News - March 2021



White-banded Mockingbird
Mimus triurus
White-banded Mockingbird
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
White-banded Mockingbird
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Vermilion Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Vermilion Flycatcher
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Streaked Flycatcher
Myiodynastes maculatus
Streaked Flycatcher
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
White-winged Becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
White-winged Becard
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
White-winged Becard
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tropical Kingbird
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
White-tufted Grebe
Rollandia rolland
White-tufted Grebe
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Harris's Hawk
Parabuteo unicinctus
Harris's Hawk
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Brazilian Teal
Amazonetta brasiliensis
Brazilian Teal
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
Wattled Jacana
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Saffron Finch
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Mimus saturninus
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González




Blue-and-white Swallow
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Blue-and-white Swallow
30-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Blue-and-white Swallow
30-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Blue-and-white Swallow
30-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Limpkin
30-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
White-winged Becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
White-winged Becard
30-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Great Egret
30-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Great Kiskadee
30-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García




Yellow-billed Teal
Anas flavirostris
Yellow-billed Teal
28-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García

Three yellow-billed teals with a male rosy-billed pochard at the back

Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
Wattled Jacana
28-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Red-gartered Coot
Fulica armillata
Red-gartered Coot
28-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Great Egret
28-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García

With a female rosy-billed pochard on the right

Great Egret
28-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Great Egret
28-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Great Egret
28-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Great Egret
28-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Rosy-billed Pochard
Netta peposaca
Rosy-billed Pochard
28-03-21 © Sally Dietrich




Blue-billed Black-Tyrant
Knipolegus cyanirostris
Blue-billed Black-Tyrant
28-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Blue-billed Black-Tyrant
28-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Picui Ground Dove
Columbina picui
Picui Ground Dove
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Picui Ground Dove
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Picui Ground Dove
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Vermilion Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Vermilion Flycatcher
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Vermilion Flycatcher
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Vermilion Flycatcher
28-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus
Red-eyed Vireo
28-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Yellow-billed Cardinal
Paroaria capitata
Yellow-billed Cardinal
28-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Red-crested Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
Red-crested Cardinal
28-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Nenday Parakeet
Aratinga nenday
Nenday Parakeet
28-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Nenday Parakeet
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Green-barred Woodpecker
Colaptes melanochloros
Green-barred Woodpecker
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Masked Yellowthroat
Geothlypis aequinoctialis
Masked Yellowthroat
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Roadside Hawk
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Tigrisoma lineatum
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoi
Cocoi Heron
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Great Egret
28-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González



Rosy-billed Pochard
Netta peposaca
Rosy-billed Pochard
27-03-21 © Sally Dietrich
Rosy-billed Pochard
27-03-21 © Sally Dietrich
Today Saturday 27th Sally dropped by the reserve though the day was wet. The reserve was closed. So, she rode along the sidewalk by the Coypu Pond. She saw mainly water birds - yellow-billed teals, Brazilian ducks and lots of white-faced whistling-ducks, the three coot species, common gallinule and a limpkin. But most surprising was a new family of rosy-billed pochard. Sally saw something moving in the water and thought of a turtle. But the ducklings began to appear from the vegetation: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... 20 ducklings appeared! A real super mom!  She had not taken the camera but took a photo with her cell phone.




Red-and-white Crake
Laterallus leucopyrrhus
Red-and-white Crake
24-03-21 © Andrés de Miguel
Red-and-white Crake
24-03-21 © Andrés de Miguel
Red-and-white Crake
24-03-21 © Andrés de Miguel
24-3-21 © Andrés de Miguel
24-3-21 © Andrés de Miguel
Vermilion Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Vermilion Flycatcher
24-03-21 © Sally Dietrich
Vermilion Flycatcher
24-03-21 © Sally Dietrich
Vermilion Flycatcher
24-03-21 © Sally Dietrich




Rosy-billed Pochard
Netta peposaca
Rosy-billed Pochard
24-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García

A new rosy-billed pochard family

Rosy-billed Pochard
24-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García

A new rosy-billed pochard family

Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoi
Cocoi Heron
24-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Great Kiskadee
24-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Saffron Finch
24-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Saffron Finch
24-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Saffron Finch
24-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tropical Kingbird
24-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Tropical Kingbird
24-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Mimus saturninus
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
24-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Greyish Baywing
Agelaioides badius
Greyish Baywing
24-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García

