Rhea ( Emu) Rhea Americana

Rhea ( Emu) Rhea Americana (a dozen solitary ones in pastures)*

Bare-faced curassow Crax fasciolata (a male and two females at Esmerelda)*

Blue-throated piping-guan Pipile piple (one in tree by river)*

Red-legged serima Carima cristata (tall bird with nose feathers at Esmerelda)*

Chaco chalaca Ortalis canicollis (common at Pousada Agupe)

Southern screamer Chauna torquata (one at fish pond)*

Jabiru stork Jabiru mycteria (two at Pousada)*

Wood stork Mycteria Americana (several on horse ride)

Roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaja (several on truck ride)

Great egret Casmerodius albus (abundant in wetlands)

Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax (several at park)

Rufescent tiger-heron Tigrisoma lineatum (a couple on boat ride)*

Great blue heron Ardea herodias (a few on horse ride)

Striated (green-backed) heron Butorides virescens (small, stripped wings)*

Snowy egret Egretta thula (two on beach)

Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis (abundant with cattle)

Little blue heron Egretta caerulea (white juveniles and dark adults)

Plumbeous ibis Harpiprion caerulescens (abundant in pasture)*

Buff-necked ibis Theristicus caudaatus (abundant in pasture)*

Bare-faced ibis Phimosus infuscatus (abundant in pasture)

Black-necked stilt Himantopus himantopus (abundant in wetlands)

Common gallinule Gallinula chloropus (at park)

Wattled jacana Jacana jacana (occasional on lakes)*

Southern lapwing Vanellus chilensis (abundant in pasture)*

Anhinga Anhinga anhinga (along river)

Olivaceous cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus (in park)

Black vulture Coragyps altratus (common)

Snail kite Rostrahamus sociabilis (small dark hawk, white rump)*

Great black hawk Buteogallus urubitinga (large black hawk)*

Roadside hawk Buteo platyperus (gray to black back, buff bars on tail)*

Crested caracara Polyborus plancus (white wing-tips in flight)*

American kestrel Falco sparverius (on power lines)

Scaled dove Scardafella squammata (small doves on road)*

Blue ground dove Blaravis pretiosa (large, blue-gray dove at Pousada)*

Hyacinth macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus (two pairs at Pousada)*

Black-capped (rock) parakeet Pyrrhura rupicola (common at Pousada)*

White-eyed parakeet Aratinga leucophthalmus (all green but red sholders)*

Guira cuckoo Guira guira (abundant in trees and pasture at Pousada)*

Burrowing owl Speotyto cunicularia (at burrows in pasture)*

White-winged swallow Tachycineta albiventer (on stick in river)*

Ringed kingfisher Ceryle torquata (on river)

Tuco toucan Ramphastos toco (yellow orange bill)

Campo flicker Colaptes campestris (yellow face and neck, black head and throat)*

White woodpecker Leuconerpes candidus (white head and belly, black back)*

Cattle tyrant Machetornis rixosus (small, yellow bellied flycatcher on ground)*

Yellow-browed tyrant Satrapa icterophyrs (small, yellow bellied flycatcher in trees)*

Great kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus (large, yellow bellied flycatcher)

Cream-bellied gnatcatcher Polioptila lacteal (blue gray back, creamy breast)*

Chalk-browed mockingbird Mimus saturnis (white eye stripe)*

Plush-creasted jay Cyanocorax chrsops (abundant at Esmerelda)*

Purplish jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas (dull purple back, black hood)*

Creasted oropendula Psarocolius decumanus (large black bird with yellow tail, makes large hanging grass nests)*

Chopi blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi (abundant at Pousada)*

Troupial Icterus icterus (flock of orange and black orioles at Esmerelda)*

Rufous horneo Fumarius rufus (uniform rufous brown, makes mud nests)*

Rufous bellied thrush Turdus rufiventris (looks like our robin)*

Red-creasted cardinal Paroaria coronata (abundant at Pousada)

Yellow-billed cardinal Paroaria capitata (abundant at Pousada)*

Saffron yellow finch Sicalis flaveola (abundant at Pousada)*