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Nicaragua bird checklist

776 bird species in 80 families have been recorded in Nicaragua, according to eBird; about 551 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made

The most common birds in Nicaragua right now

  1. 1Turkey Vulture
  2. 2Great Egret
  3. 3Black-bellied Plover
  4. 4Semipalmated Plover
  5. 5Neotropic Cormorant
  6. 6Snowy Egret
  7. 7Bank Swallow
  8. 8Baltimore Oriole
  9. 9Tropical Kingbird
  10. 10Roseate Spoonbill
The top 20, and how they are ranked

Nicaragua bird checklist

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Tinamous

  • Great Tinamou
  • Little Tinamou
  • Thicket Tinamou
  • Slaty-breasted Tinamou

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
  • Fulvous Whistling-Duck
  • Muscovy Duck
  • Blue-winged Teal
  • Cinnamon Teal
  • Northern Shoveler
  • American Wigeon
  • Mallard
  • Northern Pintail
  • Green-winged Teal
  • Redhead
  • Ring-necked Duck
  • Greater Scaup
  • Lesser Scaup
  • Red-breasted Merganser
  • Masked Duck
  • Ruddy Duck

Guans, Chachalacas, and Curassows

  • Highland Guan
  • Crested Guan
  • Great Curassow
  • Plain Chachalaca
  • White-bellied Chachalaca
  • Gray-headed Chachalaca

Guineafowl

  • Helmeted Guineafowl

New World Quail

  • Tawny-faced Quail
  • Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge
  • Black-throated Bobwhite
  • Spot-bellied Bobwhite
  • Ocellated Quail
  • Black-eared Wood-Quail
  • Spotted Wood-Quail

Pigeons and Doves

  • Rock Pigeon
  • Pale-vented Pigeon
  • Scaled Pigeon
  • White-crowned Pigeon
  • Red-billed Pigeon
  • Band-tailed Pigeon
  • Short-billed Pigeon
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove
  • Inca Dove
  • Common Ground Dove
  • Plain-breasted Ground Dove
  • Ruddy Ground Dove
  • Blue Ground Dove
  • Maroon-chested Ground Dove
  • Ruddy Quail-Dove
  • Violaceous Quail-Dove
  • White-tipped Dove
  • Gray-chested Dove
  • Gray-headed Dove
  • White-faced Quail-Dove
  • White-winged Dove
  • Mourning Dove

Cuckoos

  • Smooth-billed Ani
  • Groove-billed Ani
  • Striped Cuckoo
  • Pheasant Cuckoo
  • Lesser Ground-Cuckoo
  • Lesser Roadrunner
  • Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo
  • Common Squirrel-Cuckoo
  • Dark-billed Cuckoo
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Mangrove Cuckoo
  • Black-billed Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

  • Lesser Nighthawk
  • Common Nighthawk
  • Short-tailed Nighthawk
  • Common Pauraque
  • Spot-tailed Nightjar
  • Ocellated Poorwill
  • Chuck-will's-widow
  • Buff-collared Nightjar
  • Eastern Whip-poor-will
  • Mexican Whip-poor-will

Potoos

  • Great Potoo
  • Common Potoo
  • Northern Potoo

Swifts

  • Black Swift
  • White-chinned Swift
  • Chestnut-collared Swift
  • White-collared Swift
  • Gray-rumped Swift
  • Chimney Swift
  • Vaux's Swift
  • Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
  • Great Swallow-tailed Swift

Hummingbirds

  • White-necked Jacobin
  • Bronzy Hermit
  • Band-tailed Barbthroat
  • Long-billed Hermit
  • Stripe-throated Hermit
  • Brown Violetear
  • Mexican Violetear
  • Purple-crowned Fairy
  • Green-breasted Mango
  • Black-crested Coquette
  • Rivoli's Hummingbird
  • Long-billed Starthroat
  • Plain-capped Starthroat
  • Green-breasted Mountain-gem
  • Purple-throated Mountain-gem
  • Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird
  • Canivet's Emerald
  • White-eared Hummingbird
  • Violet-headed Hummingbird
  • Emerald-chinned Hummingbird
  • Violet Sabrewing
  • Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
  • Crowned Woodnymph
  • Snowcap
  • Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
  • Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
  • Azure-crowned Hummingbird
  • Blue-vented Hummingbird
  • Blue-tailed Hummingbird
  • Cinnamon Hummingbird
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
  • Blue-chested Hummingbird
  • White-bellied Emerald
  • Blue-throated Goldentail

