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Paraguay

General Information

Paraguay is a country located in the center of South America, bordered by Argentina to the south, Brazil to the east and north, and Bolivia to the northwest. Its territory covers an area of approximately 406,752 square kilometers, with a variety of ecoregions and environments ranging from tropical forests to savannas and wetlands. The country´s geography is characterized by being mostly flat, with some hills and mountains in the north and east. The Paraguay River, which runs through the country from north to south, is the main waterway and plays a crucial role in the country´s economy and ecology.

Paraguay´s geographical location makes it a strategic place for nature observations, as it is located at the intersection of several ecoregions and has a wide range of environments. The country has a network of roads and highways that connect the main cities and towns, making it easy to access different natural areas. The capital, Asunción, is the main entry point to the country and has an international airport that receives flights from several cities in America and Europe. From there, buses or taxis can be taken to reach other parts of the country.

The climate in Paraguay varies by region, with higher temperatures in the north and east, and lower temperatures in the south. The rainy season runs from October to March, and is the best time to visit the country if you want to observe nature in its fullest splendor. However, it is essential to consider that during this time, roads may be flooded, and access to some areas may be limited. In terms of infrastructure, Paraguay has a network of hotels and accommodations that range from budget-friendly options to luxury resorts, especially in the most popular tourist areas.

The vegetation in Paraguay is diverse and adapts to the different climatic and geographical conditions of the country. Tropical forests are found in the north and east, while savannas and grasslands dominate the landscape in the south and center. The country also has a large number of wetlands and protected areas, such as the Paraguayan Pantanal, which is one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet. To access these areas, it is necessary to obtain permits and authorizations from the relevant authorities, especially if you plan to conduct research or nature observation activities.

In terms of services, Paraguay has a network of guides and tour operators that offer excursion and safari services in different natural areas of the country. These services can include transportation, accommodation, and food, and are designed to meet the needs of visitors who want to explore Paraguayan nature. However, it is crucial to research and plan ahead, as some of these services may have restrictions or require advance reservations.

In summary, Paraguay is a country with a wide range of ecoregions and environments, offering unique opportunities for nature observations. The country´s geographical location, climate, and infrastructure make it an attractive destination for nature lovers, and its friendly and hospitable people guarantee an unforgettable experience for visitors.



Compilation and publication: EcoRegistros – 21/07/2026











  Order Family English Common Name Spanish Common Name Portuguese Common Name Scientific Name Belonging Conservation status Notes
1CuculiformesCuculidaeGuira CuckooPirinchoAnu-brancoGuira guiraNative
 LC 
2Smooth-billed AniAnó ChicoAnu-pretoCrotophaga aniNative
 LC 
3Common Squirrel CuckooTingazúAlma-de-gatoPiaya cayanaNative
 LC 
4ColumbiformesColumbidaeRuddy Ground DoveTorcacita ColoradaRolinha-roxaColumbina talpacotiNative
 LC 
5Picui Ground DoveTorcacita ComúnRolinha-picuiColumbina picuiNative
  
6White-tipped DoveYerutí ComúnJuriti-pupuLeptotila verreauxiNative
 LC 
7Eared DoveTorcaza ComúnAvoanteZenaida auriculataNative
 LC 
8Rock DovePaloma DomésticaPombo-domésticoColumba liviaExotic
 LC 
9GruiformesRallidaePlumbeous RailGallineta ComúnSaracura-do-banhadoPardirallus sanguinolentusNative
  
