Panama Observations (DRAFT) (7/4 to 7/18/2010)
Visiting sites near Gamboa, El Valle, and Nusagandi. Bill Hubick (compiler), Rebecca Hubick, Tom Feild, and Geraldine King. Photos at http://billhubick.com/photos/updates/20100719.php.
WJH: I believe the bird lists and mammal lists are nearly complete. The other lists (Reptiles & Amphibians, Butterflies, Odonata, Other) are works in progress. Note that the Bird list has an annex of birds that I did not see.
* ‐ photographed. † ‐ audio recorded.
Birds
1. Great Tinamou * † 2. Little Tinamou 3. Black‐bellied Whistling‐Duck 4. Gray‐headed Chachalaca 5. Crested Guan 6. Crested Bobwhite * 7. Marbled Wood‐Quail † 8. Least Grebe 9. Pied‐billed Grebe 10. Blue‐footed Booby 11. Brown Pelican 12. Neotropic Cormorant 13. Anhinga 14. Magnificent Frigatebird * 15. Rufescent Tiger‐Heron * 16. Cocoi Heron 17. Great Egret 18. Snowy Egret 19. Little Blue Heron 20. Tricolored Heron 21. Cattle Egret 22. Green Heron * 23. Striated Heron * 24. Black‐crowned Night‐Heron 25. Yellow‐crowned Night‐Heron 26. Boat‐billed Heron * 27. White Ibis * 28. Black Vulture * 29. Turkey Vulture 30. King Vulture 31. Swallow‐tailed Kite 32. Pearl Kite * 33. White‐tailed Kite 34. Snail Kite * 35. Double‐toothed Kite * 36. Plumbeous Kite * 37. Crane Hawk * 38. Barred Hawk * 39. Common Black‐Hawk * 40. Roadside Hawk 41. Gray Hawk 42. Short‐tailed Hawk 43. Black Hawk‐Eagle 44. Collared Forest‐Falcon 45. Red‐throated Caracara * † 46. Crested Caracara 47. Yellow‐headed Caracara * 48. Laughing Falcon † 49. American Kestrel 50. Bat Falcon * 51. White‐throated Crake † 52. Gray‐necked Wood‐Rail † 53. Purple Gallinule 54. Common Moorhen 55. Sungrebe * 56. Southern Lapwing * 57. Wattled Jacana * 58. Laughing Gull 59. Gull‐billed Tern 60. Common Tern 61. Royal Tern 62. Sandwich Tern 63. Rock Pigeon 64. Pale‐vented Pigeon * † 65. Scaled Pigeon * 66. Short‐billed Pigeon * 67. Plain‐breasted Ground‐Dove * 68. Ruddy Ground‐Dove * † 69. White‐tipped Dove * 70. Gray‐chested Dove 71. Ruddy Quail‐Dove 72. Orange‐chinned Parakeet * † 73. Brown‐hooded Parrot * 74. Blue‐headed Parrot 75. Red‐lored Parrot * 76. Mealy Parrot * 77. Squirrel Cuckoo * 78. Striped Cuckoo * † 79. Pheasant Cuckoo * † 80. Greater Ani * 81. Smooth‐billed Ani * 82. Groove‐billed Ani 83. Tropical Screech‐Owl 84. Vermiculated Screech‐Owl * † 85. Crested Owl † 86. Spectacled Owl 87. Central American Pygmy‐Owl 88. Mottled Owl † 89. Common Pauraque * † 90. Great Potoo 91. Common Potoo * † 92. Short‐tailed Swift 93. Band‐rumped Swift 94. Lesser Swallow‐tailed Swift 95. Green Hermit 96. Long‐billed Hermit (Long‐tailed Hermit) * 97. Stripe‐throated Hermit (Little Hermit) * 98. White‐tipped Sicklebill * 99. White‐necked Jacobin * 100. Garden Emerald 101. Violet‐crowned Woodnymph * 102. Violet‐bellied Hummingbird 103. Blue‐chested Hummingbird * 104. Snowy‐bellied Hummingbird 105. Rufous‐tailed Hummingbird * 106. White‐tailed Emerald 107. White‐vented Plumeleteer * 108. Bronze‐tailed Plumeleteer 109. Purple‐crowned Fairy * 110. Slaty‐tailed Trogon 111. Black‐tailed Trogon 112. White‐tailed Trogon 113. Gartered Trogon (split from Violaceous Trogon) * 114. Black‐throated Trogon 115. Orange‐bellied Trogon 116. Tody Motmot 117. Whooping Motmot (split from Blue‐crowned) * † 118. Rufous Motmot † 119. Broad‐billed Motmot * † 120. Ringed Kingfisher * 121. Amazon Kingfisher * 122. Green Kingfisher 123. American Pygmy Kingfisher * 124. White‐necked Puffbird * 125. Black‐breasted Puffbird * 126. Pied Puffbird * 127. White‐whiskered Puffbird * 128. Great Jacamar 129. Emerald Toucanet (Blue‐throated) 130. Collared Aracari * 131. Chestnut‐mandibled Toucan * 