Birds to See in Honduras in January
100 bird species on our list for Honduras are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, White-winged Dove, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Great White Egret and Rock Dove. New this month: Black Tern, Cedar Waxwing, Wilson's Phalarope and Red Knot and 7 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
WhimbrelBusiest month of the year · All year
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Yellow-rumped WarblerBusiest month of the year · Nov–Apr
Northern ShovelerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Marbled GodwitBusiest month of the year · Jul–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 100 birds in January
100 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.33% in Jan
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.77% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.62% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.58% in Jan
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.49% in Jan
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Jan
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Jan- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Jan
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Jan- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Jan
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.28% in Jan
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Jan
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Jan
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Jan
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jan- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Jan
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Jan- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jan
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantRare34–38 cmRegularly Jan · 0.02% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.02% in Jan
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.01% in Jan
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorScarceRare52–58 cmRegularly Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.00% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Great CurassowCrax rubraPassage migrantRare84–92 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.00% in Jan
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