{"id":1003955,"date":"2011-10-29T06:17:51","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T11:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/?p=1003955"},"modified":"2022-04-24T08:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T12:38:25","slug":"panama-by-the-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/birding\/2011\/10\/29\/panama-by-the-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama By The Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Details still to come, and a few birds I need to verify, but:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>333 total species<\/li>\n<li>242 life birds<\/li>\n<li>9 mammal species including four primates (10 if you include Homo sapiens)<\/li>\n<li>2 endemics<\/li>\n<li>13 Herons and Ibises<\/li>\n<li>28 raptor species<\/li>\n<li>21 shorebird species<\/li>\n<li>7 pigeons and doves<\/li>\n<li>3 cuckoo  species<\/li>\n<li>All 3 Ani  species<\/li>\n<li>3 Owl  species<\/li>\n<li>Both Potoos<\/li>\n<li>5 swift species<\/li>\n<li>29 Hummingbird species including the endemic Veraguan Mango <\/li>\n<li>5 Trogon  species; essentially evry one in the area<\/li>\n<li>5 Motmot  species<\/li>\n<li>4 Kingfisher  species<\/li>\n<li>5 Puffbird  species<\/li>\n<li>5 Toucan  species<\/li>\n<li>5 Woodpecker  species<\/li>\n<li>17 Antbirds (actually lower than expected; these birds hide)<\/li>\n<li>38 Flycatcher species<\/li>\n<li>13 Wren species<\/li>\n<li>14 Warbler species<\/li>\n<li>18 Tanager species<\/li>\n<li>3 Cacique species<\/li>\n<li>5 Euphonia species<\/li>\n<li>2 Oropendola species<\/li>\n<li>0 ABA area species :-)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Panama makes for a really concentrated introduction to Central American birds. Lots of different habitat within just a couple of hours radius of Panama City. There&#8217;s a well developed ecotourism community to support birding (leaders, lodges, parks, etc.)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Great Tinamou \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Little Tinamou (Heard only)\t <\/li>\n<li>Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  \t <\/li>\n<li>Gray-headed Chachalaca \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Crested Bobwhite  \t <\/li>\n<li>Wood Stork \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Magnificent Frigatebird \t <\/li>\n<li>Neotropic Cormorant \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Brown Pelican \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Rufescent Tiger-Heron \t <\/li>\n<li>Great Blue Heron \t <\/li>\n<li>Cocoi Heron \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Great Egret \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Snowy Egret \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Little Blue Heron \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Tricolored Heron \t <\/li>\n<li>Cattle Egret \t <\/li>\n<li>Green Heron \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-crowned Night-Heron \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Boat-billed Heron \t \t <\/li>\n<li>White Ibis  \t <\/li>\n<li>Glossy Ibis  \t <\/li>\n<li>Black Vulture \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Turkey Vulture \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture  \t <\/li>\n<li>Osprey \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Gray-headed Kite \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Hook-billed Kite \t\t <\/li>\n<li>White-tailed Kite \t<\/li>\n<li>Double-toothed Kite \t <\/li>\n<li>Mississippi Kite \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Semiplumbeous Hawk \t\t <\/li>\n<li>White Hawk \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Common Black-Hawk \t <\/li>\n<li>Savanna Hawk \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Roadside Hawk  \t <\/li>\n<li>Broad-winged Hawk \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Gray Hawk \t <\/li>\n<li>Short-tailed Hawk \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Swainson&#8217;s Hawk \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Zone-tailed Hawk \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Black Hawk-Eagle \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Ornate Hawk-Eagle \t <\/li>\n<li>Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon \t<\/li>\n<li>Crested Caracara  \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-headed Caracara \t <\/li>\n<li>American Kestrel \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Merlin \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Aplomado Falcon \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Bat Falcon \t <\/li>\n<li>Peregrine Falcon \t \t <\/li>\n<li>White-throated Crake \t <\/li>\n<li>Southern Lapwing \t <\/li>\n<li>Black-bellied Plover \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Collared Plover \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Wilson&#8217;s Plover \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Semipalmated Plover \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Black-necked Stilt \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Wattled Jacana \t <\/li>\n<li>Spotted Sandpiper \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Solitary Sandpiper  \t <\/li>\n<li>Greater Yellowlegs \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Willet \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Lesser Yellowlegs \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Whimbrel \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Long-billed Curlew \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Marbled Godwit \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Sanderling \tPlaya Santa Clara \t <\/li>\n<li>Semipalmated Sandpiper \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Western Sandpiper \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Least Sandpiper \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Buff-breasted Sandpiper \t <\/li>\n<li>Short-billed Dowitcher \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Laughing Gull \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Gull-billed Tern \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Black Tern \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Common Tern \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Royal Tern \tPlaya Santa Clara \t <\/li>\n<li>Black Skimmer \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Rock Pigeon \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Pale-vented Pigeon  <\/li>\n<li>Scaled Pigeon \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Short-billed Pigeon \t <\/li>\n<li>Ruddy Ground-Dove  <\/li>\n<li>White-tipped Dove \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Gray-chested Dove \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Brown-throated Parakeet \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Orange-chinned Parakeet \t <\/li>\n<li>Brown-hooded Parrot  \t <\/li>\n<li>Blue-headed Parrot \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Red-lored Parrot \t <\/li>\n<li>Mealy Parrot \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-crowned Parrot \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Squirrel Cuckoo \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-billed Cuckoo \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo  \t <\/li>\n<li>Greater Ani \t <\/li>\n<li>Smooth-billed Ani \t <\/li>\n<li>Groove-billed Ani \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Tropical Screech-Owl \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Mottled Owl  \t <\/li>\n<li>Great Potoo \t <\/li>\n<li>Common Potoo \t\t <\/li>\n<li>White-collared Swift \t <\/li>\n<li>Chimney Swift \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Short-tailed Swift \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Band-rumped Swift \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift \t\t <\/li>\n<li>White-necked Jacobin \t\t <\/li>\n<li>White-tipped Sicklebill \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Band-tailed Barbthroat  \t <\/li>\n<li>Green Hermit \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Long-billed Hermit \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Stripe-throated Hermit  \t <\/li>\n<li>Purple-crowned Fairy \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Veraguan Mango  \t <\/li>\n<li>Long-billed Starthroat \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Violet-headed Hummingbird \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Scaly-breasted Hummingbird  \t <\/li>\n<li>White-vented Plumeleteer  \t <\/li>\n<li>Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Violet-crowned Woodnymph  \t <\/li>\n<li>Snowcap  \t <\/li>\n<li>Blue-chested Hummingbird \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Snowy-bellied Hummingbird \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Rufous-tailed Hummingbird \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Violet-bellied Hummingbird  \t <\/li>\n<li>Slaty-tailed Trogon \t\t <\/li>\n<li>White-tailed Trogon \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Gartered Trogon \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Black-throated Trogon \t <\/li>\n<li>Orange-bellied Trogon \t <\/li>\n<li>Tody Motmot \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Blue-crowned Motmot \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Whooping Motmot \t<\/li>\n<li>Rufous Motmot \t <\/li>\n<li>Broad-billed Motmot \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Ringed Kingfisher \t <\/li>\n<li>Belted Kingfisher  <\/li>\n<li>Amazon Kingfisher \t <\/li>\n<li>Green Kingfisher \t\t <\/li>\n<li>White-necked Puffbird \t <\/li>\n<li>Black-breasted Puffbird \t <\/li>\n<li>Pied Puffbird \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Barred Puffbird \t  \t <\/li>\n<li>White-whiskered Puffbird \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Spot-crowned Barbet \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Emerald Toucanet  \t <\/li>\n<li>Collared Aracari \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-eared Toucanet \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Black-mandibled