Isla de las Gaviotas, Montevideo

Seagulls Island (Spanish: 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]

Isla de las Gaviotas as seen from the Rambla of Montevideo.

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
  • Phalacrocorax olivaceus
  • Pitangus sulphuratus
  • Tyrannus savana
  • Macronectes giganteus

References
  1. "Isla de las Gaviotas". EL PAIS. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2013. (in Spanish)
  2. Good, bad and awful Archived 2013-09-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  3. Coast islands in Uruguay Archived 2013-07-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

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