Birds to See in Chile in May
46 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
46 bird species on our list for Chile are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Turkey Vulture, Great White Egret and Whimbrel. New this month: Southern Royal Albatross, Gull-billed Tern and Budgerigar.
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(26)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Cinnamon Teal
Spatula cyanopteraLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Recorded all year
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
Recorded all year
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialisVU
Recorded all year
Humboldt Penguin
Spheniscus humboldtiVU
Recorded all year
Magellanic Penguin
Spheniscus magellanicusLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(16)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophoraVU
Regularly Oct–Jul
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Aug–May
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
King Penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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