An electronic component feeder and a chip mount having the electronic component feeder are provided. The electronic component feeder includes a body having a pickup position at which electronic components are picked up and a plurality of component feed paths guiding respective component feed tapes holding the electronic components to the pickup position, and which switches the component feed paths to select a component feed path guiding a component feed tape to the pickup position so that the electronic components held in the component feed tape are picked up at the pickup position, based on a component holding state about the electronic components held in one of the component feed tapes.