Birds to See in Chile in December
61 bird species on our list for Chile are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Turkey Vulture, Franklin's Gull and Whimbrel. New this month: Pectoral Sandpiper, Great Shearwater and Gentoo Penguin.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Chile’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 61 birds in December
61 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Dec
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Dec
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.84% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaResidentUncommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisResidentUncommon50–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.15% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Dec
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Dec
Humboldt PenguinSpheniscus humboldtiResidentUncommon65–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophoraSummer visitorUncommon115–123 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.08% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusSummer visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansSummer visitorRare107–135 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicusSummer visitorRare70–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Dec
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Dec
Southern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocomeSummer visitorRare45–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentRare54–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophusSummer visitorRare70–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Dec
Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papuaPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.00% in Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Dec
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