Birds of Uruguay
Uruguay hosts 432 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro
- Rufous-bellied ThrushTurdus rufiventris
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninus
- Red-crested CardinalParoaria coronata
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Creamy-bellied ThrushTurdus amaurochalinus
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Picui Ground DoveColumbina picui
- Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosa
- Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochloros
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Campo FlickerColaptes campestris
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensis
- Guira CuckooGuira guira
- Pampa FinchEmbernagra platensis
- Gilded SapphireHylocharis chrysura
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- White MonjitaXolmis irupero
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus
- Giant Wood RailAramides ypecaha
- White-rumped SwallowTachycineta leucorrhoa
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- White-crested TyrannuletSerpophaga subcristata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Greyish BaywingAgelaioides badius
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Southern ScreamerChauna torquata
- Brown-and-yellow MarshbirdPseudoleistes virescens
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Glittering-bellied EmeraldChlorostilbon lucidus
- Blue-and-yellow TanagerRauenia bonariensis
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Grey-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Freckle-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus striaticollis
- Small-billed ElaeniaElaenia parvirostris
- Masked GnatcatcherPolioptila dumicola
- Snowy-crowned TernSterna trudeaui
- Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Bare-faced IbisPhimosus infuscatus
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Grassland Yellow FinchSicalis luteola
- Spotted NothuraNothura maculosa
- Great GrebePodiceps major
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Plumbeous IbisTheristicus caerulescens
- Sayaca TanagerThraupis sayaca
- Maguari StorkCiconia maguari
- Diademed TanagerStephanophorus diadematus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Silver TealSpatula versicolor
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-and-rufous Warbling FinchPoospiza nigrorufa
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Firewood-gathererAnumbius annumbi
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- Spix's SpinetailSynallaxis spixi
- Southern YellowthroatGeothlypis velata
- Red-gartered CootFulica armillata
- White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
- Spectacled TyrantHymenops perspicillatus
- Narrow-billed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes angustirostris
- Sooty TyrannuletSerpophaga nigricans
- Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoni
- Stripe-crowned SpinetailCranioleuca pyrrhophia
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Wren-like RushbirdPhleocryptes melanops
- Rufous-capped AntshrikeThamnophilus ruficapillus
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
- Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensis
- Screaming CowbirdMolothrus rufoaxillaris
- Golden-billed SaltatorSaltator aurantiirostris
- White-throated HummingbirdLeucochloris albicollis
- Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
- Yellow-winged BlackbirdAgelasticus thilius
- Double-collared SeedeaterSporophila caerulescens
- Greater RheaRhea americana
- White-spotted WoodpeckerVeniliornis spilogaster
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- White-rimmed WarblerMyiothlypis leucoblephara
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliaris
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- White WoodpeckerMelanerpes candidus
- Southern Beardless TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Plumbeous RailPardirallus sanguinolentus
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Pantanal SnipeGallinago paraguaiae
- Variable AntshrikeThamnophilus caerulescens
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
- Grassland SparrowAmmodramus humeralis
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Hepatic TanagerPiranga flava
- White-winged CootFulica leucoptera
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Chestnut-backed TanagerStilpnia preciosa
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Long-tailed Reed FinchDonacospiza albifrons
- Yellow-browed TyrantSatrapa icterophrys
- Green-winged SaltatorSaltator similis
- Chestnut-capped BlackbirdChrysomus ruficapillus
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Buff-necked IbisTheristicus caudatus
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Grey-throated Warbling FinchMicrospingus cabanisi
- Swainson's FlycatcherMyiarchus swainsoni
- Dusky-legged GuanPenelope obscura
- Red-winged TinamouRhynchotus rufescens
- Sooty-fronted SpinetailSynallaxis frontalis
- South American TernSterna hirundinacea
- Rufous-sided CrakeLaterallus melanophaius
- Glaucous-blue GrosbeakCyanoloxia glaucocaerulea
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
- Buff-browed Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla rufosuperciliata
- Buff-winged CinclodesCinclodes fuscus
- Mottle-cheeked TyrannuletPhylloscartes ventralis
- Scimitar-billed WoodcreeperDrymornis bridgesii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Chotoy SpinetailSchoeniophylax phryganophilus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Black-and-white MonjitaHeteroxolmis dominicana
- Black-capped Warbling FinchMicrospingus melanoleucus
- White-winged BecardPachyramphus polychopterus
