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Montevideo
This checklist includes all bird species found in Montevideo , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Montevideo [map]
Number of species: 366
Number of globally threatened species: 12
Number of introduced species: 6
Last modified: 2020-10-04
Number of globally threatened species: 12
Number of introduced species: 6
Last modified: 2020-10-04
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| Greater Rhea | Rhea americana | Near-threatened |
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| Red-winged Tinamou | Rhynchotus rufescens | |
| Spotted Nothura | Nothura maculosa | |
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| Southern Screamer | Chauna torquata | |
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| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Black-headed Duck | Heteronetta atricapilla | |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | |
| Lake Duck | Oxyura vittata | |
| Coscoroba Swan | Coscoroba coscoroba | |
| Black-necked Swan | Cygnus melancoryphus | |
| Rosy-billed Pochard | Netta peposaca | |
| Brazilian Teal | Amazonetta brasiliensis | |
| Silver Teal | Spatula versicolor | |
| Red Shoveler | Spatula platalea | |
| Cinnamon Teal | Spatula cyanoptera | |
| Chiloe Wigeon | Mareca sibilatrix | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | |
| Yellow-billed Pintail | Anas georgica | |
| Speckled Teal | Anas flavirostris | |
| Ringed Teal | Callonetta leucophrys | |
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| Dusky-legged Guan | Penelope obscura | |
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| Chilean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus chilensis | Near-threatened |
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| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
| Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | |
| White-tufted Grebe | Rollandia rolland | |
| Great Grebe | Podiceps major | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Picazuro Pigeon | Patagioenas picazuro | |
| Spot-winged Pigeon | Patagioenas maculosa | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |
| Gray-fronted Dove | Leptotila rufaxilla | |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| Picui Ground Dove | Columbina picui | |
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| Nacunda Nighthawk | Chordeiles nacunda | |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| Band-winged Nightjar | Systellura longirostris | |
| Scissor-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis torquata | |
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| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | Rare/Accidental |
| Sick's Swift | Chaetura meridionalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Jacobin | Florisuga fusca | |
| Glittering-bellied Emerald | Chlorostilbon lucidus | |
| White-throated Hummingbird | Leucochloris albicollis | |
| Gilded Hummingbird | Hylocharis chrysura | |
| Blue-tufted Starthroat | Heliomaster furcifer | |
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| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Guira Cuckoo | Guira guira | |
| Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | |
| Ash-colored Cuckoo | Coccycua cinerea | |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
| Dark-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus melacoryphus | |
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| Speckled Rail | Coturnicops notatus | |
| Rufous-sided Crake | Laterallus melanophaius | |
| Red-and-white Crake | Laterallus leucopyrrhus | |
| Giant Wood Rail | Aramides ypecaha | |
| Gray-necked Wood Rail | Aramides cajaneus | |
| Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus | |
| Plumbeous Rail | Pardirallus sanguinolentus | |
| Yellow-breasted Crake | Hapalocrex flaviventer | Rare/Accidental |
| Dot-winged Crake | Porzana spiloptera | Vulnerable |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| Spot-flanked Gallinule | Gallinula melanops | |
| White-winged Coot | Fulica leucoptera | |
| Red-gartered Coot | Fulica armillata | |
| Red-fronted Coot | Fulica rufifrons | |
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| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | |
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| Southern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | Vulnerable |
| Magellanic Penguin | Spheniscus magellanicus | Near-threatened |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| Black-bellied Storm-petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
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| Northern Giant Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | Endangered |
| Grey Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Vulnerable |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Cape Verde Shearwater | Calonectris edwardsii | Near-threatened |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
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| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
| Maguari Stork | Ciconia maguari | |
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| Rufescent Tiger Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum | |
| Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinnatus | |
| Stripe-backed Bittern | Ixobrychus involucris | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Whistling Heron | Syrigma sibilatrix | |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
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| Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |
| Plumbeous Ibis | Theristicus caerulescens | |
| Buff-necked Ibis | Theristicus caudatus | |
| Bare-faced Ibis | Phimosus infuscatus | |
| White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | |
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| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
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| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Imperial Cormorant | Phalacrocorax atriceps | Rare/Accidental |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | |
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| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
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| Snowy Sheathbill | Chionis albus | |
