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Animals in Chile

18 animal species on file have openly licensed sighting records from Chile, 3 of them threatened. Records include captive animals and introduced populations.

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Species recorded
18
Threatened
3
Groups represented
7
Sighting records
13,346
Fiji: 11 speciesTanzania: 21 speciesW. Sahara: 8 speciesCanada: 38 speciesUnited States of America: 61 speciesKazakhstan: 13 speciesUzbekistan: 10 speciesPapua New Guinea: 11 speciesIndonesia: 26 speciesArgentina: 22 speciesChile: 18 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 21 speciesSomalia: 13 speciesKenya: 20 speciesSudan: 21 speciesChad: 12 speciesHaiti: 9 speciesDominican Rep.: 10 speciesRussia: 32 speciesBahamas: 12 speciesFalkland Is.: 5 speciesNorway: 26 speciesGreenland: 14 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 15 speciesTimor-Leste: 5 speciesSouth Africa: 35 speciesLesotho: 6 speciesMexico: 28 speciesUruguay: 13 speciesBrazil: 31 speciesBolivia: 9 speciesPeru: 17 speciesColombia: 19 speciesPanama: 18 speciesCosta Rica: 19 speciesNicaragua: 13 speciesHonduras: 12 speciesEl Salvador: 12 speciesGuatemala: 13 speciesBelize: 16 speciesVenezuela: 15 speciesGuyana: 8 speciesSuriname: 12 speciesFrance: 45 speciesEcuador: 18 speciesPuerto Rico: 13 speciesJamaica: 10 speciesCuba: 14 speciesZimbabwe: 14 speciesBotswana: 12 speciesNamibia: 33 speciesSenegal: 21 speciesMali: 11 speciesMauritania: 7 speciesBenin: 17 speciesNiger: 9 speciesNigeria: 21 speciesCameroon: 14 speciesTogo: 7 speciesGhana: 14 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 17 speciesGuinea: 11 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 8 speciesLiberia: 12 speciesSierra Leone: 12 speciesBurkina Faso: 6 speciesCentral African Rep.: 12 speciesCongo: 10 speciesGabon: 11 speciesEq. Guinea: 13 speciesZambia: 12 speciesMalawi: 12 speciesMozambique: 15 specieseSwatini: 8 speciesAngola: 14 speciesBurundi: 8 speciesIsrael: 26 speciesLebanon: 16 speciesMadagascar: 14 speciesPalestine: 11 speciesGambia: 9 speciesTunisia: 14 speciesAlgeria: 19 speciesJordan: 13 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 13 speciesQatar: 9 speciesKuwait: 10 speciesIraq: 13 speciesOman: 16 speciesVanuatu: 8 speciesCambodia: 8 speciesThailand: 22 speciesLaos: 8 speciesMyanmar: 13 speciesVietnam: 19 speciesNorth Korea: 4 speciesSouth Korea: 15 speciesMongolia: 12 speciesIndia: 33 speciesBangladesh: 12 speciesBhutan: 9 speciesNepal: 12 speciesPakistan: 16 speciesAfghanistan: 11 speciesTajikistan: 9 speciesKyrgyzstan: 9 speciesTurkmenistan: 7 speciesIran: 20 speciesSyria: 15 speciesArmenia: 13 speciesSweden: 36 speciesBelarus: 15 speciesUkraine: 24 speciesPoland: 25 speciesAustria: 22 speciesHungary: 18 speciesMoldova: 14 speciesRomania: 18 speciesLithuania: 18 speciesLatvia: 18 speciesEstonia: 23 speciesGermany: 51 speciesBulgaria: 20 speciesGreece: 21 speciesTurkey: 23 speciesAlbania: 15 speciesCroatia: 20 speciesSwitzerland: 20 speciesLuxembourg: 19 speciesBelgium: 32 speciesNetherlands: 42 speciesPortugal: 32 speciesSpain: 36 speciesIreland: 26 speciesNew Caledonia: 17 speciesSolomon Is.: 8 speciesNew Zealand: 23 speciesAustralia: 36 speciesSri Lanka: 12 speciesChina: 24 speciesTaiwan: 18 speciesItaly: 28 speciesDenmark: 40 speciesUnited Kingdom: 43 speciesIceland: 16 speciesAzerbaijan: 10 speciesGeorgia: 16 speciesPhilippines: 20 speciesMalaysia: 17 speciesBrunei: 5 speciesSlovenia: 18 speciesFinland: 28 speciesSlovakia: 17 speciesCzechia: 24 speciesEritrea: 7 speciesJapan: 49 speciesParaguay: 7 speciesYemen: 14 speciesSaudi Arabia: 16 speciesCyprus: 13 speciesMorocco: 23 speciesEgypt: 23 speciesLibya: 9 speciesEthiopia: 12 speciesDjibouti: 6 speciesUganda: 14 speciesRwanda: 11 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 13 speciesMacedonia: 14 speciesSerbia: 16 speciesMontenegro: 17 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 11 speciesS. Sudan: 10 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale

