Where Do North American Migrating Land Birds Go In The Winter?

MOST– orioles, hummingbirds, thrushes, warblers, vireos, tanagers,hawks and others – winter in Latin America from about mid-November through February.

The following countries* are their common, primary wintering homes away from home.

Are the tropical forests that they need still there? Look for your favorites.

Little attention or protection is paid our own migratory birds once they’ve left home. Here, they are not only threatened by loss of regular habitat such as woodlands, they also face continuing destruction of migratory stop-over points as they migrate for their lives along the coasts and inland. Inland habitat such as the San Pedro River from Arizona to Mexico, and other Western rivers; Gulf Coast stretches from northern Florida to Texas; routes along the Atlantic coastline to the Carribean and farther South are being gobbled up by growth.

Migrating birds cannot find new food and water without resting places. And they will never come back to us if their wintering homes are destroyed as well.

While they are out of sight* and easily forgotten, why not ask how they are doing?

*SEE BELOW

WHERE DO OUR BIRDS GO IN WINTER?

ARGENTINA

Swainson’s Hawk Common Nighthawk

Bobolink Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

BELIZE

Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher Least Flycatcher White-Eyed Vireo Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Tree Swallow Barn Swallow Hooded Warbler Wilson’s Warbler Yellow-Bellied Chat Indigo Bunting

Tennessee Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-Rumped Warbler Black-Throated Green Warbler Yellow-Throated Warbler Summer Tanager Blue Grosbeak

Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Worm-Eating Warbler Oven Bird Northern Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler Common Yellowthroat Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole

BOLIVIA

(Status Uncertain)
 
 

BRAZIL

Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Eastern Kingbird Red-Eyed Vireo Purple Martin Barn Swallow

Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Yellow Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Bobolink

CHILE

(Status Uncertain)
 
 

COLUMBIA

Broad-Winged Hawk Western Wood-Pewee Olive-Sided Flycatcher Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Red-Eyed Vireo Swainson’s Thrush

Barn Swallow Golden-Winged Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Bay-Breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler

Northern Waterthrush Canada Warbler Summer Tanager Dick Cissel Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

COSTA RICA

Broad-Winged Hawk Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Yellow-Throated Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Wood Thrush Barn Swallow Tennessee Warbler

Black-Throated Green Warbler Blackburnia Warbler Black-and-WhiteWarbler American Redstart Prothonotary Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler

Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson’s Warbler Summer Tanager Dick Cissel Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Baltimore Oriole

EL SALVADOR

Whip-Poor-Will Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Hammond’s Flycatcher Western Kingbird Solitary Vireo Yellow-Throated Vireo Philadephia Vireo Gray Catbird N. Rough-Winged Swallow Barn Swallow

Tennessee Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-Sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Townsend’s Warbler Hermit Warbler Black-Throated Green Warbler Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart

Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush MacGillivray’s Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson’s Warbler Summer Tanager Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole

FRENCH GUIANA

Barn Swallow Yellow Warbler Northern Waterthrush

GUATEMALA

(Status Uncertain)

Vaux’s Swift Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Hammond’s Flycatcher Ash-Throated Flycatcher Western Kingbird  Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher Townsend’s Warbler Cedar Waxwing Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Tree Swallow Violet-Green Swallow N. Rough-Winged Swallow Flammulated Owl

Lincoln’s Sparrow Blue-Winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Nashville Warble Yellow Warbler Chestnut-Sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Yellow-Rumped Warbler Blue Grosbeak Hermit Warbler Black-and-White Warbler American Redstart Worm-Eating Warbler Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush

MacGillivray’s Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson’s Warbler Red-Faced Warbler Yellow-Breasted Chat Summer Tanager Western Tanager Solitary Vireo Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Painted Bunting Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole

GUYANA

Barn Swallow Yellow Warbler Northern Waterthrush

HONDURAS

(Status uncertain)

Whip-Poor-Will Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher LeastFlycatcher Great-Crested Flycatcher Western Kingbird Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher Solitary Vireo Yellow-Throated Vireo Philadelphia Vireo Cedar Waxwing Hammond’s Flycatcher

Swainson’s Thrush Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Tree Swallow Violet-Green Swallow N. Rough-Winged Swallow Blue-Winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-Sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler

                                                 MEXICO

Northern Harrier Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher  Sharp-Shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker Vaux’s Swift Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Black-Chinned Hummingbird Anna’s Hummingbird Costa’s Hummingbird Calliope Hummingbird Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Allen’s Hummingbird Common Poorwill Green-Tailed Towhee TennesseeWarbler Orange-Crowned Warbler Nashville Warbler Colima Warbler Song Sparrow Lincoln’s Sparrow Golden-Crowned Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Clay-Colored Sparrow Brewer’s Sparrow Black-Chinned Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Sparrow Yellow-Headed Blackbird Hooded Oriole

Whip-Poor-Will Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher  Least Flycatcher Hammond’s Flycatcher Gray Flycatcher Dusky Flycatcher Pacific-Slope Flycatcher Cordilleran Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Ash-Throated Flycatcher Great-Crested Flycatcher Western Kingbird Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher Bell’s Vireo White-Eyed Vireo Lucy’s Warbler Northern Parula Yellow Warbler Chestnut-Sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-Throated Sparrow Cassin’s Sparrow Lark Bunting Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Kentucky Warbler MacGillivray’s Warbler Common Yellowthroat Hooded Warbler Wilson’s Warbler  Bullock’s Oriole Orchard Oriole

Gray Vireo Solitary Vireo Warbling Vireo Cedar Waxwing Wood Thrush Gray Catbird Tree Swallow Violet-Green Swallow Ruby-Crowned Kinglet American Pipit Yellow-Rumped Warbler Indolent Warbler Black-Throated Gray Warbler Hermit Warbler Black-Throated Green Warbler Yellow-Throated Warbler Black-and-White Warbler Townsend’s Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Red-Faced Warbler Yellow-Breasted Chat Hepatic Tanager Western Tanager Rose-Breasted Grosbeak Black-Headed Grosbeak Blue Grosbeak Lazuli Bunting Indigo Bunting Painted Bunting Baltimore Oriole Scott’s Oriolea