Birds to See in Panama in October
103 bird species on our list for Panama are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Palm Tanager, Swainson's Thrush, Barn Swallow and Crimson-backed Tanager. New this month: Bay-breasted Warbler, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Philadelphia Vireo and Gray Catbird and 8 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · Mar–Apr
Broad-winged HawkBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
OspreyBusiest month of the year · All year
Great Crested FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Scarlet TanagerBusiest month of the year · Mar–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 103 birds in October
103 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Oct
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.98% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.89% in Oct
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.64% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.54% in Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaWinter visitorCommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.53% in Oct
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Oct
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Oct- OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.34% in Oct
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Oct- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.17% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Oct
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.08% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.06% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Oct
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentRare45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Purple MartinProgne subisWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanResidentUncommon32–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Oct
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorRare24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentRare81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.00% in Oct
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
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