COSTANERA SUR & RIVERA NORTE RESERVES & LIST 

ARGENTINA

BUENOS AIRES (Compass)

00^o00´S/00^o00´W ha topography msl 

Protected/registered status 

Best Time for visit (22nd(CS)-23rd (RN) May & 22-23rd July (CS), 2005)

Birding Site Guide

These 2 reserves are found within Buenos Aires. The first in walking distance of the city centre and the 2nd reached by taking public transport. There are 2 entrances to Costanera Sur. For the northern entrance, cross the water at the Hilton Hotel and turn left at the concrete wall. Along here on the other side of the wall is is a moat and some long grass which had Plumbeus Rail and Wren-like Rushbird. Go a couple of hundred metres along here to reach the entrance. There was a lot of waterfowl on the lakes including Black-headed Duck. On a tree-lined path parrallel with the moat had Black-headed Parakeet. 

To get to Rivera Norte, take a train to Mitre from Retiro station (70c). From here cross the road and take the Tren de la Costa (2 pesos) starting at Avenida Maipu and get off at Barrancas Station. From here, cross over the tracks, turn left and follow the road parrallel with the tracks for a couple of blocks and turn right onto Almofuerte. Turn left at the end and the entrance to the reserve is on the right. It is a small reserve with only 1 trail which you go to the end and come back. There were some good boggy areas that had Grey-necked Wood-Rail and Rufous-sided Crake and a small lake with Silver Teal. I saw 79 species including lifers. 

Species seen 

• Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
• White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
• Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Snowy Egret Egretta thula
• White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
• Black-necked Swan Cygnus melanocorypha
• Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
• Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris
• Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
• Silver Teal Anas versicolor
• Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
• Red Shoveler Anas platalea
• Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
• Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla
• Lake Duck Oxyura vittata
• Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
• Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris
• Southern Caracara Caracara plancus
• Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango
• Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
• Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
• Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
• Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
• Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
• Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
• White-backed Stilt Himantopus melanurus
• Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
• Collared Plover Charadrius collaris
• Rufous-chested Dotterel Charadrius modestus
• Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
• Brown-hooded Gull Larus maculipennis
• Rock Dove Columba livia Introduced species
• Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
• Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
• White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
• Nanday Parakeet Nandayus nenday
• Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
• Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
• White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis
• Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
• Bar-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
• Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
• Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
• Sooty-fronted Spinetail Synallaxis frontalis
• Freckle-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticollis
• Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
• White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
• Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ventralis
• Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus
• Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosus
• Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
• Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
• House Wren Troglodytes aedon
• Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
• Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
• Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
• Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola
• European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Introduced species
• Tropical Parula Parula pitiayumi
• Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis bonariensis
• Long-tailed Reed-Finch Donacospiza albifrons
• Black-and-rufous Warbling-Finch Poospiza nigrorufa
• Black-capped Warbling-Finch h Poospiza melanoleuca
• Double-collared Seedeater ? Sporophila caerulescens
• Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
• Great Pampa-Finch Embernagra platensis
• Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
• Yellow-billed Cardinal Paroaria capitata
• Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
• Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelaius thilius
• Bay-winged Cowbird Molothrus badius
• Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
• Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis
• Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius
• Hooded Siskin Carduelis magellanica
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus Introduced species

Other Fauna 

A total of -- species of mammals. 

There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

Flora 

Author: Charles Hesse

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