Argentina Ramsar wetland
Villavicencio Natural Reserve
163 bird species recorded; the most in October.
Leandro Kibisz · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
103 species in January.78 species in February.86 species in March.88 species in April.85 species in May.70 species in June.51 species in July.50 species in August.85 species in September.128 species in October.97 species in November.87 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
163 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).
- 163Speciesrecorded more than once
- 68Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 6,148Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,851 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 12Raptors
- 5Owls
- 7Waders
- 1Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 103Songbirds
- 33Other 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 163 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors12 species
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- Andean CondorVultur gryphusVU
- Buteo polyosomaButeo polyosoma
- Falco sparveriusFalco sparverius
- Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- Spot-winged FalconetSpiziapteryx circumcincta
Owls5 species
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- Lesser Horned OwlBubo magellanicus
- Austral Pygmy-owlGlaucidium nana
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
Waders7 species
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- Tawny-throated DotterelOreopholus ruficollis
- Grey-breasted SeedsnipeThinocorus orbignyianus
- Least SeedsnipeThinocorus rumicivorus
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Rufous-bellied SeedsnipeAttagis gayi
- Bartram's SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
Ducks & geese1 species
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- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
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- Plegadis chihiPlegadis chihi
- Whispering IbisPhimosus infuscatus
Songbirds103 species
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- Chiguanco ThrushTurdus chiguanco
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Grey-hooded Sierra FinchPhrygilus gayi
- Rufous-banded MinerGeositta rufipennis
- Patagonian MockingbirdMimus patagonicus
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Mourning Sierra FinchRhopospina fruticeti
- Golden-billed SaltatorSaltator aurantiirostris
- Plumbeous Sierra FinchGeospizopsis unicolor
- Upucerthia ruficaudusUpucerthia ruficaudus
- Black-billed Shrike-tyrantAgriornis montanus
- Knipolegus aterrimusKnipolegus aterrimus
- Tufted Tit-tyrantAnairetes parulus
- Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
- Cordilleran CanasteroAsthenes modesta
- Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus
- Brown-capped Tit-spinetailLeptasthenura fuliginiceps
- Plain-mantled Tit-spinetailLeptasthenura aegithaloides
- Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufus
- Spot-billed Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola maculirostris
- Band-tailed SeedeaterCatamenia analis
- Ash-breasted Sierra FinchGeospizopsis plebejus
- Long-tailed MeadowlarkSturnella loyca
- Plain-coloured SeedeaterCatamenia inornata
- Rauenia bonariensisRauenia bonariensis
- Lesser CanasteroAsthenes pyrrholeuca
- Gray-flanked CinclodesCinclodes oustaleti
- Scale-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia dumetaria
- Upucerthia certhioidesUpucerthia certhioides
- Black-fronted Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola frontalis
- Greater Yellow-finchSicalis auriventris
- Crested GallitoRhinocrypta lanceolata
- Asthenes steinbachiAsthenes steinbachi
- Creamy-bellied ThrushTurdus amaurochalinus
- White-crested ElaeniaElaenia albiceps
- Buff-breasted EarthcreeperUpucerthia validirostris
- Greater Wagtail-tyrantStigmatura budytoides
- Gray-bellied Shrike-TyrantAgriornis micropterus
- Streak-backed CanasteroAsthenes wyatti
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- White-tipped PlantcutterPhytotoma rutila
- Austral ThrushTurdus falcklandii
- Rufous-bellied ThrushTurdus rufiventris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Yellow-billed Tit-tyrantAnairetes flavirostris
- Greyish BaywingAgelaioides badius
- Black SiskinSpinus atratus
- White-browed Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola albilora
- Common MinerGeositta cunicularia
- Short-billed CanasteroAsthenes baeri
- Common Diuca FinchDiuca diuca
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Cinnamon-bellied Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola capistratus
- Saltator coerulescensSaltator coerulescens
- Rufous-naped Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola rufivertex
- Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninus
- Ochre-naped Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola flavinucha
- Southern MartinProgne elegans
- White-browed Chat-TyrantOchthoeca leucophrys
- Brown-capped RedstartMyioborus brunniceps
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- White-winged CinclodesCinclodes atacamensis
