With a wingspan of up to 3.2 m, the Andean Condor soars effortlessly on thermal uplifts over Patagonian valleys — Bariloche and the Quebrada de Humahuaca are reliable sites.
Argentina's national bird, famous for its football-sized clay nest shaped exactly like a wood-fired oven — a ubiquitous and beloved species of farmland and towns.
South America's largest bird stands 1.5 m tall; the male incubates eggs from multiple females in a single nest, and shepherds the chicks for up to 6 months.
Punta Tombo hosts the largest Magellanic Penguin colony outside of Antarctica — up to 1 million birds during the October–February breeding season.
The only parrot that builds communal stick nests rather than using cavities — large colonial nests on electricity pylons are a characteristic sight across the Pampas.
At 1.4 m tall, the Jabiru is South America's tallest flying bird — the Iberá Wetlands in Corrientes province hold one of the finest populations outside of Brazil.
A charismatic small owl that nests in burrows dug by armadillos or viscachas — easily watched at close range on roadsides and pastures across Argentina.
This remarkable duck breeds exclusively on fast-flowing Andean rivers, swimming powerfully through white-water rapids to find aquatic insect larvae.
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