Birds of Carrasco and Uruguay

Fer-Jan de Vries

Introduction

Uruguay is a wonderful country for birdwatching. Birds are abundant and there are many species and different habitats.

On this page I collect my birding records for Carrasco and Uruguay in the form of an annotated checklist of birds of Uruguay. The basis of this checklist was an early version (from about 1999) of Federico Achaval's online checklist of Aves del Uruguay to which I added English names and other info from Adrian B Azpiroz' book Aves del Uruguay - lista e introduccion a su biologia y conservacion (2nd Edition) published by Probides. In particular I have added Azpiroz' estimates of abundance.

• C = Common (about 59 species)
• BC = Bastante Comun (about 123)
• PC = Poco Comun (about 107)
• R = Rare (about 88)
• O = Occasional
• == = Accidental (about 44)

I have annotated this checklist with observations that I have made on my various trips to Uruguay since July 7, 1999. I have now seen about 231 species. (169 after Dec 11-22 1999; 185 after Dec 23 2001; 217 after Sep 2002; 226 after Jan 2004)

When and Where

• July-Aug 1999
  • July 7, Montevideo
  • July 8-11 Valizas
  • July, Punta del Este
  • July 29 - Aug 1, Aguas Dulces
  • Aug 6-11, Salto
• Dec 1999 - Jan 2000
  • Dec 4, 1999: Pocitos coast of Montevideo
  • Dec 5, 1999: Playa del Parque del Plata near the mouth of the Solis River in Canelones
  • Dec 11, 1999; Montevideo - Jaureguiberre - Piriápolis - Parque Lusich (Punta Ballena)
  • Dec 12, 1999: Parque Lusich - La P.P. near la Pedrera
  • Dec 13, 14: La P.P. near la Pedrera (laguna de Rocha on 13th)
  • Dec 15: La P.P.- Aguas Dulces
  • Dec 16-18: Aguas Dulces: on Dec 16 walk in Ombú forest in the Laguna de Castillos with the Gambarottas
  • Dec 19: Aguas Dulces - Parque Santa Teresa
  • Dec 20: Parque Santa Teresa - Aguas Dulces around the Laguna Negra via Bañados de Los Indios
  • Dec 21: Aguas Dulces: visit to Don Bosco
  • Dec 22: Aguas Dulces - Punta del Este (la Barra): via Lagunas de La Rocha, Garzon (brackish) and José Ignacio
  • Dec 23: Punta del Este (la Barra) -Montevideo
  • Dec 29-30: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
  • Dec 31-Jan 4: Valizas
• Jun 2000
  • Jun 24-26: Valizas
• Dec 2001 - Jan 2002
  • Dec 19-20, 2001 Montevideo
  • Dec 21-24, 2001 Arequita in Minas
  • Dec 25, 2001 - Jan 1, 2002 Montevideo and Carrascas
  • Jan 2-7, 2002 Valizas
• Aug - Sep 2002
  • Aug 2002: period Aug 20 - Aug 31:
    • Most birding was done in the Carrasco coastal area in the far east of Montevideo. Besides the beach facing the Rio Plata (where seals and sea lions are visible on the small islands west of Isla de Flores) there are some sand/gravel pits between the river Carrasco and the Parque Franklin D. Roosevelt.
    • 25/8/02:a one day visit to an estancia 29 km north of Piriápolis along route 60. Hills, meadows and the Arroyo Pan de Azucar.
    • 27/8/02: Playa Penino or Playa Pascal, the tidal flats west of the mouth of the Rio Santa Lucia on the far west of Montevideo. The site can be reached via Route 1: around km 19 there is a small road to the beach.
  • Sep 2002: refers to visit to Lago Merin in the period Aug 31 - Sep 2, 2002. Lago Merin a small village in the NE corner of Uruguay, almost at the border with Brazil. We stayed there from Aug 31 - Sep 2, 2002. The water level of the enormous Laguna Merin (20x100km) was some 1.5 meter higher than usual, so that the village partly inundated. The beach, dunes and the river mouth were inaccessible by this flooding, apparently the first large scale flooding since 1983. The village and the surrounding fields were very rich in birds.
• Dec 2003-Jan 2004
  • Dec 14 - ...; birding in the direct neighbourhood of Carrasco, as described above. The garden of the house has a 50 years old "Black Ears" tree which is visited by various small bird species. Some of the area of the gravel pits seems to have become a private, guarded area.
• Dec 2005-Jan 2006
  • A: Montevideo
  • B: Los Titanos/La Tuna 30/12 - 13/1: with visits to:
  • C: km 57, a roost west of Los Titanos along Ruta Interbalnearia in some small marsh land
  • D: Santa Lucia del Este (good place for watching terns on nearby half emerged rocks)
• Dec 2007-Jan 2008
  • Information lost due to theft laptop: visited Montevideo, the farm of Fernando near Treint-a-tres, La Pedrera and La Tuna. Handicapped by deafness.
• Jul-Aug 2009
  • Jul 26, una visita al Bañadito de la Bajada 22, en la Rambla de Solymar. Responsables: Sebastián Alvarez y Adrián Stagi (cel. 094 410 986). La idea es recorrer los pequeños bañados que se han formado entre la rambla y la costa...
  • Aug 4-9, Termas del Arapey. An isolated (moderately) hot spring resort some 80 km NNE of Salto at a majestic bend of the deep lying Rio Arapey. This river, the narrow band of trees and bushes along side the river and the gardens of the resort make the village and immediate surroundings rich in birds. At the west side of the village an old disused railroad crosses the river. From its high lying embankment one has a good view of a small laguna. It also allows one to view the river forest from above. To the north there are several smaller and larger lagunas. During our visit the water level of the river was very low and the surrounding area rather dry. In winters like this dead cows are not unusual. During the week there were not too many other visitors. The many birds that visit the village can be quite tame. In total I saw about 80 species. 33 of them were in fact seen from the porch of our small bungalow.
  • Aug 14-16, 2009: Punta del Este (Rafaels cousins Edificio Peninsula). Temperature changed from cold to hot. Anna wished to see whales and she managed. Eubalaena australis. Franca australis. Southern Right Whale. From the very punta of Punta del esta. In the distance, but spotted by the majestic splash they produced at the horizon, and the spray from the blowholes and the black back and the fins. Not on the first evening, not on the second day, but on the last afternoon, two hours before leaving. Two specimen. Perhaps the same I saw earlier at noon, much closer and easier to recognize: from top to tail visible: no dorsal fin, V-shaped blow, broad body shape. Gigantic square flippers. White throat. The real highlight for her was a tiny seastar she had found, whitish and about 12 mm... Hopefully it made up for the three lost and probably dying sealion pubs on the day before
• Dec 15, 2011 - Jan 7, 2012
  • Dec 15-20, Brito del Pino
  • Dec 19, Pocitos coast
• Jul 18, 2012 - Aug 28, 2012
  • Most time spent in Montevideo/Pocitos
  • Aug 26-28, La Pedrera. Stormy weather: we saw a Eubalaena australis (Franca australis. Southern Right Whale), 1 dead orca and a lobos.
• July 15 - Aug 15, 2015. We stayed in Montevideo. With two short trips to the coast, to Solis Chico and Valizas.
  • July 24 - 26 Solis Chico. A cabana from Refugio del Solis on the east side of the river Solis Chico. 2 km from the sea. Broad river, with a shallow bend with sandbanks alongside a reedbed. River ends in the sea via a creek that runs parallel to the sea behind a tongue of dunes. We did not walk further along the beach than to Floriesta east of the Solis Chico. A winter beach, with dead juv penguins and sealion pubs.
  • August 7-11, 2015. Barra de la Valizas. August 7-11, 2015: in a house at the riverside, facing the dunes. It belongs to Cecilia of the Possada de Valizas. On the Barra are roosts of screamers and terns. When the wind increases on sea, the numbers that use the roost increase, maximal 800 screamers and 6000 terns.
• 14-31 December 2016. First week bothered by flu. Yet the balcony of Martha with a view over the tree tops of Av Soca turned out to be unexpected well located for swallows and martins, as well as Harris hawks, Crested Caracara's and Peregrine Falcon. Weather is "bipolar" as abuala called it: very hot and sunny or overcast and very humid while a terrific thunderstorm is somewhere developing. These storms bring a variety of terns to the coast and a struggling Peregrine to Pocitos with Navidad.
  • 14-31 December spend almost entirely in Montevideo (P Battle - Pocitos)
  • 25 December Solymar
  • 26-27 December San Luis (Hotel Paraty): we were warned by a friendly, tired looking local police woman wearing a bullet proof vest, when she saw me walking with backpack, 20 year old scope and 42 year old binoculars, that there were two local armed youths on the run stealing from houses and tourists... Together with the threatening rain a reason to go back to safe and dry Montevideo. The San Luis area did not seem particularly rich in birdlife. But it reminded me of an earlier trip to Las Tunas, when we were so lucky to make a boat trip to the island visible from San Luis: to find a messy mixed breeding place of cormorants, gulls and egrest.
  • 27 December afternoon: a walk along Punta Carretas
  • 29 December: day trip to Solis Grande, San Antonio near Pirapolis and Playa Verde. The high embankment of the Arroyo Solis Grande facing Jareguiberry presents a wide panaromic view of ocean, barra, a wide bend of the river and the distant bridge of the Ruta Interbalnearia and the hinterlands.

