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
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorScarceRare45–53 cm
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Dec
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusScarceRare27–30 cm
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraScarceRare36–43 cm
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantRare50–65 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
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