Bolivia · Santa Cruz Department
Samaipata
355 species and 6,111 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August, October and December, with up to 99 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rufous-bellied ThrushTurdus rufiventris
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Sayaca TanagerThraupis sayaca
Blue-and-white SwallowPygochelidon cyanoleuca
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Creamy-bellied ThrushTurdus amaurochalinus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Golden-billed SaltatorSaltator aurantiirostris
Black-capped Warbling FinchMicrospingus melanoleucus
Rufous-capped AntshrikeThamnophilus ruficapillusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Refugio Los Volcanes31 km552 species
- Tambo64 km291 species
All 355 species recorded here
- Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Red Pileated Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris
- Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager Rauenia bonariensis
- Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica
- Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
- Mitred Parakeet Psittacara mitratus
- Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
- Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
- Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
- Black-capped Warbling Finch Microspingus melanoleucus
- White-bellied Hummingbird Elliotomyia chionogaster
- Turquoise-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva
- Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanoloxia brissonii
- Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
- Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus
- Plush-crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Stripe-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys
- Buff-necked Ibis Theristicus caudatus
- Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus
- Moss-backed Sparrow Arremon dorbignii
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Sooty-fronted Spinetail Synallaxis frontalis
- White-tipped Plantcutter Phytotoma rutila
- Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Two-banded Warbler Myiothlypis bivittata
- Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei
- Cliff Flycatcher Hirundinea ferruginea
- Ringed Warbling Finch Microspingus torquatus
- Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Red-tailed Comet Sappho sparganurus
- Green-cheeked Parakeet Pyrrhura molinae
- Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
- Ocellated Piculet Picumnus dorbignyanus
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
- Southern Yellowthroat Geothlypis velata
- Spot-backed Puffbird Nystalus maculatus
- Yungas Dove Leptotila megalura
- Greyish Baywing Agelaioides badius
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Grey-crested Finch Lophospingus griseocristatus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris
- Brown-capped Whitestart Myioborus brunniceps
- White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus
- Spot-breasted Thornbird Phacellodomus maculipectus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Scaly-headed Parrot Pionus maximiliani
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Giant Antshrike Batara cinerea
- Western Fire-eye Pyriglena maura
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- White-winged Black Tyrant Knipolegus aterrimus
- Black-capped Antwren Herpsilochmus atricapillus
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
- Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
- Slender-tailed Woodstar Microstilbon burmeisteri
- Tataupa Tinamou Crypturellus tataupa
- Golden-rumped Euphonia Chlorophonia cyanocephala
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Bluish-grey Saltator Saltator coerulescens
- Chiguanco Thrush Turdus chiguanco
- Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata
- Ochre-cheeked Spinetail Synallaxis scutata
- White-wedged Piculet Picumnus albosquamatus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Orange-headed Tanager Thlypopsis sordida
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Streak-throated Bush Tyrant Myiotheretes striaticollis
- Dull-colored Grassquit Asemospiza obscura
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- White-crested Elaenia Elaenia albiceps
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Moustached Wren Pheugopedius genibarbis
- Black-and-chestnut Warbling Finch Poospiza whitii
- Greater Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura budytoides
- Yellow-chevroned Parakeet Brotogeris chiriri
- Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus
- White-eared Puffbird Nystalus chacuru
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Southern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus modestus
- Chopi Blackbird Gnorimopsar chopi
- Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus
- Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
- Rufous Casiornis Casiornis rufus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Olive-crowned Crescentchest Melanopareia maximiliani
- Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae
- Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon
- Rusty Flowerpiercer Diglossa sittoides
- Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
- Variable Oriole Icterus pyrrhopterus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Highland Elaenia Elaenia obscura
- Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- White-tipped Swift Aeronautes montivagus
- Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Tucuman Amazon Amazona tucumana
- Hellmayr's Pipit Anthus hellmayri
- Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori
- Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui
- Plumbeous Tyrant Knipolegus cabanisi
- Dot-fronted Woodpecker Veniliornis frontalis
- Huayco Tinamou Rhynchotus maculicollis
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Black-goggled Tanager Trichothraupis melanops
- Saffron-billed Sparrow Arremon flavirostris
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Straneck's Tyrannulet Serpophaga griseicapilla
- Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
- Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
- Cinereous Harrier Circus cinereus
- White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Montane Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger
- Rusty-browed Warbling Finch Microspingus erythrophrys
- Band-tailed Seedeater Catamenia analis
- Great-billed Hermit Phaethornis malaris
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Pale-edged Flycatcher Myiarchus cephalotes
- Thrush-like Wren Campylorhynchus turdinus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
- Buff-bellied Hermit Phaethornis subochraceus
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Slaty Gnateater Conopophaga ardesiaca
- Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla rufosuperciliata
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Black-backed Water Tyrant Fluvicola albiventer
