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By NPT Staff - July 15th, 2022
Ansenuza National Park is the newest park in Argentina/Pablo Rodriguez Merkel

Ansenuza National Park, the newest park in Argentina, provides habitat for three species of flamingos/Pablo Rodriguez Merkel

A new national park has emerged in Argentina, where the designation of Ansenuza National Park provides additional protection for hundreds of thousands of shorebirds.

The park, which covers 1.6 million acres, provides habitat for an estimated 500,000 Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) as well as for three species of flamingos (Chilean Flamingo – Phoenicopterus chilensis, Andean Flamingo- Phoenicoparrus andinus and Puna Flamingo – P. jamesi) and 30 species of shorebirds, including the Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) and Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes).

The park is also expected to provide protected habitat for the Maned Wolf, or Aguará Guazú (Chrysocyon brachyurus).

The park protects South America’s largest saline lake (the fifth largest saline lake in the world), Mar Chiquita, as well as the lake’s northern shore and the banks of the Rio Dulce River, the largest tributary of the lake.

On June 30, 2022, the Argentine government approved the declaration of Laguna Mar Chiquita as Ansenuza National Park and National Reserve. Ansenuza is a historical name for the region.

In addition to being a great spot for birding, the national park also offers sailing on the Ansenuza "sea," which is the saline lake, and horseback travel.

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