The Parana River, Argentina.

Birds of the Parana River: Living Wild in South America from Paula Webster on Vimeo.

The River Parana is a huge wildlife coridor stretching thousands of miles from Brazil down to the middle of Argentina.  A rich variety of wildlife depends upon it and as the river is so rich in food, birds can easily move along it.

A common bird of the Argentinian part is the Red-crested Cardinal.

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The Parana is the second only to the mighty Amazon in size and biodiversity, disgorging its collosal waters into the delta of Rio Plata between Montevideo and Buenos Aires and depositing  silt into the Atlantic which is visible from space.

 

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The value of such a river is incalculable to millions of people and it is not surprising to know that the wildlife and ecology is part of this value as well.

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In the Pre-delta national Park in Argentina, through which the river runs there are nearly 200 species of fish and almost as many types of birds as well.

One very special bird that Paula and I were able to find was the Nacunda Nighthawk. This is a colonial bird that nests on heaths and sandy areas, it is a crepescular bird so most often seen at dusk flying low with twists and turns as it seeks out large aerial insects.

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