SEASONALLY-FLOODED SAVANNA

Seasonally-flooded Savannas are found in two main regions of Bolivia: the Llanos de Moxos in Beni department and the more subtropical Pantanal in eastern Santa Cruz department. These savannas are crisscrossed and speckled with gallery forests, small forest islands, marshes, and shallow lakes.

Recommended eBird Hotspots the Llanos de Moxos:
Barba Azul Nature Reserve
Chuchini Ecological Reserve

Recommended eBird Hotspots in the Pantanal:
Caparú Biological Station

Bolivian Endemics and Near-Endemics:
Ara glaucogularis/Blue-throated Macaw
Thamnophilus sticturus
/Bolivian Slaty-Antshrike
Turdus haplochrous
/Unicolored Thrush

Threatened species:
Crax fasciolata/Bare-faced Curassow
Eleothreptus candicans
/White-winged Nightjar
Laterallus xenopterus
/Rufous-faced Crake
Buteogallus croronatus
/Chaco Eagle
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
/Hyacinth Macaw
Ara glaucogularis
/Blue-throated Macaw
Culicivora caudacuta
/Sharp-tailed Tyrant
Alectrurus tricolor
/Cock-tailed Tyrant
Coryphaspiza melanotis
/Black-masked Finch
Sporophila nigrorufa
/Black-and-tawny Seedeater
Sporophila maximiliani
/Great-billed Seedfinch

Other ecoregion specialties:
Uropelia campestris/Long-tailed Ground-Dove
Heliactin bilophus
/Horned Sungem
Eupetomena macroura
/Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
Amazilia versicolor
/Versicolored Emerald
Opisthocomus hoazin
/Hoatzin
Aramides ypecaha
/Giant Wood-Rail
Porzana flaviventer
/Yellow-breasted Crake
Picumnus rufiventris
/Rufous-breasted Piculet
Alipiopsitta xanthops
/Yellow-faced Parrot or Amazon
Thamnophilus stictocephalus
/Natterer’s Slaty-Antshrike
Herpsilochmus longirostris
/Large-billed Antwren
Melanopareia torquata
/Collared Crescentchest
Thripophaga fusciceps fusciceps
/(Bolivian) Plain Softtail
Cranioleuca vulpina
/Rusty-backed Spinetail
Pseudoseisura unirufa
/Rufous Cacholote
Elaenia cristata
/Plain-crested Elaenia
Suiriri affinis
/Chapada Flycatcher
Capsiempis flaveola
/Yellow Tyrannulet
Pseudocolopteryx sclateri
/Crested Doradito
Euscarthmus rufomarginatus
/Rufous-sided Pygmy-Tyrant
Xolmis cinereus
/Gray Monjita
Xolmis velatus
/White-rumped Monjita
Gubernetes yetapa
/Streamer-tailed Tyrant
Arundinicola leucocephala
/White-headed Marsh-Tyrant
Sporophila hypoxantha/
Tawny-bellied Seedeater
Sporophila hypochroma/
Rufous-rumped Seedeater
Sporophila plumbea/
Plumbeous Seedeater
Sporophila collaris/
Rusty-collared Seedeater
Cypsnagra hirundinacea
/White-rumped Tanager
Donacospiza albifrons
/Long-tailed Reedfinch
Tangara cayana
/Burnished-buff Tanager
Lampropsar tanagrinus boliviensis
/Velvet-fronted or Bolivian Grackle
Amblyramphus holosericeus
/Scarlet-headed Blackbird
Agelasticus cyanopus
/Unicolored Blackbird