Chilean Birds English Names
IUCN (2009.2) categories: (EX) = extint; (EW) = extint in the wild; (CR) = critically endangered; (EN) = endangered; (VU) = vulnerable; (NT) = near threatened; (LC) = least concern; (DD) = data deficient; (NE) = not evaluated
(Reg) = One or few records. Not local bird or common visitor.
= voice of the bird
= video ( .flv format)
Endemic species (only found in Chile):
Juan Fernandez tit-tyrant, Crag chilia, Slender-billed parakeet, Seaside cinclodes, Dusky tapaculo, Chilean tinamou, Juan Fernandez Firecrown, Masafuera rayadito, White-throated tapaculo , Moustached turca.
Nearly endemic species (most population in Chile with record(s) in adjacent countries):
Dusky-tailed canastero, Chucao tapaculo, Ochre-flanked tapaculo, Des Murs's wiretail, Chestnut-throated huet-huet, Chilean woodstar, Chilean mockingbird.
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- ALBATROSS
- Antipodean albatross (VU)
- Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (EN)
- Black-browed albatross (EN)
- Buller's albatross (NT)
- Chatham albatross (CR)
- Gray headed albatross (VU)
- Light-mantled sooty albatross (NT)
- Northern royal albatross (EN)
- Pacific albatross
- Salvin's albatross
- Shy albatross (NT)
- Sooty albatross (EN) (Reg)
- Southern royal albatross (VU)
- Wandering albatross (VU)
- Waved albatross (CR) (Reg)
- White-capped albatross (NT)
- ANI
- Groove-billed ani
- AVOCET
- Andean avocet
C
- BITTERN
- Stripe-backed bittern
- BLACKBIRD
- Austral blackbird
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- Chestnut-capped Blackbird (Reg)
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Reg)
- White-browed blackbird (Reg)
- Yellow-winged blackbird
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- BLACK-TYRANT
- White-winged black-tyrant (Reg)
- BOBOLINK
- Bobolink (Reg)
- BOOBY
- Blue footed booby
- Brown booby
- Pacific masked booby
- Peruvian booby
- Red footed booby
- BUZZARD-EAGLE
- Black-chested buzzard-eagle
D
- CANASTERO
- Austral canastero
- Canyon canastero
- Cordilleran canastero
- Dark-winged canastero
- Dusky-tailed canastero
- Lesser canastero
- CARACARA
- Chimango caracara
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- Crested caracara
- Mountain caracara
- Striated caracara (NT)
- White-throated caracara
- CARDINAL
- Red-crested cardinal
- CHAT-TYRANT
- D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant
- White-browed chat-tyrant
- CHILIA
- Crag chilia
- CINCLODES
- Buff-winged cinclodes
- Blackish cinclodes
- Cream-winged cinclodes
- Dark-bellied cinclodes
- Gray-flanked cinclodes
- Seaside cinclodes
- White-winged cinclodes
- CONDOR
- Andean condor (NT)
- CONEBILL
- Cinereous conebill
- Giant conebill (NT) (Reg)
- Tamarugo conebill (VU)
- COOT
- Giant coot
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- Horned coot (NT)
- Red fronted coot
- Red gartered coot
- Slate-colored (Andean) coot
- White winged coot
- CORMORANT
- Antarctic cormorant
- Blue-eyed cormorant
- Guanay cormorant (NT)
- Neotropic cormorant
- Red-legged cormorant (NT)
- Rock cormorant
- COWBIRD
- Bay-winged cowbird (Reg)
- Screaming cowbird (Reg)
- Shiny cowbird
- CUCKOO
- Dark-billed cuckoo
