Trip Report

Central Panama: Canal Zone, Cerro Azul and El Valle

13 – 19 October 2016

Shining Honeycreepers

John Rogers, Jeff Peters and Neil Broekhuizen.

Guides: Alex from Canopy Tower and Junior from Canopy Lodge

Overview

A great 7 day birding trip with accommodation at Canopy Tower and Canopy Lodge and guiding

by Alex from the Tower and Junior from Canopy Lodge. I had 297 seen birds including the 2

endemics occurring in central Panama (Yellow Green Tyrannulet and Stripe Cheeked

Woodpecker).

We had a great start to the trip with 123 species seen on the first day: the Pacific lowlands in

Metropolitan Park and the areas surrounding Canopy Tower. Canopy Tower was a friendly

place to stay as well as providing tree top views of Black and White Owl, Green Shrike Vireo

and Blue Cotinga. Day 2 was Achiote Road north west of the canal and our only lowland

Carribean slope birding with highlights such as Spot Crowned Barbet, Lesser Pied Puffbird and

White Headed Wren. Day 3 at Pipeline Road lived up to its reputation as one of the world’s

great birding destinations with highlights including Vermiculated (Choco) Screech Owl,

Ocellated Antbird, Streak Chested Antpitta, Speckled Mourner, and Sulphur Rumped Tanager.

Day 4 was Pacific highlands at Cerro Azul and the neighbouring Cerro Jeffe provided great

birding despite raining heavily most of the morning; Tacarcuna Bush Tanager would be the

most seldom seen bird of the trip, but other good sightings included Rufous Winged Tanager

and the near endemic Violet Capped Hummingbird. On day 5 we moved to Canopy Lodge

which was a very comfortable base for our last 2 nights with more westerly Pacific highland

birds. Highlights here were Tody Motmot, Sunbittern and Spectacled Owl. On day 6 we had a

great end to the trip at the higher elevation Altos del Maria, an hour’s drive from Canopy Lodge

with the best birds being an unexpected Splendid Woodpecker, the rarely seen Rufous Browed

Tyrannulet and Brown Billed Scythebill.

Itinerary

12 October – night arrival in Panama City

13 October – Metropolitan Park am; Canopy Tower, Gamboa & Ammo Pond pm

14 October – Northern Canal, Achiote Road, Mangroves near north end of Canal

15 October – Pipeline Road

16 October – Cerro Azul and Cerro Jeffe

17 October – Summit Pond; transit to Canopy Lodge; Canopy Adventures

18 October – Las Minas Sendero, El Valle Town, back to Las Minas Sendero

19 October – Altos del Maria, evening transfer back to Panama City

20 October – early am flights out

Trip Details

Day 1: Metropolitan Park, Canopy Tower, Gamboa and Ammo Pond

Metro Park was a great place to start the tour with 58 birds seen during the morning, starting at

the Centro de Visitantes off Av Juan Pablo 2, then walking into the forest trails directly across

the road before looping up the trails alongside Corredor Norte. As lowland dry Pacific forest,

this was a habitat that we were not really in again during the remainder of the trip. Highlights

were the endemic Yellow Green Tyrannulet, and Rosy Thrush Tanager. Other good species not

seen again on the trip were: an unexpected Chuck Wills Widow, breeding Fasciated Antshrike,

White Bellied Antbird, White Necked Puffbird, Lance Tailed Manakin (female only

unfortunately), Ochre Bellied and Ruddy Tailed Flycatchers, a trio of wrens (Rufous and White,

Plain, and Rufous Breasted), Red Throated Ant Tanager, a well seen Grey Cheeked Thrush, and

good looks at Golden Fronted Greenlet and a Prothonotary Warbler.

By lunch we were at Canopy Tower. This was a fun location which was our base for 4 nights,

with birding in wet Pacific slope forest. The hummingbird feeder down the bottom was good

for a few of the more common species including White Vented Plumeleteer, Long Billed Hermit,

(and as we were about to leave on day 4 a Violet Bellied Hummingbird, the only other sighting

was a brief sighting on Pipeline Road). The top of the tower was good for migrating hawks.

Blue Cotinga was one of our major targets here and did not disappoint with one appearing on

our first afternoon near to the tower.

