
     Picumnus dorbignyanus 
     
     
     MANACUS
     
     

497. White-bearded Manakin  (ph) (*)  ______  ne
     Manacus manacus gutturosus
     
     
     PIPRA
     
     

498. Band-tailed Manakin   ______ 
     Pipra fascilcauda scarlatina 
     
     
     
     CHIROXIPHIA
     
     

499. Blue Manakin  (*) ______  ne  
     Chiroxiphia caudata  (monotypic) 
     
     Chiroxiphia caudata has also been known as the Swallow-tailed Manakin, although the tail is not notably so.
     It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.  
     
     
     TITYRA
     
     
500. Black-tailed Tityra  (*)  ______  ne
     Tityra cayana braziliensis
     
     
501. Black-crowned Tityra  (*)  ______  ne
     Tityra i. inquisitor 
     
     
502. Masked Tityra  (ARr)  ______
     Tityra semifasciata
     
     A male Masked Tityra photographed at Iguazu National Park in January 2008 was said to be the first record of the species in Argentina.    
     
     
     SCHIFFORNIS
     
     
503. Greenish Schiffornis  (*)   ______  ne  
     Schiffornis virescens  (monotypic) 
     
     Schiffornis virescens has also been called the Greenish Mourner, and prior to that the Greenish Manakin. 
     It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     The genus SCHIFFORNIS has been moved from the manakin to the cotinga family.  
     
     
     XENOPSARIS
     
     
504. White-naped Xenopsaris  ______ 
     Xenopsaris albinucha  (the single member of its genus; has now been put into the Cotinga family)
     
     
     PACHYRAMPHUS
     
     
505. Green-backed Becard  ______ 
     Pachyramphus viridis
     
     
506. White-winged Becard  (*)  ______  ne
     Pachyramphus polychopterus spixii
     
     
507. Chestnut-crowned Becard  (*)  ______  ne
     Pachyramphus c. castaneus 
     
     
508. Crested Becard  (*)  ______   ne
     Pachyramphus v. validus
     
     
     PHILALURA
     
     
509. Swallow-tailed Cotinga  (nt) (ph)  ______ 
     Philalura flavirostris  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     Philalura flavirostris is classified as an endangered species in Argentina.
     
     
     PHYTOTOMA
     
     
510. White-tipped Plantcutter  (*) ______  nc  nw  so
     Phytotoma rutila angustirostris  (subspecies in northwest Argentina)
     Phytotoma r, rutila  (subspecies from north-central to southern Argentina)
     
     
511. Rufous-tailed Plantcutter  (*)  ______  fs
     Phytotoma rara  (monotypic)
      
     
     PROCNIAS
     
     
512. Bare-throated Bellbird  (t3)  ______ 
     Procnias nudicollis  (monotypic) 
     
     Procnias nudicollis is classified as an endangered species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
     PYRODERUS
     
     
513. Red-ruffed Fruitcrow  (*)  ______  ne
     Pyroderus s. scutatus  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     The Red-ruffed Fruitcrow is a bird of the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina.  
     
     
     PIPRITES
     
     
514. Wing-barred Piprites  ______  (at one time called Wing-barred Manakin, but not a manakin) 
     Piprites chloris 
     
     
515. Black-capped Piprites (t3)  ______  (at one time called Black-capped Manakin, but not a manakin)
     Piprites pileatus  (monotypic) 
     
     
     MIONECTES
     
     
516. Gray-hooded Flycatcher  (*)  ______  ne
     Mionectes (formerly Pipromorpha) rufiventris  (monotypic)
     
     Mionectes rufiventris is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
     LEPTOPOGON
     
     
517. Sepia-capped Flycatcher  (ph) (*)  ______ 
     Leptopogon a. amaurocephalus
     
     
     HEMITRICCUS
     
     
518. Drab-breasted Bamboo Tyrant  _____   
     Hemitriccus diops  (monotypic) 
     
     Hemitriccus diops has also been called the Drab-breasted Pygmy Tyrant. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
519. Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant  (*)  ______  ne 
     Hemitriccus (formerly Idioptilon) margaritaceiventer  
     
     
     POECILOTRICCUS
     
     
520. Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher  (*)  ______ 
     Poecilotriccus (formerly Todirostrum) p. plumbeiceps 
     
     
     CORYTHOPIS
     
     
521. Southern Antpipit  (*)  ______  ne 
     Corythopis delalandi  (monotypic) 
      
     
     PHYLLOMYLAS
     
     
522. Planalto Tyrannulet  ______ 
     Phyllomylas fasciatus 
     
     
523. Rough-legged Tyrannulet  ______ 
     Phyllomylas (formerly Acrochordopus) burmeisteri
     
     
524. Greenish Tyrannulet  (*)  ______  ne  
     Phyllomylas (formerly Xanthomyias) virescens  (monotypic)
     
     Phyllomylas virescens is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.   
     
