First record of Poospiza ornata (Landbeck, 1865) (Passeriformes, Thraupidae) from Paraguay

By

Meza, Rubén
Dávalos, Doris
Sforza, Lorena
Cacciali, Pier
Del Castillo, Hugo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-3-12

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

21

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

264--267

Subjects

Bird , dry Chaco , Dry Chaco , geographic range extension , Neotropics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/21.2.264

 

Abstract

Poospiza ornata (Landbeck, 1865) is a Neotropical passerine bird distributed in xerophytic areas of Argentina. It shows migratory or nomadic behavior in winter and occasionally reaches Uruguay. Here we report the presence of P. ornata in Reserva Natural Cañada El Carmen, a Paraguayan protected area in the Dry Chaco. The new data extends the geographic distribution of this species by 347 km northwest from the nearest previously known locality in Formosa Province, Argentina.