Not far from the bottom of Semaphore Hill was Gamboa and close to the beginning of Pipeline

Road is the pond known as Ammo Pond. This provided quite good edge habitat between forest

and grassland, with some wetlands as well. We birded here the first afternoon (and also called

by after our day on Pipeline Road). White Throated Crake seemed to be quite common here

(Gamboa) and showed well. Other good birds included our second Blue Cotinga, Collared

Aracari, Cinnamon Woodpecker, Crimson Crested Woodpecker, Blue Crowned Manakin,

Mangrove Swallow on the river, Thick Billed Seedfinch, Blue Black Grosbeak.

White Throated Crake – emerging from Gamboa wetlands

A walk down Semaphore Hill from the Tower, late in the afternoon produced a Crane Hawk –

the grey cere and head shape were distinctive but the single tail band and black tipped tail with

no belly barring is not consistent with the field guide (but is consistent with at least one photo

of Crane Hawk from Venezuala). We finished a great first day with a night drive. But before

this we had Black and White Owl, known to sometimes fly through the dining room in search of

bats, perched only a few feet from the open windows. Central American Wooly Opossum was in

the same tree the following night. Night drives were good for Hoffman’s Two-Toed Sloths.

Black and White Owl – a few feet from the Canopy Tower dining room

Mantled Howler Monkey – eating cecropia leaves next to Canopy Tower

Day 2: Northern Canal Area, Achiote Road, Mangroves

To get to Achiote Road you must cross over the canal at Gatun. This entails waiting for one of

the ships and driving what seems a rather circuitous route across. Whilst waiting we did pick up

things like Magnificent Frigatebird soaring above and Collared Aracari. On the way back across

one of the side locks in the afternoon, a Zone Tailed Hawk sailed across at eye level. There

were also 3 kingfisher species, some waders and herons (including Tricoloured) in one of the

locks.

For some this is the highlight of Panama…

Savannah Hawk, Red Breasted Blackbird and Eastern Meadowlark were in the fields en-route to

Achiote Road.

The road to Achiote cuts through a mixture of farmland with patches of Caribbean lowland

forest. We began our time here birding along the road with an immediate sighting of a third

Blue Cotinga soon followed by a pair of Lesser Pied Puffbirds responding to tape, White Tailed

Trogon, Slaty Tailed Trogon and both Red Lored and Brown Hooded Parrots.

White Tailed Trogon – Achiote Road

We spent quite a bit of time in farmland but this did turn up the Choco endemics Spot Crowned

Barbet (a pair quietly moving through a tree close to the road) and Black Capped Pygmy Tyrant

as well as Slate Headed Tody Flycatcher. Soaring above the road mid-morning were a pair of

King Vultures, migrating Plumbeous Kites, and a distant Black Hawk Eagle. White Headed Wren

was one of our major targets with a group of 6-12 remaining very active quite high in the forest

for a considerable period of time, with a close by Great Potoo. Late morning we walked the so

called Trogon Trail (no trogons), which was a really nice patch of forest with Black Breasted

Puffbird, displaying Golden Collared Manakins, and a mixed feeding flock anchored by

Olivaceous Flatbill, Spot Crowned Antvireo, and Western Slaty (Black Crowned) Antshrike, but

also including Checker Throated Antwren, our first Spotted Antbird, and Plain Brown and Cocoa

Woodcreepers.

We returned via the northwestern side of the canal at Gatun where you can get to mangroves

on the coast. We spend some time here in mid-afternoon picking up Yellow Billed Cuckoo

(again), Common Black Hawk, Lineated Woodpecker and Black Tailed Trogon.

Day 3: Pipeline Road

Having failed to find Vermiculated (Choco) Screech Owl at Canopy Tower on the first two nights

we headed out early on day 3 to start with some night birding along Pipeline Road. We were

not happy when we found that a tree had fallen across the beginning of Pipeline Road probably

2-3km before the Discovery Centre office/turn off. However our mood soon lifted when we

taped in a Vermiculated (Choco) Screech Owl which we were able to walk into the forest to see

at close range. Then Alex set to work with his machete and single handedly cleared the whole

tree, the remainder of us getting a few ant bites for a rather pathetic bit of assistance in

clearing some cut branches.

