Birds to See in Honduras in December
91 bird species on our list for Honduras are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, White-winged Dove, Turkey Vulture, Rock Dove and Magnolia Warbler. New this month: American Avocet.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecAt their peak
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Western KingbirdBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Blue-headed VireoBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
Lincoln's SparrowBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
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 91 birds in December
91 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Dec
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Dec
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Dec
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.03% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Dec
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Dec- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.82% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Dec
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.70% in Dec- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in Dec
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.55% in Dec
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.52% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Dec
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Dec
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Dec
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Dec
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Dec
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Dec
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Dec
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Dec
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Dec- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Dec
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Dec- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Dec- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Dec
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Dec
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Dec
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Dec
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
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