Bolivia · Cochabamba Department
Laguna Alalay
254 species and 17,106 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–October, with up to 102 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Puna IbisPlegadis ridgwayi
Andean CootFulica ardesiaca
Andean DuckOxyura ferruginea
White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Greyish BaywingAgelaioides badius
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- San Miguel Polylepis forest25 km270 species
- Cerro Tunari29 km217 species
- Tablas Monte Area37 km347 species
- Chapare Region – Miguelito Substation Rd.48 km424 species
All 254 species recorded here
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Andean Duck Oxyura ferruginea
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Andean Coot Fulica ardesiaca
- White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
- Puna Ibis Plegadis ridgwayi
- Greyish Baywing Agelaioides badius
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Puna Teal Spatula puna
- Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
- White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila
- Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca
- Many-colored Rush Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- Bare-faced Ground Dove Metriopelia ceciliae
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus
- Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco
- Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens
- Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red Shoveler Spatula platalea
- Grey-crested Finch Lophospingus griseocristatus
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris
- White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
- Ringed Warbling Finch Microspingus torquatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- White-winged Black Tyrant Knipolegus aterrimus
- Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris
- Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Silver Teal Spatula versicolor
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rusty-vented Canastero Asthenes dorbignyi
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Greenish Yellow Finch Sicalis olivascens
- Bolivian Blackbird Oreopsar bolivianus
- Andean Swallow Orochelidon andecola
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
- Brown-backed Mockingbird Mimus dorsalis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- White-bellied Hummingbird Elliotomyia chionogaster
- Puna Pipit Anthus brevirostris
- Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant Anairetes flavirostris
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Pampa Finch Embernagra platensis
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- White-browed Meadowlark Leistes superciliaris
- Crested Duck Lophonetta specularioides
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Grey-hooded Parakeet Psilopsiagon aymara
- White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea
- Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Greater Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura budytoides
- Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides
- Andean Negrito Lessonia oreas
- Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa
- Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Grey-bellied Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis micropterus
- Cream-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes albiventris
- Mountain Caracara Daptrius megalopterus
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Plain-colored Seedeater Catamenia inornata
- Striped Woodpecker Veniliornis lignarius
- Cinereous Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola cinereus
- Puna Yellow Finch Sicalis lutea
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Common Miner Geositta cunicularia
- Rufous-webbed Bush Tyrant Cnemarchus rufipennis
- Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Andean Tinamou Nothoprocta pentlandii
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Giant Coot Fulica gigantea
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Puna Snipe Gallinago andina
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Puna Plover Anarhynchus alticola
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Stripe-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
- Pied Plover Hoploxypterus cayanus
- Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Streak-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticeps
- Stripe-backed Bittern Botaurus involucris
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Spot-billed Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola maculirostris
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Thick-billed Siskin Spinus crassirostris
- Andean Swift Aeronautes andecolus
- Brown-bellied Swallow Orochelidon murina
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- Black Siskin Spinus atratus
- Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
- Cinereous Conebill Conirostrum cinereum
- Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
- Subtropical Doradito Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis
- Southern Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Yellow-bellied Siskin Spinus xanthogastrus
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Black-billed Thrush Turdus ignobilis
- Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant Agriornis montanus
- Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda
- Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Geospizopsis plebejus
- Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica
- Southern Yellowthroat Geothlypis velata
- Citron-headed Yellow Finch Sicalis luteocephala
- Golden-spotted Ground Dove Metriopelia aymara
- Little Ground Tyrant Syrtidicola fluviatilis
- Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black-winged Ground Dove Metriopelia melanoptera
- White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus
- Bolivian Warbling Finch Poospiza boliviana
- Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys
- Blue-capped Tanager Sporathraupis cyanocephala
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata
- Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
- Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
- Southern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Rufous-bellied Mountain Tanager Pseudosaltator rufiventris
- Rufous-sided Warbling Finch Poospizopsis hypocondria
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Torrent Duck Merganetta armata
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola flavinucha
- Rusty-flanked Thrush Turdus albicollis
- White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus
- Black-backed Water Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer
- White-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes atacamensis
- Boulder Finch Idiopsar brachyurus
- Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
- Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola rufivertex
- Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura fuliginiceps
- Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
- Plumbeous Sierra Finch Geospizopsis unicolor
- Mountain Cacique Cacicus chrysonotus
- Paramo Seedeater Catamenia homochroa
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Glittering-throated Emerald Chionomesa fimbriata
- Dusky-headed Parakeet Aratinga weddellii
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Moss-backed Sparrow Arremon dorbignii
- Yellow-browed Sparrow Ammodramus aurifrons
- Sick's Swift Chaetura meridionalis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Red-capped Cardinal Paroaria gularis
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Olive-crowned Crescentchest Melanopareia maximiliani
- Rock Earthcreeper Ochetorhynchus andaecola
- Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura aegithaloides
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Mountain Parakeet Psilopsiagon aurifrons
- Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella
- Giant Conebill Conirostrum binghami
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna Alalay?
September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 102 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna Alalay?
254 species, from 17,106 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna Alalay in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-necked Stilt, Common Gallinule, Puna Ibis, Andean Coot and Andean Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.