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This checklist includes all bird species found in n.a57 , 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 Clements, version 2025. 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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Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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RHEIFORMES: Rheidae

Greater RheaRhea americanaNear-threatened

 
TINAMIFORMES: Tinamidae

Spotted NothuraNothura maculosa

 
ANSERIFORMES: Anhimidae

Southern ScreamerChauna torquata

 
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
Brazilian TealAmazonetta brasiliensis
Silver TealSpatula versicolor
Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
Rosy-billed PochardNetta peposaca

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro
Spot-winged PigeonPatagioenas maculosa
Picui Ground DoveColumbina picui
White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
Eared DoveZenaida auriculata

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Guira CuckooGuira guira
Striped CuckooTapera naevia

 
APODIFORMES: Trochilidae

Glittering-bellied EmeraldChlorostilbon lucidus
Gilded HummingbirdHylocharis chrysura

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Giant Wood-RailAramides ypecaha
Gray-cowled Wood-RailAramides cajaneus
Spot-flanked GallinulePorphyriops melanops

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

Wattled JacanaJacana jacana

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Pantanal SnipeGallinago paraguaiae
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesVulnerable
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Great GrebePodiceps major

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Maguari StorkCiconia maguari
Wood StorkMycteria americana

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
Bare-faced IbisPhimosus infuscatus
Plumbeous IbisTheristicus caerulescens
Buff-necked IbisTheristicus caudatus
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Rufescent Tiger-HeronTigrisoma lineatum
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Great EgretArdea alba
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi

 
CATHARTIFORMES: Cathartidae

Turkey VultureCathartes aura

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucus

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

American Barn OwlTyto furcata

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Green-barred WoodpeckerColaptes melanochloros
Campo FlickerColaptes campestris

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Chimango CaracaraDaptrius chimango
American KestrelFalco sparverius

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
White-eyed ParakeetPsittacara leucophthalmus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Furnariidae

Common MinerGeositta cunicularia
Scimitar-billed WoodcreeperDrymornis bridgesii
Narrow-billed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes angustirostris
Rufous HorneroFurnarius rufus
Freckle-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus striaticollis
Firewood-gathererAnumbius annumbi
Stripe-crowned SpinetailCranioleuca pyrrhophia
Brown CacholotePseudoseisura lophotes
Chotoy SpinetailSchoeniophylax phryganophilus
Spix's SpinetailSynallaxis spixi
Sooty-fronted SpinetailSynallaxis frontalis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae

Mottle-cheeked TyrannuletPhylloscartes ventralis
Southern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
Warbling DoraditoPseudocolopteryx flaviventris
Small-billed ElaeniaElaenia parvirostris
Sooty TyrannuletSerpophaga nigricans
White-crested TyrannuletSerpophaga subcristata
Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Crested Black-TyrantKnipolegus lophotes
Spectacled TyrantHymenops perspicillatus
White MonjitaXolmis irupero
Gray MonjitaNengetus cinereus
Black-and-white MonjitaHeteroxolmis dominicanaVulnerable
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae

Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
Chivi VireoVireo chivi

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

White-rumped SwallowTachycineta leucorrhoa
Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
Blue-and-white SwallowPygochelidon cyanoleuca

 
PASSERIFORMES: Polioptilidae

Masked GnatcatcherPolioptila dumicola

 
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

European StarlingSturnus vulgarisIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae

Chalk-browed MockingbirdMimus saturninus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Creamy-bellied ThrushTurdus amaurochalinus
Rufous-bellied ThrushTurdus rufiventris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Short-billed PipitAnthus furcatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae

Grassland SparrowAmmodramus humeralis
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae

White-browed MeadowlarkLeistes superciliaris
Screaming CowbirdMolothrus rufoaxillaris
Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
Chopi BlackbirdGnorimopsar chopi
Grayish BaywingAgelaioides badius
Brown-and-yellow MarshbirdPseudoleistes virescens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae

Southern YellowthroatGeothlypis velata
Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
White-browed WarblerMyiothlypis leucoblephara

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae

Hepatic TanagerPiranga flava
Glaucous-blue GrosbeakCyanoloxia glaucocaerulea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Thraupidae

Red-crested CardinalParoaria coronata
Diademed TanagerStephanophorus diadematus
Blue-and-yellow TanagerRauenia bonariensis
Sayaca TanagerThraupis sayaca
Black-and-rufous Warbling FinchPoospiza nigrorufa
Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteola
Great Pampa-FinchEmbernagra platensis
Double-collared SeedeaterSporophila caerulescens
Green-winged SaltatorSaltator similis
Golden-billed SaltatorSaltator aurantiirostris

 

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