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

  • Mangrove Rail
  • Spotted Rail
  • Uniform Crake
  • Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
  • Russet-naped Wood-Rail
  • Sora
  • Common Gallinule
  • American Coot
  • Purple Gallinule
  • Yellow-breasted Crake
  • Ruddy Crake
  • White-throated Crake
  • Gray-breasted Crake
  • Black Rail

Finfoots

  • Sungrebe

Limpkin

  • Limpkin

Thick-knees

  • Double-striped Thick-knee

Stilts and Avocets

  • Black-necked Stilt
  • American Avocet

Oystercatchers

  • American Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

  • Black-bellied Plover
  • American Golden-Plover
  • Pacific Golden-Plover
  • Killdeer
  • Semipalmated Plover
  • Piping Plover
  • Southern Lapwing
  • Wilson's Plover
  • Collared Plover
  • Snowy Plover

Jacanas

  • Northern Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

  • Upland Sandpiper
  • Hudsonian Whimbrel
  • Long-billed Curlew
  • Hudsonian Godwit
  • Marbled Godwit
  • Short-billed Dowitcher
  • Long-billed Dowitcher
  • Wilson's Snipe
  • Wilson's Phalarope
  • Red Phalarope
  • Red-necked Phalarope
  • Spotted Sandpiper
  • Solitary Sandpiper
  • Wandering Tattler
  • Lesser Yellowlegs
  • Willet
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Ruddy Turnstone
  • Black Turnstone
  • Red Knot
  • Surfbird
  • Ruff
  • Stilt Sandpiper
  • Buff-breasted Sandpiper
  • Sanderling
  • Dunlin
  • Baird's Sandpiper
  • White-rumped Sandpiper
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Pectoral Sandpiper
  • Western Sandpiper
  • Semipalmated Sandpiper

Skuas and Jaegers

  • Parasitic Jaeger
  • Pomarine Jaeger

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

  • Sabine's Gull
  • Bonaparte's Gull
  • Laughing Gull
  • Franklin's Gull
  • Ring-billed Gull
  • Western Gull
  • Kelp Gull
  • American Herring Gull
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull
  • California Gull
  • Black Skimmer
  • Brown Noddy
  • Sooty Tern
  • Bridled Tern
  • Least Tern
  • Large-billed Tern
  • Gull-billed Tern
  • Caspian Tern
  • Black Tern
  • Forster's Tern
  • Arctic Tern
  • Common Tern
  • Sandwich Tern
  • Elegant Tern
  • Royal Tern

Grebes

  • Least Grebe
  • Pied-billed Grebe
  • Eared Grebe

Sunbittern

  • Sunbittern

Tropicbirds

  • Red-billed Tropicbird

Northern Storm-Petrels

  • Leach's Storm-Petrel
  • Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
  • Black Storm-Petrel
  • Markham's Storm-Petrel
  • Least Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

  • Tahiti Petrel
  • Pink-footed Shearwater
  • Wedge-tailed Shearwater
  • Sooty Shearwater
  • Christmas Shearwater
  • Galapagos Shearwater
  • Black-vented Shearwater
  • Sargasso Shearwater

Storks

  • Jabiru
  • Wood Stork

Frigatebirds

  • Magnificent Frigatebird
  • Great Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets

  • Red-footed Booby
  • Brown Booby
  • Cocos Booby
  • Masked Booby
  • Nazca Booby
  • Blue-footed Booby
  • Peruvian Booby

Anhingas

  • Anhinga

Cormorants and Shags

  • Double-crested Cormorant
  • Neotropic Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

  • White Ibis
  • Glossy Ibis
  • White-faced Ibis
  • Green Ibis
  • Roseate Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

  • Rufescent Tiger-Heron
  • Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
  • Fasciated Tiger-Heron
  • Boat-billed Heron
  • Agami Heron
  • American Bittern
  • Pinnated Bittern
  • Least Bittern
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron
  • Black-crowned Night Heron
  • Little Blue Heron
  • Tricolored Heron
  • Reddish Egret
  • Snowy Egret
  • Green Heron
  • Western Cattle-Egret
  • Great Egret
  • Great Blue Heron

