| Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus ©Alberto Esquivel http://www.wildlife.com.py |
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Paul Smith Number of bird species: 710
National bird - Bare-throated Bellbird Procnias nudicollis Number of endemics: 1
Chaco Nothura Nothura chacoensis ![]() Atlas de las Aves del ParaguayHugo del Castillo and Robert P Clay 212 pages, distribution maps. GUYRA Paraguay Distributed by NHBSISBN: 170431 Buy this book from NHBS.com Guía Para la Identificación de las Aves de ParaguayTito Narosky and Dario Yzurieta - 239 pages, colour illus, distribution maps. GUYRA Paraguay Distributed by NHBSISBN: 9879132130 Buy this book from NHBS.com Lista Comentada de las Aves de ParaguayAnnotated Checklist of the Birds of Paraguay Hugo del Castillo and Robert P Clay 200 pages, 2 maps. GUYRA Paraguay 2004ISBN: 9992586818 Buy this book from NHBS.com Status, Distribution and Biogeography of the Birds of ParaguayMonographs Floyd E. Hayes Paperback - 230 pages (1995) American Birding Association IncorporatedISBN: 1878788302 Buy this book from NHBS.com Where to Watch Birds in South AmericaNigel Wheatley Paperback - 336 pages (27 October, 1994) Christopher HelmISBN: 0713639091 Buy this book from NHBS.com Fundacion Moises BertoniWebsite[English version was offline on my last visit] Procer Carlos Arguello 208, e Meal. L6pez y Boggiani, Asunci6n Paraguay. +595 21 608740 ayanosky@pla.net.py In January 1988, citizens concerned about the alarming disappearance of Paraguayan fauna and flora and its grave impact on the future generations of the Paraguayan society, formed a group dedicated to the creation of a foundation in whose main focus is to promote the conservation of nature. This foundation, The Moisés Bertoni Foundation (FMB); was formed to combat the ongoing destruction of the environment, thus building a foundation to protect the rich biodiversity of Paraguay... GuyraWebsiteThe BirdLife partner in Paraguay. Museo Mariposas del Mundohttp://www.mariposasdelmundo.comThe current panorama is not very encouraging, neither in the world environment, nor in the national environment: effect hothouse, destruction of the ozone layer, increase of the forest fires, shortage and contamination of the hydric resources, climatic changes, bad distribution of alimentary resourses, extinction of vegetable and animal species, etc. Logically, all these phenomenons impact in a direct or indirect way, but negatively, on thediversity or biodiversity biological (word very useful at the moment) of our planet... Paraguay's National ParksWebsiteNames & Locations Parque Nacional San RafaelWebsiteSatellite View Dawn in the forest. The whistles of a Solitary Tkiamou are replaced by the trills of Russet-winged Spadebills. A gap in the forest reveals verdant forest hugging steep slopes shrouded in mist... Ramsar Wetlands in ParaguayWebsiteSearchable database... Birding PalInformationLocal birders willing to show visiting birders around their area... Fauna ParaguayTour OperatorFAUNA Paraguay, the biggest information archive on Paraguayan Natural History on the web. We offer Wildlife and Birdwatching Tours in Paraguay, a huge image gallery of Paraguayan animals, volunteer schemes in Paraguay, and a mountain of information about Paraguay the country. If its birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians or insects that you are interested in then check out what Paraguay has to offer! You won´t be dissappointed... Paraguay ToursTour OperatorPARAGUAY, one of the most fiercely traditional of South American countries, is really two countries in one. Split broadly in half by the Paraguay River it offers the unique opportunity to combine the speciality birding of the dry, arid Chaco with the subtropical birding of the lush, humid east in one tour. Chronically understudied and undervisited, every trip into the field offers the potential for discovery – no fewer than 65 species have been added to the country list in ten years and many more no doubt await the keen-eyed birder. Wildlife Tours ParaguayTour OperatorParaguay, located at the center of South-America, is a country with a great biodiversity. Its richness is due to the convergence of rich and threatened ecosystems, including the hotspots of the AtlanticForestand Cerrado, the wilderness of theChacoand the Pantanal, and the wetlands of the Mesopotamian Grasslands... AvesParaguayMailing ListTo post to list:AVESPARAGUAY@gruposyahoo.com.ar List contact:AVESPARAGUAY-owner@gruposyahoo.com.ar To subscribe to list:AVESPARAGUAY-subscribe@gruposyahoo.com.ar FAUNA Paraguay runs an online listserver (AVESPARAGUAY) dealing specifically with Paraguayan ornithology that allows you to keep up to date with all the latest happenings in the field. Subsciption is free and easy... Gallery - Fauna ParaguayGalleryGrowing picture 'database' for ALL the fauna of Paraguay and ambitious and exciting project... |
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