CHILE SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
NEOTROPICS
CHILE
# Species: | 514 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 421 |
# Endemics: | 11 |
# Near Endemics: | 65 |
List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*
1 | Lesser Rhea | Rhea pennata | RR | |
2 | Ornate Tinamou | Nothoprocta ornata | RR | |
3 | Chilean Tinamou | Nothoprocta perdicaria | E | |
4 | Elegant Crested-Tinamou | Eudromia elegans | LC | |
5 | Puna Tinamou | Tinamotis pentlandii | RR | |
6 | Patagonian Tinamou | Tinamotis ingoufi | NE | |
7 | Andean Goose | Oressochen melanoptera | RR | |
8 | Kelp Goose | Chloephaga hybrida | NE | |
9 | Ashy-headed Goose | Chloephaga poliocephala | NE | |
10 | Ruddy-headed Goose | Chloephaga rubidiceps | NE | |
11 | Flying Steamer-Duck | Tachyeres patachonicus | NE | |
12 | Flightless Steamer-Duck | Tachyeres pteneres | NE | |
13 | Spectacled Duck | Speculanas specularis | NE | NT |
14 | Puna Teal | Spatula puna | RR | |
15 | White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | RR | |
16 | Chilean Flamingo | Phoenicopterus chilensis | NT | |
17 | Andean Flamingo | Phoenicoparrus andinus | RR | V |
18 | James's Flamingo | Phoenicoparrus jamesi | RR | NT |
19 | Hooded Grebe | Podiceps gallardoi | NE | CR |
20 | Chilean Pigeon | Patagioenas araucana | NE | |
21 | Croaking Ground Dove | Columbina cruziana | RR | |
22 | Bare-faced Ground Dove | Metriopelia ceciliae | RR | |
23 | Golden-spotted Ground Dove | Metriopelia aymara | RR | |
24 | Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | RR | |
25 | Tschudi's Nightjar | Systellura decussata | NE | |
26 | Andean Swift | Aeronautes andecolus | RR | |
27 | Sparkling Violetear | Colibri coruscans | RR | |
28 | Green-backed Firecrown | Sephanoides sephaniodes | NE | |
29 | Andean Hillstar | Oreotrochilus estella | RR | |
30 | Peruvian Sheartail | Thaumastura cora | NE | |
31 | Oasis Hummingbird | Rhodopis vesper | NE | |
32 | Chilean Woodstar | Eulidia yarrellii | E | CR |
33 | Austral Rail | Rallus antarcticus | NE | V |
34 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | RR | |
35 | Horned Coot | Fulica cornuta | RR | NT |
36 | Giant Coot | Fulica gigantea | RR | |
37 | Slate-colored Coot | Fulica ardesiaca | RR | |
38 | Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | EN | |
39 | Magellanic Plover | Pluvianellus socialis | NE | NT |
40 | Snowy Sheathbill | Chionis albus | RR | |
41 | Peruvian Thick-knee | Hesperoburhinus superciliaris | RR | |
42 | Andean Avocet | Recurvirostra andina | RR | |
43 | Magellanic Oystercatcher | Haematopus leucopodus | NE | |
44 | Diademed Sandpiper-Plover | Phegornis mitchellii | RR | NT |
45 | Andean Lapwing | Vanellus resplendens | RR | |
46 | Snowy Plover | Anarhynchus nivosus | NT | |
47 | White-bellied Seedsnipe | Attagis malouinus | NE | |
48 | South American Painted-Snipe | Nycticryphes semicollaris | RR | |
49 | |Upland Sandpiper| | Bartramia longicauda | RR | |
50 | Fuegian Snipe | Gallinago stricklandii | NE | NT |
51 | Noble Snipe | Gallinago nobilis | NT | |
52 | Red Knot | Calidris canutus | NT | |
53 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla | NT | |
54 | #Parasitic Jaeger# | Stercorarius parasiticus | RR | |
55 | Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | RR | |
56 | South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | RR | |
57 | Gray Gull | Leucophaeus modestus | RR | |
58 | Dolphin Gull | Leucophaeus scoresbii | RR | |
59 | Belcher's Gull | Larus belcheri | RR | |
60 | #White Tern# | Gygis alba | RR | |
61 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | RR | |
62 | Peruvian Tern | Sternula lorata | RR | EN |
63 | Inca Tern | Larosterna inca | NE | NT |
64 | Snowy-crowned Tern | Sterna trudeaui | RR | |
65 | #Antarctic Tern# | Sterna vittata | RR | |
66 | /Elegant Tern/ | Thalasseus elegans | NT | |
67 | #White-tailed Tropicbird# | Phaethon lepturus | RR | |
68 | Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | RR | |
69 | Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | RR | |
70 | King Penguin | Aptenodytes patagonicus | RR | |
71 | Gentoo Penguin | Pygoscelis papua | RR | |
72 | Chinstrap Penguin | Pygoscelis antarcticus | RR | |
73 | Humboldt Penguin | Spheniscus humboldti | V | |
74 | Macaroni Penguin | Eudyptes chrysolophus | RR | V |
75 | Southern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | RR | V |
76 | #Northern Royal Albatross# | Diomedea sanfordi | EN | |
77 | #Southern Royal Albatross# | Diomedea epomophora | V | |