Pelicans

  • American White Pelican
  • Brown Pelican

New World Vultures

  • King Vulture
  • Black Vulture
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Osprey

  • Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

  • Pearl Kite
  • White-tailed Kite
  • Hook-billed Kite
  • Gray-headed Kite
  • Swallow-tailed Kite
  • Black Hawk-Eagle
  • Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
  • Ornate Hawk-Eagle
  • Crested Eagle
  • Harpy Eagle
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk
  • Bicolored Hawk
  • Cooper's Hawk
  • Northern Harrier
  • Tiny Hawk
  • Double-toothed Kite
  • Mississippi Kite
  • Plumbeous Kite
  • Crane Hawk
  • Black-collared Hawk
  • Snail Kite
  • Common Black Hawk
  • Savanna Hawk
  • Great Black Hawk
  • Solitary Eagle
  • Roadside Hawk
  • Harris's Hawk
  • White-tailed Hawk
  • White Hawk
  • Semiplumbeous Hawk
  • Gray Hawk
  • Broad-winged Hawk
  • Zone-tailed Hawk
  • Short-tailed Hawk
  • Swainson's Hawk
  • Red-tailed Hawk

Barn-Owls

  • American Barn Owl

Owls

  • Whiskered Screech-Owl
  • Middle American Screech-Owl
  • Pacific Screech-Owl
  • Crested Owl
  • Spectacled Owl
  • Great Horned Owl
  • Northern Pygmy-Owl
  • Central American Pygmy-Owl
  • Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
  • Burrowing Owl
  • Mottled Owl
  • Black-and-white Owl
  • Striped Owl
  • Stygian Owl
  • Short-eared Owl

Trogons

  • Resplendent Quetzal
  • Slaty-tailed Trogon
  • Black-headed Trogon
  • Gartered Violaceous Trogon
  • Graceful Black-throated Trogon
  • Elegant Trogon
  • Collared Trogon

Motmots

  • Tody Motmot
  • Lesson's Motmot
  • Rufous Motmot
  • Keel-billed Motmot
  • Broad-billed Motmot
  • Turquoise-browed Motmot

Kingfishers

  • Ringed Kingfisher
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • Amazon Kingfisher
  • American Pygmy Kingfisher
  • Green Kingfisher
  • Green-and-rufous Kingfisher

Puffbirds

  • White-necked Puffbird
  • Pied Puffbird
  • White-whiskered Puffbird
  • White-fronted Nunbird

Jacamars

  • Rufous-tailed Jacamar
  • Great Jacamar

Toucans

  • Northern Emerald-Toucanet
  • Collared Aracari
  • Yellow-eared Toucanet
  • Yellow-throated Toucan
  • Keel-billed Toucan

Woodpeckers

  • Olivaceous Piculet
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • Acorn Woodpecker
  • Black-cheeked Woodpecker
  • Hoffmann's Woodpecker
  • Golden-fronted Woodpecker
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  • Hairy Woodpecker
  • Smoky-brown Woodpecker
  • Pale-billed Woodpecker
  • Lineated Woodpecker
  • Cinnamon Woodpecker
  • Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
  • Rufous-winged Woodpecker
  • Golden-olive Woodpecker
  • Guatemalan Flicker

Falcons and Caracaras

  • Laughing Falcon
  • Collared Forest-Falcon
  • Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon
  • Barred Forest-Falcon
  • Crested Caracara
  • Red-throated Caracara
  • Yellow-headed Caracara
  • American Kestrel
  • Merlin
  • Aplomado Falcon
  • Bat Falcon
  • Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

  • Budgerigar
  • Rosy-faced Lovebird

New World and African Parrots

  • Barred Parakeet
  • Orange-chinned Parakeet
  • Brown-hooded Parrot
  • Blue-headed Parrot
  • White-crowned Parrot
  • Red-lored Amazon
  • Yellow-naped Amazon
  • White-fronted Amazon
  • Mealy Amazon
  • Olive-throated Parakeet
  • Orange-fronted Parakeet
  • Great Green Macaw
  • Scarlet Macaw
  • Green Parakeet
  • Pacific Parakeet
  • Crimson-fronted Parakeet

