CHILE BIRDS
 

Noting those found during 
Focus On Nature Tours
with an (*). 

from 1990 thru 2009

(during the months of October, 
November, December)



A list of Chile Birds compiled by Armas Hill 
with some photos

Upper right photo: ANDEAN CONDOR 
Lower right photo: BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
(Both photos by Alan Brady)   
  

342 species of birds have been found 
during 18 FONT birding tours in Chile. 
(3 additional subspecies brings the following list to 345.) 

6 of our Chilean tours included only the areas east of Santiago (in the Andes), 
and west to the coast (Vina del Mar & Valparaiso): these tours either followed 
the FONT Argentina tour, or were before/after tours to Antarctica.
17 of our Chilean tours have included offshore pelagic trips from Valparaiso.

12 of the tours included: the south (lake district); 2 of those included Chiloe Island.
10 of the tours included the far-south (Punta Arenas & Tierra del Fuego).
10 tours included: the far-north (Arica, Putre, & Lauca Natl Park). With tours in the far-north, there have been (with the exception of 1 time), pelagic trips from Arica. 

There have been 2 tours only in far-southern Chile (Tierra del Fuego) in conjunction with the FONT Argentina tour.

Codes:

fno: during far-northern extension only
pnp: in the area of Paine National Park only (in far-southern Chile)

(t): a globally threatened, or rare, species as designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical (t2): endangered (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

(CHe):    endemic to Chile
(CHqe):  quasi (nearly) endemic to Chile
(CHr):     rare in Chile
(CHvr):   very rare in Chile
(CHi):     introduced in Chile

(p): during pelagic trips, either from Valparaiso, from Arica, or on a ferry across the Strait of Magellan or to Chiloe Island

(ph):  species with a photo in the FONT website


Links:


Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Chile

Chilean Albatrosses & Other Seabirds, Photos & More  (with photos)  

South American Mammals (with photos)

Directory of Photos in this Website

Birds:

1. Ornate Tinamou  (*) ______ fno 
   Nothoprocta ornata rostrata
   
   
2. Chilean Tinamou (CHe) (*) ______
   Nothoprocta p. perdicaria 
   
   
3. Andean Tinamou  ______
   Nothoprocta pentlandii
   
   
4. Puna Tinamou  (*) ______ fno 
   Tinamotis pentlandii  (monotypic)
   
   
5. Patagonian Tinamou  (*) ______
   Tinamotis ingoufi  (monotypic)
   
   
6. Elegant-crested Tinamou  ______ (in Chile a very restricted range in Aysen)
   Eudromias elegans 
   
   
7. Lesser Rhea  (*) ______  (the subspecies in far-southern Chile, called "Darwin's Rhea")  
   Pterocnemia p. pennata  (the single member of its genus)
   
   
8. Lesser Rhea  (nt) (*) ______ fno  (the subspecies in far-northern Chile, called the "Puna Rhea")  
   Pterocnemia pennata tarapacensis  (the Darwin's Rhea is the single member of its genus)
   
   
9. California Quail  (CHi) (*) ______
   Callipepla californica
   
   
10. Fulvous Whistling Duck  (CHvr)  ______
    Dendrocygna bicolor
    
    
11. White-faced Whistling Duck  (CHvr)  ______
    Dendrocygna viduata
    
    
12. Black-bellied Whistling Duck  (CHvr)  ______  (a single Chilean record near La Union, in X Region)
    Dendrocygna autumnalis 
    
    
13. Black-necked Swan  (*) ______
    Cygnus melancoryphus  (monotypic)
    
    
14. Coscoroba Swan  (*) ______
    Coscoroba coscoroba  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
15. Andean Goose  (*) ______ fno
    Chloephaga melanoptera  (monotypic)
    
    
16. Upland Goose  (*) ______  (has also been called the Magellan Goose) (endemic to Patagonia & the Falkland Islands)  
    Chloephaga p. picta 
    
    
    
    
    2 Ashy-headed Geese (foreground) with 3 Upland Geese (background)
    The male & female Ashy-headed Geese are similar. 
    The male has a chestnut breast; that of the female is a finely-barred reddish-brown.
    Male & female Upland Geese are quite different, with the male mostly white and the female mostly brown. 
     
    
17. Ashy-headed Goose  (*) ______ (endemic to Patagonia)
    Chloephaga poliocephala  (monotypic)
    
    
18. Ruddy-headed Goose (nt) (*) ______ (endemic to eastern Patagonia & the Falkland Islands)
    Chloephaga rubidiceps (monotypic) 
    
    
19. Kelp Goose  (*) ______ (endemic to Patagonia & the Falkland Islands) 
    Chloephaga h. hybrida
    
    
    
    
    A female Kelp Goose
    
    
20. Flying Steamer Duck  (*) ______ (endemic to Patagonia & the Falkland Islands) 
    Tachyeres patachonicus
    
    
    
    
    A pair of Flying Steamer Ducks (swimming, not flying); male (left), female (right)
    
    
21. Fuegian Steamer Duck  (*) ______  (has been called the Flightless Steamer Duck) (endemic to western Patagonian coasts & Tierra del Fuego) (exclusively marine)
    Tachyeres pteneres  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    A Fuegian Steamer Duck photographed during the FONT tour in Chile in November 2009
    (photo by Robert Hinz)
    
    
22. Torrent Duck  (*) ______ 
    Merganetta a. armata  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
    
    A pair of Torrent Ducks; female (left), male (right)
    (photo by Alan Brady)
      
    
23. Chiloe Wigeon  (*) ______  (has also been called the Southern Wigeon)
    Anas sibilatrix  (monotypic)
    
    
24. Speckled Teal  (*) ______
    Anas flavirostris  (2 subspecies in Chile)
    Anas f. flavirostris (central & south CH)
    Anas flavirostris oxyptera (north CH)
    
    
25. Bronze-winged Duck (nt) (*) ______  (has also been called Spectacled Duck)
    Speculanas (formerly Anas) specularis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
    
    
26. Crested Duck  (*) ______
    Lophonetta specilarioides  (the single member of its genus) (2 subspecies in Chile)  
    Lophonetta s. specularioides (central  & south CH) (w/red iris)
    Lophonetta specularioides alticola (north CH) (w/yellow iris)
    
     
27. Yellow-billed Pintail  (*) ______  (has also been called Brown Pintail)
    Anas georgica spinicauda
    
    
28. White-cheeked Pintail  (*) ______ 
    Anas bahamensis rubrirostris
    
    
29. Puna Teal  (*) ______ fno (was considered part of the Silver Teal) 
    Anas puna
    
    
30. Silver Teal  (*) ______
    Anas versicolor  (2 subspecies in Chile)
    Anas v. versicolor (in most of CH)
    Anas versicolor fretensis (in only far-southern Chile)
    
    
31. Cinnamon Teal  (*) ______
    Anas c. cyanoptera
    
    
32. Blue-winged Teal  (CHvr)  ______
    Anas discors
    
    
33. Red Shoveler  (*) ______
    Anas platalea  (monotypic)
    
    
34. Rosy-billed Pochard  (*)  ______  (another name has been Rosybill) 
    Netta peposaca  (monotypic)
    
    
35. Black-headed Duck (nt) (*) ______  (the only brood-parasitic duck in the world)
    Heteronetta atricapilla  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
    
    
36. Andean Duck  (*) ______ fno (was, at one time, considered conspecific with the Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis)
    Oxyura ferruginea  (monotypic)
    
    
37. Lake Duck  (*)  ______
    Oxyura vittata  (monotypic)
    
    
38. Humboldt Penguin (t3) (*) ______  (endemic to the Humboldt Current) 
    Spheniscus humboldti  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    Humboldt Penguins
    (photo by Armas Hill)
    
    
39. Magellanic Penguin (nt) (p) (*) ______ 
    Spheniscus magellanicus  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    A Magellanic Penguin photographed during a FONT tour in Chile
    
    
40. Rockhopper Penguin  ______
    Eudyptes chrysocome
    
    
41. Macaroni Penguin  ______ 
    Eudyptes chrysolophus
    
    
42. Wandering Albatross  ______
    Diomedea exulans
    
    
    
    
    A Wandering Albatross on the water dwarfing Cape Petrels 
    
    
    
43. Northern Royal Albatross (t2) (p) (*) ______  (considered distinct from the Southern Royal Albatross; when combined was called the "Royal Albatross")   
    Diomedea sanfordi
    
    
44. Southern Royal Albatross (t3) (p) (*) ______ (considered distinct from the Northern Royal Albatross; when combined was called the "Royal Albatross") 
    Diomedea epomophora
    
    
    
     
    A Southern Royal Albatross photographed during a FONT tour.
    Seen during the pelagic trip off Valparaiso, Chile. 
     
