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What to do in Panama KEYWORDS Boat birding ride and activity tours through the Panamanian jungle  canal zone and expeditions to see birdwatching while in panama  by guided boating jungle tour boat in Panama Canal Zone waters

 

birders in action at the Chagres River

 

 

photographers in action, riding the Jacana Boat on the Gatun River

 

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                                                                                           HOW TO DRESS AND WHAT TO BRING DURING A TOUR

Hat, sunglasses, sunscreen, camera, binoculars, whatever you might want to snack and light drinks.

Notice that there is No restroom  on board.  When a situation occurs, the captain will bank the boat and when signal run behind a tree.

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Gatun Lake and Chagres River boat ride tours to isla mono, fishing, ecotours, embera indians

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BIRDS OF PANAMA

                                                                                                                                                             Central Panama
BIRD LIST 

Tinamous (2)
Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou

Ducks, Swans, and Geese (12)
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Masked Duck

Guans, and Chachalacas (3)
Gray-headed Chachalaca (x)
Crested Guan
Great Curassow

New World Quail (7)
Crested Bobwhite
Marbled Wood-Quail
Black-eared Wood-Quail
Tacarcuna Wood-Quail
Black-breasted Wood-Quail
Spotted Wood-Quail
Tawny-faced Quail

Grebes (2)
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe

Shearwaters and Petrels (2)
Sooty Shearwater
Audubon’s Shearwater

Storm-Petrels (3)
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
Least Storm-Petrel

Boobies and Gannets (3)
Masked Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Brown Booby

Pelicans (1)
Brown Pelican 

Cormorants (1)
Neotropic Cormorant 

Darters (1)
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Sora
Yellow-breasted Crake
Colombian Crake
Paint-billed Crake
Purple Gallinule (x)
Common Moorhen 
American Coot

Finfoots (1)
Sungrebe
Anhinga

Frigatebirds (1)
Magnificent Frigatebird 

Herons (17)
Least Bittern                                                                                                 
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Fasciated Tiger-Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron 
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret 
Green Heron
Striated Heron
Agami Heron
Capped Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Boat-billed Heron

Ibises and Spoonbills (2)
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis

Storks (1)
Wood Stork

Vultures (4)
Black Vulture 
Turkey Vulture 
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
King Vulture

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites (36)                                            Go Back

Osprey
Gray-headed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Pearl Kite
White-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Slender-billed Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Tiny Hawk
Crane Hawk
Plumbeous Hawk
Semiplumbeous Hawk
White Hawk
Gray Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Mangrove Black-Hawk
Great Black-Hawk
Savanna Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson’s Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Harpy Eagle
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Falcons and Caracaras (12)
Barred Forest-Falcon
Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Red-throated Caracara
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara 
Laughing Falcon
American Kestrel
Merlin
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Rails and Gallinules (11)
White-throated Crake
Gray-breasted Crake
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail

Sunbittern (1)
Sunbittern

Limpkin (1)
Limpkin

Plovers and Lapwings (7)
Southern Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover
American (Lesser) Golden-Plover
Collared Plover
Wilson’s Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer

Stilts and Avocets (1)
Black-necked Stilt

Jacanas (1)
Wattled Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies (23)                                      Go Back
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Ruddy Turnstone
Surfbird
Red Knot
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope

Gulls, Terns, and Allies (16)
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Laughing Gull
Franklin’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Sabine’s Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant Tern
Sandwich Tern
Common Tern
Least Tern
Black Tern
Brown Noddy

Pigeons and Doves (16)
Pale-vented Pigeon
Scaled Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Plumbeous Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon 
Ruddy Ground-Dove 
Blue Ground-Dove
Maroon-chested Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove 
Gray-headed Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Olive-backed Quail-Dove
Purplish-backed Quail-Dove
Russet-crowned Quail-Dove
Violaceous Quail-Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove                                                           Go Back

Parrots (7)
Orange-chinned Parakeet 
Blue-fronted Parrotlet
Brown-hooded Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot 
Red-lored Amazon
Mealy Amazon
Yellow-crowned Amazon

Cuckoos (11)
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo 
Little Cuckoo
Striped Cuckoo
Pheasant Cuckoo
Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo
Greater Ani 
Smooth-billed Ani 
Groove-billed Ani 

Barn Owls (1)
Barn Owl

Typical Owls (7)
Tropical Screech-Owl
Vermiculated Screech-Owl
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Mottled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Striped Owl

Nightjars (7)
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Chuck-will’s-widow
Rufous Nightjar
White-tailed Nightjar

Potoos (2)
Great Potoo
Common Potoo

Oilbird (1)
Oilbird

Swifts (6)
White-collared Swift
Chimney Swift
Vaux’s Swift
Short-tailed Swift
Band-rumped Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

Hummingbirds (35)
Rufous-breasted Hermit
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Green Hermit
Long-tailed Hermit 
Pale-bellied Hermit
Litle Hermit
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Violet Sabrewing
White-necked Jacobin
Brown Violet-Ear
Green-breasted Mango
Black-throated Mango
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Rufous-crested Coquette
Green Thorntail
Garden Emerald
Violet-crowned Woodnymph
Violet-bellied Hummingbird
Sapphire-throated Hummbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
Violet-capped Hummingbird
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Charming Hummingbird
Snowy -bellied Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Snowcap
White-vented Plumeleteer
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Green-crowned Brilliant
Purple-crowned Fairy
Long-billed Starthroat
Magenta-throated Woodstar
Purple-throated Woodstar
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Glow-throated Hummingbird

Trogons (6)
White-tailed Trogon
Violaceous Trogon
Orange-bellied Trogon
Black-throated Trogon
Black-tailed Trogon
Slaty-tailed Trogon

Motmots (4)
Tody Motmot
Blue-crowned Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot

Kingfishers (6)
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher

Puffbirds (7)
Barred Puffbird
White-necked Puffbird
Black-breasted Puffbird
Pied Puffbird
White-whiskered Puffbird
Gray-cheeked Nunlet
White-fronted Nunbird

Jacamars (1)
Great Jacamar

Barbets and Toucans (5)
Spot-crowned Barbet
Collared Aracari
Yellow-eared Toucanet
Keel-billed Toucan
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
....................CONTINUE TO PART TWO

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Adapted from “ Lista de Aves de Panama Volumen I : Ciudad de Panama y alrededores” 1st edition, Oct. 1995 by Dodge Engleman, George Angehr and Maria Allen”; and from the The Panama Audubon Society (PAS), Layout by Darién Montañez. January 1, 2007.

 

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