Free field guide to Parque Nacional Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco

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A free printable field guide to Parque Nacional Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco covers 5 mammals and 211 birds in taxonomic order, with photos for 208 species and a tick-box checklist. It downloads as a PDF (A5 pocket size) or EPUB e-book. You choose the animal groups; the book is built in your browser in under a minute.

Inside the guide

Red-crested Finch

Crested Caracara

Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant

Picui Ground Dove

Turquoise-fronted Amazon

Chaco Chachalaca

White-tipped Dove

Stripe-backed Antbird

How to make your Parque Nacional Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco field guide

1. Open the field guide builder (Parque Nacional Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco is already selected).
2. Pick animal groups: mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians (reptiles and amphibians come from a 20 km grid around the area).
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Checklist: mammals of Parque Nacional Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco (5)

Tolypeutidae

• Giant Armadillo Priodontes maximus

Canidae

• Crab-eating Fox Cerdocyon thous

Felidae

• Jaguar Panthera onca

Tapiridae

• Lowland Tapir Tapirus terrestris

Tayassuidae

• White-lipped Peccary Tayassu pecari

Checklist: birds of Parque Nacional Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco (211)

Rheidae

• Greater Rhea Rhea americana

Tinamidae

• White-bellied Nothura Nothura boraquira
• Brushland Tinamou Nothoprocta cinerascens
• Tataupa Tinamou Crypturellus tataupa
• Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulatus

Anhimidae

• Southern Screamer Chauna torquata

Anatidae

• Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys
• Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
• Brazilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis

Cracidae

• Chaco Chachalaca Ortalis canicollis

Podicipedidae

• Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus

Cuculidae

• Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
• Greater Ani Crotophaga major
• Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
• Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
• Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus
• Common Squirrel-Cuckoo Piaya cayana
• Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus

Columbidae

• Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
• Picui Ground Dove Columbina picui
• Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
• White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
• Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
• Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
• Picazuro Pigeon Patagioenas picazuro

Aramidae

• Limpkin Aramus guarauna

Rallidae

• Gray-cowled Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus

Charadriidae

• Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis

Jacanidae

• Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana

Scolopacidae

• Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
• Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
• Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos

Ciconiidae

• Wood Stork Mycteria americana

Threskiornithidae

• Plumbeous Ibis Theristicus caerulescens

Ardeidae

• Whistling Heron Syrigma sibilatrix
• Snowy Egret Egretta thula
• Striated Heron Butorides striata
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis

Caprimulgidae

• Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
• Little Nightjar Setopagis parvula
• Scissor-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis torquata
• Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
• Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda

Nyctibiidae

• Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus

Apodidae

• White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
• Sick's Swift Chaetura meridionalis

Trochilidae

• Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer
• Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus
• Gilded Hummingbird Hylocharis chrysura

Tytonidae

• American Barn Owl Tyto furcata

Strigidae

• Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia
• Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
• Striped Owl Asio clamator
• Lesser Horned Owl Bubo magellanicus
• Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
• Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba
• Chaco Owl Strix chacoensis

Cathartidae

• Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
• Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

Accipitridae

• Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
• Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
• Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
• Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
• Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
• Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
• Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
• Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
• Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
• White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus

Trogonidae

• Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui

Momotidae

• Amazonian Motmot Momotus momota

Bucconidae

• Spot-backed Puffbird Nystalus maculatus

Ramphastidae

• Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco

Picidae

• White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus
• Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
• Pale-crested Woodpecker Celeus lugubris
• Golden-green Woodpecker Piculus chrysochloros
• Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
• Cream-backed Woodpecker Campephilus leucopogon
• Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
• White Woodpecker Melanerpes candidus
• White-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes cactorum
• Checkered Woodpecker Veniliornis mixtus

Cariamidae

• Red-legged Seriema Cariama cristata
• Black-legged Seriema Chunga burmeisteri

Falconidae

• Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
• Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
• Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
• American Kestrel Falco sparverius
• Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
• Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis

Psittacidae

• Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
• Scaly-headed Parrot Pionus maximiliani
• Turquoise-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva
• Green-cheeked Parakeet Pyrrhura molinae
• Yellow-collared Macaw Primolius auricollis
• Blue-crowned Parakeet Thectocercus acuticaudatus
• White-eyed Parakeet Psittacara leucophthalmus

