Isla Magdalena near Punta Arenas hosts 150,000+ breeding pairs — the ferry journey passes the island so closely that the penguins are visible swimming alongside.
Chile's Torres del Paine NP offers the most reliable condor watching in South America — birds soar on updrafts above the granite towers from dawn to midday.
Chile's most elegant waterbird — breeds on lakes in the Lake District and gathers in dense flocks on Chiloé Island's coastal lagoons in winter.
The most widespread of the three South American flamingos — large flocks gather on the Atacama's high-altitude salt lakes and on sheltered coastal lagoons.
Chile's most iconic river bird — pairs hold territories on fast-flowing Andean rivers, riding white-water currents with expert ease.
A tiny, exuberant furnariid endemic to Chilean temperate forest — usually encountered in noisy family groups wriggling through Nothofagus bark for insects.
South America's largest woodpecker — the crimson-headed male is unmistakable, excavating rectangular holes in ancient Nothofagus trees of Chilean temperate rainforest.
The most abundant raptor in Chile — an opportunistic scavenger and pursuer of small prey that has adapted perfectly to agricultural landscapes and urban parks.
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