There are three national parks in Salta: El Rey National Park in the Yungas jungle, Baritú National Park and Los Cardones National Park.
The Yungas forests are extremely diverse, ranging from moist lowland forest to evergreen montane forest and cloud forests. The terrain, formed by valleys, fluvial mountain trails and streams, is extremely rugged and varied, contributing to the ecological diversity and richness. A complex mosaic of habitats occur with changing latitude as well as elevation. There are high levels of biodiversity and species endemism throughout the Yungas regions. Many of the forests are evergreen, and the South Andean Yungas contains what may be the last evergreen forests resulting from Quaternary glaciations.
Many tropical species find the southern limit of their range in this ecoregion. Birds with ranges restricted to this ecoregion include the red-faced guan (Penelope dabbenei), Rothschild’s swift (Cypseloides rothschildi), and the rufous-throated dipper (Cinclus schulzi).
Finca Villa Aurelia
Some of the endemic species in Finca Villa Aurelia
Red-faced Guan
Penelope dabbenei
Scribble-tailed Canastero
Asthenes maculicauda
Puna Tinamou
Tinamotis pentlandii
Thick-billed siskin
Carduelis crassirostris
Red-backed Sierra-Finch
Phrygilus dorsalis
Red-tailed Comet
Sappho sparganuru
White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant
Agriornis albicauda
Rufous-throated Dipper
Cinclus schulzii
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Check list: More than 200 potential species of Finca Villa Aurelia
| Cracidae | Rusty-margined Guan | Penelope superciliaris |
| Black-fronted Piping-Guan | Pipile jacutinga | |
| Tinamidae | Solitary Tinamou | Tinamus solitarius |
| Brown Tinamou | Crypturellus obsoletus | |
| Tataupa Tinamou | Crypturellus tataupa | |
| Columbidae | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Picazuro Pigeon | Patagioenas picazuro | |
| Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis | |
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | |
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| Picui Ground Dove | Columbina picui | |
| Caprimulgidae | Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus |
| Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |
| Long-trained Nightjar | Macropsalis forcipata | |
| Silky-tailed Nightjar | Antrostomus sericocaudatus | |
| Cuculidae | Greater Ani | Crotophaga major |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Guira Cuckoo | Guira guira | |
| Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | |
| Pavonine Cuckoo | Dromococcyx pavoninus | |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| Rallidae | Slaty-breasted Wood-Rail | Aramides saracura |
| Blackish Rail | Pardirallus nigricans | |
| Aramidae | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna |
| Apodidae | Great Dusky Swift | Cypseloides senex |
| Sick´s Swift | Chaetura meridionalis | |
| Trochilidae | Planalto Hermit | Phaethornis pretrei |
| Scale-throated Hermit | Phaethornis eurynome | |
| Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis | |
| Glittering-bellied Emerald | Chlorostilbon lucidus | |
| Purple-crowned Plovercrest | Stephanoxis loddigesii | |
| Violet-capped Woodnymph | Thalurania glaucopis | |
| White-throated Hummingbird | Leucochloris albicollis | |
| Blue-tufted Starthroat | Heliomaster furcifer | |
| Ardeidae | Rufescent Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| Phalacrocoracidae | Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
| Bucconidae | White-eared Puffbird | Nystalus chacuru |
| Rusty-breasted Nunlet | Nonnula rubecula | |
| Charadriidae | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis |
| Strigidae | Black-banded Owl | Strix huhula |
| Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | |
| Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| Cathartidae | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| Accipitridae | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | |
| Rufous-thighed Kite | Harpagus diodon | |
| Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens | |
| Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea | |
| Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris | |
| Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | |
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | |
| Trogonidae | Surucua Trogon | Trogon surrucura |
| Black-throated Trogon | Trogon rufus | |
| Momotidae | Rufous-capped Motmot | Baryphthengus ruficapillus |
| Alcedinidae | Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |
| Ramphastidae | Toco Toucan | Ramphastos toco |
| Red-breasted Toucan | Ramphastos dicolorus | |
| Saffron Toucanet | Pteroglossus bailloni | |
| Picidae | Ochre-collared Piculet | Picumnus temminckii |
| Robust Woodpecker | Campephilus robustus | |
| Helmeted Woodpecker | Celeus galeatus | |
| White-browed Woodpecker | Piculus aurulentus | |
| Green-barred Woodpecker | Colaptes melanochloros | |
| Campo Flicker | Colaptes campestris | |
| Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | |
| Yellow-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes flavifrons | |
| White-spotted Woodpecker | Veniliornis spilogaster | |
| Falconidae | Chimango Caracara | Milvago chimango |
| Barred Forest-Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis | |
| Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus | |
| Southern Caracara | Caracara plancus | |
| Yellow-headed Caracara | Milvago chimachima | |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | |
| Psittacidae | Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus |
| Pileated Parrot | Pionopsitta pileata | |
| Scaly-headed Parrot | Pionus maximiliani | |
| Maroon-bellied Parakeet | Pyrrhura frontalis | |
| White-eyed Parakeet | Psittacara leucophthalmus | |
| Grallariidae | Speckle-breasted Antpitta | Hylopezus nattereri |
| Tityridae | Black-tailed Tityra | Tityra cayana |
| Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor | |
| Greenish Schiffornis | Schiffornis virescens | |
| Green-backed Becard | Pachyramphus viridis | |
| Chestnut-crowned Becard | Pachyramphus castaneus | |
| Crested Becard | Pachyramphus validus | |
| Pipridae | Swallow-tailed Manakin | Chiroxiphia caudata |
| Band-tailed Manakin | Pipra fasciicauda | |
| Cotingidae | Red-ruffed Fruitcrow | Pyroderus scutatus |
| Tyrannidae | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster |
| Large Elaenia | Elaenia spectabilis | |
| Small-billed Elaenia | Elaenia parvirostris | |
| Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum | |
| Yellow Tyrannulet | Capsiempis flaveola | |
| Southern Antpipit | Corythopis delalandi | |
| Southern Bristle-Tyrant | Phylloscartes eximius | |
| Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes ventralis | |
| Sepia-capped Flycatcher | Leptopogon amaurocephalus | |
| Drab-breasted Pygmy-Tyrant | Hemitriccus diops | |
| Eared Pygmy-Tyrant | Myiornis auricularis | |
| Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps | |
| Yellow-olive Flycatcher | Tolmomyias sulphurescens | |
| White-throated Spadebill | Platyrinchus mystaceus | |
| Euler´s Flycatcher | Lathrotriccus euleri | |
| Tropical Pewee | Contopus cinereus | |
| Long-tailed Tyrant | Colonia colonus | |
| Cattle Tyrant | Machetornis rixosa | |
| Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius | |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | |
| Sibilant Sirystes | Sirystes sibilator | |
| Swainson´s Flycatcher | Myiarchus swainsoni | |
| Short-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus ferox | |
| Conopophagidae | Rufous Gnateater | Conopophaga lineata |
| Rhinocryptidae | Planalto Tapaculo | Scytalopus pachecoi |
| Thamnophilidae | Spot-backed Antshrike | Hypoedaleus guttatus |
| Giant Antshrike | Batara cinerea | |
| Tufted Antshrike | Mackenziaena severa | |
| Large-tailed Antshrike | Mackenziaena leachii | |
| Variable Antshrike | Thamnophilus caerulescens | |
| Plain Antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis | |
| Rufous-winged Antwren | Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus | |
| Bertoni´s Antbird | Drymophila rubricollis | |
| Dusky-tailed Antbird | Drymophila malura | |
