Uruguay · San José Department
Reserva Natural Playa Penino
247 species and 37,380 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, March and October, with up to 151 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
Chimango CaracaraDaptrius chimango
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
Spectacled TyrantHymenops perspicillatus
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufus
Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
Black SkimmerRynchops niger118 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 247 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Playa Penino – Lago Cantera2 km164 species
- Santiago Vazquez – Humedal7 km162 species
- Jardín Botánico de Montevideo22 km133 species
- Parque Batlle – Área28 km87 species
- Faro Punta Carretas30 km218 species
- Puertito del Buceo31 km121 species
All 247 species recorded here
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Chimango Caracara Daptrius chimango
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Brown-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
- Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Snowy-crowned Tern Sterna trudeaui
- Pampa Finch Embernagra platensis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Yellow-winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius
- Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Freckle-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticollis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris
- Giant Wood Rail Aramides ypecaha
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica
- Silver Teal Spatula versicolor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch Poospiza nigrorufa
- White-rumped Swallow Tachycineta leucorrhoa
- Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
- Spix's Spinetail Synallaxis spixi
- Long-tailed Reed Finch Donacospiza albifrons
- Brown-and-yellow Marshbird Pseudoleistes virescens
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus
- Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus
- Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
- Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa
- Buff-winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
- White-tufted Grebe Rollandia rolland
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Grebe Podiceps major
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Southern Yellowthroat Geothlypis velata
- White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Sooty Tyrannulet Serpophaga nigricans
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Curve-billed Reedhaunter Limnornis curvirostris
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Two-banded Plover Anarhynchus falklandicus
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Gilded Sapphire Hylocharis chrysura
- Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola
- Spot-winged Pigeon Patagioenas maculosa
- White-winged Coot Fulica leucoptera
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Rufous-sided Crake Laterallus melanophaius
- Rufous-chested Dotterel Zonibyx modestus
- Many-colored Rush Tyrant Tachuris rubrigastra
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Lake Duck Oxyura vittata
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Monjita Nengetus cinereus
- Campo Flicker Colaptes campestris
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Rusty-collared Seedeater Sporophila collaris
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
- Red Shoveler Spatula platalea
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- White-spotted Woodpecker Veniliornis spilogaster
- White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
- Warbling Doradito Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Spotted Nothura Nothura maculosa
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila
- White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triurus
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Tawny-headed Swallow Alopochelidon fucata
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
- Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca
- Hellmayr's Pipit Anthus hellmayri
- Sulphur-bearded Reedhaunter Limnoctites sulphuriferus
- Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens
- Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Red-fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
- Maguari Stork Ciconia maguari
- Greyish Baywing Agelaioides badius
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Variable Oriole Icterus pyrrhopterus
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Red-and-white Crake Rufirallus leucopyrrhus
- Firewood-gatherer Anumbius annumbi
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- White-browed Meadowlark Leistes superciliaris
- South American Painted-snipe Nycticryphes semicollaris
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Black-headed Duck Heteronetta atricapilla
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- South American Tern Sterna hirundinacea
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail Spartonoica maluroides
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White Monjita Xolmis irupero
- Stripe-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
- Straight-billed Reedhaunter Limnoctites rectirostris
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Stripe-backed Bittern Botaurus involucris
- Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Chiloe Wigeon Mareca sibilatrix
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Southern Screamer Chauna torquata
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Glaucous-blue Grosbeak Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanoloxia brissonii
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Red-winged Tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens
- White-bellied Seedeater Sporophila leucoptera
- Black-backed Water Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
- Tufted Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura platensis
- Chotoy Spinetail Schoeniophylax phryganophilus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis
- Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Southern Martin Progne elegans
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Grey-throated Warbling Finch Microspingus cabanisi
- Straneck's Tyrannulet Serpophaga griseicapilla
- Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis
- Diademed Tanager Stephanophorus diadematus
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Rufous-rumped Seedeater Sporophila hypochroma
- Black Jacobin Florisuga fusca
- Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus
- Cinnamon Warbling Finch Poospiza ornata
- Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
- Dark-faced Ground Tyrant Muscisaxicola maclovianus
- Common Miner Geositta cunicularia
- Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca
- Mourning Sierra Finch Rhopospina fruticeti
- Red Pileated Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus
- Sharp-billed Canastero Asthenes pyrrholeuca
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ventralis
- Black-capped Warbling Finch Microspingus melanoleucus
- Dot-winged Crake Laterallus spiloptera
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus
- White-rimmed Warbler Myiothlypis leucoblephara
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Reserva Natural Playa Penino?
December–January, March and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 151 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Reserva Natural Playa Penino?
247 species, from 37,380 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Reserva Natural Playa Penino in November?
The most recorded in November: Southern Lapwing, Barn Swallow, Great Kiskadee, American Golden Plover and Chimango Caracara.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.