Birds to See in Honduras in May
84 bird species on our list for Honduras are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are White-winged Dove, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Ferruginous Pygmy-owl and Rock Dove. New this month: Gull-billed Tern, Franklin's Gull, Wilson's Phalarope and Ladder-backed Woodpecker and 2 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
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 84 birds in May
84 birds
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in May
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in May
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in May
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in May
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in May
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in May
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in May
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.11% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.07% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in May
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in May
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in May
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in May
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.02% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in May
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in May
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.00% in May
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in May
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