| White-shouldered Fire-eye | Pyriglena leucoptera | |
| Formicariidae | Short-tailed Antthrush | Chamaeza campanisona |
| Furnariidae | Ochre-breasted Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia lichtensteini |
| Rufous Hornero | Furnarius rufus | |
| Rufous-capped Spinetail | Synallaxis ruficapilla | |
| Spix´s Spinetail | Synallaxis spixi | |
| Gray-bellied Spinetail | Synallaxis cinerascens | |
| Olive Spinetail | Cranioleuca obsoleta | |
| Buff-browed Foliage-gleaner | Syndactyla rufosuperciliata | |
| Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner | Philydor rufum | |
| Rufous-breasted Leaftosser | Sclerurus scansor | |
| Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper | Lochmias nematura | |
| Sharp-billed Treehunter | Heliobletus contaminatus | |
| Streaked Xenops | Xenops rutilans | |
| Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | |
| White-throated Woodcreeper | Xiphocolaptes albicollis | |
| Planalto Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes platyrostris | |
| Lesser Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus fuscus | |
| Scalloped Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes falcinellus | |
| Vireonidae | Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Corvidae | Azure Jay | Cyanocorax caeruleus |
| Plush-crested Jay | Cyanocorax chrysops | |
| Hirundinidae | White-winged Swallow | Tachycineta albiventer |
| Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | |
| Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca | |
| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
| Troglodytidae | House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| Polioptilidae | Creamy-bellied Gnatcatcher | Polioptila lactea |
| Masked Gnatcatcher | Polioptila dumicola | |
| Mimidae | Chalk-browed Mockingbird | Mimus saturninus |
| Turdidae | Rufous-bellied Thrush | Turdus rufiventris |
| Pale-breasted Thrush | Turdus leucomelas | |
| Creamy-bellied Thrush | Turdus amaurochalinus | |
| Cocoa Thrush | Turdus fumigatus | |
| White-necked Thrush | Turdus albicollis | |
| Passeridae | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| Fringillidae | Purple-throated Euphonia | Euphonia chlorotica |
| Blue-naped Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia cyanea | |
| Parulidae | White-browed Warbler | Myiothlypis leucoblephara |
| Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi | |
| Masked Yellowthroat | Geothlypis aequinoctialis | |
| Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus | |
| Icteridae | Red-rumped Cacique | Cacicus haemorrhous |
| Golden-winged Cacique | Cacicus chrysopterus | |
| Variable Oriole | Icterus pyrrhopterus | |
| Screaming Cowbird | Molothrus rufoaxillaris | |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | |
| Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus | |
| Emberizidae | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis |
| Grassland Sparrow | Ammodramus humeralis | |
| Thraupidae | Uniform Finch | Haplospiza unicolor |
| Gray-throated Warbling-Finch | Poospiza cabanisi | |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | |
| Temminck´s Seedeater | Sporophila falcirostris | |
| Double-collared Seedeater | Sporophila caerulescens | |
| Red-crested Finch | Coryphospingus cucullatus | |
| Red-crested Cardinal | Paroaria coronata | |
| Magpie Tanager | Cissopis leverianus | |
| Chestnut-headed Tanager | Pyrrhocoma ruficeps | |
| Black-goggled Tanager | Trichothraupis melanops | |
| Ruby-crowned Tanager | Tachyphonus coronatus | |
| Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo | |
| Sayaca Tanager | Thraupis sayaca | |
| Fawn-breasted Tanager | Pipraeidea melanonota | |
| Green-headed Tanager | Tangara seledon | |
| Chestnut-backed Tanager | Tangara preciosa | |
| Swallow Tanager | Tersina viridis | |
| Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana | |
| Guira Tanager | Hemithraupis guira | |
| Chestnut-vented Conebill | Conirostrum speciosum | |
| Black-throated Grosbeak | Saltator fuliginosus | |
| Green-winged Saltator | Saltator similis | |
| Cardinalidae | Red-crowned Ant-Tanager | Habia rubica |