Toucan \t <\/li>\n<li>Keel-billed Toucan \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Black-cheeked Woodpecker \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Red-crowned Woodpecker \t<\/li>\n<li>Cinnamon Woodpecker \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Lineated Woodpecker \t <\/li>\n<li>Crimson-crested Woodpecker \t <\/li>\n<li>Red-faced Spinetail  \t <\/li>\n<li>Spotted Barbtail  \t <\/li>\n<li>Plain Xenops \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Plain-brown Woodcreeper \t <\/li>\n<li>Ruddy Woodcreeper \t <\/li>\n<li>Northern Barred-Woodcreeper \t <\/li>\n<li>Straight-billed Woodcreeper  \t <\/li>\n<li>Cocoa Woodcreeper \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Spotted Woodcreeper  \t <\/li>\n<li>Fasciated Antshrike \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Barred Antshrike \t <\/li>\n<li>Western Slaty-Antshrike \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Russet Antshrike  \t <\/li>\n<li>Plain Antvireo \tChicken Farm \t <\/li>\n<li>Spot-crowned Antvireo  \t <\/li>\n<li>Checker-throated Antwren \t\t <\/li>\n<li>White-flanked Antwren \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Dot-winged Antwren \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Dusky Antbird \t <\/li>\n<li>White-bellied Antbird \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Chestnut-backed Antbird \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Bicolored Antbird \t <\/li>\n<li>Spotted Antbird \t <\/li>\n<li>Ocellated Antbird \t <\/li>\n<li>Black-faced Antthrush \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Streak-chested Antpitta \t <\/li>\n<li>Brown-capped Tyrannulet \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet  \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow Tyrannulet  \t <\/li>\n<li>Forest Elaenia \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-bellied Elaenia \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Olive-striped Flycatcher \tChicken Farm \t <\/li>\n<li>Ochre-bellied Flycatcher \tTrogon Trail \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-green Tyrannulet \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Rufous-browed Tyrannulet  \t <\/li>\n<li>Paltry Tyrannulet \t <\/li>\n<li>Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant  \t <\/li>\n<li>Southern Bentbill \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Common Tody-Flycatcher \t <\/li>\n<li>Royal Flycatcher \t <\/li>\n<li>Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher  \t <\/li>\n<li>Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher \tChicken Farm \t <\/li>\n<li>Bran-colored Flycatcher  \t <\/li>\n<li>Tufted Flycatcher \t <\/li>\n<li>Olive-sided Flycatcher \t <\/li>\n<li>Eastern Wood-Pewee \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Acadian Flycatcher \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Long-tailed Tyrant  \t <\/li>\n<li>Bright-rumped Attila \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Rufous Mourner \t <\/li>\n<li>Dusky-capped Flycatcher \t <\/li>\n<li>Panama Flycatcher \t <\/li>\n<li>Great Crested Flycatcher \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Lesser Kiskadee  \t <\/li>\n<li>Great Kiskadee \t <\/li>\n<li>Boat-billed Flycatcher \t <\/li>\n<li>Rusty-margined Flycatcher \t <\/li>\n<li>Social Flycatcher \t<\/li>\n<li>Gray-capped Flycatcher \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Streaked Flycatcher \t <\/li>\n<li>Tropical Kingbird \t <\/li>\n<li>Eastern Kingbird \t <\/li>\n<li>Gray Kingbird  \t <\/li>\n<li>Fork-tailed Flycatcher \t <\/li>\n<li>Purple-throated Fruitcrow  \t <\/li>\n<li>Blue Cotinga \tTrogon Trail \t <\/li>\n<li>White-ruffed Manakin \t <\/li>\n<li>Blue-crowned Manakin \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Golden-collared Manakin  \t <\/li>\n<li>Lance-tailed Manakin \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Red-capped Manakin \t\t <\/li>\n<li>White-winged Becard  \t <\/li>\n<li>Red-eyed Vireo \t <\/li>\n<li>Scrub Greenlet  <\/li>\n<li>Golden-fronted Greenlet \t <\/li>\n<li>Lesser Greenlet \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Green Shrike-Vireo \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Black-chested Jay \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Blue-and-white Swallow \tEl Valle \t <\/li>\n<li>Northern Rough-winged Swallow \t <\/li>\n<li>Southern Rough-winged Swallow \t <\/li>\n<li>Gray-breasted Martin \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Mangrove Swallow \t <\/li>\n<li>Bank Swallow \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Barn Swallow \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Cliff Swallow \t <\/li>\n<li>White-headed Wren \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Black-bellied Wren  \t <\/li>\n<li>Rufous-breasted Wren \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Rufous-and-white Wren \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Plain Wren \t <\/li>\n<li>Bay Wren \t <\/li>\n<li>House Wren \t<\/li>\n<li>Ochraceous Wren \t \t <\/li>\n<li>White-breasted