CHILE BIRDS

from Thick-knee to Saltator 

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

from 1990 thru 2015

during the months of October, 
November, December



Part 2 of a List of Chile Birds compiled by Armas Hill, 
with some photos

Upper right photo: DIADEMED PLOVER
(photographed during a FONT tour in Chile)   

Link:

Part #1 of this List of Chile Birds, Tinamous to Coots  



341 species of birds have been found during 19 FONT birding tours in Chile. 
(3 additional subspecies brings the following list to 344.) 

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.

13 of the tours included: the south (lake district); 3 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:

cc:    in central Chile, including the regions of Santiago, the coast, the Andes, and south to the Rio Bio Bio
cca:  in central Chile, in the Andes only
ccs:   in central Chile, along the seacoast only
ccp:  during the pelagic trip from Valparaiso only
cc p: also during the pelagic trip from Valparaiso 
ci:    on Chiloe Island, including the ferry    
fn:    in far-northern Chile, from Arica on the coast up into the Andes
fno:  in far-northern Chile only
fnp:  during the pelagic trip from Arica only
fn p: also during the pelagic trip from Arica 
fs:     in far-southern Chile (excluding Tierra del Fuego) 
pnp: in the area of Paine National Park only (in far-southern Chile)
so:   in southern Chile, particularly the "lake district"
tf:     on Tierra del Fuego


(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


Additional Links:


Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Chile

Chilean Albatrosses & Other Seabirds  (with some photos)  

Mammals of Chile  (with some photos)     Butterflies of Chile  (with some photos)

Amphibians & Reptiles of Chile  (with some photos)     The Diverse Plant-life of Chile  (with some photos)

Directory of Photos in this Website

Birds:

162. Peruvian Thick-knee  (*) ______ fno
     Burhinus superciliaris  (monotypic)
     
     
163. Snowy Sheathbill  (*) ______   fs
     Chionis alba (monotypic)
     
     
164. Magellanic Plover  (nt) (*) (ph)  ______  tf  (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  (*) (ph)  ______  ccs  ci  fn
     Haematopus p. palliatus 
     
     
166. Magellanic Oystercatcher  (*) (ph)  ______  ci  fs  tf  (endemic to Patagonia) 
     Haematopus leucopodus (monotypic)
     
     
     
     A Magellanic Oystercatcher photographed during a FONT tour 
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
     
167. Blackish Oystercatcher  (*) (ph)  ______  ccs  ci  fn
     Haematopus ater (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Blackish Oystercatchers photographed during the FONT tour in Chile in November 2009
     (photo by Robert Hinz)
     
     
168. White-backed Stilt  (*) ______  ccs  so  (was considered by some conspecific with the Black-winged Stilt of the Old World, Himantopus himantopus)
     Himantopus melanurus
     
      
169. Andean Avocet  (*) ______ fno 
     Recurvirostra andina  (monotypic)
     
     
170. Southern Lapwing  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf 
     Vanellus chilensis  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Vanellus c. chilensis (north  & central CH)
     Vanellus chilensis fretensis (south CH)
     
     
171. Andean Lapwing  (*) ______
     Vanellus resplendens (monotypic)
     
     
172. American Golden Plover  (*) (ph)  ______ fno
     Pluvialis dominica (monotypic)
     
     
173. Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover  (*) (ph)  ______ fno  
     Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae 
     
     
174. Killdeer  (CHr) (*) (ph)  ______ fno
     Charadrius vociferus
     
     
175. "Peruvian" Snowy Plover  (*) (ph)  ______ fno  (The Snowy Plover of the Americas was considered conspecific with the Kentish Plover of Old World.) 
     Charadrius nivosus occidentalis   
     
     
176. Semipalmated Plover  (*) (ph)  ______ fno 
     Charadrius semipalmatus  (monotypic)
     
     
177. Collared Plover  (*) ______  cc
     Charadrius collaris  (monotypic)
     
     
178. Puna Plover  (*) ______ fno 
     Charadrius alticola  (monotypic)
     
     
179. Two-banded Plover  (*) (ph)  ______  fs  tf
     Charadrius falklandicus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Two-banded Plover
     
     
180. Rufous-chested Plover  (*) ______  tf  (has been called Rufous-chested Dotterel)
     Charadrius (formerly Zonibyx) modestus  (monotypic) 
     
     
181. Tawny-throated Dotterel  (*) ______  fs
     Oreopholus r. ruficollis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
182. Diademed Plover  (nt) (*) (ph)  ______  cca  
     Phegornis mitchellii  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     Phegornis mitchellii has been called the Diademed Sandpiper-Plover. A former name was "Mitchell's Plover". The second of these was the name in the book, "The Birds of Chile", by A. W. Johnson, published in 1965. 
     
