Birds in Chile

70 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Chile has 70 bird species recorded regularly there: 27 residents, 29 summer visitors, 11 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 5.6 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Chile in September

43 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 43 birds in September

Arriving in September: Barn Swallow, Grey Phalarope, American Golden-Plover, King Penguin, Common Tern, Western Sandpiper.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Chile each month: most in November (61), fewest in June (34). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Sand Martin
Sand MartinSmallest · 12cm
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Cocoi Heron
Cocoi HeronLargest · 127cm
From the Sand Martin (12 cm) to the Cocoi Heron (127 cm)22 families

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All 70 birds on the list

Showing 24–46 of 70 species

Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinusLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
White-rumped Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Calidris fuscicollisVU

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Humboldt Penguin

Humboldt Penguin

Spheniscus humboldtiVU

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Wilson's Phalarope

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolorLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Aug–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grey Plover

Grey Plover

Pluvialis squatarolaLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Short-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeusLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grey Phalarope

Grey Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicariusLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Sep–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Southern Royal Albatross

Southern Royal Albatross

Diomedea epomophoraVU

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–Jul

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Semipalmated Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusillaNT

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Jul–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatusLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Willet

Willet

Tringa semipalmataLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pectoral Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Calidris melanotosLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
American Golden-Plover

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominicaLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Sep–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Arctic Jaeger

Arctic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticusLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sand Martin

Sand Martin

Riparia ripariaLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Wandering Albatross

Wandering Albatross

Diomedea exulansVU

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
King Penguin

King Penguin

Aptenodytes patagonicusLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Sep–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Mallard

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchosLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red Knot

Red Knot

Calidris canutusNT

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Jul–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Ardenna gravisLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Dec–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Least Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutillaNT

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Aug–Jun

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Stilt Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Calidris himantopusNT

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Aug–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Tern

Common Tern

Sterna hirundoLC

Summer visitorRare

Regularly Sep–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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