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Chile

General Information

Chile is a country located on the western coast of South America, bordered to the north by Peru, to the east by Bolivia and Argentina, and to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Its geographical position is unique, as it stretches over a long distance, from the tropics to the Antarctic Circle, allowing it to encompass a wide range of climates and landscapes. Chile´s geography is very diverse, with a long and rugged coastline, a chain of the Andes that runs along the country from north to south, and a series of valleys and plains that stretch between the mountain range and the coast. The northernmost region of the country is the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on the planet, while the southernmost region is Patagonia, an area of great natural beauty and biodiversity.

To get to Chile, there are several transportation options. The country has several international airports, the most important being Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, located in the capital, Santiago. From there, you can take domestic or international flights to different destinations. It is also possible to arrive in Chile by land, through border crossings with Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. The road network in Chile is extensive and well-maintained, allowing you to travel the country by car or bus. Additionally, there are ferry services that connect the mainland with the islands of the Chiloé archipelago and other coastal areas.

In terms of environments and characteristics of the surroundings, Chile has a wide range of natural landscapes. The coastline is rocky and rugged, with numerous bays and peninsulas, while the Andes mountain range is high and snowy, with peaks that exceed 6,000 meters in height. The valleys and plains that stretch between the mountain range and the coast are fertile and suitable for agriculture, while the Patagonia region is known for its glaciers, fjords, and coniferous forests. The climate in Chile varies from desert in the north to temperate in the south, with a wide range of climatic conditions in different regions. The vegetation is also diverse, with sclerophyllous forests in the central region, coniferous forests in the Araucanía region, and steppes in the Patagonia region.

In terms of logistics, Chile is a well-equipped country to receive tourists and visitors. The hotel infrastructure is wide and varied, with options for all tastes and budgets. The road network is extensive and well-maintained, allowing you to travel the country by car or bus. Additionally, there are guide services and tour operators that offer excursions and activities in different regions of the country. It is essential to keep in mind that the climate and weather conditions can vary depending on the region and time of year, so it is recommended to research and plan ahead before embarking on a trip to Chile.

The best time to visit Chile depends on the region and the activity you want to do. The high season is during the summer months, from December to March, when the weather is warm and sunny in most regions. However, in the Patagonia region, the best time to visit is during the autumn and spring months, when the weather is more stable and the conditions for hiking and outdoor activities are more favorable. In any case, it is essential to research and plan ahead to ensure that you can enjoy the natural beauty and diversity of landscapes that Chile has to offer.

In summary, Chile is a country with a wide range of natural landscapes and climates, offering a wide range of options for visitors who want to explore and enjoy nature. From the rugged coastline to the Andes mountain range and the Patagonia region, Chile is a destination that has something for everyone. With a well-developed tourist infrastructure and a wide range of activities and excursions available, Chile is an ideal place for those looking for a unique and memorable travel experience.



