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Urugua-í Provincial Park
The Urugua-í Provincial Park ( es, Parque Provincial Urugua-í) is a Provincial park in the Misiones Province in the northeast of Argentina. It protects an area of Alto Paraná Atlantic forests in the upper basin of the Urugua-í River. Location The Urugua-í Provincial Park is in the north of Misiones Province, Argentina, divided between the municipalities of Comandante Andresito, San Antonio and Bernardo de Irigoyen. It adjoins the southeast corner of the Iguazú National Park. It has an area of . This makes it the third largest protected area of the Alto Paraná Atlantic forests after Argentina's Iguazú National Park and Brazil's Iguaçu National Park. The Sierra de la Victoria crosses part of the park. The Urugua-í River flows through the southern part of the park in a southeast – northwest direction and is impounded by the Urugua-í Dam to the west of the park. History A nature reserve was created in the area of the present park by decree 1.539 on 1982 with an are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio, Misiones
San Antonio is a city in the north-eastern region of Misiones Province, Argentina, and the capital of the General Manuel Belgrano Department. It lies on the Brazilian border at . Its population was 3,665 at the 2010 census (INDEC). The municipality contains part of the Urugua-í Provincial Park The Urugua-í Provincial Park ( es, Parque Provincial Urugua-í) is a Provincial park in the Misiones Province in the northeast of Argentina. It protects an area of Alto Paraná Atlantic forests in the upper basin of the Urugua-í River. Locati ..., created in 1990. References Populated places in Misiones Province Populated places established in 1951 {{Misiones-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South American Tapir
The South American tapir (''Tapirus terrestris''), also commonly called the Brazilian tapir (from the Tupi ''tapi'ira''), the Amazonian tapir, the maned tapir, the lowland tapir, the ''anta'' (Portuguese), and ''la sachavaca'' (literally "bushcow", in mixed Quechua and Spanish), is one of the four recognized species in the tapir family (of the order '' Perissodactyla'', with the mountain tapir, the Malayan tapir, and the Baird's tapir). It is the largest surviving native terrestrial mammal in the Amazon. Most classification taxons also include ''Tapirus kabomani'' (also known as the little black tapir or kabomani tapir) as also belonging to the species ''Tapirus terrestris'' (Brazilian tapir), despite its questionable existence and the overall lack of information on its habits and distribution. The specific epithet derives from ''arabo kabomani'', the word for tapir in the local Paumarí language. The formal description of this tapir did not suggest a common name for the species. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-fronted Piping Guan
The black-fronted piping guan or jacutinga in Brazilian Portuguese (''Pipile jacutinga'') is a bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.del Hoyo, J., G. M. Kirwan, and C. J. Sharpe (2020). Black-fronted Piping-Guan (''Pipile jacutinga''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bfpgua1.01 retrieved September 25, 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The taxonomies of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World'', and '' Handbook of the Birds of the World'' treat the black-fronted piping guan as one of four species in genus Pipile.Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canebrake Groundcreeper
The canebrake groundcreeper (''Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides'') is a species of bird in the Furnariinae subfamily of the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Taxonomy and systematics The canebrake groundcreeper is monotypic. It and the henna-capped foliage-gleaner (''C. rectirostris'') are sister species and both are part of a larger complex of foliage-gleaners. Description The canebrake groundcreeper is long and weighs . It is a largish furnariid with an almost straight bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a narrow grayish or buff-gray supercilium that widens to the rear and dark brown lores on an otherwise dull reddish brown face. Their crown is dark chestnut-brown, their back and rump rufescent brown, and their uppertail coverts rufous-brown. Their wing coverts and flight feathers are also rufous-brown. Their tail's central pair of feathers are dull rufous-brown and the rest rufous-chestnut. Their throat is white w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harpy Eagle
The harpy eagle (''Harpia harpyja'') is a neotropical species of eagle. It is also called the American harpy eagle to distinguish it from the Papuan eagle, which is sometimes known as the New Guinea harpy eagle or Papuan harpy eagle. It is the largest and most powerful raptor found throughout its range, and among the largest extant species of eagles in the world. It usually inhabits tropical lowland rainforests in the upper (emergent) canopy layer. Destruction of its natural habitat has caused it to vanish from many parts of its former range, and it is nearly extirpated from much of Central America. In Brazil, the harpy eagle is also known as royal-hawk (in pt, gavião-real). The genus ''Harpia'', together with '' Harpyopsis'' and '' Morphnus'', form the subfamily Harpiinae. Taxonomy The harpy eagle was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his landmark 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'' as ''Vultur harpyja'', after the mythological beast harpy. The only member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey-bellied Hawk
The grey-bellied hawk or grey-bellied goshawk (''Accipiter poliogaster'') is a fairly large and rare species of forest-dwelling South American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Taxonomy Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck described the grey-bellied hawk in 1824. Description This medium-sized hawk measures 38–51 cm in body length, with females being considerably larger (by about 40%) than males.Melnyk K, Gelis RA, Hopkins WA, Vaca F, Moore IT. 2013. Gray-bellied hawk (Accipiter poliogaster) observed feeding on a tinamou in Yasuni Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador. Journal of Raptor Research 47: 330–332. Other body measurements in the male have been recorded as 232–270mm flat wing length, 165–187mm tail length, 18–21mm bill length from culmen to cere and tarsus length of 50–55mm;.Blake ER. 1977. Manual of Neotropical Birds, Vol. I. Chicago. Corresponding measurements in the female are 263–283mm flat wing length, 181–207mm tail length, 20–22mm bill leng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Merganser
The Brazilian merganser (''Mergus octosetaceus'') is a South American diving duck in the Mergus genus. It is one of the six most threatened waterfowl in the world, with possibly fewer than 250 birds in the wild and a few kept in captivity in Brazil. The origin of its name is from its long, sharp-edged beak that has a great number of teeth-looking edges. Description This merganser is a dark, slender duck with a shiny dark-green hood with a long crest, which is usually shorter and more worn-looking in females. Upperparts are dark grey while the breast is light grey, getting paler toward the whitish belly, and a white wing patch is particularly noticeable in flight. It has a long thin jagged black bill with red feet and legs. Although females are smaller with a shorter bill and crest, both sexes are alike in color. The slender ducks range in size from 49 centimeters to 56 centimeters as an adult. Young Brazilian mergansers are mainly black with white throat and breast. The Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temminck's Seedeater
Temminck's seedeater (''Sporophila falcirostris'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in eastern South America, mainly in far northeastern Argentina and along the southeastern Brazilian coastline. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby .... This bird's common name commemorates the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. References Temminck's seedeater Birds of Argentina Birds of the Atlantic Forest Temminck's seedeater Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Thraupidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purple-winged Ground Dove
The purple-winged ground dove (''Paraclaravis geoffroyi'') is a critically endangered species of dove, native to the Atlantic forest, mainly near bamboo, in south-eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, and northern-eastern Argentina (Misiones only). It is threatened by habitat loss and possibly the wild bird trade, and could potentially even be extinct due to its specialized requirements. Behavior It is a nomadic species that follows the masting events of certain species of ''Guadua'' bamboo of the Atlantic forest, namely takuarusu ('' G. chacoensis'') and yatevó ('' G. trinii''); it shares its trait with its closest relative, the maroon-chested ground-dove (''Paraclaravis mondetoura''), which instead specializes on Andean bamboo. This specialized lifestyle may be what led to such a dramatic decline in the species' population despite its relatively large former range, with the mass deforestation of the Atlantic forest in the late 20th century triggering an Allee effect akin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