    
45. Black-browed Albatross  (nt) (p) (*) ______  (another name has been "Black-browed Mollymawk") 
    Thalassarche (was Diomedea) m. melanophrys 
    
    
    
    
    A Black-browed Albatross photographed during a pelagic trip off Valparaiso 
    that was part of a FONT tour in Chile 
    
    
46. Buller's Albatross (t3) (p) (*) ______  (another name has been "Buller's Mollymawk") 
    Thalassarche  (was Diomedea) b. bulleri
    
    
    
    
    A Buller's Albatross photographed during a pelagic trip off Valparaiso
    that was part of FONT tour in Chile
      
    
47. Salvin's Albatross  (t3) (p) (*) ______  (another name has been "Salvin's Mollymawk") 
    Thalassarche salvini  (was  Diomedea cauta salvini) 
    
    
    
    
    A Salvin's Albatross photographed during a pelagic trip off Valparaiso
    that was part of a FONT tour in Chile
    
    
48. Shy Albatross  (nt) (p) (*) ______  (another name has been "Shy Mollymawk") 
    Thalassarche c. cauta  (was Diomedea c. cauta)  (this race has been called the: "Tasmanian Albatross")  
    
    
    
    
    A Shy Albatross photographed during a pelagic trip off Valparaiso
    that was part of a FONT tour in Chile
    
     
49. Chatham Islands Albatross  (t1) (p) (*) ______  (another name has been "Chatham Islands Mollymawk")
    Thalassarche eremita  (has been Diomedea cauta eremita)
    
    
50. Gray-headed Albatross (t3) (p) (*) ______  (another name has been "Gray-headed Mollymawk") 
    Thalassarche (has been Diomedea) chrysostoma  
    
    
    
    
    A Gray-headed Albatross photographed during a pelagic trip off Valparaiso
    that was part of a FONT tour in Chile.
    Also in the photo: A Pink-footed Shearwater (above) & a Wilson's Storm Petrel (below).  
    
    
51. Waved Albatross (t3) (CHr) (p) (*) ______ fno (has also been called "Galapagos Albatross")
    Phoebastria (has been Diomedea) irrorata  (monotypic) 
    
    
    
    
    A Waved Albatross lifting from the water
    (photo taken during a pelagic trip off Arica during a FONT tour in Chile)
    
    
52. Light-mantled Albatross  ______
    Phoebetria palpebrata
    
    
53. Southern Giant Petrel  (t3) (p) (*) ______ 
    Macronectes giganteus  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    Two Southern Giant Petrels photographed during a pelagic trip that was part of a FONT tour in Chile.
    A Southern Fulmar is in the background.
    (photo by Alan Brady)
      
    
54. Northern Giant Petrel  (nt) (p) (*) ______ 
    Macronectes halli  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    A Northern Giant Petrel photographed during a pelagic trip off Valparaiso
    that was part of a FONT tour in Chile
      
    
55. Southern Fulmar  (p) (*) ______  
    Fulmarus glacialoides  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    A Southern Fulmar and a Cape Petrel, with a Wilson's Storm Petrel
    during a pelagic trip off Valparaiso that was part of a FONT tour.
     
    
56. Cape Petrel  (p) (*) ______  (has also been called "Pintado")
    Daption c. capense  (the single member of its genus)
    
    
    
    
    A Cape Petrel, during a pelagic trip that was part of a FONT tour in Chile
    (photo by Alan Brady)
    
    
57. De Filippi's Petrel (t3) (p) (*) ______   (has also been called Mas a Tierra Petrel; was, at one time, considered wrongly a subspecies of the Cook's Petrel)
    Pterodroma defilippiana  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    A De Filippi's Petrel, during a pelagic trip that was part of a FONT tour in Chile  
    (photo by Alan Brady)
    
      
58. Juan Fernandez Petrel (t3) (p) (*) ______ (was considered conspecific with the White-necked Petrel which breeds north of New Zealand) 
    Pterodroma externa  (monotypic)
    
    
59. Cook's Petrel  ______
    Pterodroma cooki
    
    
60. Stejneger's Petrel  ______
    Pterodroma longirostris
    
    
61. Kermadec Petrel  ______
    Pterodroma neglecta
    
    
62. White-headed Petrel ______
    Pterodroma lessoni
    
    
63. Herald Petrel  ______  (in Chile only at Easter Island where it is a winter breeder)
    Pterodroma arminjoniana
    
    
64. Blue Petrel ______
    Halobaena caerulea
    
    
65. Slender-billed Prion  (*) ______  (also called Thin-billed Prion)
    Pachyptila belcheri  (monotypic)
    
    
66. Antarctic Prion  ______
    Pachyptila desolata
    
    
67. Kerguelen Petrel  ______
    Aphrodroma brevirostris
    
    
68. White-chinned Petrel (t3) (p) (*) ______ (has also been called "Shoemaker")  
    Procellaria a. aequinoctialis 
    
    
69. Westland Petrel (t3) (p) (*) ______
    Procellaria westlandica  (monotypic)
    
    
70. Gray Petrel (nt) (p) (*) ______ (has also been called "Pediunker") 
    Procellaria cinerea  (monotypic)
    
    
71. Pink-footed Shearwater (t3) (p) (*) ______
    Puffinus creatopus  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    A Pink-footed Shearwater photographed during a pelagic trip
    that was part of a FONT tour in Chile
       
    
72. Sooty Shearwater (p) (*) ______
    Puffinus griseus  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    A Sooty Shearwater photographed during a FONT tour
    
    
73. Subantarctic Little Shearwater (p) (*) ______  (has been considered conspecific with the Little Shearwater, Puffinus assimilis, now said to be restricted to waters near Australia, east to New Zealand, and west into the Indian Ocean)  
    Puffinus elegans
    
    
74. Buller's Shearwater  ______
    Puffinus bulleri
    
    
75. Manx-type (probably Townsend's) Shearwater (t1) (p) (*) ______ fno
    Puffinus a. auricularis 
    
    
76. Christmas Shearwater  ______
    Puffinus nativitatis
    
    
77. Wilson's Storm Petrel (p) (*) ______
    Oceanites oceanicus chilensis
    
    
    
    
    A Wilson's Storm Petrel photographed 
    during a FONT tour
     
    
78. White-vented Storm Petrel (nt) (p) (*) ______ fno  (has also been called Elliot's Storm Petrel)
    Oceanites g. gracilis 
    
    
79. White-bellied Storm Petrel (p) (*) ______
    Fregetta grallaria segethi
    
    
80. Black-bellied Storm Petrel (p) (*) ______
    Fregatta t. tropica
    
    
81. Markham's Storm Petrel (p) (*) ______ fno  (has also been called Sooty Storm Petrel)
    Oceanodroma markhami  (monotypic) 
    
    
82. Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel ______
    Oceanodroma tethys
    
    
83. Hornby's Storm Petrel  ______  (also called Ringed Storm Petrel)
    Oceandroma hornbyi
    
    
84. Gray-backed Storm Petrel  ______
    Garrodia nereis
    
    
85. Polynesian Storm Petrel  ______  (also called White-throated Storm Petrel)
    Nesofregetta fuliginosa 
    
    
86. Peruvian Diving Petrel (t2) (p) (*) ______ (endemic to the Humboldt Current)
    Pelecanoides garnotii (monotypic)
    
    
87. Magellanic Diving Petrel (p) (*) ______ (endemic to Patagonian waters)
    Pelecanoides magellani (monotypic)
    
    
88. Common Diving Petrel  (*) ______ 
    Pelecanoides urinatrix copperingeri (subspecies endemic to so. Chile) ("Coppinger's Diving Petrel")
    
    
    
    
    A Common Diving Petrel photographed during a FONT tour
    in far-southern Chile, in the Fitzroy Channel
    (photo by Alan Brady)
     
    
89. Pied-billed Grebe  (*) ______
    Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus
    
    
90. White-tufted Grebe  (*) ______ 
    Rollandia (formerly Podiceps) rolland chilensis
    
    
91. Great Grebe  (*) ______
    Podiceps major  (2 subspecies in Chile)
    Podiceps major navasi  (south CH)
    Podiceps m. major  (elsewhere in CH)
    
    
92. Silvery Grebe  (*) ______ 
    Podiceps occipitalis  (2 subspecies in Chile)
    Podiceps o. occipitalis (central  & south CH)
    Podiceps occipitalis juninensis (north CH)
    
    
93. Hooded Grebe  (nt)  ______
    Podiceps gallardoi
    
    
94. Chilean Flamingo (nt) (*) ______ 
    Phoenicopterus chilensis  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    Chilean Flamingos
    