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Porphyrospiza carbonariaPorphyrospiza carbonaria
- White-crested TyrannuletSerpophaga subcristata
- Stripe-crowned SpinetailCranioleuca pyrrhophia
- Rufous-sided Warbling FinchPoospizopsis hypocondria
- Cinereous Ground-tyrantMuscisaxicola cinereus
- Ringed Warbling FinchMicrospingus torquatus
- White-browed BlackbirdSturnella superciliaris
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Rufous-tailed PlantcutterPhytotoma rara
- Sandy GallitoTeledromas fuscus
- White-banded MockingbirdMimus triurus
- Yellow-rumped SiskinSpinus uropygialis
- Southern Scrub FlycatcherSublegatus modestus
- Screaming CowbirdMolothrus rufoaxillaris
- Sooty-fronted SpinetailSynallaxis frontalis
- Creamy-rumped MinerGeositta isabellina
- Dark-faced Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola maclovianus
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Hudson's Black-TyrantKnipolegus hudsoni
- Spectacled TyrantHymenops perspicillatus
- Cinnamon Warbling FinchPoospiza ornata
- Many-colored Chaco FinchSaltatricula multicolor
- Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteola
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Small-billed ElaeniaElaenia parvirostris
- Chilean SwallowTachycineta leucopyga
- Monte Yellow FinchSicalis mendozae
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Patagonian TyrantColorhamphus parvirostris
- Bar-winged cinclodesCinclodes fuscus
- Brown CacholotePseudoseisura lophotes
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Galápagos MartinProgne modesta
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Great Pampa-finchEmbernagra platensis
- Tawny-headed SwallowAlopochelidon fucata
- Southern YellowthroatGeothlypis velata
- Thick-billed SiskinSpinus crassirostris
- Anthus correnderaAnthus correndera
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
Other birds33 species
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- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosa
- Sappho sparganurusSappho sparganurus
- Grey-hooded ParakeetPsilopsiagon aymara
- Black-winged Ground-doveMetriopelia melanoptera
- Andean TinamouNothoprocta pentlandii
- White-sided HillstarOreotrochilus leucopleurus
- Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochloros
- Picui Ground DoveColumbina picui
- Lesser RheaRhea pennata
- Elegant Crested TinamouEudromia elegans
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Band-winged NightjarSystellura longirostris
- Golden-spotted Ground-doveMetriopelia aymara
- Andean SwiftAeronautes andecolus
- Scissor-tailed NightjarHydropsalis torquata
- Glittering-bellied EmeraldChlorostilbon lucidus
- Moreno's Ground-doveMetriopelia morenoi
- Brushland TinamouNothoprocta cinerascens
- Darwin's NothuraNothura darwinii
- Mountain ParakeetPsilopsiagon aurifrons
- Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro
- Giant HummingbirdPatagona gigas
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Guira CuckooGuira guira
- Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentus
- Sparkling Violet-earColibri coruscans
- Gilded HummingbirdHylocharis chrysura
- Green-backed FirecrownSephanoides sephaniodes
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Spotted NothuraNothura maculosa
- Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
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°/19°40 mm
- Feb31°/17°43 mm
- Mar28°/15°30 mm
- Apr24°/10°22 mm
- May19°/6°16 mm
- Jun16°/3°7 mm
- Jul15°/2°9 mm
- Aug18°/4°8 mm
- Sep22°/6°7 mm
- Oct26°/10°11 mm
- Nov29°/14°27 mm
- Dec32°/17°26 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Villavicencio Natural Reserve.
Natural reserve in Argentina
Villavicencio Natural Reserve is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Argentina, 1,851 m above the sea.
163 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 6,148 open records.
The most recorded are the Chiguanco Thrush, the Rufous-collared Sparrow and the Grey-hooded Sierra Finch.
40 species come for the summer, 26 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Andean Condor.
The most species are recorded in October.
Get there and watch
- Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 40 km in a straight lineCar hire at MDZ airport (Mendoza)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
- 6viewpoints within 5 kmMirador Caracoles de Villavicencio, Mirador, Mirador del camino and 3 more
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Villavicencio Natural Reserve.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas29 mountains within 25 kmCerro Sapo · 16 kmLoma Los Marayes · 17 kmCerro Los Colorados · 18 kmCerro Redondo · 20 kmMogote del Pozo · 21 kmCerro Matuatso · 22 kmCordón de Las Cortaderas · 23 kmCerro del Molino · 23 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.
Villavicencio Natural Reserve
Argentina
- 60Birdyas Score
- 163Species
- 68Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q11171903) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 6,148 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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