Brazil Ramsar wetland
Lagoa do Peixe National Park
286 bird species recorded; the most from November to December.
Ricardosdag · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
207 species in January.159 species in February.144 species in March.197 species in April.165 species in May.132 species in June.151 species in July.130 species in August.163 species in September.190 species in October.225 species in November.237 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.
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NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
286 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).
- 286Speciesrecorded more than once
- 99Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 29,339Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 17Raptors
- 3Owls
- 33Waders
- 24Gulls & seabirds
- 16Ducks & geese
- 21Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 121Songbirds
- 48Other 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 286 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoni
- Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
- Buteo albicaudatusButeo albicaudatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Chimango CaracaraMilvago chimango
- Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders33 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- South American SnipeGallinago paraguaiae
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Rufous-chested DotterelCharadrius modestus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- South American Painted-snipeNycticryphes semicollarisNT
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Tawny-throated DotterelOreopholus ruficollis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- White-backed StiltHimantopus melanurus
- Two-banded PloverCharadrius falklandicus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Collared PloverCharadrius collaris
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
- Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliaris
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplex
- Snowy-crowned TernSterna trudeaui
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- South American TernSterna hirundinacea
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Olrog's GullLarus atlanticusNT
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisVU
- Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicus
- Chilean skuaStercorarius chilensis
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Cabot's TernThalasseus acuflavidus
Ducks & geese16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
- Southern ScreamerChauna torquata
- Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
- Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensis
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Silver TealSpatula versicolor
- Red ShovelerSpatula platalea
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Black-headed DuckHeteronetta atricapilla
- Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposaca
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Lake DuckOxyura vittata
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Herons, ibises & grebes21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Whispering IbisPhimosus infuscatus
- White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Plumbeous IbisTheristicus caerulescens
- Buff-necked IbisTheristicus caudatus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Great GrebePodiceps major
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatus
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Green IbisMesembrinibis cayennensis
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Maguari StorkCiconia maguari
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chilean flamingoPhoenicopterus chilensisNT
Songbirds121 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Anthus correnderaAnthus correndera
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- White-rumped SwallowTachycineta leucorrhoa
- White-browed BlackbirdSturnella superciliaris
- White MonjitaXolmis irupero
- Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufus
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Brown-and-yellow MarshbirdPseudoleistes virescens
- Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteola
- Anthus chiiAnthus chii
- Firewood-gathererAnumbius annumbi
- Bay-capped wren-spinetailSpartonoica maluroides
- Red-crested CardinalParoaria coronata
- Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninus
- Common MinerGeositta cunicularia
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Chestnut-capped BlackbirdChrysomus ruficapillus
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thilius
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Rufous-bellied ThrushTurdus rufiventris
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Creamy-bellied ThrushTurdus amaurochalinus
- Spectacled TyrantHymenops perspicillatus
- Great Pampa-finchEmbernagra platensis
- Patagonian NegritoLessonia rufa
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Short-billed PipitAnthus furcatus
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Greyish BaywingAgelaioides badius
- Grassland SparrowAmmodramus humeralis
- Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus
- Yellow-chinned SpinetailCerthiaxis cinnamomeus
- Rauenia bonariensisRauenia bonariensis
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Chilean SwallowTachycineta leucopyga
- Yellow-browed TyrantSatrapa icterophrys
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Wren-like RushbirdPhleocryptes melanops
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Hudson's CanasteroAsthenes hudsoniNT
- Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
- Southern YellowthroatGeothlypis velata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Tawny-headed SwallowAlopochelidon fucata
- Sooty TyrannuletSerpophaga nigricans
- Diademed TanagerStephanophorus diadematus
- Olive SpinetailCranioleuca obsoleta
- White-crested TyrannuletSerpophaga subcristata
- Sayaca TanagerThraupis sayaca
- Myiothlypis leucoblepharaMyiothlypis leucoblephara
- Spix's spinetail; Chicli SpinetailSynallaxis spixi
- Many-colored Rush TyrantTachuris rubrigastra
- Hellmayr's PipitAnthus hellmayri
- Red-eyed ThornbirdPhacellodomus erythrophthalmus
- Yellow-rumped MarshbirdPseudoleistes guirahuro
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Green-winged SaltatorSaltator similis
- White-banded MockingbirdMimus triurus
