Argentina Ramsar wetland
Melincué Lake
219 bird species recorded; the most in October.
Yilku1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
136 species in January.144 species in February.141 species in March.106 species in April.149 species in May.143 species in June.135 species in July.121 species in August.123 species in September.171 species in October.157 species in November.152 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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VUVUNT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
219 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).
- 219Speciesrecorded more than once
- 91Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 17,685Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 82 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 9Raptors
- 4Owls
- 26Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 17Ducks & geese
- 17Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 2Flamingos
- 110Songbirds
- 26Other 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 219 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoni
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Tropical Screech-OwlMegascops choliba
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Rufous-chested DotterelCharadrius modestus
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Tawny-throated DotterelOreopholus ruficollis
- Least SeedsnipeThinocorus rumicivorus
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- South American SnipeGallinago paraguaiae
- South American Painted-snipeNycticryphes semicollarisNT
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Snowy-crowned TernSterna trudeaui
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Ducks & geese17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Southern ScreamerChauna torquata
- Silver TealSpatula versicolor
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Red ShovelerSpatula platalea
- Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensis
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposaca
- Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Black-headed DuckHeteronetta atricapilla
- Lake DuckOxyura vittata
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
Herons, ibises & grebes17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Whispering IbisPhimosus infuscatus
- Great GrebePodiceps major
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopis
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Southern Silvery GrebePodiceps occipitalis
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Maguari StorkCiconia maguari
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Flamingos2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chilean flamingoPhoenicopterus chilensisNT
- Andean FlamingoPhoenicoparrus andinusVU
Songbirds110 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Anthus correnderaAnthus correndera
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteola
- White-browed BlackbirdSturnella superciliaris
- Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufus
- Grassland SparrowAmmodramus humeralis
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Great Pampa-finchEmbernagra platensis
- Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninus
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Patagonian NegritoLessonia rufa
- White-rumped SwallowTachycineta leucorrhoa
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Spectacled TyrantHymenops perspicillatus
- Freckle-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus striaticollis
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Chotoy SpinetailSchoeniophylax phryganophilus
- Lesser CanasteroAsthenes pyrrholeuca
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Double-collared SeedeaterSporophila caerulescens
- Bearded TachuriPolystictus pectoralisNT
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Short-billed PipitAnthus furcatus
- Chilean SwallowTachycineta leucopyga
- Greyish BaywingAgelaioides badius
- Firewood-gathererAnumbius annumbi
- Anthus chiiAnthus chii
- Bar-winged cinclodesCinclodes fuscus
- Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thilius
- Wren-like RushbirdPhleocryptes melanops
- Masked GnatcatcherPolioptila dumicola
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescens
- White-banded MockingbirdMimus triurus
- Dark-throated SeedeaterSporophila ruficollisNT
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Crested DoraditoPseudocolopteryx sclateri
- Chestnut-capped BlackbirdChrysomus ruficapillus
- Many-colored Rush TyrantTachuris rubrigastra
- Sooty-fronted SpinetailSynallaxis frontalis
- Screaming CowbirdMolothrus rufoaxillaris
- Bay-capped wren-spinetailSpartonoica maluroides
- Pampas PipitAnthus chacoensis
- Hellmayr's PipitAnthus hellmayri
- Rufous-bellied ThrushTurdus rufiventris
- Sooty TyrannuletSerpophaga nigricans
- Creamy-bellied ThrushTurdus amaurochalinus
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- White-crested TyrannuletSerpophaga subcristata
- Southern MartinProgne elegans
- Yellow-billed Tit-tyrantAnairetes flavirostris
- Dark-faced Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola maclovianus
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Black-and-rufous Warbling-FinchPoospiza nigrorufa
- Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
- Lesser Shrike-tyrantAgriornis murinus
- Hudson's CanasteroAsthenes hudsoniNT
- Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus
- Southern YellowthroatGeothlypis velata
- Black-crowned MonjitaXolmis coronatus
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Scale-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia dumetaria
- Subtropical DoraditoPseudocolopteryx acutipennis
- Small-billed ElaeniaElaenia parvirostris
- White MonjitaXolmis irupero
- Tawny-headed SwallowAlopochelidon fucata
- White-wingedPachyramphus polychopterus
- Porphyrospiza carbonariaPorphyrospiza carbonaria
- Warbling DoraditoPseudocolopteryx flaviventris
- Straneck's TyrannuletSerpophaga griseicapilla
- Plain-mantled Tit-spinetailLeptasthenura aegithaloides
- Rusty-backed MonjitaXolmis rubetra
- Swainson's FlycatcherMyiarchus swainsoni
- Chaco SuiririSuiriri suiriri
- Yellow-chinned SpinetailCerthiaxis cinnamomeus
- White-tipped PlantcutterPhytotoma rutila
- Cinnamon Warbling FinchPoospiza ornata
- Red-crested CardinalParoaria coronata
- Short-billed CanasteroAsthenes baeri
- Chocolate-vented TyrantNeoxolmis rufiventris
- Common MinerGeositta cunicularia
- Chestnut SeedeaterSporophila cinnamomeaVU
- Yellow-billed CardinalParoaria capitata
- White-crested ElaeniaElaenia albiceps
- Golden-billed SaltatorSaltator aurantiirostris
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Gray-bellied Shrike-TyrantAgriornis micropterus
- Little ThornbirdPhacellodomus sibilatrix
- Tufted Tit-spinetailLeptasthenura platensis
- Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensis
- Ticking DoraditoPseudocolopteryx citreola
- Hudson's Black-TyrantKnipolegus hudsoni
- Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatusEmpidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
- Unicoloured BlackbirdAgelasticus cyanopus
- Brown CacholotePseudoseisura lophotes
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Red Pileated FinchCoryphospingus cucullatus
- Black-capped Warbling FinchMicrospingus melanoleucus
- Ultramarine GrosbeakCyanoloxia brissonii
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Long-tailed Reed-finchDonacospiza albifrons
- Patagonian MockingbirdMimus patagonicus
- Ringed Warbling FinchMicrospingus torquatus
Other birds26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Guira CuckooGuira guira
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro
- Spotted NothuraNothura maculosa
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-winged CootFulica leucoptera
- Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosa
- Picui Ground DoveColumbina picui
- Field FlickerColaptes campestris
- Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochloros
- Glittering-bellied EmeraldChlorostilbon lucidus
- Red-gartered CootFulica armillata
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Red-fronted CootFulica rufifrons
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentus
- Spot-flanked GallinuleGallinula melanops
- Red-winged TinamouRhynchotus rufescens
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Dot-winged CrakePorzana spiloptera
- Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
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 October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan32°/18°128 mm
- Feb30°/17°138 mm
- Mar27°/14°144 mm
- Apr23°/11°111 mm
- May19°/8°57 mm
- Jun16°/4°20 mm
- Jul15°/3°28 mm
- Aug18°/5°39 mm
- Sep21°/7°61 mm
- Oct25°/11°126 mm
- Nov28°/14°109 mm
- Dec31°/16°134 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Melincué Lake.
Lake in Argentina
Melincué Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Argentina.
219 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 17,685 open records.
The most recorded are the Southern Lapwing, the Black-necked Stilt and the Crested Caracara.
56 species come for the summer, 34 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including White-rumped Sandpiper, Lesser yellowlegs and Hudsonian Godwit.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Camping Melincué La Fábricacampsite · 5.4 km · 2 within 10 km
- Hotel Melicueplace to stay · 5.6 km · 1 within 10 km
- Melincuénearest town · 6.3 km in a straight line
- Rosario Islas Malvinas International Airport (ROS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 111 km in a straight lineCar hire at ROS airport (Rosario)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
- 2campsites within 10 kmCamping Melincué La Fábrica, Club Náutico
- 1places to stay within 10 kmHotel Melicue
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Melincué Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmMelincué Lake94 km² · 0.7 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.
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- 77Birdyas Score
- 219Species
- 91Migrants
- 6Threatened
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- 5Threatened
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- 199Species
- 114Migrants
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6812452) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 17,685 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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