Photographic safari from Chascomús to Samborombón Bay

A 65 km (40 miles)  round trip (plus many others back) along roads crossing Chascomús County countryside, arriving to the mouths of Salado and Samborombón rivers.
Abundant birds and other wildlife can be seen along the road, running through estancias with low and flooded fields in certain sections, a very promising route that will hardly disappoint anyone interested in photographic safaris.
On our first trip to the area 104 birds species were identified (see list at post end).Brown-and-yellow Marshbirds, Maguari storks, Snail kites and several ducks species are very common; other interesting or rare birds are Scarlet-headed Blackbird, Hudson's Canastero, Bay-capped Wren-spinetail, Cinereous harrier and Greater Rhea.

It's a Federal Nature Tours new proposal, if you're interested on this tour, please contact us about services, place or departure meeting, dates and availability.

Contact information: hernantolosa2@gmail.com


Greater Rhea

Chimango Caracara

Brown-hooded Gull

Lagoon and Southern Screamer flock


Snail Kite (young)

European Hare

Bay-capped Wren-spinetail

Cinereous Harrier

Black-necked Swan

Maguari Stork

Roadside Hawk (immature)

Brazilian Teal

House Wren


Río Salado route 11 bridge


Long-winged Harrier

Yellow-winged Blackbird (male)

Yellow-billed Teal

Brown-and-yellow Marshbird

Silver Teal

Spectacled Tyrant (male)

Yellow-winged Blackbird (female)