- CURLEW
- Bristle-thighed curlew (VU) (Reg)
- Eskimo curlew (CR)
E
- DIUCA-FINCH
- Chilean diuca-finch
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- White-winged diuca-finch
- DIUCON
- Fire-eyed diucon
- DIVING-PETREL
- Magellanic diving-petrel
- Peruvian diving-petrel (EN)
- Subantarctic diving-petrel
- DORADITO
- Warbling doradito
- DOTTEREL
- Rufous-chested dotterel
- Tawny-throated dotterel
- DOVE
- Chilean eared dove
- White winged dove
- DOWITCHER
- Short-billed dowitcher
- DUCK
- Black-headed duck
- Crested duck
- Lake duck
- Mallard duck (Reg)
- Muscovy duck
- Ruddy duck
- Spectacled duck (NT)
- Torrent duck
- DUNLIN
- Dunlin (Reg)
F
- EARTHCREEPER
- Band-tailed earthcreeper (Reg)
- Patagonian forest earthcreeper
- Plain-breasted earthcreeper
- Rock earthcreeper
- Scale-throated earthcreeper
- Straight-billed earthcreeper
- White-throated earthcreeper
- EGRET
- Cattle egret
- Great egret
- Reef egret (Reg)
- Snowy egret
- ELAENIA
- White-crested elaenia
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- Yellow bellied elaenia (Reg)
G
- FALCON
- Aplomado falcon
- Orange-breasted falcon (Reg)
- Laughing falcon (Reg)
- Peregrine falcon
- FIELD-TYRANT
- Short-tailed field-tyrant
- FINCH
- Saffron finch (Reg)
- Slender-billed finch (NT)
- White-bridlet finch
- Yellow-bridlet finch
- FIRECROWN
- Green-backed firecrown
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- Juan Fernandez firecrown (CR)
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- FLAMINGO
- Andean flamingo (VU)
- Chilean flamingo (NT)
- Puna flamingo (NT)
- FLICKER
- Andean flicker
- Chilean flicker
- FLOWER-PIERCER
- Black-throated flowerpiercer (Reg)
- FLYCATCHER
- Bran-colored flycatcher (Reg)
- Cliff flycatcher (Reg)
- Fork-tailed flycatcher (Reg)
- Sulphur-bellied flycatcher (Reg)
- Streaked flycatcher (Reg)
- Vermilion flycatcher
- FRIGATEBIRD
- Great frigatebird
- Magnificent frigatebird (Reg)
- FULMAR
- Southern fulmar
H
- GALLINULE
- Common gallinule
- Purple gallinule (Reg)
- Spot-flanked gallinule
- GIANT-PETREL
- Northern giant-petrel
- Southern giant-petrel
- GODWIT
- Hudsonian godwit
- Marbled godwit
- GOOSE
- Andean goose
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- Ashy-headed goose
- Kelp goose
- Ruddy headed goose
- Upland goose
- GRASSQUIT
- Blue-black grassquit
- GREBE
- Great grebe
- Hooded grebe (EN) (Reg)
- Pied-billed grebe
- Silvery grebe
- White-tufted grebe
- GROSBEAK
- Black-backed grosbeak (Reg)
- GROUND-DOVE
- Bare-faced ground-dove
- Black-winged ground-dove
- Croaking ground-dove
- Golden-spotted ground-dove
- Picui ground-dove
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- Ruddy ground-dove (Reg)
- GROUND-TYRANT
- Black-fronted ground-tyrant
- Cinnamon-bellied ground-tyrant
- Dark-faced ground-tyrant
- Ochre-naped ground-tyrant
- Plain-capped ground-tyrant
- Puna ground-tyrant
- Rufous-naped ground-tyrant
- Spot-billed ground-tyrant
- White-browed groun-tyrant
- White-fronted ground-tyrant
- GULL
- Andean gull
- Belcher`s gull
- Brown hooded gull
- Dolphin gull
- Franklinīs gull
- Grey gull
- Grey-headed gull (Reg)
- Herring gull (Reg)
- Kelp gull
- Laughing gull (Reg)
- Sabine's gull
- Swallow tailed gull
