ARGENTINA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
Accessible Species
NEOTROPICS ARGENTINA
# Species: | 1109 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 1043 |
# Endemics: | 22 |
# Near Endemics: | 87 |
OTHER COUNTRIESIN THE NEOTROPICS
BIRDING LOCALES
DISTRIBUTION CODES
Code | Description | ## |
E | Endemic | 17 |
LC | Local | 17 |
NE | Near Endemic | 83 |
RR | Restricted Range | 9 |
STATUS CODES
Code | Description | ## |
NT | Near Threatened | 59 |
V | Vulnerable | 26 |
EN | Endangered | 13 |
CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.
List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in locales typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*
1 | Greater Rhea | Rhea americana | NT | |
2 | Solitary Tinamou | Tinamus solitarius | NT | |
3 | Huayco Tinamou | Rhynchotus maculicollis | NE | |
4 | Quebracho Crested-Tinamou | Eudromia formosa | NE | |
5 | Patagonian Tinamou | Tinamotis ingoufi | NE | |
6 | Orinoco Goose | Oressochen jubata | NT | |
7 | Kelp Goose | Chloephaga hybrida | NE | |
8 | Ashy-headed Goose | Chloephaga poliocephala | NE | |
9 | Ruddy-headed Goose | Chloephaga rubidiceps | NE | |
10 | Flying Steamer-Duck | Tachyeres patachonicus | NE | |
11 | Flightless Steamer-Duck | Tachyeres pteneres | NE | |
12 | White-headed Steamer-Duck | Tachyeres leucocephalus | E | V |
13 | Spectacled Duck | Speculanas specularis | NE | NT |
14 | Rusty-margined Guan | Penelope superciliaris | NT | |
15 | Red-faced Guan | Penelope dabbenei | NE | |
16 | Yungas Guan | Penelope bridgesi | NE | |
17 | Black-fronted Piping-Guan | Pipile jacutinga | EN | |
18 | Chilean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus chilensis | NT | |
19 | Andean Flamingo | Phoenicoparrus andinus | V | |
20 | James's Flamingo | Phoenicoparrus jamesi | NT | |
21 | Silvery Grebe | Podiceps occipitalis | LC | |
22 | Chilean Pigeon | Patagioenas araucana | NE | |
23 | Bare-eyed Ground Dove | Metriopelia morenoi | E | |
24 | Large-tailed Dove | Leptotila megalura | NE | |
25 | Long-trained Nightjar | Macropsalis forcipata | NE | |
26 | Rothschild's Swift | Cypseloides rothschildi | NE | NT |
27 | Green-backed Firecrown | Sephanoides sephaniodes | NE | |
28 | Wedge-tailed Hillstar | Oreotrochilus adela | NE | |
29 | Blue-capped Puffleg | Eriocnemis glaucopoides | NE | |
30 | Stripe-breasted Starthroat | Heliomaster squamosus | E | |
31 | Slender-tailed Woodstar | Microstilbon burmeisteri | NE | |
32 | Austral Rail | Rallus antarcticus | NE | V |
33 | Dot-winged Crake | Porzana spiloptera | V | |
34 | Horned Coot | Fulica cornuta | NT | |
35 | Magellanic Plover | Pluvianellus socialis | NE | NT |
36 | Magellanic Oystercatcher | Haematopus leucopodus | NE | |
37 | Diademed Sandpiper-Plover | Phegornis mitchellii | NT | |
38 | Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | NT | |
39 | White-bellied Seedsnipe | Attagis malouinus | NE | |
40 | Fuegian Snipe | Gallinago stricklandii | NE | NT |
41 | Red Knot | Calidris canutus | NT | |
42 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | NT | |
43 | Olrog's Gull | Larus atlanticus | NT | |
44 | Emperor Penguin | Aptenodytes forsteri | NT | |
45 | African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | EN | |
46 | Macaroni Penguin | Eudyptes chrysolophus | V | |
47 | Southern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | V | |
48 | Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | V | |
49 | Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | V | |
50 | Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | EN | |
51 | Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | NT | |
52 | Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | EN | |
53 | Gray-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | EN | |
54 | White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | NT | |
55 | Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | V | |
56 | Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | EN | |
57 | Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | NT | |