    
95. Andean Flamingo (t3) (*) ______ fno 
    Phoenicoparrus andinus  (monotypic)
    
    
96. James's Flamingo (nt) (*) ______ fno  (has also been called Puna Flamingo)
    Phoenicoparrus jamesi (monotypic)
    
    
97. Maguari Stork  (CHvr) (ph)  ______  (no recent records)
    Ciconia (or Euxenura) magguari
    
    
98. Wood Stork  (CHvr) (ph)  ______
    Mycteria americna  
    
    
99. Black-faced Ibis  (*) ______ (was at one time conspecific with the more-northerly Buff-necked Ibis, Theristicus caudatus)
    Theristicus m. melanopis
    
    
    
    
    A Black-faced Ibis photographed during a FONT tour
    
    
100. Puna Ibis  (*) ______ fno 
     Plegadis ridgwayi  (monotypic)
     
     
101. White-faced Ibis  (*) ______ 
     Plegadis chihi  (monotypic)
     
     
102. Roseate Spoonbill  (CHvr)  ______  (very few recent records)
     Platalea ajaja
     
     
103. Cocoi Heron  (*) ______ 
     Ardea cocoi
     
     
     
     
     A Cocoi Heron photographed during a FONT tour.
     This species is not as common in Chile as it is 
     in other countries of South America.
     During our Chile tour in November 2007, 
     4 were seen near Santiago.
     (photo by Andy Smith)
      
     
104. Great Egret  (*) ______
     Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba egretta
     
     
105. Snowy Egret  (*) ______
     Egretta thula brewsteri 
     
     
106. Little Blue Heron  (*) ______ fno
     Egretta caerulea  (monotypic)
     
     
107. Tricolored Heron  (CHvr)  ______
     Egretta tricolor
     
     
108. Pacific Reef Heron  (CHvr)  ______  (a vagrant that has occurred on Easter Island)
     Egretta sacra 
     
     
109. Western Cattle Egret  (*) ______
     Bubulcus ibis
     
     
110. Striated Heron  (CHvr)  ______
     Butorides striatus
     
     
111. Black-crowned Night-Heron  (*) ______
     Nycticorax nycticorax  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Nycticorax nycticorax hoactii  (northern CH)
     Nycticorax nycticorax obscurus  (central & south CH) 
     
     
112. Stripe-backed Bittern  (*) ______
     Ixobrychus involucris  (monotypic)
     
     
113. Red-billed Tropicbird  ______  (the most common tropicbird in Chilean waters; a small colony Oct-Apr on Chanaral Island in Region III; regularly encountered in warmer waters in the north)
     Phaethon aethereus  
     
     
114. Red-tailed Tropicbird  ______  (nests Oct-Apr on Sala & Gomez Islands; also Easter Island)
     Phaethon rubricauda
     
     
115. White-tailed Tropicbird  ______  (visitor to Juan Fernandez archipelago & Easter Island; does not breed)
     Phaethon lepturus
     
     
116. Great Frigatebird  ______  (the only frigatebird likely to occur in Chile; breeds on Sala & Gomez Islands, also occurs at Easter Island)
     Fregata minor
     
     
117. Peruvian Pelican (p) (*) ______ 
     Pelecanus thagus  (was at one time considered a subspecies of the Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis)
     
     
     
     
     A Peruvian Pelican photographed during a FONT tour in Chile
     
     
118. Peruvian Booby (p) (*) ______
     Sula variegata  (monotypic)
     
     
119. Blue-footed Booby (CHr) (*) ______  fno
     Sula n. nebouxii
     
     
120. Brown Booby  (CHr) (p) (*) ______ fno
     Sula leucogaster etesiaca
     
     
121. Masked Booby  ______  (the common breeding booby on Sala & Gomez Islands, also breeds on Easter Island; a visitor to Robinson Crusoe Island) (the closely-related Nazca Booby, that was conspecific with it, occurs to the north of Chile)
     Sula dactylatra
     
     
122. Red-footed Booby  (CHvr)  ______  (only a single record at Sala & Gomez Islands)
     Sula sula 
     
     
123. Neotropic Cormorant  (*) ______  (was at one time called Olivaceous Cormorant)
     Phalacrocorax b. brasilianus 
     
     
124. Rock Shag  (*) ______  (has been called Rock Cormorant)  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Phalacrocorax magellanicus  (monotypic)   
     
     
      
     
     Rock Shag, photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
125. Guanay Cormorant (p) (*) ______
     Phalacrocorax bougainvillii  (monotypic)
     
     
126. Red-legged Shag (nt) (*) ______  (has been called Red-legged Cormorant)
     Phalacrocorax gaimardi  (monotypic)
     
     
127. Imperial Shag  (*) ______ (was considered conspecific with the King Shag; another name has been the Blue-eyed Cormorant) (endemic to Patagonia)
     Phalacrocorax atriceps 
     
     
128. King Shag  (*)  ______ (was considered conspecific with the Imperial Shag) (endemic to Patagonia & the Falkland Islands) 
     Phalacrocorax albiventer
     
     
129. Andean Condor (nt) (*) ______ 
     Vultur gryphus (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     Andean Condor
     
     
130. Turkey Vulture  (*) ______
     Cathartes aura falklandicus (or by some considered C. a. jota) 
     
     
131. Black Vulture  (*) ______
     Coragyps atratus (foetens)  (but said by some to be monotypic)
     
     
132. Osprey  ______
     Pandion halietus
     
     
133. White-tailed Kite  (*) ______
     Elanus l. leucurus
     
     
134. Chilean Hawk  (*) ______  (has been part of the Bicolored Hawk, Accipiter bicolor)
     Accipiter chilensis
     
     
135. Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle  (*)  ______  
     Geranoaetus melanoleucus australis 
     
     
     
     
     An immature Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle photographed during a FONT tour 
     
     
136. Long-winged Harrier  (CHvr) (ph) ______  (no recent records)
     Circus buffoni 
     
     
137. Cinereous Harrier  (*) ______
     Circus cinereus  (monotypic)
     
     
138. White-throated Hawk  (*) ______ 
     Buteo albigula  (monotypic)
     
     
139. Variable Hawk  (*) ______ (includes both "Red-backed" and "Puna" Hawks; the "Red-backed Hawk" is Buteo p. polyosoma & the "Puna Hawk" is Buteo polyosoma poecilochrous)
     Buteo polyosoma  (both forms in Chile)
     Buteo p. poecilochrous  (most of CH) 
     Buteo polyosoma poecilochrous  (in far-north CH at high elevations)
     
     
140. Rufous-tailed Hawk  (*) ______
     Buteo ventralis (monotypic)
     
     
141. Bay-winged Hawk  (*) ______ (called Harris's Hawk in North America) 
     Parabuteo u. unicinctus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
142. Mountain Caracara  (*) ______
     Phalcoboenus megalopterus  (monotypic)
     
     
143. Southern Crested Caracara  (*) ______ (was considered conspecific with the Northern Crested Caracara, Caracara cheriway, of so. North America, Central America, and South America north of the Amazon)
     Caracara plancus  (monotypic)
     
     
144. Chimango Caracara  (*) ______ 
     Milvago chimango  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Milvago c. chimago (north & central CH)
     Milvago chimango temucoensis (south CH, but not Tierra del Fuego)
     
     
      
     
     A Chimango Caracara photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
145. Striated Caracara  ______
     Phalcoboenus australis 
     
     
146. American Kestrel  (*) ______
     Falco sparvrius cinnamoninus
     
     
147. Aplomado Falcon  (*) ______
     Falco f. femoralis (in far-southern Chile) 
     
     
148. Peregrine Falcon  (*) ______
     Falco peregrinus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Falco peregrinus tundrius  (visitor from Northern Hemisphere) (north CH)
     Falco peregrinus cassini  (resident in south CH)
     
     
149. Plumbeous Rail  (*) ______
     Pardirallus (formerly Rallus) sanguinolentus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Pardirallus sanguinolentus landbecki  (central CH)
     Paridirallus sanguinolentus luridus  (far-southern CH)
     
     
150. Spotted Rail  (CHvr)  ______  (a single record on Robinson Crusoe Island)
     Pardirallus maculatus
     
     
151. Austral Rail  ______
     Rallus antarcticus
     
     
152. Black Rail  ______
     Laterallus jamaicensis salinasi
     
     
153. Purple Gallinule  (CHvr)  ______  (all of the very few Chilean records in the far-north)
     Porphyrula martinica
     
     
154. Spot-flanked Gallinule  (*) ______
     Gallinula (formerly Porphyriops) melanops crassirostris
     
     
155. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) (*) _____ fno
     Gallinula chloropus garmani
     
     
156. Andean Coot  (*) ______ fno  (was called Slate-colored Coot, but what coot is not that color? Was said, by some, to be conspecific with the American Coot of mostly North America, Fulica americana) 
     Fulica a. ardesiaca
     