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  The annotated Checklist

  Clase AVES

  Orden Struthioniformes

  Familia Rheidae

  1. Rhea americana intermedia - Ñañdu [Greater Rhea] BC
     • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
     • Dec 16, 19 1999
     • Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
     • Sep 2002, several groups of up to 8 specimen along the road from Lago Merin to Rio Branco
     • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 1 female with 5 young.
     • Aug 9 2009: several seen from bus north of Salto and two north of Flores.

  Orden Tinamiformes

  Familia Tinamidae

  Crypturellus obsoletus obsoletus - Perdiz de monte [Brown Tinamou] R
  2. Rhynchotus rufescens rufescens - Martineta [Red-winged Tinamou] BC
     • Mid July, 1999: Laguna Garzon
  3. Nothura maculosa maculosa - Perdíz [Spotted Tinamou] C
     • Dec 12, 1999: La P.P. near la Pedrera
     • Mid July, 1999: Laguna José Ignacio
     • Jun 24-26, 2000
     • Dec 22, 2003: one dead specimen on road near Carrasco sandpits.
       
     • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: several
     • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: 1 ex.

  Orden Podicipediformes

  Familia Podicipedidae

  4. Rollandia rolland chilensis - Macacito Común [White-tufted Grebe] BC
     • Mid July, 1999: Laguna Garzon
     • Dec 4, 1999
     • Dec 22, 1999: Laguna Garzon
     • Aug 2002: Carrascos, at least hundred at the sand pits
     • Dec 17-22 2003: Carrascos, various groups of up to 30 specimen on the sand pits
     • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 1 pair on hotel pond, several at larger pond north of Arapey along railroad
     • Aug 13, 2009: Carreta, west of Playa Pocitos: 6 ex
     • Aug 14-16, 2009: Punta del Este: many individuals or pairs, in various stages of winter/summer plumage. At least 50.
     • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, 3 ex
     • Aug 4, 2015: Montevideo, Puerto del Buceo. 4 ex.
  Tachybaptus dominicus brachyrhynchus - Macacito Gris [Least Grebe] R
  5. Podilymbus podiceps antarticus - Maca de Pico Grueso [Pied-billed Grebe] BC
     • July 9, 1999: Valizas
     • Dec 12, 1999: 1 ex Laguna José Ignacio.
     • Aug 2002, about 25 in sandpit in Carrasco
     • Sep 2002, one specimen in a small pond in inundated area of Lagun de Merin
     • Dec 2003: Carrascos, some individuals and pairs on the Arrocho Carrasco and the neighbouring sand pits.
     • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 1 pair on small laguna of Arapey next to bridge.
     • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 3 ex on river.
     • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: 2 ex on river.
  6. Podiceps major major - Maca Grande [Great Grebe] BC
     • Dec 4, 11, 1999
     • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
     • Dec 22, 1999: Laguna Garzon
     • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas
     • Jun 24-26, 2000
     • Aug 2002
     • Dec 2003: Carrascos, some individuals on the sand pits. But not unlike in winter on the sea.
     • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna 1 ex
     • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar
     • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: 3 ex
     • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 1 ex at larger pond north of Arapey along railroad
     • Aug 13, 2009: Carreta, west of Playa Pocitos: one group of 15 ex
     • Dec 19, 2011: Pocitos, Montevideo, 1 ex
     • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, 5 ex
     • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
     • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 2 ex on river and 1 ex at sea
     • Aug 7-11, 2015: Valizas
     • Dec 19, 2011: Pocitos, Montevideo. Several.
     • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: several on river.

     Orden Procellariformes

     Familia Diomedeidae

     Diomedea exulans exulans - Albatros Viajero [Wandering Albatross] BC
     Diomedea epomophora - Albatros Real [Royal Albatross] R
  7. Diomedea melanophrys melanophrys - Albatros de Ceja Negra [Black-browed Albatross] C
     • Mid July, 1999: Punta del Este
     • Aug 2002, Carrascos. Several hundreds close to the coast.
     • Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este: several hundreds but only on Aug 16, when the whales were spotted.
     • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: 2 ex
     • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 2 over the sea..
     • Aug 11 2015, Valizas: 2 over the sea..
  Diomedea chlororhynchos - Albatros Pico Amarillo y Negro [Yellow-nosed Albatross] BC

  Familia Procellariidae

  8. Macronectes giganteus - Petrel Gigante del Sur [Southern Giant Petrel] BC
     • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
     • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar. One juv dead, one juv flying west.
     • Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este: several at least 10. Sometimes swimming close to the rocks, showing the impressive tubenosed beak.
     • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: 2 ex
  Macronectes halli - Petrel Gigante del Norte [Northern Giant Petrel] R
  Fulmarus glacialoides - Petrel Gris Plateado [Southern Fulmar] BC
  Daption capense capense - Damero de El Cabo [Cape Petrel] BC
  Pterodroma brevirostris brevirostris - Petrel de Kerguelen [Kerguelen Petrel] ==
  Pterodroma incerta - Petrel Pardo y Blanco [Hooded Petrel] ==
  Pachyptila mollis mollis - Petrel Colar Gris [Soft-plumaged Petrel] ==
  Halobaena caerulea - Petrel Azulado [Blue Petrel] ==
  9. Pachyptila belcheri - Petrel Azul Pico Delgado [Slender-billed Prion] BC
     • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 ex dead on beach. Fresh plumage, yet already with two beetles. Length about 26 cm. Lores and long broad eyebrow white. Not wide black tail band. Dorsal dark M-pattern on light grey. Narrow bil with two small nosetubes, conform picture in Narosky-Yzurieta. (A bird guide with lots of useful information!)
  Pachyptila desolata banksi - Petrel Pico Ancho [Dove Prion] BC
  Procellaria cinerea - Petrel Gris [Grey Petrel] ==
  10. Procellaria aequinoctialis aequinoctialis - Petrel Negro Barba Blanca [White-chinned Petrel] C
      • Jun 24-26, 2000: possible 5 specimen near the Lobos island.
      • Aug 2002. Carrascos. Two specimen on two late August days.
      • Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este: many, at least 100
      • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: several
      • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 ex over sea.
      • Aug 9-10, 2015, Valizas and Cabo Polonio: 2x1 ex.
  Procellaria aequinoctialis conspicillata - Petrel de Anteojos [Spectacled Petrel] PC
  11. Calonectris diomedea borealis - Petrel Ceniciento [Cory's Shearwater] R
      • Jan 4, 2000: on Playa de la Calavera, just north of Cabo Polonio: 1 freshly dead specimen (length 56 cm, wingspan 128 cm): donated to the Achaval's bird collection at the Facultad de Ciencias in Montevideo
  Puffinus gravis - Petrel Pardo [Greater Shearwater] BC
  Puffinus griseus - Petrel Oscuro [Sooty Shearwater] PC
  Puffinus puffinus puffinus - Petrel Blanco y Negro [Manx Shearwater] PC

