Birds to See in Panama in November
100 bird species on our list for Panama are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Bay-breasted Warbler, Palm Tanager, Crimson-backed Tanager and Tennessee Warbler. New this month: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Painted Bunting, Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Cape May Warbler and 2 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Bay-breasted WarblerBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Tennessee WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Baltimore OrioleBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Prothonotary WarblerBusiest month of the year · Aug–Mar
Rose-breasted GrosbeakBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
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 100 birds in November
100 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Nov- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorCommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.02% in Nov
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Nov- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.81% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.59% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Nov
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.47% in Nov- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Nov
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.34% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Nov
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Nov
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanResidentUncommon32–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentRare45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorRare24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorRare7–9 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Purple MartinProgne subisWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentRare81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
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