About Me

I have been a naturalist and birdwatching guide in Panama since 1995. I worked with Ecotours de Panama, the pioneer of ecotravel before joining Ancon Expeditions in 1997. I am a birder, but I also have an interest in general natural and cultural history. I have also been active in several NGO's and community organizations that promote the architectural survival of Panama City's older neighborhoods and the protection of the severly threatened rainforest of the Panama Canal area.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Bird list for Cana Field Station, Darien National Park

This is a list of the birds found at Cana Lodge, located in the heart of the Darien National Park. Though not quite yet a household name like Manu or Tambopata, Cana is perhaps one of the best birding spots in the Americas. This list was compiled by several guides, travelers and yours truly, a frequent visitor to Cana since 1998.

BIRDS OF CANA

Tinamidae
Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Choco Tinamou

Pelicanidae
Brown Pelican

Fregatidae
Magnificent Frigatebird

Ardeidae
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Fasciated Tiger-Heron
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Great Blue Heron
Striated Heron
Green Heron
Agami Heron
Capped Heron

Threskiornithidae
Green Ibis

Cathartidae
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
King Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Accipritidae
Osprey
Gray-headed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Tiny Hawk
Bicolored Hawk
Crane Hawk
Plumbeous Hawk
Semiplumbeous Hawk
Barred Hawk
White Hawk
Great Black-Hawk
Solitary Eagle
Gray Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Broad -winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Crested Eagle
Harpy Eagle
Black-and-White Hawk-Eagle
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Falconidae
Red-throated Caracara
Laughing Falcon
Barred Forest-Falcon
Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Bat Falcon
Orange-breasted Falcon

Cracidae
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Great Curasow

Phasianidae
Marbled Wood-Quail
Black-eared Wood-Quail
Tawny-faced Quail

Rallidae
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
White-throated Crake
Gray-breasted Crake
Purple Gallinule

Scolopacidae
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Southern Lapwing

Eurypygidae
Sunbittern

Aramidae
Limpkin

Columbidae
Pale-vented Pigeon
Scaled Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Dusky Pigeon
Plumbeous Pigeon
Ruddy Ground-dove
Blue Ground-dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Olive-backed Quail-dove
Purplish-backed Quail-dove
Russet-crowned Quail-dove
Violaceous Quail-dove
Ruddy Quail-dove

Psittacidae
Blue-and-Yellow Macaw
Great Green Macaw
Red-and-Green Macaw
Chestnut-fronted Macaw
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Blue-fronted Parrotlet
Brown-hooded Parrot
Saffron-headed Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
Red-lored Amazon
Yellow-crowned Amazon
Mealy Amazon

Cuculidae
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Gray-capped Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Little Cuckoo
Pheasant Cuckoo
Rufous vented Ground-Cuckoo
Greater Ani
Smooth billed Ani
Dwarf Cuckoo

Strigidae
Vermiculated Screech Owl

Bare shanked Screech Owl
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Central American Pygmy Owl
Mottled Owl
Black and White Owl
Stygian Owl

Caprimulgidae
Short tailed Nighthawk
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Rufous Nightjar
White tailed Nightjar

Nyctibiidae
Great Potoo
Common Potoo

Apodidae
Chestnut collared Swift
White collared Swift
Short tailed Swift
Band rumped Swift
Chimney Swift
Lesser Swallow tailed Swift

Trochilidae
Rufous breasted Hermit
Band tailed Barbthroat
Green Hermit
Long tailed Hermit
Little Hermit
White tipped Sicklebill
Tooth billed Hummingbird
Green fronted Lancebill
White necked Jacobin
Brown Violet-Ear
Black throated Mango
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Rufous crested Coquette
Green thorntail
Green crowned Woodmymph
Violet bellied Hummingbird
Blue throated Goldentail
Violet capped Hummingbird
Rufous cheeked Hummingbird
Blue chested Hummingbird
Snowy bellied Hummingbird
Rufous tailed Hummingbird
White vented Plumleteer
Bronze tailed Plumletteer
Green crowned Brilliant
Greenish Puffleg
Purple crowned Fairy
Long billed Starthroat
Purple throated Woodstar