Alex singlehandedly clearing pipeline road…we provided moral support

With the tree cleared we were back in business and as dawn came Purple Throated Fruitcrow

came into a cecropia tree above the fallen tree, and Black Throated and Violaceous (Gartered)

Trogons were across the road. We then drove on and had Ocellated Antbird fly across the road

right at the Discover Centre office and then move about in the small trees close to the truck so

that we could get great looks. We then got good looks at Bicoloured Antbird and Black Faced

Antthrush that were in the same feeding group. At our next stop on the road we heard and

immediately walked into the forest to successfully track down a Streak Chested Antpitta,

Pipeline Road is almost certainly the best place in the world to see this.

Streak Chested Antpitta- calling from near Pipeline Road

The birds came at a steady pace all morning. Black Striped Woodcreeper, Rufous Mourner, the

arboreal Moustached Antwren, the unexpected sight of 150 Common Nighthawks flying

overhead mid-morning, Lesser Swallow Tailed Swifts. There was a nice mixed flock in the forest

comprising Chestnut Backed Antbird, Song Wren and White Whiskered Puffbird but these were

shown up by a bird that is hard to see elsewhere; a Speckled Mourner which gave good views

and allowed some photos to be quickly taken.

White Whiskered Puffbird – quietly sitting in a low branch

Speckled Mourner – Pipeline Road special

We were pushing further up the road – apparently there is a hill quite a long way in where you

could look for the next target, but we did not need to go that far as Jeff picked out the seldom

seen Sulphur Rumped Tanager; there was a flock very high in trees and we were able to get

good scope views.

It was already a great day, and after lunch was added to when Neil picked up a Brownish

Twistwing that was seen well by all. On the drive out Alex’s ears enabled us to get onto a

perfectly still, but calling Band Tailed Barbthroat right next to the road, as well as a calling

Kentucky Warbler.

Band Tailed Barbthroat Jeff and Neil – Pipeline Road

Day 4: Cerro Azul and Cerro Jeffe

After a 90 minute drive, the day began with many hours of heavy rain that took out most of the

morning. A Violet Headed Hummingbird was the highlight while we waited out the rain at the

Cerro Azul office. While it rained we rearranged the itinerary to go to a local feeder which put

on a great display of 9 hummingbirds, including Green Hermit and the localized Violet Capped

Hummingbird. Geoffery’s Tamarin coming into feed on the bananas with Highland Hepatic and

Crimson Backed Tanagers, Black Eared Woodpeckers and the 3 Honeycreepers, made quite a

scene.

Violet Capped Hummingbird – Cerro Azul target

Snowy Bellied Hummingbird – common in the highlands

Geoffery’s Tamarin – bananas at feeders

Blue Chested Hummingbird – common at Cerro Azul

As the rain eased off we finally headed up to Cerro Jeffe. The birding in the first 1km was

superb. First off was Rufous Winged Tanager right next to the entrance gate, soon followed by

Bay Headed Tanager, Emerald Tanager, Speckled Tanager, Rufous Capped Warblers and Tawny

Capped Euphonia. About 1km up the 4x4 track the three of us all got onto a Tacarcuna Bush

Tanager, the yellow undersides, the clear demarcation between head and throat color, the

shape and size, were all diagnostic (Jeff noticed the pale eye too), all the more so as

immediately afterwards Alex got us onto a female Black and Yellow Tanager which was

noticeably smaller, more dainty with clearly different coloration. The feeding flocks seemed to

all be in the first 1km or so, and as we came back down the hill our next highlight was one of

our targets for the day, the Panama endemic Stripe Cheeked Woodpecker which came in close

to some low trees near the path. The same patch of trees also provided our only Carmiol’s

Tanager for the trip as well as a female White Ruffed Manakin. After a superb couple of hours

things quietened down – we had lunch higher up the track with very little seen. In the

afternoon we tried a number of locations around Cerro Jeffe and heard Black Eared Wood

Quail, spending over an hour getting frustratingly very close to them but never getting the

sighting….

We then travelled back to Canopy Tower with fly by Brown Throated Parakeets and soaring

Mississippi Kites the only birds of note.

Day 5: Summit Pond, Canopy Lodge

This morning we walked the path to the waterfall at the bottom of Semaphore Hill with Great

Tinamou the best sighting.

