Common Birds in Chile
Our list for Chile has 12 common birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents and 4 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Chile in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Monk Parakeet 29–31 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Franklin's Gull 32–36 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Cinnamon Teal 36–43 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Turkey Vulture 62–81 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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