Uncommon Birds in Chile
Our list for Chile has 26 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 15 residents, 10 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
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 26, most common first
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaResidentUncommon40–51 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisResidentUncommon50–58 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicusResidentUncommon60–75 cmRecorded all year
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Humboldt PenguinSpheniscus humboldtiResidentUncommon65–70 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentUncommon34–43 cmRecorded all year
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusSummer visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophoraSummer visitorUncommon115–123 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sand Martin 12–14 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Burrowing Owl 19–25 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- American Golden-Plover 24–28 cm
- Grey Plover 27–30 cm
- Pied-billed Grebe 31–38 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Short-eared Owl 34–43 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Arctic Jaeger 41–46 cm
- Sooty Shearwater 40–51 cm
- Peregrine Falcon 34–58 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- White-chinned Petrel 50–58 cm
- Magellanic Penguin 60–75 cm
- Humboldt Penguin 65–70 cm
- Cocoi Heron 95–127 cm
- Southern Royal Albatross 115–123 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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