Birds to See in Panama in February
91 bird species on our list for Panama are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Palm Tanager, Crimson-backed Tanager, Great White Egret and Bay-breasted Warbler. New this month: Gray-cheeked Thrush.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebFrom 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 91 birds in February
91 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Feb
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Feb
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorCommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Feb
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Feb
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.27% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Feb
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Feb
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentRare45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Feb
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanResidentUncommon32–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorRare7–9 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Purple MartinProgne subisWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentRare81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorRare24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
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