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ARGENTINA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST

Accessible Species

NEOTROPICS ARGENTINA

# Species:1109
# Excl Vagrants:1043
# Endemics:22
# Near Endemics:87

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BIRDING LOCALES

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic17
LCLocal17
NENear Endemic83
RRRestricted Range9

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened59
VVulnerable26
ENEndangered13
CRCritically Endangered0

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.*

color codes

1Greater RheaRhea americana NT
2Solitary TinamouTinamus solitarius NT
3Huayco TinamouRhynchotus maculicollisNE 
4Quebracho Crested-TinamouEudromia formosaNE 
5Patagonian TinamouTinamotis ingoufiNE 
6Orinoco GooseOressochen jubata NT
7Kelp GooseChloephaga hybridaNE 
8Ashy-headed GooseChloephaga poliocephalaNE 
9Ruddy-headed GooseChloephaga rubidicepsNE 
10Flying Steamer-DuckTachyeres patachonicusNE 
11Flightless Steamer-DuckTachyeres pteneresNE 
12White-headed Steamer-DuckTachyeres leucocephalusEV
13Spectacled DuckSpeculanas specularisNENT
14Rusty-margined GuanPenelope superciliaris NT
15Red-faced GuanPenelope dabbeneiNE 
16Yungas GuanPenelope bridgesiNE 
17Black-fronted Piping-GuanPipile jacutinga EN
18Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis NT
19Andean FlamingoPhoenicoparrus andinus V
20James's FlamingoPhoenicoparrus jamesi NT
21Silvery GrebePodiceps occipitalisLC 
22Chilean PigeonPatagioenas araucanaNE 
23Bare-eyed Ground DoveMetriopelia morenoiE 
24Large-tailed DoveLeptotila megaluraNE 
25Long-trained NightjarMacropsalis forcipataNE 
26Rothschild's SwiftCypseloides rothschildiNENT
27Green-backed FirecrownSephanoides sephaniodesNE 
28Wedge-tailed HillstarOreotrochilus adelaNE 
29Blue-capped PufflegEriocnemis glaucopoidesNE 
30Stripe-breasted StarthroatHeliomaster squamosusE 
31Slender-tailed WoodstarMicrostilbon burmeisteriNE 
32Austral RailRallus antarcticusNEV
33Dot-winged CrakePorzana spiloptera V
34Horned CootFulica cornuta NT
35Magellanic PloverPluvianellus socialisNENT
36Magellanic OystercatcherHaematopus leucopodusNE 
37Diademed Sandpiper-PloverPhegornis mitchellii NT
38Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus NT
39White-bellied SeedsnipeAttagis malouinusNE 
40Fuegian SnipeGallinago stricklandiiNENT
41Red KnotCalidris canutus NT
42Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis NT
43Olrog's GullLarus atlanticus NT
44Emperor PenguinAptenodytes forsteri NT
45African PenguinSpheniscus demersus EN
46Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophus V
47Southern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome V
48Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora V
49Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans V
50Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fusca EN
51Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata NT
52Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos EN
53Gray-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostoma EN
54White-capped AlbatrossThalassarche cauta NT
55Juan Fernandez PetrelPterodroma externa V
56Atlantic PetrelPterodroma incerta EN
57Gray PetrelProcellaria cinerea NT
58White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis V
59Spectacled PetrelProcellaria conspicillata V
60Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseus NT
61Red-legged CormorantPoikilocarbo gaimardi NT
62Guanay CormorantLeucocarbo bougainvillii NT
63South Georgia ShagLeucocarbo georgianusE 
64Andean CondorVultur gryphus V
65Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja V
66Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
67Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidori EN
68Chilean HawkAccipiter chilensisNE 
69Solitary EagleButeogallus solitarius NT
70Chaco EagleButeogallus coronatus EN
71Rufous-tailed HawkButeo ventralisNEV
72Montane Forest Screech-OwlMegascops hoyiNE 
73Austral Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium nanaNE 
74Chaco OwlStrix chacoensis NT
75Saffron ToucanetPteroglossus bailloni NT
76Dot-fronted WoodpeckerDryobates frontalisNE 
77Magellanic WoodpeckerCampephilus magellanicusNE 
78Black-bodied WoodpeckerDryocopus schulzii NT
79Helmeted WoodpeckerCeleus galeatus V
80White-browed WoodpeckerPiculus aurulentus NT
81Chilean FlickerColaptes pitiusNE 
82White-throated CaracaraDaptrius albogularisNE 
83Striated CaracaraDaptrius australisNENT
84Orange-breasted FalconFalco deiroleucus NT
85Tucuman ParrotAmazona tucumanaNEV
86Turquoise-fronted ParrotAmazona aestiva NT
87Austral ParakeetEnicognathus ferrugineusNE 
88Military MacawAra militaris V
89White-bearded AntshrikeBiatas nigropectusNEV
90Bertoni's AntbirdDrymophila rubricollisRR 
91White-throated AntpittaGrallaria albigulaRR 
