Home›Birds›Where It Lives›South AmericaBrowse BySouth AmericaWhere it lives names the country or region a species actually calls home. Wikipedia describes the giant panda as a species "endemic to China," found nowhere else in the wild. This dimension lets a visitor find every species native to the same part of the world.FactsSouth AmericaSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedOviparous (Egg-Laying) 1South AmericaFilter Results52 entriesCommon GroupAllBirds Of Prey (Raptors) (7)Cuckoos (1)Gulls, Terns And Auks (7)Herons, Egrets And Allies (6)Kingfishers And Allies (1)Other Birds (6)Owls (2)Parrots (2)Passerines (Songbirds) (4)Penguins And Seabirds (11)Shorebirds (Waders) (3)Woodpeckers (2)Everyday GroupAllBirds Of Prey (Raptors) (7)Cuckoos (1)Gulls, Terns And Auks (7)Herons, Egrets And Allies (6)Kingfishers And Allies (1)Other Birds (6)Owls (2)Parrots (2)Passerines (Songbirds) (4)Penguins And Seabirds (11)Shorebirds (Waders) (3)Woodpeckers (2)HabitatAllAlpine (1)Bog (1)Boreal Forest (2)Chaparral (2)Cloud Forest (1)Desert (5)Estuary (3)Freshwater (1)Freshwater Marsh (1)Grassland (6)Intertidal Zone (4)Lake (9)Mangrove Forest (2)Marine (7)Neritic Zone (2)Open Ocean (1)Riparian Zone (4)River (7)Salt Marsh (2)Savanna (5)Temperate Forest (2)Tropical Rainforest (5)Tundra (4)Wetlands (2)Xeric Shrubland (2)Conservation StatusAllEndangered (2)Extinct (1)Least Concern (38)Near Threatened (2)Not Evaluated (1)Vulnerable (8)DietAllCarnivore (11)Detritivore or Scavenger (3)Frugivore (5)Herbivore (5)Insectivore (8)Omnivore (2)Piscivore (17)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (14)Marine (22)Terrestrial (49)Terrestrial and Freshwater (1)Living or ExtinctAllYes (52)Population TrendAllStable (1)ThreatsAllBiological Resource Use (1)Relationship to PeopleAllAgricultural or Structural Pest (4)Disease Vector (1)Ecotourism and Research (7)Hunted or Fished (14)Kept as Pets (4)Natural Pest Control (2)No Significant Interaction with Humans (1)CITES AppendixAllAppendix I (8)Appendix II (11)Appendix III (2)Not Listed (33)NatureServe RankAllG4 Apparently Secure (6)G5 Secure (17)EcosystemAllAmazon Rainforest (6)Antarctic Peninsula (2)Arctic Tundra (1)Atacama Desert (1)Caspian Sea (1)Cerrado (1)Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (1)Doñana (1)Everglades (1)Galapagos (6)Great Lakes (1)Iguazu (1)Llanos (1)Pampas (1)Pantanal (4)Simpson Desert (1)Wadden Sea (1)TaxonomyAllAccipitridae (1)Accipitriformes (1)Ardeidae (1)Aves (3)Calidris (1)Cathartidae (1)Charadriidae (1)Charadriiformes (1)Ciconiidae (1)Coraciiformes (1)Cotingidae (1)Cuculiformes (1)Eudyptes (3)Falconidae (1)Falconiformes (1)Laridae (5)Opisthocomiformes (1)Passeriformes (1)Pelecaniformes (3)Phoenicopteridae (1)Phoenicopteriformes (1)Piciformes (2)Psittacidae (1)Psittaciformes (1)Scolopacidae (1)Spheniscidae (3)Sphenisciformes (2)Sterna (1)Strigiformes (2)Suliformes (2)Thamnophilidae (1)Thraupidae (1)Threskiornithidae (2)Trochilidae (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50American FlamingoSouth AmericaAndean Cock-of-the-rockSouth AmericaAndean CondorSouth AmericaAndean FlamingoSouth AmericaBelted KingfisherSouth AmericaBlue-footed BoobySouth AmericaBrown PelicanSouth AmericaBrown skuaSouth AmericaBurrowing OwlSouth AmericaChilean hawkSouth AmericaCommon ternSouth AmericaFerruginous antbirdSouth AmericaGalapagos PenguinSouth AmericaGilded barbetSouth AmericaGorgeted SunangelSouth AmericaGreat Blue HeronSouth AmericaGreat EgretSouth AmericaGreat Horned OwlSouth AmericaGrey ploverSouth AmericaGull-billed ternSouth AmericaHarpy EagleSouth AmericaHoatzinSouth AmericaHumboldt PenguinSouth AmericaHyacinth MacawSouth AmericaIcadyptesSouth AmericaJabiruSouth AmericaKing PenguinSouth AmericaKing VultureSouth AmericaLeast ternSouth AmericaMagellanic PenguinSouth AmericaMagnificent FrigatebirdSouth AmericaMangrove cuckooSouth AmericaMasked crimson tanagerSouth AmericaNorthern Rockhopper PenguinSouth AmericaOilbirdSouth AmericaPeregrine FalconSouth AmericaRed Knot (Calidris canutus)South AmericaRoseate SpoonbillSouth AmericaRoyal ternSouth AmericaRuddy turnstoneSouth AmericaSandwich TernSouth AmericaScarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)South AmericaScarlet MacawSouth AmericaScarlet TanagerSouth AmericaSnowy EgretSouth AmericaSooty ternSouth AmericaSouthern Rockhopper PenguinSouth AmericaToco ToucanSouth AmericaTurkey VultureSouth AmericaWestern Rockhopper PenguinSouth AmericaShowing 1 to 50 of 52, page 1 of 2.12Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Birdtier 2WikipediaBird, lead sectionQuote, Bird, lead sectionthe laying of hard-shelled eggsView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.