     
157. White-winged Coot  (*) ______
     Fulica leucoptera (monotypic) 
     
     
158. Red-gartered Coot  (*) ______
     Fulica armillata (monotypic)
     
     
159. Red-fronted Coot  (*) ______
     Fulica rufifrons (monotypic)
     
     
160. Giant Coot  (*) ______ fno
     Fulica gigantea  (monotypic)
     
     
161. Horned Coot  ______
     Fulica cornuta
     
     
162. Peruvian Thick-knee  (*) ______ fno
     Burhinus superciliaris  (monotypic)
     
     
163. Snowy Sheathbill  (*) ______ 
     Chionis alba (monotypic)
     
     
164. Magellanic Plover (nt) (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Pluvianellus socialis  (the single member of its genus)
     (not a plover at all, in fact more closely related to the sheathbills; in the same family as sheathbills)
     
     
165. American Oystercatcher  (*) ______
     Haematopus p. palliatus 
     
     
166. Magellanic Oystercatcher  (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia) 
     Haematopus leucopodus (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Magellanic Oystercatcher photographed during a FONT tour 
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
     
167. Blackish Oystercatcher  (*) ______
     Haematopus ater (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Blackish Oystercatchers photographed during the FONT tour in Chile in November 2009
     (photo by Robert Hinz)
     
     
168. Black-necked Stilt  (*) ______ fno (was considered by some conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World, Himantopus himantopus)
     Himantopus mexicanus
     
     
169. White-backed Stilt  (*) ______ (was considered by some conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World, Himantopus himantopus)
     Himantopus melanurus
     
      
170. Andean Avocet  (*) ______ fno 
     Recurvirostra andina  (monotypic)
     
     
171. Southern Lapwing  (*) ______
     Vanellus chilensis  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Vanellus c. chilensis (north  & central CH)
     Vanellus chilensis fretensis (south CH)
     
     
172. Andean Lapwing  (*) ______
     Vanellus resplendens (monotypic)
     
     
173. American Golden Plover  (*) ______ fno
     Pluvialis dominica (monotypic)
     
     
174. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover  (*) ______ fno  
     Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae 
     
     
175. Killdeer  (CHr) (*) ______ fno
     Charadrius vociferus
     
     
176. "Peruvian" Snowy Plover  (*) ______ fno  (The Snowy Plover of the Americas was considered conspecific with the Kentish Plover of Old World. 
     Charadrius nivosus occidentalis   
     
     
177. Semipalmated Plover  (*) ______ fno 
     Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)
     
     
178. Collared Plover  (*) ______
     Charadrius collaris  (monotypic)
     
     
179. Puna Plover  (*) ______ fno 
     Charadrius alticola  (monotypic)
     
     
180. Two-banded Plover  (*) ______ 
     Charadrius falklandicus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Two-banded Plover
     
     
181. Rufous-chested Plover  (*) ______  (has been called Rufous-chested Dotterel)
     Charadrius (formerly Zonibyx) modestus  (monotypic) 
     
     
182. Tawny-throated Dotterel  (*) ______
     Oreopholus r. ruficollis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
183. Diademed Plover (nt) (*) ______  (was called Diademed Sandpiper-Plover; a former name was "Mitchell's Plover")
     Phegornis mitchellii  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     A Diademed Plover photographed during the FONT Chile Tour in November 2009
     (photo by Robert Hinz) 
     
     
     
     
     Another Diademed Plover photographed during a previous FONT tour in Chile
     
     
184. South American Painted Snipe  (*) ______
     Nycticryphes semicollaris  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
185. Wattled Jacana  (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred in northern Chile at Arica & Los Nogales, Aconcagua)
     Jacana jacana
     
     
186. Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe  (*) ______ fno
     Attagis gayi simonsi
     
     
187. White-bellied Seedsnipe  ______
     Attagis malouinus
     
     
188. Gray-breasted Seedsnipe  (*) ______
     Thinocurus o. orbignyianus
     
     
189. Least Seedsnipe  (*) ______
     Thinocurus r. rumicivorus
     
     
190. Marbled Godwit  (CHvr) (*) ______  (this Chilean rarity has been seen, once, in the country during a FONT tour) 
     Limosa fedoa
     
     
     
     
     A single Marbled Godwit seen during a FONT tour 
     along the Chilean Pacific coast north of Vina del Mar
     was about as far south as the species has ever been seen. 
     (photo by Abram Fleishman)
     
     
191. Hudsonian Godwit  (*) ______  fno  (a large proportion of the species' population winters on Chiloe Island)  
     Limosa haemastica (monotypic)
     
     
192. "American" Whimbrel  (*) ______
     Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
     
     
     
     
     An "American" Whimbrel
     (photo by Abram Fleishman)
     
     
193. Bristle-thighed Curlew  (t3) (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred on Easter Island)
     Numenius tahitiensis
     
     
194. Eskimo Curlew  ______  (now believed to be extinct; there are historical Chilean specimens, from Arica & Chiloe Island; last sighting in Chile was in 1913)
     Numenius phaeopus
     
     
195. Upland Sandpiper  (CHvr)  ______
     Bartramia longicauda  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
196. Greater Yellowlegs  (*) ______
     Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
     
     
197. Lesser Yellowlegs  (*) ______
     Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
     
     
198. Solitary Sandpiper  (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred in far-northern Chile, near Arica)
     Tringa solitaria
     
     
199. "Western" Willet  (*) ______ fno 
     Tringa (or Catoptrophorus) semipalmatus inornatus
     
     
200. Wandering Tattler  (CHvr)  ______
     Heteroscelus incanus
     
     
201. Spotted Sandpiper  (*) ______ fno
     Actitis macularius  (monotypic) 
     
     
202. Ruddy Turnstone  (*) ______
     Arenaria interpres morinella
     
     
203. Surfbird  (*) ______
     Aphriza virgata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
204. Sanderling  (*) ______
     Calidris alba rubida 
     
     
205. Red Knot ______
     Calidris canutus
     
     
206. White-rumped Sandpiper  (*) ______
     Calidris fuscicollis  (monotypic)
     
     
207. Least Sandpiper (CHr) (*) ______ fno  
     Calidris minutilla  (monotypic)
     
     
208. Baird's Sandpiper  (*) ______ 
     Calidris bairdii  (monotypic)
     
     
209. Pectoral Sandpiper  (*) ______ 
     Calidris melanotos  (monotypic)
     
     
210. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (CHr)  ______  (seems to occur sporadically in far-northern Chile)
     Calidris pusilla
     
     
211. Western Sandpiper  (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred in far-northern Chile)
     Calidris mauri  
     
     
212. Stilt Sandpiper  (CHvr) (*) ______ fno  (this Chilean rarity has been seen once during a FONT Chile tour, near Arica)  
     Calidris (formerly Micropalama) himantopus 
     
     
213. Short-billed Dowitcher  (CHvr)  ______  (a Chilean record at Tongoy)
     Limnodromus griseus
     
     
214. South American Snipe  (*) ______   
     (was considered by some to be conspecific with the Common, or now the  Wilson's, Snipe of North America, Gallinago delicata, that itself was considered conspecific with Gallinago gallinago of the Old World)   
     Gallinago paraguaiae magellanica  ("Magellanic Snipe")
     
     
215. Puna Snipe  (*) ______ fno  (was considered by some conspecific with the South American Snipe)
     Gallinago andina  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Puna Snipe photographed during a FONT tour in Chile
     
     
216. Fuegian Snipe  ______  (one of the least known Chilean birds; inhabits windswept grasslands in southern Chile, particularly on islands & thick muddy bogs in Nothofagus forest) 
     Gallinago stricklandii
     
     
217. Wilson's Phalarope  (*) ______
     Phalaropus tricolor  (monotypic)
     
     
218. Red-necked Phalarope  (*) ______
     Phalaropus lobatus  (monotypic)
     
     
219. Red Phalarope  (*) ______  (has also, in Europe, been called Grey Phalarope)
     Phalaropus fulicaria  (monotypic)
     
     
220. South Polar Skua (p) (*) ______ (at one time was considered conspecific with the Great Skua of the Northern Hemisphere)
     Stercorarius (formerly Catharacta) maccormicki 
     
     
     
     
     A South Polar Skua during a FONT tour
     (photo by Andy Ednie)
     
     
221. Chilean Skua (p) (*) ______ (at one time was considered conspecific with the Great Skua of the Northern Hemisphere)
     Stercoraius (formerly Catharacta) chilensis 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     Two photographs of Chilean Skuas, photographed during pelagic trips
     that were part of FONT tours in Chile
       
     
222. Subantarctic Skua (p) (*) ______  (has also been called Brown Skua; at one time was considered conspecific with the Great Skua of the Northern Hemisphere)
     Stercoraius (formerly Catharacta) antarcticus lonnbergi
     Stercoraius (formerly Catharacta) a. antarcticus:  "Falkland Skua"  
     
