Birds to See in Honduras in August
67 bird species on our list for Honduras are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, White-winged Dove, Turkey Vulture, Rock Dove and Ferruginous Pygmy-owl. New this month: Barn Swallow, American Redstart, Northern Waterthrush and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher and 13 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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.
Other months
All 67 birds in August
67 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Aug
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Aug
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Aug
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Aug
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
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