Compilation and publication: EcoRegistros – 18/07/2026











  Order Family English Common Name Spanish Common Name Portuguese Common Name Scientific Name Belonging Conservation status Notes
1RheiformesRheidaeLesser RheaChoiqueRhea pennataNative
 LC 
2AnseriformesAnatidaeBlack-necked SwanCisne Cuello NegroCisne-de-pescoço-pretoCygnus melancoryphusNative
 LC 
3Upland GooseCauquén ComúnGanso-de-magalhãesChloephaga pictaNative
 LC 
4Kelp GooseCarancaChloephaga hybridaNative
 LC 
5Ashy-headed GooseCauquén RealChloephaga poliocephalaNative
 LC 
6Crested DuckPato CrestónLophonetta specularioidesNative
 LC 
7Flying Steamer DuckQuetro VoladorTachyeres patachonicusNative
 LC 
8Fuegian Steamer DuckQuetro AustralTachyeres pteneresNative
 LC 
9Chiloe WigeonPato OveroMarreca-oveiraMareca sibilatrixNative
 LC 
10Yellow-billed PintailPato MaiceroMarreca-pardaAnas georgicaNative
 LC 
11Yellow-billed TealPato BarcinoMarreca-pardinhaAnas flavirostrisNative
 LC 
12PodicipediformesPodicipedidaeWhite-tufted GrebeMacá ComúnMergulhão-de-orelha-brancaRollandia rollandNative
 LC 
13Great GrebeMacá GrandeMergulhao-grande o choronaPodiceps majorNative
 LC 
14ColumbiformesColumbidaeCroaking Ground DoveTortolita PeruanaColumbina cruzianaNative
 LC 
15West Peruvian DoveTorcaza Ala BlancaZenaida melodaNative
 LC 
16Eared DoveTorcaza ComúnAvoanteZenaida auriculataNative
 LC 
17Rock DovePaloma DomésticaPombo-domésticoColumba liviaExotic
 LC 
18GruiformesRallidaeAndean CootGallareta AndinaFulica ardesiacaNative
 LC 
19CharadriiformesHaematopodidaeMagellanic OystercatcherOstrero AustralHaematopus leucopodusNative
 LC 
20Blackish OystercatcherOstrero NegroHaematopus aterNative
 LC 
21American OystercatcherOstrero ComúnPiru-piruHaematopus palliatusNative
 LC 
22CharadriidaeRufous-chested DotterelChorlito Pecho CanelaBatuíra-de-peito-tijoloZonibyx modestusNative
 LC 
23KilldeerFraileCharadrius vociferusNative
 NT 
24Semipalmated PloverChorlito PalmadoBatuíra-de-bandoCharadrius semipalmatusNative
 LC 
25ScolopacidaeHudsonian WhimbrelPlayero TrinadorMaçarico-de-bico-tortoNumenius hudsonicusNative
  