- Bar-winged cinclodesCinclodes fuscus
- Limnornis curvirostrisLimnornis curvirostris
- Masked GnatcatcherPolioptila dumicola
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Double-collared SeedeaterSporophila caerulescens
- Small-billed ElaeniaElaenia parvirostris
- Rusty-collared SeedeaterSporophila collaris
- Buff-browed Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla rufosuperciliata
- Small-headed ElaeniaElaenia sordida
- Grey-throated Warbling FinchMicrospingus cabanisi
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Euler's FlycatcherLathrotriccus euleri
- Scarlet-headed BlackbirdAmblyramphus holosericeus
- White-necked ThrushTurdus albicollis
- Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensis
- Swainson's FlycatcherMyiarchus swainsoni
- Screaming CowbirdMolothrus rufoaxillaris
- Ultramarine GrosbeakCyanoloxia brissonii
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Purple-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chlorotica
- Red Pileated FinchCoryphospingus cucullatus
- White-headed Marsh TyrantArundinicola leucocephala
- Pale-breasted ThrushTurdus leucomelas
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Black-and-rufous Warbling-FinchPoospiza nigrorufa
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Long-tailed Reed-finchDonacospiza albifrons
- Black-and-white MonjitaHeteroxolmis dominicana
- Sulphur-bearded SpinetailCranioleuca sulphurifera
- Blacksmith ThrushTurdus subalaris
- Wedge-tailed Grass-finchEmberizoides herbicola
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Chopi BlackbirdGnorimopsar chopi
- Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
- Variable AntshrikeThamnophilus caerulescens
- Crested DoraditoPseudocolopteryx sclateri
- Glaucous-blue GrosbeakCyanoloxia glaucocaerulea
- Limnornis rectirostrisLimnornis rectirostris
- White-winged SwallowTachycineta albiventer
- Sharp-tailed Grass TyrantCulicivora caudacuta
- Grey MonjitaXolmis cinereus
- Blue-billed Black-TyrantKnipolegus cyanirostris
- Cliff FlycatcherHirundinea ferruginea
- Streamer-tailed TyrantGubernetes yetapa
- Ochre-faced Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus plumbeiceps
- Freckle-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus striaticollis
- Chotoy SpinetailSchoeniophylax phryganophilus
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Ruby-crowned TanagerTachyphonus coronatus
- Fawn-breasted TanagerPipraeidea melanonota
- Rufous GnateaterConopophaga lineata
- Masked YellowthroatGeothlypis aequinoctialis
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Olivaceous ElaeniaElaenia mesoleuca
- Highland ElaeniaElaenia obscura
- Grey-cheeked Grass-FinchEmberizoides ypiranganus
- Rufous-capped AntshrikeThamnophilus ruficapillus
Other birds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater RheaRhea americanaNT
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Field FlickerColaptes campestris
- Red-gartered CootFulica armillata
- Guira CuckooGuira guira
- Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Giant Wood-RailAramides ypecaha
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Spotted NothuraNothura maculosa
- Picui Ground DoveColumbina picui
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- White-winged CootFulica leucoptera
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Gilded HummingbirdHylocharis chrysura
- Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentus
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochloros
- Dot-winged CrakePorzana spiloptera
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Aramides cajaneaAramides cajanea
- Spot-flanked GallinuleGallinula melanops
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Nacunda NighthawkChordeiles nacunda
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- White WoodpeckerMelanerpes candidus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Red-fronted CootFulica rufifrons
- Blackish RailPardirallus nigricans
- Red-winged TinamouRhynchotus rufescens
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Scissor-tailed NightjarHydropsalis torquata
- Glittering-bellied EmeraldChlorostilbon lucidus
- Slaty-breasted Wood-railAramides saracura
- Swallow-tailed HummingbirdEupetomena macroura
- Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
- Ash-throated CrakePorzana albicollis
- Grey-fronted DoveLeptotila rufaxilla
- Rufous-sided CrakeLaterallus melanophaius
- White-spotted WoodpeckerVeniliornis spilogaster
- Yellow-chevroned ParakeetBrotogeris chiriri
- Maroon-bellied ParakeetPyrrhura frontalis
- Dusky-legged GuanPenelope obscura
- Red-legged SeriemaCariama cristata
- Ashy-tailed SwiftChaetura meridionalis
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 November to December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/22°110 mm
- Feb27°/22°108 mm
- Mar26°/22°103 mm
- Apr24°/19°102 mm
- May20°/16°110 mm
- Jun17°/13°107 mm
- Jul16°/12°131 mm
- Aug17°/12°108 mm
- Sep18°/14°146 mm
- Oct21°/16°139 mm
- Nov23°/18°96 mm
- Dec26°/20°105 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lagoa do Peixe National Park.
Brazil national park
Lagoa do Peixe National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Brazil.
286 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 29,339 open records.
The most recorded are the Southern Lapwing, the Black-necked Stilt and the Coscoroba Swan.
71 species come for the summer, 28 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including White-rumped Sandpiper, Lesser yellowlegs and Buff-breasted Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from November to December.
Get there and watch
- Tavaresnearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- João Simões Lopes Neto International Airport (PET)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 140 km in a straight lineCar hire at POA airport (Porto Alegre)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
- 1places to stay within 10 km
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lagoa do Peixe National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmLagoa do Peixe0.7 km² · 7.7 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.
Lagoa do Peixe National Park
Brazil
- 80Birdyas Score
- 286Species
- 99Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2745721) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 29,339 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 | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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