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Argentina

General Information

Argentina is located in the southernmost part of South America, bordering Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil, Uruguay, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Atlantic Ocean and the Drake Passage to the south, and Chile to the west. Argentina´s geographical position is unique, as it encompasses a wide range of climates and landscapes, from the peaks of the Andes mountain range to the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The country can be divided into several geographical regions, including the Pampas, Patagonia, Cuyo, and Chaco, each with its own geographical and climatic characteristics.

To get to Argentina, there are several transportation options. The country has several international airports, including Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Buenos Aires, which is the largest and busiest in the country. From there, you can take domestic or international flights to different destinations. You can also enter Argentina by land, through the borders with neighboring countries, or by sea, through the ports of the Atlantic Ocean. Once inside the country, you can use different modes of transportation, such as buses, trains, or cars, to get to the various places of interest.

In terms of environments and characteristics of the surroundings, Argentina is a country with great geographical diversity. The Pampas region is a fertile and flat plain, covered with grasslands and crops, while the Patagonia region is a mountainous and glacial area, with a cold and windy climate. The Cuyo region is a valley and mountain area, with a dry and sunny climate, while the Chaco region is a forest and savanna area, with a hot and humid climate. The vegetation in Argentina is also very varied, with quebracho and algarrobo forests in the Chaco region, grasslands in the Pampas, and shrubs and cacti in Patagonia.

In terms of useful logistical information, it is essential to keep in mind that Argentina is a large and diverse country, and each region has its own characteristics and needs. In general, it is recommended to plan ahead and research the climatic and geographical conditions of each place before traveling. It is also important to consider the availability of services and infrastructure in each region, as some areas may be more remote and difficult to access than others. In terms of accessibility, Argentina has a network of roads and highways that connect the different cities and towns, although some areas may be more difficult to access due to lack of infrastructure or weather conditions.

In summary, Argentina is a country with great geographical and climatic diversity, offering a variety of landscapes and environments to explore. With proper planning and prior research, it is possible to enjoy a unique and exciting nature observation experience in this country.



Compilation and publication: EcoRegistros – 18/07/2026



Regions
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  Order Family English Common Name Spanish Common Name Portuguese Common Name Scientific Name Belonging Conservation status Notes
1TinamiformesTinamidaeElegant Crested TinamouMartineta ComúnEudromia elegansNative
 LC 
2AnseriformesAnatidaeBlack-headed DuckPato Cabeza NegraMarreca-de-cabeça-pretaHeteronetta atricapillaNative
 LC 
3Lake DuckPato Zambullidor ChicoMarreca-pé-na-bundaOxyura vittataNative
 LC 
4Coscoroba SwanCoscorobaCapororocaCoscoroba coscorobaNative
 LC 
5Upland GooseCauquén ComúnGanso-de-magalhãesChloephaga pictaNative
 LC 
6Rosy-billed PochardPato PicazoMarrecãoNetta peposacaNative
 LC 
7Crested DuckPato CrestónLophonetta specularioidesNative
 LC 
8Red ShovelerPato CucharaMarreca-colhereiraSpatula plataleaNative
 LC 
9Chiloe WigeonPato OveroMarreca-oveiraMareca sibilatrixNative
 LC 
10Yellow-billed PintailPato MaiceroMarreca-pardaAnas georgicaNative
 LC 
11Yellow-billed TealPato BarcinoMarreca-pardinhaAnas flavirostrisNative
 LC 
12GalliformesOdontophoridaeCalifornia QuailCodorniz CalifornianaCodorniz-da-califórniaCallipepla californicaExotic
 LC 
13PhoenicopteriformesPhoenicopteridaeChilean FlamingoFlamenco AustralFlamingo-chilenoPhoenicopterus chilensisNative
 NT 
14PodicipediformesPodicipedidaeWhite-tufted GrebeMacá ComúnMergulhão-de-orelha-brancaRollandia rollandNative
 LC 
15Great GrebeMacá GrandeMergulhao-grande o choronaPodiceps majorNative
 LC 
16CuculiformesCuculidaeGuira CuckooPirinchoAnu-brancoGuira guiraNative
 LC 
17ColumbiformesColumbidaePicui Ground DoveTorcacita ComúnRolinha-picuiColumbina picuiNative
  