     For more about the Diademed Plover, go to:  RARE BIRDS OF THE ANDES
     
     
     
     
     Above & below: Diademed Plovers photographed during the FONT Chile Tours
     Above in November 1990, below in November 2009
     (upper photo by Alan Brady; lower photo by Robert Hinz)
     
     
     
     
     
183. South American Painted Snipe  (*) ______  cc
     Nycticryphes semicollaris  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
184. Wattled Jacana  (CHvr) (ph)  ______  (has occurred in northern Chile at Arica & Los Nogales, Aconcagua)
     Jacana jacana
     
     
185. Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe  (*) ______ fno
     Attagis gayi simonsi
     
     
186. White-bellied Seedsnipe  ______
     Attagis malouinus
     
     
187. Gray-breasted Seedsnipe  (*) ______  cca  fn
     Thinocurus o. orbignyianus
     
     
     
     A Gray-breasted Seedsnipe photographed in the Andes
     during the FONT tour in Chile in November 1990 
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
188. Least Seedsnipe  (*) ______  fs  tf
     Thinocurus r. rumicivorus
     
     
189. Marbled Godwit  (CHvr) (*) (ph)  ______  ccs  (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)
     
     
190. Hudsonian Godwit  (*) (ph)  ______  ci  fn   (a large proportion of the species' population winters on Chiloe Island)  
     Limosa haemastica (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Above, just one Hudsonian Godwit; but many were seen 
     during the FONT tours on Chiloe Island in November 2009 & 2011.
     Some of those birds on Chiloe are in the photo below. 
     (upper photo by Howard Eskin; lower photo by Frank Stermitz)
     
     
     
     
     
     
191. "American" Whimbrel  (*) (ph)  ______  ccs  so  ci  fn
     Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
     
     
     
     An "American" Whimbrel
     (photo by Abram Fleishman)
     
     
192. Bristle-thighed Curlew  (t3) (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred on Easter Island)
     Numenius tahitiensis
     
     
193. 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
     
     
194. Upland Sandpiper  (CHvr)  ______
     Bartramia longicauda  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
195. Greater Yellowlegs  (*) ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf
     Tringa melanoleuca  (monotypic)
     
     
196. Lesser Yellowlegs  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf  fn
     Tringa flavipes  (monotypic)
     
     
197. Solitary Sandpiper  (CHvr) (ph)  ______  (has occurred in far-northern Chile, near Arica)
     Tringa solitaria
     
     
198. "Western" Willet  (*) (ph)  ______  fno 
     Tringa (or Catoptrophorus) semipalmatus inornatus
     
     
199. Wandering Tattler  (CHvr)  ______
     Heteroscelus incanus
     
     
200. Spotted Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  ______ fno
     Actitis macularius  (monotypic) 
     
     
201. Ruddy Turnstone  (*) (ph)  ______  ccs  fn
     Arenaria interpres morinella
     
     
202. Surfbird  (*) ______  ccs  fn
     Aphriza virgata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
203. Sanderling  (*) (ph)  ______  ci
     Calidris alba rubida 
     
     
204. Red Knot  (ph)  ______
     Calidris canutus
     
     
205. White-rumped Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  ______  fs  tf
     Calidris fuscicollis  (monotypic)
     
     
206. Least Sandpiper (CHr) (*) (ph)  ______  fno  
     Calidris minutilla  (monotypic)
     
     
207. Baird's Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  ______  cca  ci  fs  tf  fn
     Calidris bairdii  (monotypic)
     
     
208. Pectoral Sandpiper  (*) (ph)  ______  so
     Calidris melanotos  (monotypic)
     
     
209. Semipalmated Sandpiper  (CHr)  ______  (seems to occur sporadically in far-northern Chile)
     Calidris pusilla
     
     
210. Western Sandpiper  (CHvr) (ph)  ______  (has occurred in far-northern Chile)
     Calidris mauri  
     
     
211. Stilt Sandpiper  (CHvr) (*) (ph)  ______  fno  (this Chilean rarity has been seen once during a FONT Chile tour, near Arica)  
     Calidris (formerly Micropalama) himantopus 
     
     
212. Short-billed Dowitcher  (CHvr) (ph)  ______  (a Chilean record at Tongoy)
     Limnodromus griseus
     
     
213. South American Snipe  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so  fs  tf 
     (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")
     
     
214. Puna Snipe  (*) (ph)  ______  fno  (was considered by some conspecific with the South American Snipe)
     Gallinago andina  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     A Puna Snipe photographed during a FONT tour in Chile
     
     
215. 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
     
     
216. Wilson's Phalarope  (*) ______  so  fs  tf
     Phalaropus tricolor  (monotypic)
     
     
217. Red-necked Phalarope  (*) (ph)  ______  fnp
     Phalaropus lobatus  (monotypic)
     
     
218. Red Phalarope  (*) (ph)  ______  ccp  (has also, in Europe, been called Grey Phalarope)
     Phalaropus fulicaria  (monotypic)
     
     
219. South Polar Skua (p) (*) (ph)  ______  fnp  (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)
     
     
220. Chilean Skua (p) (*) (ph)  ______  ccp  (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
       
     
221. Subantarctic Skua (p) (*) ______  fs  (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"  
     
     
222. Pomarine Jaeger (p) (*) (ph)  ______  fnp  (has also been called Pomarine Skua, in Europe) 
     Stercorarius pomarinus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     A Pomarine Skua, or Pomarine Jaeger, during a FONT tour
      
     
223. Parasitic Jaeger (p) (*) (ph)   ______  ccp  ci  fnp  (has also been called Arctic Skua, in Europe) 
     Stercorarius parasiticus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     An immature Parasitic Jaeger
     (photo by Jens Bruun)
       
     
224. Long-tailed Jaeger (p) (*) (ph)  ______  fnp  (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)
      
     
225. Dolphin Gull  (*) (ph)  ______  ci  fs  tf  (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
     
     
226. Gray Gull  (*) (ph)  ______  ccs  fn p  (endemic to the Humboldt Current)
     Larus modestus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     Gray Gulls photographed during a FONT tour in Chile
     
