Countries · South America

Chile

13 bird species live nowhere else on Earth but Chile.

Endemic species: 13
Bird species: 398
Destinations: 1
Field guides: 4

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Found nowhere else

Endemic birds of Chile

Chilean Seaside Cinclodes

Chilean Seaside Cinclodes Cinclodes nigrofumosus Endemic to Chile

Chilean Tinamou

Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria Endemic to Chile

Chilean Woodstar

Chilean Woodstar Eulidia yarrellii Endemic to Chile

Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus Endemic to Chile

Dusky Tapaculo Scytalopus fuscus Endemic to Chile

Dusky-tailed Canastero

Dusky-tailed Canastero Pseudasthenes humicola Endemic to Chile

Juan Fernandez Firecrown

Juan Fernandez Firecrown Sephanoides fernandensis Endemic to Chile

Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant

Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant Anairetes fernandezianus Endemic to Chile

Masafuera Rayadito

Masafuera Rayadito Aphrastura masafuerae Endemic to Chile

Moustached Turca

Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius Endemic to Chile

Pincoya Storm Petrel

Pincoya Storm Petrel Oceanites pincoyae Endemic to Chile

Slender-billed Parakeet

Slender-billed Parakeet Enicognathus leptorhynchus Endemic to Chile

White-throated Tapaculo

White-throated Tapaculo Scelorchilus albicollis Endemic to Chile

Identify

Birds you are likely to see in Chile

Southern Giant Petrel

Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus

Yellow-billed Teal

Yellow-billed Teal Anas flavirostris

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres

Black-faced Ibis

Black-faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis

Northern Giant Petrel

Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli

Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea

Yellow-billed Pintail

Yellow-billed Pintail Anas georgica

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Mourning Sierra Finch

Mourning Sierra Finch Rhopospina fruticeti

Peruvian Pelican

Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus

Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii

Crested Caracara

Crested Caracara Caracara plancus

Plan

Where to go birding in Chile

Patagonia: Torres del Paine

Chile Patagonia: Torres del Paine Wind-swept steppe and southern beech forest under granite towers.

JJanuary: Best
FFebruary: Best
MMarch: Good
AApril: Poor or no data
MMay: Poor or no data
JJune: Poor or no data
JJuly: Poor or no data
AAugust: Poor or no data
SSeptember: Poor or no data
OOctober: Good
NNovember: Best
DDecember: Best

Read

Field guides for Chile

Field Guide to the Songbirds of South America

Field Guide to the Songbirds of South America Robert S. Ridgely, 2009 Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and more Experts and researchers

Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica

Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica Martín Rodolfo de la Peña et al., 2001 Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Falkland Islands, Antarctica All levels

Birds of Chile (Princeton Field Guides)

Birds of Chile (Princeton Field Guides) Alvaro Jaramillo, 2003 Chile Travelling birders

Birds of Chile

Birds of Chile Steve N. G. Howell et al., 2018 Chile All levels