Rare Birds in Honduras
Our list for Honduras has 43 rare birds recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 5 winter visitors, 30 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Honduras in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 43, most common first
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRegularly Jul–May
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusPassage migrantRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantRare48–66 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–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