Great Tinamou at bottom of Semaphore Hill

We then finished up our time at Canopy Tower with a vigil from the top to get a better look at

Green Shrike Vireo – the net result being a second flight view (first had been on day 2) as it

moved between trees. Following this we left Canopy Tower and spent an hour at Summit

Ponds (the ponds near the base of Semaphore Hill) finally seeing our target: Jet Antbird.

We arrived at Canopy Lodge and the rain set in after lunch. Not to be deterred we birded up

and down the Canopy Adventures trail. In between scurrying for shelter we did see Tody

Motmot, as well as roosting Mottled Owls, before the end of a quieter day.

Day 6: Las Minas Sendero, El Valle town

Today was focused on the area around Canopy Lodge with most of the day on the path known

as Las Minas Sendero. This path cut through a mixture of farmland and patches of rainforest.

En route to the path (about a 20 minute drive up the road) we stopped at the Canopy

Adventures to see a shy Sunbittern that was calling from the rocks alongside the fast flowing

little river, and also our only Buff Rumped Warbler of the trip.

Las Minas Sendero

Once we got to the path there was first a nice patch of rainforest behind a locked gate which

was quiet in the morning, we then walk around the trail to the top corner of this rainforest

patch which had a flock of Tawny Crested Tanagers. The day started to speed up when we

walked through farmland to another patch of rainforest on the slopes of a hill. Here we had

Blue Throated Toucanet, Collared (Orange Bellied) Trogon, Silver Throated Tanager, a lot of

Common Bush Tanagers, Pale Vented Thrush, and a great flowering tree with a lively pair of

Green Thorntail. On our walk back we had a Mourning Warbler in the scrub next to the path,

and then a nice flock in the locked forest, including Golden Winged Warbler, White Ruffed

Manakin (male this time), Long Billed Gnatwren which took us a while to get onto, and White

Breasted Woodwren. Back at the car as the day heated up we had scope views of a distant

Black Hawk Eagle (nice to see the white markings on the underside). At this stage we split into

two groups after lunch – Neil and myself went down to El Valle to see a staked out Spectacled

Owl, while Jeff went back to Las Minas Sendero. Other than the Spectacled Owl (of which

there were three in a suburban garden) the afternoon was quiet.

Spectacled Owl immature watching us closely

Day 7: Altos Del Maria

This morning we headed up to the higher elevation Altos del Maria housing estate. The forest

is being cleared to create a housing estate next to some land that may (or may not) be

conserved. There is quite a long and narrow winding road to the estate, which is really quite

isolated. Not quite sure how the economics of the estate will ever stack up – hopefully not and

the forest is conserved.

We had a great final day up here. We began in one of the cleared lots seeing some great birds

on the edge of the forest: Brown Billed Scythebill, Snowcap, Blue Throated Toucanet, Tufted

Flycatcher, Ochraceous Wren, Silver Throated Tanagers, Common Bush Tanager.

We then walked the “Bird Trail” through some nice forest and added White Throated Spadebill,

Song Wren, and a furtive Southern Nightingale Wren. The walk to the summit (with views of

both Pacific and Atlantic Oceans) produced Red Headed Spinetail and Rufous Browed

Tyrannulet (seen well – Jeff and Alex had already had it at the first stop).

We had lunch at the lake at the top (through another security gate – the gated community with

no one living in it that is inside the mostly empty gated community) and then went on an

excellent walk through what seemed to be fairly undisturbed forest. Splendid (Crimson

Bellied) Woodpecker emerging from a nest hole was an unexpected and spectacular highlight.

Then Dull Mantled Antbird was quite responsive. On the way back to the car a Spotted Barbtail

was working the epiphytes high in the trees provided a great last lifer for both the site and the

trip.

We called by some vacant land on the edge of El Valle on the way back and while we added a

couple to our trip list there was nothing more exciting.