132. Keel‐billed Toucan * † 133. Black‐cheeked Woodpecker * 134. Red‐crowned Woodpecker * 135. Cinnamon Woodpecker * 136. Lineated Woodpecker 137. Crimson‐crested Woodpecker * 138. Sapayoa * 139. Plain Xenops 140. Plain‐brown Woodcreeper * 141. Olivaceous Woodcreeper 142. Wedge‐billed Woodcreeper 143. Northern Barred‐Woodcreeper * 144. Cocoa Woodcreeper † 145. Black‐striped Woodcreeper * 146. Streak‐headed Woodcreeper * 147. Fasciated Antshrike * 148. Barred Antshrike † 149. Western Slaty‐Antshrike * † 150. Black Antshrike 151. Plain Antvireo 152. Spot‐crowned Antvireo * † 153. Checker‐throated Antwren 154. Moustached Antwren 155. White‐flanked Antwren 156. Dot‐winged Antwren * 157. Dusky Antbird 158. Jet Antbird 159. White‐bellied Antbird † 160. Chestnut‐backed Antbird * † 161. Dull‐mantled Antbird * † 162. Bicolored Antbird † 163. Spotted Antbird * † 164. Ocellated Antbird 165. Black‐faced Antthrush † 166. Streak‐chested Antpitta 167. Black‐crowned Antpitta 168. Brown‐capped Tyrannulet 169. Southern Beardless‐Tyrannulet 170. Yellow Tyrannulet 171. Yellow‐crowned Tyrannulet 172. Forest Elaenia * 173. Gray Elaenia * 174. Greenish Elaenia * 175. Yellow‐bellied Elaenia 176. Lesser Elaenia 177. Olive‐striped Flycatcher 178. Ochre‐bellied Flycatcher 179. Paltry Tyrannulet 180. Black‐capped Pygmy‐Tyrant 181. Southern Bentbill 182. Common Tody‐Flycatcher * 183. Brownish Twistwing 184. Yellow‐margined Flycatcher 185. White‐throated Spadebill 186. Royal Flycatcher 187. Ruddy‐tailed Flycatcher 188. Tufted Flycatcher * 189. Long‐tailed Tyrant * 190. Bright‐rumped Attila 191. Rufous Mourner * 192. Dusky‐capped Flycatcher 193. Panama Flycatcher * 194. Lesser Kiskadee * 195. Great Kiskadee 196. Boat‐billed Flycatcher 197. Rusty‐margined Flycatcher * 198. Social Flycatcher * 199. Streaked Flycatcher 200. Piratic Flycatcher * 201. Tropical Kingbird * 202. Fork‐tailed Flycatcher * 203. Purple‐throated Fruitcrow * 204. Blue Cotinga * 205. White‐ruffed Manakin * 206. Blue‐crowned Manakin * 207. Golden‐collared Manakin 208. Lance‐tailed Manakin † 209. Red‐capped Manakin * 210. Black‐crowned Tityra 211. Masked Tityra * 212. Cinnamon Becard * 213. White‐winged Becard 214. Yellow‐green Vireo 215. Scrub Greenlet * † 216. Golden‐fronted Greenlet 217. Lesser Greenlet 218. Green Shrike‐Vireo * † 219. Black‐chested Jay 220. Blue‐and‐white Swallow 221. White‐thighed Swallow * 222. Southern Rough‐winged Swallow 223. Gray‐breasted Martin * 224. Mangrove Swallow * 225. Black‐bellied Wren † 226. Bay Wren 227. Rufous‐breasted Wren 228. Rufous‐and‐white Wren † 229. Buff‐breasted Wren * † 230. Plain Wren * † 231. House Wren * 232. White‐breasted Wood‐Wren 233. Gray‐breasted Wood‐Wren 234. Scaly‐breasted Wren (Southern Nightingale Wren) † 235. Song Wren † 236. Tawny‐faced Gnatwren 237. Long‐billed Gnatwren 238. Tropical Gnatcatcher * 239. Slate‐throated Gnatcatcher 240. Orange‐billed Nightingale‐Thrush 241. Pale‐vented Thrush * 242. Clay‐colored Thrush * 243. Tropical Mockingbird * 244. Rufous‐capped Warbler 245. Buff‐rumped Warbler 246. Bananaquit * 247. Common Bush‐Tanager 248. Rosy Thrush‐Tanager † 249. Dusky‐faced Tanager * 250. Gray‐headed Tanager 251. Sulphur‐rumped Tanager (Lemon‐rumped) * 252. White‐shouldered Tanager 253. Tawny‐crested Tanager 254. White‐lined Tanager * 255. Crimson‐backed Tanager * 256. Flame‐rumped Tanager 257. Blue‐gray Tanager * 258. Palm Tanager * † 259. Plain‐colored Tanager * 260. Emerald Tanager * 261. Silver‐throated Tanager * 262. Bay‐headed Tanager 263. Rufous‐winged Tanager 264. Golden‐hooded Tanager * 265. Scarlet‐thighed Dacnis 266. Blue Dacnis * 267. Green Honeycreeper * 268. Shining