English Names of Chilean Birds
IUCN (2009.2) categories: (EX) = extinct; (EW) = extinct 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.
Endemic species (only found in Chile):
Chilean Tinamou, Crag Chilia, Dusky-tailed Canastero, Dusky Tapaculo, Juan Fernandez Firecrown, Juan Fernandez Tit-tyrant, Masafuera Rayadito, Moustached Turca, Pincoya storm-petrel, Seaside Cinclodes, Slender-billed Parakeet, White-throated Tapaculo.
Nearly endemic species (most population in Chile with record(s) in adjacent countries):
Chestnut-throated Huet-huet, Chilean Mockingbird, Chilean Woodstar, Chucao Tapaculo, Des Murs's Wiretail, Ochre-flanked Tapaculo.
AB
- 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 Buller's Albatross
- Northern royal Albatross (EN)
- Salvin's Albatross
- Sooty Albatross (EN) (Reg)
- Southern royal Albatross (VU)
- Wandering Albatross (VU)
- Waved Albatross (CR) (Reg)
- White-capped Albatross (NT)
- ANI
- Groove-billed Ani
- Smooth-billed Ani
- AVOCET
- Andean Avocet
C
- BITTERN
- Least Bittern (Reg)
- Stripe-backed Bittern
- BLACKBIRD
- Austral Blackbird
- Chestnut-capped Blackbird (Reg)
- Scarlet-headed Blackbird (Reg)
- White-browed Blackbird (Reg)
- Yellow-winged Blackbird
- BLACK-TYRANT
- White-winged Black-tyrant (Reg)
- BOBOLINK
- Bobolink (Reg)
- BOOBY
- Blue footed Booby
- Brown Booby
- Nazca Booby (Reg)
- Pacific masked Booby
- Peruvian Booby
- Red footed Booby
- BUSH-TYRANT
- Rufous-webbed Bush-tyrant (Reg)
- BUZZARD-EAGLE
- Black-chested Buzzard-eagle
D
- CANASTERO
- Austral Canastero
- Canyon Canastero
- Cordilleran Canastero
- Creamy-breasted Canastero
- Dusky-tailed Canastero
- Sharp-billed (Lesser) Canastero
- CARACARA
- Chimango Caracara
- Mountain Caracara
- Southern Caracara
- Striated Caracara (NT)
- White-throated Caracara
- CARDINAL
- Red-crested Cardinal
- CASIORNIS
- Rufous Casiornis (Reg)
- 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
- Horned Coot (NT)
- Red fronted Coot
- Red gartered Coot
- Slate-colored (Andean) Coot
- White winged Coot
- CORMORANT
- Antarctic Cormorant
- Guanay Cormorant (NT)
- Imperial Cormorant
- Magellanic Cormorant
- Neotropic Cormorant
- Red-legged Cormorant (NT)
- COWBIRD
- Bay-winged Cowbird (Reg)
- Screaming Cowbird (Reg)
- Shiny Cowbird
- CRAKE
- Dot-winged Crake (Reg)
- CUCKOO
- Dark-billed Cuckoo
- Guira Cuckoo (Reg)
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Reg)
- CURLEW
- Bristle-thighed Curlew (VU) (Reg)
- Eskimo Curlew (CR)
E
- DIUCA-FINCH
- Chilean Diuca-finch
- White-winged Diuca-finch
- DIUCON
- Fire-eyed Diucon
- DIVING-PETREL
- Magellanic Diving-petrel
- Peruvian Diving-petrel (EN)
- Subantarctic Diving-petrel
- DORADITO
- Ticking Doradito
- DOTTEREL
- Rufous-chested Dotterel
- Tawny-throated Dotterel
- DOVE
- Chilean eared Dove
- White winged Dove
- DOWITCHER
- Short-billed Dowitcher
- DUCK
- American Comb Duck (Reg)
- Andean Duck
- Black-headed Duck
- Crested Duck
- Lake Duck
- Mallard Duck (Reg)
- Muscovy Duck
- Spectacled Duck (NT)
- Torrent Duck
- DUNLIN
- Dunlin (Reg ?)