     
525. Sclater's Tyrannulet  (*)  ______  nc  nw
     Phyllomyias (formerly Xanthomyias) s. sclateri  
     
     
     CAMPTOSTOMA
     
     
526. Southern Beardless Tyrannulet  (*)  ______  ne  nw
     Camptostoma o. obsoletum  
     
     
     PHAEOMYLAS
     
     
527. Mouse-colored Tyrannulet  ______ 
     Phaeomylas murina
     
     
     CAPSIEMPIS
     
     
528. Yellow Tyrannulet  (*)  ______  ne
     Capsiempis f. flaveola  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     SUBLEGATUS 
     
     
529. Southern Scrub Flycatcher  (*)  ______  nc 
     Sublegatus modestus brevirostris
     
     
     SUIRIRI
     
     
530. Chaco Suiriri  (*)   ______  nc  ne  (was part of the former Suiriri Flycatcher, S. suiriri, with 3 subspecies) 
     Suiriri suiriri
     
     
531. Campo Suiriri  ______
     Suiriri affinis
     
     
     MECOCERCULUS
     
     
532. White-throated Tyrannulet ______
     Mecocerculus l. leucophrys
     
     
533. Buff-banded Tyrannulet ______
     Mecocerculus hellmayri
      
     
     MYIOPAGIS
     
     
534. Gray Elaenia  (*)  ______  ne 
     Myiopagis c. caniceps 
     
     
535. Greenish Elaenia  (*)  ______  nw 
     Myiopagis v. viridicata
     
     
     ELAENIA
     
     
536. Yellow-bellied Elaenia  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Elaenia f. flavogaster
     
     
537. Large Elaenia  (*)   ______  nw 
     Elaenia spectabilis  (monotypic)
     
     
538. Small-billed Elaenia  (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw 
     Elaenia parvirostris  (monotypic)
     
     
539. White-crested Elaenia  (*)  ______  fs  nw
     Elaenia a. albiceps  (subspecies in northwest Argentina)
     Elaenia albiceps chilensis  (subspecies in far-southern Argentina) 
     
     
540. Olivaceous Elaenia  ______ 
     Elaenia mesoleuca  (monotypic)
     
     
541. Highland Elaenia  (*)  ______  nw 
     Elaenia o. obscura 
     
     
542. Lesser Elaenia  (*)  ______  ne 
     Elaenia chiriquensis albivertex
     
     
543. Slaty Elaenia  (*) ______  nw
     Elaenia strepera  (monotypic)
     
     
     ANAIRETES
     
     
544. Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant  (*)  ______  nw  so
     Anairetes f. flavirostris
     
     
545. Tufted Tit-Tyrant  (*)  ______  fs  so
     Anairetes p. parulus
     
     
     SERPOPHAGA
     
     
546. Sooty Tyrannulet  (*)   ______  ba  ne  nw 
     Serpophaga nigricans  (monotypic)
     
     
547. White-crested Tyrannulet  (*)  ______  ba  nc  so 
     Serpophaga s. subcristata
     
     
548. White-bellied Tyrannulet  (*) ______  nw  
     Serpophaga munda  (monotypic)
     
     
     INEZIA
     
     
549. Plain Inezia  ______ 
     Inezia inornata  (monotypic) 
     
     The Plain Inezia has been called the Plain Tyrannulet.
      
     
     CULLICIVORA
     
     
550. Sharp-tailed Grass Tyrant  (nt)  ______ 
     Culicivora caudacuta  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     POLYSTICTUS
     
     
551. Bearded Tachuri  (nt) (*) ______  ne
     Polystictus p. pectoralis
     
     
     TACHURIS
     
     
552. Many-colored Rush Tyrant  (ph) (*) ______  ba  
     Tachuris r. rubrigastra  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     Many-colored Rush Tyrant
     
     
     PSEUDOCOLOPTERYX
     
     
553. Warbling Doradito  (*)  ______  ba 
     Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris  (monotypic) 
     
     
554. Subtropical Doradito  ______
     Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis
     
     
555. Crested Doradito  (*) ______  ne
     Pseudocolopteryx sclateri  (monotypic)
     
     
556. Dinelli's Doradito ______  
     Pseudocolopteryx dinelliana 
     
     
     STIGMATURA
     
     
557. Greater Wagtail-Tyrant  (*) ______  nc  so
     Stigmatura budytoides flavocinerea
     
     
     PHYLLOSCARTES & POGONOTRICCUS
     
     
558. Southern Bristle Tyrant  (nt)  ______ 
     Pogonotriccus (formerly Phylloscartes) eximius  (monotypic)
     
     Pogonotriccus eximius is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.  
     
