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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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Records from Puerto Iguazú

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: [lanius] pitangua.

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Latest feeding records
Feeding
GroupSpeciesDateUser
InsectsLimonera Grande (Papilio thoas)13/10/2022Silvia Sokolovsky



Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 653195
 Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/12/2025
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 638186
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
04/27/2025
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 636239
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
04/27/2025
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 578788
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/18/2024
Claudia Mon
Foto
Photography ID: 512117
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/13/2022
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 511085
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
10/07/2022
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 491747
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
04/22/2022
Pablo Alberto Re
Foto
Photography ID: 489047
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/29/2022
Roberto Battaglia
Foto
Photography ID: 485325
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
02/28/2022
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 485152
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/03/2022
Silvia Sokolovsky
Foto
Photography ID: 460826
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
08/17/2021
Dolores Fernandez
Foto
Photography ID: 443781
  Adult
Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
03/29/2021
Federico Galfione



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Last Vocalizations published



Audio playerUserDateCountryProvincePlaceSexLife stageIt was observedDetails
Gustavo Fernando Durán10/18/2025ArgentinaMisionesBelgrano 58, Puerto IguazúN/AN/ANoNo
Hugo Caverzasi05/01/2019ArgentinaMisionesPuerto IguazúN/AN/ANoNo
Nicolas Olejnik08/17/2011ArgentinaMisionesComplejo Americano, Puerto IguazúN/AAdultNoNo



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 Reports


 Detail of places sorted by number of records







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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
241595214/01/202606:37ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Córdoba 637, Puerto IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
241568613/01/202614:06ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Victoria Aguirre 66, Puerto IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
241550313/01/202607:00ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Córdoba 637, Puerto IguazúGustavo Fernando Durán
241231009/01/202607:02ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
241214808/01/202615:51ArgentinaMisionesSelva Iryapú (600 hectáreas), Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
237933923/10/202508:45ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Brasil 301-399, Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
237791020/10/202517:08ArgentinaMisionesAvenida Río Iguazú, Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
237668620/10/202507:46ArgentinaMisionesUruguay 592, Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
237586818/10/202518:06ArgentinaMisionesBelgrano 58, Puerto Iguazú1Gustavo Fernando Durán
236728312/09/2025ArgentinaMisionesCamino que circunvala la selva Yriapu, Puerto IguazúAdrian Braidotti
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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 14/03/2026.