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-winged Mountain Tanager Anisognathus somptuosus
- Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Short-tailed Antthrush Chamaeza campanisona
- Short-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus ferox
- Dusky-green Oropendola Psarocolius atrovirens
- Yellow-bellied Siskin Spinus xanthogastrus
- Golden-crowned Flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
- Streak-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus striaticeps
- Black-and-white Seedeater Sporophila luctuosa
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- White-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum
- Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
- Bolivian Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus sticturus
- Andean Guan Penelope montagnii
- Amazonian Grosbeak Cyanoloxia rothschildii
- Yungas Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus spodiops
- Pale-legged Warbler Myiothlypis signata
- Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
- Mountain Caracara Daptrius megalopterus
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis
- Plumbeous Pigeon Patagioenas plumbea
- Olivaceous Siskin Spinus olivaceus
- White-browed Brushfinch Arremon torquatus
- Fawn-breasted Tanager Pipraeidea melanonota
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- White-throated Tyrannulet Mecocerculus leucophrys
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Little Woodpecker Veniliornis passerinus
- Bolivian Earthcreeper Tarphonomus harterti
- Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
- Sierran Elaenia Elaenia pallatangae
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Screaming Cowbird Molothrus rufoaxillaris
- White-bellied Seedeater Sporophila leucoptera
- Rothschild's Swift Cypseloides rothschildi
- Violaceous Quail-Dove Geotrygon violacea
- Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
- Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer
- Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus
- Small-billed Tinamou Crypturellus parvirostris
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
- Solitary Eagle Buteogallus solitarius
- Yungas Guan Penelope bridgesi
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Pampa Finch Embernagra platensis
- Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco
- Blue-banded Toucanet Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
- Streak-necked Flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis
- Sclater's Tyrannulet Phyllomyias sclateri
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Mountain Wren Troglodytes solstitialis
- Great Thrush Turdus fuscater
- Wedge-tailed Grass Finch Emberizoides herbicola
- Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper Lochmias nematura
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Rufous-sided Warbling Finch Poospizopsis hypocondria
- Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet Tyranniscus uropygialis
- White-browed Meadowlark Leistes superciliaris
- Sick's Swift Chaetura meridionalis
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Russet-backed Oropendola Psarocolius angustifrons
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Brown Tinamou Crypturellus obsoletus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- White-rumped Tanager Cypsnagra hirundinacea
- Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata
- Bare-faced Ibis Phimosus infuscatus
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Andean Tinamou Nothoprocta pentlandii
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus
- Blue-throated Piping Guan Pipile cumanensis
- White-lored Euphonia Euphonia chrysopasta
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Cinnamon Flycatcher Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus
- Rusty-collared Seedeater Sporophila collaris
- Great Rufous Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes major
- Andean Gull Chroicocephalus serranus
- Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant Anairetes flavirostris
- Brown-capped Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura fuliginiceps
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Striped Woodpecker Veniliornis lignarius
- Grey-hooded Parakeet Psilopsiagon aymara
- Tawny-headed Swallow Alopochelidon fucata
- Dusky Leaftosser Sclerurus obscurior
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Chestnut-eared Aracari Pteroglossus castanotis
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Andean Swift Aeronautes andecolus
- Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata
- White-throated Toucan Ramphastos tucanus
- Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus
- Rufous-banded Owl Strix albitarsis
- Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Glossy-black Thrush Turdus serranus
- Olive-backed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus triangularis
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- White-eared Solitaire Entomodestes leucotis
- Yungas Warbler Basileuterus punctipectus
- Chestnut-tipped Toucanet Aulacorhynchus derbianus
- Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus
- Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius
- Smoke-colored Pewee Contopus fumigatus
- Large Elaenia Elaenia spectabilis
- Versicolored Barbet Eubucco versicolor
- Plain Inezia Inezia inornata
- Southern Martin Progne elegans
- White-throated Quail-Dove Zentrygon frenata
- Ocellated Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
- Bolivian Brushfinch Atlapetes rufinucha
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red-necked Woodpecker Campephilus rubricollis
- Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Guira Tanager Hemithraupis guira
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus
- Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Band-winged Nightjar Systellura longirostris
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Blue-naped Chlorophonia Chlorophonia cyanea
- Yungas Manakin Chiroxiphia boliviana
- Scaly-naped Amazon Amazona mercenarius
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Crested Becard Pachyramphus validus
- Bolivian Warbling Finch Poospiza boliviana
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola
- Darwin's Nothura Nothura darwinii
- Red-faced Guan Penelope dabbenei
- Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus latirostris
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Band-tailed Sierra Finch Rhopospina alaudina
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Samaipata?
August, October and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 99 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Samaipata?
355 species, from 6,111 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Samaipata in November?
The most recorded in November: House Sparrow, Rufous-bellied Thrush, Northern House Wren, Sayaca Tanager and Blue-and-white Swallow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.