Tityridae

• White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus

Tyrannidae

• Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
• Pearly-vented Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
• Greater Wagtail-Tyrant Stigmatura budytoides
• Fulvous-crowned Scrub-Tyrant Euscarthmus meloryphus
• Plain Tyrannulet Inezia inornata
• Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
• Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
• Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
• Suiriri Flycatcher Suiriri suiriri
• Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
• Straneck's Tyrannulet Serpophaga griseicapilla
• White-crested Tyrannulet Serpophaga subcristata
• Rufous Casiornis Casiornis rufus
• Swainson's Flycatcher Myiarchus swainsoni
• Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
• Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
• Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
• Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
• Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
• Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
• Crowned Slaty Flycatcher Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
• Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
• Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
• Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
• Pied Water-Tyrant Fluvicola pica
• Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
• Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus
• Yellow-browed Tyrant Satrapa icterophrys
• Spectacled Tyrant Hymenops perspicillatus
• Cinereous Tyrant Knipolegus striaticeps
• White-winged Black-Tyrant Knipolegus aterrimus
• White Monjita Xolmis irupero

Thamnophilidae

• Stripe-backed Antbird Myrmorchilus strigilatus
• Black-bellied Antwren Formicivora melanogaster
• Great Antshrike Taraba major
• Giant Antshrike Batara cinerea
• Black-capped Antwren Herpsilochmus atricapillus
• Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
• Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
• Bolivian Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus sticturus

Rhinocryptidae

• Crested Gallito Rhinocrypta lanceolata

Furnariidae

• Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
• Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
• Great Rufous Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes major
• Red-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus trochilirostris
• Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper Drymornis bridgesii
• Narrow-billed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
• Chaco Earthcreeper Tarphonomus certhioides
• Crested Hornero Furnarius cristatus
• Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
• Rufous-fronted Thornbird Phacellodomus rufifrons
• Short-billed Canastero Asthenes baeri
• Brown Cacholote Pseudoseisura lophotes
• Stripe-crowned Spinetail Cranioleuca pyrrhophia
• Chotoy Spinetail Schoeniophylax phryganophilus
• Ochre-cheeked Spinetail Synallaxis scutata
• Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
• Sooty-fronted Spinetail Synallaxis frontalis

Vireonidae

• Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
• Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus

Corvidae

• Purplish Jay Cyanocorax cyanomelas
• Plush-crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops

Hirundinidae

• Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea

Polioptilidae

• Masked Gnatcatcher Polioptila dumicola

Troglodytidae

• Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus
• Fawn-breasted Wren Cantorchilus guarayanus

Mimidae

• Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
• White-banded Mockingbird Mimus triurus

Turdidae

• Creamy-bellied Thrush Turdus amaurochalinus
• Rufous-bellied Thrush Turdus rufiventris

Fringillidae

• Purple-throated Euphonia Euphonia chlorotica
• Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanicus

Passerellidae

• Grassland Sparrow Ammodramus humeralis
• Saffron-billed Sparrow Arremon flavirostris
• Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis

Icteridae

• White-browed Meadowlark Leistes superciliaris
• Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
• Solitary Black Cacique Cacicus solitarius
• Golden-winged Cacique Cacicus chrysopterus
• Venezuelan Troupial Icterus icterus
• Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis
• Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
• Grayish Baywing Agelaioides badius
• Chestnut-capped Blackbird Chrysomus ruficapillus

Parulidae

• Southern Yellowthroat Geothlypis velata
• Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
• Flavescent Warbler Myiothlypis flaveola

Cardinalidae

• Black-backed Grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventris
• Ultramarine Grosbeak Cyanoloxia brissonii
• Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava

Thraupidae

• Hooded Tanager Nemosia pileata
• Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
• Red-crested Finch Coryphospingus cucullatus
• White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
• Chestnut-vented Conebill Conirostrum speciosum
• Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
• Many-colored Chaco Finch Saltatricula multicolor
• Green-winged Saltator Saltator similis
• Bluish-gray Saltator Saltator coerulescens
• Golden-billed Saltator Saltator aurantiirostris
• Lined Seedeater Sporophila lineola
• Rufous-rumped Seedeater Sporophila hypochroma
• Dark-throated Seedeater Sporophila ruficollis
• Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
• Ringed Warbling Finch Microspingus torquatus
• Black-capped Warbling Finch Microspingus melanoleucus
• Dull-colored Grassquit Asemospiza obscura
• Black-crested Finch Lophospingus pusillus
• Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
• Sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca

More about the wildlife here: Wildlife of Parque Nacional Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco. Order follows AviList (birds) and the Mammal Diversity Database (mammals).

Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.