92Black-throated Huet-huetPteroptochos tarniiNE 
93Chucao TapaculoScelorchilus rubeculaNE 
94Sandy GallitoTeledromas fuscusE 
95Spotted BamboowrenPsilorhamphus guttatusNE 
96Ochre-flanked TapaculoEugralla paradoxaNE 
97Planalto TapaculoScytalopus pachecoiNE 
98Magellanic TapaculoScytalopus magellanicusNE 
99White-browed TapaculoScytalopus superciliarisE 
100Zimmer's TapaculoScytalopus zimmeriNE 
101Short-billed MinerGeositta antarcticaNE 
102Creamy-rumped MinerGeositta isabellinaNE 
103White-throated TreerunnerPygarrhichas albogularisNE 
104Band-tailed EarthcreeperOchetorhynchus phoenicurusNE 
105Bolivian EarthcreeperTarphonomus hartertiNE 
106Blackish CinclodesCinclodes antarcticusNENT
107Cordoba CinclodesCinclodes comechingonusE 
108Olrog's CinclodesCinclodes olrogiE 
109Gray-flanked CinclodesCinclodes oustaletiNE 
110Dark-bellied CinclodesCinclodes patagonicusNE 
111White-browed Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia amaurotis NT
112Canebrake GroundcreeperClibanornis dendrocolaptoides NT
113Thorn-tailed RayaditoAphrastura spinicaudaNE 
114Des Murs's WiretailSylviorthorhynchus desmursiiNE 
115Brown-capped Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura fuliginicepsNE 
116Araucaria Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura setaria NT
117Spot-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus maculipectusNE 
118Hudson's CanasteroAsthenes hudsoni NT
119Austral CanasteroAsthenes anthoidesNE 
120Maquis CanasteroAsthenes heteruraNE 
121Straight-billed ReedhaunterLimnoctites rectirostris NT
122Patagonian CanasteroPseudasthenes patagonicaE 
123Steinbach's CanasteroPseudasthenes steinbachiE 
124Bay-capped Wren-SpinetailSpartonoica maluroides NT
125White-throated CacholotePseudoseisura gutturalisE 
126Rufous-tailed PlantcutterPhytotoma raraNE 
127Bay-ringed TyrannuletPhylloscartes sylviolus NT
128Southern Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus eximius NT
129Buff-banded TyrannuletMecocerculus hellmayriRR 
130Bearded TachuriPolystictus pectoralis NT
131Dinelli's DoraditoPseudocolopteryx dinelliana NT
132Ticking DoraditoPseudocolopteryx citreolaNE 
133Sclater's TyrannuletPhyllomyias sclateriRR 
134Salinas MonjitaNeoxolmis salinarumENT
135Rusty-backed MonjitaNeoxolmis rubetraE 
136White-tailed Shrike-TyrantAgriornis albicauda V
137Great Shrike-TyrantAgriornis lividusNE 
138Black-and-white MonjitaHeteroxolmis dominicanus V
139Patagonian TyrantColorhamphus parvirostrisNE 
140Azure JayCyanocorax caeruleus NT
141Creamy-bellied GnatcatcherPolioptila lactea NT
142Rufous-throated DipperCinclus schulziiNEV
143Brown-backed MockingbirdMimus dorsalisLC 
144Speckled Nightingale-ThrushCatharus maculatusLC 
145Puna PipitAnthus brevirostrisRR 
146Pampas PipitAnthus chacoensisNE 
147Hellmayr's PipitAnthus hellmayriLC 
148Green-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chalybeaRRNT
149Yungas SparrowRhynchospiza dabbeneiNE 
150Moss-backed SparrowArremon doribniiNE 
151Fulvous-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes fulvicepsNE 
152Yellow-striped BrushfinchAtlapetes citrinellusE 
153Long-tailed MeadowlarkLeistes loycaNE 
154Austral BlackbirdCuraeus curaeusNE 
155Scarlet-headed BlackbirdAmblyramphus holosericeusLC 
156Chopi BlackbirdGnorimopsar chopiLC 
157Yellow-rumped MarshbirdPseudoleistes guirahuroLC 
158White-browed WarblerMyiothlypis leucoblepharaLC 
159Pale-legged WarblerMyiothlypis signataLC 
160Brown-capped RedstartMyioborus brunnicepsNE 
161Chestnut-headed TanagerThlypopsis pyrrhocomaRR 
162Rust-and-yellow TanagerThlypopsis ruficepsLC 
163Ruby-crowned TanagerTachyphonus coronatusLC 
164Rufous-bellied Mountain TanagerPseudosaltator rufiventrisNE 
165Chestnut-backed TanagerStilpnia preciosaLC 
166Green-headed TanagerTangara seledonLC 
167Gray-hooded Sierra FinchPhrygilus gayiNE 
168Red-backed Sierra FinchIdiopsar dorsalisRR 
169Short-tailed FinchIdiopsar brachyurusRR 
170Gray-crested FinchLophospingus griseocristatusNE 
171Carbonated Sierra FinchPorphyrospiza carbonariusE 
172Rusty-browed Warbling FinchPoospiza erythrophrysNE 
173Cinnamon Warbling FinchPoospiza ornataE 
174Black-and-chestnut Warbling FinchPoospiza whitiiNE 
175Tucuman Mountain-FinchPoospiza baeriNEV
176Rufous-sided Warbling FinchPoospizopsis hypochondriaNE 
177Stripe-tailed Yellow-FinchSicalis citrinaLC 
178Puna Yellow-FinchSicalis luteaLC 
179Monte Yellow-FinchSicalis mendozaeE 
180Patagonian Yellow-FinchSicalis lebruniNE 
181Lesser Grass-FinchEmberizoides ypiranganusLC 
182Dark-throated SeedeaterSporophila ruficollis NT
183Marsh SeedeaterSporophila palustris EN
184Rufous-rumped SeedeaterSporophila hypochroma NT
185Chestnut SeedeaterSporophila cinnamomea V
186Yellow CardinalGubernatrix cristata EN
187Black-throated GrosbeakSaltator fuliginosusLC 

 

 *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.