78 | #Snowy Albatross# | Diomedea exulans | V | |
79 | #Antipodean Albatross# | Diomedea antipodensis | EN | |
80 | #Light-mantled Albatross# | Phoebetria palpebrata | NT | |
81 | Gray-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | EN | |
82 | #Buller's Albatross# | Thalassarche bulleri | NT | |
83 | #Salvin's Albatross# | Thalassarche salvini | V | |
84 | #Chatham Albatross# | Thalassarche eremita | V | |
85 | Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | RR | |
86 | Pincoya Storm-Petrel | Oceanites pincoyae | E | |
87 | #Elliot's Storm-Petrel# | Oceanites gracilis | RR | |
88 | #Gray-backed Storm-Petrel# | Garrodia nereis | RR | |
89 | #White-faced Storm-Petrel# | Pelagodroma marina | RR | |
90 | White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | RR | |
91 | Polynesian Storm-Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | EN | |
92 | Ringed Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates hornbyi | RR | NT |
93 | Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates tethys | RR | |
94 | Markham's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates markhami | RR | NT |
95 | Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | RR | |
96 | Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | V | |
97 | #White-headed Petrel# | Pterodroma lessonii | RR | |
98 | Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | V | |
99 | #Cook's Petrel# | Pterodroma cookii | V | |
100 | Masatierra Petrel | Pterodroma defilippiana | RR | V |
101 | Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | V | |
102 | Stejneger's Petrel | Pterodroma longirostris | V | |
103 | Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | RR | |
104 | #Gray Petrel# | Procellaria cinerea | RR | NT |
105 | #White-chinned Petrel# | Procellaria aequinoctialis | V | |
106 | #Westland Petrel# | Procellaria westlandica | EN | |
107 | Pink-footed Shearwater | Ardenna creatopus | V | |
108 | #Buller's Shearwater# | Ardenna bulleri | V | |
109 | Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna griseus | NT | |
110 | Peruvian Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides garnotii | NE | NT |
111 | Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | RR | |
112 | Magellanic Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides magellani | RR | |
113 | Blue-footed Booby | Sula nebouxii | RR | |
114 | Red-legged Cormorant | Poikilocarbo gaimardi | NT | |
115 | Magellanic Cormorant | Leucocarbo magellanicus | RR | |
116 | Guanay Cormorant | Leucocarbo bougainvillii | NT | |
117 | Imperial Cormorant | Leucocarbo atriceps | RR | |
118 | Peruvian Pelican | Pelecanus thagus | NT | |
119 | Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | ||
120 | Puna Ibis | Plegadis ridgwayi | RR | |
121 | /Andean Ibis/ | Theristicus branickii | RR | NT |
122 | Andean Condor | Vultur gryphus | V | |
123 | White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | RR | |
124 | Chilean Hawk | Accipiter chilensis | NE | |
125 | Variable Hawk | Geranoaetus polyosoma | RR | |
126 | Rufous-tailed Hawk | Buteo ventralis | NE | V |
127 | Austral Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium nana | NE | |
128 | Peruvian Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium peruanum | RR | |
129 | Magellanic Woodpecker | Campephilus magellanicus | NE | |
130 | Chilean Flicker | Colaptes pitius | NE | |
131 | Andean Flicker | Colaptes rupicola | RR | |
132 | White-throated Caracara | Daptrius albogularis | NE | |
133 | Striated Caracara | Daptrius australis | NE | NT |
134 | Mountain Parakeet | Psilopsiagon aurifrons | RR | |
135 | Austral Parakeet | Enicognathus ferrugineus | NE | |
136 | Slender-billed Parakeet | Enicognathus leptorhynchus | E | |
137 | Burrowing Parakeet | Cyanoliseus patagonus | LC | |
138 | Chestnut-throated Huet-huet | Pteroptochos castaneus | NE | |
139 | Black-throated Huet-huet | Pteroptochos tarnii | NE | |
140 | Moustached Turca | Pteroptochos megapodius | E | |
141 | White-throated Tapaculo | Scelorchilus albicollis | E | |
142 | Chucao Tapaculo | Scelorchilus rubecula | NE | |
143 | Ochre-flanked Tapaculo | Eugralla paradoxa | NE | |
144 | Dusky Tapaculo | Scytalopus fuscus | E | |
145 | Magellanic Tapaculo | Scytalopus magellanicus | NE | |
146 | Puna Miner | Geositta punensis | RR | |
147 | Rufous-banded Miner | Geositta rufipennis | RR | |
148 | Grayish Miner | Geositta maritima | NE | |
149 | Short-billed Miner | Geositta antarctica | NE | |