18Eared DoveTorcaza ComúnAvoanteZenaida auriculataNative
 LC 
19Chilean PigeonPaloma AraucanaPatagioenas araucanaNative
 LC 
20Rock DovePaloma DomésticaPombo-domésticoColumba liviaExotic
 LC 
21GruiformesRallidaeSpot-flanked GallinulePollona PintadaFrango-d´água-carijóPorphyriops melanopsNative
 LC 
22White-winged CootGallareta ChicaCarqueja-de-bico-amareloFulica leucopteraNative
 LC 
23CharadriiformesChionidaeSnowy SheathbillPaloma AntárticaPomba-antárticaChionis albusNative
 LC 
24HaematopodidaeAmerican OystercatcherOstrero ComúnPiru-piruHaematopus palliatusNative
 LC 
25CharadriidaeSouthern LapwingTero ComúnQuero-queroVanellus chilensisNative
 LC 
26ScolopacidaeWilson´s PhalaropeFalaropo ComúnPisa-n´águaPhalaropus tricolorNative
 LC 
27Greater YellowlegsPitotoy GrandeMaçarico-grande-de-perna-amarelaTringa melanoleucaNative
 NT 
28LaridaeSouth American TernGaviotín SudamericanoTrinta-réis-de-bico-vermelhoSterna hirundinaceaNative
 LC 
29Brown-hooded GullGaviota Capucho CaféGaivota-maria-velhaChroicocephalus maculipennisNative
 LC 
30Dolphin GullGaviota GrisGaivota-australLeucophaeus scoresbiiNative
 LC 
31Kelp GullGaviota CocineraGaivotãoLarus dominicanusNative
 LC 
32SphenisciformesSpheniscidaeMagellanic PenguinPingüino PatagónicoPinguim-de-magalhãesSpheniscus magellanicusNative
 LC 
33ProcellariiformesDiomedeidaeBlack-browed AlbatrossAlbatros Ceja NegraAlbatroz-de-sobrancelhaThalassarche melanophrisNative
 LC 
34ProcellariidaeSouthern Giant PetrelPetrel Gigante ComúnPetrel-giganteMacronectes giganteusNative
 LC 
35SuliformesPhalacrocoracidaeNeotropic CormorantBiguáBiguáNannopterum brasilianumNative
 LC 
36Rock ShagCormorán Cuello NegroLeucocarbo magellanicusNative
 LC 
37Imperial ShagCormorán ImperialLeucocarbo atricepsNative
 LC 
38PelecaniformesThreskiornithidaeBlack-faced IbisBandurria AustralTheristicus melanopisNative
 LC 
39White-faced IbisCuervillo de CañadaCaraúnaPlegadis chihiNative
 LC 
40ArdeidaeSnowy EgretGarcita BlancaGarça-branca-pequenaEgretta thulaNative
 LC 
41Black-crowned Night HeronGarza BrujaSocó-dorminhocoNycticorax nycticoraxNative
 LC 
42Great EgretGarza BlancaGarça-branca-grandeArdea albaNative
 LC 
43CaprimulgiformesCaprimulgidaeBand-winged NightjarAtajacaminos ÑañarcaSystellura longirostrisNative
 LC 
44StrigiformesStrigidaeBurrowing OwlLechucita VizcacheraCoruja-buraqueiraAthene cuniculariaNative
 LC 
45Magellanic Horned OwlTucúquereBubo magellanicusNative
 LC 
46CathartiformesCathartidaeTurkey VultureJote Cabeza ColoradaUrubu-de-cabeça-vermelhaCathartes auraNative
 LC 
47AccipitriformesAccipitridaeHarris´s HawkGavilán MixtoGavião-asa-de-telhaParabuteo unicinctusNative
 LC 
48Variable HawkAguilucho ComúnGavião-de-costas-vermelhasGeranoaetus polyosomaNative
 LC 
49FalconiformesFalconidaeCrested CaracaraCaranchoCarcaráCaracara plancusNative
 LC 
50Chimango CaracaraChimangoChimangoDaptrius chimangoNative
 LC 
51American KestrelHalconcito ColoradoQuiriquiriFalco sparveriusNative
 LC 
52PsittaciformesPsittacidaeMonk ParakeetCotorraCaturritaMyiopsitta monachusNative
 LC 
53PasseriformesTyrannidaeGreater Wagtail-TyrantCalandritaAlegrinho-balança-raboStigmatura budytoidesNative
 LC 
54White-crested ElaeniaFiofío SilbónGuaracava-de-crista-brancaElaenia albicepsNative
 LC 
55Tufted Tit-TyrantCachudito Pico NegroAnairetes parulusNative
 LC 
56Great KiskadeeBenteveo ComúnBem-te-viPitangus sulphuratusNative
 LC 
57Dark-faced Ground TyrantDormilona Cara NegraGaúcha-de-cara-sujaMuscisaxicola maclovianusNative
 LC 
58Austral NegritoSobrepuesto ComúnColegialLessonia rufaNative
 LC 
59Spectacled TyrantPico de PlataViuvinha-de-óculosHymenops perspicillatusNative
 LC 
60Rusty-backed MonjitaMonjita CastañaNoivinha-castanhaNeoxolmis rubetraNative
 LC 
61Grey-bellied Shrike-TyrantGaucho ComúnAgriornis micropterusNative
 LC 
62FurnariidaeRufous HorneroHorneroJoão-de-barroFurnarius rufusNative
 LC 
63Scale-throated EarthcreeperBandurrita ComúnUpucerthia dumetariaNative
 LC 
64Buff-winged CinclodesRemolinera ComúnPedreiro-dos-andesCinclodes fuscusNative
 LC 
65Plain-mantled Tit-SpinetailColudito Cola NegraLeptasthenura aegithaloidesNative
  
