Trip Report: Panama (2015-10-27 - 2015-11-01)
Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps)
Orange-bellied Trogon (Trogon collaris aurantiiventris)
Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis)
Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus)
Geoffroy's Tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)
Golden-collared Manakin (Manacus vitellinus)
Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon tenellus) - Female
Scaly-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus guatemalensis)
Scaled Pigeon (Patagioenas speciosa)
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)
Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) Male
Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis) - Male
Lesser Kiskadee (Pitangus lictor)
Great Black-Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga)
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Fulvous-vented Euphonia (Euphonia fulvicrissa) - Male
Forest Toad (Rhinella alata)
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Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps)
Orange-bellied Trogon (Trogon collaris aurantiiventris)
Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis)
Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus)
Geoffroy's Tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)
Golden-collared Manakin (Manacus vitellinus)
Northern Black-throated Trogon (Trogon tenellus) - Female
Scaly-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus guatemalensis)
Scaled Pigeon (Patagioenas speciosa)
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)
Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris) Male
Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis) - Male
Lesser Kiskadee (Pitangus lictor)
Great Black-Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga)
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Fulvous-vented Euphonia (Euphonia fulvicrissa) - Male
Forest Toad (Rhinella alata)
A quick trip to Panama City between jobs. Saw more bird species in 6 days than all year in the USA.
Sites Visited
Country: Panama
(2 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (277 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Owl Butterfly (Caligo ssp)
Phylum: Chordates
(276 records)
Class: Amphibians
(2 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(2 records)
- Family: Poison Dart Frogs
- Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
- Family: True Toads
- Forest Toad (Rhinella alata)
Class: Birds
(261 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(3 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Cuckoos (5 records)
- Family: Roadrunners
- Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (6 records)
- Order: Gabuliformes (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(9 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis)
- White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis)
- Great Black-Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga)
- Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
- Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(16 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
- Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
- White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Chlorestes julie)
- Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis)
- 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)
- Band-rumped Swift (Chaetura spinicaudus)
- Short-tailed Swift (Chaetura brachyura)
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (7 records)
- Family: Motmots
- Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
- Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)
- Lessen's Motmot (Momotus lessonii)
- Whooping Motmot (Momotus subrufescens)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars (3 records)
- Order: Parrots (5 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(15 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Yellow-headed Caracara (Daptrius chimachima)
- Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon (Micrastur mirandollei)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- Family: Jacanas
- Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
- Order: Perching Birds
(164 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
- Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis)
- Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus)
- Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater)
- Yellow-tailed Oriole (Icterus mesomelas)
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Giant Cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Blue-black Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia cyanoides)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (Emberizoides herbicola)
- Family: Cotingas
- White-winged Becard (Pachyramphus polychopterus)
- Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- White-browed Gnatcatcher (Polioptila bilineata)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affinis)
- Family: Manakins
- Red-capped Manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis)
- Velvety Manakin (Lepidothrix velutina)
- White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera)
- Golden-collared Manakin (Manacus vitellinus)
- Family: Mitrospingid Tanagers
- Dusky-faced Tanager (Mitrospingus cassinii)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
- 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)
- Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
- 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)
- Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
- Spotted Barbtail (Premnoplex brunnescens)
- Middle American Leaftosser (Sclerurus mexicanus)
- Scaly-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus guatemalensis)
- Northern Plain-Xenops (Xenops mexicanus)
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
- Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
- Cocoa Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus susurrans)
- Family: Swallows
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas)
- Gray-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata)
- White-shouldered Tanager (Loriotus luctuosus)
- Tawny-crested Tanager (Tachyphonus delatrii)
- White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus)
- Red-crowned Ant-Tanager (Habia rubica)
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager (Driophlox fuscicauda)
- Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava)
- 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)
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla)
- Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
- Fulvous-vented Euphonia (Euphonia fulvicrissa)
- Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
- Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata)
- 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)
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater (Sporophila minuta)
- Slate-colored Grosbeak (Saltator grossus)
- 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: Thrush-Tanager
- Rosy Thrush-Tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Song Wren (Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus)
- Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus)
- Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
- Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha)
- 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)
- Jet Antbird (Cercomacra nigricans)
- White-bellied Antbird (Myrmeciza longipes)
- Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
- Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor)
- Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Olive-striped Flycatcher (Mionectes galbinus)
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon amaurocephalus)
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum nigriceps)
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet (Ornithion brunneicapillus)
- Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (Tyrannulus elatus)
- Forest Elaenia (Myiopagis gaimardii)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
- Southern Bentbill (Oncostoma olivaceum)
- Western Olivaceous Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis)
- Yellow-winged Flatbill (Tolmomyias flavotectus)
- White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
- Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
- Black-tailed Flycatcher (Myiobius atricaudus)
- Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus)
- Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis)
- Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Russet-winged Schiffornis (Schiffornis stenorhyncha)
- Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet (Zimmerius parvus)
- Family: Vireos
- Green Shrike-Vireo (Vireolanius pulchellus)
- Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Golden-fronted Greenlet (Pachysylvia aurantiifrons)
- Scrub Greenlet (Hylophilus flavipes)
- Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata)
- Family: Wrens
- Black-bellied Wren (Pheugopedius fasciatoventris)
- Rufous-breasted Wren (Pheugopedius rutilus)
- Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryophilus rufalbus)
- Buff-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus leucotis)
- Ochraceous Wren (Troglodytes ochraceus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(2 records)
- Family: Tinamous
- Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)
- Little Tinamou (Crypturellus soui)
- Order: Trogons (6 records)
- 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
(7 records)
- Family: New World Barbets
- Spot-crowned Barbet (Capito maculicoronatus)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)
- Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus)
- Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
Class: Mammals
(9 records)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: New World Leaf-nosed Bats
- Common Tent-making Bat (Uroderma magnirostrum)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Tayassuidae
- Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)
- Order: Opossums
(1 record)
- Family: Opossums
- Central American Woolly Opossum (Caluromys derbianus)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Marmosets and Tamarins
- Geoffroy's Tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)
- Order: Rodents
(3 records)
- Family: Agoutis
- Brown Agouti (Dasyprocta variegata)
- Family: Cavies
- Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
- Family: Squirrels
- Neotropical Red Squirrel (Sciurus granatensis)
- Order: Xenarthra
(2 records)
- Family: Bradypodidae
- Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
- Family: Megalonychidae
- Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
Class: Reptiles
(4 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Crocodiles
- American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(2 records)
- Family: Iguanas
- Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
- Family: Whiptails and Tegus
- Rainbow Ameiva Lizard (Holcosus undulatus)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Mesoamerican Slider (Trachemys scryta)