     
559. Sao Paulo Tyrannulet  (t3)  ______ 
     Phylloscartes paulista  (monotypic)
     
     Phylloscartes paulista is classified as an endangered species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
560. Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet  (*)  ______  ne  nw 
     Phylloscartes v. ventralis
     
     
561. Bay-ringed Tyrannulet  (nt)  ______ 
     Phylloscartes sylviolus  
     
     Phylloscartes sylviolus is classified as a vulnerable species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
     MYIORNIS
     
     
562. Eared Pygmy Tyrant  (*)   ______  ne 
     Myiornis auricularis  (monotypic) 
     
     Myiornis auricularis is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina.
     
     
     EUSCARTHMUS
     
     
563. Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant  (*)  ______  
     Euscarthmus m. meloryphus   
     
     
     TOLMOMYIAS
     
     
564. Yellow-olive Flatbill   ______   (has been called Yellow-olive Flycatcher)
     Tolmomyias sulphurescens 
     
     
     RAMPHOTRIGON
     
     
565. Bamboo Flatbill  ______  (has been called Large-headed Flatbill)
     Ramphotrigon megacephala
     
     
     PLATYRINCHUS
     
     
566. White-throated-Spadebill  (*)  ______  ne 
     Platyrinchus m. mystaceus  ("Yellow-crested Spadebill") 
     
     
567. Russet-winged Spadebill  ______
     Platyrinchus mystaceus
      
     
     MYIOPHOBUS
     
     
568. Bran-colored Flycatcher  (*)  ______  nc  ne  nw 
     Myiophobus fasiatus flammiceps  (subspecies in northeast Argentina)
     Myiophobus fasiatus auriceps  (subspecies in northwest & north-central Argentina) 
     
     
     PYRRHOMYIAS
     
     
569. Cinnamon Flycatcher  (*)  ______  nw
     Pyrrhomyias c. cinnamomea  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     HIRUNDINEA
     
     
570. Cliff Flycatcher  (ph) (*)  ______   (has been called "Swallow Flycatcher")
     Hirundinea ferruginea bellicosa
     
     
     CNEMOTRICCUS
     
     
571. Fuscous Flycatcher  (*)  ______  ne 
     Cnemotriccus f. fuscatus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     LATHROTICCUS
     
     
572. Euler's Flycatcher  (*)  ______  ne 
     Lathrotriccus e. euleri
     
     
     SAYORNIS
     
     
573. Black Phoebe  (*)  ______  nc  nw
     Sayornis nigricans latirostris
     
     
     CONTOPUS
     
     
574. Tropical Pewee  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Contopus c. cinereus 
     
     
575. Smoke-colored Pewee  (*)  ______  nw
     Contopus fumigatus brachyrhynchus
     
     
     EMPIDONAX
     
     
576. Alder Flycatcher  ______
     Empidonax alnorum
     
     
     PYROCEPHALUS
     
     
577. Vermilion Flycatcher  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  so 
     Pyrocephalus r. rubinus  (was the single member of its genus before the splitting of the Darwin's Flycatcher of the Galapagos)
     
     
     LESSONIA
     
     
578. Patagonian Negrito  (ph) (*)  ______  fs  so  
     Lessonia rufa  (monotypic)
     
     Lessonia rufa has been called the Austral Negrito, and prior to that, the Rufous-backed Negrito when it was considered conspecific with the Andean Negrito (below).   
     
     
     
     Above: a male Patagonian Negrito photographed during a FONT tour.
     Apparent is why this species was called Rufous-backed Negrito.
     Below: a female Patagonian Negrito photographed during 
     the FONT tour in southern Argentina in December 2013
     (photo by Marie Gardner) 
     
     
     
     
579. Andean Negrito  (*)  ______  nw
     Lessonia oreas  (monotypic)
     
     
     MUSCISAXICOLA
     
     
580. Black-fronted Ground Tyrant  ______
     Muscisaxicola frontalis
     
     
581. Cinereous Ground Tyrant  (*)  ______  nw  (was part of Plain-capped Ground Tyrant)
     Muscisaxicola cinereus argentina
     
     
582. Dark-faced Ground Tyrant  (*)  ______  fs
     Muscisaxicola macloviana mentalis
     
     
583. Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant  (*)  ______  fs
     Muscisaxicola capistratus  (monotypic)
     