Summary

A lot of very good birds. We pretty much had a clean sweep of all of the possible trogons,

motmots, woodpeckers (incl Stripe Cheeked and Splendid), wrens (inc White Headed) and

tanagers (incl Sulphur Rumped, Rufous Winged and Tarcacuna Bush Tanager). Also the iconic

Blue Cotinga, 16 hummingbirds (incl Violet Headed), 4 owls (incl Choco Screech), a bunch of

the sought after Pipeline specials (Ocellated Antbird, Speckled Mourner, Streak Chested

Antpitta, Brownish Twistwing, Moustached Antwren), the target puffbirds (Lesser Pied and

Black Breasted), a couple of sought after tyrannulets (Yellow Green and Rufous Browed) and

the near endemic Spot Crowned Barbet.

In a country like Panama there were of course misses. We did not get onto the Black Eared

Wood Quails (Cerro Azul), suspect we had a fleeting and untickable glimpse of a Rufous Vented

Ground Cuckoo (Pipeline), heard only Slaty Backed Forest Falcon (Neil and Jeff may have both

separately seen very briefly at Pipeline), there was no response from Black Crowned Antpittas

at any sites (wrong time of year?), Yellow Eared Toucanet was probably a casualty of the rain at

Cerro Jeffe, and for me there was no sign of Rufous Crested Coquette.

Great locations, accommodation and company. Looking forward to going to the Darien in a few

years!

Jeff, John and Neil – Las Minas Sendero

Bird List – 297 seen (HBW taxonomy), 127 lifers

Common name Genus Species Location(s)

1 Great Tinamou Tinamus major Canopy Tower

F 2 Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps Canopy Lodge

3 Black-bellied Whistling-duck Dendrocygna autumnalis Gamboa and Ammo Pond

4 Sunbittern Eurypyga helias Canopy Lodge

5 Rock Dove Columba livia

6 Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa Cerro Jeffe, Canopy Lodge, Las Minas Sendero, Altos del Maria

7 Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis Gamboa and Ammo Pond

8 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi Gamboa, Achiote Road, Canopy Lodge

9 Ruddy Ground-dove Columbina talpacoti Metro Park, Achiote Road, Gamboa

10 Blue Ground-dove Claravis pretiosa Achiote Road

11 Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis Achiote Road

12 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus Canopy Tower

F 13 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Pipeline Road

F 14 Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis Metro Park

15 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris F 16 Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus

17 Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura F 18 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis Pipeline Road

19 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora Canopy Tower, Cerro Azul

F 20 Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri Pipeline Road

21 Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis Cerro Azul, Canopy Lodge

F 22 Green Hermit Phaethornis guy Cerro Azul, Canopy Lodge, Altos del Maria

F 23 Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris Canopy Tower, Cerro Azul

F 24 Green Thorntail Discosura conversii Las Minas Sendero

F 25 Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti Cerro Azul

F 26 Snowcap Microchera albocoronata Altos del Maria

F 27 White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii Canopy Tower, Canopy Lodge

F 28 Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia Cerro Azul, Altos del Maria

29 Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica Canopy Tower, Cerro Azul

30 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl F 31 Blue-chested Hummingbird Amazilia amabilis Canopy Tower, Achiote Road, Cerro Azul

F 32 Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia edward Cerro Azul, Canopy Lodge

F 33 Violet-capped Hummingbird Goldmania violiceps Cerro Azul

F 34 Violet-bellied Hummingbird Juliamyia julie Pipeline Road, Canopy Tower

35 Greater Ani Crotophaga major Ammo Pond

36 Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani Gamboa, Canopy Lodge

37 Common Squirrel-cuckoo Piaya cayana

38 Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Metro Park, Canal Mangroves, Las Minas Sendero

F 39 White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis Gamboa

F 40 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus Ammo Pond

41 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata Ammo Pond

42 Rufescent Tiger-heron Tigrisoma lineatum Gamboa

43 Green-backed Heron Butorides striata

44 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

45 Great White Egret Ardea alba Northern Canal

46 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Northern Canal

47 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Gamboa and Northern Canal

48 Snowy Egret Egretta thula Northern Canal

49 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens Metro Park, Northern Canal

50 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis

51 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana Ammo Pond

52 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Northern Canal

53 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Northern Canal

54 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Northern Canal, Altos del Maria

