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Birds of Chile
Chile has a beautiful avifauna, with more than 439 species. 11 of them are unique in the world.
In the country you will fiind 296 Chilean birds, the other ones are transitory population.
Bandurria-
It is usually 74 cms long, with yellowish feathers around its head and neck, black feathers …
Black neck Swan-
It can be 122 centimeters long. It has white feathers and black neck. Its legs are long and …
Caiquen-
It is about 65 centimeters long. It is also known as “Avutarde” or “Goose of the Magellan”…
Cernícalo-
You can find three types of cernicalos in the country: Falco sparverius cinnamominus, Falco …
Chilean Eagle-
It can be up to 90 cms long, and you can identify it by its large wings and short tail. There …
Chincol-
It is 15 centimeters long. It has black wings and tail, grey face and crest with black stripes on the sides…
Chuncho-
It is 20 centimeters long, with the upper body of a hazel color with white stripes. Its beak …
Cóndor-
It is a big bird, which can reach the 120 centimeters long. Its feathers are black on the …
Cormoran-
It is an aquatic bird. It swims in groups, dives and fishes. Its beak is thin and it features …
Diuca-
It can be up to 17 centimeters tall, with white-grey feathers around its throat and in the abdomen…
Giant hummingbird-
The male is bigger than the female, but they both have grey-green feathers on the upper body, …
Huala-
It is about 78 centimeters long. Its neck and beak are of a reddish-brown shade, the back …
Jilguero-
It is a bit bigger than 13 centimeters long. Its crown, throat, neck, tail and wings are black, …
Juarjal Duck-
It can be 50 to 60 centimeter long. It is a grey and brown duck, with shades of copper feathers…
Ñandú (South American Ostrich)-
It is the South America Ostrich. It is grey-brown with white spots. Its long neck and its …
Peuco-
It can be 53 centimeters long. The back is grey with yellowish spots, and reddish shades on top…
Tagua-
It can be 50 centemeters long. Its head and neck are black, but the rest of its body is grey…
Tapaculo-
It can be up to 18 to 19 centimeters long. The upper part of the body, tail and wings are …
Tenca-
It is 28 centimeters long. The upper part is dark brown and the lower part is grey. Beak and …
Tricahue-
Its beautiful and bright plumage is brown olive in the upper body, and yellow on the back …
Turca-
It is about 20 centimeters long. Its head, neck, chest, wings and tail are smoky brown with green shades…
Woodpecker-
Males and females are blueish black with white stripes on their back and chisel shaped beaks…
Yal-
It is 18.5 centimeters long. Beak and legs are yellowish brown, and upper part is grey. Head …
Zorzal-
It is 26 centimeters long. The top of its head is black with brown feathers across its forehead…