I
- HARRIER
- Cinereous harrier
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- Long-winged harrier (Reg)
- HAWK
- Chilean hawk
- Harris's hawk
- Puna hawk (Reg)
- Red backed hawk
- Roadside hawk (Reg)
- Rufous-tailed hawk (NT)
- Swainson's hawk (Reg)
- White-throated hawk
- HERON
- Little-blue heron
- Striated heron (Reg)
- Tricolored heron (Reg)
- Wistling heron (Reg)
- White-necked heron
- HILLSTAR
- Andean hillstar
- White-sided hillstar
- HUET-HUET
- Black-throated huet-huet
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- Chestnut-throated huet-huet
- HUMMINGBIRD
- Giant hummingbird
- Oasis hummingbird
J
- IBIS
- Andean ibis
- Buff-necked ibis
- Plumbeous ibis (Reg)
- Puna ibis
- White-faced ibis
K
- JACANA
- Wattled jacana (Reg)
- JAEGER
- Long tailed jaeger
- Parasitic jaeger
- Pomarine jaeger
L
- KESTREL
- Austral kestrel
- KILLDEER
- Killdeer
- KINGBIRD
- Eastern kingbird (Reg)
- Tropical kingbird (Reg)
- KINGFISHER
- Green kingfisher
- Ringed kingfisher
- KISKADEE
- Great kiskadee (Reg)
- KITE
- White-tailed kite
- KNOT
- Red knot
M
- LAPWING
- Andean lapwing
- Southern lapwing
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N
- MARTIN
- Brown-chested martin (Reg)
- Peruvian martin (VU)
- Southern martin
- MEADOWLARK
- Long-tailed meadowlark
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- Peruvian red-breasted meadowlark
- MINER
- Common miner
- Creamy-rumped miner
- Greyish miner
- Puna miner
- Rufous-banded miner
- Short billed miner
- Slender-billed miner (Reg)
- MOCKINGBIRD
- Brown-backed mockingbird
- Chilean mockingbird
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- Patagonian mockingbird
- White banded mockingbird
O
- NEGRITO
- Andean negrito
- Austral negrito
- NIGHT HERON
- Black-crowned night heron
- Yellow-crowned night heron
(Reg)
- NIGHTHAWK
- Common nighthawk (Reg)
- Lesser nighthawk (Reg)
- NIGHTJAR
- Band-winged nightjar
- NODDY
- Black noddy (Reg)
- Brown noddy
- Lesser noddy (Reg)
P
- ORIOLE
- Northern oriole (Reg)
- OSPREY
- Osprey
- OWL
- Barn owl
- Burrowing owl
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- Magellanic horned owl
- Rufous-legged owl
- Short-eared owl
- OYSTERCATCHER
- American oystercatcher
- Blackish oystercatcher
- Magellanic oystercatcher
Q
- PAINTED SNIPE
- South American painted snipe
- PARAKEET
- Austral parakeet
- Monk parakeet (Reg)
- Mountain parakeet
- Red-masked parakeet (NT) (Reg)
- Slender-billed parakeet
- PARROT
- Burrowing parrot
- PELICAN
- Brown pelican (Reg)
- Peruvian pelican (NT)
- PENGUIN
- Adelie penguin
- Chinstrap penguin
- Emperor penguin
- Gentoo penguin (NT)
- Humboldt penguin (VU)
- King penguin
- Little penguin (Reg)
- Macaroni penguin (VU)
- Magellanic penguin (NT)
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- Rockhopper penguin (VU)
- PETREL
- Antarctic petrel
- Blue petrel
- Cape petrel
- Cook's petrel (VU)
- Great-winged petrel
- Grey petrel (NT)
- Henderson petrel (EN) (Reg)
- Herald petrel (VU)
- Juan Fernandez petrel (VU)
- Kerguelen petrel
- Kermadec petrel
- Magenta petrel (CR)
- Mas A Tierra (Defilippi's) petrel (VU)
- Mottled petrel (NT)
- Murphy's petrel (NT) (Reg)
- Phoenix petrel (EN)