F 55 Vermiculated Screech-owl Megascops vermiculatus Pipeline Road

F 56 Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata El Valle Town

57 Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata Canopy Lodge

F 58 Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata Canopy Tower

59 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura

60 American Black Vulture Coragyps atratus

61 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa Achiote Road

62 Osprey Pandion haliaetus Gamboa and Northern Canal

63 Black Hawk-eagle Spizaetus tyrannus Achiote Road, Las Minas Sendero

64 Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens Canopy Tower

F 65 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis Metro Park, Panama City

66 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea Achiote Road

F 67 Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Mangroves near Canal

68 Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis Northern Canal

69 Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus Achiote Road

70 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus

71 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus Canopy Tower

72 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni Canopy Tower

73 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus Northern Canal

F 74 Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena Achiote Road, Pipeline Road

75 Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus Mangroves near Canal, Pipeline Road

F 76 White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus Achiote Road

F 77 Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus Gamboa, Pipeline Road

F 78 Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus Pipeline Road

79 Collared Trogon Trogon collaris Las Minas Sendero

F 80 Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula Canopy Lodge

F 81 Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens Metro Park and Summit Pond

82 Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii

83 Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum Pipeline Road

84 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata Northern Canal

85 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Northern Canal

86 Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Northern Canal

87 White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus Metro Park

F 88 Black-breasted Puffbird Notharchus pectoralis Achiote Road, Mangroves near Canal

F 89 Lesser Pied Puffbird Notharchus subtectus Achiote Road

90 White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis Pipeline Road

91 Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus F 92 Blue-throated Toucanet Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis Las Minas Sendero, Altos del Maria

F 93 Collared Araçari Pteroglossus torquatus Gamboa, Northern Canal

F 94 Spot-crowned Barbet Capito maculicoronatus Achiote Road

F 95 Splendid Woodpecker Campephilus splendens Altos del Maria

96 Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos Gamboa, Achiote Road

F 97 Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker Piculus callopterus Cerro Jeffe

F 98 Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus Gamboa

99 Lineated Woodpecker Hylatomus lineatus Mangroves near Canal, Las Minas Sendero

100 Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani Achiote Road, Cerro Azul

F 101 Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus Metro Park, Mangroves near Canal, Canopy Lodge

102 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima

103 American Kestrel Falco sparverius Las Minas Sendero

104 Merlin Falco columbarius Cerro Azul

105 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Gamboa

F 106 Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis F 107 Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis Achiote Road, Cerro Azul

108 Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus Las Minas Sendero, Altos del Maria

F 109 Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis Gamboa, Achiote Road, Cerro Azul

F 110 Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax en route back from Cerro Azul

F 111 Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops Altos del Maria

F 112 Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens Altos del Maria

113 Plain Xenops Xenops minutus

114 Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa Achiote Road, Pipeline Road, Altos del Maria

F 115 Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans Metro Park, Gamboa, Achiote Road, Altos del Maria

F 116 Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus Pipeline Road

117 Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius Cerro Jeffe, Summit Pond, Las Minas Sendero

F 118 Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus Altos del Maria

119 Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus Metro Park

120 Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus Summit Pond, Las Minas Sendero

121 Western Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha Achiote Road, Pipeline Road, Cerro Azul, Summit Pond

122 Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis Las Minas Sendero

F 123 Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps Achiote Road, Las Minas Sendero

F 124 Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota Pipeline Road

F 125 Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula fulviventris Achiote Road, Pipeline Road

126 White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris Pipeline Road

F 127 Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor Altos del Maria

128 Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis Canopy Tower

F 129 Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans Summit Pond, Las Minas Sendero

F 130 White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes Metro Park

F 131 Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul Pipeline Road

F 132 Dull-mantled Antbird Myrmeciza laemosticta Altos del Maria

F 133 Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides Achiote Road, Pipeline Road, Summit Pond

F 134 Bicoloured Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis Pipeline Road

F 135 Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani Pipeline Road

F 136 Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis Pipeline Road

F 137 Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus Pipeline Road

F 138 Blue Cotinga Cotinga nattererii Gamboa, Canopy Tower, Achiote Road

F 139 Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata Pipeline Road

F 140 Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis Canopy Tower, Pipeline Road

141 Blue-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix coronata Gamboa

F 142 Lance-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata Metro Park

F 143 White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo leucorrhoa Cerro Jeffe, Las Minas Sendero, Altos del Maria