Typical Antbirds

  • Fasciated Antshrike
  • Great Antshrike
  • Barred Antshrike
  • Black-crowned Antshrike
  • Russet Antshrike
  • Plain Antvireo
  • Streak-crowned Antvireo
  • Checker-throated Stipplethroat
  • White-flanked Antwren
  • Slaty Antwren
  • Dot-winged Antwren
  • Dusky Antbird
  • Bare-crowned Antbird
  • Chestnut-backed Antbird
  • Wing-banded Antbird
  • Bicolored Antbird
  • Spotted Antbird
  • Ocellated Antbird

Antpittas

  • Scaled Antpitta
  • Streak-chested Antpitta
  • Thicket Antpitta

Antthrushes

  • Black-faced Antthrush

Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers

  • Middle American Leaftosser
  • Scaly-throated Leaftosser
  • Olivaceous Woodcreeper
  • Piping Long-tailed Woodcreeper
  • Ruddy Woodcreeper
  • Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
  • Plain-brown Woodcreeper
  • Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
  • Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
  • Black-banded Woodcreeper
  • Strong-billed Woodcreeper
  • Cocoa Woodcreeper
  • Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
  • Black-striped Woodcreeper
  • Spotted Woodcreeper
  • Streak-headed Woodcreeper
  • Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
  • Northern Plain-Xenops
  • Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
  • Ruddy Foliage-gleaner
  • Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner
  • Western Woodhaunter
  • Slaty Spinetail

Manakins

  • Long-tailed Manakin
  • White-ruffed Manakin
  • White-collared Manakin
  • Red-capped Manakin

Cotingas

  • Purple-throated Fruitcrow
  • Bare-necked Umbrellabird
  • Lovely Cotinga
  • Rufous Piha
  • Three-wattled Bellbird
  • Snowy Cotinga

Tityras and Allies

  • Black-crowned Tityra
  • Masked Tityra
  • Northern Schiffornis
  • Speckled Mourner
  • Cinnamon Becard
  • White-winged Becard
  • Gray-collared Becard
  • Rose-throated Becard

Royal Flycatchers and Allies

  • Tropical Royal Flycatcher
  • Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
  • Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher

Tyrant Flycatchers

  • Gray-headed Piprites
  • Stub-tailed Spadebill
  • White-throated Spadebill
  • Golden-crowned Spadebill
  • Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
  • Sepia-capped Flycatcher
  • Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant
  • Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
  • Northern Bentbill
  • Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
  • Common Tody-Flycatcher
  • Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
  • Eye-ringed Flatbill
  • Yellow-olive Flatbill
  • Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet
  • Brown-capped Tyrannulet
  • Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
  • Yellow Tyrannulet
  • Greenish Elaenia
  • Yellow-bellied Elaenia
  • Mountain Elaenia
  • Mistletoe Tyrannulet
  • Tawny-chested Flycatcher
  • Tufted Flycatcher
  • Olive-sided Flycatcher
  • Greater Pewee
  • Western Wood-Pewee
  • Northern Tropical Pewee
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
  • Acadian Flycatcher
  • Alder Flycatcher
  • Willow Flycatcher
  • White-throated Flycatcher
  • Least Flycatcher
  • Hammond's Flycatcher
  • Yellowish Flycatcher
  • Buff-breasted Flycatcher
  • Black Phoebe
  • Vermilion Flycatcher
  • Long-tailed Tyrant
  • Bright-rumped Attila
  • Rufous Mourner
  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher
  • Ash-throated Flycatcher
  • Nutting's Flycatcher
  • Salvadoran Flycatcher
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
  • Brown-crested Flycatcher
  • Great Kiskadee
  • Boat-billed Flycatcher
  • Social Flycatcher
  • Gray-capped Flycatcher
  • White-ringed Flycatcher
  • Streaked Flycatcher
  • Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
  • Piratic Flycatcher
  • Tropical Kingbird
  • Cassin's Kingbird
  • Western Kingbird
  • Eastern Kingbird
  • Gray Kingbird
  • Loggerhead Kingbird
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  • Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis

  • Rufous-browed Peppershrike
  • Green Shrike-Vireo
  • Ochre-crowned Greenlet
  • Lesser Greenlet
  • White-eyed Vireo
  • Mangrove Vireo
  • Yellow-throated Vireo
  • Blue-headed Vireo
  • Plumbeous Vireo
  • Philadelphia Vireo
  • Eastern Warbling Vireo
  • Brown-capped Vireo
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Yellow-green Vireo

