Argentina Ramsar wetland
Llancanelo Lake
108 bird species recorded; the most in February and in October.
Pablo D. Flores · CC BY-SA 2.5
This month here
67 species in January.86 species in February.38 species in March.33 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.4 species in July.2 species in August.51 species in September.82 species in October.48 species in November.4 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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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
108 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).
- 108Speciesrecorded more than once
- 70Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,821Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,334 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 11Raptors
- 2Owls
- 7Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 13Ducks & geese
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 1Flamingos
- 49Songbirds
- 11Other 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 108 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus
- Buteo polyosomaButeo polyosoma
- Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucus
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- Andean CondorVultur gryphusVU
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Waders7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Andean GullChroicocephalus serranus
- Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
- Snowy-crowned TernSterna trudeaui
Ducks & geese13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Red ShovelerSpatula platalea
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Lake DuckOxyura vittata
- Upland GooseChloephaga picta
- Crested duckLophonetta specularioides
- Black-headed DuckHeteronetta atricapilla
- Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposaca
- Silver TealSpatula versicolor
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopis
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
- Great GrebePodiceps major
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Southern Silvery GrebePodiceps occipitalis
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Maguari StorkCiconia maguari
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chilean flamingoPhoenicopterus chilensisNT
Songbirds49 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spectacled TyrantHymenops perspicillatus
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Long-tailed MeadowlarkSturnella loyca
- Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thilius
- Patagonian MockingbirdMimus patagonicus
- Southern MartinProgne elegans
- Anthus correnderaAnthus correndera
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Chilean SwallowTachycineta leucopyga
- Patagonian NegritoLessonia rufa
- Rusty-backed MonjitaXolmis rubetra
- Common MinerGeositta cunicularia
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Mourning Sierra FinchRhopospina fruticeti
- White-throated CacholotePseudoseisura gutturalis
- Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteola
- Common Diuca FinchDiuca diuca
- Lesser CanasteroAsthenes pyrrholeuca
- Many-colored Rush TyrantTachuris rubrigastra
- Wren-like RushbirdPhleocryptes melanops
- Chiguanco ThrushTurdus chiguanco
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Scale-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia dumetaria
- Hellmayr's PipitAnthus hellmayri
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Gray-bellied Shrike-TyrantAgriornis micropterus
- Asthenes patagonicaAsthenes patagonica
- Cordilleran CanasteroAsthenes modesta
- Grey-hooded Sierra FinchPhrygilus gayi
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Knipolegus aterrimusKnipolegus aterrimus
- Porphyrospiza carbonariaPorphyrospiza carbonaria
- Lesser Shrike-tyrantAgriornis murinus
- Black-billed Shrike-tyrantAgriornis montanus
- Spot-billed Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola maculirostris
- Bar-winged cinclodesCinclodes fuscus
- Sandy GallitoTeledromas fuscus
- Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninus
- White-banded MockingbirdMimus triurus
- Yellow-billed Tit-tyrantAnairetes flavirostris
- Tufted Tit-tyrantAnairetes parulus
- Hudson's Black-TyrantKnipolegus hudsoni
- Cinnamon-bellied Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola capistratus
- White-browed BlackbirdSturnella superciliaris
- Plain-mantled Tit-spinetailLeptasthenura aegithaloides
- Brown-capped Tit-spinetailLeptasthenura fuliginiceps
- Rufous-banded MinerGeositta rufipennis
- Austral ThrushTurdus falcklandii
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-gartered CootFulica armillata
- Red-fronted CootFulica rufifrons
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Elegant Crested TinamouEudromia elegans
- White-winged CootFulica leucoptera
- Lesser RheaRhea pennata
- Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentus
- Black-winged Ground-doveMetriopelia melanoptera
- Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosa
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Band-winged NightjarSystellura longirostris
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 February and in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/12°24 mm
- Feb27°/11°38 mm
- Mar24°/8°34 mm
- Apr19°/4°28 mm
- May14°/1°33 mm
- Jun11°/-2°31 mm
- Jul10°/-3°27 mm
- Aug12°/-2°32 mm
- Sep16°/0°20 mm
- Oct20°/4°24 mm
- Nov24°/7°25 mm
- Dec28°/10°23 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Llancanelo Lake.
Lake in Argentina
Llancanelo Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Argentina, 1,334 m above the sea.
108 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,821 open records.
The most recorded are the Spectacled Tyrant, the Chilean flamingo and the Southern Lapwing.
63 species come for the summer, 5 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs and Andean Condor.
The most species are recorded in February and in October.
Get there and watch
- Suboficial Ay Santiago Germano Airport (AFA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 133 km in a straight lineCar hire at AFA airport (San Rafael)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 Llancanelo Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas10 mountains within 25 kmCerro Coral · 4.7 kmCerro Trapal · 5.4 kmCerro Los Pozos · 15 kmCerrito El Divisadero · 22 kmCerro Puntudo · 22 kmCerro Huemul · 22 kmCerro los Toldos · 23 kmCerro Carapacho · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmLlancanelo Lake406 km² · 6.8 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
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- 70Migrants
- 2Threatened
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3091571) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,821 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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