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| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| Tawny-throated Dotterel | Oreopholus ruficollis | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| Collared Plover | Charadrius collaris | |
| Two-banded Plover | Charadrius falklandicus | |
| Rufous-chested Dotterel | Charadrius modestus | |
| Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | |
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| Least Seedsnipe | Thinocorus rumicivorus | |
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| South American Painted-snipe | Nycticryphes semicollaris | |
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| Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana | |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Extirpated Critically endangered (possibly extinct) |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| South American Snipe | Gallinago paraguaiae | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Steganopus tricolor | |
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| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chilean Skua | Stercorarius chilensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | |
| Brown-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus maculipennis | |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Olrog's Gull | Larus atlanticus | Near-threatened |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| Yellow-billed Tern | Sternula superciliaris | |
| Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| South American Tern | Sterna hirundinacea | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Snowy-crowned Tern | Sterna trudeaui | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | |
| Long-winged Harrier | Circus buffoni | |
| Cinereous Harrier | Circus cinereus | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens | |
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | |
| Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris | |
| Harris's Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | |
| Savanna Hawk | Buteogallus meridionalis | |
| Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | |
| White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus | |
| Variable Hawk | Geranoaetus polyosoma | |
| Black-chested Buzzard Eagle | Geranoaetus melanoleucus | |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Ferruginous Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| Striped Owl | Asio clamator | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Tropical Screech Owl | Megascops choliba | |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
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| Mottled Piculet | Picumnus nebulosus | Near-threatened |
| Green-barred Woodpecker | Colaptes melanochloros | |
| Campo Flicker | Colaptes campestris | |
| White Woodpecker | Melanerpes candidus | |
| White-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes cactorum | |
| White-spotted Woodpecker | Veniliornis spilogaster | |
| Checkered Woodpecker | Veniliornis mixtus | |
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| Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | |
| Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona | |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |
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| Southern Caracara | Caracara plancus | |
| Chimango Caracara | Phalcoboenus chimango | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus | |
| Yellow-chevroned Parakeet | Brotogeris chiriri | Rare/Accidental |
| Maroon-bellied Parakeet | Pyrrhura frontalis | |
| Burrowing Parakeet | Cyanoliseus patagonus | |
| Nanday Parakeet | Aratinga nenday | Introduced species |
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| White-tipped Plantcutter | Phytotoma rutila | |
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| White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus | |
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| Many-colored Rush Tyrant | Tachuris rubrigastra | |
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| Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes ventralis | |
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| Cliff Flycatcher | Hirundinea ferruginea | |
| Southern Beardless Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum | |
| Small-billed Elaenia | Elaenia parvirostris | |
| Large Elaenia | Elaenia spectabilis | |
| Olivaceous Elaenia | Elaenia mesoleuca | |
| White-crested Elaenia | Elaenia albiceps | |
| Suiriri Flycatcher | Suiriri suiriri | |
| Rough-legged Tyrannulet | Phyllomyias burmeisteri | Rare/Accidental |
| Bearded Tachuri | Polystictus pectoralis | Near-threatened |
| Warbling Doradito | Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris | |
| Sooty Tyrannulet | Serpophaga nigricans | |
| White-crested Tyrannulet | Serpophaga subcristata | |
| White-bellied Tyrannulet | Serpophaga munda | |
| Straneck's Tyrannulet | Serpophaga griseicapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Cattle Tyrant | Machetornis rixosa | |
| Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | |
| Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius | |
| Crowned Slaty Flycatcher | Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | |
| Swainson's Flycatcher | Myiarchus swainsoni | |
| Short-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus ferox | Rare/Accidental |
| Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | |
| Southern Scrub Flycatcher | Sublegatus modestus | |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus | |
| Black-backed Water Tyrant | Fluvicola albiventer | |
| Strange-tailed Tyrant | Alectrurus risora | Vulnerable |
| Austral Negrito | Lessonia rufa | |
| Spectacled Tyrant | Hymenops perspicillatus | |
| Blue-billed Black Tyrant | Knipolegus cyanirostris | |
| Yellow-browed Tyrant | Satrapa icterophrys | |
| Dark-faced Ground Tyrant | Muscisaxicola maclovianus | |
| Gray Monjita | Xolmis cinereus | |
| Black-crowned Monjita | Xolmis coronatus | |
| White Monjita | Xolmis irupero | |
| Black-and-white Monjita | Xolmis dominicanus | Vulnerable |
| Gray-bellied Shrike Tyrant | Agriornis micropterus | |
| Lesser Shrike Tyrant | Agriornis murinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chocolate-vented Tyrant | Neoxolmis rufiventris | |
| Euler's Flycatcher | Lathrotriccus euleri | |
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| Rufous-capped Antshrike | Thamnophilus ruficapillus | |
| Variable Antshrike | Thamnophilus caerulescens | |
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| Common Miner | Geositta cunicularia | |
