Argentina species accounts, v1504
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JPMayers 1974 Camplist 17 11 August 10 km NW of Malbran by road, Provincia de Santiago del Estero, Argentina Thick second growth chaco scrub, with low trees and many dense juniper-like bushes. Dry powder soil, cemented together by rain + sun to a hard tablet. Foxes. Daily water but not within walking distance Tinamou Phalacrocorax olivaceus Rhyacryptes lanceola Coccorola swan Stigmatum budytoris Leptofila versauxi Eucarthisma meloryphus Columba maculosa Phytoma rubia Myiopsitta monachus Proglodytes aedon Dendrocoris mixtus Minius triurus Athene braei Poliapila dunicola Fornax rufus Ainophila strigiceps Fornax cristatus Zonotrichia capensis Cinacleuca pyrrhophia Saltator coeruleus Leptasthenura platensis Saltatricula multicolor Poospiga torquata Coryphosphingus cucullatus 13 August 40 km NW of Victoria by road, Provincia de Entre Rios, Argentina Very open grasslands bordering a swamp formed by back water of Rio Parana. Grassy sheet, and near the water line, cinnabar where the water once covered but has now receded, there are occasional salt encrustations. Shore edge well trampled by cows. A few eucalyptus trees and several batalis of often 30+ trees, plus 5 solitary trees near the high water line, app. unknown. The water has considerable emergent vegetation, mostly grasses, for the first several hundred meters, there is then a large channel of clear water. Podiceps major Chauna torquata Anas versicolor Ardea cocoi Anser georgica Polyborus plancus Nycticorax nycticorax Anas platula M. Viago chlamygo Plegadis chihi Netta peposaca Folco sparvijus