  Familia Oceanitidae

  Oceanites oceanicus oceanicus - Petrel de las Tormentas Chico [Wilson's Storm-Petrel] BC
  Pelagodroma marina marina - Petrel de las Tormentas Cara Blanca [White-faced Storm-Petrel] ==
  Fregetta tropica - Petrel de las Tormentas Vientre Negro [Black-bellied Storm-Petrel] ==
  Oceanodroma leucorhoa - Petrel de las Tormentas de Leach [Leach's Storm-Petrel] ==

  Familia Pelecanoididea

  Pelecanoides urinator berard - Petrel Zambullidor [Common Diving Petrel] ==

  Orden Sphenisciformes

  Familia Spheniscidae

  Aptenodytes patagonica - Pingüino Real [King Penguin] ==
  Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome - Pingüino Penachos Amarillos [Rockhopper Penguin] PC
  Eudyptes chrysolophus chrysolophus - Pingüino Penachos Naranja [Marconi Penguin] ==
  12. Spheniscus magellanicus - Pingüino de Magallanes [Magellanic Penguin] BC
      • July 10, 1999: Valizas, one stranded specimen still alife. Many dead specimen on the higher parts of beach and in the dunes.
      • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: 1 juv.
      • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 2 juv dead on beach of Floriesta.
      • Aug 7-11 2015, Valizas: more than 20 dead penguins. They may arrive in the night...

  Orden Pelecaniformes

  Familia Fregatidae

  Fregata magnificens - Fragata [Magnifent Frigatebird] PC

  Familia Phalacrocoracidae

  13. Phalacrocorax olivaceus olivaceus - Viguá Común [Neotropic Cormorant] C
      • July 9, 1999: Valizas
      • Dec 4, 11, 16 1999
      • Dec 22, 1999: Laguna Garzon
      • Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
      • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas
      • Jun 24-26, 2000
      • Dec 19-20, 2001 Montevideo
      • Aug 2002
      • Sep 2002
      • Dec 2003: Carrasco few and a big number on Dec 28 on the rocky isles.
      • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Montevideo and Los Titanos/La Tuna at least 500
      • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar
      • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: 20 ex
      • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: several
      • Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este: many, in the evening flying to the island west of the harbour.
      • Dec 19, 2011: Pocitos, Montevideo.
      • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, 30 ex
      • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
      • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: several over the river.
      • Aug 8, 2015: Valizas: at least 1000 ex, in small flocks every late afternoon flying from river to sea.
      • Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: Pocitos at least 40
      • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: several
      • Dec 26-27, 2016: San Luis: several. Some drying the wings while swimming !?
      • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: several on river.
      
      Phalacrocorax albiventer - Viguá Vientre Blanco [King Cormorant] R

  Familia Anihingidae

  Anhinga anhinga anhinga - Viguá Víbora [Anhinga] PC

  Familia Sulidae

  Sula leucogaster leucogaster - Piquero Pardo [Brown Booby] ==

  Orden Ciconiiformes

  Familia Ardeidae

  14. Syrigma sibilatrix sibilatrix - Garza Amarilla [Whistling Egret] C
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Dec 11, 16, 18, 20, 22 1999
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Dec 19-20, 2001 Montevideo
  • Aug 2002
  • Sep 2002
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco, 2 ex.
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia 4 ex
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 3 ex
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: 1 ex.
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 ex on bank in river.
  • Aug 9, 2015, Cabo Polonio: 1 ex.
• Ardea cocoi - Garza Mora [White-Necked Heron] BC
• July 8, 1999: Valizas
• Dec 16, 1999
• Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas (2 ex at the barra at the evening of Jan 1)
• Jun 24-26, 2000
• Aug 2002
• Sep 2002
• Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: several
• Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, 1 ex
• Jul 15-25 2015, Punta Carettas in Montevideo. 1 ex near la Rambla.
• Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 ex in reedbed.
• Aug 7-11, 2015: Valizas
• Ardea alba egretta - Garza Blanca Grande [Great Egret] C
• July 8, 1999: Valizas
• Dec 11, 1999
• Dec 19-20, 2001 Montevideo
• Aug 2002
• Sep 2002
• Dec 2003: Carrasco, individuals over the dunes, and on Dec 18, 9 am a group of 7 apparently arriving from over sea.
• Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Montevideo, Los Titanos/La Tuna and KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia 6 ex
• Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: several
• Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
• Jul 15-25 2015, Punta Carettas in Montevideo. 2 ex near la Rambla.
• Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 ex in reedbed.
• Aug 8, 2015: Valizas: 2 ex.
• Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: several seem to roost in former zoo
• Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: not counted
• Dec 22-27, 2016: San Luis: 1 ex
• Ardeola ibis ibis - Garza Bueyera [Cattle Egret] C
• Dec 15, 1999: a group of 450 ex east of la Pedrera
• Dec 20, 1999: Lighthouse of Coronilla around noon: 42 specimen apparently migrating in South direction over see via some small island (or just going to roost on the island?)
• Dec 22, 1999: various groups: 50, 150, 50 specimen
• Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati: at various places; one group of 40 flying upstream the river
• Aug 2002
• Sep 2002
• Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna,C at least 500
• Dec 19, 2011: Pocitos, Montevideo. 3 flying East
• Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
• Dec 22-27, 2016: San Luis: at least 150 ex flying towards small islands in front of the coast
• Hydranassa caerulea - Garza Azul [Little Blue Heron] ==
  • Aug 11, 2015: Valizas around 10 am. 1 ex sitting on post 200 m south of the houses of the fishermen living at the barra. Sligthly smaller than Snowy egret, sitting next to it. Unmistakenly: overall appearance dark blue grey. Hed neck and brest more dark purperish. Pale green/grey legs with long toes. Beak light grey with black point. Small tuft on head, blown up by the wind.
• Egretta thula thula - Garza Blanca Chica [Snowy Egret] C
• July 10, 1999: Valizas
• Dec 5, 11, 18, 22 1999
• Aug 2002
• Sep 2002
• Dec 2003: Carrasco, indivuals or pairs on the beach or near the sandpits.
• Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Montevideo, Los Titanos/La Tuna and KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia several tens
• Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: 1 ex (estancia Renacimiento)
• Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: several
• Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este
• Dec 19, 2011: Pocitos, Montevideo.
• Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, 2 ex
• Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 ex in reedbed.
• Aug 8, 2015: Valizas
• Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: several
• Butorides striatus striatus - Garcita Azulada [Striated Heron] BC
• Dec 14, 1999
• Dec 22, 1999: 1 ex Laguna José Ignacio
• Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
• Dec 2003: one specimen repeatedly seen near sandpit in Carrasco
• Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax - Garza Bruja [Black-crowned Heron] BC
• Jul 29 - Aug 1, 1999: Aguas Dulces
• Dec 20, 1999: Bañados de los Indios
• Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Montevideo,C
• Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: several
• Dec 15-20, 2011: Brito del Pino, Montevideo. 1 ex
• Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 3 ex appeared in dusk over La Plata and waited in tall tree next to river for the night.
• Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: tens: during day time they seem to sleep in the former zoo, from which they disperse around sunset.
• Tigrisoma lineatum marmoratum - Garza Colorada [Rufescent Tiger-Heron] PC
• Aug 2002
• Sep 2002: 1 adult and 1 juvenile next to village
• Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 1 adult
Ixobrychus involucris - Mirasol Chico [Stripe-backed Bittern] PC
Botaurus pinnatus pinnatus - Mirasol Grande [Pinnated Bittern] PC

Familia Ciconiidae

• Mycteria americana - Cigüeña Cabeza Pelada [Wood-Stork] BC
• Dec 16, 20 1999
• Ciconia maguari - Cigüeña Común [Maguari Stork] BC
• July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
• Dec 13, 16, 20 1999
• Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
• Sep 2002: more than 25
• Aug 14, 2009: KM 51 Ruta Interbalnearia, bridge over Arocho Solis Chico, 1 ex
• Aug 16, 2009: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia, 1 ex
• Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 2 on bank in the river.
Jabiru mycteria - Juan Grande [Jabiru] ==

Familia Plataleidae

• Harpiprion caerulescens - Bandurria Mora [Plumbeous Ibis] BC
• Jul 29 - Aug 1, 1999: Aguas Dulces
• Dec 16, 22, 1999
• Sep 2002: 1 specimen flying over village
• Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 3 ex flying over village
• Theristicus caudatus hyperorius - Bandurria Cuello Amarillo [Buff-necked Ibis] PC
• Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 3 ex flying early morning Aug 5 to the west along the river
• Phimosus infuscatus infuscatus - Cuervillo Cara Pelada [Bare-faced Ibis] BC
• July 8, 1999: Valizas
• Dec 13, 16, 22 1999
• Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas (Jan 4: 1 ex eating from dead sealion pup)
• Aug 2002
• Sep 2002: few
• Dec 2003: Carrasco, roosting in the sandpits and feeding on watered lawns of Carrasco. Up to 40 ex.
  