150 | Creamy-rumped Miner | Geositta isabellina | NE | |
151 | White-throated Treerunner | Pygarrhichas albogularis | NE | |
152 | Straight-billed Earthcreeper | Ochetorhynchus ruficaudus | RR | |
153 | Band-tailed Earthcreeper | Ochetorhynchus phoenicurus | NE | |
154 | Crag Chilia | Ochetorhynchus melanurus | E | |
155 | Patagonian Forest Earthcreeper | Upucerthia saturatior | NE | |
156 | White-throated Earthcreeper | Upucerthia albigula | NE | |
157 | Buff-breasted Earthcreeper | Upucerthia validirostris | RR | |
158 | Blackish Cinclodes | Cinclodes antarcticus | NE | NT |
159 | Cream-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes albiventris | RR | |
160 | Gray-flanked Cinclodes | Cinclodes oustaleti | NE | |
161 | White-winged Cinclodes | Cinclodes atacamensis | RR | |
162 | Dark-bellied Cinclodes | Cinclodes patagonicus | NE | |
163 | Seaside Cinclodes | Cinclodes nigrofumosus | E | |
164 | Thorn-tailed Rayadito | Aphrastura spinicauda | NE | |
165 | Masafuera Rayadito | Aphrastura masafuerae | E | CR |
166 | Des Murs's Wiretail | Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii | NE | |
167 | Streaked Tit-Spinetail | Leptasthenura striata | NE | |
168 | Dark-winged Canastero** | Asthenes arequipae | RR | |
169 | Austral Canastero | Asthenes anthoides | NE | |
170 | Sharp-billed Canastero | Asthenes pyrrholeuca | RR | |
171 | Canyon Canastero | Asthenes pudibunda | NE | |
172 | Dusky-tailed Canastero | Pseudasthenes humicola | E | |
173 | Rufous-tailed Plantcutter | Phytotoma rara | NE | |
174 | Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant | Anairetes reguloides | NE | |
175 | Ticking Doradito | Pseudocolopteryx citreola | NE | |
176 | Rufescent Flycatcher | Myiophobus rufescens | NE | |
177 | Puna Ground-Tyrant | Muscisaxicola juninensis | RR | |
178 | Chocolate-vented Tyrant | Neoxolmis rufiventris | RR | |
179 | White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant | Agriornis albicauda | RR | V |
180 | Great Shrike-Tyrant | Agriornis lividus | NE | |
181 | Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant | Agriornis micropterus | RR | |
182 | Patagonian Tyrant | Colorhamphus parvirostris | NE | |
183 | d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca oenanthoides | RR | |
184 | White-browed Chat-Tyrant | Ochthoeca leucophrys | RR | |
185 | Andean Swallow | Orochelidon andecola | RR | |
186 | Chilean Mockingbird | Mimus thenca | NE | |
187 | Chiguanco Thrush | Turdus chiguanco | RR | |
188 | Peruvian Pipit | Anthus peruvianus | NE | |
189 | Hellmayr's Pipit | Anthus hellmayri | RR | |
190 | (Thick-billed Siskin) | Spinus crassirostris | RR | |
191 | Hooded Siskin | Spinus magellanicus | RR | |
192 | Peruvian Meadowlark | Leistes bellicosa | RR | |
193 | Long-tailed Meadowlark | Leistes loyca | NE | |
194 | Austral Blackbird | Curaeus curaeus | NE | |
195 | Blue-and-yellow Tanager | Rauenia bonariensis | RR | |
196 | Giant Conebill | Conirostrum binghami | RR | NT |
197 | Tamarugo Conebill | Conirostrum tamarugense | NE | |
198 | Cinereous Conebill | Conirostrum cinereum | RR | |
199 | Black-throated Flowerpiercer | Diglossa brunneiventris | RR | |
200 | Gray-hooded Sierra Finch | Phrygilus gayi | NE | |
201 | White-throated Sierra Finch | Idiopsar erythronotus | RR | |
202 | Red-backed Sierra Finch | Idiopsar dorsalis | RR | |
203 | Glacier Finch | Idiopsar speculifera | RR | |
204 | (White-bridled Finch) | Melanodera melanodera | NE | |
205 | (Yellow-bridled Finch) | Melanodera xanthogramma | RR | |
206 | Slender-billed Finch | Xenospingus concolor | NE | NT |
207 | Band-tailed Sierra Finch | Porphyrospiza alaudinus | RR | |
208 | Puna Yellow-Finch | Sicalis lutea | RR | |
209 | Bright-rumped Yellow-Finch | Sicalis uropygialis | RR | |
210 | Patagonian Yellow-Finch | Sicalis lebruni | NE | |
211 | &Raimondi's Yellow-Finchl | Sicalis raimondii | NE | |
212 | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | RR | |
213 | Chestnut-throated Seedeater | Sporophila telasco | RR | |
214 | Golden-billed Saltator | Saltator aurantiirostris | RR |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
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BIRDING LOCALES
DISTRIBUTION CODES
Code | Description | ## |
E | Endemic | 11 |
LC | Local | 2 |
NE | Near Endemic | 65 |
RR | Restricted Range | 106 |
STATUS CODES
Code | Description | ## |
NT | Near Threatened | 17 |
V | Vulnerable | 7 |
EN | Endangered | 1 |
CR | Critically Endangered | 3 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.