Birds to See in Panama in October
103 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
Residents
(33)Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Harpy Eagle
Harpia harpyjaVU
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Tyrant
Machetornis rixosaLC
Recorded all year
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Recorded all year
Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxiiLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macaoLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(50)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Recorded all year
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Recorded all year
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–May
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(19)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Veery
Catharus fuscescensLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Oct
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly May–Oct
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollisVU
Regularly Sep–Oct
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly May–Oct
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Aug–Oct
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Sabine's Gull
Xema sabiniLC
Regularly Sep–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