Site Report: El Valle de Anton, Panama
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
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(10 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris)
- Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)
- Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Saucerottia edward)
- Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
- White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
- White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
- 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)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Order: Perching Birds (103 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (Emberizoides herbicola)
- Family: Cotingas
- Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
- White-winged Becard (Pachyramphus polychopterus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affinis)
- Family: Mitrospingid Tanagers
- Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha)
- Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Bay-breasted Warbler (Setophaga castanea)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
- Chestnut-capped Warbler (Basileuterus delattrii)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
- Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)
- Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva)
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Cocoa Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus susurrans)
- Middle American Leaftosser (Sclerurus mexicanus)
- Northern Plain-Xenops (Xenops mexicanus)
- Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
- Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens)
- Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
- Family: Swallows
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas)
- Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)
- Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus)
- Golden-hooded Tanager (Stilpnia larvata)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Red-crowned Ant-Tanager (Habia rubica)
- Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
- Tawny-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus delatrii)
- Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
- Thick-billed Seed-Finch (Sporophila funerea)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus)
- White-shouldered Tanager (Loriotus luctuosus)
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)
- Song Wren (Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla fulviventris)
- Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
- Dot-winged Antwren (Microrhopias quixensis)
- Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
- Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus)
- Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis)
- Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus)
- Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor)
- Spot-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps)
- White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
- Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus)
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
- Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
- Olive-striped Flycatcher (Mionectes galbinus)
- Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon amaurocephalus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
- Yellow-winged Flatbill (Tolmomyias flavotectus)
- Family: Wrens
- Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Ochraceous Wren (Troglodytes ochraceus)
- Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryophilus rufalbus)
- Rufous-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius rutilus)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- 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
- Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)
- Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
- 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
- Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
- Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)
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)