The Birds of Chile Photo Gallery by Rick & José van der Weijde at pbase.com

The Birds of Chile

We saw a total of 149 species (4 introduced species not included) in Chile so far.

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Green-Backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes	Austral Blackbird Curaeus curaeus curaeus	Austral Blackbird Curaeus curaeus curaeus	Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca	Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca
Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca	Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii magellanicus	Yellow-Winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius thilius	Yellow-Winged Blackbird Agelasticus thilius thilius	Red-Fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
Red-Fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons	Red-Fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons	Red-Fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons	Red-Fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons	Lake Duck Oxyura vittata
Pied-Billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus	Red-Gartered Coot Fulica armillata	Red-Gartered Coot Fulica armillata	Red-Fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons	Red-Fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons
Red-Fronted Coot Fulica rufifrons	Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianus brasilianus	Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianus brasilianus	Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianus brasilianus	Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianus brasilianus
Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianus brasilianus	Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianus brasilianus	Red-Gartered Coot Fulica armillata	Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianus brasilianus	Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa
Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus rufiventris	Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa	Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa	Austral Negrito Lessonia rufa	American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus palliatus
Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca	Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca	Diuca Finch Diuca diuca diuca	Diuca Finch Diuca diuca diuca	Diuca Finch Diuca diuca diuca
Fire-Eyed Diucon Pyrope pyrope pyrope	Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus	Peruvian Pelican Pelecanus thagus	Peruvian Booby Sula variegata	Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianus brasilianus
Chilean Seaside Cinclodes Cinclodes nigrofumosus	Chilean Seaside Cinclodes Cinclodes nigrofumosus	Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis occipitalis	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
Black-Browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	Black-Browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	Black-Browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	Pink-Footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Black-Browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica	Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Pink-Footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri ssp.	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
Pink-Footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus	Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi	Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
Black-Browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus dominicanus	Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus dominicanus	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Chilean Skua Stercorarius chilensis	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi	Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus dominicanus
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini	Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli	White-Chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis steadi
White-Chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis steadi	Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus dominicanus	Black-Browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris	Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan	Guanay Cormorant Leucocarbo bougainvillii
Guanay Cormorant Leucocarbo bougainvillii	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis	Surfbird Calidris virgata	Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus rufiventris
Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus rufiventris	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres morinella	Surfbird Calidris virgata	Surfbird Calidris virgata	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres morinella
Surfbird Calidris virgata	Surfbird Calidris virgata	American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus palliatus	American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus palliatus	Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater
Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater	Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater	Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis	Peñon de Vida Marina	Inca Tern Larosterna inca	Inca Tern Larosterna inca	Inca Tern Larosterna inca
Inca Tern Larosterna inca	Inca Tern Larosterna inca	Inca Tern Larosterna inca	Inca Tern Larosterna inca	Inca Tern Larosterna inca
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura ssp.	Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura ssp.	Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus dominicanus	Black-Crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax obscurus	Long-Tailed Meadowlark Leistes loyca loyca
Long-Tailed Meadowlark Leistes loyca loyca	Dusky-Tailed Canastero Pseudasthenes humicola humicola	Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius	Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius	Rufous-Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis chilensis
Dusky Tapaculo Scytalopus fuscus	Dusky Tapaculo Scytalopus fuscus	Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius	Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius	Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius
Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius	Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius	California Quail Callipepla californica achrustera	Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus parulus	Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus parulus
Plain-Mantled Tit-Spinetail Leptasthenura aegithaloides aegithaloides	Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus parulus	Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus parulus	Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus parulus	Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus parulus
Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus melanurus	Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus melanurus	Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca	Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca	Chilean Mockingbird Mimus thenca
Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus melanurus	Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus melanurus	Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus melanurus	Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus melanurus	Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus melanurus
Crag Chilia Ochetorhynchus melanurus melanurus	Striped Woodpecker Veniliornis lignarius	Striped Woodpecker Veniliornis lignarius	Striped Woodpecker Veniliornis lignarius	Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius
Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius	Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius	Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius	Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius	Moustached Turca Pteroptochos megapodius megapodius
Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata	Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata	Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata	Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata	Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata
Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata	Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata	Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata	Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata	Buff-Winged Cinclodes Cinclodes fuscus
Grey-Hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi gayi	Grey-Hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi gayi	Grey-Hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi gayi	Grey-Hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi gayi	Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata
Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata	Rufous-Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis australis	Rufous-Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis australis	Rufous-Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis australis	Grey-Hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi gayi
Grey-Hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi gayi	Grey-Hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi gayi	Grey-Hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi gayi	Grey-Hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi gayi	Rufous-Banded Miner Geositta rufipennis fasciata
Grey-Hooded Sierra Finch Phrygilus gayi gayi	Rufous-Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis australis	Rufous-Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis australis	Mourning Sierra Finch Rhopospina fruticeti fruticeti	Mourning Sierra Finch Rhopospina fruticeti fruticeti
Mourning Sierra Finch Rhopospina fruticeti fruticeti	Plumbeous Sierra Finch Geospizopsis unicolor unicolor	Plumbeous Sierra Finch Geospizopsis unicolor unicolor	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango chimango	Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata auriculata
Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata auriculata	Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii magellanicus	Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii magellanicus	Chestnut-Throated Huet-Huet Pteroptochos castaneus	Chestnut-Throated Huet-Huet Pteroptochos castaneus
Chestnut-Throated Huet-Huet Pteroptochos castaneus	Chestnut-Throated Huet-Huet Pteroptochos castaneus	Chestnut-Throated Huet-Huet Pteroptochos castaneus	Burrowing Parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus bloxami	Burrowing Parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus bloxami
Burrowing Parrot Cyanoliseus patagonus bloxami	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis
Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Black-Faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis
Black-Faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis	Black-Faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis	Brown-Hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis	Brown-Hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis
Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Brown-Hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis	Brown-Hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis	Brown-Hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis	Brown-Hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis
Brown-Hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis	Brown-Hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis	Brown-Hooded Gull Chroicocephalus maculipennis	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis	Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis
Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Slender-Billed Parakeet Enicognathus leptorhynchus	Black-Faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis
Black-Faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis	Black-Faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis	Black-Faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis	Black-Faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis	Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Slender-Billed Parakeet Enicognathus leptorhynchus	Southern Crested Caracara Caracara plancus plancus	Southern Crested Caracara Caracara plancus plancus	Southern Crested Caracara Caracara plancus plancus
Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Black-Faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis	Black-Faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis	Black-Faced Ibis Theristicus melanopis	Black-Chinned Siskin Spinus barbatus
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis chilensis	Rufous-Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis chilensis	Black-Chinned Siskin Spinus barbatus	Black-Chinned Siskin Spinus barbatus	Black-Throated Huet-Huet Pteroptochos tarnii
Black-Throated Huet-Huet Pteroptochos tarnii	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Dark-Bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus chilensis
Dark-Bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus chilensis	Dark-Bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus chilensis	Dark-Bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus chilensis	Dark-Bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus chilensis	Dark-Bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus chilensis
Dark-Bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus chilensis	Dark-Bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus chilensis	Dark-Bellied Cinclodes Cinclodes patagonicus chilensis	Black Vulture Coragyps atratus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Magellanic Oystercatcher Haemotopus leucopodus	Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater	Magellanic Oystercatcher Haemotopus leucopodus
Magellanic Oystercatcher Haemotopus leucopodus	Magellanic Oystercatcher Haemotopus leucopodus	Magellanic Oystercatcher Haemotopus leucopodus	Magellanic Oystercatcher Haemotopus leucopodus	Magellanic Oystercatcher Haemotopus leucopodus
Magellanic Oystercatcher Haemotopus leucopodus	Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater	American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus palliatus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus
Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Black-Necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan	Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica	Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica	Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica	Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica	Rufous-Chested Plover Charadrius modestus
Rufous-Chested Plover Charadrius modestus	Rufous-Chested Plover Charadrius modestus	Rufous-Chested Plover Charadrius modestus	Rufous-Chested Plover Charadrius modestus	Rufous-Chested Plover Charadrius modestus
Rufous-Chested Plover Charadrius modestus	Rufous-Chested Plover Charadrius modestus	Rufous-Chested Plover Charadrius modestus	Rufous-Chested Plover Charadrius modestus	Rufous-Chested Plover Charadrius modestus
Fuegian Steamer Duck Tachyeres pteneres	Fuegian Steamer Duck Tachyeres pteneres	Green-Backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephanoides	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus dominicanus
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus dominicanus	Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus dominicanus	Blackish Oystercatcher Haematopus ater	Rufous-Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis chilensis	Fire-Eyed Diucon Pyrope pyrope fortis
Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Rufous-Collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis chilensis	Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis	Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus parulus	Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus parulus
Tufted Tit-Tyrant Anairetes parulus parulus	Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana	Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana	Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana	Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana
Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana	Austral Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nana