F 144 Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus Achiote Road

145 Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus Achiote Road

146 Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii Metro Park

147 Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata Metro Park

148 Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster Canopy Lodge

149 Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis Altos del Maria

F 150 Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus Pipeline Road

151 Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum Achiote Road

F 152 Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus Cerro Jeffe, Las Minas Sendero, Altos del Maria

F 153 Yellow-green Tyrannulet Phylloscartes flavovirens Metro Park

F 154 Rufous-browed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes superciliaris Altos del Maria

155 Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus Cerro Jeffe, Altos del Maria

F 156 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus Metro Park

F 157 Black-capped Pygmy-tyrant Myiornis atricapillus Achiote Road

F 158 Southern Bentbill Oncostoma olivaceum Achiote Road

159 Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus Cerro Jeffe, Las Minas Sendero, Altos del Maria

F 160 Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia Achiote Road

161 Common Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum Metro Park, Achiote Road

F 162 Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus olivaceus Achiote Road, Pipeline Road

163 Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens Gamboa

164 White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus Altos del Maria

F 165 Brownish Twistwing Cnipodectes subbrunneus Pipeline Road

F 166 Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius Altos del Maria

167 Black-tailed Flycatcher Myiobius atricaudus Achiote Road

168 Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus Metro Park

F 169 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Canopy Tower, Cerro Azul

170 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Summit Pond

171 Eastern Wood-pewee Contopus virens F 172 Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus Altos del Maria

173 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans Cerro Azul

174 Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius Achiote Road

175 Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis Gamboa

176 Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis Gamboa, Cerro Azul, Canopy Lodge

177 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Northern Canal, Panama Lodge

178 Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor Gamboa

179 Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Metro Park

180 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua Achiote Road, Cerro Azul

181 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus

182 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Achiote Road, Cerro Azul

183 Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana Gamboa, Achiote Road

F 184 Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra Pipeline Road

185 Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer Altos del Maria

186 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Pipeline Road

187 Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus Gamboa

F 188 Speckled Mourner Laniocera rufescens Pipeline Road

189 Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata Achiote Road

190 Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus Gamboa, Achiote Road

191 White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus Metro Park

192 Collared Sand Martin Riparia riparia Gamboa

F 193 Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea Gamboa

194 Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea Northern Canal

195 Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Gamboa and Ammo Pond, Altos del Maria

196 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

197 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Gamboa and Ammo Pond

F 198 White-headed Wren Campylorhynchus albobrunneus Achiote Road

F 199 Black-bellied Wren Thryothorus fasciatoventris Ammo Pond, Achiote Road, Pipeline Road

F 200 Rufous-breasted Wren Thryothorus rutilus Metro Park

201 Bay Wren Thryothorus nigricapillus Achiote Road

F 202 Rufous-and-white Wren Thryothorus rufalbus Metro Park

F 203 Plain Wren Thryothorus modestus Metro Park

204 Buff-breasted Wren Thryothorus leucotis Achiote Road

205 Southern House Wren Troglodytes musculus Achiote Road, Canopy Lodge

F 206 Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus Altos del Maria

207 Grey-breasted Wood-wren Henicorhina leucophrys Altos del Maria

208 White-breasted Wood-wren Henicorhina leucosticta Las Minas Sendero

209 Southern Nightingale-wren Microcerculus marginatus Altos del Maria

210 Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus Pipeline Road, Altos del Maria

211 Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus Gamboa and Ammo Pond

212 Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus Las Minas Sendero

F 213 Clay-coloured Thrush Turdus grayi F 214 Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Metro Park

215 Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus

216 Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris Pipeline Road

217 Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus Las Minas Sendero

218 Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea Achiote Road

F 219 Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis Metro Park, Las Minas Sendero

220 House Sparrow Passer domesticus F 221 Green Shrike-vireo Vireolanius pulchellus Canopy Tower

222 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus F 223 Golden-fronted Greenlet Hylophilus aurantiifrons Metro Park

224 Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus Metro Park, Gamboa, Pipeline Road

225 Lesser Goldfinch Carduelis psaltria Cerro Azul

F 226 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Las Minas Sendero

227 Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina Achiote Road, Canopy Lodge

228 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Metro Park, Pipeline Road

229 Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica Achiote Road

230 Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Metro Park, Cerro Jeffe, Las Minas Sendero

231 Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea Metro Park, Altos del Maria

232 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia F 233 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Metro Park, Ammo Pond