Which well-known animals are recorded in Chile?

The most looked-up species with records here.

LC, Least Concern
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Anatidae

NT, Near Threatened
Jaguar (Panthera onca)

Jaguar

Panthera onca

Felidae

DD, Data Deficient
Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Apidae

EN, Endangered
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

Blue whale

Balaenoptera musculus

Balaenopteridae

What kinds of animals are recorded in Chile?

  1. Mammals

    grey wolf, jaguar, blue whale, common bottlenose dolphin …

    5 species

  2. Birds

    mallard, peregrine falcon, western barn owl, emperor penguin …

    5 species

  3. Reptiles

    green turtle

    1 species

  4. Fish

    atlantic salmon, great white shark

    2 species

  5. Insects

    honey bee, monarch butterfly, stag beetle

    3 species

  6. Arachnids

    black widow spider

    1 species

  7. Other invertebrates

    common jellyfish

    1 species

Which threatened animals are recorded in Chile?

Species listed as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The category is global, not specific to Chile.

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
Blue whaleBalaenoptera musculusBalaenopteridaeEndangered55
Great white sharkCarcharodon carchariasLamnidaeVulnerable1
Wandering albatrossDiomedea exulansDiomedeidaeVulnerable2,727

All animals recorded in Chile

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
MallardAnas platyrhynchosAnatidaeLeast Concern2,142
Grey wolfCanis lupusCanidaeLeast Concern528
Peregrine falconFalco peregrinusFalconidaeLeast Concern7,425
JaguarPanthera oncaFelidaeNear Threatened3
Western barn owlTyto albaTytonidaeLeast Concern43
Atlantic salmonSalmo salarSalmonidaeNear Threatened28
Honey beeApis melliferaApidaeData Deficient292
Blue whaleBalaenoptera musculusBalaenopteridaeEndangered55
Emperor penguinAptenodytes forsteriSpheniscidaeNear Threatened4
Great white sharkCarcharodon carchariasLamnidaeVulnerable1
Green turtleChelonia mydasCheloniidaeLeast Concern26
Monarch butterflyDanaus plexippusNymphalidaeLeast Concern1
Common bottlenose dolphinTursiops truncatusDelphinidaeLeast Concern36
Stag beetleLucanus cervusLucanidaeNot recorded1
Wandering albatrossDiomedea exulansDiomedeidaeVulnerable2,727
Common jellyfishAurelia auritaUlmaridaeNot recorded4
Common vampire batDesmodus rotundusPhyllostomidaeLeast Concern29
Black widow spiderLatrodectus mactansTheridiidaeNot recorded1

Method: a species is listed if GBIF holds at least one CC0 or CC BY occurrence record for it in Chile. Zoo animals, escapes and introduced populations are included, and native species nobody has recorded are missing. See the methodology.