Birds in Panama

119 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Panama has 119 bird species recorded regularly there: 33 residents, 1 summer visitor, 56 winter visitors, 23 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 5.7 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Panama in September

92 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 92 birds in September

Arriving in September: Swainson's Thrush, Tennessee Warbler, Broad-winged Hawk, Northern Waterthrush, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, Great Crested Flycatcher, Scarlet Tanager and 23 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Panama each month: most in October (103), fewest in June (48). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Tennessee Warbler
Tennessee WarblerSmallest · 10cm
to
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue HeronLargest · 137cm
From the Tennessee Warbler (10 cm) to the Great Blue Heron (137 cm)34 families

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All 119 birds on the list

Showing 93–115 of 119 species

Eurasian Collared Dove

Eurasian Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaoctoLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Calidris subruficollisVU

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Upland Sandpiper

Upland Sandpiper

Bartramia longicaudaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Blackpoll Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Setophaga striataNT

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red-winged Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly May–Aug

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Ara macaoLC

ResidentRare

Recorded all year

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Least Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Arctic Jaeger

Arctic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Sep–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

Spatula clypeataLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Sep–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
American Golden-Plover

American Golden-Plover

Pluvialis dominicaLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Larus fuscusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Sep–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pomarine Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

Stercorarius pomarinusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Sep–Apr

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cape May Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Setophaga tigrinaLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Sabine's Gull

Sabine's Gull

Xema sabiniLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep–Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Baird's Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdiiLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Red-necked Phalarope

Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly May–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Western Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Tyrannus verticalisLC

ScarceRare

Regularly Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cedar Waxwing

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorumLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Palm Warbler

Palm Warbler

Setophaga palmarumLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Bobolink

Bobolink

Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Forster's Tern

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteriLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna bicolorLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Leach's Storm-petrel

Leach's Storm-petrel

Hydrobates leucorhousVU

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Dec

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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