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Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) (NT) is the national bird of Chile. The wildlife of Chile is very diverse because of the country's slender and elongated shape, which spans a wide range of latitude, and altitude, ranging from the windswept coastline of the Pacific coast on the west to northern Andes to the sub-Antarctic, high Andes mountains in the east.
The book and its detailed description of the Chilean forest was the result of extensive travel to remote locations in Chile. [3] His 1990 bilingual book The Chilean Altiplano in collaboration with the wildlife photographer Nicolás Piwonka, was also donated to the Chilean National Library. [4] [5] [6] Earnings from sales of the book were ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Chile. As of January 2011, there are 152 mammal species listed for Chile , of which four are critically endangered , eight are endangered, eight are vulnerable, and eleven are near threatened.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Chile. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The SACC list includes species recorded in mainland Chile , on the Chilean islands of the Cape Horn area, on other islands and waters near the ...
The southern coast of Chile presents a large number of fjords and fjord-like channels from the latitudes of Cape Horn (55° S) to Reloncaví Estuary (42° S). Some fjords and channels are important navigable channels providing access to ports like Punta Arenas, Puerto Chacabuco and Puerto Natales.
This category is for fauna of Chile. Sub-categorize when appropriate. Sub-categorize when appropriate. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Animals of Chile .
This list of marine molluscs of Chile is a partial list of marine mollusc species which have been recorded in Chile. In other words, it is a list of salt water species of snails, clams and other molluscs. The list does not include land snails or slugs, or freshwater snails or clams.
The earliest mention of the P. chilensis was in 1782 by Juan Ignacio Molina in his book Saggio Sulla Storia Naturale del Chili.Molina, a Chilean abbot who was shunned from Chile along with the rest of the Jesuit missionaries, wrote this book to describe the life lived by the Chileans in the Chiloe Archipelago. [3]