Mark Pearman - Field Guide to the Birds of Argentina and the Southwest Atlantic (Helm Field Guides)

Dedicated to Alejandra, Ian and Luca, and Mecky, Simona and Ainara, and to all Argentine ornithologists and birders

In memory of Harry Pearman and Pacho Centeno

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Illustrations Aldo Chiappe, Jorge Rodrguez Mata, Richard Johnson and Alan Harris 2020

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First and foremost, the authors and art team greatly acknowledge the principal reviewers of this book for their diligent, constructive and often illuminating comments and criticism, which for many were provided throughout the compilation of this book. We are therefore indebted to the immense help provided by Alejandro Bodrati, Flavio Moschione, Juan Mazar Barnett, Santiago Imberti, Ignacio Roesler, Hernn Casaas, Germn Pugnali, Sergio Seipke and Christian Savigny. The book would be far from complete without the important input by these dedicated field ornithologists who have helped to set a new benchmark in Argentine ornithology.

We are also particularly indebted to various provincial and family specialists for sharing their intimate knowledge: Alejandro Di Giacomo and Fabricio C. Gorleri (Formosa); Alejandro Bodrati (Chaco, Misiones and Buenos Aires); Miguel Castelino and Ernesto Krauczuk (Misiones); Freddy Burgos and Jos Segovia (Jujuy); Emilio A. Jordan (Entre Ros); Martn Manassero (Santa F); Hernn Casaas and Juan Klavins (Crdoba); Pedro Blendinger and Jorge Gonnet, Ral balos (Mendoza); Jorge Veiga (Neuqun), Miguel Christie, Eduardo Ramilo, Marcelo Bettinelli and Ignacio Hernndez (Neuqun and Ro Negro); Lorenzo Sympson, Guillermo Amico and Hernn Povedano (Ro Negro), Felix Vidoz, Quillen Vidoz and Luis Segura (Chubut), Santiago Imberti (Santa Cruz), Marcelo de Cruz (Tierra del Fuego); Alan Henry (Falklands); Santiago Imberti, Tony Palliser and Christian Savigny (seabirds), Tony Prater (shorebirds), Pim Edelaar (steamer-ducks), Sergio Seipke and Matas A. Juhant (diurnal raptors), Emiliano A. Depino (rallids), Manuel Marn (swifts), Jon Curson (warblers) and Rosendo Fraga (icterids).

For the extraordinary variety of help and special requests during the many years of museum work, MP is indebted to Jorge R. Navas and Pablo Tubaro with the assistance of Giovanna Crespo and Yolanda Davies at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires (MACN), without whose help this book would still be in its infancy. We are also extremely grateful to all the help received at other important collections: Anbal Camperi, Carlos Darrieu, Nelly B, and Luis Pagano at Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires (MLP); Estella Alabarce, Jos Luis Ciamarello, Sebastin Aveldao, Ada Echevarra and Sara Bertelli at Fundacin Miguel Lillo, Tucumn (FML); Ana Maria Scollo and Elba Pescetti at Instituto Argentino de Zonas Aridas, Mendoza (IADIZA); Robert Prys-Jones and Michael Walters at the Natural History Museum, Tring (BMNH); Julio Milat at Museo Ornitolgico Municipal de Berisso (MOMB), and Luis Benegas at Museo Municipal de Ro Grande, Tierra del Fuego (MMRG); Kim Bostwick, Kevin Winkler and Charles Dardia at Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates (CUMV); Jorge de Len at Yale Peabody Museum (YPM); Paul R. Sweet, Peter Capainolo and Tom Trombone at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Robert Payne kindly provided a database of Argentine specimens held at the University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology (UMMZ), as did Brian K. Schmidt at the United States National Museum (of Natural History), Washington D.C. (USNM). Hernn Casaas and Martn Toledo provided some important data on specimens held at the Museo Zoolgico de Universidad Nacional de Crdoba (MZUNC), and Hernn Povedano commented on specimens held at the Museo Provincial de Ciencias Naturales Florentino Ameghino, Santa Fe (MFA) and Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antroplogicas Prof. Antonio Serrano, Paran, Entre Ros (MAS). Alice Cibois of the Natural History Museum of Geneva (MHNG) and Pam Rasmussen of the USNM kindly responded to specific requests. MP thanks Graeme and Carole Green for their kind hospitality during numerous visits to the Natural History Museum at Tring.

The following people have unreservedly contributed their own sound recordings including various previously unknown voices, or have sourced published material for the project: Ral Abalos, Freddy Burgos, Hernn Casaas, Miguel Castelino, Dave Farrow, Gabriela Ibarguchi, Santiago Imberti, Frank Lambert, Bernab Lpez-Lans, James Lowen, Sjoerd Mayer, Juan Mazar Barnett, Diego Monteleone, Germn Pugnali, Ignacio Roesler, Mark Sokol, Myriam Velzquez, Barry Walker, Andrew Whittaker and Dave Willis. The project has also benefited from the use of additional recordings from the National Sound Archive (NSA) of the British Library with particular thanks to Richard Ranft and Paul Duck, and from the Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds (MLNS) with special thanks to Greg F. Budney and Eduardo Iigo-Elas.

Both the authors and artists express their deep thanks for the photographic material received from Ral Abalos, Danny Aeberhard, Daniel Almirn, Anders Andersson, Phil Benstead, Marcelo Bettinelli, Alejandro Bodrati, Norberto Bolzn, Adriana H. Centeno, Juan Claver, Kristina Cockle, Freddy Burgos, Ruben Cargnelutti, Marcelo de Cruz, Rubn Dellacasa, Alejandro Di Giacomo, Ignacio Hernndez, James Lowen, Ricardo Doumecq Milieu, Pim Edelaar, Rainer Ertel, Roberto Gller, Alberto Gurni, Alan Henry, Jon Hornbuckle, Steve Howell, Santiago Imberti, Alvaro Jaramillo, Ramn Moller Jensen, Juan Klavins, Frank Lambert, James Lowen, Ricardo Matus, Andrew Moon, Juan Mazar Barnett, Norberto Oste, Luis Pagano, Tony Palliser, Mario Pea, Germn Pugnali, Christian Savigny, Julio Schindler, Federico Schulz, Bill Simpson, Ken Simpson, Dave Stejskal, Paul Smith, Pablo Sturzenbaum, Marcus Sulley, Joe Tobias, Jacob and Tini Wijpkema, and Dave Williamson. The artists especially thank Jorge Anfuso (Guira Oga) for permission to photograph raptors in his care and for his help with video footage of raptors in flight. In particular, we greatly appreciate the help of Marcelo Bettinelli and Roberto Gller in tracking down many of our photographic requests. Richard Johnson thanks Joe Tobias, James Lowen, Georgina Willmot and Roger and Margaret Johnson. Alan Harris thanks the staff at the Natural History Museum, Tring, especially Robert Prys-Jones and Mark Adams.