{"id":1462,"date":"2015-01-21T12:45:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T15:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2015-01-21T19:49:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T22:49:00","slug":"argentine-birds-at-wwt-slimbridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eayrs.com\/blog\/archives\/1462","title":{"rendered":"Argentine birds at WWT Slimbridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday 18 January 2015 I visited the\u00a0Wildfowl & Wetland Trust<\/a> site at Slimbridge, in Gloucestershire. It was a beautiful day, crisp and sunny, and not least because of the array of wild fowl from different parts of the world. Slimbridge has open wetland for true wildfowl and a number of collections in the fox-proofed central area. During my visit I walked through the ‘South American’ section and was amazed to see several birds from Argentina; some old friends and one or two that were new to me (read from other regions of the country).<\/p>\n

\"Slimbridge<\/a>

Slimbridge general view of lakes housing collections.<\/p><\/div>\n

So below I’m posting some of these. I didn’t photograph all of the ‘Argentine’ birds I saw, and there were doubtless some I didn’t see, so this will just be a representative selection. I’m presenting the birds this time in alphabetical order, by [Argentine] Spanish names. All photos shot by me on the day and at Slimbridge. I’ll be posting some of the other Slimbridge birds I saw here soon.<\/p>\n

As always, you can click on any image to start a slide show or scroll down for commented text.<\/p>\n

Cauquen comun<\/span><\/strong>
\nUpland Goose
\n(Chloephaga picta<\/em><\/p>\n

\"cauquen<\/a>

cauquen com\u00fan (macho)<\/p><\/div>\n

Cauquen real<\/span><\/strong>
\nAshy-headed goose
\n(Chloephaga poliocephala<\/em>)
\nI don’t seem to have taken a photo of these, but there was at least one pair at Slimbridge. The mail was behaving quite aggressively towards other species of waterfowl.<\/p>\n

Cisne coscoroba<\/span><\/strong>
\nCoscoroba swan
\n(Coscoroba coscoroba<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\"cisne<\/a>

cisne coscoroba<\/p><\/div>\n

Flamenco chileno<\/span><\/strong>
\nChilean flamingo
\n(Phoenicoparrus chilensis)<\/p>\n

\"flamengo<\/a>

flamengo chileno<\/p><\/div>\n

Flamenco de James<\/span><\/strong>
\nJames’s flamingo
\n(Phoenicoparrus jamesi)
\nI thought I had taken lots of photos of the James’s flamingo but hey, when it came to processing I couldn’t find one. Details here<\/a>\u00a0if you are interested.<\/p>\n

Flamenco andino<\/span><\/strong>
\nAndean flamingo
\n(Phoenicoparrus andinus)<\/p>\n

\"flamenco<\/a>

flamenco andino<\/p><\/div>\n

Guayata
\n<\/span><\/strong>Andean goose
\n(Chloephaga melanoptera<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\"guayata\"<\/a>

guayata<\/p><\/div>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n

Pato pico cuchara sudamericano<\/span><\/strong>
\nRed shoveller
\n(Anas platalea<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\"pato<\/a>

pato pico cuchara sudamericano<\/p><\/div>\n

Pato de collar<\/span><\/strong>
\nRinged Teal
\n(Callonetta leucophrys<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\"pato<\/a>

pato de collar<\/p><\/div>\n

Pato picazo<\/span><\/strong>
\nRosy-billed pochard
\n(Netta peposaca<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\"pato<\/a>

pato picazo<\/p><\/div>\n

Pato pune\u00f1o<\/span><\/strong>
\nPuna Teal
\n(Anas puna<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\"pato<\/a>

pato pune\u00f1o<\/p><\/div>\n

Argentine Ruddy Duck
\n(Oxyura jamaicensis<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\"pato<\/a>

pato zambullidor grande<\/p><\/div>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n

\n

Hope these are of interest, and please do ‘comment’ if you find any errors, or have anything you would like to add or share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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