  
• Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia at least 20
• Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: 1 group of about 20
• Aug 16, 2009: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia, about 25 flying to roost
• Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 2 ex in shallow bend of the river..
• Plegadis chihi - Cuervillo de Cañada [White-faced Ibis] C
• July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
• Dec 13, 16, 22, 1999
• Jun 24-26, 2000
• Aug 2002
• Sep 2002: many
• Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia at least 100
• Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: 2 groups of about 50 in total (V formation)
• Ajaia ajaja - Espátula Rosada [Roseate Spoonbill] BC
• Dec 15, 16, 22 1999
• Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
• Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas (60 ex on Jan 2)
• Sep 2002: 3 single specimen, all possibly migrating from over the lagune

Orden Phoenicopteriformes

Familia Phoenicopteridae

• Phoenicopterus chilensis - Flamenco [Chilean Flamingo] PC
• Mid July, 1999: Laguna José Ignacio

Orden Anseriformes

Familia Anhimidae

• Chauna torquata - Chajá [Southern Screamer] BC
• July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
• Dec 12, 1999: 1 ex Laguna José Ignacio.
• Dec 16, 20 1999.
• Sep 2002: 4 pairs
• Aug 7-8, 2015: Valizas: up to 800 ex..

Familia Anatidae

• Dendrocygna bicolor - Pato Silbón Rojizo [Fulvous Tree-duck] BC
• Dec 13, 1999: 1 ex near La P.P near La Pedrera..
• Dec 19, 1999 Laguna Negra
• Dendrocygna viduata - Pato Cara Blanca [White-faced Tree-duck] BC
• Aug 2002
• Sep 2002:several in Lago Merin, and many over the Rio Branco
• Cygnus melancoryphus - Cisne de Cuello Negro [Black-necked Swan] BC
• July 8, 1999: Valizas
• Dec 13, 1999. At least 3000 on the Laguna de Rocha
• Dec 18, 1999
• Dec 2003: Carrasco, on Dec 18 a group of 13 swans came flying towards the coast at 9 am. On Dec 20 there was one specimen at a sandpit.
• Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna 9 ex over sea
• Aug 9 2009: about 20 ex in pond near KM 198 at Ruta 3 in department Flores.
• Coscoroba coscoroba - Ganso Blanco [Coscoroba Swan] PC
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Dec 13, 1999: 7 ex at Laguna José Ignacio
  • Dec 14, 1999: 1 ex
  • Dec 18, 1999
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna 4 ex flying east over sea
  • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: 2 ex flying east over sea.
  Chloephaga picta picta - Avutarda [Upland Goose] ==
  Cairina moschata - Pato Criollo [Moscovy Duck] R
  Sarkidiornis melanotos sylvicola - Pato Crestudo [Comb Duck] ==
• Calloneta leucophrys - Pato de Collar [Ringed PC
• Dec 14, 1999
• Amazonetta brasiliensis ipecutiri - Pato Ala Verde [Brazilian Duck] C
• Jul 29 - Aug 1, 1999: Aguas Dulces
• Dec 12, 1999: 1 ex Laguna José Ignacio.
• Dec 14, 1999
• Jun 24-26, 2000
• Sep 2002: Lago Merin few, but many over Rio Branco
• Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: up to hundred on the nrotheren lagune, some pairs on the river only
• Anas flavirostris flavirostris - Pato Barcino [Speckled Teal] C
• July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
• Aug 2002
• Sep 2002: everywhere in small number, even sitting on wires
• Dec 2003: Carrasco
• Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia 4
• Jul 26, 2009: Solymar, 2 ex
• Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 2 or 3 ex.
• Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: 2 ex
• Anas sibilatrix - Pato Overo [Southern Wigeon] PC
• Dec 14, 1999
• Anas georgica spinicauda - Pato Pardo [Brown Pintail] C
• Mid July, 1999: Laguna José Ignacio
• Dec 14, 1999
• Jun 24-26, 2000
• Aug 2002: few
• Sep 2002: few
• Anas bahamensis rubrirostris - Pato Gargantilla [White-cheeked Pintail] R
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
• Anas versicolor versicolor - Pato Capuchino [Silver Teal] C
• July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
• Aug 2002: few
• Sep 2002: few
• Dec 2003: Carrasco. On the river and on the sandpits. Families with up to 7 pulli.
• Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia 1
Anas discors - Pato Ala Azul [Blue-winged Teal] ==
Anas cyanoptera cyanoptera - Pato Colorado [Cinnamon Teal] R
• Anas platalea - Pato Espátula [Red Shoveler] PC
  • Jul 29 - Aug 1, 1999: Aguas Dulces
  • Aug 2002
• Netta peposaca - Pato Picazo [Rosy-billed Pochard] BC
  • Mid July, 1999: Laguna Garzon
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: several on northern laguna
Heteronetta atricapilla - Pato Cabeza Negra [Black-headed Duck] PC
• Oxyura dominica - Pato Sapo [Masked Duck] R
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco, on Dec 20 there were two specimen in winter plumage present. On Dec 22 I managed to make pictures of the remaining one, probable male, despite the fact that it was somewhat hidden behind a fallen tree. On that occasion it also showed a beautifully erect tail during pruning. In full size the pictures show the double white stripes above and below the eye.
    
    Foto 1 Foto 2

Oxyura vittata - Pato Zambullidor [Lake Duck] PC

Orden Cathartiformes

Familia Vulturidae

• Cathartes aura ruficollis - Buitre Cabeza Roja [Turkey Vulture] C
  • Dec 19, 1999 Laguna Negra
  • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Aug 2002: >30 in Pan de Azucar
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna,C 3 ex
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: regular visitors of the riverbanks, usual individuals or pairs, sometimes more than 10 at the the time.
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 over dunes.
  • Aug 10 2015, Valizas: several. Not suprising, as I also encountered two dead cows.
  • Dec 22-27, 2016: San Luis: 1 ex
  • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: 3 ex overhead.
• Cathartes burrovianus urubutinga - Buitre Cabeza Amarilla [Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture] PC
  • Jul 29 - Aug 1, 1999: Aguas Dulces
  • Sep 2002: two specimen (a pair?) on two consecutive days
• Coragyps atratus foetens - Buitre Cabeza Negra [Black Vulture] PC
  • July 8, 1999: Valizas
  • Dec 11, 1999: near Piriápolis
  • Dec 16, 1999
  • Aug 9, 2015, above forest NW of Cabo Polonio: 3 ex (white hands)

