Birds to See in Honduras in September
92 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
92 bird species on our list for Honduras are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, White-winged Dove, Rock Dove and Barn Swallow. New this month: Magnolia Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Baltimore Oriole and Gray Catbird and 23 more.
New in September27
- Magnolia Warbler
- Tennessee Warbler
- Baltimore Oriole
- Gray Catbird
- Swainson's Thrush
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Ovenbird
- Common Yellowthroat
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Bay-breasted Warbler
- Scarlet Tanager
- Northern Shoveler
- Merlin
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Mourning Warbler
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Upland Sandpiper
- Bobolink
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Veery
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Black-billed Cuckoo
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(30)Recorded all year
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
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
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owl
Megascops trichopsisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(2)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(42)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jul–May
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly May–Mar
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubrisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–May
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Regularly Jul–Apr
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(18)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Sep
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Regularly Sep
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimusLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly May–Mar
Veery
Catharus fuscescensLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
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