Birds to See in Chile in October
55 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
55 bird species on our list for Chile are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Turkey Vulture, Rock Dove, Whimbrel and Great White Egret. New this month: Franklin's Gull, White-rumped Sandpiper, Southern Royal Albatross and Pectoral Sandpiper and 8 more.
New in October12
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(27)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Cinnamon Teal
Spatula cyanopteraLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Recorded all year
Burrowing Owl
Athene cuniculariaLC
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
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Summer visitors
(24)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Regularly Oct–May
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Oct–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jul–May
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophoraVU
Regularly Oct–Jul
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
King Penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaeaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Regularly Oct–Mar
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Jul–May
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Jun–Feb
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