  Orden Falconiformes

  Familia Accipitridae

• Pandion haliaetus carolinensis - Aguila Pescadora [Osprey] PC
  • Dec 12, 1999: Laguna José Ignacio.
Elanoides forficatus yetapa - Halcón Tijereta [Swallow-tailed Kite] O
• Elanus leucurus leucurus - Halcón Blanco [White-tailed Kite] BC
  • Dec 14, 1999.
• Rosthramus sociabilis sociabilis - Halcón Caracolero [Everglade (Snail) Kite] BC
  • Dec 16, 1999
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia 4 ex
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Jun 24-26, 2000: 2 specimen
  • Sep 2002: 1 specimen migrating along the coast of Lago Merin, possibly one juvenile perching on wire, but yellow instead of red lores. Eystripe black above the eye and more brownish towards the ear. Rather tame. Yellow feet.
• Circus cinereus - Gavilán Ceniciento R
  • Sep 2002: 1 specimen over reedbed south of Lago Merin (light grey harrier, smaller than nearby Long-winged Harrier, wings not pointed, but like Long-winged harrier.)
• Circus buffoni - Gavilán Alas Largas [Long-winged Harrier] BC
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Dec 11, 16, 20, 22, 1999
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Aug 2002, 2 ex at Playa Penino
  • Sep 2002: many (>40) over the reedbeds and abandonded ricefields, also migrating over the lagune
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna,C 1,8 (2 young)
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: 1 ex.
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 ex at 9.45 am, pestered by caracaras.
• Accipiter striatus erythronemius - Gavilán Chico [Sharp-shinned Hawk] PC
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: 1 ex
• Accipiter bicolor pileatus - Gavilán Pardo [Bicolored Hawk] R
  • Jul 29 - Aug 1, 1999: Aguas Dulces
Geranospiza caerulescens flexipes - Gavilán Aplomado [Crane Hawk] R
• Buteogallus urubitinga urubitinga - Aguila Negra [Great Black Hawk] R
  • Jul 29 - Aug 1, 1999: Aguas Dulces
  • Sep 2002, several individuals migrating over Lagune
• Heterospizias meridionalis - Aguila Colorada [Savannah Hawk] PC
  • Sep 2002: roost flight or migration of 6 individuals near Lago Merin
Geranoaetus melanoleucus melanoleucus - Aguila Mora [Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle] PC
• Parabuteo unicinctus unicinctus - Gavilán Mixto [Bay-winged Hawk] PC
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 1 ex
  • July 16- Aug 15 2015, Montevideo: 1 ex checking out regularly the many pigeons in the neighborhood of Soca y Brito el Pino in the morning.
    • Sometimes (July 27) sitting on antennae opposite Martha's house. Overall dark appearance, upright, when sitting. Subterminal band on tail, yellow beak and legs, rusty coloured shoulders when sitting.
    • July 30: 3 hunting together, sitting on tall buildings or soaring high up and then swooping down and up along boulevards, dispersing groups of pigeons, singling out individuals and following them. I did not see a catch. One had rufous thighs, rufous on shoulders. Grey beak. Long tail. All three white rump. Dark appearance overal. One may have been juvenile, having a seemingly ochre and striated underside. The other two showed size difference, so perhaps a female and male. Hunting in in family pack is apparently not uncommon for Harris Hawks.
    • Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: Brito del Pino y Soca: Daniel Rio told me that for several years there has been a nest along Av Socca.
      • 11 am, 15 Dec: 2 ex soaring high above Soca and Tres Cruces.
      • 6 pm, 21 Dec: 3 ex hunting low over the trees of Soca and Tres Cruces.
      • 6 pm, 24 Dec: 1 ex hunting low over the trees of Soca and Tres Cruces and waiting for a while in the top of an majestic Aurecaria.
Busarellus nigricollis leucocephalus - Halcón Collar Negro [Black-collared Hawk] ==
• Buteo magnirostris pucherani - Halcón Común [Roadside Hawk] C
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Dec 16, 1999
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Sep 2002: 1 ex over Lagun Merin with translucent cinnamon patches on primaries
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: at least 1 individual seen several times.
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: 1 ex.
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 ex in dune next to river.
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: 1 ex.
• Buteo swainsoni - Gavilán Langostino [Swainson's Hawk] PC
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
Buteo albicaudatus albicaudatus - Aguila Cola Blanca [White-tailed Hawk] PC
Buteo polyosoma polysoma - Aguila Lomo Rojo [Red-backed Hawk] R

Familia Falconidae

• Polyborus plancus planctus - Carancho [Crested Caracara] C
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Dec 13,14, 20, 1999.
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Aug 2002: several around Pan de Azacur
  • Sep 2002: several around Lago Merin
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia
  • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: estancia Renacimiento: about 10 on flight to roost (?)
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: several
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 4 ex pestering a harrier at 9.45 am.
  • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, 1 ex
  • Aug 4, 2015, Montevideo: 2 ex on Islas de las Gaviotas in front of Playa Malvin..
  • Aug 8, 2015: Valizas: 2 ex. One scavenging a sealion
  • Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: living around Brito del Pino:
    • Dec 19: 4 ex roosting on the Syra tower in Buceo
    • Dec 21: 1 ex hunting along Soca
    • Dec 27: 1 ex hunting along Soca
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: 1 ex
• Milvago chimango chimango - Chimango [Chimango Caracara] C
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Dec 16, 19, 20, 22 1999
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas: one chimango found eating from dead sealion pup
  • Aug 2002
  • Sep 2002
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna,C
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey, few
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: 1 ex.
  • Aug 8, 2015: Valizas: 3 ex.
  • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: 3 ex in the area.
Milvago chimachima chimachima - Chimachima [Yellow-headed Caracara] PC
Spiziapteryx circumcinctus - Halconcito Gris [Spot-winged Falconet] R
• Falco sparverius cinnamominus - Halconcito [American Kestrel] C
• July 8, 1999: Valizas
• Dec 13, 14, 16, 20 1999
• Jun 24-26, 2000
• Aug 2002 1 ex near Pan de Azacur
• Dec 28, 2003: one specimen in Carrasco
• Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna 1 ex
• Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: 1 ex
• Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: at least one pair
• Aug 10 2009, Montevideo: 1 ex on building near Parque Battle and Brito del Pino.
• Dec 15-20, 2011: Brito del Pino, Montevideo. 1 fem
• Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: 1 ex
• Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 ex near river.
• Aug 4, 2015, Montevideo, Punten Gomensoro: 1 ex.
• Aug 9, 2015, Valizas: 1 ex.(where main road crosses Arr. de Valizas
• Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: Parque Battle 1 ex.
• Falco femoralis femoralis - Halcón Azulado [Aplomado Falcon] PC
• Dec 2003: Carrasco, one specimen on Dec 18. Grey back and long tail.
• Falco peregrinus - Halcón Peregrino [Peregrine Falcon] PC
  • Jan 1, 2000: Valizas: peregrine hunting oystercatcher over sea...
  • 11.30 am, 25 Dec: 3 ex hunting low over the trees of Soca and Tres Cruces. 1 adult ex arrived in a thunder storm and landed on an NE facing ledge of a tall highrise at Ponce y Pouey; was still there in the evening and the following morning.

  Orden Galliformes

  Familia Cracidae

• Penelope obscura obscura - Pava de Monte [Dusky-Legged Guan] BC
  • Aug 2002
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: twice 3 ex seen at two locations: first group was feeding on yellow berries/fruits in rain in tree near campsite
Ortalis canicollis - Charata [Chaco Chacalaca] R

Orden Gruiformes

Familia Rallidae

• Ortygonax sanguinolentus sanguinolentus - Gallineta Pico Rojo y Azul [Plumbeous Rail] BC
  • Mid July, 1999: Laguna José Ignacio
  • Dec 22, 1999: 1 ex Laguna José Ignacio: 2 ad and 2 juv
  • Aug 2002
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia 2
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 2 ex wading/swimming in muddy area behind reedbed in river.
Pardirallus maculatus maculatus - Gallineta Manchada [Spotted Rail] R
Aramides cajanea cajanea - Crespo Chico [Grey-necked Wood-Rail] BC
• Aramides ypecaha - Crespo Grande [Giant Wood-Rail] C
  • Jul 29 - Aug 1, 1999: Aguas Dulces
  • Dec 12, 1999: 1 ex Laguna José Ignacio.
  • Dec 16, 19, 22 1999
  • Aug 2002
  • Sep 2002
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco, around the sandpits.
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: heard and seen all around the village, at least 15.
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
  • Aug 8, 2015: Valizas
  • Dec 22-27, 2016: San Luis: 2 ex
Porzana flaviventer flaviventer - Burrito Pecho Amarillo [Yellow-breasted Crake] R
Porzana spiloptera - Burrito Alas Moteadas [Dot-winged Crake] R
• Laterallus melanophaius melanophaius - Burrito Patas Verdes [Rufous-sided Crake] BC
  • Aug 2002
Laterallus leucopyrrhus - Burrito Patas Rojas [Red-and-white Crake] PC
Coturnicops notatus - Burrito Pintas Blancas [Speckled Crake] R
• Porphyriops melanops melanops - Gallineta Pico Verde [Spot-flanked Gallinule] BC
  • Jul 29 - Aug 1, 1999: Aguas Dulces
  • Dec 22, 1999: 1 ex Laguna José Ignacio
  • Aug 2002 in ponds of Carrasco
  • Sep 2002 on inundated fields near Lago Merin
  • Dec 2003: several 10's on shallow, partly overgrown sandpit of Carrasco
  • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar, 1 ex
• Gallinula chloropus galeata - Polla de Agua [Common Gallinule] C
  • Mid July, 1999: Laguna José Ignacio
  • Dec 14, 19 1999
  • Aug 2002 Carrascos
  • Sep 2002 Lago Merin
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco, several pairs
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia 2
  • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar, 2 ex
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: in all ponds
  • Aug 8, 2015: Valizas: 8 ex. (including 2 juv)
Porphyrula martinica - Gallineta Azul [Purple Gallinule] PC
• Fulica armillata - Gallareta Grande [Red-gartered Coot] C
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Dec 4, 22, 1999
  • Aug 2002
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco, at least 100.
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Montevideo
  • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar, 2 ex
  • Jul-Aug 2015: Montevideo: around Punta Carrettas and Punta Gomensoro
• Fulica leucoptera - Gallareta Alas Blancas [White-winged Coot] BC
  • Mid July, 1999: Laguna Garzon
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: several
• Fulica rufifrons - Gallareta Frente Roja [Red-fronted Coot] BC
  • July 8, 1999: Valizas
  • Aug 2002
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia 8

