Birds to See in Honduras in February
94 bird species on our list for Honduras are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, White-winged Dove, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Great White Egret and Cattle Egret. New this month: Purple Martin, Bonaparte's Gull, Blue-footed Booby and Arctic Jaeger.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 94 birds in February
94 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Feb
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Feb
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.76% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.61% in Feb
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Feb
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.54% in Feb
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Feb
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.40% in Feb
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Feb
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Feb
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Feb
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Feb
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Feb
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Feb
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Feb
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Feb
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiPassage migrantRare76–84 cmRegularly Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Feb
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.01% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
Great CurassowCrax rubraPassage migrantRare84–92 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.00% in Feb
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