Argentina Ramsar wetland
Río Pilcomayo National Park
259 bird species recorded; the most in July, in October and in December.
Hermann Luyken · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
99 species in January.120 species in February.99 species in March.133 species in April.85 species in May.175 species in June.201 species in July.179 species in August.161 species in September.196 species in October.158 species in November.204 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
259 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).
- 259Speciesrecorded more than once
- 96Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 9,218Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 76 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 23Raptors
- 5Owls
- 6Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 5Ducks & geese
- 17Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 132Songbirds
- 65Other 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 259 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoni
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucus
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- Buteo albicaudatusButeo albicaudatus
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Collared Forest FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
- Accipiter striatusAccipiter striatus
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tropical Screech-OwlMegascops choliba
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
Waders6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- South American SnipeGallinago paraguaiae
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplex
- Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliaris
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Ducks & geese5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern ScreamerChauna torquata
- Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensis
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
Herons, ibises & grebes17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Buff-necked IbisTheristicus caudatus
- Plumbeous IbisTheristicus caerulescens
- Whispering IbisPhimosus infuscatus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Maguari StorkCiconia maguari
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- JabiruJabiru mycteria
Songbirds132 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufus
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Narrow-billed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes angustirostris
- White MonjitaXolmis irupero
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Red-crested CardinalParoaria coronata
- Plush-crested JayCyanocorax chrysops
- Purplish JayCyanocorax cyanomelas
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Greater ThornbirdPhacellodomus ruber
- Golden-winged CaciqueCacicus chrysopterus
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Greyish BaywingAgelaioides badius
- Saltator coerulescensSaltator coerulescens
- Scarlet-headed BlackbirdAmblyramphus holosericeus
- Rufous-bellied ThrushTurdus rufiventris
- Sayaca TanagerThraupis sayaca
- Red-billed ScythebillCampylorhamphus trochilirostris
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Solitary CaciqueCacicus solitarius
- Thrush-like WrenCampylorhynchus turdinus
- Pearly-vented Tody-TyrantHemitriccus margaritaceiventer
- Great Rufous WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes major
- Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensis
- Creamy-bellied ThrushTurdus amaurochalinus
- Unicoloured BlackbirdAgelasticus cyanopus
- Black-capped Warbling FinchMicrospingus melanoleucus
- Masked GnatcatcherPolioptila dumicola
- Yellow-billed CardinalParoaria capitata
- Chopi BlackbirdGnorimopsar chopi
- Rusty-collared SeedeaterSporophila collaris
- Rufous CasiornisCasiornis rufus
- Sooty-fronted SpinetailSynallaxis frontalis
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Grey MonjitaXolmis cinereus
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Black-capped DonacobiusDonacobius atricapilla
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Variable AntshrikeThamnophilus caerulescens
- Scarlet FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Chestnut-capped BlackbirdChrysomus ruficapillus
- Chotoy SpinetailSchoeniophylax phryganophilus
- Red Pileated FinchCoryphospingus cucullatus
- Grassland SparrowAmmodramus humeralis
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus
- Double-collared SeedeaterSporophila caerulescens
- Wedge-tailed Grass-finchEmberizoides herbicola
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Yellow-chinned SpinetailCerthiaxis cinnamomeus
- Purple-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chlorotica
- Great Pampa-finchEmbernagra platensis
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Green-backed BecardPachyramphus viridis
- White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufus
- Southern YellowthroatGeothlypis velata
- White-banded MockingbirdMimus triurus
- Tawny-bellied SeedeaterSporophila hypoxantha
- Chaco SuiririSuiriri suiriri
- Firewood-gathererAnumbius annumbi
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Pied Water TyrantFluvicola pica
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- White-bellied SeedeaterSporophila leucoptera
- Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninus
- Spectacled TyrantHymenops perspicillatus
- Screaming CowbirdMolothrus rufoaxillaris
- White-crested TyrannuletSerpophaga subcristata
- Plain TyrannuletInezia inornata
- Red TanagerPiranga flava
- White-rumped SwallowTachycineta leucorrhoa
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Myiothlypis flaveolaMyiothlypis flaveola
- Fuscous FlycatcherCnemotriccus fuscatus
- Short-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus ferox
- Planalto WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes platyrostris
- Orange-headed TanagerThlypopsis sordida
- Large ElaeniaElaenia spectabilis
- Golden-billed SaltatorSaltator aurantiirostris
- Straneck's TyrannuletSerpophaga griseicapilla
- Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
- White-wingedPachyramphus polychopterus
- Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
- Pale-breasted ThrushTurdus leucomelas
- Little ThornbirdPhacellodomus sibilatrix