     
223. Pomarine Skua (p) (*) ______ fno  (has also been called Pomarine Jaeger, in North America) 
     Stercorarius pomarinus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Pomarine Skua, or Pomarine Jaeger, during a FONT tour
      
     
224. Parasitic Jaeger (p) (*)  ______ (has also been called Arctic Skua, in Europe) 
     Stercorarius parasiticus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     An immature Parasitic Jaeger
     (photo by Jens Bruun)
       
     
225. Long-tailed Jaeger (p) (*) ______ fno  (has also been called Long-tailed Skua, in Europe) 
     Stercorarius longicaudus pallescens
     
     
     
      
     An immature Long-tailed Jaeger photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Alan Brady)
      
     
226. Dolphin Gull  (*)  ______  (endemic to Patagonia & the Falkland Islands)
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) scoresbii  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     A Dolphin Gull, photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
227. Gray Gull  (*) ______  (endemic to the Humboldt Current)
     Larus modestus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Gray Gulls photographed during a FONT tour in Chile
     
     
228. Band-tailed Gull  (*) ______ (endemic to the Humboldt Current) (has also been called "Belcher's Gull"; at one time, was considered conspecific with the Olrog's Gull of the Atlantic coast of southeastern South America)  
     Larus belcheri  (monotypic)
     
     
229. Kelp Gull  (*) ______  (has been called "Dominican Gull" in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa)
     Larus d. dominicanus
     
     
     
     
     A Kelp Gull photographed during the FONT tour in Chile in November 2009
     (photo by Robert Hinz)
      
     
230. Andean Gull  (*) ______ fno 
     Larus serranus  (monotypic)
     
     
231. Franklin's Gull (p) (*) ______ 
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) pipixcan  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Franklin's Gull photographed during a pelagic trip
     that was part of a FONT tour in Chile
        
     
232. Laughing Gull  (CHvr)  (*) ______ fno  (this Chilean rarity has been found during 2 FONT tours in Arica)  
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) atricilla megalopterus
     
     
233. Brown-hooded Gull  (*) ______
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) maculipennis  (monotypic)
     
     
234. Sabine's Gull (p) (*) ______
     Xema sabini  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
235. Swallow-tailed Gull  (*) ______ fno  (this species feeds on the ocean at night on squid)
     Creagrus furcatus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     
     
     Swallow-tailed Gull
     
     
236. South American Tern  (*) ______ 
     Sterna hirundinacea  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     South American Terns
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
     
237. Arctic Tern (p) (*) ______
     Sterna paradisaea  (monotypic)
     
     
238. Common Tern  (*) ______
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     
239. Snowy-crowned Tern  (*) ______  (has also been called "Trudeau's Tern)
     Sterna trudeaui  (monotypic) 
     
     
240. Peruvian Tern  ______
     Sternula (formerly Sterna) lorata
     
     
241. Elegant Tern (nt) (*) ______
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) elegans  (monotypic)
     
     
242. Sandwich Tern (CHr) (*) ______ fno
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavidus
     
     
243. Inca Tern  (*) ______  (endemic to the Humboldt Current)
     Larosterna inca  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     
     
     An Inca Tern, photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
244. Sooty Tern  ______  (breeds on Easter Island and Sala & Gomez Islands; otherwise pelagic in warm waters offshore from the Humboldt Current)
     Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) fuscata
     
     
245. Spectacled Tern  ______  (has also been called Gray-backed Tern)  (at Easter Island, as a visitor, possibly a breeder)
     Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) lunatus
     
     
246. Bridled Tern  (CHvr)  ______  (normally a bird of warm waters; there was an extraordinary record of 1 between Cape Horn & Isla Diego Raminez)
     Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) anaethetus 
     
     
247. Gray Noddy  ______  (also called Gray Ternlet)  (breeds on Easter Island and Sala & Gomez Islands; has visited the Juan Fernandez islands)
     Procelsterna caerulea
     
     
248. Brown Noddy  ______  (breeds on Easter Island and Sala & Gomez Islands)
     Anous stolidus
     
     
249. Black Noddy  (CHvr)  ______  (1 record of 2 adults at the Sala & Gomez Islands)
     Anous minutus
     
     
250. Black Tern  (CHvr)  ______  (a record near Santiago)
     Chilodonias niger
     
     
251. Angel Tern  (CHvr)  ______  (has also been called Fairy Tern or White Tern)  (breeds, or historically did so, on Easter Island; has also occurred at the Sal & Gomez Islands)
     Gygis alba  (the single member of its genus)    
     
     
252. Black Skimmer  (*) ______
     Rhynchops niger  (2 subspecies in Chile; the species does not breed in Chile)
     Rhynchops niger cinerascens  (mostly)
     Rhynchops niger intercedens (rarely) (with white underwings & a mostly white tail)
     
     
     
     
     Black Skimmer
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
253. Feral Pigeon (CHi) (*) ______
     Columba livia
     
     
254. Chilean Pigeon (nt) (CHqe) (*) ______ (in Nothofagus & Araucaria forests)
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) araucana  (monotypic)
     
     
255. Eared Dove  (*) ______
     Zenaida a. auriculata
     
     
256. West Peruvian Dove  (*) ______ fno  (was part of the more-northerly White-winged Dove; another name has been Pacific Dove) 
     Zenaida meloda  (monotypic)
     
     
257. Picui Ground Dove  (*) ______
     Columbina p. picui
     
     
258. Croaking Ground Dove  (*) ______ fno
     Columbina cruziana  (monotypic)
     
     
259. Ruddy Ground Dove  (CHvr)  ______
     Columbina talpacoti
     
     
260. Bare-faced Ground Dove  (*) ______ fno
     Metriopelia ceciliae zimmeri
     
     
261. Golden-spotted Ground Dove  (*) ______ fno
     Metriopelia aymara  (monotypic)
     
     
262. Black-winged Ground Dove  (*) ______
     Metriopelia m. melanoptera
     
     
263. Burrowing Parakeet  (CHr)  (*)  ______  
     Cyanoliseus patagonus bloxami 
     
     
264. Austral Parakeet  (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Enicognathus ferrugineus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Enicognathus ferruginous minor  (southern CH)
     Enicognathus f. ferrugineus (far-southern CH)
     
     
265. Slender-billed Parakeet (nt) (CHe) (*) ______  (endemic to southern Chile)
     Enicognathus leptorhynchus  (monotypic)
     
     
266. Mountain Parakeet  (*) ______
     Psilopsiagon aurifrons rubrirostris
     
     
267. Monk Parakeet  (CHi) (*) ______  (has colonized in the Santiago area)
     Myiopsitta monachus
     
     
268. Groove-billed Ani  (*) ______ fno 
     Crotophaga suicirostris  (monotypic)
     
     
269. Dark-billed Cuckoo  (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred in the valleys near Arica)
     Coccyzus melacoryphus 
     
     
270. Barn Owl  (*) ______
     Tyto alba hauchecorni
     
     
271. Lesser Horned Owl  (*) ______  (has been considered part of Great Horned Owl; and has also been called Magellanic Horned Owl)
     Bubo magellanicus
     
     
     
     
     A Lesser Horned Owl that was photographed during a FONT tour in Chile
     
     
272. Burrowing Owl  (*) ______
     Athene c. cunicularia
     
     
273. Austral Pygmy-Owl  (*) ______  (was at one time considered part of the Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium brasilianum)
     Glaucidium namum  (monotypic)
     (Note: the pygmy owl in far-north Chile is the recently-described Pacific Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium peruanum)
     
     
274. Pacific Pygmy Owl  ______  (another name is Peruvian Pygmy Owl)
     Glaucidium peruanum
     
     
275. Rufous-legged Owl  (*) ______
     Strix r. rufipes
     
     
276. Short-eared Owl  (*) ______
     Asio flammeus suinda
     
     
277. Lesser Nighthawk  (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred in northern Chile, near Arica & at Quillagua in II region)
     Chordeiles acutipennis 
     
     
278. Band-winged Nightjar  (*) ______
     Caprimulgus longirostris bifasciatus 
     
     
279. Chimney Swift  (*) ______ fno 
     Chaetura pelagica  (monotypic)
     
     
280. Andean Swift  (*) ______ fno 
     Aeronautes andecolus parvulus
     
     
281. Andean Hillstar  (*) ______ fno 
     Oreotrochilus e. estella
     
     
282. White-sided Hillstar  (*) ______
     Oreotrochilus leucopleurus  (monotypic)
     
     
283. Giant Hummingbird  (*) ______
     Patagona gigas  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Patagona g. gigas  (central CH)
     Patagona gigas peruviana  (far-northern CH)
     
     
284. Sparkling Violetear (CHr) (*) ______ fno  (has recently been confirmed to be resident in far-northern Chile)
     Colibri c. coruscans 
     
     
     
     
     The Sparkling Violetear is a rarity in Chile. It is common in countries to the north,
     in Ecuador and Peru. 
     But it's been seen a few times during FONT tours in far-northern Chile. 
     
