Uruguay · Maldonado Department
(IBA) Esteros del Arroyo Maldonado – Área
265 species and 45,243 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–November, with up to 161 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro
Chimango CaracaraDaptrius chimango
Blue-and-white SwallowPygochelidon cyanoleuca
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis158 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 265 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Esteros del Aº Maldonado – El Tesoro5 km175 species
- Rambla de los Vientos7 km112 species
- Laguna del Diario9 km225 species
- Punta del Chileno10 km109 species
- Laguna José Ignacio – Área sur y Desembocadura22 km195 species
- Punta Negra29 km203 species
All 265 species recorded here
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Chimango Caracara Daptrius chimango
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Giant Wood Rail Aramides ypecaha
- Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Pampa Finch Embernagra platensis
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
- White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa
- Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
- White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
- Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
- White Monjita Xolmis irupero
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Silver Teal Spatula versicolor
- Freckle-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticollis
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus
- Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Brown-and-yellow Marshbird Pseudoleistes virescens
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
- Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Great Grebe Podiceps major
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Southern Screamer Chauna torquata
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Grey Monjita Nengetus cinereus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch Poospiza nigrorufa
- White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis
- Gilded Sapphire Hylocharis chrysura
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
- Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
- Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
- Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Long-tailed Reed Finch Donacospiza albifrons
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
- Red Shoveler Spatula platalea
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Sooty Tyrannulet Serpophaga nigricans
- Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
- Greyish Baywing Agelaioides badius
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa
- Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys
- Spix's Spinetail Synallaxis spixi
- Buff-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
- Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
- Diademed Tanager Stephanophorus diadematus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Southern Yellowthroat Geothlypis velata
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Rufous-chested Dotterel Zonibyx modestus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Two-banded Plover Anarhynchus falklandicus
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- White-spotted Woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
- Stripe-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
- Firewood-gatherer Anumbius annumbi
- Variable Oriole Icterus pyrrhopterus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus
- Hellmayr's Pipit Anthus hellmayri
- Lake Duck Oxyura vittata
- Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
- Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail Spartonoica maluroides
- Chestnut-backed Tanager Stilpnia preciosa
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris
- Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnoctites rectirostris
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Tufted Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura platensis
- White-rimmed Warbler Myiothlypis leucoblephara
- South American Painted-snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris
- Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Rusty-flanked Thrush Turdus albicollis
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Mottled Piculet Picumnus nebulosus
- Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii
- Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
- Spotted Nothura Nothura maculosa
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ventralis
- Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Many-colored Rush Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra
- Grey-throated Warbling Finch Microspingus cabanisi
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Black-and-white Monjita Heteroxolmis dominicana
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triurus
- Warbling Doradito Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris
- Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper Lochmias nematura
- Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Red-and-white Crake Rufirallus leucopyrrhus
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Short-billed Pipit Anthus furcatus
- Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla
- Sulphur-bearded Reedhaunter Limnoctites sulphuriferus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper Drymornis bridgesii
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Black Jacobin Florisuga fusca
- Straneck's Tyrannulet Serpophaga griseicapilla
- Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Blue-billed Black Tyrant Knipolegus cyanirostris
- Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Tawny-headed Swallow Alopochelidon fucata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
- Streamer-tailed Tyrant Gubernetes yetapa
- Glaucous-blue Grosbeak Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea
- Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla rufosuperciliata
- White-browed Meadowlark Leistes superciliaris
- Chotoy Spinetail Schoeniophylax phryganophilus
- Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
- Cinnamon Warbling Finch Poospiza ornata
- Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus
- Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera
- Ruby-crowned Tanager Tachyphonus coronatus
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris
- Crested Doradito Pseudocolopteryx sclateri
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Green-backed Becard Pachyramphus viridis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Crested Becard Pachyramphus validus
- Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura
- Stripe-backed Bittern Botaurus involucris
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata
- Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Speckled Rail Laterallus notatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at (IBA) Esteros del Arroyo Maldonado – Área?
May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 161 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at (IBA) Esteros del Arroyo Maldonado – Área?
265 species, from 45,243 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at (IBA) Esteros del Arroyo Maldonado – Área in November?
The most recorded in November: Rufous Hornero, Great Kiskadee, Southern Lapwing, Monk Parakeet and Picazuro Pigeon.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.