26Hudsonian GodwitBecasa de MarMaçarico-de-bico-viradoLimosa haemasticaNative
 VU 
27Magellanic SnipeBecasina PatagónicaGallinago magellanicaNative
 LC 
28Spotted SandpiperPlayerito ManchadoMaçarico-pintadoActitis maculariusNative
 LC 
29Wilson´s PhalaropeFalaropo ComúnPisa-n´águaPhalaropus tricolorNative
 LC 
30Red PhalaropeFalaropo Pico GruesoFalaropo-de-bico-grossoPhalaropus fulicariusNative
 LC 
31Lesser YellowlegsPitotoy ChicoMaçarico-de-perna-amarelaTringa flavipesNative
 VU 
32WilletPlayero Ala BlancaMaçarico-de-asa-brancaTringa semipalmataNative
 LC 
33Greater YellowlegsPitotoy GrandeMaçarico-grande-de-perna-amarelaTringa melanoleucaNative
 NT 
34Ruddy TurnstoneVuelvepiedrasVira-pedrasArenaria interpresNative
 NT 
35Stilt SandpiperPlayerito ZancudoMaçarico-pernilongoCalidris himantopusNative
 NT 
36Baird´s SandpiperPlayerito UnicolorMaçarico-de-bico-finoCalidris bairdiiNative
 LC 
37White-rumped SandpiperPlayerito Rabadilla BlancaMaçarico-de-sobre-brancoCalidris fuscicollisNative
 VU 
38StercorariidaeLong-tailed JaegerSalteador Cola LargaMandrião-de-cauda-compridaStercorarius longicaudusNative
 LC 
39Chilean SkuaSalteador AcaneladoMandrião-chilenoStercorarius chilensisNative
 LC 
40LaridaeBlack SkimmerRayadorTalha-marRynchops nigerNative
 LC 
41Inca TernZarcilloLarosterna incaNative
 NT 
42Elegant TernGaviotín EleganteThalasseus elegansNative
 NT 
43South American TernGaviotín SudamericanoTrinta-réis-de-bico-vermelhoSterna hirundinaceaNative
 LC 
44Swallow-tailed GullGaviota de Cola BifurcadaCreagrus furcatusNative
 LC 
45Brown-hooded GullGaviota Capucho CaféGaivota-maria-velhaChroicocephalus maculipennisNative
 LC 
46Andean GullGaviota AndinaChroicocephalus serranusNative
 LC 
47Dolphin GullGaviota GrisGaivota-australLeucophaeus scoresbiiNative
 LC 
48Grey GullGaviota GarumaGaivota-de-garumaLeucophaeus modestusNative
 LC 
49Franklin´s GullGaviota ChicaGaivota-de-franklinLeucophaeus pipixcanNative
 LC 
50Kelp GullGaviota CocineraGaivotãoLarus dominicanusNative
 LC 
51SphenisciformesSpheniscidaeGentoo PenguinPingüino de VinchaPygoscelis papuaNative
 LC 
52Humboldt PenguinPingüino de HumboldtSpheniscus humboldtiNative
 VU 
53Magellanic PenguinPingüino PatagónicoPinguim-de-magalhãesSpheniscus magellanicusNative
 LC 
54ProcellariiformesDiomedeidaeBlack-browed AlbatrossAlbatros Ceja NegraAlbatroz-de-sobrancelhaThalassarche melanophrisNative
 LC 
55Salvin´s AlbatrossAlbatros de SalvinThalassarche salviniNative
 VU 
56OceanitidaeElliot´s Storm PetrelGolondrina de Mar ChicaOceanites gracilisNative
 DD 
57ProcellariidaeSouthern Giant PetrelPetrel Gigante ComúnPetrel-giganteMacronectes giganteusNative
 LC 
58Southern FulmarPetrel PlateadoPardelão-prateadoFulmarus glacialoidesNative
 LC 
59White-chinned PetrelPetrel Barba BlancaPardela-pretaProcellaria aequinoctialisNative
 VU 
60Buller´s ShearwaterFardela de Dorso grisArdenna bulleriNative
 VU 
61Sooty ShearwaterPardela OscuraBobo-escuroArdenna griseaNative
 NT 
62Pink-footed ShearwaterPardela Pico RosadoArdenna creatopusNative
 VU 
63Peruvian Diving PetrelYunco de HumboldtPelecanoides garnotiiNative
 NT 
64Magellanic Diving PetrelPetrel Zambullidor MagallánicoPetrel-mergulhador-de-magalhãesPelecanoides magellaniNative
 LC 
65Blue PetrelPetrel AzuladoPetrel-azulHalobaena caeruleaNative
 LC 
66SuliformesSulidaePeruvian BoobyPiquero PeruanoSula variegataNative
 LC 
67PhalacrocoracidaeRed-legged CormorantCormorán GrisPoikilocarbo gaimardiNative
 NT 
68Neotropic CormorantBiguáBiguáNannopterum brasilianumNative
 LC 
69Rock ShagCormorán Cuello NegroLeucocarbo magellanicusNative
 LC 
70Guanay CormorantGuanayLeucocarbo bougainvilliorumNative
 NT 
71Imperial ShagCormorán ImperialLeucocarbo atricepsNative
 LC 
72PelecaniformesThreskiornithidaeBlack-faced IbisBandurria AustralTheristicus melanopisNative
 LC 
73PelecanidaePeruvian PelicanPelícano PeruanoPelecanus thagusNative
 NT 
74ArdeidaeSnowy EgretGarcita BlancaGarça-branca-pequenaEgretta thulaNative
 LC 
75Black-crowned Night HeronGarza BrujaSocó-dorminhocoNycticorax nycticoraxNative
 LC 
76Great EgretGarza BlancaGarça-branca-grandeArdea albaNative
 LC 
77ApodiformesTrochilidaeGreen-backed FirecrownPicaflor RubíSephanoides sephaniodesNative
 LC 
78Peruvian SheartailPicaflor de CoraThaumastura coraNative
 LC 
79Oasis HummingbirdPicaflor VespertinoRhodopis vesperNative
 LC 
80Chilean WoodstarPicaflor de AricaEulidia yarrelliiNative
 CR 
81StrigiformesStrigidaeAustral Pygmy OwlCaburé GrandeGlaucidium nanaNative
 LC 
82Pacific Pygmy OwlMochuelo del PacíficoGlaucidium peruanumNative
 LC 
83Rufous-legged OwlLechuza Bataraz AustralStrix rufipesNative
 LC 
84CathartiformesCathartidaeAndean CondorCóndor AndinoCondor-dos-andesVultur gryphusNative
 VU 
85Turkey VultureJote Cabeza ColoradaUrubu-de-cabeça-vermelhaCathartes auraNative
 LC 
86AccipitriformesAccipitridaeChilean HawkEsparvero PatagónicoAstur chilensisNative
  
