Arroyo Yerbal Ch en Quebrada de los Cuervos

The Quebrada de los Cuervos ( Spanish for ''Crows Ravine'') is an important

landform A landform is a land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. They may be natural or may be anthropogenic (caused or influenced by human activity). Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement ...

Treinta y Tres Department Treinta y Tres () is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Treinta y Tres. It is located in the east of the country, bordering the departments of Cerro Largo to the north, Durazno and Florida to the west, Lavalleja and Rocha to the south, w ...

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

. Crossed by the Yerbal Chico creek, it constitutes a natural protected area. This Important Bird Area (IBA) is inhabited by several endangered species, such as '' Agelaius flavus'', '' Heteroxolmis dominicana'', '' Limnoctites rectirostris'', '' Sporophila cinnamomea'', '' Sporophila ruficollis''. The very name of this place refers to crow-like

Cathartidae Cathartidae, known commonly as New World vultures or condors, are a family of birds of prey consisting of seven extant species in five genera. It includes five extant vultures and two extant condors found in the Americas. They are known as "New W ...

which breed on its cliffs: ''

Cathartes burrovianus The lesser yellow-headed vulture (''Cathartes burrovianus'') also known as the savannah vulture, is a species of bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae. It was considered to be the same species as the greater yellow-headed vulture unti ...

'', '' Cathartes aura'', and '' Coragyps atratus''.Quebrada de los Cuervos

References

External links

Official website

Pictures of the Crows Ravine
* * Landforms of Treinta y Tres Department Tourist attractions in Uruguay Protected areas of Uruguay Birdwatching sites in Uruguay {{TreintayTres-geo-stub