66White-throated CacholoteCacholote PardoPseudoseisura gutturalisNative
 LC 
67Patagonian CanasteroCanastero PatagónicoPseudasthenes patagonicaNative
 LC 
68HirundinidaeSouthern MartinGolondrina NegraAndorinha-do-sulProgne elegansNative
 LC 
69American Cliff SwallowGolondrina Rabadilla CanelaAndorinha-de-dorso-acaneladoPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaNative
 LC 
70TroglodytidaeSouthern House WrenRatona ComúnCorruiraTroglodytes musculusNative
 LC 
71MimidaePatagonian MockingbirdCalandria MoraMimus patagonicusNative
 LC 
72Chalk-browed MockingbirdCalandria GrandeSabiá-do-campoMimus saturninusNative
 LC 
73White-banded MockingbirdCalandria RealCalhandra-de-três-rabosMimus triurusNative
 LC 
74TurdidaeChiguanco ThrushZorzal ChiguancoTurdus chiguancoNative
 LC 
75Austral ThrushZorzal PatagónicoTurdus falcklandiiNative
 LC 
76Rufous-bellied ThrushZorzal ColoradoSabiá-laranjeiraTurdus rufiventrisNative
 LC 
77PasseridaeHouse SparrowGorrión ComúnPardalPasser domesticusExotic
  
78FringillidaeBlack-chinned SiskinCabecitanegra AustralSpinus barbatusNative
 LC 
79PasserellidaeRufous-collared SparrowChingoloTico-ticoZonotrichia capensisNative
 LC 
80IcteridaeLong-tailed MeadowlarkLoica ComúnLeistes loycaNative
 LC 
81Shiny CowbirdTordo RenegridoChupimMolothrus bonariensisNative
 LC 
82Yellow-winged BlackbirdVarillero Ala AmarillaSargentoAgelasticus thiliusNative
 LC 
83Greyish BaywingTordo MúsicoAsa-de-telhaAgelaioides badiusNative
 LC 
84ThraupidaeRed-crested CardinalCardenal ComúnCardealParoaria coronataNative
 LC 
85Carbonated Sierra FinchYal CarboneroRhopospina carbonariaNative
 LC 
86Mourning Sierra FinchYal NegroCanário-andino-negroRhopospina fruticetiNative
 LC 
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