Birds to See in Panama in August
62 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
62 bird species on our list for Panama are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Palm Tanager, Crimson-backed Tanager, Great White Egret and Roadside Hawk. New this month: Barn Swallow, Prothonotary Warbler, Sand Martin and American Redstart and 6 more.
New in August10
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
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
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxiiLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(22)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Recorded all year
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Recorded all year
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly May–Oct
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