- Snow petrel
- Stejneger's petrel (VU)
- Westland petrel (VU) (Reg)
- White-chinned petrel (VU)
- White-headed petrel
- PHALAROPE
- Northern phalarope or Red-necked phalarope
- Red phalarope
- Wilson's phalarope
- PHEASANT
- Ring necked pheasant
- PIGEON
- Chilean pigeon
- Rock pigeon
- Spot-winged pigeon (Reg)
- PINTAIL
- Brown pintail
- White cheecked pintail
- PIPIT
- Correndera pipit
- Hellmayr's pipit (Reg)
- Yellowish pipit
- PLANTCUTTER
- Rufous-tailed plantcutter
- PLOVER
- Black-bellied plover
- Collared plover
- Diademed sandpiper plover (NT)
- Golden plover
- Magellanic plover (NT)
- Puna plover
- Semipalmated plover
- Snowy plover
- Two banded plover
- Wilsonīs plover (Reg)
- POCHARD
- Rosy-billed pochard
- Southern pochard (Reg)
- PRION
- Antarctic prion
- Fairy prion (Reg)
- Narrow-billed prion
- Salvin's prion
- PYGMY-OWL
- Austral pygmy-owl
- Ferroginous pygmy-owl
R
- QUAIL
- California quail
S
- RAIL
- Austral rail (VU)
- Black rail (NT)
- Plumbeous rail
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- Spotted rail (Reg)
- RAYADITO
- Masafuera rayadito (CR)
- Thorn-tailed rayadito
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- REDSTART
- American redstart (Reg)
- RHEA
- Lesser rhea (NT)
- RUSH-BIRD
- Wren-like rush-bird
- RUSH-TYRANT
- Many-colored rush-tyrant
T
- SALTATOR
- Golden-billed saltator
- SANDERLING
- Sanderling
- SANDPIPER
- Baird's sandpiper
- Buff-breasted sandpiper (NT) (Reg)
- Least sandpiper (Reg)
- Pectoral sandpiper
- Semipalmated sandpiper
- Sharp-tailed sandpiper (Reg)
- Solitary sandpiper (Reg)
- Spotted sandpiper
- Stilt sandpiper
- Upland sandpiper (Reg)
- Western sandpiper (Reg)
- White-rumped sandpiper
- SEEDEATER
- Band-tailed seedeater
- Chestnut-throated seedeater
- Plain-colored seedeater
- SEEDSNIPE
- Grey-breasted seedsnipe
- Least seedsnipe
- Rufous bellied seedsnipe
- Tschudi's seedsnipe
- White-bellied seedsnipe
- SHEARTAIL
- Peruvian sheartail (Reg)
- SHEARWATER
- Christmas shearwater
- Flesh-footed shearwater
- Great shearwater
- Little shearwater
- Manx shearwater (Reg)
- New Zealand shearwater (VU)
- Pink-footed shearwater (VU)
- Sooty shearwater (NT)
- SHEATHBILL
- Snowy sheathbill
- SHOVELER
- Red shoveler
- SHRIKE-TYRANT
- Black-billed shrike-tyrant
- Great shrike-tyrant
- Great-bellied shrike-tyrant
- White-tailed shrike-tyrant (VU)
- SIERRA-FINCH
- Ash-breasted sierra-finch
- Band-tailed sierra-finch
- Black-hooded sierra-finch
- Gray-hooded sierra-finch
- Mourning sierra- finch
- Patagonian sierra-finch
- Plumbeous sierra-finch
- Red-backed sierra-finch
- White-throated sierra-finch
- SISKIN
- Black siskin
- Black-chinned siskin
- Hooded siskin
- Thick-billed siskin
- Yellow-rumped siskin
- SKIMMER
- Black skimmer
- SKUA
- Brown skua
- Chilean skua
- South polar skua
- SLATY-FLYCATCHER
- Crowned slaty-flycatcher (Reg)
- SNIPE
- Fuegian snipe (NT)
- Puna snipe
- South American snipe
- SPARROW
- House sparrow
- Ruffous-collared sparrow
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- SPOONBILL
- Roseate spoonbill (Reg)
- STEAMER DUCK
- Flying steamer duck
- Magellanic flightless steamer duck
- White-headed steamer duck
- STILT
- Black-necked stilt (Reg ?)
