Animals of Chile

141 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Chile on GBIF: 60 birds, 57 mammals, 19 insects & other invertebrates, 3 amphibians, 2 sharks & fish. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map

All 141 animals by group

Big cats 1

• Cougar Puma concolor

Small wild cats 2

• Kodkod Leopardus guigna
• Pampas cat Leopardus colocola

Foxes, jackals & wild dogs 3

• Culpeo Lycalopex culpaeus
• Darwin's fox Lycalopex fulvipes
• Pampas fox Lycalopex gymnocercus

Weasels, otters, badgers & skunks 5

• American mink Neogale vison (introduced)
• Lesser grison Galictis cuja
• Marine otter Lontra felina
• Molina's hog-nosed skunk Conepatus chinga
• Southern river otter Lontra provocax

Seals, sea lions & walrus 5

• Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella
• Juan Fernández fur seal Arctocephalus philippii
• South American fur seal Arctocephalus australis
• South American sea lion Otaria flavescens
• Southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina

Whales & dolphins 10

• Blue whale Balaenoptera musculus
• Chilean dolphin Cephalorhynchus eutropia
• Commerson's dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii
• Dusky dolphin Lagenorhynchus obscurus
• Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae
• Orca Orcinus orca
• Peale's dolphin Lagenorhynchus australis
• Sei whale Balaenoptera borealis
• Southern right whale Eubalaena australis
• Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus

Deer 3

• South Andean deer Hippocamelus bisulcus
• Southern pudu Pudu puda
• Taruca Hippocamelus antisensis

Camels, llamas & relatives 2

• Guanaco Lama guanicoe
• Vicuña Vicugna vicugna

Marsupials 3

• Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum Thylamys elegans
• Pancho's monito del monte Dromiciops bozinovici
• Southern monito del monte Dromiciops gliroides

Bats 3

• Chilean myotis Myotis chiloensis
• Cinnamon red bat Lasiurus varius
• Mexican free-tailed bat Tadarida brasiliensis

Mice, rats & other rodents 17

• Abrothrix andina Abrothrix andina
• Abrothrix longipilis Abrothrix longipilis
• Abrothrix sanborni Abrothrix sanborni
• Akodon albiventer Akodon albiventer
• Bolivian big-eared mouse Auliscomys boliviensis
• Common degu Octodon degus
• Coruro Spalacopus cyanus
• Highland tuco-tuco Ctenomys opimus
• Long-tailed chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera
• Maule tuco-tuco Ctenomys maulinus
• Mountain degu Octodontomys gliroides
• North American beaver Castor canadensis
• Northern viscacha Lagidium peruanum
• Olive grass mouse Abrothrix olivacea
• Polynesian rat Rattus exulans
• Southern big-eared mouse Loxodontomys micropus
• Southern viscacha Lagidium viscacia

Rabbits, hares & pikas 2

• European hare Lepus europaeus (introduced)
• European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus (introduced)

Sloths, anteaters & armadillos 1

• Big hairy armadillo Chaetophractus villosus

Penguins 5

• Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua
• Humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti
• King penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
• Macaroni penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus
• Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus

Birds of prey 6

• Andean condor Vultur gryphus
• Black vulture Coragyps atratus
• Crested caracara Caracara plancus
• Harris's hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus
• Turkey vulture Cathartes aura

Owls 2

• Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia
• Short-eared owl Asio flammeus

Parrots 1

• Monk parakeet Myiopsitta monachus (introduced)

Ducks, geese & swans 1

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Waders, gulls, terns & auks 20

• American golden plover Pluvialis dominica
• Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea
• Common tern Sterna hirundo
• Eurasian whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Grey plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
• Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
• Long-tailed jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
• Parasitic jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
• Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
• Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
• Red knot Calidris canutus
• Red phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
• Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Sabine's gull Xema sabini
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
• Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus
• Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularius
• White-rumped sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis

Seabirds, divers & grebes 9

• Black-browed albatross Thalassarche melanophris (introduced)
• Blue-footed booby Sula nebouxii
• Great frigatebird Fregata minor
• Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
• Pied-billed grebe Podilymbus podiceps
• Snowy albatross Diomedea exulans (introduced)
• Southern giant petrel Macronectes giganteus
• Southern royal albatross Diomedea epomophora (introduced)
• White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus

Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 9

• Andean flamingo Phoenicoparrus andinus
• Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Chilean flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis (introduced)
• Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Great egret Ardea alba
• Little blue heron Egretta caerulea
• Roseate spoonbill Platalea ajaja
• Snowy egret Egretta thula
• Western cattle egret Ardea ibis (introduced)

Pheasants, grouse & game birds 1

• Common pheasant Phasianus colchicus (introduced)

Pigeons & doves 1

• Rock dove Columba livia (introduced)

Ostriches, emus, kiwis & rheas 1

• Darwin's rhea Rhea pennata

Songbirds & perching birds 4

• Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
• Great kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
• House sparrow Passer domesticus (introduced)
• Sand martin Riparia riparia

Frogs & toads 3

• African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (introduced)
• Calyptocephalella Calyptocephalella gayi
• Darwin's frog Rhinoderma darwinii

Bony fish 2

• Long-spine porcupinefish Diodon holocanthus
• Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides

Bees, wasps & ants 2

• Argentine ant Linepithema humile (introduced)
• Bombus terrestris Bombus terrestris (introduced)

Beetles 2

• Harmonia axyridis Harmonia axyridis (introduced)
• Hippodamia variegata Hippodamia variegata

Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects 5

• Calliphora vicina Calliphora vicina
• Common green bottle fly Lucilia sericata
• Housefly Musca domestica
• Nezara viridula Nezara viridula
• Oriental cockroach Blatta orientalis

Spiders, scorpions & other arachnids 6

• Argiope argentata Argiope argentata
• Chilean recluse spider Loxosceles laeta
• Chilean rose tarantula Grammostola rosea
• Steatoda grossa Steatoda grossa
• Steatoda nobilis Steatoda nobilis
• Woodlouse spider Dysdera crocata

Crabs, lobsters & shrimps 1

• Grapsus grapsus Grapsus grapsus

Jellyfish, corals & anemones 3

• Craspedacusta sowerbii Craspedacusta sowerbyi (introduced)
• Metridium senile Metridium senile (introduced)
• Portuguese man o' war Physalia physalis

Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.