Birds to See in Panama in April
89 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(33)Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosaLC
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxiiLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(48)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Recorded all year
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Recorded all year
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Painted Bunting
Passerina cirisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubrisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly 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