Trogonidae
White tailed Trogon
Violaceous Trogon
Collared Trogon
Black throated Trogon
Black tailed Trogon
Slaty tailed Trogon
Golden headed Quetzal

Momotidae
Tody Motmot
Blue crowned Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Broad billed Motmot

Alcenidae
Ringed Kingfisher
Green kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green and Rufous Kingfisher

Bucconidae
Barred Puffbird
White necked Puffbird
Black breasted Puffbird
Pied Puffbird
White whiskered Puffbird
Lanceolated Monklet
Gray cheeked Nunlet
White fronted Nunbird

Galbullidae
Dusky backed Jacamar
Rufous tailed Jacamar
Great Jacamar

Capitonidae
Spot crowned Barbet
Red headed Barbet

Ramphastidae
Violet Throatet Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Yellow eared Toucanet
Keel billed Toucan
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Choco Toucan

Picidae
Olivaceous Piculet
Black cheeked Woodpecker
Red rumped Woodpecker
Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker (Endemic)
Cinnamon Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Crimson crested Woodpecker
Crimson bellied Woodpecker
Lita Woodpecker

Furnariidae
Slaty Spinetail
Red faced Spinetail
Double banded Graytail
Spotted Barbtail
Beautiful Treerunner (Endemic)
Striped Woodhaunter
Lineated Foliage-Gleaner
Slaty winged Foliage-Gleaner
Buff throated Foliage-Gleaner
Ruddy Foliage-Gleaner
Plain Xenops
Streaked Xenops
Tawny throated Leaftosser
Scaly throated Leaftosser
Sharp tailed Streamcreeper
Pacific Tuftedcheek

Dendrocolaptidae
Plain brown Woodcreeper
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Long tailed Woodcreeper
Wedge billed Woodcreeper
Northern Barred Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Black striped Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Red billed Scythebill
Brown billed Scythebill

Formicariidae
Fasciated Antshrike
Great Antshrike
Black Antshrike
Western Slaty Antshrike
Russet Antshrike
Plain Antvireo
Spot crowned Antvireo
Moustached Antwren
Pacific Antwren
Checker throated Antwren
White flanked Antwren
Slaty Antwren
Rufous winged Antwren
Dot winged Antwren
Rufous rumped Antwren
Dusky Antbird
Jet Antbird
Bare crowned Antbird
Chestnut backed Antbird
Dull mantled Antbird
Immaculate Antbird
Spotted Antbird
Wing banded Antbird
Bicolored Antbird
Ocellated Antbird
Black faced Antthrush
Rufous breasted Antthrush
Black crowned Antpitta
Scaled Antpitta
Streak-chested Antpitta
Thicket Antpitta
Ochre breasted Antpitta

Rhynocriptidae
Choco Tapaculo

Tyrannidae
Sooty headed Tyrannulet
Paltry Tyrannulet
Brown capped Tyrannulet
Southern beardless Tyrannulet
Yellow crowned Tyrannulet
Forest Elaenia
Gray Elaenia
Yellow bellied Elaenia
Olive striped Flycatcher
Ochre bellied Flycatcher
Slaty capped Flycatcher
Yellow Green Tyrannulet (Endemic)
Bronze olive Pygmy-Tyrant
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant
Southern Bentbill
Common Tody Flycatcher
Black headed Tody Flycatcher
Brownish Twistwing
Eye ringed Flatbill
Olivaceous Flatbill
Yellow margined Flycatcher
White throated Spadebill
Golden crowned Spadebill

Ruddy tailed Flycatcher
Sulphur rumped Flycatcher
Black tailed Flycatcher
Black billed Flycatcher

