Quebrada de los Cuervos

The Quebrada de los Cuervos (Spanish for Crows Ravine) is an important landform in Treinta y Tres Department, Uruguay.

Crossed by the Yerbal Chico creek, it constitutes a natural protected area.[1][2] This Important Bird Area (IBA)[3] is inhabited by several endangered species, such as Agelaius flavus, Xolmis dominicanus, Limnoctites rectirostris, Sporophila cinnamomea, Sporophila ruficollis.[4] The very name of this place refers to crow-like Cathartidae which breed on its cliffs: Cathartes burrovianus, Cathartes aura, and Coragyps atratus.[5]

References
  1. Crows Ravine (in Spanish)
  2. Law No. 17234 - Natural Protected Areas System Archived March 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  3. Áreas de Importancia para la Conservación de las Aves en el Uruguay (in Spanish)
  4. Species at the Quebrada de los Cuervos (in Spanish)
  5. Quebrada de los Cuervos Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  • Official website (in Spanish)
  • Pictures of the Crows Ravine
  • "Woman in land of vultures" (in Spanish). EL PAIS. 20 November 2011.
  • "The Crows Ravine in danger of invasion" (in Spanish).


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