     
285. Green-backed Firecrown  (*) ______
     Sephanoides galeritus  (now monotypic) 
     
     
286. Juan Fernandez Firecrown  (CHe)  ______  (restricted to the Juan Fernandez Islands)
     Sephanoides fernandensis
     
     
287. Peruvian Sheartail  (*) ______ fno 
     Thaumastura cora  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
288. Oasis Hummingbird  (*) ______ fno  
     Rhodopis v. vesper  (another subspecies also in north Chile, R. v. atacamensis) 
     
     
     
     
     An Oasis Hummingbird at its nest, photographed during a FONT tour
     in far-northern Chile
       
     
289. Chilean Woodstar (t2) (CHqe) (*) ______ fno  (Probably now endemic to Chile. Has not been recorded recently in adjacent Peru. Population has been declining.)  
     Eulidia yarrellii  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
290. Ringed Kingfisher  (*) ______
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) torquata stellata
     
     
291. Green Kingfisher  (CHr)  ______  (has occurred in far-northern Chile near Arica)
     Chloroceryle americana 
     
     
292. Andean Flicker  (*) ______ fno 
     Colaptes r. rupicola 
     
     
     
     
     An Andean Flicker, photographed during a FONT tour in far-northern Chile.
     It's a woodpecker that gets along "very well, thank you", without trees.
        
     
293. Chilean Flicker (CHqe) (*) ______
     Colaptes pitius  (now monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Young Chilean Flicker photographed during the FONT Chile Tour in November 2009
     (photo by Robert Hinz) 
     
     
294. Striped Woodpecker (CHqe) (*) ______
     Picoides lignarius  (monotypic)
     
     
295. Magellanic Woodpecker  (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Campephilus magellanicus  (monotypic) 
     
     
     
     
     A female Magellanic Woodpecker photographed during the FONT tour in Chile in December 2009 
     (photo by Robert Hinz)
     
     
296. Rufous-tailed Plantcutter  (*) ______
     Phytotoma rara  (monotypic)
     
     
297. Rufous-webbed Tyrant  (CHr)  ______  (recently discovered in Chile; very local in the altiplano in the I region)
     Polioxolmis rufipennis
      
     
298. Great Shrike-Tyrant  (*) ______
     Agriornis lividus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Agriornis l. lividus  (central CH)
     Agriornis lividus fortis  (south CH)
     
     
299. Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant  (*) ______
     Agriornis montanus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Agriornis montanus maritimus  (north-central CH)
     Agriornis montanus leucurus  (central CH) 
     
     
300. White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant  ______  (rare in northern Chile in the altiplano; never common & always outnumbered by the Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant)
     Agriornis andicola
     
     
301. Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant  ______
     Agriornis microptera  
     
     
302. Chocolate-vented Tyrant  (*) ______  (endemic Patagonian breeder)
     Neoxolmis rufiventris  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
303. Fire-eyed Diucon  (*) ______ 
     Pyrope p. pyrope  (2 subspecies in Chile, the other on a Chilean island, Chiloe)
     
     
     
     
     With its red eye, this is a Fire-eyed Diucon.
     ("A far-eyed what ??")
     This bird was photographed during a FONT tour in Chile.
        
     
304. Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant  (*) ______
     Muscisaxicola rufivertex  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Muscisaxicola rufivertex pallidiceps  (north CH)
     Muscisaxicola r. rufivertex  (south CH)  
     
     
305. White-browed Ground Tyrant  (*) ______
     Muscisaxicola albilora  (monotypic)
     
     
306. Puna Ground Tyrant  (*) ______ fno
     Muscisaxicola juninensis  (monotypic)
     
     
307. Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant  (*) ______
     Muscisaxicola flavinucha  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Muscisaxicola f. flavinucha  (north CH)
     Muscisaxicola flavinucha brevirostris  (south CH)
     
     
308. Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant  (*) ______  (endemic Patagonian breeder)
     Muscisaxicola capistrata  (monotypic)
     
     
309. Black-fronted Ground Tyrant  (*) ______
     Muscisaxicola frontalis  (monotypic)
     
     
310. White-fronted Ground Tyrant  (*) ______ fno
     Muscisaxicola albifrons  (monotypic)
     
     
311. Cinereous Ground Tyrant  (*) ______ (formerly conspecific with the now more-northerly Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant) 
     Muscisaxicola c. cinerea
     
     
312. Dark-faced Ground Tyrant  (*) ______
     Muscisaxicola macloviana mentalis
     
     
313. Spot-billed Ground Tyrant  (*) ______
     Muscisaxicola m. maculirostris
     
     
314. Patagonian Negrito  (*) ______ (has also been called Austral Negrito, and prior to that was called Rufous-backed Negrito when the 2 Negritos, this species & the next, were considered conspecific.)
     Lessonia rufa  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Patagonian Negrito
     No matter what it's name, it still has a rufous back.
     This bird was photographed during a FONT tour.
     
     
315. Andean Negrito  (*) ______ fno  (was called White-winged Negrito; this & the preceding species were at one time considered conspecific.)   
     Lessonia oreas  (monotypic)
     
     
316. d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant  (*) ______ fno 
     Ochthoeca o. oaenanthoides
     
     
317. White-browed Chat-Tyrant  (*) ______ fno
     Ochthoeca leucophrys leucmetopa
     
     
318. Patagonian Tyrant  (*) ______
     Coloramphus parvirostris  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
319. Short-tailed Field Tyrant  ______  (has occurred on the coastal flats north of Arica, but no recent records)
     Muscigralla brevicauda  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
320. Spectacled Tyrant  (*) (ph)  ______
     Hymenops perspicillata andinus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     A male Spectacled Tyrant photographed during a FONT Tour.
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
321. White-winged Black Tyrant  (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred in the VII Region)
     Knipolegus aterrimus
     
     
322. Vermilion Flycatcher  (*) ______ no
     Pyrocephalus rubinus cocachacrae  (was the single member of its genus, prior to the splitting of the Darwin's Flycatcher of the Galapagos Islands) 
     
     
323. Warbling Doradito  (*) ______
     Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris  (monotypic)
     
     
324. Many-colored Rush-Tyrant  (*) ______
     Tachuris rubrigastra  (the single member of its genus) (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Tachuris rubrigastra loaensis  (north CH)
     Tachuris r. rubrigastra  (elsewhere in CH)
     
     
325. Bran-colored Flycatcher  (CHr)  ______  (not well known in Chile; occurs in far-northern Chile in desert oases & valleys)
     Myiophobus fasciatus rufescens  (this subspecies: the "Rufescent Flycatcher")
      
     
326. Tufted Tit-Tyrant  (*) ______
     Anairetes p. parulus
     
     
327. Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant  (*) ______ fno
     Anairetes flavirostris  (2 subspecies in Chile, A. f. arequipae & A. f. flavirostris) 
     
     
328. Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant  (*) ______ fno
     Anairetes r. reguloides 
     
     
329. Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant  (CHe) ______  (endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island in the Juan Fernandez archipelago)
     Anairetes fernandezianus  
     
     
330. "Chilean" White-crested Elaenia  (*) ______
     Elaenia albiceps chilensis
     
     
331. "Peruvian" White-crested Elaenia  (*) ______ fno
     Elaenia albiceps modesta
     
     
332. Cliff Flycatcher  (CHvr)  ______
     Hirundinea ferruginea bellicosa
     
     
333. Tropical Kingbird  (CHvr)  ______
     Tyrannus melancholicus
     
     
334. Eastern Kingbird  (CHvr)  ______
     Tyrannus tyrannus
     
     
335. Fork-tailed Flycatcher  (CHvr)  ______
     Tyrannus savana 
     
     
336. Streaked Flycatcher  (CHvr)  ______
     Myodynastes maculatus
     
     
337. Crowned Slaty Flycatcher  (CHvr)  ______
     Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
     
     
338. Great Kiskadee  (CHvr)  ______
     Pitangus sulphuratus
     
     
339. Black-throated Huet-Huet  (CHqe) (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia) 
     Pteroptochos tarnii  (monotypic)
     
     
340. Chestnut-throated Huet-Huet (CHe) (*) ______
     Pteroptochos castaneus  (monotypic)
     
     
341. Moustached Turca (CHe) (*) ______ 
     Pteroptochos megapodius  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Pteroptochos megapodius atacamae  (north CH)
     Pteroptochos m. megapodius  (central CH)
     
     
     
     
     A Moustached Turca photographed during a FONT tour in Chile
     
     
342. Chucao Tapaculo  (CHqe) (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Scelorchilus r. reubecula  (2 subspecies in Chile, the other on a Chilean island, Mocha)
     
