Birds to See in Panama in September
92 bird species on our list for Panama are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Palm Tanager, Barn Swallow, Crimson-backed Tanager and Great White Egret. New this month: Swainson's Thrush, Tennessee Warbler, Broad-winged Hawk and Northern Waterthrush and 27 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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.
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All 92 birds in September
92 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.98% in Sep
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatusResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.20% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.17% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Sep
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiResidentUncommon76–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaResidentRare89–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentRare45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosaResidentRare19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Scarlet MacawAra macaoResidentRare81–96 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanResidentUncommon32–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusWinter visitorRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentRare31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
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