     
227. Band-tailed Gull  (*)  ______  fn p  (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)
     
     
228. Kelp Gull  (*) (ph)  ______  cc p  so  ci  fs  tf  fn  (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)
      
     
229. Andean Gull  (*) ______ fno 
     Larus serranus  (monotypic)
     
     
230. Franklin's Gull (p) (*) (ph)  ______  cc p  fn p 
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) pipixcan  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     A Franklin's Gull photographed during a pelagic trip
     that was part of a FONT tour in Chile
        
     
231. Laughing Gull  (CHvr)  (*) (ph)  ______ fno  (this Chilean rarity has been found during 2 FONT tours in Arica)  
     Leucophaeus (formerly Larus) atricilla megalopterus
     
     
232. Brown-hooded Gull  (*) (ph)  ______  ccs  so  ci  fs  tf
     Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) maculipennis  (monotypic)
     
     
233. Sabine's Gull (p) (*) (ph)  ______  ccp
     Xema sabini  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
234. Swallow-tailed Gull  (*) (ph)  ______ fno  (this species feeds on the ocean at night on squid)
     Creagrus furcatus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
     
     Swallow-tailed Gull
     
     
235. South American Tern  (*) (ph)  ______  cc p  so  ci  fs  tf
     Sterna hirundinacea  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     South American Terns
     (photo by Armas Hill)
     
     
236. Arctic Tern (p) (*) ______  ccp  ci
     Sterna paradisaea  (monotypic)
     
     
237. Common Tern  (*) ______  cc p
     Sterna h. hirundo
     
     
238. Snowy-crowned Tern  (*) (ph)  ______  ccp  so  ci  (has also been called "Trudeau's Tern)
     Sterna trudeaui  (monotypic) 
     
     
239. Peruvian Tern  (t2)  ______
     Sternula (formerly Sterna) lorata
     
     
240. Elegant Tern  (nt) (*)  ______  cc p  fn p
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) elegans  (monotypic)
     
     
241. Sandwich Tern  (CHr) (*) (ph)  ______ fno
     Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavidus
     
     
242. Inca Tern  (nt) (*) (ph)  ______  cc p  fn p  (endemic to the Humboldt Current)
     Larosterna inca  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     An Inca Tern, photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
243. Sooty Tern  (ph)  ______  (breeds on Easter Island and Sala & Gomez Islands; otherwise pelagic in warm waters offshore from the Humboldt Current)
     Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) fuscata
     
     
244. Spectacled Tern  ______  (has also been called Gray-backed Tern)  (at Easter Island, as a visitor, possibly a breeder)
     Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) lunatus
     
     
245. Bridled Tern  (CHvr) (ph)  ______  (normally a bird of warm waters; there was an extraordinary record of 1 between Cape Horn & Isla Diego Raminez)
     Onychoprion (formerly Sterna) anaethetus 
     
     
246. Gray Noddy  ______  (also called Gray Ternlet)  (breeds on Easter Island and Sala & Gomez Islands; has visited the Juan Fernandez islands)
     Procelsterna caerulea
     
     
247. Brown Noddy  ______  (breeds on Easter Island and Sala & Gomez Islands)
     Anous stolidus
     
     
248. Black Noddy  (CHvr)  ______  (1 record of 2 adults at the Sala & Gomez Islands)
     Anous minutus
     
     
249. Black Tern  (CHvr) (ph)  ______  (a record near Santiago)
     Chilodonias niger
     
     
250. 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)    
     
     
251. Black Skimmer  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  ci  fn
     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)
     
     
252. Feral Pigeon (CHi) (*) ______  cc  so  ci  fs  fn
     Columba livia
     
     
253. Chilean Pigeon (nt) (CHqe) (*) ______  cc  so  ci  (in Nothofagus & Araucaria forests)
     Patagioenas (formerly Columba) araucana  (monotypic)
     
     
254. Eared Dove  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf
     Zenaida a. auriculata
     
     
255. West Peruvian Dove  (*) ______ fno  (was part of the more-northerly White-winged Dove; another name has been Pacific Dove) 
     Zenaida meloda  (monotypic)
     
     
256. Picui Ground Dove  (*) ______  cc
     Columbina p. picui
     
     
257. Croaking Ground Dove  (*) ______ fno
     Columbina cruziana  (monotypic)
     
     
258. Ruddy Ground Dove  (CHvr) (ph)  ______
     Columbina talpacoti
     
     
259. Bare-faced Ground Dove  (*) ______ fno
     Metriopelia ceciliae zimmeri
     
     
260. Golden-spotted Ground Dove  (*) ______ fno
     Metriopelia aymara  (monotypic)
     
     
261. Black-winged Ground Dove  (*) ______  cc
     Metriopelia m. melanoptera
     
     
262. Burrowing Parakeet  (CHr)  (*) (ph)  ______  cc
     Cyanoliseus patagonus bloxami 
     
     
     
     Above & below: the rare & endangered Burrowing Parakeets, a subspecies endemic to Chile,
     photographed during the FONT tour in central & southern Chile in November 2011
     (photos by Frank Stermitz)
     
     
     
     
263. Austral Parakeet  (*) ______  so  ci  fs  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Enicognathus ferrugineus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Enicognathus ferruginous minor  (southern CH)
     Enicognathus f. ferrugineus (far-southern CH)
     
