
Project: Shorebird conservation – coastal lagoons
Project: Integrative management of coastal lagoons in Uruguay for migrant shorebird conservation
Duration: 2 years (2021 – 2023)
Donor: Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA)
Status: Completed
Coordinator: Joaquín Aldabe
Participating institutions:
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences – Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHRSN)
Centro Universitario Regional del Este (CURE) – University of the Republic
Grasslands Alliance (Alianza del Pastizal)
Aves Uruguay
Project summary: The eastern seaboard of Uruguay exhibits a series of 5 coastal lagoons with similar ecosystems and host globally significant populations of migratory shorebirds that use the surrounding grasslands, wetlands and dunes as their wintering areas. Birds like the Buff-breasted sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis), the American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica), the Red knot (Calidris canutus), the White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) and the Pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) are frequently observed in the lagoons. These birds make long-distance migrations between the north of Alaska and Canada, where they breed and rear their young, and the south of South America.
- American Golden plover (Pluvialis dominica)
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
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