     
584. Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant  (*)  ______
     Muscisaxicola rufivertex pallidiceps  (subspecies in northwest Argentina)
     Muscisaxicola r. rufivertex  (subspecies in southwest Argentina) 
     
     
585. Puna Ground Tyrant  (*)  ______  nw
     Muscisaxicola juninensis  (monotypic)
     
     
586. White-browed Ground Tyrant  (ph) (*)  ______  fs
     Muscisaxicola albilora  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     A White-browed Ground Tyrant photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Frank Stermitz)
     
     
587. Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant  (*)  ______  fs
     Muscisaxicola flavinucha brevirostris
     
     
588. Spot-billed Ground Tyrant  (*)  ______
     Muscisaxicola m. maculirostris
     
     
     AGRIORNIS
     
     
589. Great Shrike-Tyrant  ______
     Agriornis livida
     
     
590. Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant  (*)  ______  fs  so
     Agriornis m. micropterus
     
     
591. White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant  (t3) (*) ______  nc
     Agriornis a. albicauda
     
     
592. Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant  (*)  ______  nc  nw
     Agriornis m. montanus  (subspecies in northwest Argentina)
     Agriornis montanus leucurus  (subspecies in north-central Argentina)
     
     
593. Least Shrike-Tyrant  (*)  ______  so
     Agriornis murinus  (monotypic) 
      
     
     XOLMIS
     
     
594. Gray Monjita  (*)  ______  ne 
     Xolmis cinerea pepoaza
     
     
595. Black-crowned Monjita  (*)  ______  so
     Xolmis coronatus  (monotypic) 
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Taenioptera coronata the "Black-crowned Tyrant".
     
     
596. White Monjita  (ph) (*)  ______  nc  ne  nw  so  
     Xolmis i. irupero
     
     
     
     A White Monjita photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
597. Rusty-backed Monjita  (ARe) (*)  ______  so
     Xolmis (formerly Neoxolmis) rubetra  (monotypic)
     
     
598. Salinas Monjita  (nt) (ARe) (*)  ______  nc   
     Xolmis (formerly Neoxolmis) salinarum  (monotypic)
     
     The Salinas Monjita was considered part of the Rusty-backed Monjita. It was described in 1979. 
     
     
599. Fire-eyed Diucon  (ph) (*)  ______  fs
     Xolmis (formerly Pyrope) p. pyrope 
     
     
     
     A Fire-eyed Diucon photographed during a FONT tour.
     
     Armas Hill remembers when, during a tour in Patagonia years ago, after saying "Fire-eyed Diucon" a tour participant responded with "a far-eyed what?".  
     
     
     HETEROXOLMIS
     
     
600. Black-and-white Monjita  (t3) (ph) (*)  ______  ne  
     Heteroxolmis (formerly Xolmis) dominicana  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     A Black-and-white Monjita photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     MYIOTHERETES 
     
     
601. Streak-throated Bush-Tyrant  (*)  ______  nw
     Myiotheretes striaticollis pallidus
     
     
     KNIPOLEGUS
     
     
602. Blue-billed Black Tyrant  ______ 
     Knipolegus cyanirostris (monotypic)
     
     
603. Crested Black Tyrant  (ph)  ______ 
     Knipolegus lophotes  (monotypic)
     
     
604. White-winged Black Tyrant  (*)  ______  nc
     Knipolegus a. aterrimus
     
     
605. Hudson's Black Tyrant  (*)  _______  so
     Knipolegus hudsoni  (monotypic)
     
     
606. Andean Tyrant  (*)  ______  nw   
     Knipolegus signatus cabanisi  
     
     Knipolegus signatus was called the Plumbeous Tyrant. Historically, females were, at one time, said to the "Jelski's Bush Tyrant", Myiotheretes signatus, and the immature has been called the "Berlioz's Tyrant" Knipolegus subflammulatus.
     