     
343. White-throated Tapaculo (CHe) (*) ______
     Scelorchilus albicollis  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Scelorchilus albicollis atacamae  (north CH)
     Scelorchilus a. albicollis  (central CH)
     
      
344. Ochre-flanked Tapaculo  (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Eugralla paradoxa  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
345. Magellanic Tapaculo  (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia) (formerly considered part of the more-northerly Andean Tapaculo that's now Scytalopus griseicollis)
     Scytalopus magellanicus  (monotypic)
     
     
346. Dusky Tapaculo  (*) ______ (considered distinct from the more-northerly Andean Tapaculo, and from what's now the more-southerly Magellanic Tapaculo)
     Scytalopus fuscus  (monotypic)
     
     
347. Common Miner  (*) ______ 
     Geositta cunicularia  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Geositta cunicularia fissirostris  (central CH)
     Geositta c. cunicularia  (south CH, migrates north, east of CH) 
     
     
348. Puna Miner  (*) ______ fno 
     Geositta punensis  (monotypic)
     
     
349. Grayish Miner  (*) ______ fno 
     Geositta maritima  (monotypic)
     
     
350. Creamy-rumped Miner  (*) ______
     Geositta isabellina  (monotypic)
     
     
351. Short-billed Miner  (*) ______  (endemic to southern Patagonia)
     Geositta antarctica  (monotypic)
     
     
352. Slender-billed Miner  (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred in far-northern Chile in Lauca National Park)
     Geositta tenuirostris 
     
     
353. Rufous-banded Miner  (*) ______
     Geositta rufipennis  (3 subspecies in Chile)
     Geositta rufipennis fasciata  (north & central CH)
     Geositta rufipennis harrisoni  (north CH, sw Antofagasta)
     Geositta rufipennis hoyi  (south CH)
     
     
354. Straight-billed Earthcreeper  (*) ______
     Upucerthia r. ruficaudus
     
      
355. Rock Earthcreeper  (*) ______ fno 
     Upucerthia andaecola  (monotypic)
     
     
356. Scaly-throated Earthcreeper  (*) ______
     Upucerthia dumetaria  (4 subspecies in Chile)
     Upucerthia dumetaria peruana  (north CH)
     Upucerthia dumetaria saturatior  (central CH)
     Upucerthia dumetaria hypoleuca  (north CH) 
     Upucerthia d. dumetaria  (south CH, migrates north into Argentina)
     
      
357. White-throated Earthcreeper  (*) ______ fno
     Upucerthia albigula  (monotypic)
     
     
358. Plain-breasted Earthcreeper  (*) ______ fno 
     Upucerthia jetskii pallida
     
     
359. Band-tailed Eremobius   (*) ______ (has been called Band-tailed Eathcreeper) (endemic to Patagonia) 
     Eremobius phoenicurus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) (in Chile, only in far-south)
     
     
360. Bar-winged Cinclodes  (*) ______
     Cinclodes fuscus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Cinclodes fuscus albiventris  (north CH)
     Cinclodes f. fuscus  (central & south CH, southern birds migrate north)
     
     
361. White-winged Cinclodes  (*) ______ fno 
     Cinclodes a. atacamensis
     
     
362. Gray-flanked Cinclodes  (*) ______  (has also been called Oustalet's Cinclodes)
     Cinclodes o. oustaleti
     
     
363. Dark-bellied Cinclodes  (*) ______
     Cinclodes patagonicus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Cinclodes patagonicus chilensis  (central CH)
     Cinclodes p. patagonicus  (south CH)
     
     
364. Chilean Seaside Cinclodes  (CHe) (*) ______ (was part of the Surf Cinclodes, Cinclodes taczanowskii, when it was conspecific with what's now more-northerly Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes)
     Cinclodes nigrofumosus 
     
     
365. Blackish Cinclodes  ______  (restricted to far-southern Chile)
     Cinclodes antarcticus
     
     
366. Crag Chilia  (CHe) (*) ______
     Chilia melanura  (the single member of its genus) (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Chilia m. melanura  (central CH)
     Chilia melanura atacamae  (north CH) 
     
     
367. Des Murs' Wiretail  (CHqe) (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
368. Thorn-tailed Rayadito  (*) ______
     Aphrastura s. spinicauda  (2 other subspecies are on 2 Chilean islands, and the other member of the genus is a species endemic to an offshore Chilean island, the Masafuera Rayadito) 
     
     
     
     
     Thorn-tailed Rayadito
     
     
369. Masafuera Rayadito  (CHe)  ______  (restricted to Alejandro Selkirk Island in the Juan Fernandez archipelago)
     Aphrastura masafuerae
      
     
370. Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail  (*) ______
     Leptasthenura aegithaloides  (4 subspecies in Chile)
     Leptasthenura aegithaloides grisescens  (north CH)
     Leptasthenura aegithaloides berlepschi  (north CH)
     Leptasthenura a. aegithaloides  (central CH)
     Leptasthenura aegithaloides pallida  (south CH)
     
     
371. Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail  (*) ______ fno  (has been called Streaked Tit-Spinetail) 
     Leptasthenura s. striata
     
     
372. Sharp-billed Canastero  (*) ______  (was called Lesser Canastero)
     Asthenes (formerly Thripophaga) pyrrholeuca sordida
     
     
373. Cordilleran Canastero  (*) ______
     Asthenes (formerly Thripophaga) modesta  (3 subspecies in Chile)
     Asthenes m. modesta  (north CH)
     Asthenes modesta australis  (central CH, Andes)
     Asthenes modesta navasi  (south CH)
     
     
374. Dark-winged Canastero  (*) ______ fno  (was called Creamy-breasted Canastero, when it was conspecific with what's now the Rusty-vented Canastero, Asthenes dorbignyi)  
     Asthenes arequipae 
     
     
375. Canyon Canastero  ______  (recently discovered to be common in far-northern Chile in the area of Putre)
     Asthenes pudibunda
     
     
376. Dusky-tailed Canastero (CHe) (*) ______
     Asthenes (formerly Thripophaga) humicola  (3 subspecies in Chile)
     Asthenes humicola goodalli  (north CH)
     Asthenes h. humicola  (north & central CH)
     Asthenes humicola polysticta  (south CH)
     
     
377. Austral Canastero (nt) (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Asthenes (formerly Thripophaga) anthoides  (monotypic)
     
     
378. Wren-like Rushbird  (*) ______
     Phleocryptes melanops  (the single member of its genus)  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Phleocryptes melanops loaensis  (north CH)
     Phleocryptes m. melanops  (central CH) 
     
     
379. White-throated Treerunner  (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Pygarrhichas albogularis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
380. Red-eyed Vireo  (CHvr) (*) ______ fno  (this Chilean rarity was found once during a FONT Chile tour in the far-northern part of the country)
     Vireo olivaceus   
     
     
381. Peruvian Martin  (*) ______  fno  (was part of the Southern Martin, Progne modesta)
     Progne murphyi
     
     
382. Purple Martin  (CHvr)  ______  (either this species or the similar Southern Martin is said to have historically occurred as a vagrant in Chile)
     Progne modesta
     
     
383. Brown-chested Martin  (CHvr)  ______  (has been said to occur very rarely near Arica)
     Progne tapera
     
     
384. Chilean Swallow  (*) ______
     Tachycineta meyeni (formerly leucopyga)  (monotypic)
     
     
385. Blue-and-white Swallow  (*) ______
     Pygochelidon cyanoleuca patagonica
     
     
386. Bank Swallow (or Sand Martin) (*) ______
     Riparia r. riparia
     
     
387. Barn Swallow  (*) ______
     Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
     
     
388. Andean Swallow  (*) ______ fno 
     Haplochelidon a. andecola  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
389. American Cliff Swallow  (*) ______ fno
     Petrochelidon (has been Hirundo) pyrrhonota 
     
     
390. Sedge Wren  (*) ______  (in South America has been called Grass Wren)
     Cistothorus platensis hornensis
     
     
     
     
     Sedge Wren  (has been called "Grass Wren" in South America)  
     
     
391. "Southern" House Wren  (*) ______  (has been usually merged with the House Wren of North America)
     Troglodytes aedon  (3 subspecies in Chile)
     Troglodytes aedon tecellatus  (north CH)
     Troglodytes aedon atacamensis  (north & central CH)
     Troglodytes aedon chilensis  (south CH)
     
     
392. Chilean Mockingbird  (CHe) (*) ______
     Mimus thenca  (monotypic)
     
     
393. Patagonian Mockingbird  (*) ______
     Mimus patagonicus  (monotypic)
     
     
394. White-banded Mockingbird  (CHvr)  ______
     Mimus triurus
     
     
395. Chiguanco Thrush  (*) ______ fno
     Turdus chiguanco anthracinus
     
      
396. Austral Thrush  (*) ______
     Turdus falcklandii magellanicus
     
     
397. Creamy-bellied Thrush  (CHvr)  ______  (1 record from Vallenar in III Region)
     Turdus amaurochalinus
     
     
398. Veery  (CHvr)  ______  (a specimen from the Lluta Valley)
     Catharus fuscescens 
     
     
399. Correndera Pipit  (*) ______
     Anthus correndera  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Anthus correndera chilensis  (central CH)
     Anthus correndera catamarcae  (far-north CH)
     