234 Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis F 235 Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus Pipeline Road

F 236 Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia Las Minas Sendero

237 Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis Metro Park, Las Minas Sendero

F 238 Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons Cerro Jeffe, Canopy Lodge, Las Minas Sendero, Altos del Maria

F 239 Buff-rumped Warbler Basileuterus fulvicauda Las Minas Sendero

240 Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata Metro Park, Gamboa, Achiote Road, Pipeline Road

241 White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus Gamboa, Achiote Road, Pipeline Road,

F 242 Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii Las Minas Sendero

F 243 Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus

244 Lemon-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus icteronotus Gamboa, Canopy Lodge

245 Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus

246 Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum F 247 Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata Canopy Tower, Achiote Road, Pipeline Road

F 248 Emerald Tanager Tangara florida Cerro Jeffe

F 249 Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala Las Minas Sendero, Altos del Maria

F 250 Speckled Tanager Tangara guttata Cerro Jeffe

251 Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola Cerro Jeffe

F 252 Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia Cerro Jeffe

253 Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata Achiote Road, Cerro Jeffe

254 Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana F 255 Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus Cerro Azul

256 Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus Cerro Azul

257 Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza Pipeline Road, Cerro Azul, Altos del Maria

F 258 Sulphur-rumped Tanager Heterospingus rubrifrons Pipeline Road

F 259 Black-and-yellow Tanager Chrysothlypis chrysomelas Cerro Jeffe

F 260 Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla Achiote Road

261 Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris F 262 Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa Canopy Tower, Pipeline Road

F 263 Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae Cerro Jeffe, Las Minas Sendero

F 264 Common Bush-tanager Chlorospingus ophthalmicus Las Minas Sendero, Altos del Maria

F 265 Tacarcuna Bush-tanager Chlorospingus tacarcunae Cerro Jeffe

266 Highland Hepatic-tanager Piranga lutea Cerro Azul

267 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Metro Park and Cerro Azul

268 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea

269 Red-crowned Ant-tanager Habia rubica Las Minas Sendero

270 Red-throated Ant-tanager Habia fuscicauda Metro Park

F 271 Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli Cerro Jeffe

F 272 Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii Canopy Lodge

F 273 Rosy Thrush-tanager Rhodinocichla rosea Metro Park

274 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Achiote Road, Cerro Azul, Altos del Maria

275 Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris Gamboa and Ammo Pond

276 Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris Metro Park

277 Wedge-tailed Grass-finch Emberizoides herbicola Las Minas Sendero

278 Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Gamboa, Achiote Road

279 Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina

280 Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis Canopy Lodge

F 281 Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta Ammo Pond

F 282 Thick-billed Seed-finch Oryzoborus funereus Gamboa, Achiote Road

F 283 Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus Achiote Road, Cerro Azul

284 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Gamboa

285 Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus Gamboa, Las Minas Sendero

F 286 Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus Cerro Azul

F 287 Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides Gamboa

F 288 Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus microrhynchus Pipeline Road

289 Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela Gamboa

F 290 Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri Gamboa, Canopy Lodge

291 Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus Northern Canal

F 292 Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater Metro Park, Gamboa, Achiote Road

293 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Metro Park, Cerro Azul

294 Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas Gamboa

295 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus F 296 Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris Northern Canal

297 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Northern Canal, Las Minas Sendero

White Nosed Coati – common around the Tower

The nocturnal Hoffman’s Two Toed Sloth

Mammal List – 9 identified

1 Central American Woolly Opossum Caluromys derbianus Canopy Tower and Semaphore Hill

2 Hoffmans Two-Toed Sloth Choloepus Hoffmanni Semaphore Hill night drives

3 Brown-throated Three Toed Sloth Bradypus Variegatus Achiote Road, Canopy Tower

4 [False Vampire Bat] Vampyrum Spectrum

The larger bats from the tower may have been these (earlier said to be Jamaican Fruit Bats) and there were smaller unidentified bats as well.

5 White Faced Capuchin Cebus Capucinus

6 Mantled Howler Alouatta Palliate Tower

7 Red Tailed Squirrel Sciurus Granatensis

8 Central American Agouti Dasyprocta Punctate

9 White Nosed Coati Nasua narica Semaphore Hill, Canopy Tower