- Rauenia bonariensisRauenia bonariensis
- Green-winged SaltatorSaltator similis
- Dendrocolaptes picumnusDendrocolaptes picumnus
- Variegated FlycatcherEmpidonomus varius
- Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalus
- Crested BecardPachyramphus validus
- Grey-cheeked Grass-FinchEmberizoides ypiranganus
- Yellow-browed TyrantSatrapa icterophrys
- White-browed BlackbirdSturnella superciliaris
- Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescens
- Rufous-fronted ThornbirdPhacellodomus rufifrons
- Tawny-crowned Pygmy-TyrantEuscarthmus meloryphus
- Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatusEmpidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Anthus chiiAnthus chii
- Crested DoraditoPseudocolopteryx sclateri
- Cinereous TyrantKnipolegus striaticeps
- Strange-tailed TyrantAlectrurus risoraVU
- Lined SeedeaterSporophila lineola
- Dark-throated SeedeaterSporophila ruficollisNT
- Saffron-billed SparrowArremon flavirostris
- Lesser CanasteroAsthenes pyrrholeuca
- Hooded TanagerNemosia pileata
- White-tipped PlantcutterPhytotoma rutila
- Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteola
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White-headed Marsh TyrantArundinicola leucocephala
- Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanus
- Chestnut-vented ConebillConirostrum speciosum
- Chilean SwallowTachycineta leucopyga
- Ultramarine GrosbeakCyanoloxia brissonii
- Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata
- Southern Scrub FlycatcherSublegatus modestus
- Mouse-coloured TyrannuletPhaeomyias murina
- White-naped XenopsarisXenopsaris albinucha
- Black-crowned TityraTityra inquisitor
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Myiothlypis leucoblepharaMyiothlypis leucoblephara
Other birds65 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chaco ChachalacaOrtalis canicollis
- Giant Wood-RailAramides ypecaha
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Field FlickerColaptes campestris
- Picui Ground DoveColumbina picui
- Guira CuckooGuira guira
- Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro
- Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochloros
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Glittering-bellied EmeraldChlorostilbon lucidus
- Cream-backed WoodpeckerCampephilus leucopogon
- White-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cactorum
- Toco ToucanRamphastos toco
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Nanday ParakeetNandayus nenday
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Aratinga acuticaudataAratinga acuticaudata
- Tataupa TinamouCrypturellus tataupa
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Pale-crested WoodpeckerCeleus lugubris
- Greater RheaRhea americanaNT
- Spotted NothuraNothura maculosa
- Blue-fronted AmazonAmazona aestivaNT
- Golden-green WoodpeckerPiculus chrysochloros
- Scaly-headed ParrotPionus maximiliani
- Red-winged TinamouRhynchotus rufescens
- Picumnus cirratusPicumnus cirratus
- Gilded HummingbirdHylocharis chrysura
- White WoodpeckerMelanerpes candidus
- Checkered WoodpeckerVeniliornis mixtus
- Little WoodpeckerVeniliornis passerinus
- Rufous-sided CrakeLaterallus melanophaius
- Maroon-bellied ParakeetPyrrhura frontalis
- Blue-crowned TrogonTrogon curucui
- Red-legged SeriemaCariama cristata
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Aratinga leucophthalmaAratinga leucophthalma
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Ash-throated CrakePorzana albicollis
- Aramides cajaneaAramides cajanea
- Scissor-tailed NightjarHydropsalis torquata
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Nacunda NighthawkChordeiles nacunda
- Blue-tufted StarthroatHeliomaster furcifer
- Surucua TrogonTrogon surrucura
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Gray-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilis
- Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Common PotooNyctibius griseus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Crimson-crested WoodpeckerCampephilus melanoleucos
- Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
- Little NightjarSetopagis parvula
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentus
- Aratinga aureaAratinga aurea
- Yellow-chevroned ParakeetBrotogeris chiriri
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
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 July, in October and in December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan34°/23°127 mm
- Feb34°/22°153 mm
- Mar33°/21°140 mm
- Apr30°/18°141 mm
- May24°/14°121 mm
- Jun23°/12°63 mm
- Jul23°/10°53 mm
- Aug26°/12°30 mm
- Sep29°/14°62 mm
- Oct32°/18°141 mm
- Nov32°/20°183 mm
- Dec33°/22°182 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Río Pilcomayo National Park.
National park in Formosa Province, Argentina
Río Pilcomayo National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Argentina.
259 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 9,218 open records.
The most recorded are the Rufous Hornero, the Cattle Tyrant and the Narrow-billed Woodcreeper.
45 species come for the summer, 49 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Strange-tailed Tyrant.
The most species are recorded in July, in October and in December.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Camping Agreste Estero Poícampsite · 7.6 km · 1 within 10 km
- Laguna Naick-Necknearest town · 18 km in a straight line
- Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 65 km in a straight lineCar hire at ASU airport (Asunción)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
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmCamping Agreste Estero Poí
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Río Pilcomayo 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 kmLaguna Blanca5.5 km² · 11 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.
Río Pilcomayo National Park
Argentina
- 69Birdyas Score
- 259Species
- 96Migrants
- 1Threatened
Iberá Provincial Reserve
Argentina · 395 km
- 45Birdyas Score
- 129Species
- 15Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q828642) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 9,218 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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