     
400. Yellowish Pipit  ______  (in Chile restricted to the coastal plain north of Arica)
     Anthus lutescens peruviensis
     
     
401. Hellmayr's Pipit  (CHvr)  ______
     Anthus hellmayri dabbenei
     
     
402. House Sparrow (i) (*) ______ 
     Passer domesticus
     
     
403. Thick-billed Siskin  (*) ______ fno 
     Carduelis c. crassirostris
     
     
404. Hooded Siskin  (*) ______ fno
     Carduelis megellanica urubambensis
     
     
405. Black-chinned Siskin  (*) ______
     Carduelis barbata  (monotypic)
     
     
406. Black Siskin  (*) ______ fno
     Carduelis atrata  (monotypic) 
     
     
407. Yellow-rumped Siskin  (*) ______ 
     Carduelis uropygialis  (monotypic)
     
     
408. Blackpoll Warbler  (CHvr)  ______  
     Dendroica striata
     
     
409. American Redstart  (CHvr) (*) ______ fno  (this Chilean rarity was seen during a FONT tour in the far-northern part of the country in Putre) 
     Setophaga ruticilla  (in Chile, a vagrant having migrated from North America)
     
     
410. Baywing  (CHvr)  ______  (no recent records)
     Agelaioides badius
     
     
411. Shiny (or Glossy) Cowbird  (*) ______
     Molothrus b. bonariensis
     
     
412. Austral Blackbird  (*) ______
     Curaeus curaeus  (3 subspecies in Chile)
     Curaeus c. curaeus  (in much of Chile)
     Curaeus curaeus reynoldsi  (far-southern CH, Tierra del Fuego)
     Curaeus curaeus recurvirostris  (far-southern CH, Magellanes)
     
     
413. Yellow-winged Blackbird  (*) ______
     Chrysomus (formerly Agelaius) t. thilius
     
     
414. Peruvian Meadowlark  (*) ______ fno
     Sturnella bellicosa albipes
     
     
415. Long-tailed Meadowlark  (*) ______
     Sturnella l. loyca
     
     
416. White-browed Blackbird  (CHvr)  ______
     Sturnella superciliaris
     
     
417. Bobolink  (CHvr)  ______
     Dolichonyx oryzivorus  (the single member of its genus)
      
     
418. Rufous-collared Sparrow  (*) ______
     Zonotrichia capensis  (at least 4 subspecies in Chile)
     Zonotrichia capensis antofagastae  (northwest CH)
     Zonotrichia capensis sanborni  (in Andes & north CH)
     Zonotrichia capensis chilensis  (central CH) 
     Zonotrichia capensis australis  (south CH & in Andes north to central CH) 
     
     
419. Blue-and-yellow Tanager  (*) ______ fno 
     Thraupis bonariensis darwinii
     
     
420. Summer Tanager  (CHvr)  ______  (a specimen from northern Chile near Antofagasta in II Region)
     Piranga rubra 
     
     
421. Cinereous Conebill  (*) ______ fno
     Conirostrum cinereum littorale
     
     
422. Tamarugo Conebill (t3) (*) ______ fno  (recently described in 1972)
     Conirostrum tamarugense  (monotypic)
     
     
423. Giant Conebill  (CHr)  ______  (recently discovered in Chile, and now known to be a breeder there; occurs in far-northern Chile exclusively in Polylepis woodlands)
     Oreomanes fraseri  (the single member of its genus)
       
     
424. Black-throated Flowerpiercer  (*) ______ fno  (was conspecific with the more-northerly Black Flowerpiercer, Diglossa humeralis) (The former Carbonated Flowerpiercer now includes these Flowerpiercers: Black, Black-throated, Merida (of Venezuela), and Gray-bellied (of Bolivia).) 
     Diglossa b. brunneiventris 
     
      
425. Patagonian Sierra Finch  (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Phrygilus patagonicus  (monotypic)
     
     
426. Gray-hooded Sierra Finch  (*) ______
     Phygilus gayi  (3 subspecies in Chile) 
     Phygilus g. gayi  (north CH)
     Phygilus gayi minor  (central CH)
     Phygilus gayi caniceps  (south CH)
     
      
427. Black-hooded Sierra Finch  (*) ______ fno  
     Phrygilus atriceps  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Black-hooded Sierra Finch photographed during
     a FONT tour in Chile
       
     
428. Mourning Sierra Finch  (*) ______ 
     Phrygilus fruticeti  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Phrygilus fruticeti coracinus  (north CH)
     Phrygilus f. fruticeti  (south CH)
     
     
429. Plumbeous Sierra Finch  (*) ______ 
     Phrygilus u. unicolor
     
     
430. White-throated Sierra Finch  (*) ______ fno
     Phrygilus erythronotus  (monotypic)
     
     
431. Ash-breasted Sierra Finch  (*) ______ fno
     Phrygilus p. plebejus 
     
     
432. Band-tailed Sierra Finch  (*) ______ 
     Phrygilus a. alaudinus
     
     
433. Red-backed Sierra Finch  ______  (found at borders of bofedales adjacent to rocky slopes; some birds found at Lauca National park may be hybrids with White-throated Sierra Finches)
     Phrygilus dorsalis  
     
     
434. White-bridled Finch  (*) ______ (has been called Black-throated Finch & Canary-winged Finch; whatever its name, it's endemic to southern Patagonia & the Falkland Islands)
     Melanodera melanodera princetoniana 
     
     
435. Yellow-bridled Finch  (*) ______ pnp
     Melanodera xanthogramma barrosi
     
     
436. Slender-billed Finch (t3) (*) ______ fno 
     Xenospingus concolor  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
437. Blue-black Grassquit  (*) ______ fno
     Volatinia jacarina peruviensis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
438. Chestnut-throated Seedeater  (*) ______ fno
     Sporophila telasco  (monotypic)
     
     
439. Band-tailed Seedeater  (*) ______ fno
     Catamenia a. analis 
     
     
440. Plain-colored Seedeater  (*) ______ fno
     Catamenia i. inornata 
     
     
441. Saffron Finch (i) (*) ______ 
     Sicalis flaveola
     
     
442. Bright-rumped Yellow Finch  (*) ______ fno 
     Sicalis u. uropygialis
     
     
443. Greater Yellow Finch  (*) ______
     Sicalis auriventris  (monotypic)
     
     
444. Greenish Yellow Finch  (*) ______ fno
     Sicalis olivascens chloris
     
     
445. Puna Yellow Finch  (CHr)  ______  (recently discovered in Chile; known to be mainly in the area of Visviri in I Region)
     Sicalis lutea
       
     
446. Patagonian Yellow Finch  (*) ______  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Sicalis lebruni  (monotypic)
     
     
447. Grassland Yellow Finch  (*) ______ 
     Sicalis luteola luteiventris
     
     
448. Common Diuca Finch  (*) ______
     Diuca diuca  (3 subspecies in Chile)
     Diuca diuca crassirostris  (north CH)
     Diuca d. diuca  (north-central CH)
     Diuca diuca chiloensis  (south-central CH)
     
     
449. White-winged Diuca Finch  (*) ______ fno
     Diuca s. speculifera 
     
     
450. Golden-billed Saltator  (*) ______ fno
     Saltator aurantiirostris albociliaris
     
     

Notes:

2 Northern Royal Albatrosses were seen closely during our 2007 pelagic trip from Valparaiso. A few years previously, the similar Southern Royal Albatross was seen, also closely to the boat, a single bird, during our 1999 Valparaiso pelagic trip. A Royal Albatross (either Northern or Southern) had been seen during our Valparaiso pelagic the previous year, at a distance.

The 15 Waved (or Galapagos) Albatrosses seen during the Nov 27, 1997 pelagic trip off Arica represented the first firm record of that species off Chile. The species was photographed that day.

Not confirmed by a photograph, but the probable Townsend's Shearwater off Arica Nov 27, 1997 would a first-sighting for Chile.

The (Chestnut-throated) Huet-Huet and White-throated Tapaculo were found following our 1997 tour by those who took a couple extra days to do so. They were at localities south of Santiago. The White-throated Tapaculo was again seen in 2003.

The Dusky (or "Andean") Tapaculo: during most tours seen, during a few heard only; but in 1998, it was seen so very well walking at tour participant's feet.

The American Redstart (an immature male) in Nov 1997, in Putre, was the 3rd record for Chile, the others being in 1986 and 1989.  

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