Birds to See in Honduras in September
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.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
Magnolia WarblerRegular from September · Sep–May
Swainson's ThrushRegular from September · Mar–May
Chestnut-sided WarblerRegular from September · Sep–May
Baltimore OrioleRegular from September · Sep–Apr
Tennessee WarblerRegular from September · Sep–May
Great Crested FlycatcherRegular from September · Sep–May
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 92 birds in September
92 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.23% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.01% in Sep
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.63% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Sep
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Sep
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.35% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Sep
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Sep
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Sep
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.08% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in 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