Hudson's Canastero

Scarlet-headed Blackbird

Spot-flanked Gallinule

American Kestrel

Southern Screamer



CHECKLIST


English Common Name Spanish Common Name Scientific Name
1 Greater Rhea Ñandú Rhea americana
2 Red-winged Tinamou Colorada Rhynchotus rufescens
3 Spotted Nothura Inambú Común Nothura maculosa
4 Southern Screamer Chajá Chauna torquata
5 White-faced Whistling-duck Sirirí Pampa Dendrocygna viduata
6 Fulvous Whistling-duck Sirirí Colorado Dendrocygna bicolor
7 Black-headed Duck Pato Cabeza Negra Heteronetta atricapilla
8 Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba Coscoroba coscoroba
9 Black-necked Swan Cisne Cuello Negro Cygnus melancoryphus
10 Ringed Teal Pato de Collar Callonetta leucophrys
11 Rosy-billed Pochard Pato Picazo Netta peposaca
12 Brazilian Teal Pato Cutirí Amazonetta brasiliensis
13 Silver Teal Pato Capuchino Spatula versicolor
14 Red Shoveler Pato Cuchara Spatula platalea
15 Cinnamon Teal Pato Colorado Spatula cyanoptera
16 Yellow-billed Pintail Pato Maicero Anas georgica
17 Yellow-billed Teal Pato Barcino Anas flavirostris
18 Pied-billed Grebe Macá Pico Grueso Podilymbus podiceps
19 White-tufted Grebe Macá Común Rollandia rolland
20 Great Grebe Macá Grande Podiceps major
21 Rock Dove Paloma Doméstica Columba livia
22 Picazuro Pigeon Paloma Picazuró Patagioenas picazuro
23 Spot-winged Pigeon Paloma Manchada Patagioenas maculosa
24 Eared Dove Torcaza Común Zenaida auriculata
25 Picui Dove Torcacita Común Columbina picui
26 Guira Cuckoo Pirincho Guira guira
27 Giant Wood-rail Ipacaá Aramides ypecaha
28 Plumbeous Rail Gallineta Común Pardirallus sanguinolentus
29 Common Gallinule Pollona Negra Gallinula galeata
30 Spot-flanked Gallinule Pollona Pintada Gallinula melanops
31 Red-gartered Coot Gallareta Ligas Rojas Fulica armillata
32 Red-fronted Coot Gallareta Escudete Rojo Fulica rufifrons
33 Limpkin Carau Aramus guarauna
34 Maguari Stork Cigüeña Americana Ciconia maguari
35 Bare-faced Ibis Cuervillo Cara Pelada Phimosus infuscatus
36 White-faced Ibis Cuervillo de Cañada Plegadis chihi
37 Black-crowned Night-heron Garza Bruja Nycticorax nycticorax
38 Cocoi Heron Garza Mora Ardea cocoi
39 Great White Egret Garza Blanca Ardea alba
40 Whistling Heron Chiflón Syrigma sibilatrix
41 Snowy Egret Garcita Blanca Egretta thula
42 Neotropical Cormorant Biguá Nannopterum brasilianus
43 Black-winged Stilt Tero Real Himantopus himantopus
44 Southern Lapwing Tero Común Vanellus chilensis
45 White-rumped Sandpiper Playerito Rabadilla Blanca Calidris fuscicollis
46 Pectoral Sandpiper Playerito Pectoral Calidris melanotos
47 Lesser Yellowlegs Pitotoy Chico Tringa flavipes
48 Brown-hooded Gull Gaviota Capucho Café Larus maculipennis
49 Burrowing Owl Lechucita Vizcachera Athene cunicularia
50 White-tailed Kite Milano Blanco Elanus leucurus
51 Long-winged Harrier Gavilán Planeador Circus buffoni
52 Cinereous Harrier Gavilán Ceniciento Circus cinereus
53 Snail Kite Caracolero Rostrhamus sociabilis
54 Roadside Hawk Taguató Común Rupornis magnirostris
55 Pampas Flicker Carpintero Campestre Colaptes campestroides
56 Southern Caracara Carancho Caracara plancus
57 Chimango Caracara Chimango Phalcoboenus chimango
58 American Kestrel Halconcito Colorado Falco sparverius
59 Aplomado Falcon Halcón Plomizo Falco femoralis
60 Monk Parakeet Cotorra Myiopsitta monachus
61 Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Chinchero Chico Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
62 Rufous Hornero Hornero Furnarius rufus
63 Wren-like Rushbird Junquero Phleocryptes melanops
64 Buff-winged Cinclodes Remolinera Común Cinclodes fuscus
65 Freckle-breasted Thornbird Espinero Pecho Manchado Phacellodomus striaticollis
66 Firewood-gatherer Leñatero Anumbius annumbi
67 Hudson´s Canastero Espartillero Pampeano Asthenes hudsoni
68 Sulphur-throated Spinetail Curutié Ocráceo Cranioleuca sulphurifera
69 Bay-capped Wren-spinetail Espartillero Enano Spartonoica maluroides
70 Many-colored Rush-tyrant Tachurí Sietecolores Tachuris rubrigastra
71 Warbling Doradito Doradito Común Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris
72 Sooty Tyrannulet Piojito Gris Serpophaga nigricans
73 Great Kiskadee Benteveo Común Pitangus sulphuratus
74 Cattle Tyrant Picabuey Machetornis rixosa
75 Common Vermilion Flycatcher Churrinche Pyrocephalus rubinus
76 Austral Negrito Sobrepuesto Común Lessonia rufa
77 Spectacled Tyrant Pico de Plata Hymenops perspicillatus
78 Yellow-browed Tyrant Suirirí Amarillo Satrapa icterophrys
79 Barn Swallow Golondrina Tijerita Hirundo rustica
80 White-rumped Swallow Golondrina Ceja Blanca Tachycineta leucorrhoa
81 Grey-breasted Martin Golondrina Doméstica Progne chalybea
82 Blue-and-white Swallow Golondrina Barranquera Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
83 Masked Gnatcatcher Tacuarita Azul Polioptila dumicola
84 House Wren Ratona Común Troglodytes aedon
85 Common Starling Estornino Pinto Sturnus vulgaris
86 Chalk-browed Mockingbird Calandria Grande Mimus saturninus
87 White-banded Mockingbird Calandria Real Mimus triurus
88 Rufous-bellied Thrush Zorzal Colorado Turdus rufiventris
89 Creamy-bellied Thrush Zorzal Chalchalero Turdus amaurochalinus
90 House Sparrow Gorrión Común Passer domesticus
91 Hooded Siskin Cabecitanegra Común Spinus magellanicus
92 Rufous-collared Sparrow Chingolo Zonotrichia capensis
93 White-browed Blackbird Pecho Colorado Leistes superciliaris
94 Shiny Cowbird Tordo Renegrido Molothrus bonariensis
95 Scarlet-headed Blackbird Federal Amblyramphus holosericeus
96 Greyish Baywing Tordo Músico Agelaioides badius
97 Yellow-winged Blackbird Varillero Ala Amarilla Agelasticus thilius
98 Chestnut-capped Blackbird Varillero Congo Chrysomus ruficapillus
99 Brown-and-yellow Marshbird Pecho Amarillo Común Pseudoleistes virescens
100 Great Pampa-finch Verdón Embernagra platensis
101 Black-and-rufous Warbling-finch Sietevestidos Común Poospiza nigrorufa
102 Saffron Finch Jilguero Dorado Sicalis flaveola
103 Grassland Yellow-finch Misto Sicalis luteola
104 Red-crested Cardinal Cardenal Común Paroaria coronata

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