This entry applies to ornamental or recreational birds (including those intended for exhibition, zoos, trade, and companion animals) from Australia to Chile.

It is the exporter's responsibility to ensure that the animal meets the importing country requirements.

Information about the process required to import animals into Chile can be found on the Government of Chile's Agricultural and Livestock Service website (SAG).

Email

oficina.informaciones@sag.gob.cl

Note

Where an importing country issues an import permit, the exporter must ensure the animal meets any requirements in the permit.

Captive-bred birds (commercial, pet, exhibition)​

As importing country requirements may change without advice to the Department you should check the import permit and/or the country website carefully at the time of preparation for export.

Certifying officers must review the import permit(s), any conditions provided by the exporter and the country website to ensure that the issued document(s) are consistent with the permit(s).

Note

Health certificates must be issued in an agreed bilingual English/Spanish format.

Diagnostic protocols supporting the stated sanitary condition must be attached to the health certificate.

Health certificate

I, Dr ………………………………, a duly authorised government veterinary officer, hereby certify that:

1. The birds have been kept since hatching, or for at least ninety (90) days prior to export, in the establishment of origin that is supervised by a registered veterinarian approved by the competent authority of Australia.
   
   
2. The birds originate from establishments where no cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), or virulent Newcastle disease (as defined in the WOAH Terrestrial Animal Health Code), have been reported in the ninety (90) days immediately prior to export.
   
   
3. No cases of HPAI, or virulent Newcastle disease (as defined in the WOAH Terrestrial Animal Health Code), have been recorded within a 10-kilometre radius of the establishment where the birds for export have resided within the last thirty (30) days.
   
   
4. The birds originate from establishments where no cases of nationally notifiable infectious avian disease have been reported in the thirty (30) days immediately prior to export and which have not been under official sanitary restriction due to control or eradication of avian diseases.
   
   
5. The birds have individual identification through a ring, microchip, or another form of identification as specified on the first page of this certificate.
   
   
6. The birds have not been vaccinated with any type of Avian Influenza vaccination.
   
   
7. If the species of bird being imported is listed in the appendices of the CITES convention, then CITES permit is held.
   
   
8. The birds were kept since hatching or for a minimum of twenty-one (21) days in pre-export quarantine prior to export from [DD/MM/YYYY] and until [DD/MM/YYYY], in a facility supervised by a registered veterinarian approved by the competent authority of Australia. During this period, the birds for export showed no clinical signs of infectious disease.
   
   
9. During the pre-export quarantine period the bird(s) did not receive any vaccinations.
   
   
10. During the pre-export quarantine period, all the birds for export were subject to the following tests with a negative result in accordance with the WOAH manual of diagnostic tests and vaccines for terrestrial animals:
    
    
    1. a) Avian Influenza – within the last 14 days of quarantine, using tracheal and cloacal swabs, either of the following test was performed (strikethrough inapplicable):
       
       
       1. i) polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
          
          OR
          
          
       2. ii) viral isolation test and agent identification.​
          
          
       Note: For small-sized birds, cloacal swabs alone are acceptable. A pool of up to 5 samples is allowed for this purpose.
       
       
    2. b) Newcastle disease – within the last 14 days of quarantine, using tracheal and cloacal swabs, polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
       
       Note: For small-sized birds, cloacal swabs alone are acceptable. A pool of up to 5 samples is allowed for this purpose.
       
       
    3. c) Trichomoniasis (only for Columbidae birds) - direct microscopy testing of samples obtained through oesophageal and proventricular swab.
       
       
    4. d) Chlamydiosis Chlamydophila psittaci (only for Psittacidae, Columbidae, Phasianinae, and Anatidae) (strikethrough inapplicable):
       
       
       1. i) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from conjunctival, choanal, cloacal and/or fresh faecal swabs
          
          OR
          
          
       2. ii) treatment with an antibiotic deemed effective in treating avian chlamydiosis by the registered veterinarian following the doses and indications recommended by the manufacturer.
          
          
          1. Product name:
             
             
          2. Active ingredient:
             
             
          3. Dose rate:
             
             
          4. Date administered:
             
    
    
11. During the pre-export quarantine period, all the birds were treated for external and internal parasites with a registered broad-spectrum product following the doses and indications recommended by the manufacturer.
    
    
    1. ​​Product name:
       
       
    2. Active ingredient:
       
       
    3. Dose rate:
       
       
    4. Date administered:
       
       
    
    
12. ​Diagnostic tests were conducted in an official or authorised laboratory and treatments were administered by a registered veterinarian approved by the competent authority of Australia.
    
    
13. The birds have been packed in new, unused cages or the cages have been cleaned and disinfected with an approved product immediately prior to export. The birds have been packed in accordance with IATA requirements for live animal transport. The cage(s) have been sealed and labelled indicating the species.
    
    
14. During the pre-export quarantine period, the birds for export were examined within seventy-two (72) hours prior to export by a registered veterinarian approved by the competent authority of Australia and were found to be free from clinical signs of infectious disease and were found to be visibly free of external parasites, and are fit to travel.
    
    
15. The birds were transported directly from the place of origin to the point of departure without direct contact with other birds of different health status.

Permission to move birds out of Australia

Transport conditions

The only authorized port of entry into Chile is Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport.

Original export documentation should preferably be attached to the animal’s travel crate prior to export, in accordance with Market Access Notice 2025/02​.

Post-entry conditions

Upon arrival in the country, birds must undergo a 21-day quarantine period at the Lo Aguirre Quarantine Station. During this period, the birds will be subjected to diagnostic tests and treatments as determined by the Service, at the user's expense.

If positive results for exotic diseases are obtained, the Service will implement sanitary measures in accordance with current legislation.

Note

There may be additional post-entry requirements for the birds and you should check this.

Email

wildlifetrade@dcceew.gov.au

Protocol agreed December 2025.

Entry last reviewed 24 December 2025.​​