     
264. Slender-billed Parakeet (nt) (CHe) (*) ______  so  ci  (endemic to southern Chile)
     Enicognathus leptorhynchus  (monotypic)
     
     
265. Mountain Parakeet  (*) ______  cca
     Psilopsiagon aurifrons rubrirostris
     
     
266. Monk Parakeet  (CHi) (*) ______  cc  (has colonized in the Santiago area)
     Myiopsitta monachus
     
     
267. Groove-billed Ani  (*) (ph)  ______  fno 
     Crotophaga suicirostris  (monotypic)
     
     
268. Dark-billed Cuckoo  (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred in the valleys near Arica)
     Coccyzus melacoryphus 
     
     
269. American Barn Owl  (*) (ph)  ______  cc
     Tyto furcata tuidara  (this subspecies. in Brazil south of the Amazon, and in Chile and Argentina south to Tierra del Fuego, is smaller and paler than the nominate race)    
     
     The American Barn Owl has been part of the Barn Owl of Eurasia & Africa, Tyto alba.
     But Tyto furcata is a heavier bird, with a larger and stouter head and body, and much more powerful talons.  
     
     
270. Magellanic Horned Owl  (*) (ph)  ______  tf  
     Bubo magellanicus
     
     Bubo magellanicus was considered part of the Great Horned Owl, Bubo virginianus,
     Another name for Bubo magellanicus has been Lesser Horned Owl.   
     
     
     
     A Lesser Horned Owl that was photographed during a FONT tour in Chile
     
     
271. Burrowing Owl  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  fn
     Athene c. cunicularia
     
     
272. Austral Pygmy Owl  (*) ______  cc so  (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)
     
     
273. Pacific Pygmy Owl  ______  (another name is Peruvian Pygmy Owl)
     Glaucidium peruanum
     
     
274. Rufous-legged Owl  (*) ______
     Strix r. rufipes
     
     
275. Short-eared Owl  (*) (ph)  ______  so  ci
     Asio flammeus suinda
     
     
276. Lesser Nighthawk  (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred in northern Chile, near Arica & at Quillagua in II region)
     Chordeiles acutipennis 
     
     
277. Band-winged Nightjar  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so
     Systellura (formerly Caprimulgus) longirostris bifasciatus 
     
     
     
     Band-winged Nightjar
     (photo by Cameron Rutt)
     
     
278. Chimney Swift  (*) ______ fno 
     Chaetura pelagica  (monotypic)
     
     
279. Andean Swift  (*) ______ fno 
     Aeronautes andecolus parvulus
     
     
280. Andean Hillstar  (*) ______ fno 
     Oreotrochilus e. estella
     
     
281. White-sided Hillstar  (*)  ______  cca
     Oreotrochilus leucopleurus  (monotypic)
     
     
282. Giant Hummingbird  (*)  ______  cc
     Patagona gigas  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Patagona g. gigas  (central CH)
     Patagona gigas peruviana  (far-northern CH)
     
     
283. Sparkling Violetear (CHr) (*) (ph)  ______ 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. 
     (photo by Marie Grenouillet)
     
     
284. Green-backed Firecrown  (*) ______  so  ci
     Sephanoides galeritus  (now monotypic) 
     
     
285. Juan Fernandez Firecrown  (CHe)  ______  (restricted to the Juan Fernandez Islands)
     Sephanoides fernandensis
     
     
286. Peruvian Sheartail  (*) ______  fno 
     Thaumastura cora  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
287. Oasis Hummingbird  (*) (ph)  ______  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
       
     
288. 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)
     
     
289. Ringed Kingfisher  (*) (ph)  ______  so  ci
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) torquata stellata
     
     
     
     A Ringed Kingfisher photographed during the FONT Chile Tour in November 2011
     (photo by Frank Stermitz)
     
     
290. Green Kingfisher  (CHr)  ______  (has occurred in far-northern Chile near Arica)
     Chloroceryle americana 
     
     
291. Andean Flicker  (*) (ph)  ______  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.
        
     
292. Chilean Flicker  (CHqe) (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so  ci
     Colaptes pitius  (now monotypic)
     
     
     
     A Young Chilean Flicker photographed during the FONT Chile Tour in November 2009
     (photo by Robert Hinz) 
     
     
293. Striped Woodpecker (CHqe) (*) ______  cc  so
     Picoides lignarius  (monotypic)
     
     
294. Magellanic Woodpecker  (*) (ph)  ______  so  ci  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Campephilus magellanicus  (monotypic) 
     
     
     
     A female Magellanic Woodpecker photographed during the FONT tour in Chile in December 2009 
     (photo by Robert Hinz)
     
     
295. Rufous-tailed Plantcutter  (*)  ______  cc  so  ci
     Phytotoma rara  (monotypic)
     
     
296. Rufous-webbed Tyrant  (CHr)  ______  (recently discovered in Chile; very local in the altiplano in the I region)
     Polioxolmis rufipennis
      
     
297. Great Shrike-Tyrant  (*) ______  ccs
     Agriornis lividus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Agriornis l. lividus  (central CH)
     Agriornis lividus fortis  (south CH)
     
     
298. Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant  (*) ______  cc
     Agriornis montanus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Agriornis montanus maritimus  (north-central CH)
     Agriornis montanus leucurus  (central CH) 
     
     
299. White-tailed Shrike-Tyrant  ______  (rare in northern Chile in the altiplano; never common & always outnumbered by the Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant)
     Agriornis andicola
     
     
300. Gray-bellied Shrike-Tyrant  ______
     Agriornis microptera  
     
     
301. Chocolate-vented Tyrant  (*) ______  fs  (endemic Patagonian breeder)
     Neoxolmis rufiventris  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
302. Fire-eyed Diucon  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so  ci
     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.
        
