Birds to See in Panama in January
94 bird species on our list for Panama are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Palm Tanager, Crimson-backed Tanager, Great White Egret and Bay-breasted Warbler. New this month: Western Kingbird, Black-throated Blue Warbler and Mallard.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
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.
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All 94 birds in January
94 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Jan
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Jan
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Jan
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorCommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.62% in Jan
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Jan
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.35% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Jan
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.28% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Jan
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jan
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanResidentUncommon32–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentRare45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentRare81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorRare24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorRare7–9 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisScarceRare20–24 cmRegularly Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Purple MartinProgne subisWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
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