Aves Argentinas

Aves Argentinas
Abbreviation AA
Formation 1916
Type Non-profit organization
Purpose Humane protection of birds
Headquarters Buenos Aires, ARG
Coordinates 34°37′25.73″S 58°23′56.93″W / 34.6238139°S 58.3991472°W / -34.6238139; -58.3991472
Region served
 Argentina
Presidents
Tito Narosky and Mario Gustavo Costa
Main organ
Board of Directors
Website http://www.avesargentinas.org.ar

Aves Argentinas / Asociación Ornitológica del Plata (in English: Argentine Birds), is an Argentine non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation and birdwatching. Created in 1916, it is the oldest environmental organization in South America.

The organization is involved in the re-introduction of the red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) which has not been recorded in Argentina for some years. It is listed as critically endangered in Argentina, and listed as a ″a species of global least concern″ on the IUCN Red List. The first birds were released in 2015, in the Iberá Provincial Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Provincial Iberá) in north-eastern province of Corrientes[1]

Rufous Hornero, bird symbol of this organization.

References

  1. "BirdLife Macaws return to Argentina". BirdGuides. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
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