Argentina / Brazil

Some bird life from one place in Argentina and five in Brazil from my visit to that part of the world in 2014.

1. Buenos Aires
2. Iguazu Falls
3. Curitiba / Morretes
4. Paraty
5. Ilha Grande
6. Rio de Janeiro

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Buenos Aires

Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus	Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus	House Sparrow Passer domesticus

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Iguazu Falls

Rhea Rhea americana	Cassowary Casuarius casuarius	Bare-faced Curassow Crax fasciolata

Black-fronted Piping-Guan Pipile jacutinga	Black Vulture Coragyps atratus	King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa

Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna	Golden Parakeet Guaruba guarouba	Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus

Vinaceous Parrot Amazona vinacea	Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia	Demoiselle Crane Grus (Anthropoides) virgo

Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum	Great Egret Ardea alba	Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber

Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus	Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis	Green and Rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda

Green-billed Toucan Ramphastos dicolorus	Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco	Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja

Seriema Cariama cristata	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis	Plush-crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops
White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalma

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Curitiba / Morretes

Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus	Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris	Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

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Paraty

Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis	Great Egret Ardea alba

Snowy Egret Egretta thula	Black Vulture Coragyps atratus	Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus

Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura	Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola	Saffron Finch Sicalis

Masked Water-tyrant Fluvicola nengeta	Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis	Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris

Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis	White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa

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Ilha Grande

Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti	Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura	Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis

Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata	Little Egret Egretta garzetta	Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens

Black Vulture Coragyps atratus	Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura	Azure-shouldered Tanager Thraupis cyanoptera

Olive-green Tanager Orthogonys chloricterus	Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca	Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus

Masked Water-tyrant Fluvicola nengeta	Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis	Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris

Scaled Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes squamatus

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Rio de Janeiro

Black Vulture Coragyps atratus	Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura	Great Egret Ardea alba
Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens	Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus	Slaty-breasted Wood Rail Aramides saracura
Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis	Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus	Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
Masked Water-tyrant Fluvicola nengeta