Birds to See in Honduras in January
100 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owl
Megascops trichopsisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(54)Present outside the breeding season
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubrisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Painted Bunting
Passerina cirisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jul–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus variusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Regularly Jul–Apr
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolniiLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Regularly Oct–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Passage migrants
(13)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Jan
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Jan–Aug
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Northern Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium gnomaLC
Regularly Jan–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly May–Mar
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapillaLC
Regularly Jan
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Regularly Jan–Jul
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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