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First documented record of the Rufous-tailed Attila (Tyrannidae) for Corrientes, Argentina

Natalia Cristina García, Natalia Trujillo-Arias, Cecilia Kopuchian, Gustavo Sebastián Cabanne

Abstract


We report on the capture of an adult male Rufous-tailed Attila (Attila phoenicurus) in Mburucuyá National Park, Corrientes, Argentina. This is the first record for this protected area, and also the first record for the province. Records for this species are scarce in Argentina, where it had been registered previously only in Misiones province. Populations of this species are believed to be declining, and it is considered a “threatened species” in Argentina. If confirmed, the regular presence and perhaps even breeding of the Rufous-tailed Attila in Mburucuyá National Park would extend the species’ distribution range approximately 200 km to the southwest, implying that this threatened species occurs in at least one large protected area of Argentina.


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