BLACK-BACKED GROSBEAK Pheucticus aureoventris
Beautifully ornate, the black and gold Black-backed Grosbeak is a surprisingly colourful inhabitant of the harsh northern Dry Chaco. Pleasingly common in some areas, this summer visitor affords only frustratingly fleeting glimpses as he perches prominently on tree-tops. He doesn´t hang around for long, giving you just enough time to note his unmistakeable field marks before flitting off into the distance.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2544PH) Adult male, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Matt Denton October 2010).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE4163PH) Male ventral, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith  March 2015).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE4164PH) Male lateral, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith  March 2015).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2545PH) Adult male, PN Médanos del Chaco, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2009)
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2546PH) Same individual as (FPAVE2544PH)  (Paul Smith October 2009).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2547PH) Adult male, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2008).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE2548PH) Adult female, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2008).
VIDEO - (FPAVE3773VI) Adult female, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Paul Smith October 2012).
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