- White-backed stilt
- STORK
- Maguari stork
- Wood stork (Reg)
- STORM PETREL
- Black-bellied storm-petrel
- Grey-backed storm-petrel
- Markham's storm-petrel (DD)
- Polynesian strom-petrel (VU)
- Ringed storm-petrel (DD)
- Wedge-rumped storm-petrel
- White-bellied storm-petrel
- White-faced storm-petrel (Reg)
- White-vented storm-petrel (DD)
- Wilson's storm-petrel
- SURFBIRD
- Surfbird
- SWALLOW
- Andean swallow
- Bank swallow (Reg)
- Barn swallow
- Blue and white swallow
- Chilean swallow
- Cliff swallow
- Tawny-headed swallow (Reg)
- SWAN
- Black-necked swan
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- Coscoroba swan
- SWIFT
- Andean swift
- Chimney swift
V
- TANAGER
- Blue-amd-yellow tanager
- Summer tanager (Reg)
- TAPACULO
- Andean tapaculo
- Chucao tapaculo
- Dusky tapaculo
- Ochre-flanked tapaculo
- White-throated tapaculo
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- TATTLER
- Wandering tattler
- TEAL
- Blue winged teal (Reg)
- Chilean teal
- Cinnamon teal
- Puna teal
- Silver teal
- TERN
- Antarctic tern
- Artic tern
- Black tern (Reg)
- Bridled tern (Reg)
- Common tern
- Elegant tern (NT)
- Grey-backed tern
- Gull-billed tern (Reg)
- Inca tern (NT)
- Large-billed tern (Reg)
- Least tern (?) in spanish
- Peruvian tern (EN)
- Sandwich tern
- Snowy-crowned tern
- Sooty tern
- South american tern
- White tern
- TERNLET
- Gray ternlet
- THICK-KNEE
- Peruvian thick-knee
- THRUSH
- Austral thrush
- Chiguanco thrush
- Creamy-bellied thrush (Reg)
- Wood thrush (Reg)
- TINAMOU
- Andean tinamou
- Chilean tinamou
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- Elegant tinamou
- Ornate tinamou
- Patagonian tinamou
- Puna tinamou
- TIT-SPINETAIL
- Andean Tit-spinetail
- Plain-mantled Tit-spinetail
- Streaked Tit-spinetail
- TIT-TYRANT
- Juan Fernandez tit-tyrant
- Pied-crested tit-tyrant
- Tufted tit-tyrant
- Yellow-billed tit-tyrant
- TREE-RUNNER
- White-throated tree-runner
- TROPICBIRD
- Red-billed tropicbird
- Red-tailed tropicbird
- White tailed tropicbird
- TURCA
- Moustached turca
- TURNSTONE
- Ruddy turnstone
- TYRANT
- Chocolate-vented tyrant
- Patagonian tyrant
- Rufous-webbed tyrant (Reg)
- Spectacled tyrant
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- VEERY
- Veery (Reg)
- VELVETBREAST
- Mountain velvetbreast (Reg)
- VIOLET-EAR
- Sparkling violet-ear (Reg)
- VIREO
- Red-eyed vireo (Reg)
- VULTURE
- Black vulture
- Lesser yellow-head vulture (Reg)
- Turkey vulture
Y
- WARBLER
- Blackpoll warbler (Reg)
- Canada warbler (Reg)
- Tennessee warbler (Reg)
- WATERTHRUSH
- Northern waterthrush (Reg)
- WHIMBREL
- Whimbrel
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- WHISTLING DUCK
- Black-bellied whistling duck (Reg)
- Fulvous whistling duck (Reg)
- White-faced whistling duck (Reg)
- WIGEON
- Chiloe wigeon
- WILLET
- Willet
- WIRE-TAIL
- Des Murs's wire-tail
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- WOODPECKER
- Magellanic woodpecker
- Striped woodpecker
- WOOD-PEWEE
- Western wood-pewee (Reg)
- WOODSTAR
- Chilean woodstar (EN)
- WREN
- House wren
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- Sedge wren
- YELLOW-FINCH
- Bright-rumped yellow-finch
- Greater yellow-finch
- Greenish yellow-finch
- Misto yellow-finch
- Patagonian yellow-finch
- Puna yellow finch
- YELLOW-LEGS
- Greater yellow-legs
- Lesser yellow-legs
