Birds to See in Chile in February
59 bird species on our list for Chile are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, House Sparrow, Whimbrel, Rock Dove and Franklin's Gull. New this month: Stilt Sandpiper and Gentoo Penguin.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
Franklin's GullBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · All year
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · All year
Baird's SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Wandering AlbatrossBusiest month of the year · Nov–Mar
Great ShearwaterBusiest month of the year · Dec–Apr
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 59 birds in February
59 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Feb- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.06% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Feb- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Feb
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Feb- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Feb
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraResidentCommon36–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaResidentUncommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Feb
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentCommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisResidentUncommon50–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Humboldt PenguinSpheniscus humboldtiResidentUncommon65–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Feb
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophoraSummer visitorUncommon115–123 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.06% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Feb- Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansSummer visitorRare107–135 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaSummer visitorUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Feb
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Feb- Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusSummer visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicusSummer visitorRare70–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentRare54–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Southern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocomeSummer visitorRare45–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophusSummer visitorRare70–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Feb
Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papuaPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
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