     
303. Rufous-naped Ground Tyrant  (*) ______  cca
     Muscisaxicola rufivertex  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Muscisaxicola rufivertex pallidiceps  (north CH)
     Muscisaxicola r. rufivertex  (south CH)  
     
     
304. White-browed Ground Tyrant  (*)  ______  cca
     Muscisaxicola albilora  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     A White-browed Ground Tyrant during the FONT Chile Tour in November 2011
     (photo by Frank Stermitz)
     
     
305. Puna Ground Tyrant  (*) ______ fno
     Muscisaxicola juninensis  (monotypic)
     
     
306. Ochre-naped Ground Tyrant  (*)  ______  cca
     Muscisaxicola flavinucha  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Muscisaxicola f. flavinucha  (north CH)
     Muscisaxicola flavinucha brevirostris  (south CH)
     
     
307. Cinnamon-bellied Ground Tyrant  (*) ______  tf  (endemic Patagonian breeder)
     Muscisaxicola capistrata  (monotypic)
     
     
308. Black-fronted Ground Tyrant  (*)  ______  cca
     Muscisaxicola frontalis  (monotypic)
     
     
309. White-fronted Ground Tyrant  (*) ______ fno
     Muscisaxicola albifrons  (monotypic)
     
     
310. Cinereous Ground Tyrant  (*) ______  cca  fn  (formerly conspecific with the now more-northerly Plain-capped Ground-Tyrant) 
     Muscisaxicola c. cinerea
     
     
311. Dark-faced Ground Tyrant  (*) ______  so
     Muscisaxicola macloviana mentalis
     
     
312. Spot-billed Ground Tyrant  (*)  ______  cca
     Muscisaxicola m. maculirostris
     
     
313. Patagonian Negrito  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf  (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.
     
     
314. Andean Negrito  (*) ______  fno  (was called White-winged Negrito; this & the preceding species were at one time considered conspecific.)   
     Lessonia oreas  (monotypic)
     
     
315. d'Orbigny's Chat-Tyrant  (*) ______ fno 
     Ochthoeca o. oaenanthoides
     
     
316. White-browed Chat-Tyrant  (*) ______ fno
     Ochthoeca leucophrys leucmetopa
     
     
317. Patagonian Tyrant  (*) ______  so
     Coloramphus parvirostris  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
318. 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) 
     
     
319. Spectacled Tyrant  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so  ci
     Hymenops perspicillata andinus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     A male Spectacled Tyrant photographed during a FONT Tour.
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
320. White-winged Black Tyrant  (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred in the VII Region)
     Knipolegus aterrimus
     
     
321. Vermilion Flycatcher  (*) ______  fno
     Pyrocephalus rubinus cocachacrae  (was the single member of its genus, prior to the splitting of the Darwin's Flycatcher of the Galapagos Islands) 
     
     
322. Warbling Doradito  (*)  ______  cc
     Pseudocolopteryx flaviventris  (monotypic)
     
     
323. Many-colored Rush-Tyrant  (*)  ______  cc  so
     Tachuris rubrigastra  (the single member of its genus) (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Tachuris rubrigastra loaensis  (north CH)
     Tachuris r. rubrigastra  (elsewhere in CH)
     
     
     
     Many-colored Rush-Tyrant
     
     
324. 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")
      
     
325. Tufted Tit-Tyrant  (*) ______  cc  so
     Anairetes p. parulus
     
     
326. Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant  (*) ______ fno
     Anairetes flavirostris  (2 subspecies in Chile, A. f. arequipae & A. f. flavirostris) 
     
     
327. Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant  (*) ______ fno
     Anairetes r. reguloides 
     
     
328. Juan Fernandez Tit-Tyrant  (CHe) ______  (endemic to Robinson Crusoe Island in the Juan Fernandez archipelago)
     Anairetes fernandezianus  
     
     
329. "Chilean" White-crested Elaenia  (*) ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf
     Elaenia albiceps chilensis
     
     
330. "Peruvian" White-crested Elaenia  (*) ______  fno
     Elaenia albiceps modesta
     
     
331. Cliff Flycatcher  (CHvr)  ______
     Hirundinea ferruginea bellicosa
     
     
332. Tropical Kingbird  (CHvr) (ph)  ______
     Tyrannus melancholicus
     
     
333. Eastern Kingbird  (CHvr) (ph)  ______
     Tyrannus tyrannus
     
     
334. Fork-tailed Flycatcher  (CHvr) (ph)  ______
     Tyrannus savana 
     
     
335. Streaked Flycatcher  (CHvr) (ph)  ______
     Myodynastes maculatus
     
     
336. Crowned Slaty Flycatcher  (CHvr)  ______
     Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus
     
     
337. Great Kiskadee  (CHvr) (ph)   ______
     Pitangus sulphuratus
     
     
338. Black-throated Huet-Huet  (CHqe) (*) ______  so  ci  (endemic to Patagonia) 
     Pteroptochos tarnii  (monotypic)
     
     
339. Chestnut-throated Huet-Huet (CHe) (*) ______  cc
     Pteroptochos castaneus  (monotypic)
     
     
340. Moustached Turca (CHe) (*) (ph)  ______  cca
     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
     
     
341. Chucao Tapaculo  (CHqe) (*) ______  so  ci  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Scelorchilus r. reubecula  (2 subspecies in Chile, the other on a Chilean island, Mocha)
     
