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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Panama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 55, most common first
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorRare28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorRare7–9 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusPassage migrantRare17–23 cmRegularly May–Aug
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentRare81–96 cmRecorded all year
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisScarceRare20–24 cmRegularly Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumScarceRare15–18 cm
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