Site Report: Cana Station, Panama
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 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
- Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Chlorestes julie)
- 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)
- Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
- Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis)
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
- Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus)
- Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa)
- Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
- Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus)
- 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: Cotingas
- Black-tipped Cotinga (Carpodectes hopkei)
- Cinereous Becard (Pachyramphus rufus)
- Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
- One-colored Becard (Pachyramphus homochrous)
- Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affinis)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Black-striped Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus)
- Middle American Leaftosser (Sclerurus mexicanus)
- Northern Barred-Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae)
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
- Slaty Spinetail (Synallaxis brachyura)
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Family: Swallows
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)
- Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus)
- Lemon-spectacled Tanager (Chlorothraupis olivacea)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Swallow Tanager (Tersina viridis)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- White-shouldered Tanager (Loriotus luctuosus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Pale-vented Thrush (Turdus obsoletus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor)
- Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha)
- Dot-winged Antwren (Microrhopias quixensis)
- Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
- Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani)
- Pacific Antwren (Myrmotherula pacifica)
- Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides)
- Zeledon's Antbird (Hafferia zeledoni)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus)
- Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus)
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
- Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus)
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher (Terenotriccus erythrurus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Family: Wrens
- Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Order: Trogons
(1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Graceful Black-throated Trogon (Trogon tenellus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
- Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- 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)