58 | White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | V | |
59 | Spectacled Petrel | Procellaria conspicillata | V | |
60 | Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna griseus | NT | |
61 | Red-legged Cormorant | Poikilocarbo gaimardi | NT | |
62 | Guanay Cormorant | Leucocarbo bougainvillii | NT | |
63 | South Georgia Shag | Leucocarbo georgianus | E | |
64 | Andean Condor | Vultur gryphus | V | |
65 | Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja | V | |
66 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | NT | |
67 | Black-and-chestnut Eagle | Spizaetus isidori | EN | |
68 | Chilean Hawk | Accipiter chilensis | NE | |
69 | Solitary Eagle | Buteogallus solitarius | NT | |
70 | Chaco Eagle | Buteogallus coronatus | EN | |
71 | Rufous-tailed Hawk | Buteo ventralis | NE | V |
72 | Montane Forest Screech-Owl | Megascops hoyi | NE | |
73 | Austral Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium nana | NE | |
74 | Chaco Owl | Strix chacoensis | NT | |
75 | Saffron Toucanet | Pteroglossus bailloni | NT | |
76 | Dot-fronted Woodpecker | Dryobates frontalis | NE | |
77 | Magellanic Woodpecker | Campephilus magellanicus | NE | |
78 | Black-bodied Woodpecker | Dryocopus schulzii | NT | |
79 | Helmeted Woodpecker | Celeus galeatus | V | |
80 | White-browed Woodpecker | Piculus aurulentus | NT | |
81 | Chilean Flicker | Colaptes pitius | NE | |
82 | White-throated Caracara | Daptrius albogularis | NE | |
83 | Striated Caracara | Daptrius australis | NE | NT |
84 | Orange-breasted Falcon | Falco deiroleucus | NT | |
85 | Tucuman Parrot | Amazona tucumana | NE | V |
86 | Turquoise-fronted Parrot | Amazona aestiva | NT | |
87 | Austral Parakeet | Enicognathus ferrugineus | NE | |
88 | Military Macaw | Ara militaris | V | |
89 | White-bearded Antshrike | Biatas nigropectus | NE | V |
90 | Bertoni's Antbird | Drymophila rubricollis | RR | |
91 | White-throated Antpitta | Grallaria albigula | RR | |
92 | Black-throated Huet-huet | Pteroptochos tarnii | NE | |
93 | Chucao Tapaculo | Scelorchilus rubecula | NE | |
94 | Sandy Gallito | Teledromas fuscus | E | |
95 | Spotted Bamboowren | Psilorhamphus guttatus | NE | |
96 | Ochre-flanked Tapaculo | Eugralla paradoxa | NE | |
97 | Planalto Tapaculo | Scytalopus pachecoi | NE | |
98 | Magellanic Tapaculo | Scytalopus magellanicus | NE | |
99 | White-browed Tapaculo | Scytalopus superciliaris | E | |
100 | Zimmer's Tapaculo | Scytalopus zimmeri | NE | |
101 | Short-billed Miner | Geositta antarctica | NE | |
102 | Creamy-rumped Miner | Geositta isabellina | NE | |
103 | White-throated Treerunner | Pygarrhichas albogularis | NE | |
104 | Band-tailed Earthcreeper | Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus | NE | |
105 | Bolivian Earthcreeper | Tarphonomus harterti | NE | |
106 | Blackish Cinclodes | Cinclodes antarcticus | NE | NT |
107 | Cordoba Cinclodes | Cinclodes comechingonus | E | |
108 | Olrog's Cinclodes | Cinclodes olrogi | E | |
109 | Gray-flanked Cinclodes | Cinclodes oustaleti | NE | |
110 | Dark-bellied Cinclodes | Cinclodes patagonicus | NE | |
111 | White-browed Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia amaurotis | NT | |
112 | Canebrake Groundcreeper | Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides | NT | |
113 | Thorn-tailed Rayadito | Aphrastura spinicauda | NE | |
114 | Des Murs's Wiretail | Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii | NE | |
115 | Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura fuliginiceps | NE | |
116 | Araucaria Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura setaria | NT | |
117 | Spot-breasted Thornbird | Phacellodomus maculipectus | NE | |
118 | Hudson's Canastero | Asthenes hudsoni | NT | |
119 | Austral Canastero | Asthenes anthoides | NE | |
120 | Maquis Canastero | Asthenes heterura | NE | |
121 | Straight-billed Reedhaunter | Limnoctites rectirostris | NT | |
122 | Patagonian Canastero | Pseudasthenes patagonica | E | |
123 | Steinbach's Canastero | Pseudasthenes steinbachi | E | |