     
607. Cinereous Tyrant  (*)  ______  nw
     Knipolegus striaticeps  (monotypic)
     
     
     HYMENOPS
     
     
608. Spectacled Tyrant  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  fs  nc  ne  so 
     Hymenops p. perspicillatus  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     
     Two Spectacled Tyrants photographed during a FONT tour,
     a male above and a female below
     (photos by Marie Gardner)
     
     
     
     
     FLUVICOLA
     
     
609. Black-backed Water Tyrant  (*)  ______  ba  (was considered conspecific with the more-northerly Pied Water Tyrant)
     Fluvicola albiventer 
     
     
     ARUNDINICOLA
     
     
610. White-headed Marsh Tyrant  (ph) (*)  ______  ne 
     Arundinicola leucocephala  (monotypic)
     
     
     ALECTRURUS
     
     
611. Cock-tailed Tyrant  (t3) (ph)  ______ 
     Alectrurus tricolor (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
612. Strange-tailed Tyrant  (t3) (*) _____  ne
     Alectrurus risora  (monotypic)
     
     
     NEOXOLMIS
     
     
613. Chocolate-vented Tyrant  (*)  ______  fs
     Neoxolmis rufiventris  (monotypic & the single member of its genus)
     
     
     GUBRENETES
     
     
614. Streamer-tailed Tyrant  (*)  ______  ne 
     Gubrenetes yetapa  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     SATRAPA
     
     
615. Yellow-browed Tyrant  (*)  ______  ba  ne  nw 
     Satrapa icterophrys  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     COLONIA
     
     
616. Long-tailed Tyrant  (ph) (*)  ______   ne
     Colonia c. colonus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     COLORHAMPHUS
     
     
617. Patagonian Tyrant  ______
     Colorhamphus parvirostris
     
     
     OCHITHOECA
     
     
618. White-browed Chat-Tyrant  (*)  ______  nc
     Ochithoeca leucophrys tucumana
     
     
619. D'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant  (*)  ______  nw
     Ochithoeca o. oenanthoides
     
     
     MACHETORNIS
     
     
620. Cattle Tyrant  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw  so 
     Machetornis rixosa  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     Cattle Tyrant
     
     
     MUSCIPIPRA
     
     
621. Shear-tailed Gray Tyrant  (nt) ______ 
     Muscipipra vetula  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Muscipipra vetula is classified as a threatened species in Argentina. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest mostly in southeastern Brazil, but also in northeastern Argentina. 
     
     
     ATTILA
     
     
622. Rufous-tailed Attila  ______ 
     Attila phoenicurus  (monotypic) 
     
     
     CASIORNIS
     
     
623. Rufous Casiornis  ______ 
     Casiornis rufus (monotypic)
     
     
     SIRYSTES
     
     
624. Eastern Sirystes  (*)   ______  ne 
     Sirystes sibilator 
     
     Formerly conspecific with Sirystes sibilator, the Western Sirystes, Sirystes albogriseus, is west of the Andes, and not in Argentina. 
     
     
     MYIARCHUS
     
     
625. Dusky-capped Flycatcher  (ph) (*)  ______  ne  nw
     Myiarchus t. tuberculifer
     
     
626. Short-crested Flycatcher  (*)  ______ ne 
     Myiarchus ferox australis
     
     
627. Brown-crested Flycatcher  (*)  ______  nc  ne
     Myiarchus t. tyrannulus 
     
     
628. Swainson's Flycatcher  (*)  ______  ne  nw  so 
     Myiarchus swainsoni ferocior
     
     
     TYRANNUS
     
     
629. Tropical Kingbird  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne
     Tyrannus m. melancholicus
     
     
630. Eastern Kingbird  (ph) ______
     Tyrannus tyrannus
     
     
631. Fork-tailed Flycatcher  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  so 
     Tyrannus s. savana
     
     
     EMPIDONOMUS
     
     
632. Variegated Flycatcher  (*)  ______  ne  nw
     Empidonomus varius  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     GRISEOTYRANNUS
     
     
633. Crowned Slaty Flycatcher  (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne 
     Griseotyrannus a. aurantioatrocristatus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     MEGARHYNCHUS
     
     
634. Boat-billed Flycatcher  (*)  ______  ne 
     Megarhynchus p. pitangua  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     CONOPIAS
     
     
635. Three-striped Flycatcher  (*)  ______  ne 
     Conopias t. trivirgatus 
     
     
     MYLODYNASTES
     
     
636. Streaked Flycatcher  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  ne  nw 
     Mylodynastes maculatus solitarius
     
     
     MYIOZETETES
     
     
637. Social Flycatcher  (ph) (*)  ______  ne   
     Myiozetetes similis pallidiventris 
     
     Another name for the Social Flycatcher has been Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher.
     
     
     LEGATUS
     
     
638. Piratic Flycatcher  (*)  ______  ne  nw
     Legatus l. leucophalus  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     PITANGUS
     
     
639. Great Kiskadee  (ph) (*)  ______  ba  nc  ne  nw  so
     Pitangus sulphuratus maximiliani  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     In his "Bird Biographies" written in the late 1800s, W. H. Hudson called what was then Pitangus bolivianus the "Bienteveo Tyrant".