Birds to See in Panama in December
93 bird species on our list for Panama are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Palm Tanager, Crimson-backed Tanager, Great White Egret and Tennessee Warbler. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler and Leach's Storm-petrel.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Great Blue HeronBusiest month of the year · All year
Philadelphia VireoBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Magnolia WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerBusiest month of the year · Nov–Mar
Blackpoll WarblerBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Leaving soon
From Panama’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 93 birds in December
93 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Dec
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Dec
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Dec
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.76% in Dec
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorCommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.74% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Dec
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Dec
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Dec- Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Dec
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.29% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Dec- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Dec
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Dec- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanResidentUncommon32–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.03% in Dec- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentRare45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorRare7–9 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Dec- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Dec
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentRare81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorRare24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Dec
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Dec
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Dec
Purple MartinProgne subisWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Dec
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Dec
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Dec · 0.00% in Dec
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
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