Rare Birds in Panama
Our list for Panama has 55 rare birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 23 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Panama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 55, most common first
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentRare45–65 cmRecorded all year
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple MartinProgne subisWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaScarceRare40–51 cm
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorRare24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorRare19–22 cmRegularly Nov–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