The Sierras of central Argentina in Córdoba Province hold a couple of endemic cinclodes mixed among Andean birds and landscapes away from the Andes. Both endemics and other montane specialties obliged.

A short visit to the cloud forests surrounding Salta offered my first-ever hummingbirds and guans, represented by attractive endemics. Yungas specialist Tucuman amazon, yungas sparrow and brushfinches followed.