Chile Ramsar wetland
Bahía Lomas
48 bird species recorded; the most in January and in November.
nationale Umweltkomission "Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente (CONAMA)" 2010 aufgelöst - · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
27 species in January.15 species in February.0 species in March.13 species in April.22 species in May.0 species in June.6 species in July.24 species in August.0 species in September.4 species in October.27 species in November.8 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
VU
VU
NT
VUNTVU
No records for this month.
VU
NTVUVUNTVU
NTNo records for this month.
NTNTNo records for this month.
VUVUNTVUVUNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
48 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 48Speciesrecorded more than once
- 10Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 510Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 4Raptors
- 13Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 11Ducks & geese
- 6Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Flamingos
- 8Songbirds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 48 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus
Waders13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Magellanic OystercatcherHaematopus leucopodus
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Magellanic SnipeGallinago magellanica
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Magellanic PloverPluvianellus socialisVU
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Rufous-chested DotterelCharadrius modestus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Least SeedsnipeThinocorus rumicivorus
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
- Antarctic Giant-PetrelMacronectes giganteus
- Dolphin GullLeucophaeus scoresbii
- South American TernSterna hirundinacea
Ducks & geese11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested duckLophonetta specularioides
- Upland GooseChloephaga picta
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Red ShovelerSpatula platalea
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Flying Steamer-DuckTachyeres patachonicus
- Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
- Ruddy-headed GooseChloephaga rubidiceps
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Ashy-headed GooseChloephaga poliocephala
Herons, ibises & grebes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Magellan CormorantPhalacrocorax magellanicus
- Great GrebePodiceps major
- Imperial ShagLeucocarbo atriceps
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chilean flamingoPhoenicopterus chilensisNT
Songbirds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Anthus correnderaAnthus correndera
- Patagonian NegritoLessonia rufa
- Long-tailed MeadowlarkSturnella loyca
- Short-billed MinerGeositta antarctica
- Common MinerGeositta cunicularia
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Chilean SwallowTachycineta leucopyga
- Cinnamon-bellied Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola capistratus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in January and in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan15°/7°44 mm
- Feb15°/7°38 mm
- Mar13°/6°46 mm
- Apr9°/4°44 mm
- May6°/2°39 mm
- Jun4°/0°36 mm
- Jul3°/0°34 mm
- Aug4°/0°36 mm
- Sep7°/1°28 mm
- Oct10°/2°30 mm
- Nov12°/4°36 mm
- Dec14°/6°43 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bahía Lomas.
Protected wetland area in Chile
Bahía Lomas is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Chile.
48 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 510 open records.
The most recorded are the Crested duck, the Southern Black-backed Gull and the Upland Goose.
6 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including White-rumped Sandpiper, Hudsonian Godwit and Magellanic Plover.
The most species are recorded in January and in November.
Get there and watch
- Piloto Civil Norberto Fernández International Airport (RGL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 112 km in a straight lineCar hire at PUQ airport (Punta Arenas)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Bahía Lomas.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas5 mountains within 25 kmCerro Springhill · 11 kmCerro Coffeehill · 16 kmCerro Sombrero · 20 kmCerro Bandurrias · 24 kmCerro Dixon · 24 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3304494) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 510 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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