Northern Argentina Bird List Order and names based on Aves Birds of Argentina & Uruguay by Tito Narosky, et al English Name Latin Name Nombre cientifico Nombre en Espanol RHEIDAE Greater Rhea Rhea americana Nandu TINAMIDAE Tataupa Tinamou Crypturellus tataupa Tataupa comun Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens Inambu colorado Spotted Tinamou Nothura maculosa Inambu chico comun PODICIPEDIDAE Great Grebe Podiceps major Maca grande ANHINGIDAE Anhinga Anhinga anhinga Aninga PHALACROCORACIDAE Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus Bigua ARDEIDAE Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus Mirasol grande Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Mirasol chico Cocoi (White-necked) Heron Ardea cocoi Garza mora Rufescent Tiger-heron Tigrisoma lineatum Hoco colorado Great Egret Ardea alba Garza blanca Snowy Egret Egretta thula Garcita blanca Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix Chiflon Striated Heron Butorides striatus Garcita azulada Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Garza bruja THRESKIORNITHIDAE Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus Cuervillo cara pelada Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaia Espatula rosada CICONIDAE American Wood Stork Mycteria americana Tuyuyu Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari Ciguena americana Jabiru Jabiru Mycteria Yabira CATHARTIDAE King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa Hote real Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Hote cabeza colorado Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus Hote cabeza amarilla Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Hote cabeza negra ANHIMIDAE Southern Screamer Chauna torquata Chaja ANATIDAE Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Pato real Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Siriri vientre negro White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Siriri pampa 1
Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris Pato barcino Brazillian Duck Amazonetta brasiliensis Pato cutiri ACCIPITRIDAE Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Milano tijereta Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea Milano plomiza Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus Milano pico garfio Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis Caracolero Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni Gavilan planeador Bay-winged Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus Gavilan mixto Grey-bellied Hawk Accipiter poliogaster Esparvero grande Black-chested Buzzard-eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus Aguila mora Great Black-hawk Buteogallus urubitinga Aguila negra Savanah Hawk Heterospizias meridionalis Aguilucho colorado Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis Aguilucho pampa Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris Taguato comun Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyuurus Aguilucho cola corta FALCONIDAE Southern Crested Caracara Polyborus plancus Carancho Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima Chimachima Chimango Caracara Milvago Chimango Chimango American Kestrel Falco sparverius Halconcito colorado Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis Halcon plomizo CRACIDAE Black-fronted Piping-guan Aburria pipile Yacutinga RALLIDAE Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius Burrito comun Dot-winged Crake (heard) Laterallus spilopterus Burrito negruzsco Giant Wood-Rail Aramides ypecaha Ipacaa Slaty-breatsed Wood-Rail Aramides saracura Saracura Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus saguinolentus Gallineta comun Azure Gallinule Porphyrula flavirostris Pollona celeste Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica Pollona azul Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata Gallareta ligas rojas ARAMIDAE Limpkin Aramus guarauna Carao CHARADRIIDAE Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis Tero comun JACANIDAE Whattled Jacana Jacana jacana Jacana RECURVIROSTRIDAE White-backed (South American) Stilt Himantopus melanurus Tero real ROSTRATULIDAE South American Painted Snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris Aguatero SCOLOPACIDAE Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Pitotoy solitario Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Playerito pectoral 2
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Becasina comun RYNCHOPINAE Black Skimmer Rynchops niger Rayador LARIDAE Brown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis Gaviota capucho cafe Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex Ati Yellow-billed Tern Sterna superciliaris Gaviotin chico comun COLUMBIDAE Rock Dove Columba livia Paloma domestica Picazuro Pigeon Columba Picazuro Paloma Picazuro Spot-winged Pigeon Columba maculosa Paloma manchada Pale-vented Pigeon Columba cayennensis Paloma colorada Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata Paloma torcaza Picui Ground-Dove Columbina picui Torcacita Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta Palomita enana Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti Palomita colorada Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa Palomita azulada White-tipped-Dove Leptotila verreauxi Yeruti comun Grey-fronted-Dove Leptotila rufaxilla Yeruti rojiza PSITTACIDAE White-eyed Parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus Loro de ala roja Black-hooded Parakeet Nandayus nenday Nenday Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus Cotorra Reddish-bellied Parakeet Pyrrhura frontalis Chiripepe de cabeza verde Blue-winged Parrotlet Forpus xanthopterygius Catita enana Scaly-headed Parrot Pionus maximiliani Loro choclero Vinaceous-breasted Parrot Amazona vinacea Loro vinaceo CUCULIDAE Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus Cuclillon ceniciento Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Tingazu Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia Crespin Guira Cuckoo Guira guira Pirincho Greater Ani Crotophaga major Ano grande Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Ano chico STRIGIDAE Tropical Screech-Owl Otus choliba Alicucu comun Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Lechucita de las viscacheras CAPRIMULGIDAE Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Anapero Nacunda Nighthawk Podagar nacunda Nacunda Paraque Nyctidromus albicollis Atajacaminos de collar blanco Band-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longirostris Atajacaminos comun Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus Urutau APODIDAE Great Dusky Swift Cypseloides senex Vencejo ahumado chico Ashy-tailed Swift Chaetura cinereiventris Vencejo de garganta blanca Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris Vencejo de vientre gris 3