     
342. White-throated Tapaculo (CHe) (*) ______
     Scelorchilus albicollis  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Scelorchilus albicollis atacamae  (north CH)
     Scelorchilus a. albicollis  (central CH)
     
      
343. Ochre-flanked Tapaculo  (*) ______  so  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Eugralla paradoxa  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
344. Magellanic Tapaculo  (*) ______  so  ci  (endemic to Patagonia) (formerly considered part of the more-northerly Andean Tapaculo that's now Scytalopus griseicollis)
     Scytalopus magellanicus  (monotypic)
     
     
345. Dusky Tapaculo  (*) ______  cca  (considered distinct from the more-northerly Andean Tapaculo, and from what's now the more-southerly Magellanic Tapaculo)
     Scytalopus fuscus  (monotypic)
     
     
346. Common Miner  (*) (ph)  ______  cca  fs  tf  fn
     Geositta cunicularia  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Geositta cunicularia fissirostris  (central CH)
     Geositta c. cunicularia  (south CH, migrates north, east of CH) 
     
     
347. Puna Miner  (*) ______ fno 
     Geositta punensis  (monotypic)
     
     
348. Grayish Miner  (*) ______  fno 
     Geositta maritima  (monotypic)
     
     
349. Creamy-rumped Miner  (*) ______
     Geositta isabellina  (monotypic)
     
     
350. Short-billed Miner  (*)  ______  fs  tf  (endemic to southern Patagonia)
     Geositta antarctica  (monotypic)
     
     
351. Slender-billed Miner  (CHvr)  ______  (has occurred in far-northern Chile in Lauca National Park)
     Geositta tenuirostris 
     
     
352. Rufous-banded Miner  (*)  ______  cca
     Geositta rufipennis  (3 subspecies in Chile)
     Geositta rufipennis fasciata  (north & central CH)
     Geositta rufipennis harrisoni  (north CH, sw Antofagasta)
     Geositta rufipennis hoyi  (south CH)
     
     
353. Straight-billed Earthcreeper  (*)  ______  cca  fn
     Upucerthia r. ruficaudus
     
      
354. Rock Earthcreeper  (*) ______ fno 
     Upucerthia andaecola  (monotypic)
     
     
355. 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)
     
      
356. White-throated Earthcreeper  (*) ______ fno
     Upucerthia albigula  (monotypic)
     
     
357. Plain-breasted Earthcreeper  (*) ______ fno 
     Upucerthia jetskii pallida
     
     
358. Band-tailed Eremobius   (*) ______  fs  tf  (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)
     
     
359. Bar-winged Cinclodes  (*) ______  cc  so  ci  tf  fn
     Cinclodes fuscus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Cinclodes fuscus albiventris  (north CH)
     Cinclodes f. fuscus  (central & south CH, southern birds migrate north)
     
     
360. White-winged Cinclodes  (*) ______ fno 
     Cinclodes a. atacamensis
     
     
361. Gray-flanked Cinclodes  (*) ______  cca  so  tf  (has also been called Oustalet's Cinclodes)
     Cinclodes o. oustaleti
     
     
362. Dark-bellied Cinclodes  (*)  ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf
     Cinclodes patagonicus  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Cinclodes patagonicus chilensis  (central CH)
     Cinclodes p. patagonicus  (south CH)
     
     
     
     A Dark-bellied Cinclodes on Chiloe Island
     during the FONT Chile Tour in November 2011  
     (photo by Frank Stermitz)
     
     
363. Chilean Seaside Cinclodes  (CHe) (*) ______  ccs  (was part of the Surf Cinclodes, Cinclodes taczanowskii, when it was conspecific with what's now more-northerly Peruvian Seaside Cinclodes)
     Cinclodes nigrofumosus 
     
     
364. Blackish Cinclodes  ______  (restricted to far-southern Chile)
     Cinclodes antarcticus
     
     
365. Crag Chilia  (CHe) (*)  ______  cca
     Chilia melanura  (the single member of its genus) (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Chilia m. melanura  (central CH)
     Chilia melanura atacamae  (north CH) 
     
     
366. Des Murs' Wiretail  (CHqe) (*)  ______  so  ci  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
367. Thorn-tailed Rayadito  (*) (ph)  ______  so
     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
     
     
368. Masafuera Rayadito  (CHe)  ______  (restricted to Alejandro Selkirk Island in the Juan Fernandez archipelago)
     Aphrastura masafuerae
      
     
369. Plain-mantled Tit-Spinetail  (*)  ______  cc  so  ci
     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)
     
     
370. Streak-backed Tit-Spinetail  (*) ______  fno  (has been called Streaked Tit-Spinetail) 
     Leptasthenura s. striata
     
     
371. Sharp-billed Canastero  (*) ______  cca  (was called Lesser Canastero)
     Asthenes (formerly Thripophaga) pyrrholeuca sordida
     
