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.
Abbreviation | AA |
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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 |
Region served | Argentina |
Presidents | Tito Narosky and Mario Gustavo Costa |
Main organ | Board of Directors |
Website | http://www.avesargentinas.org.ar |
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]
References
edit- ^ "BirdLife Macaws return to Argentina". BirdGuides. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.