Birds to See in Panama in April
89 bird species on our list for Panama are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Palm Tanager, Crimson-backed Tanager, Swainson's Thrush and Barn Swallow. New this month: Gray-cheeked Thrush and Alder Flycatcher.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprFrom Panama’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 89 birds in April
89 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Apr
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Apr
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.66% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.55% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorCommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Apr
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentRare45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanResidentUncommon32–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Apr
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentRare81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Apr
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Apr
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorRare24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorRare7–9 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
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