On my recent trip to Panama, I photographed over 100 bird species. I hop you enjoy this collection.
Panama has a bird species list of more than 1000 and Gamboa's famed Pipeline Rd offers more than 400 of them! The bird diversity is incredible, and the easy (45 min from Panama City) travel makes it a no brainer for people that love birds.
During my trip, I used the wonderful
Canopy Family to guide me to all of the best sites. Of course, we went to Pipeline Rd as well as Old Gamboa Road, Summit Ponds, Gamboa Resort, Ammo Dump Ponds, Gatun Lake, Chagras River, Monkey Island, Anton Valley, Metropolitan Park and more.
Over the course of my 10-day trip, I photographed nearly 100 species of birds. There were plenty of things to photograph including butterflies, dragonflies, monkeys, sloths, reptiles and flowers. It was a very well rounded photography trip.
Species Photographed American Pygmy Kingfisher, Chloroceryle aenea
Bay-headed Tanager, Tangara gyrola
Black-and-white Owl, Strix nigrolineata
Black-bellied Whistling-duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis
Black-chested Jay, Cyanocorax affinis
Black-crowned Antshrike, Thamnophilus atrinucha.
Black-striped Sparrow, Arremonops conirostris Black-tailed Trogon, Trogon melanurus Black-throated Trogon, Trogon rufus
Blue-chested Hummingbird, Amazilia amabilis
Chestnut-backed Antbird, Myrmeciza exsul
Cocoa Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Common Potoo, Nyctibius griseus
Common Tody-flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum,
Crimson-backed Tanager, Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Crowned Woodnymph, Thalurania colombica Dot-winged Antwren, Microrhopias quixensis
Double-toothed Kite, Harpagus bidentatus
Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer
Dusky-faced Tanager, Mitrospingus cassinii
Fasciated Antshrike, Cymbilaimus lineatus
Flame-rumped Tanager, Ramphocelus flammigerus
Glossy Ibis, Plegadis falcinellus
Golden-fronted Greenlet, Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
Golden-hooded Tanager, Tangara larvata
Gray-headed Kite, Leptodon cayanensis Gray-headed Tanager, Eucometis penicillata
Greater Ani, Crotophaga major Great-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus mexicanus
Green Honeycreeper, Chlorophanes spiza
Green Shrike-vireo, Vireolanius pulchellus
Greenish Elaenia, Myiopagis viridicata
Grey-headed Chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps
Grey-necked Wood Rail, Aramides cajaneus
Isthmian Wren, Cantorchilus elutus
Least Bittern, Ixobrychus exilis
Lesser Kiskadee, Pitangus lictor
Long-billed Gnatwren, Ramphocaenus melanurus
Masked Tityra, Tityra semifasciata
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus
Orange-bellied Trogon, Trogon aurantiiventris Orange-chinned Parakeet, Brotogeris jugularis
Palm Tanager, Thraupis palmarum
Paltry Tyrannulet, Zimmerius vilissimus
Plain Antvireo, Dysithamnus mentalis
Plain-colored Tanager, Tangara inornata Red-capped Manakin, Ceratopipra mentalis
Red-crowned Woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricaillus
Red-throated Ant-tanager, Habia fuscicauda
Ringed Kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata
Ruddy Ground Dove, Columbina talpacoti
Rufescent Tiger Heron, Tigrisoma lineatum
Rufous Motmot, Baryphthengus martii
Rufous Mourner, Rhytipterna holerythra
Rufous-and-white Wren, Thryophilus rufalbus
Rufous-bellied Saltator, Pseudosaltator rufventris
Rufous-capped Warbler, Basileuterus rufifrons
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Amazilia tzacatl
Rusty-margined Flycatcher, Myiozetetes cayanensis
Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant, Lophotriccus pileatus Scarlet Macaw, Ara macao
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis, Dacnis venusta Scrub Greenlet, Hylophilus flavipe
Sepia-capped Flycatcher, Leptopogon amaurocephalus
Shiny Cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis
Silver-throated Tanager, Tangara icterocephala
Slaty Antwren, Myrmotherula schisticolor
Slaty-tailed Trogon, Trogon massena
Smooth-billed Ani, Crotophaga ani
Snail Kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis
Snowcap, Microchera albocoronata
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird, Amazilia edward.
Social Flycatcher, Myiozetetes similis
Southern Lapwing, Vanellus chilensis
Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Spot-crowned Antvireo, Dysithamnus puncticeps
Spotted Woodcreeper, Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
Streaked Flycatcher, Myiodynastes maculatus
Striated Heron, Butorides striata striata
Tawny-crested Tanager, Tachyphonus delatrii
Thick-billed Euphonia, Euphonia laniirostris
Tody Motmot, Hylomanes momotula
Tropical Gnatcatcher, Polioptila plumbea superciliaris
Tropical Mockingbird, Mimus gilvus
Variable Seedeater, Sporophila corvina
Wattled Jacana, Jacana jacana
Wedge-tailed Grass Finch, Emberizoides herbicola
White-necked Jacobin, Florisuga mellivora
White-necked Puffbird, Notharchus hyperrhynchus
White-throated Spadebill, Platyrinchus mystaceus
White-tipped Dove, Leptotila verreauxi
White-vented Plumeleteer, Chalybura buffonii
White-whiskered Puffbird, Malacoptila panamensis
Whooping Motmot, Momotus subrufescens
Yellow Tyrannulet, Capsiempis flaveola
Yellow-backed Oriole, IIcterus chrysater
Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster
Yellow-faced Grassquit, Tiaris olivaceus
Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima Be sure to go check out my website
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