Noteworthy records and natural history comments on rare and threatened bird species from Santa Cruz province, Patagonia, Argentina

Santa Cruz province is the second largest province in Argentina, and also the least populated. !is province makes up the southern tip of continental Argentina. Althought it has low population density and is remote from big cities, in the past it received well-deserved attention from researchers. !is was probably due to the presence of many interesting species, among them some threatened, with taxonomic singularities, and/or endemism. !e goal of this work is to update knowledge of the distribution and natural history of 21 species from Santa Cruz, including five new to the province.Fil: Roesler, Carlos Ignacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Imberti, Santiago. Asociación Ambiente Sur; ArgentinaFil: Casañas, Hernán E.. Asociación Ornitológica del Plata; ArgentinaFil: Hernandez, Pablo M.. Fundación Flora y Fauna Argentina; ArgentinaFil: Klavins, Juan M..Fil: Pagano, Luis G.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Zoología de Vertebrados; Argentin

Noteworthy records and natural history comments on rare and threatened bird species from Santa Cruz province, Patagonia, Argentina

Santa Cruz province is the second largest province in Argentina, and also the least populated. !is province makes up the southern tip of continental Argentina. Althought it has low population density and is remote from big cities, in the past it received well-deserved attention from researchers. !is was probably due to the presence of many interesting species, among them some threatened, with taxonomic singularities, and/or endemism. !e goal of this work is to update knowledge of the distribution and natural history of 21 species from Santa Cruz, including five new to the province.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse