Site Report: El Valle de Anton
Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
Orange-bellied Trogon (Trogon collaris aurantiiventris)
Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) Male
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
Northern Plain Xenops (Xenops mexicanus)
Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) - Female
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) - Female
Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (Emberizoides herbicola)
Neotropical Red Squirrel (Sciurus granatensis)
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
Grey-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti) - Male
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) Female
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Chestnut-capped Warbler (Basileuterus delattrii)
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii)
Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha)
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
Sepia-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon amaurocephalus)
Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis) - Female
Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas)
Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)
Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
Tawny-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus mexicanus)
Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia edward)
Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris)
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
Spot-crowned Barbet (Capito maculicoronatus)
Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)
Mottled Owl (Ciccaba virgata)
Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis)
White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) - Female
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor)
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Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
Orange-bellied Trogon (Trogon collaris aurantiiventris)
Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) Male
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
Northern Plain Xenops (Xenops mexicanus)
Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) - Female
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) - Female
Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (Emberizoides herbicola)
Neotropical Red Squirrel (Sciurus granatensis)
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
Grey-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti) - Male
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) Female
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Chestnut-capped Warbler (Basileuterus delattrii)
Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii)
Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha)
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
Sepia-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon amaurocephalus)
Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis) - Female
Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas)
Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)
Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
Tawny-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus mexicanus)
Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia edward)
Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris)
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
Spot-crowned Barbet (Capito maculicoronatus)
Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)
Mottled Owl (Ciccaba virgata)
Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis)
White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) - Female
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor)
El Valle is town nestled on the inside of an ancient caldera. The town is famous for its golden frogs and square trees. The golden frogs have been captured to save them from fungus.
Visits
- 2009-03-06: For our last stop before Panama City, we visited El Valle. The ride from Santa Catalina took forever, including being left at the wrong bus stop. Our intention was to visit the cloud forest. That night might have been the stormiest of the trip, and it was difficult to sleep in the high winds. We did not make it to the forest, and we left early the next day for Panama City.
- 2015-10-30:
- 2015-10-31:
- 2015-11-01:
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (154 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(154 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: Leptodactylid frogs
- Tungara Frog (Physalaemus pustulosus)
Class: Birds
(151 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajaneus)
- Order: Cuckoos (4 records)
- Family: Roadrunners
- Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (4 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(10 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
- White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Saucerottia edward)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)
- White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
- Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
- Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris)
- Family: Swifts
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (5 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Mottled Owl (Strix virgata)
- Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
- Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(4 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Yellow-headed Caracara (Daptrius chimachima)
- Family: Herons
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Order: Perching Birds (103 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
- Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (Emberizoides herbicola)
- Family: Cotingas
- White-winged Becard (Pachyramphus polychopterus)
- Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affinis)
- Family: Mitrospingid Tanagers
- Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)
- Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Chestnut-capped Warbler (Basileuterus delattrii)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
- Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens)
- Middle American Leaftosser (Sclerurus mexicanus)
- Northern Plain-Xenops (Xenops mexicanus)
- Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
- Cocoa Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus susurrans)
- Family: Swallows
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas)
- White-shouldered Tanager (Loriotus luctuosus)
- Tawny-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus delatrii)
- White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus)
- Red-crowned Ant-Tanager (Habia rubica)
- Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava)
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)
- Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla)
- Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
- Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Golden-hooded Tanager (Stilpnia larvata)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Thick-billed Seed Finch (Sporophila funerea)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Song Wren (Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus)
- Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus)
- Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus)
- Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis)
- Spot-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps)
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla fulviventris)
- White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
- Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor)
- Dot-winged Antwren (Microrhopias quixensis)
- Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
- Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Olive-striped Flycatcher (Mionectes galbinus)
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon amaurocephalus)
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)
- Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
- Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
- Yellow-winged Flatbill (Tolmomyias flavotectus)
- White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
- Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus)
- Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)
- Family: Wrens
- Rufous-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius rutilus)
- Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryophilus rufalbus)
- Ochraceous Wren (Troglodytes ochraceus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
- Order: Trogons
(1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
- Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)
- Family: New World Quail
- Black-eared Wood-Quail (Odontophorus melanotis)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(5 records)
- Family: New World Barbets
- Spot-crowned Barbet (Capito maculicoronatus)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)
- Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Neotropical Red Squirrel (Sciurus granatensis)
- Order: Xenarthra
(1 record)
- Family: Bradypodidae
- Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)