10CharadriiformesCharadriidaeSouthern LapwingTero ComúnQuero-queroVanellus chilensisNative
 LC 
11SuliformesPhalacrocoracidaeNeotropic CormorantBiguáBiguáNannopterum brasilianumNative
 LC 
12PelecaniformesArdeidaeWhistling HeronChiflónMaria-faceiraSyrigma sibilatrixNative
 LC 
13Great EgretGarza BlancaGarça-branca-grandeArdea albaNative
 LC 
14CaprimulgiformesCaprimulgidaePauraqueCuriangoBacurauNyctidromus albicollisNative
 LC 
15ApodiformesTrochilidaeFork-tailed WoodnymphPicaflor ZafiroBeija-flor-tesoura-verdeThalurania furcataNative
 LC 
16Gilded SapphirePicaflor BronceadoBeija-flor-douradoHylocharis chrysuraNative
 LC 
17StrigiformesStrigidaeBurrowing OwlLechucita VizcacheraCoruja-buraqueiraAthene cuniculariaNative
 LC 
18CathartiformesCathartidaeBlack VultureJote Cabeza NegraUrubu-pretoCoragyps atratusNative
 LC 
19Turkey VultureJote Cabeza ColoradaUrubu-de-cabeça-vermelhaCathartes auraNative
 LC 
20AccipitriformesAccipitridaeRoadside HawkTaguató ComúnGavião-carijóRupornis magnirostrisNative
 LC 
21TrogoniformesTrogonidaeSurucua TrogonSurucuá ComúnSurucuá-variadoTrogon surrucuraNative
 LC 
22CoraciiformesAlcedinidaeRinged KingfisherMartín Pescador GrandeMartim-pescador-grandeMegaceryle torquataNative
 LC 
23PiciformesPicidaeWhite-barred PiculetCarpinterito ComúnPica-pau-anão-barradoPicumnus cirratusNative
 LC 
24Campo FlickerCarpintero CampestrePica-pau-do-campoColaptes campestrisNative
 LC 
25FalconiformesFalconidaeCrested CaracaraCaranchoCarcaráCaracara plancusNative
 LC 
26Yellow-headed CaracaraChimachimaCarrapateiroDaptrius chimachimaNative
 LC 
27American KestrelHalconcito ColoradoQuiriquiriFalco sparveriusNative
 LC 
28Aplomado FalconHalcón PlomizoFalcão-de-coleiraFalco femoralisNative
 LC 
29PsittaciformesPsittacidaeMonk ParakeetCotorraCaturritaMyiopsitta monachusNative
 LC 
30White-eyed ParakeetCalancate Ala RojaPeriquitão-maracanãPsittacara leucophthalmusNative
 LC 
31PasseriformesPipridaeBlue ManakinBailarín AzulTangaráChiroxiphia caudataNative
 LC 
32Band-tailed ManakinBailarín NaranjaUirapuru-laranjaPipra fasciicaudaNative
 LC 
33CotingidaeRed-ruffed FruitcrowYacutoroPavóPyroderus scutatusNative
 LC 
34TyrannidaeSepia-capped FlycatcherMosqueta Corona PardaCabeçudoLeptopogon amaurocephalusNative
 LC 
35Grey-hooded FlycatcherLadrillitoAbre-asa-de-cabeça-cinzaMionectes rufiventrisNative
 LC 
36Yellow-olive FlatbillPicochato GrandeBico-chato-de-orelha-pretaTolmomyias sulphurescensNative
 LC 
37Pearly-vented Tody-TyrantMosqueta Ojo DoradoSebinho-de-olho-de-ouroHemitriccus margaritaceiventerNative
 LC 
38Yellow-bellied ElaeniaFiofío CopetónGuaracava-de-barriga-amarelaElaenia flavogasterNative
 LC 
39Swainson´s FlycatcherBurlisto Pico CanelaIrréMyiarchus swainsoniNative
 LC 
40Cattle TyrantPicabueySuiriri-cavaleiroMachetornis rixosaNative
 LC 
41Great KiskadeeBenteveo ComúnBem-te-viPitangus sulphuratusNative
 LC 
42ThamnophilidaeBarred AntshrikeChoca ListadaChoca-barradaThamnophilus doliatusNative
 LC 
43Rufous-capped AntshrikeChoca Corona RojizaChoca-de-chapéu-vermelhoThamnophilus ruficapillusNative
 LC 
44Variable AntshrikeChoca ComúnChoca-da-mataThamnophilus caerulescensNative
 LC 
45FurnariidaeOlivaceous WoodcreeperTareferoArapaçu-verdeSittasomus griseicapillusNative
 LC 
46Streaked XenopsPicolezna RojizoBico-virado-carijóXenops rutilansNative
 LC 
47Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleanerTicotico OcráceoLimpa-folha-ocráceoAnabacerthia lichtensteiniNative
 LC 
48White-eyed Foliage-gleanerTicotico Ojo BlancoBarranqueiro-de-olho-brancoAutomolus leucophthalmusNative
 LC 
49Rufous HorneroHorneroJoão-de-barroFurnarius rufusNative
 LC 
50Greater ThornbirdEspinero GrandeGraveteiroPhacellodomus ruberNative
 LC 
51HirundinidaeWhite-winged SwallowGolondrina Ala BlancaAndorinha-do-rioTachycineta albiventerNative
 LC 
52PolioptilidaeMasked GnatcatcherTacuarita AzulBalança-rabo-de-máscaraPolioptila dumicolaNative
 LC 
53TroglodytidaeSouthern House WrenRatona ComúnCorruiraTroglodytes musculusNative
 LC 
54MimidaeChalk-browed MockingbirdCalandria GrandeSabiá-do-campoMimus saturninusNative
 LC 
55White-banded MockingbirdCalandria RealCalhandra-de-três-rabosMimus triurusNative
 LC 
56TurdidaeCreamy-bellied ThrushZorzal ChalchaleroSabiá-pocaTurdus amaurochalinusNative
 LC 
57Pale-breasted ThrushZorzal SabiáSabiá-barrancoTurdus leucomelasNative
 LC 
58Rufous-bellied ThrushZorzal ColoradoSabiá-laranjeiraTurdus rufiventrisNative
 LC 
59PasseridaeHouse SparrowGorrión ComúnPardalPasser domesticusExotic
  