Honeycreeper * 269. Red‐legged Honeycreeper * 270. Streaked Saltator * 271. Buff‐throated Saltator 272. Slate‐colored Grosbeak 273. Blue‐black Grassquit 274. Variable Seedeater * 275. Yellow‐bellied Seedeater * 276. Ruddy‐breasted Seedeater * 277. Thick‐billed Seed‐Finch (Lesser Seed‐Finch)* 278. Yellow‐faced Grassquit 279. Saffron Finch 280. Wedge‐tailed Grass‐Finch * † 281. Orange‐billed Sparrow 282. Black‐striped Sparrow * † 283. Hepatic Tanager 284. Red‐crowned Ant‐Tanager * 285. Red‐throated Ant‐Tanager 286. Carmiolʹs Tanager (Olive Tanager) * 287. Black‐faced Grosbeak 288. Blue Seedeater * † 289. Blue‐black Grosbeak † 290. Red‐breasted Blackbird * 291. Eastern Meadowlark * 292. Great‐tailed Grackle * 293. Yellow‐backed Oriole. * 294. Yellow‐tailed Oriole 295. Yellow‐billed Cacique 296. Scarlet‐rumped Cacique * † 297. Yellow‐rumped Cacique 298. Chestnut‐headed Oropendola 299. Yellow‐crowned Euphonia 300. Thick‐billed Euphonia * 301. White‐vented Euphonia 302. Tawny‐capped Euphonia *
Seen by Tom and/or Geraldine, but not me:
303. Osprey 304. Zone‐tailed Hawk 305. Sapphire‐throated Hummingbird 306. Green‐crowned Brilliant 307. Tawny‐throated Leaftosser 308. Olivaceous Flatbill 309. Mouse‐colored Tyrannulet 310. Chestnut‐capped Brushfinch
Noted by Others – Each of the following was noted by a knowledgeable observer. We actually heard each of these except the Tiny Hawk.
311. Tiny Hawk 312. Great Antshrike 313. Tropical Pewee 314. Scale‐crested Pygmy‐Tyrant 315. Thrushlike Schiffornis 316. Black‐and‐Yellow Tanager
Mammals
1. Common Opossum * 2. Central American Woolly Opossum 3. Northern Tamandua * 4. Hoffman’s Two‐toed Sloth * 5. Brown‐throated Three‐toed Sloth * 6. Nine‐banded Armadillo * 7. Greater White‐lined Bat * 8. False Vampire Bat 9. Orange Nectar Bat * 10. Common Tent‐making Bat * 11. Western Night Monkey * 12. Geoffroy’s Tamarin * 13. Mantled Howler Monkey * † 14. Central American Agouti * 15. Tome’s Spiny‐Rat 16. Variegated Squirrel * 17. Red‐tailed Squirrel 18. Rufous Tree Rat 19. Forest Rabbit 20. White‐nosed Coati * 21. Kinkajou (Tom only) 22. Olingo * 23. Baird’s Tapir (heard crashing away, leaving huge, fresh tracks)
Reptiles & Amphibians (in progress)
• Marine Toad (Cane Toad, Giant Toad) * † • South American Toad * • Blue‐bellied Dart Frog * • Tungara Frog * † • Rain Frog sp. * • Rocket Frog sp. * † • Glass Frog sp. * • Foam Frog sp. • Spectacled Caiman * • Tropical Slider * • presumed Central American Mud Turtle * • Common Basilisk * • Central American Whiptail * • Yellow‐headed Gecko * • Several other gecko species * • Spiny Iguana (Ctenosaur) * • Green Iguana * • Anole sp. * • Ameiva sp. * • Bronze‐backed Climbing Skink * • Fer‐de‐Lance (Tom only) * • False Coral Snake sp. * • probable Panamanian Coral Snake (endemic) * • Neotropical Bird‐eating Snake * • probable Green Parrot Snake * • Tiger Rat Snake (Bill only) • Racer sp. * • Others to be keyed out.
Butterflies (in progress)
• Anderida Longwing * • Apricot Sulphur * • Banded Peacock * • Carolina Satyr (presumed) * • Chiapas Stripe‐Streak * • Common Morpho * • Emerald‐patched Cattleheart • Forest Giant Owl * • Giant Swallowtail * • Helvina Satyr * • Mimosa Yellow * • Schaus’s Metalmark * • Sentinel Longwing • Shining Blue‐Skipper * • Short‐tailed Morpho • Tropical Buckeye * • Two‐barred Flasher * • Zebra Beauty * • Zebra Longwing *
Odonata (in progress)
• Flame‐tailed Pondhawk * • Pin‐tailed Pondhawk * • Rhodopygia hinei * • Roseate Skimmer • Helicopter Damsel spp. *
Other (in progress)
• Army Ants * • Aztec Ants * • Bullet Ants * • Leaf‐cutter Ants * • Pleasing Fungus Beetle (Erotylidae sp.) * • Tiger Beetle sp. *