Common tufted Flycatcher
Olive sided Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Traill's Flycatcher
Eastern Wood Pewee
Western Wood Pewee
Yellow bellied Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Long tailed Tyrant
Sirystes
Bright rumped Attila
Rufous Mourner
Dusky capped Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher
Great crested Flycatcher
Lesser Kiskadee
Boat billed Flycatcher
Rusty margined Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Gray capped Flycatcher
White ringed Flycatcher
Golden crowned Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Sapayoa
Thrushlike Schiffornis
Rufous Piha
Speckled Mourner
Cinereous Becard
Cinnamon Becard
White-winged Becard
One colored Becard
Masked Tityra
Black crowned Tityra

Cotingidae
Blue Cotinga
Black tipped Cotinga
Purple throated Fruitcrow

Pipridae
Green Manakin
Golden collared Manakin
White ruffed Manakin
Blue crowned Manakin
Golden headed Manakin

Oxyruncidae
Sharpbill

Hirundinidae
Gray breasted Martin
Mangrove Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-thighed Swallow

Corvidae
Black chested Jay

Troglodytidae
Black capped Donacobius
White headed Wren
Sooty headed Wren
Black bellied Wren
Bay Wren
Stripe throated Wren
House Wren
White breasted Wood Wren
Gray breasted Wood Wren
Southern Nigthingale Wren
Song Wren
Ochraceous Wren

Sylvinae
Tawny faced Gnatwren
Long billed Gnatwren
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Slate throated Gnatcatcher

Turdinae
Varied Solitaire
Slaty backed Nightingale-Thrush
Wood Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Gray cheeked Thrush
Pale vented Thrush
White throated Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush

Bombycillidae
Cedar Waxwing

Vireonidae
Yellow throated Vireo
Yellow green Vireo
Tawny crowned Greenlet
Lesser Greenlet
Yellow browed Shrike Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo

Parulinae
Golden winged Warbler
Blue winged Warbler
Tennessee warbler
Tropical Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut sided Warbler
Yellow rumped Warbler
Black throated green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Palm Warbler
Bay breasted Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black and White Warbler
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Kentucky Warbler
Canada Warbler
Slate throated Redstart
Pirre Warbler
Buff rumped Warbler
Mourning Warbler

Coerebinae
Bananaquit

Thraupinae
White eared Conebill
Plain colored Tanager
Gray and Gold Tanager
Emerald Tanager
Silver throated Tanager
Speckled Tanager
Bay headed Tanager
Golden hooded Tanager
Green naped Tanager (Endemic)
Scarlet thighed Dacnis
Blue Dacnis
Viridian Dacnis
Green Honeycreeper
Shining Honeycreeper
Purple Honeycreeper
Blue gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Lemon spectacled Tanager
Gray headed Tanager
Scarlet browed tanager
White shouldered Tanager
Tawny crested Tanager
Red-crowned Ant Tanager
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Crimson backed Tanager
Flame rumped Tanager
Dusky faced Tanager
Pirre Bush Tanager (Endemic)
Yellow backed Tanager
Black and Yellow Tanager
Swallow Tanager


Cardinalinae
Streaked Saltator
Buff throated Saltator
Black headed Saltator
Slate colored Grosbeak
Yellow green Grosbeak
Rose breasted Grosbeak
Blue black Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel

Emberizinae
Chestnut capped Brush-finch
Black headed Brush-finch
Orange billed Sparrow
Black striped Sparrow
Slate colored Seedeater
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Variable Seedeater
Lesson’s Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-finch

Icteridae
Shiny Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Yellow backed Oriole
Orange crowned oriole
Yellow tailed Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Yellow billed Cacique
Scarlet rumped Cacique
Yellow rumped Cacique
Crested Oropendola
Chestnut headed Oropendola
Black Oropendola

Fringillidae
Thick billed Euphonia
Fulvous vented Euphonia
Tawny capped Euphonia
Orange bellied Euphonia
Yellow collared Chlorophonia

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