Harpy Eagle - a symbol of raptor conservation in the region.
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RECENT RAPTOR TRIPS
Northern Argentina 22 Jul, 04 Aug 2011
Highlights
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Raptors of South America is the first field guide dealing exclusively with the identification of the 96 species of raptors occurring in South America.
The guide will be approximately 500 pages long, and 6 x 9 inches in size, fitting easily in a small backpack, with all known plumages of the 96 species of raptors occurring in South America! Illustrated in more than 100 color plates and complemented by hundreds of color photos.
March-June 2011
Picking up the pace of plate production
Raptors of South America will include 100+ color plates depicting all known plumages of the 96 species of raptors occurring in the sub-continent. Starting in March 2011 Raptors of South America team entered a new stage of plate production at an unprecedented pace of 4-5 plates per month! Click on the image below to see some new plates added to the online gallery.
May-June 2010
Synchronizing RSA’s raptor photo archive
In Puerto Madryn, Argentina
Between 27 May and 3 June team members Dario Podesta (right) and Sergio Seipke (left) got together in Puerto Madryn, Chubut province, southern Argentina to review RSA’s 20,000+ raptor photo archive, and started selecting the 200+ photographs to be included in the book!
April 2010
Studying raptor specimens at the
Museo de La Plata in Argentina
During April 2010 biology undergrads and RSA volunteers Facundo Di Sallo and Facundo Gandoi helped field guide author Sergio Seipke studying the raptor collection at the Museo de La Plata—where Seipke received his training in biology. A total of 612 raptor skins, mostly from Argentina, were measured and checked for molt. Among other things, we found evidence that suggests the existence of a ‘formative’ plumage on three species of Neotropical buteos; identified plumage differences on male and female juvenile Cinereous Harrier (Circus cinereus); and found plumage characters only present on a series of Chimango Caracaras (Milvago chimango) from Tierra del Fuego.
December 2009
Raptor Trip to
Northwestern Argentinean Patagonia
Between 1-10 December 2009 raptor ID world authority Bill Clark, Ildiko Szabo, and field guide author Sergio Seipke traveled through central Argentina to northwestern Argentinean Patagonia to study plumage variation and molt of raptors. Trip highlights included a visit to the Museo Ornitológico Patagónico in El Bolsón to study rare Rufous-tailed Hawk specimens, and a gigantic, multi-thousand bird flock of Swainson’s Hawk in northern La Pampa.
November 2009
Visiting the
Museu de Zoología da Universidade de São Paulo
Between 9-20 November 2009 project artist Freddy Pallinger (left) and the author (right) studied specimens of raptors held at the MZUSP, in Brazil. Museum specimens are important in this project because they provide evidence of geographical and seasonal occurrence, they provide information on plumage patterns and variation, they unveil timing, extent and sequence of body and quill molt, and they can be measured more easily than living birds.
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