- Maroon-bellied ParakeetPyrrhura frontalis
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Plush-crested JayCyanocorax chrysops
- Scissor-tailed NightjarHydropsalis torquata
- Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposaca
- Austral NegritoLessonia rufa
- Tropical Screech OwlMegascops choliba
- Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Scarlet-headed BlackbirdAmblyramphus holosericeus
- White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
- White-necked ThrushTurdus albicollis
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
- Mottled PiculetPicumnus nebulosus
- White-banded MockingbirdMimus triurus
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplex
- Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Blue-billed Black TyrantKnipolegus cyanirostris
- Nacunda NighthawkChordeiles nacunda
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Yellowish PipitAnthus chii
- Lake DuckOxyura vittata
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Hellmayr's PipitAnthus hellmayri
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Red-fronted CootFulica rufifrons
- Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
- Many-colored Rush TyrantTachuris rubrigastra
- Yellow-chevroned ParakeetBrotogeris chiriri
- Sharp-tailed StreamcreeperLochmias nematura
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tufted Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura platensis
- Red-legged SeriemaCariama cristata
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Chopi BlackbirdGnorimopsar chopi
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Golden-winged CaciqueCacicus chrysopterus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Brown CacholotePseudoseisura lophotes
- Yellow-rumped MarshbirdPseudoleistes guirahuro
- Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicus
- Rusty-collared SeedeaterSporophila collaris
- Fulvous-crowned Scrub TyrantEuscarthmus meloryphus
- Green-backed BecardPachyramphus viridis
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Euler's FlycatcherLathrotriccus euleri
- White-barred PiculetPicumnus cirratus
- Red ShovelerSpatula platalea
- Common Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Yellow-chinned SpinetailCerthiaxis cinnamomeus
- Curve-billed ReedhaunterLimnornis curvirostris
- Short-billed PipitAnthus furcatus
- Cinereous HarrierCircus cinereus
- Olrog's GullLarus atlanticus
- Bluish-grey SaltatorSaltator coerulescens
- Suiriri FlycatcherSuiriri suiriri
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Common MinerGeositta cunicularia
- Ultramarine GrosbeakCyanoloxia brissonii
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- White-tipped PlantcutterPhytotoma rutila
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- Correndera PipitAnthus correndera
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Chilean SkuaStercorarius chilensis
- Fawn-breasted TanagerPipraeidea melanonota
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Crested Black TyrantKnipolegus lophotes
- Large-tailed AntshrikeMackenziaena leachii
- Warbling DoraditoPseudocolopteryx flaviventris
- Tawny-headed SwallowAlopochelidon fucata
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Blue-tufted StarthroatHeliomaster furcifer
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Dark-throated SeedeaterSporophila ruficollis
- Red Pileated FinchCoryphospingus cucullatus
- Solitary CaciqueCacicus solitarius
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Greater ThornbirdPhacellodomus ruber
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Yellow-billed CardinalParoaria capitata
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Large ElaeniaElaenia spectabilis
- Checkered WoodpeckerVeniliornis mixtus
- Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucus
- Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- Little ThornbirdPhacellodomus sibilatrix
- Pearly-vented Tody-TyrantHemitriccus margaritaceiventer
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- Variegated FlycatcherEmpidonomus varius
- Small-headed ElaeniaElaenia sordida
- Lark-like BrushrunnerCoryphistera alaudina
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Olivaceous ElaeniaElaenia mesoleuca
- Chilean SwallowTachycineta leucopyga
- Short-billed CanasteroAsthenes baeri
- Grey-fronted DoveLeptotila rufaxilla
- Ochre-faced Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus plumbeiceps
- Crowned Slaty FlycatcherEmpidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
- Bay-capped Wren-SpinetailSpartonoica maluroides
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- Tawny-throated DotterelOreopholus ruficollis
- White-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes cactorum
- Little NightjarSetopagis parvula
- Brown TinamouCrypturellus obsoletus
- Surucua TrogonTrogon surrucura
- South American Painted-snipeNycticryphes semicollaris
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
- Black-headed DuckHeteronetta atricapilla
- Common PotooNyctibius griseus
- Purple-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chlorotica
- Bearded TachuriPolystictus pectoralis
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Straneck's TyrannuletSerpophaga griseicapilla
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Southern Scrub FlycatcherSublegatus modestus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescens
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Sharp-billed TreehunterHeliobletus contaminatus
- Scalloped WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes falcinellus
- Cliff FlycatcherHirundinea ferruginea
- Rufous GnateaterConopophaga lineata
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Black JacobinFlorisuga fusca