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

  • White-throated Magpie-Jay
  • Brown Jay
  • Bushy-crested Jay
  • Steller's Jay
  • Unicolored Jay
  • Common Raven

Swallows

  • Bank Swallow
  • Tree Swallow
  • Mangrove Swallow
  • Violet-green Swallow
  • Purple Martin
  • Sinaloa Martin
  • Gray-breasted Martin
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  • Southern Rough-winged Swallow
  • Blue-and-white Swallow
  • Barn Swallow
  • Cliff Swallow
  • Cave Swallow

Treecreepers

  • Brown Creeper

Gnatcatchers

  • Tawny-faced Gnatwren
  • Long-billed Gnatwren
  • White-browed Gnatcatcher
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • White-lored Gnatcatcher

Wrens

  • Rock Wren
  • Nightingale Wren
  • Southern House Wren
  • Rufous-browed Wren
  • Grass Wren
  • Carolina Wren
  • Band-backed Wren
  • Rufous-backed Wren
  • Spot-breasted Wren
  • Black-throated Wren
  • Banded Wren
  • Rufous-and-white Wren
  • Stripe-breasted Wren
  • Cabanis's Wren
  • Canebrake Wren
  • Bay Wren
  • White-breasted Wood-Wren
  • Song Wren

Dippers

  • American Dipper

Mockingbirds and Thrashers

  • Blue-and-white Mockingbird
  • Gray Catbird
  • Tropical Mockingbird
  • Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes and Allies

  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Slate-colored Solitaire
  • Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
  • Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
  • Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
  • Yellow-throated Nightingale-Thrush
  • Veery
  • Gray-cheeked Thrush
  • Swainson's Thrush
  • Wood Thrush
  • Black Thrush
  • Mountain Thrush
  • White-throated Thrush
  • Clay-colored Thrush

Waxwings

  • Cedar Waxwing

Olive Warbler

  • Olive Warbler

Waxbills and Allies

  • Tricolored Munia

Old World Sparrows

  • House Sparrow

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

  • Elegant Euphonia
  • Blue-crowned Chlorophonia
  • Golden-browed Chlorophonia
  • Scrub Euphonia
  • Yellow-crowned Euphonia
  • White-vented Euphonia
  • Yellow-throated Euphonia
  • Olive-backed Euphonia
  • Red Crossbill
  • Black-headed Siskin
  • Lesser Goldfinch

New World Sparrows

  • Common Chlorospingus
  • Stripe-headed Sparrow
  • Botteri's Sparrow
  • Grasshopper Sparrow
  • Olive Sparrow
  • Black-striped Sparrow
  • Chipping Sparrow
  • Lark Sparrow
  • Orange-billed Sparrow
  • Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
  • Rufous-collared Sparrow
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Lincoln's Sparrow
  • White-eared Ground-Sparrow
  • Rusty Sparrow
  • White-naped Brushfinch

Yellow-breasted Chat

  • Yellow-breasted Chat

Troupials and Allies

  • Yellow-headed Blackbird
  • Eastern Meadowlark
  • Red-breasted Meadowlark
  • Yellow-billed Cacique
  • Chestnut-headed Oropendola
  • Montezuma Oropendola
  • Scarlet-rumped Cacique
  • Black-vented Oriole
  • Black-cowled Oriole
  • Orchard Oriole
  • Yellow-backed Oriole
  • Yellow-tailed Oriole
  • Streak-backed Oriole
  • Spot-breasted Oriole
  • Altamira Oriole
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Shiny Cowbird
  • Bronzed Cowbird
  • Giant Cowbird
  • Melodious Blackbird
  • Great-tailed Grackle
  • Nicaraguan Grackle

