Uruguay Ramsar wetland
Esteros de Farrapos e Islas del Río Uruguay National Park
199 bird species recorded; the most from October to December.
Lola Cerredelo · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
51 species in January.64 species in February.70 species in March.6 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.108 species in July.13 species in August.79 species in September.153 species in October.156 species in November.154 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.
No records for this month.
No records for this month.
VU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
199 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).
- 199Speciesrecorded more than once
- 114Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,132Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 15Raptors
- 2Owls
- 8Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 13Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 98Songbirds
- 39Other birds
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 199 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoni
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tropical Screech-OwlMegascops choliba
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Waders8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- South American SnipeGallinago paraguaiae
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplex
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliaris
- Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Ducks & geese13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern ScreamerChauna torquata
- Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensis
- Silver TealSpatula versicolor
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
- Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposaca
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Red ShovelerSpatula platalea
- Black-headed DuckHeteronetta atricapilla
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Whispering IbisPhimosus infuscatus
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great GrebePodiceps major
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
- White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Maguari StorkCiconia maguari
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds98 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Rufous-bellied ThrushTurdus rufiventris
- Creamy-bellied ThrushTurdus amaurochalinus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufus
- Narrow-billed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes angustirostris
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Diademed TanagerStephanophorus diadematus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Golden-billed SaltatorSaltator aurantiirostris
- Plush-crested JayCyanocorax chrysops
- Myiothlypis leucoblepharaMyiothlypis leucoblephara
- Masked GnatcatcherPolioptila dumicola
- Red-crested CardinalParoaria coronata
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensis
- Anthus chiiAnthus chii
- Sayaca TanagerThraupis sayaca
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Variable AntshrikeThamnophilus caerulescens
- Buff-browed Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla rufosuperciliata
- Black-and-rufous Warbling-FinchPoospiza nigrorufa
- White-rumped SwallowTachycineta leucorrhoa
- Green-winged SaltatorSaltator similis
- Southern YellowthroatGeothlypis velata
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
- Great Pampa-finchEmbernagra platensis
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Greyish BaywingAgelaioides badius
- Small-billed ElaeniaElaenia parvirostris
- Spectacled TyrantHymenops perspicillatus
- White-crested TyrannuletSerpophaga subcristata
- Sooty-fronted SpinetailSynallaxis frontalis
- Red TanagerPiranga flava
- Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninus
- Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus
- Sooty TyrannuletSerpophaga nigricans
- Stripe-crowned SpinetailCranioleuca pyrrhophia
- Rufous-capped AntshrikeThamnophilus ruficapillus
- Rauenia bonariensisRauenia bonariensis
- Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteola
- Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
- White MonjitaXolmis irupero
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Solitary CaciqueCacicus solitarius
- Spix's spinetail; Chicli SpinetailSynallaxis spixi
- Little ThornbirdPhacellodomus sibilatrix
- Wren-like RushbirdPhleocryptes melanops
- Chaco SuiririSuiriri suiriri
- Mottle-cheeked TyrannuletPhylloscartes ventralis
- Brown-and-yellow MarshbirdPseudoleistes virescens
- Lark-like BrushrunnerCoryphistera alaudina
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Double-collared SeedeaterSporophila caerulescens
- Black-capped Warbling FinchMicrospingus melanoleucus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Yellow-browed TyrantSatrapa icterophrys
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Euler's FlycatcherLathrotriccus euleri
- Chestnut-capped BlackbirdChrysomus ruficapillus
- White-browed BlackbirdSturnella superciliaris
- Yellow-chinned SpinetailCerthiaxis cinnamomeus
- Grey-throated Warbling FinchMicrospingus cabanisi
- Tawny-crowned Pygmy-TyrantEuscarthmus meloryphus
- Swainson's FlycatcherMyiarchus swainsoni
- Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thilius
- Short-billed PipitAnthus furcatus
- Glaucous-blue GrosbeakCyanoloxia glaucocaerulea
- Short-billed CanasteroAsthenes baeri
- Saltator coerulescensSaltator coerulescens
- Warbling DoraditoPseudocolopteryx flaviventris
- Grey MonjitaXolmis cinereus
- White-wingedPachyramphus polychopterus
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Freckle-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus striaticollis
- Brown CacholotePseudoseisura lophotes
- White-tipped PlantcutterPhytotoma rutila
- Hellmayr's PipitAnthus hellmayri
- Grassland SparrowAmmodramus humeralis
- Screaming CowbirdMolothrus rufoaxillaris
- Black-crowned MonjitaXolmis coronatus
- Firewood-gathererAnumbius annumbi
- Tufted Tit-spinetailLeptasthenura platensis
- Chotoy SpinetailSchoeniophylax phryganophilus
- Yellow-billed CardinalParoaria capitata
- White-banded MockingbirdMimus triurus
- Straneck's TyrannuletSerpophaga griseicapilla
- Large ElaeniaElaenia spectabilis
- Golden-winged CaciqueCacicus chrysopterus
- Ultramarine GrosbeakCyanoloxia brissonii
Other birds39 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Giant Wood-RailAramides ypecaha
- Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosa
- Guira CuckooGuira guira
- Glittering-bellied EmeraldChlorostilbon lucidus
- Gilded HummingbirdHylocharis chrysura
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Picui Ground DoveColumbina picui
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochloros
- Picumnus cirratusPicumnus cirratus
- Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentus
- Spot-flanked GallinuleGallinula melanops
- Checkered WoodpeckerVeniliornis mixtus
- White-winged CootFulica leucoptera
- Aramides cajaneaAramides cajanea
- Spotted NothuraNothura maculosa
- Field FlickerColaptes campestris
- Common PotooNyctibius griseus
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Scissor-tailed NightjarHydropsalis torquata
- Red-fronted CootFulica rufifrons
- Rufous-sided CrakeLaterallus melanophaius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Little NightjarSetopagis parvula
- Greater RheaRhea americanaNT
- White-throated HummingbirdLeucochloris albicollis
- White-spotted WoodpeckerVeniliornis spilogaster
- Dusky-legged GuanPenelope obscura
- Red-gartered CootFulica armillata
- White-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cactorum
- Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
- Nacunda NighthawkChordeiles nacunda
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from October to December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan32°/19°134 mm
- Feb30°/18°139 mm
- Mar28°/16°136 mm
- Apr24°/13°122 mm
- May19°/9°86 mm
- Jun16°/6°60 mm
- Jul16°/5°56 mm
- Aug18°/7°80 mm
- Sep20°/9°90 mm
- Oct24°/12°138 mm
- Nov27°/15°106 mm
- Dec30°/17°129 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Esteros de Farrapos e Islas del Río Uruguay National Park.
National park in Uruguay
Esteros de Farrapos e Islas del Río Uruguay National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Uruguay.
199 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,132 open records.
The most recorded are the Southern Screamer, the Picazuro Pigeon and the Rufous-collared Sparrow.
90 species come for the summer, 16 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs and White-rumped Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from October to December.
Get there and watch
- San Javiernearest town · 13 km in a straight line
- Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 200 km in a straight lineCar hire at EZE airport (Buenos Aires)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 Esteros de Farrapos e Islas del Río Uruguay National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmCuchilla Bellaco · 22 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Esteros de Farrapos e Islas del Río Uruguay National Park
Uruguay
- 70Birdyas Score
- 199Species
- 114Migrants
- 2Threatened
Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve
Argentina · 204 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 350Species
- 148Migrants
- 5Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5849355) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,132 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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