Uruguay
Isla de Lobos
These coastal islands, offshore near Punte del Este, are good places to find the Snowy Sheathbill, Black-browed Albatross, Yellow-nosed Albatross, Southern Giant Petrel, and Brown-hooded Gull.
Rocha Lagoon
This lagoon, at Rocha, some 211 km northeast from Montevideo, is a good place to look for the vulnerable Olrogh’s Gull, as well as Snowy-crowned Tern, Cayennne Tern, Chilean Flamingo, Black-necked and Coscoroba Swans, Southern Widgeon, Two-banded Plover, Chimango Caracara, Many-colored Rush-tyrant and Sooty Tyrannulet.
Bañados del Este area
A huge complex of coastal wetlands, extending in a north-south direction from the Brazilian border. The site embraces the Uruguayan portion of the large, international lagoon, Laguna Merín (shared with Brazil) as well as the whole of Laguna Negra and Laguna de Castillo, and parts of several rivers. The Reserve covers an area of 3:850.000 hectares. More than 300 species of birds have been recorded. Bañados del Este is an important stop-over area for migratory birds, including 21 species of ducks and 19 species of shorebirds including Red Knot (Calidris canutus), Sanderling (Calidris alba) White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis), Rufous-chested Dotterel (Charadrius modestus), Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris), Two-banded Plover (Charadrius falklandicus) American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tringites subruficollis), Black-bellied (Grey) Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) and the three species of Tringa cited for Uruguay,. Many of these species breed in the high Arctic and depend on Bañados del Este to complete migrations or for overwintering. For American Golden Plover the area hosts 27% of the total flyway population. The coast also provides food and shelter for migratory penguins originating in Antarctica and Tierra del Fuego, as well as for sea lions and seals. The wetlands of "Bañados del Este" also hold many species of Anseriformes, including Black-necked Swan (Cygnus Melanocryphus), Cocoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba), Ringed Teal (Anas leucophrys), Lake Duck (Oxyura vittata), and Masked Duck (Oxyura dominica), as well as Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis), Painted Bitttern (Botauros pinnatus), Purple Gallinule (Porphirula martinica) and Speckled Crake (Coturnicops notata). Other noteworthy birds in this large area include Crowned Eagle, White-spotted Woodpecker, Diademed Tanager, Lesser Grass-Finch, and Saffron-Cowled Blackbird.
Within this area you will also find the Cebolatti River and the Merin Lagoon, good places to see White-faced and Bare-faced Ibis, Limpkin, Maguari Storks, Southern Screamers, and Anhingas. The area, northeast of Montevideo, is near the town of Chuy. The river is crossed by both routes #19 and #15/91.
http://www.probides.org.uy/indexingles.htm
http://www.ramsar.org/lib_dir_4_3.htm#uruguay
http://www.probides.org.uy/Zonificacion/mapazonificacion.htm for a sketch map of the Banados del Este which shows how the various sections are designated.
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