  Familia Aramidae

• Aramus guarauna guarauna - Carao [Limpkin] BC
  • Jul 29 - Aug 1, 1999: Aguas Dulces
  • Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
  • Sep 2002: at least 10 ex around Lago Merin
  • Aug 4-9, 2009, Arapey: 3 ex along river

  Familia Cariamidae

  Cariama cristata - Seriema [Red-legged Seriema] PC

Orden Charadriiformes

Familia Jacanidae

• Jacana jacana jacana - Jacana [Wattled Jacana] BC
  • Mid July, 1999: Laguna José Ignacio
  • Dec 11, 1999
  • Aug 2002: at least 10 including juveniles at Carrasco sandpits
  • Sep 2002: adults and juveniles around Lago Merin
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco: several adults, but no sign of juveniles
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: several on each pond
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: 2 ex

  Familia Rostratulidae

  Nycticryphes semicollaris - Aguatero [South American Painted Snipe] PC

Familia Haematopodidae

• Haematopus palliatus palliatus - Ostrero Común [American Oystercatcher] BC
  • July 9, 1999: Valizas
  • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas (Jan 1, 2000: la Barra de Valizas: evening 5 ex.)
  • Dec 11, 13, 14 1999
  • Aug 2002
  • Dec 28, 2003: one specimen on the barra de Carrasco, after stormy weather
  • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: 2 ex
  • Aug 13, 2009: Carreta, west of Playa Pocitos: 1 ex
  • Aug 14-16, 2009: Punta del Este: several, at least 25.
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
  • Aug 4, 2015: Montevideo, Playa Malvin. 2 ex.
  • Aug 8, 2015: Valizas: 6 ex.
  • Dec 22-27, 2016: San Luis: 1 ex
• Haematopus ater - Ostrero Negro [Black Oystercatcher] ==
  • Mid July, 1999: Laguna José Ignacio

  Familia Recurvirostridae

• Himantopus mexicanus melanurus - Tero Real [South American Stilt] BC
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Dec 12 1999:
  • Dec 14 1999: at least 200 in the Laguna de Rocha
  • Dec 16, 18, 1999
  • Jan 1, 2000: la Barra de Valizas: evening 40 ex.
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Sep 2002 1 ex near river of Lago Merin
  • Dec 2003: Barra de Carrasco upto 7 specimen.
    
    
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 2 ex northern laguna
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: about 20 ex on and near sandbank in river.
  • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: at least 15 ex along the banks of the river.

  Familia Charadriidae

• Vanellus chilensis lampronotus - Tero [Southern Lapwing] C
  • Dec 4, 11, 14, 16, 20, 1999
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Dec 19-20, 2001 Montevideo
  • Aug 2002
  • Sep 2002
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Montevideo, Los Titanos/La Tuna and KM 57 ruta interbalnearia
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco, seemingly everywhere.
  • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar, 6 ex
  • Aug 1, 2009, Montevideo
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey
  • Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este
  • Dec 15-20, 2011: Montevideo. On many grassy patches and along the coast
  • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, 3 ex
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico
  • Aug 7-11, 2015: Valizas
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: several
  • Dec 26-27, 2016: San Luis: several
• Charadrius semipalmatus - Chorlo Semipalmado [Semipalmated Plover] PC
• Aug 8, 2015: Valizas: 1 ex on bank of river, white collar around the neck, black breast band, white forehead, pink legs
• Charadrius collaris - Chorlito de Collar [Collared Plover] BC
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Dec 19-20, 2001 Montevideo
  • Aug 2002
  • Sep 2002
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco, 1 specimen on the beach at Dec 18.
  • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: 2 ex.
  • Aug 8, 2015: Valizas: 2 ex.
• Charadrius falklandicus falklandicus - Chorlito Doble Collar [Two-banded Plover] BC
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • July 26, 2009: Solimar, several
• Charadrius modestus - Chorlito Pecho Tostado [Rufous-chested Dotterel] BC
  • Aug 27, 2002: several in breeding plumage at Playa Penino
  • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar: several in winter plumage
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 4 ex winter plumage
• Pluvialis dominica dominica - Chorlo Pampa [American Golden Plover] BC
  • Dec 13, 18, 1999
  • Dec 20, 1999: 500 in the Bañados de los Indios
  • Dec 22, 1999
  • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas (3 at la Barra at the evening of Jan 1)
  Pluvialis squatarola - Chorlo Blanco [Black-bellied Plover] R
  Eudromias ruficollis - Chorlito Canela [Tawny-throated Dotterel] PC

Familia Scolopacidae

Limosa haemastica - Becasina de Mar [Hudsonian Godwit] PC
Numenius borealis - Chorlo Polar (2) - P [Eskimo Curlew] ==
Numenius phaeopus - Chorlo Trinador [Whimbrel] R
Bartramia longicauda - Batitú [Upland Sandpiper] PC
• Tringa solitaria (solitaria or cinnamomea) - Chorlo Solitario del Este [Solitary Sandpiper] C
  • Dec 14, 18 1999
• Tringa flavipes - Chorlito Menor Patas Amarillas [Lesser Yellowlegs] BC
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Dec 13, 14, 18 1999.
  • Jan 1, 2000: la Barra de Valizas: evening 5 ex.
  • Aug 15, 2009: Punta del Este, 2 ex at two locations.
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 ex on sandbank in river. Longish beak slightly curved upwards.
• Tringa melanoleuca - Corlo Mayor Patas Amarillas [Greater Yellowlegs] PC
  • Dec 4, 13, 16, 18, 22 1999
  • Dec 19, 2011: Pocitos, Montevideo. 1 ex. (longish almost upturned bill)
  • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: 1 ex, largeish, slightly upturned beak, te-te-te call, white rump.
Actitis macularia - Chorlo Manchado [Spotted Sandpiper] PC
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus semipalmatus - Chorlito Ala Blanca [Willet] ==
• Arenaria interpres morinella - Revuelvepiedras [Ruddy Turnstone] PC
  • Mid July, 1999: Laguna José Ignacio
  • Aug 16, 2009:Punta del Este: 2 ex
Phalaropus tricolor - Chorlo Blanco Nadador [Wilson's Phalarope] R
• Gallinago paraguaiae (paraguaiae or magellanica) - Becasina [South American Snipe] BC
  • Dec 14, 1999.
  • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Aug 2002: 1 ex on wet meadow near Pan de Azacur
  • Sep 2002: several on abandoned ricefields around Lago Merin
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: KM 57 Ruta Interbalnearia 2
• Calidris canutus rufus - Chorlo Rojizo [Red Knot] BC
  • Dec 22, 1999: Laguna Garzon
• Calidris bairdii - Chorlito Unicolor [Baird's Sandpiper] R
  • Dec 12, 1999: 1 ex Punta del Esta: small sandpiper, black bill and legs, like white rumped sandpiper, but without white rump; with eystripe, vague breast striping.
  • Aug 11, 2015: 1 ex Valizas: small sandpiper, black bill and legs, like white rumped sandpiper, but without white rump; darkish breast. Slightly larger than Collared Plover, that kept chasing it when it, while fouraging along the water edge, came apparently too close.
• Calidris fusciollis - Chorlito Rabadilla Blanca [White-rumped Sandpiper] BC
  • Dec 11, 1999
  • Dec 12, 1999: 1 ex Laguna José Ignacio
  • Dec 22, 1999: Laguna de la Rocha 500 specimen, Laguna José Ignacio 150 specimen. Not present in such numbers on those spots 10 days earlier... Hence migration?
  • Jan 1, 2000: la Barra de Valizas: evening 415ex.
  • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar: several in winter plumage, very active drilling in the ground
• Calidris melanotos - Chorlo Pecho Gris [Pectoral Sandpiper] BC
  • Dec 14, 1999. 3 spec, yellow legs
  • Aug 2002: 2 ex in sandpit in Carrascos
• Calidris alba - Chorlito blanco [Sanderling] PC
  • Dec 14, 1999: 2 specimen
  • Dec 18, 1999
  • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas
  Calidris minutilla - Chorlito Menor [Least Sandpiper] ==
• Calidris pusilla - Chorlito Enano [Semipalmated Sandpiper] ==
  • Dec 12, 1999: 1 ex Laguna José Ignacio. plover with yellow legs and short black bill, white forhead with black band, black eyemask. The eyemask makes me believe it was a semipalmated plover.
Micropalama himantopus - Chorlo Pico Largo [Stilt Sandpiper] R
• Tryngites subruficollis - Chorlito Acanalado [Buff-breasted Sandpiper] PC
  • Dec 20, 1999: Bañados de los Indios near Laguna Negra: 50 specimen between golden plovers
  • Dec 22, 1999

