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Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

(also known as the swamp chicken[2]) is a bird species in the family Rallidae. It is
distributed across many parts of the Old World.[3]
The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other
wetlands. The species is not found in the polar regions or many tropical rainforests.
Elsewhere it is likely the most common rail species, except for the Eurasian coot in some
regions.
The closely related common gallinule of the New World has been recognized as a separate
species by most authorities,[3] starting with the American Ornithologists' Union and
the International Ornithological Committee in 2011.[4]

Common moorhen feet have no webbing

The moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white undertail,
yellow legs and a red frontal shield. The young are browner and lack the red shield. The
frontal shield of the adult has a rounded top and fairly parallel sides; the tailward margin of
the red unfeathered area is a smooth waving line. In the related common gallinule of the
Americas, the frontal shield has a fairly straight top and is less wide towards the bill, giving
a marked indentation to the back margin of the red area.
The common moorhen gives a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when
threatened.[7] A midsized to large rail, it can range from 30 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) in length
and span 50 to 62 cm (20 to 24 in) across the wings. The body mass of this species can
range from 192 to 500 g (6.8 to 17.6 oz).[8][9]

YELLOW WINGED BLACKBIRD agelasticus thilius

The Yellow-winged Blackbird is largely a species of South Americas southern cone,
although there is also a highland population in the Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru.
This blackbird is dependent on marshes, particularly during the breeding season. In
winter it may range to open areas near marshes, particularly muddy fields.
However, it is particularly tied to marshes with Scirpus sp. as opposed to other
emergent vegetation. The male is all black with a yellow epaulet and yellow wing
linings, although when not displaying it can easily hide all of the yellow and look
entirely dark. The females on the other hand are brown and strongly streaked
below, and show a noticeable pale supercilium. The general color patterns of both
sexes parallel that of the Red-winged Blackbird and at one time these two species
were in the same genus, but these similarities along with the marsh-nesting
behavior are entirely convergent. There are two song types that the Yellow-winged
Blackbird gives and one of them is a long drawn out Trileeee. Interestingly it has
been suggested that this song type, once common in the huge marshes that used
to be found near Santiago, Chile gave the country its name! The Yellow-winged
Blackbird is largely resident, although in the southernmost part of the range there is
a distinct move northward.

YELLOW BILLED PINTAIL (Anas georgica)

The Yellow-billed Pintail has a brown head and neck, a darker crown, a yellow beak with
black tip and stripe down the middle, brown eyes, a buff-brown body with blackish spots, the
upperparts are darker brown, a brown pointed tail, greyish-brown upperwing, and the
secondaries are blackish-green, the legs and feet are grey. The female is slightly duller and
the secondaries are a duller black-brown.

Food: - Aquatic plants, seeds, sedges, algae, roots, molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic
insects.
Habitat/Range: - Freshwater pools, streams, lakes, marshes, and coastal areas. Found in
South America including South Georgia, and the Falkland Islands.

Breeding Season: - Late October to December in south, August to March in north.

Eggs: - 4 to 10 (cream or pale cinnamon-pink colour).

Notes: - The Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica) is a South American dabbling duck. There
are three sub-species: the South Georgian Pintail (Anas Georgica Georgica) found in South
Georgia, the Chilean Pintail or Brown Pintail (Anas Georgica Spinicauda) found throughout
much of South America, and the Niceforo's Pintail (Anas Georgica Niceforoi) which is now
believed to be extinct.

Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops

Vive en humedales y pantanos con abundantes juncos, totoras o papiros,4 desde el nivel
del mar hasta los 4.300 m de altitud.

Mide entre 13 y 14 cm de longitud. Presenta cabeza color pardo oscuro con una gran lnea
superciliar blanca o crema; el dorso es negruzco con manchas grises; la garganta, el
pecho y el vientre son blancuzcos con flancos grisceos; las alas negruzcas con banda
color castao rufo; las coberteras son algo rufas y la cola negruzca. El pico es fino y
puntiagudo de color castao oscuro y las patas color marrn.2
Many-coloured rush tyrant

The Many coloured rush tyrant (Tachuris rubrigastra) or many-colored rush tyrant is a
small passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the only
member of the genus Tachuris and its relationships with the other members of the family
are uncertain. It inhabits marshland and reedbeds around lakes and rivers. It is particularly
associated with stands of Scirpus. The nest is built among plant stems.[2]

It is a small bird, 10.5 cm in length. The tail is short, the wings are short and rounded and
the bill is slender. As the bird's name suggests, the plumage is very colourful. The back and
rump are green while the underparts are yellow apart from the white throat, black
breastband and red undertail-coverts. The face is dark blue-grey, there is a yellow stripe
over the eye and the crown is dark with a red patch that is often concealed. The wings and
tail are dark with a white wingbar and white outer tail-feathers. Juveniles are considerably
duller than the adults.

Plumbeous rail pardirallus Sanguinolentus

35 cm / 4000 Mnm The Plumbeous Rail is the most widespread rail in the
southern half of South America. It is found as far north as southern Ecuador, but
reaches all the way south to Tierra del Fuego, making it also the southernmost of
the continents rails. The Plumbeous Rail is also a relatively easy to see species,
often wandering outside of the marsh and foraging on mudflats and the edge of
wetlands. Vocally it is a boisterous rail, singing in a duet where the male makes
loud squealing sounds, and the female replies with low, rumbling hooting sounds.
This rail is also a generalist, found from sea level to the Altiplano, and in Scirpus
marshes to wet forest, and moist bamboo (Chusquea spp.) thickets in the south.
The Plumbeous Rail is a mid sized to large species, that is brown above and solid
grey below; the eyes and legs are red, and the green bill is adorned with a sky blue
base to the maxilla, and a bright red base to the mandible. In the southern
Patagonian form (luridus) the bright bill base colors are typically absent.

Red crested cotinga