Birds to See in Panama in March
96 bird species on our list for Panama are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Palm Tanager, Crimson-backed Tanager, Great White Egret and Bay-breasted Warbler. New this month: Swainson's Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, Sand Martin and Black Tern and 3 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
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.
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All 96 birds in March
96 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Mar
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorCommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.45% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Mar
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentRare45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanResidentUncommon32–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorRare7–9 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentRare81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorRare24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Mar
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
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