Bird AlbumChile · Coquimbo Region
Cerrillos de Tamaya – Embalse San Antonio
109 species and 10,021 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and May–December, with up to 63 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Red-gartered CootFulica armillata
Great GrebePodiceps major
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
White-winged CootFulica leucoptera
Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
Chilean SwallowTachycineta leucopyga
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
Chimango CaracaraDaptrius chimango
American KestrelFalco sparverius
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax59 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 109 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Estero Tongoy – Desembocadura38 km137 species
- Estero El Culebrón – Desembocadura70 km151 species
- Río Elqui – Desembocadura78 km179 species
All 109 species recorded here
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
- Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Chimango Caracara Daptrius chimango
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Great Grebe Podiceps major
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
- Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga
- Long-tailed Meadowlark Leistes loyca
- Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Diuca Finch Diuca diuca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
- Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Miner Geositta cunicularia
- Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius
- Lake Duck Oxyura vittata
- Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa
- Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura aegithaloides
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
- West Peruvian Dove Zenaida meloda
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
- Band-tailed Sierra Finch Rhopospina alaudina
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera
- Mourning Sierra Finch Rhopospina fruticeti
- Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis
- Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii
- Dark-faced Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola maclovianus
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Oasis Hummingbird Rhodopis vesper
- Buff-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
- Fire-eyed Diucon Pyrope pyrope
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes
- Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- Southern Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
- Magellanic Snipe Gallinago magellanica
- Rufous-banded Miner Geositta rufipennis
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Many-colored Rush Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra
- Red Shoveler Spatula platalea
- Austral Blackbird Curaeus curaeus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey-flanked Cinclodes Cinclodes oustaleti
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops
- Black-chinned Siskin Spinus barbatus
- Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis
- Burrowing Parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Band-winged Nightjar Systellura longirostris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triurus
- South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
- Patagonian Tyrant Colorhamphus parvirostris
- Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana
- Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
- Grey-hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi
- Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis
- Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola rufivertex
- Great Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis lividus
- Scale-throated Earthcreeper Upucerthia dumetaria
- Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
- Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola flavinucha
- Cordilleran Canastero Asthenes modesta
- Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera
- Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cerrillos de Tamaya – Embalse San Antonio?
February and May–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 63 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cerrillos de Tamaya – Embalse San Antonio?
109 species, from 10,021 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cerrillos de Tamaya – Embalse San Antonio in November?
The most recorded in November: Southern Lapwing, Red-gartered Coot, Great Grebe, Kelp Gull and Neotropic Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.