Birds to See in Honduras in May
84 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in May6
Leaving after last month20
- Baltimore Oriole
- Ovenbird
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Prothonotary Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Palm Warbler
- Painted Bunting
- Northern Shoveler
- Merlin
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Lincoln's Sparrow
- Cedar Waxwing
- Marbled Godwit
- Cape May Warbler
- Red Knot
- Arctic Jaeger
- American Golden-Plover
- Great Curassow
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owl
Megascops trichopsisLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(37)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–May
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jul–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Apr–May
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium gnomaLC
Regularly Jan–May
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly May–Oct
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly May–Mar
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
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