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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

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Photography ID: 5407
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/20/2011
Diego Oscar



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Diego Oscar05/26/2017ArgentinaMisionesRuta 20 y Arroyo Piray GuazuIndistinguishableAdultYesNo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
239799107/12/2025ArgentinaMisionesParque Provincial AraucariaDiego Oscar
239775004/12/2025ParaguayCanindeyúMbaracayú--JejuimiDiego Oscar
239771403/12/2025ParaguayCanindeyúMbaracayú--Jejuimi2Diego Oscar
239763402/12/2025ParaguaySan PedroAgroforestal Rio verde1Diego Oscar
239758601/12/2025ParaguaySan PedroAgroforestal Rio verdeDiego Oscar
237555717/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesLa Misión Lodge, Puerto Paraíso2Diego Oscar
237513516/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesLa Misión Lodge, Puerto Paraíso2Diego Oscar
237563314/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesRuta 2 - Mirador Reserva Biosfera Yaboti1Diego Oscar
237500414/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesLa Misión Lodge, Puerto Paraíso1Diego Oscar
237413013/10/2025ArgentinaMisionesRuta 21 Reserva Biosfera Yabotí1Diego Oscar
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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.