Birds in Chile

70 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Chile has 70 bird species recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 29 summer visitors, 11 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 5.6 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Chile in September

43 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 43 birds in September

Arriving in September: Barn Swallow, Grey Phalarope, American Golden-Plover, King Penguin, Common Tern, Western Sandpiper.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Chile each month: most in November (61), fewest in June (34). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Sand Martin
Sand MartinSmallest · 12cm
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Cocoi Heron
Cocoi HeronLargest · 127cm
From the Sand Martin (12 cm) to the Cocoi Heron (127 cm)22 families

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All 70 birds on the list

Showing 1–23 of 70 species

ResidentRecorded all yearSummer visitorArrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterWinter visitorPresent outside the breeding seasonPassage migrantSeen mainly in spring and autumn migrationScarceRecorded in some years but not every yearCommonAmong the most-recorded birds in its best monthUncommonRecorded regularly, but on a minority of outingsRareFew records, even in its best month
Rock Dove

Rock Dove

Columba liviaLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
House Sparrow

House Sparrow

Passer domesticusLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Turkey Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes auraLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Whimbrel

Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopusLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Franklin's Gull

Franklin's Gull

Leucophaeus pipixcanLC

Summer visitorCommon

Regularly Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great White Egret

Great White Egret

Ardea albaLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Monk Parakeet

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachusLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lesser Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipesVU

Summer visitorCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Greater Yellowlegs

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleucaNT

Summer visitorCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-crowned Night-heron

Black-crowned Night-heron

Nycticorax nycticoraxLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cinnamon Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Spatula cyanopteraLC

ResidentCommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Baird's Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdiiLC

Summer visitorCommon

Regularly Aug–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cocoi Heron

Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoiLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sooty Shearwater

Sooty Shearwater

Ardenna griseaNT

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pied-billed Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podicepsLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hudsonian Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemasticaVU

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

Ardea ibisLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
White-chinned Petrel

White-chinned Petrel

Procellaria aequinoctialisVU

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sanderling

Sanderling

Calidris albaLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Magellanic Penguin

Magellanic Penguin

Spheniscus magellanicusLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Burrowing Owl

Burrowing Owl

Athene cuniculariaLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Ruddy Turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpresLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rusticaLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Sep–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made

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