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| Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper | Drymornis bridgesii | |
| Narrow-billed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes angustirostris | |
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| Rufous Hornero | Furnarius rufus | |
| Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper | Lochmias nematura | |
| Wren-like Rushbird | Phleocryptes melanops | |
| Curve-billed Reed-haunter | Limnornis curvirostris | |
| Bar-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes fuscus | |
| Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner | Syndactyla rufosuperciliata | |
| Tufted Tit Spinetail | Leptasthenura platensis | |
| Little Thornbird | Phacellodomus sibilatrix | |
| Freckle-breasted Thornbird | Phacellodomus striaticollis | |
| Firewood-gatherer | Anumbius annumbi | |
| Short-billed Canastero | Asthenes baeri | |
| Hudson's Canastero | Asthenes hudsoni | Near-threatened |
| Sharp-billed Canastero | Asthenes pyrrholeuca | |
| Straight-billed Reed-haunter | Limnoctites rectirostris | Near-threatened |
| Sulfur-throated Spinetail | Cranioleuca sulphurifera | |
| Stripe-crowned Spinetail | Cranioleuca pyrrhophia | |
| Bay-capped Wren Spinetail | Spartonoica maluroides | Near-threatened |
| Brown Cachalote | Pseudoseisura lophotes | |
| Chotoy Spinetail | Schoeniophylax phryganophilus | |
| Yellow-chinned Spinetail | Certhiaxis cinnamomeus | |
| Spix's Spinetail | Synallaxis spixi | |
| Sooty-fronted Spinetail | Synallaxis frontalis | |
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| Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
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| Plush-crested Jay | Cyanocorax chrysops | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| Short-billed Pipit | Anthus furcatus | |
| Yellowish Pipit | Anthus lutescens | |
| Hellmayr's Pipit | Anthus hellmayri | |
| Correndera Pipit | Anthus correndera | |
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| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | Introduced species |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Introduced species |
| Hooded Siskin | Spinus magellanicus | |
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| Grassland Sparrow | Ammodramus humeralis | |
| Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | |
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| Masked Yellowthroat | Geothlypis aequinoctialis | |
| Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi | |
| White-browed Warbler | Myiothlypis leucoblephara | |
| Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus | |
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| White-browed Blackbird | Leistes superciliaris | |
| Pampas Meadowlark | Leistes defilippii | Vulnerable |
| Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Golden-winged Cacique | Cacicus chrysopterus | |
| Variable Oriole | Icterus pyrrhopterus | |
| Screaming Cowbird | Molothrus rufoaxillaris | |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| Scarlet-headed Blackbird | Amblyramphus holosericeus | |
| Chopi Blackbird | Gnorimopsar chopi | |
| Baywing Blackbird | Agelaioides badius | |
| Yellow-winged Blackbird | Agelasticus thilius | |
| Chestnut-capped Blackbird | Chrysomus ruficapillus | |
| Saffron-cowled Blackbird | Xanthopsar flavus | Endangered |
| Yellow-rumped Marshbird | Pseudoleistes guirahuro | |
| Brown-and-yellow Marshbird | Pseudoleistes virescens | |
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| Ultramarine Grosbeak | Cyanoloxia brissonii | |
| Glaucous-blue Grosbeak | Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea | |
| Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava | |
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| Rufous-headed Tanager | Hemithraupis ruficapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | |
| Grassland Yellow Finch | Sicalis luteola | |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | |
| Ruby-crowned Tanager | Tachyphonus coronatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-crested Finch | Coryphospingus cucullatus | |
| Chestnut Seedeater | Sporophila cinnamomea | Vulnerable |
| Marsh Seedeater | Sporophila palustris | Endangered |
| Dark-throated Seedeater | Sporophila ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Double-collared Seedeater | Sporophila caerulescens | |
| Rusty-collared Seedeater | Sporophila collaris | |
| Green-winged Saltator | Saltator similis | |
| Golden-billed Saltator | Saltator aurantiirostris | |
| Pampa Finch | Embernagra platensis | |
| Cinnamon Warbling Finch | Poospiza ornata | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-and-rufous Warbling Finch | Poospiza nigrorufa | |
| Gray-throated Warbling Finch | Microspingus cabanisi | |
| Black-capped Warbling Finch | Microspingus melanoleucus | |
| Long-tailed Reed Finch | Donacospiza albifrons | |
| Common Diuca Finch | Diuca diuca | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Cardinal | Gubernatrix cristata | Endangered |
| Red-crested Cardinal | Paroaria coronata | |
| Diademed Tanager | Stephanophorus diadematus | |
| Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota | |
| Blue-and-yellow Tanager | Pipraeidea bonariensis | |
| Sayaca Tanager | Tangara sayaca | |
| Chestnut-backed Tanager | Tangara preciosa | |
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| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
| White-rumped Swallow | Tachycineta leucorrhoa | |
| Chilean Swallow | Tachycineta leucopyga | |
| Brown-chested Martin | Progne tapera | |
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | |
| Southern Martin | Progne elegans | |
| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| Tawny-headed Swallow | Alopochelidon fucata | |
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| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | |
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| Masked Gnatcatcher | Polioptila dumicola | |
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| Chalk-browed Mockingbird | Mimus saturninus | |
| White-banded Mockingbird | Mimus triurus | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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| White-necked Thrush | Turdus albicollis | |
| Rufous-bellied Thrush | Turdus rufiventris | |
| Creamy-bellied Thrush | Turdus amaurochalinus | |
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