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Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua
(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
Pitanguá
Neinei
Family: Tyrannidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: [lanius] pitangua.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 297711
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/16/2018
Gustavo Fernando Durán
Foto
Photography ID: 296952
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/15/2018
Gustavo Fernando Durán
Foto
Photography ID: 177636
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
11/28/2016
Gustavo Fernando Durán



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Gustavo Fernando Durán10/18/2025ArgentinaMisionesBelgrano 58, Puerto IguazúN/AN/ANoNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241595214/01/202606:37ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Córdoba 637, Puerto IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
241568613/01/202614:06ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Victoria Aguirre 66, Puerto IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
241550313/01/202607:00ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Córdoba 637, Puerto IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
241541412/01/202608:41ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
241231009/01/202607:02ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
241214808/01/202615:51ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
237933923/10/202508:45ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Brasil 301-399, Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
237820121/10/202508:05ArgentinaMisionesVía Sin Nombre1Gustavo Fernando Durán
237791020/10/202517:08ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Río Iguazú, Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
237668620/10/202507:46ArgentinaMisionesUruguay 592, Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
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Bibliography related


Artículo Merlo, J. L. y S. Aleman. 2010. El Pintaguá (Megarynchus pitangua) en Buenos Aires. Nuestras Aves, 55: 22-23.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 30/03/2026.