  Familia Thinocoridae

  Thinocorus rumicivorus rumicivorus - Agachón [Least Seedsnipe] R

Familia Chionidae

Chionis alba - Paloma Antártica [Snowy Sheathbill] PC

Familia Laridae

• Stercorarius antartica - Gaviota de Rapiña Grande de la Artártida [Brown Skua] PC
  • Aug 2002: 1 ex chasing Kelp Gulls near coast just north of Carrascos
Stercorarius chilensis - Gaviota de Rapiña Grande de Chile [Chilean Skua] ==
Stercorarius pomarinus - Gaviota de Rapiña Pomarina [Pomarine Jaeger] R
Stercorarius parasiticus - Gaviota de Rapiña Chica [Parasitic Jaeger] R
Stercorarius longicaudus - Gaviota de Rapiña Cola Larga [Long-tailed Jaeger] R
• Larus atlanticus - Gaviota Cola Banda Negra [Band-tailed/Olrog's Gull] PC
  • Mid July, 1999: Laguna José Ignacio
  • Dec 5, 1999
  • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: several immature ex, one with a nice banded beak.
  • Aug 14, 2009, Punta del Este: several immatures, in size quite in contrast with nearby Kelp Gulls
  • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, not counted
• Larus dominicanus dominicanus - Gaviota Común [Kelp Gull] C
  • July 7, 1999: Montevideo
  • Dec 4, 5, 11, 16, 18, 20, 1999
  • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas
  • Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Dec 19-20, 2001 Montevideo
  • Aug 2002: common around Carrascos
  • Sep 2002: 1 ex flying over Lago Merin
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco, 100's on beach and sea as well as over the city. In the morning flying towards the city and in the evening back to the seaside. The Barra might be a roost, or the small islands.
    
    adult and immature
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Montevideo and Los Titanos/La Tuna (at least 100 at second location)
  • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar: 50 ex
  • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides
  • Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este: many
  • Dec 15-20, 2011: Carrasco - Pocitos, Montevideo. Common
  • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, not counted
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: many
  • Aug 8, 2015: Valizas: the only gull around
  • Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: abundant along Pocitos coast, but also flying over Brito del Pino
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: several
  • Dec 26-27, 2016: San Luis: abundant
  • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: seen, not counted
• Larus cirrocephalus cirrocephalus - Gaviota Chica Capuchón Gris [Grey-hooded Gull] PC
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: 6 or so regular seen along the river. Quite striking birds
• Larus maculipenis - Gaviota Chica Capuchón Café [Brown-hooded Gull] C
  • July 7, 1999: Montevideo
  • Dec 4, 14, 16 1999
  • Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
  • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas (25 ex on la Barra in the evening of Jan 1)
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Aug 2002
  • Sep 2002: several (but rather puzzling) with wing pattern similar to Common Black Headed Gull (black hoods, no black on wing, white fore wing)
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco
    
    summer plumage winter plumage
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Montevideo and Los Titanos/La Tuna
  • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar: several
  • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides
  • Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este, many
  • Dec 19, 2011: Pocitos, Montevideo. Hundreds.
  • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, not counted
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: several over river and sea. Far less numrous as the Kelp gulls.
  • Aug 11, 2015, Valizas: 2 ex over river
  • Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: at various places along Pocitos coast
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: several
  • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: seen, not counted. Some in nice summer plummage with black heads.
Chilidonias niger surinamensis - Gaviotín Negro [Black Tern] R
• Phaetusa simplex - Gaviotín Pico Grande Amarillo [Large-billed Tern] PC
  • Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati: tricolor wing, grey body, yellow wing, black nape
  • Aug 8, 2015: Valizas, 2 ex over the river.
• Gelochelidon nilotica grovoldi - Gaviotín Pico Corto Negro [Gull-billed Tern] PC
  • Mid July, 1999: Montevideo
  • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, not counted
  • Aug 10, 2015: Valizas, several
• Sterna hirundinacea - Gaviotín Común [South American tern] BC
  • July 9, 1999: Valizas
  • Dec 28, 2003: Barra de Carrasco, after stormy weather.
    
    Foto 1 Foto 2
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna 2 ex!
  • Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este
  • Aug 7-11 2015, Valizas: first evening after thunderstorm about 2000 ex.
  • Dec 14-31, 2016: Pocitos, Montevideo. Several
• Sterna hirundo hirundo - Golondrina de Mar [Common Tern] BC
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Aug 14-16, 2009: Punta del Este
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
  • Aug 7, 2015: Valizas: 3 ex. among about 2000 south american tern
Sterna paradisaea - Gaviotín Artico [Artic Tern] ==
• Sterna vittata (georgiae or gaini) - Gaviotín Antártico de Georgia del Sur [Antartic Tern] R
  • Mid July, 1999: Laguna José Ignacio
  • Aug 7, 2015: Valizas: 1 ex. among some 200 south american terns
• Sterna trudeaui - Gaviotín Antifaz Negro [Snowy-crowned Tern] BC
  • July 9, 1999: Valizas
  • Dec 5, 14, 20 1999
  • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas
  • Jun 24-26, 2000 (non-breeding plumage)
  • Aug 2002
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco, up to 40 specimen including juveniles. Beaks are black with yellow tip.
    
    
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Montevideo
  • Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este
  • Dec 19, 2011: Pocitos, Montevideo.
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: several on river and over sea
  • Aug 7-11, 2015: Valizas
  • Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: at least 40 along Pocitos coast
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: several
  • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: several.
• Sterna superciliaris - Gaviotín Pico Amarillo [Yellow-billed Tern] BC
  • July 9, 1999: Valizas
  • Dec 5, 1999
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna
  • Aug 10, 1999: Valizas: 3 ex.
• Thalasseus maximus maximus - Gaviotín Real [Royal Tern] PC
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas
  • Dec 5, 20, 1999
  • Dec 31-Jan 4, 2000: Valizas ( 1 ex at la barra at the evening of Jan 1)
  • Aug 2002
  • Dec 28, 2003: Barra de Carrasco, after stormy weather.
    