60FringillidaeBlue-naped ChlorophoniaTangará BonitoGaturamo-bandeiraChlorophonia cyaneaNative
 LC 
61Purple-throated EuphoniaTangará ComúnFim-fimEuphonia chloroticaNative
 LC 
62Hooded SiskinCabecitanegra ComúnPintassilgoSpinus magellanicusNative
 LC 
63PasserellidaeRufous-collared SparrowChingoloTico-ticoZonotrichia capensisNative
 LC 
64IcteridaeVariable OrioleBoyeritoEncontroIcterus pyrrhopterusNative
 LC 
65Screaming CowbirdTordo Pico CortoVira-bosta-picumãMolothrus rufoaxillarisNative
 LC 
66Chopi BlackbirdChopíGraúnaGnorimopsar chopiNative
 LC 
67ParulidaeSouthern YellowthroatArañero Cara NegraPia-cobraGeothlypis velataNative
 LC 
68Tropical ParulaPitiayumíMariquitaSetophaga pitiayumiNative
  
69Golden-crowned WarblerArañero Coronado ChicoPula-pulaBasileuterus culicivorusNative
 LC 
70CardinalidaeUltramarine GrosbeakReinamora GrandeAzulao-verdadeiroCyanoloxia brissoniiNative
 LC 
71Red-crowned Ant TanagerFueguero MoradoTiê-do-mato-grossoHabia rubicaNative
 LC 
72ThraupidaeBlue DacnisSaí AzulSaí-azulDacnis cayanaNative
 LC 
73Guira TanagerSaíra DoradaSaíra-de-papo-pretoHemithraupis guiraNative
 LC 
74Black-goggled TanagerFrutero Corona AmarillaTié-de-topeteTrichothraupis melanopsNative
 LC 
75Red Pileated FinchBrasita de FuegoTico-tico-rei-vermelhoCoryphospingus cucullatusNative
 LC 
76Ruby-crowned TanagerFrutero CoronadoTiê-pretoTachyphonus coronatusNative
 LC 
77Saffron FinchJilguero DoradoCanário-da-terra-verdadeiroSicalis flaveolaNative
 LC 
78BananaquitMieleroCambacicaCoereba flaveolaNative
 LC 
79Yellow-billed CardinalCardenillaCavalariaParoaria capitataNative
 LC 
80Black-and-rufous Warbling FinchSietevestidos ComúnQuem-te-vestiuPoospiza nigrorufaNative
 LC 
81Bluish-grey SaltatorPepitero GrisSabiá-gongáSaltator coerulescensNative
 LC 
82Orange-headed TanagerTangará GrisSaí-canárioThlypopsis sordidaNative
 LC 
83Sayaca TanagerCelestino ComúnSanhaço-cinzentoThraupis sayacaNative
 LC 
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