Uruguay · Maldonado Department
Laguna del Diario
225 species and 34,448 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–February and April–May, with up to 133 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufus
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
Southern ScreamerChauna torquata
Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Giant Wood RailAramides ypecaha
Wren-like RushbirdPhleocryptes melanops
White-rumped SwallowTachycineta leucorrhoa
LimpkinAramus guarauna
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Wattled JacanaJacana jacanaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Punta del Chileno2 km109 species
- (IBA) Esteros del Arroyo Maldonado – Área9 km265 species
- Esteros del Aº Maldonado – El Tesoro12 km175 species
- Rambla de los Vientos14 km112 species
- Punta Negra21 km203 species
- Laguna José Ignacio – Área sur y Desembocadura31 km195 species
All 225 species recorded here
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Southern Screamer Chauna torquata
- Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Giant Wood Rail Aramides ypecaha
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius
- Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Sooty Tyrannulet Serpophaga nigricans
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari
- Silver Teal Spatula versicolor
- Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis
- Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus
- White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
- Chimango Caracara Daptrius chimango
- Pampa Finch Embernagra platensis
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
- Brown-and-yellow Marshbird Pseudoleistes virescens
- Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
- Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
- White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus
- Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Spix's Spinetail Synallaxis spixi
- Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Southern Yellowthroat Geothlypis velata
- Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops
- Many-colored Rush Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra
- Gilded Sapphire Hylocharis chrysura
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
- White Monjita Xolmis irupero
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Grebe Podiceps major
- White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
- Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
- White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
- White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis
- Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus
- Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris
- Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Freckle-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticollis
- Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
- Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch Poospiza nigrorufa
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys
- Grey Monjita Nengetus cinereus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Variable Oriole Icterus pyrrhopterus
- Greyish Baywing Agelaioides badius
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Buff-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
- Long-tailed Reed Finch Donacospiza albifrons
- Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
- Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Warbling Doradito Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Diademed Tanager Stephanophorus diadematus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Lake Duck Oxyura vittata
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnoctites rectirostris
- Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
- Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triurus
- Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Red-and-white Crake Rufirallus leucopyrrhus
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- White-spotted Woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster
- Stripe-backed Bittern Botaurus involucris
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Sulphur-bearded Reedhaunter Limnoctites sulphuriferus
- Stripe-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus
- Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Chestnut-backed Tanager Stilpnia preciosa
- Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Red Shoveler Spatula platalea
- Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Mottled Piculet Picumnus nebulosus
- Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- White-browed Meadowlark Leistes superciliaris
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Curve-billed Reedhaunter Limnornis curvirostris
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Rusty-collared Seedeater Sporophila collaris
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Firewood-gatherer Anumbius annumbi
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Rufous-chested Dotterel Zonibyx modestus
- White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- White-rimmed Warbler Myiothlypis leucoblephara
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- South American Painted-snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Glaucous-blue Grosbeak Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea
- Mourning Sierra Finch Rhopospina fruticeti
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Black-and-white Monjita Heteroxolmis dominicana
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera
- Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
- Chotoy Spinetail Schoeniophylax phryganophilus
- Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi
- Grey-throated Warbling Finch Microspingus cabanisi
- Straneck's Tyrannulet Serpophaga griseicapilla
- Red Pileated Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Spotted Nothura Nothura maculosa
- Rusty-flanked Thrush Turdus albicollis
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus
- Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper Drymornis bridgesii
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Southern Martin Progne elegans
- Yellow-rumped Marshbird Pseudoleistes guirahuro
- Short-billed Pipit Anthus furcatus
- Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laguna del Diario?
September–February and April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 133 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laguna del Diario?
225 species, from 34,448 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laguna del Diario in November?
The most recorded in November: Snail Kite, Southern Lapwing, Great Kiskadee, Rufous Hornero and Fork-tailed Flycatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.