    Foto 1 Foto 2
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna
  • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: 1 ex on small island
  • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, not counted
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 6 ex wading/swimming on bank in river.
  • Aug 7, 2015: Valizas: 1 ex.
  • Dec 27, 2016: San Luis (morning):: 1 ex flying by.
  • Dec 27, 2016: Montevideo (evening): 1 ex among large group of terns on Punta Carretas (day after big storm)
  • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: 2 ex: 1 ad feeding 1 flying juv (yellowish beak) quite some fish. Adult call a croaking erre erre, whenever approaching young.
• Sterna/Thalasseus sandvicensis eurygnatha - Gaviotín del Brasil [Cayenne Tern] PC
  • Dec 14, 1999: 3 specimen [check notebook: this was probably a sandwich tern]
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna ?
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: several.
• Sterna/Thalasseus sandvicensis acuflavides - Gaviotín pico negro??? [Sandwich Tern] PC
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco, up to 40 specimen including juveniles. Beaks are black with yellow tip. This species is not mentioned in the list of either Achaval nor Azpiroz.
    
    
  • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar: one dead ex
  • Dec 19, 2011: Pocitos, Montevideo. Tens.
  • Dec 28, 2016: Punta Carretas, Montevideo. Tens.
• Sterna antillarum - Gaviotín Chico boreal [Least Tern] ???
• Jun 24-26, 2000, Valizas: beak yellow with black tip; legs yellow; both sides of wingtips dark
• Sterna superciliaris - Gaviotín Chico comun [Yellow-billed Tern] BC
• July 9, 1999: Valizas
• Dec 14, 1999
• Aug 9-10, 2015: Valizas, maximum 7 ex.

Familia Rynchopidae

• Rynchops niger intercedens - Rayador [Black Skimmer] BC
  • July 10, 1999: Valizas - Cabo Polonio
  • Dec 5, 13, 18 1999
  • Jan 1, 2000: la Barra de Valizas: evening 20 ex.
  • Jun 24-26, 2000: on 24th a group of about 1600 ex
  • Dec 22, 1999: Laguna Garzon
  • Dec, 2003: Barra de Carrasco: 2 specimen on Dec 18 and 1 specimen on Dec 20
  • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar: about 150 ex
  • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: group of about 30 flying east
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 8 on sandbank.
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: 45 ex

  Orden Columbiformes

  Familia Columbidae

• Columba livia livia - Paloma Doméstica [Rock Dove] C
  • July 7, 1999: Montevideo
  • Aug 2002
  • Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este
• Columba picazuro picazuro - Paloma Grande de Monte [Picazuro Pigeon] C
  • Mid July, 1999: Montevideo
  • Dec 11, 16 1999
  • Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
  • Dec 19-20, 2001 Montevideo
  • Aug 2002
  • Sep 2002
  • Dec 2003: common in Carrasco.
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Montevideo and Los Titanos/La Tuna
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: several pairs, remarkable uncommon here
  • Aug 14-16 2009, Punta del Este
  • Dec 15-20, 2011: Brito del Pino, Montevideo. Common
  • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, not counted
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: abundant
  • Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: everywhere
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: several
  • Dec 26-27, 2016: San Luis: several
  • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: several.
• Columba maculosa maculosa - Paloma de Monte Ala Manchada [Spot-winged Dove] BC
  • Mid July, 1999: Montevideo
  • Sep 2002, 1 ex Lagun Merin
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: common: at least 200
  • Dec 15-20, 2011: Brito del Pino, Montevideo. 1 pair
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: 1 flying over the river.
  • Aug 7-11, 2015, Valizas: about 10 ex seen.
  • Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo. Several.
Columba cayennensis sylvestris - Paloma Colorada [Pale-vented Pigeon] ==
• Zenaida auriculata chrysauchenia - Torcaza Común [Eared Dove] C
  • July 9, 1999: Valizas
  • Dec 5, 1999
  • Dec 19-20, 2001 Montevideo
  • Aug 2002
  • Dec 2003: common in Carrasco
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Los Titanos/La Tuna
  • Jul 26, 2009: Solymar: several
  • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: several
  • Aug 4-9, 2009, Arapey: common, at least 200
  • Dec 15-20, 2011: Brito del Pino, Montevideo. Common
  • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, not counted
  • Aug 28 2012, La Pedrera: not counted
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: abundant
  • Aug 8, 2015: Valizas: common, but no other pigeons
  • Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: everywhere
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: several
• Dec 26-27, 2016: San Luis: several
• Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: several.
• Columbina picui picui - Torcacita Común [Picui Ground-Dove] BC
  • Dec 4, 13 1999
  • Jun 24-26, 2000
  • Dec 19-20, 2001 Montevideo
  • Aug 2002
  • Sep 2002 Lagun Merin, at least 10 pairs
  • Dec 2003: Carrasco, pairs every now and then
  • Aug 1, 2009: Atlantides: several
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: common
  • Jul 20, 2015: Montevideo: Parque Battle, 2ex.
  • Dec 19, 2016: Montevideo: Parque Battle: several.
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: several
• Columbina talpacoti talpacoti - Torcacita Rojiza [Ruddy Ground-Dove] PC
  • Mid July, 1999: Montevideo
  • Dec 16, 1999
• Leptotila verreauxi chlorauchenia - Paloma Axilas Rojas [White-tipped Dove] C
  • Dec 29-30: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
  • Dec 18, 2003: one specimen in garden in Carrasco
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: at least 10 pairs
Leptotila ruffaxilla reichenbachii - Paloma Axila Roja Frente Gris [Gray-fronted Dove] PC

Orden Psittaciformes

Familia Psittacidae

Anodorhynchus glaucus - Guacamayo Azul [Glaucous Macaw] ==
Aratinga acuticaudata acuticaudata - Loro Cabeza Azul [Blue-crowned Parakeet] R
Aratinga leucophthalmus leucophthalmus - Maracaná [White-eyed Parakeet] PC
Cyanoliseus patagonus patagonus - Loro Barranquero [Burrowing Parrot] R
Pyrrhura frontalis chiripepe - Cotorrita Chiripepe [Reddish-bellied Parakeet] R
• Myiopsitta monachus monachus - Cotorra Común [Monk Parakeet] C
  • July 7, 1999: Montevideo
  • Dec 4, 11, 16, 19 1999
  • Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati
  • Dec 19-20, 2001 Montevideo
  • Aug 2002
  • Sep 2002 Lago Merin
  • Dec 2003: common in Carrasco
  • Dec 2005 - Jan 2006: Montevideo, Los Titanos/La Tuna and KM 57 ruta interbalnearia
  • Aug 4-9 2009, Arapey: many hundreds
  • Dec 15-20, 2011: Brito del Pino, Montevideo. Common
  • Jul 20 2012, Pocitos, Montevideo, not counted
  • Jul 24-26 2015, Solis Chico: common.
  • Aug 9, 2015, Valizas: 1 ex.(where main road crosses Arr. de Valizas
  • Dec 14-31, 2016: Montevideo: everywhere, some with begging yet expertly flying young.
  • Dec 25, 2016: Solymar: several
  • Dec 26-27, 2016: San Luis: several
  • Dec 29, 2016, Solis Grande: several. Summer plumage is splendidly green and blue.

Orden Cuculiformes

Familia Cuculidae

Orden Strigiformes

Familia Tytonidae

• Sep 2002: seems to breed in Lago Merin

Familia Strigidae

• Sep 2002: seems to breed in Lago Merin

Orden Caprimulgiformes

Familia Nyctibiidae

Familia Caprimulgidae

Orden Apodiformes

Familia Apodidae

Orden Trochiliformes

Familia Trochilidae

Orden Coraciiformes

Familia Alcyonidae

Orden Passeriformes

Familia Furnariidae

Familia Formicariidae

Familia Tyranidae

• Dec 29-30 1999: La Charquedda, Rio Cebollati

Familia Phytotomidae

Familia Hirudinidae

Familia Troglodytidae

Familia Mimidae

• Sep 2002: 2 specimen in cage, caught near Lago Merin

• Dec 29, 1999. Cebolatti: blueish black bird, large beak, black mask, conform book

• Dec 29, 1999. Cebolatti: >20 birds
• Sep 2002: 8 specimen along inundated meadow near Lago Merin

Familia Fringilidae

Familia Corvidae