Uruguay · Rocha Department
PP Laguna de Rocha – Zona Sur y Barra
268 species and 24,275 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June and October–November, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliaris
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
Maguari StorkCiconia maguari
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PP Laguna de Rocha – Laguna de las Nutrias2 km188 species
- Paisaje Protegido Laguna de Rocha – Área7 km246 species
- AP Laguna Garzón – El Bonete26 km210 species
- AP Laguna Garzón – Área30 km239 species
- Laguna José Ignacio – Área sur y Desembocadura41 km195 species
- Rambla de los Vientos59 km112 species
All 268 species recorded here
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
- Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
- Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
- Chimango Caracara Daptrius chimango
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Pampa Finch Embernagra platensis
- Southern Screamer Chauna torquata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White Monjita Xolmis irupero
- Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
- White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brown-and-yellow Marshbird Pseudoleistes virescens
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Great Grebe Podiceps major
- Two-banded Plover Anarhynchus falklandicus
- Silver Teal Spatula versicolor
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Spotted Nothura Nothura maculosa
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
- Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
- Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius
- Common Miner Geositta cunicularia
- Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris
- Rufous-chested Dotterel Zonibyx modestus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
- Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens
- Firewood-gatherer Anumbius annumbi
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus
- Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Freckle-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticollis
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus
- Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii
- Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
- Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
- Buff-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
- Correndera Pipit Anthus correndera
- Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Gilded Sapphire Hylocharis chrysura
- Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Grey Monjita Nengetus cinereus
- Giant Wood Rail Aramides ypecaha
- White-browed Meadowlark Leistes superciliaris
- Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
- Spix's Spinetail Synallaxis spixi
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
- Hellmayr's Pipit Anthus hellmayri
- Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail Spartonoica maluroides
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnoctites rectirostris
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
- Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
- Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops
- Southern Yellowthroat Geothlypis velata
- White-spotted Woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Magellanic Plover Pluvianellus socialis
- Long-tailed Reed Finch Donacospiza albifrons
- Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola
- South American Painted-snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris
- Greyish Baywing Agelaioides badius
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Magellanic Snipe Gallinago magellanica
- Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris
- Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata
- Lake Duck Oxyura vittata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
- Sooty Tyrannulet Serpophaga nigricans
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Shoveler Spatula platalea
- Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Short-billed Pipit Anthus furcatus
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Greater Rhea Rhea americana
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triurus
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch Poospiza nigrorufa
- White-rimmed Warbler Myiothlypis leucoblephara
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Many-colored Rush Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Stripe-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
- Diademed Tanager Stephanophorus diadematus
- Black-capped Warbling Finch Microspingus melanoleucus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus
- Tawny-headed Swallow Alopochelidon fucata
- Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper Drymornis bridgesii
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Sulphur-bearded Reedhaunter Limnoctites sulphuriferus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
- Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Rusty-flanked Thrush Turdus albicollis
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Grey-throated Warbling Finch Microspingus cabanisi
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla
- Black-and-white Monjita Heteroxolmis dominicana
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Southern Martin Progne elegans
- Variable Oriole Icterus pyrrhopterus
- Glaucous-blue Grosbeak Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Least Seedsnipe Thinocorus rumicivorus
- Tawny-throated Dotterel Oreopholus ruficollis
- Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
- Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
- Mottled Piculet Picumnus nebulosus
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Diuca Finch Diuca diuca
- Western Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome
- White-browed Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola albilora
- Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
- Blue-billed Black Tyrant Knipolegus cyanirostris
- Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis
- Chestnut-backed Tanager Stilpnia preciosa
- Straneck's Tyrannulet Serpophaga griseicapilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Andean Flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus
- Pintado Petrel Daption capense
- Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
- Crested Doradito Pseudocolopteryx sclateri
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Tufted Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura platensis
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PP Laguna de Rocha – Zona Sur y Barra?
June and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at PP Laguna de Rocha – Zona Sur y Barra?
268 species, from 24,275 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PP Laguna de Rocha – Zona Sur y Barra in November?
The most recorded in November: Kelp Gull, American Golden Plover, Neotropic Cormorant, Coscoroba Swan and Southern Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.