Bolivia Ramsar wetland
Uru Uru Lake
113 bird species recorded; the most from August to September.
Viaje al corazón de Bolivia · CC BY 2.0
This month here
54 species in January.60 species in February.72 species in March.54 species in April.70 species in May.30 species in June.74 species in July.91 species in August.89 species in September.80 species in October.79 species in November.46 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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VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
113 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).
- 113Speciesrecorded more than once
- 29Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,313Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 3,697 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 1Owls
- 17Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 9Ducks & geese
- 11Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 3Flamingos
- 45Songbirds
- 17Other 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 113 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Buteo polyosomaButeo polyosoma
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucus
- Andean CondorVultur gryphusVU
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Waders17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Andean AvocetRecurvirostra andina
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Andean LapwingVanellus resplendens
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusNT
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaVU
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Least SeedsnipeThinocorus rumicivorus
- Puna SnipeGallinago andina
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Grey-breasted SeedsnipeThinocorus orbignyianus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Andean GullChroicocephalus serranus
Ducks & geese9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Puna TealSpatula puna
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Crested duckLophonetta specularioides
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Andean GooseChloephaga melanoptera
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Andean DuckOxyura ferruginea
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Silver TealSpatula versicolor
Herons, ibises & grebes11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Puna IbisPlegadis ridgwayi
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Titicaca GrebeRollandia microptera
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Southern Silvery GrebePodiceps occipitalis
- Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopis
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Maguari StorkCiconia maguari
Flamingos3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chilean flamingoPhoenicopterus chilensisNT
- Andean FlamingoPhoenicoparrus andinusVU
- James's FlamingoPhoenicoparrus jamesiNT
Songbirds45 species
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- Andean NegritoLessonia oreas
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Andean SwallowHaplochelidon andecola
- Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thilius
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Common MinerGeositta cunicularia
- Many-colored Rush TyrantTachuris rubrigastra
- Ash-breasted Sierra FinchGeospizopsis plebejus
- Brown-backed MockingbirdMimus dorsalis
- Bar-winged cinclodesCinclodes fuscus
- Wren-like RushbirdPhleocryptes melanops
- Greenish Yellow-finchSicalis olivascens
- Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus
- Sicalis uropigyalisSicalis uropigyalis
- Rufous-naped Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola rufivertex
- Puna Yellow-FinchSicalis lutea
- Puna PipitAnthus brevirostris
- Creamy-breasted CanasteroAsthenes dorbignyi
- Spot-billed Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola maculirostris
- Black SiskinSpinus atratus
- Plain-mantled Tit-spinetailLeptasthenura aegithaloides
- Black-hooded Sierra FinchPhrygilus atriceps
- Puna MinerGeositta punensis
- Chiguanco ThrushTurdus chiguanco
- Porphyrospiza alaudinaPorphyrospiza alaudina
- Mourning Sierra FinchRhopospina fruticeti
- Black-billed Shrike-tyrantAgriornis montanus
- Cinereous Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola cinereus
- Cordilleran CanasteroAsthenes modesta
- Yellow-billed Tit-tyrantAnairetes flavirostris
- Buff-breasted EarthcreeperUpucerthia validirostris
- Plumbeous Sierra FinchGeospizopsis unicolor
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- White-winged CinclodesCinclodes atacamensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Puna Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola juninensis
- Plain-capped Ground TyrantMuscisaxicola griseus
- Anthus correnderaAnthus correndera
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Rufous-webbed Bush TyrantPolioxolmis rufipennis
- D'Orbigny's Chat-TyrantOchthoeca oenanthoides
- Ochre-naped Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola flavinucha
- Cinnamon-bellied Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola capistratus
- Scale-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia dumetaria
- Band-tailed SeedeaterCatamenia analis
Other birds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Slate-colored CootFulica ardesiaca
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Bare-faced Ground DoveMetriopelia ceciliae
- Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosa
- Mountain ParakeetPsilopsiagon aurifrons
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Southern Andean FlickerColaptes rupicola
- Black-winged Ground-doveMetriopelia melanoptera
- Andean HillstarOreotrochilus estella
- Giant CootFulica gigantea
- Golden-spotted Ground-doveMetriopelia aymara
- Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentus
- Ornate TinamouNothoprocta ornata
- Andean ParakeetBolborhynchus orbygnesius
- Grey-hooded ParakeetPsilopsiagon aymara
- Lesser RheaRhea pennata
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 August to September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan16°/3°100 mm
- Feb16°/3°89 mm
- Mar16°/2°53 mm
- Apr16°/1°19 mm
- May14°/-3°6 mm
- Jun13°/-4°45 mm
- Jul12°/-4°6 mm
- Aug14°/-4°11 mm
- Sep16°/-1°17 mm
- Oct17°/1°25 mm
- Nov18°/2°29 mm
- Dec17°/3°80 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Uru Uru Lake.
Lake in Bolivia
Uru Uru Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Bolivia, 3,697 m above the sea.
113 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,313 open records.
The most recorded are the Chilean flamingo, the Andean Avocet and the Black-necked Stilt.
14 species come for the summer, 13 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Andean Flamingo, Lesser yellowlegs and Hudsonian Godwit.
The most species are recorded from August to September.
Get there and watch
- Machacamarcanearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Juan Mendoza International Airport (ORU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 16 km in a straight lineCar hire at ORU airport (Oruro)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 Uru Uru Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas7 mountains within 25 kmCerro Haichacosi3,710 m · 5.7 kmCerro Hospitaya3,710 m · 7.9 kmWichhu Qullu4,430 m · 22 kmJach'a Ch'ankha4,345 m · 24 kmChunkara4,168 m · 24 kmCerro Cajsani4,063 m · 24 kmWayllani4,206 m · 24 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.
Uru Uru Lake
Bolivia
- 59Birdyas Score
- 113Species
- 29Migrants
- 6Threatened
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- 47Species
- 15Migrants
- 2Threatened
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- 49Birdyas Score
- 72Species
- 28Migrants
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1641307) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,313 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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