F
- EARTHCREEPER
- Band-tailed Earthcreeper (Reg)
- Buff-breasted Earthcreeper
- Patagonian forest Earthcreeper
- Rock Earthcreeper
- Scale-throated Earthcreeper
- Straight-billed Earthcreeper
- White-throated Earthcreeper
- EGRET
- Cattle Egret
- Great Egret
- Snowy Egret
- ELAENIA
- White-crested Elaenia
- EMERALD
- Glittering-bellied Emerald
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
- Juan Fernandez Firecrown (CR)
- FLAMINGO
- Andean Flamingo (VU)
- Chilean Flamingo (NT)
- Puna Flamingo (NT)
- FLICKER
- Andean Flicker
- Chilean Flicker
- FLOWERPIERCER
- Black-throated Flowerpiercer (Reg)
- FLYCATCHER
- Alder Flycatcher (Reg)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Reg)
- 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
- Northern Fulmar (Reg)
- Southern Fulmar
H
- GALLINULE
- Common Gallinule
- Purple Gallinule (Reg)
- Spot-flanked Gallinule
- GIANT-PETREL
- Northern Giant-petrel
- Southern Giant-petrel
- GODWIT
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Hudsonian Godwit
- Marbled Godwit
- GOOSE
- Andean Goose
- Ashy-headed Goose
- Kelp Goose
- Ruddy headed Goose
- Upland Goose
- GRASSQUIT
- Blue-black Grassquit
- GREBE
- Great Grebe
- Hooded Grebe (CR) (Reg)
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Silvery Grebe
- White-tufted Grebe
- GREEN-WARBLER
- Black-throated Green-warbler
- 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
- 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
- Bonaparte's Gull (Reg)
- Brown hooded Gull
- Dolphin Gull
- Franklin�s 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
- 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
- Chestnut-throated Huet-huet
- HUMMINGBIRD
- Giant Hummingbird
- Oasis Hummingbird
J
- IBIS
- Andean Ibis
- Bare-faced Ibis (Reg)
- Black-faced Ibis
- 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
- Swallow-tailed Kite (Reg)
- White-tailed Kite
- KNOT
- Red Knot
M
- LAPWING
- Andean Lapwing
- Southern Lapwing
- LIMPKIN
- Limpkin (Reg)
N
- MARTIN
- Brown-chested Martin (Reg)
- Gray-breasted Martin (Reg)
- Peruvian Martin (VU)
- Southern Martin
- MEADOWLARK
- Long-tailed Meadowlark
- 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
- Chalk-browed Mockingbird (Reg)
- Chilean Mockingbird
- Long-tailed Mockingbird (Reg)
- Patagonian Mockingbird
- White banded Mockingbird
- MONJITA
- ? Monjita (Reg)
- Black-crowned Monjita (Reg)
- Rusty-backed Monjita (Reg)
O
- NEGRITO
- Andean Negrito
- Austral Negrito
- NIGHT-HERON
- Black-crowned Night-heron
- Yellow-crowned Night-heron (Reg)
- NIGHTHAWK
- Common Nighthawk (Reg)
- Lesser Nighthawk (Reg)
- Nacunda Nighthawk (Reg)
- NIGHTJAR
- (Greater) Band-winged Nightjar
- Lesser Band-winged Nightjar
- NODDY
- Black Noddy (Reg)
- Brown Noddy
- Grey Noddy
P
- OILBIRD
- Oilbird (Reg)
- ORIOLE
- Baltimore Oriole (aka Northern Oriole) (Reg)
- Variable Oriole (Reg)
- OSPREY
- Osprey
- OWL
- Barn Owl
- Burrowing Owl
- 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
- Mitred Parakeet (Reg)
- Monk Parakeet (Reg)
- Mountain Parakeet
- Red-masked Parakeet (Reg)
- Slender-billed Parakeet
- PARROT
- Burrowing Parrot
- PARULA
- Tropical Parula (Reg)
- 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)
- Rockhopper Penguin (VU)
- Royal Penguin (Reg)
- PETREL
- Antarctic Petrel
- Atlantic Petrel (EN) (Reg)
- Black-winged Petrel (Reg)
- Blue Petrel
- Cape Petrel
- Cook's Petrel (VU)
- Gould's Petrel (VU) (Reg)
- Grey Petrel (NT)
- Grey-faced Petrel
- 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)
- Parkinson's Petrel (VU) (Reg)
- Phoenix Petrel (EN)
- Snow Petrel
- Soft-plumaged Petrel (Reg)
- Stejneger's Petrel (VU)
- Westland Petrel (VU) (Reg)
- White-chinned Petrel (VU)
- White-headed Petrel
- PEWEE
- Smoke-colored Pewee (Reg)
- Western Wood-Pewee (Reg)
- PHALAROPE
- Northern Phalarope or Red-necked phalarope
- Red Phalarope
- Wilson's Phalarope
- PHEASANT
- Ring necked Pheasant
- PIGEON
- Chilean Pigeon
- Picazuro Pigeon
- Rock Pigeon
- Spot-winged Pigeon (Reg)
- PINTAIL
- Brown Pintail
- White cheecked Pintail
- PIPIT
- Correndera Pipit
- Hellmayr's Pipit
- Peruvian Pipit
- PLANTCUTTER
- Rufous-tailed Plantcutter
- White-tipped Plantcutter
- PLOVER
- American Golden Plover
- Black-bellied (Grey) Plover
- Collared Plover
- Magellanic Plover (NT)
- Pacific Golden Plover (Reg)
- Puna Plover
- Semipalmated Plover
- Snowy Plover
- Two banded Plover
- Wilson�s Plover (Reg)
- POCHARD
- Rosy-billed Pochard
- Southern Pochard (Reg)
- POTOO
- Common Potoo (Reg)
- PRION
- Antarctic Prion
- Broad-billed Prion (Reg)
- Fairy Prion (Reg)
- Narrow-billed Prion
- Salvin's Prion (Reg ?)
