Chile

What is recorded in Chile

Species

2,020

Grid cells

33,871

Records

5,411,981

Years covered

1980-2026

• Insects 1,135
• Birds 392
• Bony fish 235
• Reptiles 89
• Mammals 87
• Sharks and rays 44
• Amphibians 35
• Chimaeras 3

These are species with at least one recorded territory in Chile, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.

Most recorded here

The species with the most open occurrence records in Chile, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Austral Thrush

Turdus falcklandii

200,154 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Chimango Caracara

Milvago chimango

192,293 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Kelp Gull

Larus dominicanus

157,876 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Chilean Swallow

Tachycineta leucopyga

139,418 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

139,389 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

126,843 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Green-backed Firecrown

Sephanoides sephaniodes

108,597 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Austral Blackbird

Curaeus curaeus

92,414 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Chilean Mockingbird

Mimus thenca

88,595 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Eared Dove

Zenaida auriculata

88,150 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Long-tailed Meadowlark

Leistes loyca

84,929 records

bird

Not assessed · location generalised

Brown-hooded Gull

Chroicocephalus maculipennis

82,825 records