New World Warblers

  • Ovenbird
  • Worm-eating Warbler
  • Louisiana Waterthrush
  • Northern Waterthrush
  • Golden-winged Warbler
  • Blue-winged Warbler
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • Prothonotary Warbler
  • Swainson's Warbler
  • Crescent-chested Warbler
  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Orange-crowned Warbler
  • Nashville Warbler
  • Connecticut Warbler
  • Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
  • MacGillivray's Warbler
  • Mourning Warbler
  • Kentucky Warbler
  • Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Hooded Warbler
  • American Redstart
  • Cape May Warbler
  • Cerulean Warbler
  • Northern Parula
  • Tropical Parula
  • Magnolia Warbler
  • Bay-breasted Warbler
  • Blackburnian Warbler
  • Northern Yellow Warbler
  • Mangrove Yellow Warbler
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • Palm Warbler
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Yellow-throated Warbler
  • Prairie Warbler
  • Grace's Warbler
  • Townsend's Warbler
  • Hermit Warbler
  • Golden-cheeked Warbler
  • Black-throated Green Warbler
  • Fan-tailed Warbler
  • Chestnut-capped Warbler
  • Golden-crowned Warbler
  • Buff-rumped Warbler
  • Canada Warbler
  • Wilson's Warbler
  • Painted Redstart
  • Slate-throated Redstart

Mitrospingid Tanagers

  • Dusky-faced Tanager

Cardinals and Allies

  • Hepatic Tanager
  • Summer Tanager
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Western Tanager
  • Flame-colored Tanager
  • White-winged Tanager
  • Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
  • Red-throated Ant-Tanager
  • Carmiol's Tanager
  • Black-faced Grosbeak
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Black-headed Grosbeak
  • Blue Seedeater
  • Blue-black Grosbeak
  • Blue Bunting
  • Blue Grosbeak
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Painted Bunting
  • Dickcissel

Tanagers and Allies

  • Gray-headed Tanager
  • White-shouldered Tanager
  • Tawny-crested Tanager
  • White-lined Tanager
  • White-throated Shrike-Tanager
  • Crimson-collared Tanager
  • Scarlet-rumped Tanager
  • Blue-gray Tanager
  • Yellow-winged Tanager
  • Palm Tanager
  • Golden-hooded Tanager
  • Plain-colored Tanager
  • Rufous-winged Tanager
  • Bay-headed Tanager
  • Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
  • Blue Dacnis
  • Shining Honeycreeper
  • Red-legged Honeycreeper
  • Green Honeycreeper
  • Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer
  • Slaty Finch
  • Grassland Yellow-Finch
  • Blue-black Grassquit
  • Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
  • Thick-billed Seed-Finch
  • Nicaraguan Seed-Finch
  • Variable Seedeater
  • Morelet's Seedeater
  • Yellow-bellied Seedeater
  • Slate-colored Seedeater
  • Bananaquit
  • Yellow-faced Grassquit
  • Cuban Grassquit
  • Buff-throated Saltator
  • Black-headed Saltator
  • Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
  • Slate-colored Grosbeak

Most common birds in Nicaragua

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Nicaragua’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

  1. Turkey VultureCathartes aura
  2. Great EgretArdea alba
  3. Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
  4. Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
  5. Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
  6. Snowy EgretEgretta thula
  7. Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
  8. Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
  9. Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
  10. Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
  11. Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
  12. Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
  13. Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
  14. House SparrowPasser domesticus
  15. Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
  16. DickcisselSpiza americana
  17. Green HeronButorides virescens
  18. White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
  19. Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
  20. KilldeerCharadrius vociferus

Largest bird families in Nicaragua

Among its regular birds.

  • Tyrant Flycatchers49
  • New World Warblers39
  • Hummingbirds28
  • Sandpipers and Allies26
  • Hawks, Eagles, and Kites26
  • Tanagers and Allies23
  • Troupials and Allies20
  • Pigeons and Doves17

Reported in the last 30 days

509 species reported to eBird in Nicaragua in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Roadside Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Yellow-throated Euphonia, Groove-billed Ani, Yellow-faced Grassquit, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Yellow-crowned Euphonia, Tropical Kingbird, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Social Flycatcher, Band-backed Wren, Crimson-collared Tanager, Blue-gray Tanager, Masked Tityra, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Gray Hawk, Buff-throated Saltator, Melodious Blackbird, Southern House Wren, Cabanis's Wren, Baltimore Oriole, Common Tody-Flycatcher, Hudsonian Whimbrel, White-throated Magpie-Jay, Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Neotropic Cormorant, Rufous-backed Wren, Roseate Spoonbill, Great Egret, Great Kiskadee, Green Heron, Great-tailed Grackle, Semipalmated Plover, Black-bellied Plover, Snowy Egret, Tricolored Heron, Spotted Sandpiper, …

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