87Black-chested Buzzard-EagleÁguila MoraÁguia-chilenaGeranoaetus melanoleucusNative
 LC 
88PiciformesPicidaeMagellanic WoodpeckerCarpintero GiganteCampephilus magellanicusNative
 LC 
89FalconiformesFalconidaeCrested CaracaraCaranchoCarcaráCaracara plancusNative
 LC 
90Chimango CaracaraChimangoChimangoDaptrius chimangoNative
 LC 
91White-throated CaracaraMatamico BlancoDaptrius albogularisNative
 LC 
92American KestrelHalconcito ColoradoQuiriquiriFalco sparveriusNative
 LC 
93PsittaciformesPsittacidaeAustral ParakeetCachañaEnicognathus ferrugineusNative
 LC 
94PasseriformesTyrannidaeWhite-crested ElaeniaFiofío SilbónGuaracava-de-crista-brancaElaenia albicepsNative
 LC 
95Dark-faced Ground TyrantDormilona Cara NegraGaúcha-de-cara-sujaMuscisaxicola maclovianusNative
 LC 
96Bran-colored FlycatcherMosqueta EstriadaFilipeMyiophobus fasciatusNot listed
 LC 
97Patagonian TyrantPeutrénColorhamphus parvirostrisNative
 LC 
98Vermilion FlycatcherChurrinchePríncipePyrocephalus rubinusNative
 LC 
99Spot-billed Ground TyrantDormilona ChicaMuscisaxicola maculirostrisNative
 LC 
100Ochre-naped Ground TyrantDormilona FraileMuscisaxicola flavinuchaNative
 LC 
101Austral NegritoSobrepuesto ComúnColegialLessonia rufaNative
 LC 
102Fire-eyed DiuconDiucónPyrope pyropeNative
 LC 
103FurnariidaeWhite-throated TreerunnerPicolezna PatagónicoPygarrhichas albogularisNative
 LC 
104Buff-winged CinclodesRemolinera ComúnPedreiro-dos-andesCinclodes fuscusNative
 LC 
105Grey-flanked CinclodesRemolinera ChicaCinclodes oustaletiNative
 LC 
106Dark-bellied CinclodesRemolinera AraucanaCinclodes patagonicusNative
 LC 
107Thorn-tailed RayaditoRayaditoAphrastura spinicaudaNative
 LC 
108HirundinidaeChilean SwallowGolondrina PatagónicaAndorinha-chilenaTachycineta leucopygaNative
 LC 
109Barn SwallowGolondrina TijeritaAndorinha-de-bandoHirundo rusticaNative
 LC 
110TroglodytidaeSouthern House WrenRatona ComúnCorruiraTroglodytes musculusNative
 LC 
111TurdidaeChiguanco ThrushZorzal ChiguancoTurdus chiguancoNative
 LC 
112Austral ThrushZorzal PatagónicoTurdus falcklandiiNative
 LC 
113PasseridaeHouse SparrowGorrión ComúnPardalPasser domesticusExotic
  
114MotacillidaeCorrendera PipitCachirla ComúnCaminheiro-de-esporaAnthus correnderaNative
  
115FringillidaeBlack-chinned SiskinCabecitanegra AustralSpinus barbatusNative
 LC 
116PasserellidaeRufous-collared SparrowChingoloTico-ticoZonotrichia capensisNative
 LC 
117IcteridaeLong-tailed MeadowlarkLoica ComúnLeistes loycaNative
 LC 
118Austral BlackbirdTordo PatagónicoCuraeus curaeusNative
 LC 
119ThraupidaeBlue-black GrassquitVolatineroTiziuVolatinia jacarinaNative
 LC 
120Tamarugo ConebillComesebo de los TamarugalesConirostrum tamarugenseNative
 LC 
121Cinereous ConebillMielerito CinéreoConirostrum cinereumNative
 LC 
122Patagonian Sierra FinchComesebo PatagónicoPhrygilus patagonicusNative
 LC 
123Yellow-bridled FinchYal AndinoMelanodera xanthogrammaNative
 LC 
124Slender-billed FinchPizarritaXenospingus concolorNative
 NT 
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