10,000 Birds
AUGUST 19, 2020
Blue-black Grassquits are tiny birds, only four inches long, that are very common in subtropical savannah habitats from Mexico to Argentina. Breeding males are a deep, irridescent blue that often looks black, although in the off season they can look buffy-brown like the females, or, more often, a blotchy combination of the two color schemes.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2019
King Penguins breed in Antarctica, the Falklands and a few other South Atlantic islands, and in Argentina and Chile, along that odd border between the two countries in Tierra del Fuego. Except birders. We know better.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2014
One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States. The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia.
10,000 Birds
JULY 2, 2015
This is partly because it leaves at such high elevations (11,811 – 15,090 feet above sea level) along the high Andes of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina. American Avocet in breeding plumage. The Andean Avocet breeds in small groups in loose colonies scattered along the shallow saline lagoons at high elevation.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2013
They breed on a number of basaltic lakes in southwestern Argentina, and it is not entirely clear where they all winter, but some wintering Hooded Grebes have been found outside their breeding range (and a few none-breeding birds have been found year round at two locations on the Atlantic, apparently).
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 22, 2014
Each autumn, nearly the entire breeding population of the Swainson’s Hawk migrates from the temperate zone of North America to wintering areas in South America. Like most buteos, the Swainson’s Hawk feeds its young rodents, rabbits and reptiles but not so during non-breeding season. But that is another story.
10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2014
Despite trawling the internet, it is not clear if these birds are all juveniles, females or non-breeding males. Birds Argentina Spot-flanked Gallinule' The dark markings are easily visible and obvious, but are not present on the birds shown in this post. The frontal shield is smaller than one would expect to see on an adult male.
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