TROCHILIDAE Scale-throated Hermit Phaethornis eurynome Picaflor ermitano grande Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei Picaflor ermitano chico Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura Picaflor golondrina Black Jacobin Melanotrochilius fuscus Picaflor negro Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis Picaflor de garganta negra Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris Picaflor verde comun Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis Picaflor verde de frente azul Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina Picaflor de barba castana Gilded Hummingbird Hylocharis chrysura Picaflor branceado White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis Picaflor garganta blanca White-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia chionogaster Picaflor de vientre blanco Versicolored Emerald Amazilia versicolor Picaflor esmeralda Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer Picaflor de barbijo TROGONIDAE Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus Surucua amarillo Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura Surucua comun MOMOTIDAE Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus ruficapillus Yeruva ALCEDINIDAE Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata Martin-pescador grande Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Martin-pescador mediano Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana Martin-pescador chico Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea Martin-pescador Enano BUCCONIDAE White-eared Puffbird Nystalus chacuru Chacuru listado RAMPHASTIDAE Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis Tucan de cara castana Red-breasted Toucan Ramphastos dicolorus Tucan de pico verde Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco Tucan grande PICIDAE Ochre-collared Piculet Picumnus temminckii Carpintero de cara canela White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus Carpinterito comun White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus Carpintero blanca Yellow-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes flavifrons Carpintero de frente amarillo Chequered Woodpecker Picoides mixtus Carpintero bataraz chico Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus Carpintero olivacea comun White-spotted Woodpecker Veniliorni spilogaster Carpintero olivaceo manchado Green-barred (Golden-breasted) Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros Carpintero Real Field Flicker Colaptes campestris Carpintero campestris Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus Carpintero listado de garganta roja DENDROCOLAPTIDAE Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa Trepador pardo Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus Tarefero White-throated Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes albicollis Trepador grande de pico negro Planalto Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes platyrostris Trepador chico de pico negro Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris Chinchero chico Scaled Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes squamatus Trepador escamado Lesser Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes fuscus Trepador enamo 4
FURNARIIDAE Rufous Horneo Furnarius Rufus Horneo comun Araucaria Tit-spinetail Leptasthenura setaria Coludito de los pinos Sooty-fronted Spinetail Synallaxis frontalis Pijui comun Chicli Spinetail Synallaxis spixi Chicli Grey-bellied Spinetail Synallaxis cinerascens Pijui ceniciento Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomea Curutie rojizo Greater Thornbird Phacellodomus ruber Espinero grande Freckle-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticollis Espinero de pecho manchado Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner Philydor lichtensteini Ticotico ocraceo chico Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus Ticotico ocraceo grande Streaked Xenops Xenops rutilans Picolezna grande FORMICARIIDAE Spot-backed Antshrike (heard) Hypoedaleus guttatus Batara goteado Tufted Antshrike Mackenziaena leachi Batara silbon grande Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens Batara o choca comun Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis Batara amarillo chico Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochumus rufomarginatus Batara de alas canelas Short-tailed Antthrush Chamaeza campanisona Tovaca Speckle-breasted Antpitta (heard) Hylopezus ochroleucus Chululu chico Mouse-colored Tapaculo (heard) Scytalopus magellanicus Churrin andino-patagonico RHINOCRYPTIDAE Spotted Bambo-wren Psilorhamphus guttatus Gallito overo COTINGIDAE Red-ruffed Fruitcrow Pyroderus scutaus Yacutoro TYRANNIDAE Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster Fiofio copeton Small-billed Eleania Elaenia parvirostris Fiofio pico corto Sooty Tyrannulet Serpophaga nigricans Piojito gris White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata Piojito comun Crested Doradito Pseudocolopteryx sclateri Doradito copeton Eared Pygmy-tyrant Myiornis auricularis Mosqueta enana Drab-breasted Pygmy-tyrant Hermitriccus diops Mosqueta de Anteojos Pearly-vented Tody-tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer Mosqueta ojo dorado Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus Mosqueta chorreada Euler s Flycatcher Lachrotriccus euler Mosqueta parda Vermillion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus Churrinche White Monjita Xolmis irupero Monjita blanca Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillata Pico de plata Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica Viudita blanca White-headed Marsh-tyrant Fluvicola leucocephala Lavandera Strange-tailed Tyrant Alectrurus risora Yetapa de collar Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys Suiriri amarillo Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosus Picabuey Sirystes Sirystes sibilator Silbador Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox Burlisto pico negro Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus Burlisto cola castana Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Benteveo Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarhynchus pitangua Pitangua Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similes Benteveo mediano Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Benteveo rayado 5
