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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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Photography ID: 1463
  Adult
Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
03/16/2010
Daniela Espinosa



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244991723/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesReserva El puente verde, Andresito1Daniela Espinosa
244980218/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada y Ecolodge Surucuá2Daniela Espinosa
237713914/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesRuta 2 - Mirador Reserva Biosfera Yaboti1Daniela Espinosa
237705014/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesLa Misión Lodge, Puerto Paraíso1Daniela Espinosa
237691513/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesRuta 21 Reserva Biosfera Yabotí1Daniela Espinosa
217786713/10/2024ParaguayCanindeyúReserva Natural del Bosque Mbaracayú1Daniela Espinosa
166952908/11/2022ParaguayItapúaReserva San Rafael, Alto Vera2Daniela Espinosa
111288215/10/2019ArgentinaMisionesCamino sin nombrar (-27,459442, -55,816158)1Daniela Espinosa
111269014/10/2019ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 (-25,864117, -53,978757)2Daniela Espinosa
111255513/10/2019ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial Araucaria1Daniela Espinosa
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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 25/03/2026.