124 | Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail | Spartonoica maluroides | NT | |
125 | White-throated Cacholote | Pseudoseisura gutturalis | E | |
126 | Rufous-tailed Plantcutter | Phytotoma rara | NE | |
127 | Bay-ringed Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes sylviolus | NT | |
128 | Southern Bristle-Tyrant | Pogonotriccus eximius | NT | |
129 | Buff-banded Tyrannulet | Mecocerculus hellmayri | RR | |
130 | Bearded Tachuri | Polystictus pectoralis | NT | |
131 | Dinelli's Doradito | Pseudocolopteryx dinelliana | NT | |
132 | Ticking Doradito | Pseudocolopteryx citreola | NE | |
133 | Sclater's Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias sclateri | RR | |
134 | Salinas Monjita | Neoxolmis salinarum | E | NT |
135 | Rusty-backed Monjita | Neoxolmis rubetra | E | |
136 | White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant | Agriornis albicauda | V | |
137 | Great Shrike-Tyrant | Agriornis lividus | NE | |
138 | Black-and-white Monjita | Heteroxolmis dominicanus | V | |
139 | Patagonian Tyrant | Colorhamphus parvirostris | NE | |
140 | Azure Jay | Cyanocorax caeruleus | NT | |
141 | Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher | Polioptila lactea | NT | |
142 | Rufous-throated Dipper | Cinclus schulzii | NE | V |
143 | Brown-backed Mockingbird | Mimus dorsalis | LC | |
144 | Speckled Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus maculatus | LC | |
145 | Puna Pipit | Anthus brevirostris | RR | |
146 | Pampas Pipit | Anthus chacoensis | NE | |
147 | Hellmayr's Pipit | Anthus hellmayri | LC | |
148 | Green-throated Euphonia | Euphonia chalybea | RR | NT |
149 | Yungas Sparrow | Rhynchospiza dabbenei | NE | |
150 | Moss-backed Sparrow | Arremon doribnii | NE | |
151 | Fulvous-headed Brushfinch | Atlapetes fulviceps | NE | |
152 | Yellow-striped Brushfinch | Atlapetes citrinellus | E | |
153 | Long-tailed Meadowlark | Leistes loyca | NE | |
154 | Austral Blackbird | Curaeus curaeus | NE | |
155 | Scarlet-headed Blackbird | Amblyramphus holosericeus | LC | |
156 | Chopi Blackbird | Gnorimopsar chopi | LC | |
157 | Yellow-rumped Marshbird | Pseudoleistes guirahuro | LC | |
158 | White-browed Warbler | Myiothlypis leucoblephara | LC | |
159 | Pale-legged Warbler | Myiothlypis signata | LC | |
160 | Brown-capped Redstart | Myioborus brunniceps | NE | |
161 | Chestnut-headed Tanager | Thlypopsis pyrrhocoma | RR | |
162 | Rust-and-yellow Tanager | Thlypopsis ruficeps | LC | |
163 | Ruby-crowned Tanager | Tachyphonus coronatus | LC | |
164 | Rufous-bellied Mountain Tanager | Pseudosaltator rufiventris | NE | |
165 | Chestnut-backed Tanager | Stilpnia preciosa | LC | |
166 | Green-headed Tanager | Tangara seledon | LC | |
167 | Gray-hooded Sierra Finch | Phrygilus gayi | NE | |
168 | Red-backed Sierra Finch | Idiopsar dorsalis | RR | |
169 | Short-tailed Finch | Idiopsar brachyurus | RR | |
170 | Gray-crested Finch | Lophospingus griseocristatus | NE | |
171 | Carbonated Sierra Finch | Porphyrospiza carbonarius | E | |
172 | Rusty-browed Warbling Finch | Poospiza erythrophrys | NE | |
173 | Cinnamon Warbling Finch | Poospiza ornata | E | |
174 | Black-and-chestnut Warbling Finch | Poospiza whitii | NE | |
175 | Tucuman Mountain-Finch | Poospiza baeri | NE | V |
176 | Rufous-sided Warbling Finch | Poospizopsis hypochondria | NE | |
177 | Stripe-tailed Yellow-Finch | Sicalis citrina | LC | |
178 | Puna Yellow-Finch | Sicalis lutea | LC | |
179 | Monte Yellow-Finch | Sicalis mendozae | E | |
180 | Patagonian Yellow-Finch | Sicalis lebruni | NE | |
181 | Lesser Grass-Finch | Emberizoides ypiranganus | LC | |
182 | Dark-throated Seedeater | Sporophila ruficollis | NT | |
183 | Marsh Seedeater | Sporophila palustris | EN | |
184 | Rufous-rumped Seedeater | Sporophila hypochroma | NT | |
185 | Chestnut Seedeater | Sporophila cinnamomea | V | |
186 | Yellow Cardinal | Gubernatrix cristata | EN | |
187 | Black-throated Grosbeak | Saltator fuliginosus | LC |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.