Birds to See in Honduras in April
98 bird species on our list for Honduras are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, White-winged Dove, Turkey Vulture, Magnolia Warbler and Ferruginous Pygmy-owl. New this month: Sand Martin, Bay-breasted Warbler, Scarlet Tanager and White-rumped Sandpiper and 7 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Honduras’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 98 birds in April
98 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Apr
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.25% in Apr
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.83% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.80% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.78% in Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.72% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.60% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.52% in Apr
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Apr
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Apr
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.17% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.00% in Apr
Great CurassowCrax rubraPassage migrantRare84–92 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.00% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made