Otamendi Nature Reserve & Entre Rios

This excursion will take us birding to the best localities north of Buenos Aires. We will first visit Otamendi Nature Reserve, located close to the Parana River. Spreading over 2,600 ha., the reserve protects grasslands, marshes, riverside forest and woods. After crossing the Parana Delta we’ll explore the northern deltaic marshes and espinal woodlands of Entre Rios province.

This mosaic of different habitats holds an incredible diversity of birds. We expect to find many species of heron, Long-winged Harrier, Limpkin and Giant Wood-Rail, Spectacled Tyrant, Great Pampa-Finch and Scarlet-headed Blackbird. Also possible are Curve-billed and Straight-billed Reedhaunters, Many-colored Rush-Tyrant and Long-tailed Reed-Finch, among others.

The thorny woodlands and gallery forests are home to Checkered Woodpecker, Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Stripe-crowned Spinetail, Rufous-capped Antshrike, Red-rumped Warbling-Finch, Diademed and Sayaca Tanagers and Ultramarine Grosbeak.
Once in Entre Rios, we expect to find Greater Rhea, Southern Screamer, Savanna Hawk, White-fronted and White Woodpeckers, Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper, Brown Cacholote, Lark-like Brushrunner, Firewood- gatherer, Short-billed Canastero, Chotoy Spinetail, Tufted Tit-Spinetail, White-naped Xenopsaris and Crowned Slaty Flycatcher, among others.

Springtime brings migrant visitors such as Dark-billed and Ash-colored Cuckoos, Yellow-browed Tyrant, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Black-backed Water-Tyrant, Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Warbling Doradito and Masked Yellowthroat.