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Photo Gallery (Argentine species)

Although I'm not a photographer I like carrying a "bridge" camera when I guide and, if I got time (because my priority is to show the birds to the people I guide), I try taking pictures to remember the birds and the great moments that we share while birding. I also like digiscoping with my phone through the spotting scope when possible. 

Here are some pictures taken by me in some of my guiding trips within Argentina:




Harpy Eagle digiscoped in north west Argentina


 Upland Sandpiper in southern Entre Ríos


 Diademed Tanager in Costanera Sur reserve (Buenos Aires)


Masked Ducks in Costanera Sur reserve (Buenos Aires)


 Stripe-backed Bittern "digiscoped" in Costanera Sur reserve (Buenos Aires)


Black-headed Ducks in Costanera Sur reserve (Buenos Aires)


 South American Painted Snipe in southern Entre Ríos


 Saffron-cowled Blackbird in southern Entre Ríos


 Ibera Seedeater (recently described species) in Ibera marshes


 Sickle-winged Nightjar in Estancia Virocay (Corrientes)


 Yellow Cardinal near Ibera marshes


 Yellow-breasted Crake in Bañado la Estrella (Formosa)

 
Stygian Owl in Misiones province


 Black-fronted Piping-Guan in Misiones province


 Black-billed Scythebill in Misiones province


 Long-trained Nightjar in Misiones province


Spot-billed Toucanet in Misiones province


 Olive-crowned Crescentchest in Córdoba


 King Vulture in north west Argentina


Rufous-bellied Mountain Tanagers in north west Argentina



 Black-banded Owl in north west Argentina


 Rufous-throated Dippers in north west Argentina


 Orange-breasted Falcon in north west Argentina


 Carbonated Sierra-Finch (Argentine endemic) in north east Patagonia


Tawny-throated Dotterel in north east Patagonia


 Chubut Steamer-Duck (Argentine endemic) in north east Patagonia


 Hudson's Black-Tyrant in north east Patagonia


 Sandy Gallito (Argentine endemic) in north east Patagonia

 Red-backed Sierra-Finch in north west Argentina
 Diademed Sandpiper-Plover in the heights of north west Argentina
 
Short-tailed Finch in the puna of Salta


Zimmer's Tapaculo in the province of Salta

Tucuman Mountain-Finch in north west Argentina

Bolivian Warbling-Finch in Santa Victoria Oeste (NW Argentina)

Mottled Piculet in North East Corrientes province (NE Argentina)

Long-tailed Potoo in Misiones province

Hooded Grebe in south Patagonia

Austral Canastero in south Patagonia

White-bellied Seedsnipe in south Patagonia

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