Birds to See in Honduras in October
101 bird species on our list for Honduras are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, White-winged Dove, Tennessee Warbler and Magnolia Warbler. New this month: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Western Kingbird, Blue-headed Vireo and Palm Warbler and 9 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Tennessee WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Baltimore OrioleBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
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 101 birds in October
101 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Oct
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Oct- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.13% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.01% in Oct- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.95% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.86% in Oct
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.82% in Oct
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.79% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.71% in Oct- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.62% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.51% in Oct
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.27% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.25% in Oct
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.25% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Oct
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.00% in Oct
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Oct
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
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