Uncommon Birds in Panama
Our list for Panama has 51 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 1 summer visitor, 28 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
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 51, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiResidentUncommon95–127 cmRecorded all year
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