Rare Birds in Chile
Our list for Chile has 32 rare birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 15 summer visitors, 10 passage migrants and 3 scarce 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 32, most common first
Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulansSummer visitorRare107–135 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicusSummer visitorRare70–100 cmRegularly Sep–May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentRare50–65 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Southern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocomeSummer visitorRare45–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentRare54–58 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaScarceRare19–23 cm
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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