Lake Duck
Oxyura vittata
Lake Duck
21-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Lake Duck
21-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Lake Duck
21-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Lake Duck
21-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Red-crested Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
Red-crested Cardinal
21-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Red-crested Cardinal
21-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Chimango Caracara
Milvago chimango
Chimango Caracara
21-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Chimango Caracara
21-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González

Rosy-billed Pochard
Netta peposaca
Rosy-billed Pochard
21-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Coscoroba Swan
Coscoroba coscoroba
Coscoroba Swan
21-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
House Sparrow
21-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Eared Dove
Zenaida auriculata
Eared Dove
21-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoi
Cocoi Heron
21-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Red-fronted Coot
Fulica rufifrons
Red-fronted Coot
21-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian



Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Limpkin
21-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus
Monk Parakeet
21-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Monk Parakeet
21-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Roadside Hawk
21-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Brazilian Teal
Amazonetta brasiliensis
Brazilian Teal
21-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Rock Pigeon
21-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Golden-billed Saltator
Saltator aurantiirostris
Golden-billed Saltator
21-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Rosy-billed Pochard
Netta peposaca
Rosy-billed Pochard
21-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Common Gallinule
Gallinula galeata
Common Gallinule
21-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Great Kiskadee
21-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Coscoroba Swan
Coscoroba coscoroba
Coscoroba Swan
21-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García






Picui Ground Dove
Columbina picui
Picui Ground Dove
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Green-winged Saltator
Saltator similis
Green-winged Saltator
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Green-winged Saltator
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Blue-and-yellow Tanager
Pipraeidea bonariensis
Blue-and-yellow Tanager
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Streaked Flycatcher
Myiodynastes maculatus
Streaked Flycatcher
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Variable Oriole
Icterus pyrrhopterus
Variable Oriole
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
Narrow-billed Woodcreeper
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Double-collared Seedeater
Sporophila caerulescens
Double-collared Seedeater
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Double-collared Seedeater
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Red-crested Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
Red-crested Cardinal
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Red-crested Cardinal
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Mimus saturninus
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Red-fronted Coot
Fulica rufifrons
Red-fronted Coot
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Silver Teal
Spatula versicolor
Silver Teal
19-03-21 © Milena LLopis

Harris's Hawk
Parabuteo unicinctus
Harris's Hawk
14-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Harris's Hawk
14-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Harris's Hawk
14-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Glittering-bellied Emerald
Chlorostilbon lucidus
Glittering-bellied Emerald
14-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Southern Caracara
Caracara plancus
Southern Caracara
14-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Chimango Caracara
Milvago chimango
Chimango Caracara
14-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Saffron Finch
14-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Saffron Finch
14-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González




Rosy-billed Pochard
Netta peposaca
Rosy-billed Pochard
13-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Rosy-billed Pochard
13-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Rosy-billed Pochard
13-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González

From among the vegetation this family appeared. One of the few families of this season due to the drought

Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Roadside Hawk
13-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Masked Gnatcatcher
Polioptila dumicola
Masked Gnatcatcher
13-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Masked Gnatcatcher
13-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Double-collared Seedeater
Sporophila caerulescens
Double-collared Seedeater
13-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
House Sparrow
13-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Shiny Cowbird
Molothrus bonariensis
Shiny Cowbird
13-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González




Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
Roseate Spoonbill
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Ultramarine Grosbeak
Cyanoloxia brissonii
Ultramarine Grosbeak
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Ultramarine Grosbeak
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
White-winged Becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus
White-winged Becard
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Pied-billed Grebe
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Black-capped Warbling-Finch
Poospiza melanoleuca
Black-capped Warbling-Finch
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Sayaca Tanager
Thraupis sayaca
Sayaca Tanager
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González

Eating loquat

Saffron Finch
Sicalis flaveola
Saffron Finch
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Saffron Finch
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Glittering-bellied Emerald
Chlorostilbon lucidus
Glittering-bellied Emerald
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Glittering-bellied Emerald
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Gilded Hummingbird
Hylocharis chrysura
Gilded Hummingbird
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Creamy-bellied Thrush
Turdus amaurochalinus
Creamy-bellied Thrush
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González

