Site Report: Cana Station
Cana Airport
Cana Locomotive
Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis)
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)
Barred Puffbird (Nystalus radiatus)
Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
Giant Cowbird (Scaphidura oryzivora)
Crested Guan
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severa)
Grey-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
Rainforest Frog (Pristimantis-taeniatus)
Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea) and Chestnut Fronted Macaws
Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
Brown-headed Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps)
Brown-headed Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps)
Northern Barred Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae)
Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor)
Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon tenellus) - Female
One-colored Becard (Pachyramphus homochrous) - Male
Brownish Flycatcher (Cnipodectes subbrunneus)
Black-tipped Cotinga (Carpodectes hopkei)
Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus)
Slaty Spinetail (Synallaxis brachyura)
Dusky-backed Jacamar (Brachygalba salmoni)
Alfaro's Pygmy Squirrel (Microsciurus alfari)
Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani)
Zeledon's Antbird (Hafferia zeledoni)
Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides)
Cinereous Becard (Pachyramphus rufus) - Male
Pacific Antwren (Myrmotherula pacifica) - Female
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Cana Airport
Cana Locomotive
Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis)
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)
Barred Puffbird (Nystalus radiatus)
Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
Giant Cowbird (Scaphidura oryzivora)
Crested Guan
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severa)
Grey-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
Rainforest Frog (Pristimantis-taeniatus)
Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea) and Chestnut Fronted Macaws
Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
Brown-headed Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps)
Brown-headed Spider Monkey (Ateles fusciceps)
Northern Barred Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae)
Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor)
Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon tenellus) - Female
One-colored Becard (Pachyramphus homochrous) - Male
Brownish Flycatcher (Cnipodectes subbrunneus)
Black-tipped Cotinga (Carpodectes hopkei)
Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus)
Slaty Spinetail (Synallaxis brachyura)
Dusky-backed Jacamar (Brachygalba salmoni)
Alfaro's Pygmy Squirrel (Microsciurus alfari)
Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani)
Zeledon's Antbird (Hafferia zeledoni)
Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides)
Cinereous Becard (Pachyramphus rufus) - Male
Pacific Antwren (Myrmotherula pacifica) - Female
Cana station is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. To get here, most people fly a charter from Panama City. There are a few buildings here, an grass airstrip, some decaying mining equipment from the gold mining past, and a lot of trees in every direction. The generator runs for a few hours each night to keep things civilized, but this station is certainly in the middle of nowhere.
Visits
- 2009-03-09: We headed into Cana Station to start our real adventure, two weeks trekking in the rain forest. We met our traveling companions for the first time at the hotel in Panama City, and then headed off for the early afternoon charter flight to Cana Station. A red tide was visible from the airplane window as predicted by the documentary on the apocalypse that we had watched the previous night. Before long, we were looking at a tiny sliver of runway in the middle of wilderness. This was Cana Station, our home for the next few days. We spent our time here hiking on various trails in the vicinity. After our visit to Pirre Cloud Forest Camp, we spent another night, finally hiking out toward civilization after three nights in total at Cana Station.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (115 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(115 records)
Class: Amphibians
(2 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(2 records)
- Family: Fleshbelly Frogs
- Rainforest Frog (Pristimantis taeniatus)
- Family: Poison Dart Frogs
- Rainforest Rocket Frog (Silverstoneia flotator)
Class: Birds
(105 records)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Gabuliformes
(2 records)
- Family: Jacamars
- Dusky-backed Jacamar (Brachygalba salmoni)
- Family: Puffbirds
- Barred Puffbird (Nystalus radiatus)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(9 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
- Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Chlorestes julie)
- Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Motmots
- Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
- Order: Parrots
(8 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
- Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus)
- Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus)
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
- Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
- Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis)
- Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
- Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus)
- Order: Perching Birds (61 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
- Yellow-green Grosbeak (Caryothraustes canadensis)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
- Family: Cotingas
- Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
- Cinereous Becard (Pachyramphus rufus)
- One-colored Becard (Pachyramphus homochrous)
- Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
- Black-tipped Cotinga (Carpodectes hopkei)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affinis)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Slaty Spinetail (Synallaxis brachyura)
- Middle American Leaftosser (Sclerurus mexicanus)
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
- Black-striped Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus)
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Northern Barred-Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae)
- Family: Swallows
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Lemon-spectacled Tanager (Chlorothraupis olivacea)
- White-shouldered Tanager (Loriotus luctuosus)
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
- Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)
- Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Pale-vented Thrush (Turdus obsoletus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha)
- Pacific Antwren (Myrmotherula pacifica)
- Dot-winged Antwren (Microrhopias quixensis)
- Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
- Zeledon's Antbird (Hafferia zeledoni)
- Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor)
- Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides)
- Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus)
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher (Terenotriccus erythrurus)
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus)
- Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus)
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
- Family: Wrens
- Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Order: Trogons
(1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon tenellus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
- Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(6 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
- Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus)
- Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
Class: Mammals
(8 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Canidae
- Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Tayassuidae
- White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari)
- Order: Perissodactyla
(1 record)
- Family: Equidae
- Horse (Equus caballus)
- Order: Primates (4 records)
- Family: Marmosets and Tamarins
- Geoffroy's Tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Alfaro's Pygmy Squirrel (Microsciurus alfari)