Wood-Wren \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Gray-breasted Wood-Wren \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Scaly-breasted Wren \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Song Wren \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Long-billed Gnatwren \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Tropical Gnatcatcher  \t <\/li>\n<li>Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush \t <\/li>\n<li>Swainson&#8217;s Thrush \t <\/li>\n<li>Pale-vented Thrush  \t <\/li>\n<li>Clay-colored Thrush \t<\/li>\n<li>Tropical Mockingbird \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Louisiana Waterthrush \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Northern Waterthrush \t <\/li>\n<li>Golden-winged Warbler  \t <\/li>\n<li>Black-and-white Warbler \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Prothonotary Warbler \t <\/li>\n<li>Tennessee Warbler \t <\/li>\n<li>Mourning Warbler \t <\/li>\n<li>Kentucky Warbler \t \t <\/li>\n<li>American Redstart \t <\/li>\n<li>Bay-breasted Warbler \t <\/li>\n<li>Blackburnian Warbler \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow Warbler \t<\/li>\n<li>Chestnut-sided Warbler  \t <\/li>\n<li>Rufous-capped Warbler \t <\/li>\n<li>Buff-rumped Warbler \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Canada Warbler \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Bananaquit \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Black-and-yellow Tanager \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Dusky-faced Tanager \t  \t <\/li>\n<li>White-shouldered Tanager \t\t <\/li>\n<li>White-lined Tanager \t <\/li>\n<li>Crimson-backed Tanager \t<\/li>\n<li>Flame-rumped Tanager \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Blue-gray Tanager \t<\/li>\n<li>Palm Tanager \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Plain-colored Tanager \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Silver-throated Tanager \t <\/li>\n<li>Bay-headed Tanager \t <\/li>\n<li>Golden-hooded Tanager \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Scarlet-thighed Dacnis \t <\/li>\n<li>Blue Dacnis \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Green Honeycreeper \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Shining Honeycreeper \t<\/li>\n<li>Red-legged Honeycreeper \t<\/li>\n<li>Streaked Saltator \t <\/li>\n<li>Buff-throated Saltator \t<\/li>\n<li>Blue-black Grassquit \t <\/li>\n<li>Slate-colored Seedeater \t  \t <\/li>\n<li>Variable Seedeater \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-bellied Seedeater \t <\/li>\n<li>Thick-billed Seed-Finch \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-faced Grassquit \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Saffron Finch \t <\/li>\n<li>Orange-billed Sparrow \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Black-striped Sparrow  \t <\/li>\n<li>Common Bush-Tanager \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Hepatic Tanager \t <\/li>\n<li>Summer Tanager \t <\/li>\n<li>Red-crowned Ant-Tanager \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Red-throated Ant-Tanager  \t <\/li>\n<li>Carmiol&#8217;s Tanager \t <\/li>\n<li>Rose-breasted Grosbeak \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Blue-black Grosbeak \t <\/li>\n<li>Dickcissel \t <\/li>\n<li>Eastern Meadowlark \t <\/li>\n<li>Great-tailed Grackle \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-backed Oriole \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-tailed Oriole \t <\/li>\n<li>Baltimore Oriole \t \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-billed Cacique  \t <\/li>\n<li>Scarlet-rumped Cacique \t\t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-rumped Cacique \t <\/li>\n<li>Crested Oropendola \t  \t <\/li>\n<li>Chestnut-headed Oropendola  \t <\/li>\n<li>Yellow-crowned Euphonia \t <\/li>\n<li>Thick-billed Euphonia \t<\/li>\n<li>Fulvous-vented Euphonia \t <\/li>\n<li>White-vented Euphonia \t <\/li>\n<li>Tawny-capped Euphonia \t <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And there are at least two more major birding areas of the country we didn&#8217;t visit with quite different avifauna, Darien and the Azuero Peninsula. There are other places I want to visit before coming back here (Belize, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and most of South America)  but clearly I&#8217;ve only begun to scratch the surface here. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Details still to come, and a few birds I need to verify, but: 333 total species 242 life birds 9 mammal species including four primates (10 if you include Homo sapiens) 2 endemics 13 Herons and Ibises 28 raptor species 21 shorebird species 7 pigeons and doves 3 cuckoo species All 3 Ani species 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003955"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1005587,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003955\/revisions\/1005587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elharo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}