Bolivia Ramsar wetland
Yata River
51 bird species recorded; the most in September.
Jose Maria Eterovic · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.0 species in August.51 species in September.1 species in October.0 species in November.0 species in December.
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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
51 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).
- 51Speciesrecorded more than once
- 0Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 190Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 106 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 3Owls
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 20Songbirds
- 22Other 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 51 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- Greater Yellow-headed VultureCathartes melambrotus
- Red-throated CaracaraIbycter americanus
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Owls3 species
- Tawny-bellied Screech OwlMegascops watsonii
- Tropical Screech-OwlMegascops choliba
- Crested OwlLophostrix cristata
Gulls & seabirds1 species
- Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplex
Songbirds20 species
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Silver-beaked TanagerRamphocelus carbo
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- White-banded SwallowAtticora fasciata
- White-winged SwallowTachycineta albiventer
- Thraupis palmarumThraupis palmarum
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Drab Water-TyrantOchthornis littoralis
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Double-collared SeedeaterSporophila caerulescens
- Buff-throated WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus guttatus
- Short-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus ferox
- Cinnamon AttilaAttila cinnamomeus
- Red-capped CardinalParoaria gularis
- Lemon-chested GreenletHylophilus thoracicus
- Amazonian AntshrikeThamnophilus amazonicus
- Fawn-breasted WrenCantorchilus guarayanus
- Moustached WrenPheugopedius genibarbis
- Peruvian Warbling-antbirdHypocnemis peruviana
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
Other birds22 species
- Black-fronted NunbirdMonasa nigrifrons
- White-throated ToucanRamphastos tucanus
- Blue-crowned TrogonTrogon curucui
- Swallow-wingChelidoptera tenebrosa
- Scarlet MacawAra macao
- Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostris
- Southern Mealy AmazonAmazona farinosa
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Amazonian MotmotMomotus momota
- Undulated TinamouCrypturellus undulatus
- Great TinamouTinamus major
- Tellow-tufted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cruentatus
- Ivory-billed AracariPteroglossus azara
- Aratinga leucophthalmaAratinga leucophthalma
- Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
- Speckled ChachalacaOrtalis guttata
- Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinacea
- Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- Great PotooNyctibius grandis
- White-wedged PiculetPicumnus albosquamatus
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 September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/23°246 mm
- Feb28°/23°258 mm
- Mar28°/23°232 mm
- Apr28°/23°141 mm
- May28°/22°73 mm
- Jun29°/21°25 mm
- Jul32°/21°17 mm
- Aug35°/22°25 mm
- Sep36°/24°66 mm
- Oct34°/24°126 mm
- Nov31°/23°174 mm
- Dec29°/23°241 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Yata River.
River in Bolivia
Yata River is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Bolivia.
51 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 190 open records.
The most recorded are the Black-fronted Nunbird, the White-throated Toucan and the Plumbeous Kite.
The most species are recorded in September.
Get there and watch
- Nova Mamorénearest town · 15 km in a straight line
- Guayaramerín Airport (GYA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 45 km in a straight lineCar hire in La PazDiscover 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 Yata River.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Cascadyas3 waterfalls within 15 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q8050149) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 190 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 | Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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