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Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua
(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
Pitanguá
Neinei
Family: Tyrannidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: [lanius] pitangua.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 637149
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
04/06/2025
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 455962
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
05/22/2021
Federico J. Villegas
Foto
Photography ID: 335904
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
02/27/2019
Fernando Leiva
Foto
Photography ID: 335902
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
02/27/2019
Fernando Leiva
Foto
Photography ID: 302327
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
11/21/2018
Eduardo Soriano
Foto
Photography ID: 298275
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
01/30/2017
Gabriel Moresco
Foto
Photography ID: 225812
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/24/2017
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 172366
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/24/2016
Sandra Herrera
Foto
Photography ID: 54970
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/09/2014
Ramiro Ramirez



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Jose Luis Merlo09/24/2010ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúIndistinguishableAdultNoNo



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 Reports


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241541412/01/202608:41ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
229556906/04/2025ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúGustavo Marasco
212075522/07/2024ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú1Jorge La Grotteria
212051722/07/2024ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú1María Alejandra Sosa
202731721/04/2024ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional IguazúEsteban Argerich
192706721/11/2023ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional Iguazú2Diego Oscar
187764714/07/2023ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional Iguazú1Fabricio Candia
169998512/12/2022ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional IguazúDiego Carus
169981112/12/2022ArgentinaMisionesSendero Macuco, Parque Nacional IguazúMaria Belén Dri
187764611/12/2022ArgentinaMisionesRuta Nacional 101 - Tierra colorada, Parque Nacional Iguazú3Fabricio Candia
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Bibliography related


Artículo Merlo, J. L. y S. Aleman. 2010. El Pintaguá (Megarynchus pitangua) en Buenos Aires. Nuestras Aves, 55: 22-23.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 13/03/2026.