- PYGMY-OWL
- Austral Pygmy-owl
- Peruvian Pygmy-owl
R
- QUAIL
- California Quail
S
- RAIL
- Austral Rail (VU)
- Black Rail (NT)
- Plumbeous Rail
- Spotted Rail (Reg)
- RAYADITO
- Masafuera Rayadito (CR)
- Subantarctic Rayadito (sp. nov.)
- Thorn-tailed Rayadito
- 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)
- Curlew Sandpiper (Reg)
- Least Sandpiper
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Semipalmated Sandpiper
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Reg)
- Solitary Sandpiper (Reg)
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Upland Sandpiper (Reg)
- Western Sandpiper (Reg)
- White-rumped Sandpiper
- SANDPIPER-PLOVER
- Diademed Sandpiper-plover (NT)
- SEEDEATER
- Band-tailed Seedeater
- Chestnut-throated Seedeater
- Double-collared Seedeater (Reg)
- Lined Seedeater (Reg)
- Plain-colored Seedeater
- SEEDSNIPE
- Grey-breasted Seedsnipe
- Least Seedsnipe
- Rufous bellied Seedsnipe
- Tschudi's Seedsnipe
- White-bellied Seedsnipe
- SHEARTAIL
- Peruvian Sheartail (Reg)
- SHEARWATER
- Buller's Shearwater (VU)
- Christmas Shearwater
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Great Shearwater
- Little Shearwater
- Manx Shearwater (Reg)
- Pink-footed Shearwater (VU)
- Sooty Shearwater (NT)
- Tropical Shearwater (Reg)
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Reg)
- SHEATHBILL
- Snowy Sheathbill
- SHOVELER
- Red Shoveler
- SHRIKE-TYRANT
- Black-billed Shrike-tyrant
- Great Shrike-tyrant
- Great-bellied Shrike-tyrant
- Lesser Shrike-tyrant (Reg)
- 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
- SPOONBILL
- Roseate Spoonbill (Reg)
- STARLING
- European Starling (Reg)
- STEAMER-DUCK
- Flying Steamer-duck
- Magellanic flightless Steamer-duck
- STILT
- Black-necked Stilt
- STORK
- Maguari Stork
- Wood Stork (Reg)
- STORM-PETREL
- Black Storm-Petrel
- Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
- Elliot's Storm-Petrel (DD)
- Grey-backed Storm-Petrel
- Leach's Storm-Petrel (VU)
- Markham's Storm-Petrel (DD)
- Pincoya Storm-Petrel (DD)
- Polynesian Storm-Petrel (VU)
- Ringed (Hornby's) Storm-Petrel (DD)
- Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
- White-bellied Storm-Petrel
- White-faced Storm-Petrel (Reg)
- 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
- Coscoroba Swan
- SWIFT
- Andean Swift
- Chimney Swift
- White-collared Swift
V
- TANAGER
- Blue-and-yellow Tanager
- Sayaca Tanager (Reg)
- Summer Tanager (Reg)
- Swallow Tanager (Reg)
- TAPACULO
- Andean Tapaculo
- Chucao Tapaculo
- Dusky Tapaculo
- Ochre-flanked Tapaculo
- White-throated Tapaculo
- TATTLER
- Wandering Tattler
- TEAL
- Blue winged Teal (Reg)
- Speckled 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
- Peruvian Tern (EN)
- Royal Tern (Reg)
- Sandwich Tern
- Snowy-crowned Tern
- Sooty Tern
- South american Tern
- White Tern
- THICK-KNEE
- Peruvian Thick-knee
- THRUSH
- Austral Thrush
- Chiguanco Thrush
- Creamy-bellied Thrush (Reg)
- Swainson's Thrush (Reg)
- Wood Thrush (Reg)
- TINAMOU
- Andean Tinamou
- Chilean Tinamou
- Elegant Tinamou
- Ornate Tinamou
- Patagonian Tinamou
- Puna Tinamou
- 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
- Cattle Tyrant (Reg)
- Chocolate-vented Tyrant
- Patagonian Tyrant
- Spectacled Tyrant
W
- VEERY
- Veery (Reg)
- VIOLET-EAR
- Sparkling Violet-ear (Reg)
- VIREO
- Chivi Vireo (Reg)
- VULTURE
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture
Y
- WAGTAIL
- White Wagtail (Reg)
- WARBLER
- Blackburnian Warbler (Reg)
- Blackpoll Warbler (Reg)
- Canada Warbler (Reg)
- Tennessee Warbler (Reg)
- WATERTHRUSH
- Northern Waterthrush (Reg)
- WHIMBREL
- Whimbrel
- 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
- WOODPECKER
- Magellanic Woodpecker
- Striped Woodpecker
- WOOD-PEWEE
- Western Wood-pewee (Reg)
- WOODSTAR
- Chilean Woodstar (EN)
- WREN
- House Wren
- Sedge Wren
- YELLOW-FINCH
- Bright-rumped Yellow-finch
- Greater Yellow-finch
- Greenish Yellow-finch
- Misto Yellow-finch
- Patagonian Yellow-finch
- Puna Yellow-finch
- Raimondi's Yellow-finch
- YELLOW-LEGS
- Greater Yellow-legs
- Lesser Yellow-legs
- YELLOWTHROAT
- Masked Yellowthroat (Reg)