Eating loquat

Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Roadside Hawk
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Golden-billed Saltator
Saltator aurantiirostris
Golden-billed Saltator
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Nenday Parakeet
Aratinga nenday
Nenday Parakeet
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Red-crested Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
Red-crested Cardinal
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Silver Teal
Spatula versicolor
Silver Teal
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Brazilian Teal
Amazonetta brasiliensis
Brazilian Teal
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Southern Caracara
Caracara plancus
Southern Caracara
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Great Egret
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoi
Cocoi Heron
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Coscoroba Swan
Coscoroba coscoroba
Coscoroba Swan
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González
Red-gartered Coot
Fulica armillata
Red-gartered Coot
06-03-21 © Javier Guillermo González




Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Limpkin
18-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata
White-faced Whistling-Duck
18-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian

With coscoroba swans in the water and rosy-billed pochard sitting on the ground

Wattled Jacana
Jacana jacana
Wattled Jacana
18-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Rosy-billed Pochard
Netta peposaca
Rosy-billed Pochard
18-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Rosy-billed Pochard
18-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian

With coots

Red-gartered Coot
Fulica armillata
Red-gartered Coot
18-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Red-fronted Coot
Fulica rufifrons
Red-fronted Coot
18-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tropical Kingbird
18-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Tropical Kingbird
18-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Mimus saturninus
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
18-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian

Black-necked Swan
Cygnus melancoryphus
Black-necked Swan
13-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Coscoroba Swan
Coscoroba coscoroba
Coscoroba Swan
13-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Southern Caracara
Caracara plancus
Southern Caracara
13-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Southern Caracara
13-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Greyish Baywing
Agelaioides badius
Greyish Baywing
13-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Greyish Baywing
13-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tropical Kingbird
13-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García
Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosa
Cattle Tyrant
13-03-21 © Héctor Horacio García




Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Roadside Hawk
06-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Southern Caracara
Caracara plancus
Southern Caracara
06-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Chimango Caracara
Milvago chimango
Chimango Caracara
06-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tropical Kingbird
06-03-21 © Milena LLopis

Striped Owl
Pseudoscops clamator
Striped Owl
04-10-20 © Sergio Gabriel Ríos
Striped Owl
04-10-20 © Sergio Gabriel Ríos
A last year's record which is worth mentioning. Talking to Sergio about the reserve he showed me a photo he had taken last year. A very pleasant surprise! It was none other than the striped owl.

White-faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata
White-faced Whistling-Duck
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Brazilian Teal
Amazonetta brasiliensis
Brazilian Teal
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Rosy-billed Pochard
Netta peposaca
Rosy-billed Pochard
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Rosy-billed Pochard
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Rosy-billed Pochard
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Mallard Duck
Anas platyrhynchos
Mallard Duck
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Coscoroba Swan
Coscoroba coscoroba
Coscoroba Swan
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Harris's Hawk
Parabuteo unicinctus
Harris's Hawk
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Red-fronted Coot
Fulica rufifrons
Red-fronted Coot
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Red-gartered Coot
Fulica armillata
Red-gartered Coot
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Nenday Parakeet
Aratinga nenday
Nenday Parakeet
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Nenday Parakeet
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Rock Pigeon
09-03-21 © Gustavo F. Brahamian

Rosy-billed Pochard
Netta peposaca
Rosy-billed Pochard
06-03-21 © Sally Dietrich

Along with the rosy-billed pochards, the male mallard duck, Brazilian teals, wattled jacanas and a coot

Rosy-billed Pochard
06-03-21 © Sally Dietrich

Along with the pair of rosy-billed pochards, the male mallard duck, a wattled jacanas and a coot


Ultramarine Grosbeak
Cyanoloxia brissonii
Ultramarine Grosbeak
06-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Glittering-bellied Emerald
Chlorostilbon lucidus
Glittering-bellied Emerald
06-03-21 © Milena LLopis

Lapping up tree tobacco Nicotiana glauca

Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Tropical Kingbird
06-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Red-crested Cardinal
Paroaria coronata
Red-crested Cardinal
06-03-21 © Milena LLopis
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
Mimus saturninus
Chalk-browed Mockingbird
06-03-21 © Milena LLopis