     
372. Cordilleran Canastero  (*) ______  cca
     Asthenes (formerly Thripophaga) modesta  (3 subspecies in Chile)
     Asthenes m. modesta  (north CH)
     Asthenes modesta australis  (central CH, Andes)
     Asthenes modesta navasi  (south CH)
     
     
373. 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 
     
     
374. Canyon Canastero  ______  (recently discovered to be common in far-northern Chile in the area of Putre)
     Asthenes pudibunda
     
     
375. Dusky-tailed Canastero  (CHe) (*) ______  cc
     Pseudasthenes (formerly Asthenes) humicola  (3 subspecies in Chile)
     Pseudasthenes humicola goodalli  (subspecies in north Chile)
     Pseudasthenes h. humicola  (subspecies in north & central Chile)
     Pseudasthenes humicola polysticta  (subspecies in south Chile)
     
     Prior to being in the genus Asthenes, the Dusky-tailed Canastero was in the genus Thripophaga. 
     
     Other species in the new genus Pseudsthenes are the Patagonian Canastero, Steinbach's Canastero, and the Cactus Canastero.
     
     
376. Austral Canastero  (nt) (*) ______  fs  tf  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Asthenes (formerly Thripophaga) anthoides  (monotypic)
     
     
377. Wren-like Rushbird  (*) ______  cc
     Phleocryptes melanops  (the single member of its genus)  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Phleocryptes melanops loaensis  (north CH)
     Phleocryptes m. melanops  (central CH) 
     
     
378. White-throated Treerunner  (*) ______  so  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Pygarrhichas albogularis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
379. 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   
     
     
380. Peruvian Martin  (*) ______  fno  (was part of the Southern Martin, Progne modesta)
     Progne murphyi
     
     
381. Purple Martin  (CHvr) (ph)  ______  (either this species or the similar Southern Martin is said to have historically occurred as a vagrant in Chile)
     Progne modesta
     
     
382. Brown-chested Martin  (CHvr) (ph)  ______  (has been said to occur very rarely near Arica)
     Progne tapera
     
     
383. Chilean Swallow  (*) ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf
     Tachycineta meyeni (formerly leucopyga)  (monotypic)
     
     
384. Blue-and-white Swallow  (*) ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf  fn
     Pygochelidon cyanoleuca patagonica
     
     
385. Bank Swallow (or Sand Martin) (*) ______  fn
     Riparia r. riparia
     
     
386. Barn Swallow  (*) (ph)  ______  fn
     Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
     
     
387. Andean Swallow  (*) ______  fno 
     Haplochelidon a. andecola  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
388. American Cliff Swallow  (*) ______  fno
     Petrochelidon (has been Hirundo) pyrrhonota 
     
     
389. Sedge Wren  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so  ci  (in South America has been called Grass Wren)
     Cistothorus platensis hornensis
     
     
     
     A Sedge Wren  (or "Grass Wren") on Chiloe Island 
     photographed during the November 2011 FONT tour in Chile
     (photo by Frank Stermitz) 
     
     
390. "Southern" House Wren  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf  fn  (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)
     
     
391. Chilean Mockingbird  (CHe) (*) ______  cc  so
     Mimus thenca  (monotypic)
     
     
392. Patagonian Mockingbird  (*) ______  fs
     Mimus patagonicus  (monotypic)
     
     
393. White-banded Mockingbird  (CHvr)  ______
     Mimus triurus
     
     
394. Chiguanco Thrush  (*) ______  fno
     Turdus chiguanco anthracinus
     
      
395. Austral Thrush  (*)  ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf
     Turdus falcklandii magellanicus
     
     
396. Creamy-bellied Thrush  (CHvr)  ______  (1 record from Vallenar in III Region)
     Turdus amaurochalinus
     
     
397. Veery  (CHvr)  ______  (a specimen from the Lluta Valley)
     Catharus fuscescens 
     
     
398. Correndera Pipit  (*)  ______  cc  ci  fs  tf
     Anthus correndera  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Anthus correndera chilensis  (central CH)
     Anthus correndera catamarcae  (far-north CH)
     
     
399. Yellowish Pipit  ______  (in Chile restricted to the coastal plain north of Arica)
     Anthus lutescens peruviensis
     
     
400. Hellmayr's Pipit  (CHvr)  ______
     Anthus hellmayri dabbenei
     
     
401. House Sparrow (i) (*) ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf  fn
     Passer domesticus
     
     
402. Thick-billed Siskin  (*) ______ fno 
     Sporagra (formerly Carduelis) c. crassirostris
     
     
403. Hooded Siskin  (*) (ph)  ______  fno
     Sporagra (formerly Carduelis) megellanica urubambensis
     
     
404. Black-chinned Siskin  (*)  ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf
     Sporagra (formerly Carduelis) barbata  (monotypic)
     
     
405. Black Siskin  (*) ______  fno
     Sporagra (formerly Carduelis) atrata  (monotypic) 
     
     
406. Yellow-rumped Siskin  (*)  ______  cca 
     Sporagra (formerly Carduelis) uropygialis  (monotypic)
     
     
407. Blackpoll Warbler  (CHvr)  ______  
     Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) striata
     
     
408. American Redstart  (CHvr) (*) (ph)  ______  fno   
     Setophaga ruticilla  (in Chile, a vagrant having migrated from North America)
     
     The American Redstart is a Chilean rarity. One was seen during a FONT tour in the far-northern part of the country in Putre.
     
