Isla de las Gaviotas, Montevideo explained

Seagulls Island (Spanish; Castilian: '''Isla de las Gaviotas''') is an islet in the Río de la Plata, on the shores of Montevideo, Uruguay^[1] (at a distance of 300 m from the coastline).^[2]

It is a birdwatching site, with the following species recorded:^[3]

• Ardeola ibis
• Casmerodius albus
• Columba livia
• Egretta thula
• Fregata magnificens
• Fulica armillata
• Haematopus palliatus
• Larus dominicanus
• Chroicocephalus maculipennis
• Nycticorax nycticorax
• Nannopterum brasilianum
• Pitangus sulphuratus
• Tyrannus savana
• Macronectes giganteus

External links

• Seagulls Island

-34.9°N -62°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Isla de las Gaviotas . 11 August 2013 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121028094430/http://viajes.elpais.com.uy/2011/12/19/isla-de-las-gaviotas-antes-y-ahora/ . 28 October 2012 .
2. http://cicmar.org/archives/2309 Good, bad and awful
3. http://www.avesacuo.com/ambientes.htm Coast islands in Uruguay