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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Panama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 51, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 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