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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Chile in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 32, most common first
Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophusSummer visitorRare70–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantRare33–42 cmRegularly Nov–May
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Nov
Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papuaPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusScarceRare30–33 cm
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Jul–May
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisScarceRare21–23 cm
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