     
409. Baywing  (CHvr) (ph)  ______  (no recent records)
     Agelaioides badius
     
     
410. Shiny (or Glossy) Cowbird  (*) ______  cc  so  ci  fn
     Molothrus b. bonariensis
     
     
411. Austral Blackbird  (*) ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf
     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)
     
     
412. Yellow-winged Blackbird  (*)  ______  ccs  so
     Chrysomus (formerly Agelaius) t. thilius
     
     
413. Peruvian Meadowlark  (*) ______  fno
     Sturnella bellicosa albipes
     
     
414. Long-tailed Meadowlark  (*)  ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf
     Sturnella l. loyca
     
     
     
     A Long-tailed Meadowlark during the FONT Chile Tour 
     in November 2011 
     (photo by Frank Stermitz)
     
     
415. White-browed Blackbird  (CHvr) (ph)  ______
     Sturnella superciliaris
     
     
416. Bobolink  (CHvr) (ph)  ______
     Dolichonyx oryzivorus  (the single member of its genus)
      
     
417. Rufous-collared Sparrow  (*) (ph)  ______  cc  so  ci  fs  tf  fn
     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) 
     
     
418. Blue-and-yellow Tanager  (*) ______ fno 
     Thraupis bonariensis darwinii
     
     
419. Summer Tanager  (CHvr) (ph)  ______  (a specimen from northern Chile near Antofagasta in II Region)
     Piranga rubra 
     
     
420. Cinereous Conebill  (*) ______ fno
     Conirostrum cinereum littorale
     
     
421. Tamarugo Conebill (t3) (*) ______ fno  (recently described in 1972)
     Conirostrum tamarugense  (monotypic)
     
     
422. 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)
       
     
423. 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 
     
      
424. Patagonian Sierra Finch  (*) ______  cca  so  ci  fs  tf  
     Phrygilus patagonicus  (monotypic)
     
     
425. Gray-hooded Sierra Finch  (*)  ______  cca  fs  tf
     Phygilus gayi  (3 subspecies in Chile) 
     Phygilus g. gayi  (north CH)
     Phygilus gayi minor  (central CH)
     Phygilus gayi caniceps  (south CH)
     
     
     
     A Gray-hooded Sierra Finch during the FONT Chile Tour in November 2011 
     (photo by Frank Stermitz)
     
      
426. Black-hooded Sierra Finch  (*) (ph)  ______  fno  
     Phrygilus atriceps  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     A Black-hooded Sierra Finch photographed during
     a FONT tour in Chile
       
     
427. Mourning Sierra Finch  (*) ______  cca  fn
     Phrygilus fruticeti  (2 subspecies in Chile)
     Phrygilus fruticeti coracinus  (north CH)
     Phrygilus f. fruticeti  (south CH)
     
     
428. Plumbeous Sierra Finch  (*) ______  cca  fn
     Phrygilus u. unicolor
     
     
429. White-throated Sierra Finch  (*) ______  fno
     Phrygilus erythronotus  (monotypic)
     
     
430. Ash-breasted Sierra Finch  (*) ______ fno
     Phrygilus p. plebejus 
     
     
431. Band-tailed Sierra Finch  (*) ______  cc
     Phrygilus a. alaudinus
     
     
432. 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  
     
     
433. White-bridled Finch  (*) ______  fs  (has been called Black-throated Finch & Canary-winged Finch; whatever its name, it's endemic to southern Patagonia & the Falkland Islands)
     Melanodera melanodera princetoniana 
     
     
434. Yellow-bridled Finch  (*) ______  pnp
     Melanodera xanthogramma barrosi
     
     
435. Slender-billed Finch (t3) (*) ______ fno 
     Xenospingus concolor  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
436. Blue-black Grassquit  (*) ______  fno
     Volatinia jacarina peruviensis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
437. Chestnut-throated Seedeater  (*) ______  fno
     Sporophila telasco  (monotypic)
     
     
438. Band-tailed Seedeater  (*) ______ fno
     Catamenia a. analis 
     
     
439. Plain-colored Seedeater  (*) ______ fno
     Catamenia i. inornata 
     
     
440. Saffron Finch (i) (*) (ph) ______  cc
     Sicalis flaveola
     
     
441. Bright-rumped Yellow Finch  (*) ______ fno 
     Sicalis u. uropygialis
     
     
442. Greater Yellow Finch  (*)  ______  cca
     Sicalis auriventris  (monotypic)
     
     
443. Greenish Yellow Finch  (*) ______ fno
     Sicalis olivascens chloris
     
     
444. Puna Yellow Finch  (CHr)  ______  (recently discovered in Chile; known to be mainly in the area of Visviri in I Region)
     Sicalis lutea
       
     
445. Patagonian Yellow Finch  (*) ______  tf  (endemic to Patagonia)
     Sicalis lebruni  (monotypic)
     
     
446. Grassland Yellow Finch  (*)  ______  cc  so  ci 
     Sicalis luteola luteiventris
     
     
447. Common Diuca Finch  (*) ______  cc  so  ci
     Diuca diuca  (3 subspecies in Chile)
     Diuca diuca crassirostris  (north CH)
     Diuca d. diuca  (north-central CH)
     Diuca diuca chiloensis  (south-central CH)
     
     
448. White-winged Diuca Finch  (*) ______ fno
     Diuca s. speculifera 
     
     
449. Golden-billed Saltator  (*) ______  fno
     Saltator aurantiirostris albociliaris
     
     

Notes:

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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