Piractic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius Tuquito chico Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius Tuquito chorreado Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus Tuquito gris Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Tirano tropical Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana Tijereta White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychropterus Anambe comun Black-tailed Tityra Tityra cayana Tuere grande PIPRIDAE Wing-barred Manakin Piprites chloris Bailarin verde CORVINAE Plush-crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops Urraca Comun HIRUNDINIDAE White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer Golondrina ala blanca White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa Golondrina ceja blanca Brown-chested Martin Phaeoprogne tapera Golondrina parda Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea Golondrina domestica Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca Golondrina barranquera Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Golondrina-alirrasposa surena Bank Swallow (Sand Martin) Riparia riparia Golondrina zapadora Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Golondrina tijereta Cliff Swallow Hirundo pyrrhonota Golondrina rabadilla canela TROGLODYTIDAE Black-capped Donacobius Donacobius atricapillus Angu Thrush-like Wren (heard) Campylorhynchus turdinus Ratona House Wren Troglodytes aedon Ratona comun SYLVIIDAE Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher Polioptila lacteal Tacuarita blanca Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola Tacuarita azul TURDIDAE Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris Zorzal colorado Pale-breasted Thrush Turdus leucomelas Zorzal sabia Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus Zorzal chalchalero White-necked Thrush (heard) Turdus albicollis Zorzal collar blanco MIMIDAE Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus Calandria comun STURNIDAE European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Estornino comun VIREONIDAE Chivi Vireo (S.A. Red-eyed Vireo) Vireo chivi Chivi comun Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cychlaris gujanensis Juan chiviro PARULIDAE Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi Pitiayumi Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis Aranero cara negra Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus Aranero comun White-browed Warbler Basileuterus leucoblephanus Aranero silbon River Warbler Basileuterus (Phaeothlypis) rivularis Aranero ribereno 6
COEREBIDAE Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Mielero THRAUPIDAE Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanomota Viuva Green-headed Tanager Tangara arcoiris Tangara aroiris Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Sai azul Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea Tangara bonito Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica Tangara garganta violacea Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea Tangara amarillo Green-chinned Euphonia Euphonia chalybea Tangara picudo Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis bonariensis Naranjero Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca Celestino Hepatic Tanager Piranaga flava Fueguero comun Red-crowned Ant-tanager Habia rubica Fueguero morado White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus Frutero negro Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus Frutero coronado Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops Frutero corona amarillo Chestnut-headed Tanager Pyrrhocoma ruficeps Frutero cabeza castana Guira Tanager Hemithraupis flavicollis Saira dorada Magpie Tanager Cissopis leveriana Frutero overto Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis Tersina CARDENALINAE Greyish Saltator Saltator coerulescens Pepitero gris Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis Pepitero verdoso Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris Pepitero de collar Ultramarine Grosbeak Passerina brissonii Reina mora grande Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata Cardinal comun Yellow-billed Cardinal Paroaria capitata Cardenilla Red-crested Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus Brasita de fuego EMBERIZIDAE Saffron-billed Sparrow Arremon flavirostris Afrechero de collar Blackish-blue Seedeater Amaurospiza moesta Arrocero azul Rusty-collared Seedeater Sporophila collaris Corbatita domino Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens Corbatita comun Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Volatinero Great Pampa-finch Embernagra platensis Verdon Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola Jilguero comun Black-capped Warbling-finch Poospiza cinerea Monterita cabeza negra Black-and-rufus Warbling-finch Poospiza nigrorufa Sietevestidos Long-tailed Reed-Finch Donacospiza albifrons Cachilo canela Grassland Sparrow Myiospiza humeralis Cachilo ceja amarillo Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis Chingolo ICTERIDAE Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis Tordo renegrido Bay-winged Cowbird Molothrus badius Ordo musico Giant Cowbird Scaphidura oryzivora Tordo gigante Red-rumped Cacique Cacicus haemorrhous Cacique Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus Boyero de alas amarillas Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius Boyero negro Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi Chopi Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelaius thilius Varillero ala amarillo 7
Unicolored Blackbird Agelaius cyanopus Varillero negro Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayennensis Boyerito Saffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus Tordo amarillo Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus Federal Yellow-rumped Marshbird Pseudoleistes guirahuro Pecho amarillo grande Brown-and-yellow Marshbird Psuedoleistes virescens Pecho amarillo chico FRINGILLIDAE Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica Cabecitanegra comun PLOCEIDAE House Sparrow Passer domesticus Gorrion domestico List compiled by Kaiyote Snow 281 Birds - updated January 2019 8