Check List 21(2): 264-267, doi: 10.15560/21.2.264

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

Rubén Meza^‡, Doris Dávalos^‡, Lorena Sforza^‡, Pier Cacciali^‡, Hugo del Castillo^‡

‡ Guyra Paraguay, Asunción, Paraguay

Corresponding author: Lorena Sforza ( sforza.fernandez@gmail.com )

Corresponding author: Hugo del Castillo ( hugofdelcastillo@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Galo Buitrón-Jurado

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Citation: Meza R, Dávalos D, Sforza L, Cacciali P, del Castillo H (2025) First record of Poospiza ornata (Landbeck, 1865) (Passeriformes, Thraupidae) from Paraguay. Check List 21(2): 264-267. 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.

Keywords

Dry Chaco, geographic range extension, Neotropics, bird