- Dark-faced Ground TyrantMuscisaxicola maclovianus
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatus
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Orange-eyed ThornbirdPhacellodomus erythrophthalmus
- Snowy SheathbillChionis albus
- Southern MartinProgne elegans
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Planalto WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes platyrostris
- Long-tufted Screech OwlMegascops sanctaecatarinae
- Crested BecardPachyramphus validus
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Lesser Grass FinchEmberizoides ypiranganus
- Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
- White-naped XenopsarisXenopsaris albinucha
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos
- White-crested ElaeniaElaenia albiceps
- Swallow-tailed HummingbirdEupetomena macroura
- Red-rumped CaciqueCacicus haemorrhous
- Pied Water TyrantFluvicola pica
- Wedge-tailed Grass FinchEmberizoides herbicola
- Chocolate-vented TyrantNeoxolmis rufiventris
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Ruby-crowned TanagerTachyphonus coronatus
- Short-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus ferox
- Grey-bellied SpinetailSynallaxis cinerascens
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Crested DoraditoPseudocolopteryx sclateri
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Blackish OystercatcherHaematopus ater
- Cream-backed WoodpeckerCampephilus leucopogon
- Blacksmith ThrushTurdus subalaris
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Least SeedsnipeThinocorus rumicivorus
- Mourning Sierra FinchRhopospina fruticeti
- Fuscous FlycatcherCnemotriccus fuscatus
- Band-winged NightjarSystellura longirostris
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
- Magellanic SnipeGallinago magellanica
- Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata
- Imperial ShagLeucocarbo atriceps
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Pale-breasted ThrushTurdus leucomelas
- Sharp-billed CanasteroAsthenes pyrrholeuca
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Turquoise-fronted AmazonAmazona aestiva
- Southern FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- Rufous CasiornisCasiornis rufus
- Masked YellowthroatGeothlypis aequinoctialis
- Rufous-rumped SeedeaterSporophila hypochroma
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Atlantic PetrelPterodroma incerta
- Yellow-legged ThrushTurdus flavipes
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Toco ToucanRamphastos toco
- Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Ochre-breasted PipitAnthus nattereri
- Chaco ChachalacaOrtalis canicollis
- Black-backed TanagerStilpnia peruviana
- Yellow-browed WoodpeckerPiculus aurulentus
- Slender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheri
- Magellanic PloverPluvianellus socialis
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Green-backed FirecrownSephanoides sephaniodes
- Horned ScreamerAnhima cornuta
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Streamer-tailed TyrantGubernetes yetapa
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Greenish TyrannuletPhyllomyias virescens
- Buff-fronted OwlAegolius harrisii
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Tawny-bellied SeedeaterSporophila hypoxantha
- Spectacled PetrelProcellaria conspicillata
- Silvery GrebePodiceps occipitalis
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Yellow-billed Tit-TyrantAnairetes flavirostris
- Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
- Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Masked Water TyrantFluvicola nengeta
- Antarctic TernSterna vittata
- Lesser Shrike-TyrantAgriornis murinus
- Hooded TanagerNemosia pileata
- Pintado PetrelDaption capense
- Rufous-headed TanagerHemithraupis ruficapilla
- Pearly-bellied SeedeaterSporophila pileata
- Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Shy AlbatrossThalassarche cauta
- Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatus
- Chestnut SeedeaterSporophila cinnamomea
- Slaty-breasted Wood RailAramides saracura
- Sharp-tailed Grass TyrantCulicivora caudacuta
- Saffron-cowled BlackbirdXanthopsar flavus
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Burrowing ParrotCyanoliseus patagonus
- Unicolored BlackbirdAgelasticus cyanopus
- Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora
- Northern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea sanfordi
- Cinnamon Warbling FinchPoospiza ornata
- Marsh SeedeaterSporophila palustris
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Swallow TanagerTersina viridis
- JabiruJabiru mycteria
- South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
- Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica
- Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Red-ruffed FruitcrowPyroderus scutatus
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
- Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalus
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- White-bellied SeedeaterSporophila leucoptera
- Western Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome
- Azure GallinulePorphyrio flavirostris
- White-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta grallaria
- Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsii
- Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanus
- Scaled DoveColumbina squammata
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- Chestnut-vented ConebillConirostrum speciosum
- Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsonii
- Many-colored Chaco FinchSaltatricula multicolor
- Comb DuckSarkidiornis sylvicola
- Andean FlamingoPhoenicoparrus andinus
- Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
- Tristan AlbatrossDiomedea dabbenena