Birds found during FONT Birding Tour 
in Panama

March 2002

Codes:

(i): introduced species
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife Intl.
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

CB: the Panama Canal Basin, including areas of Panama City, Gamboa, Pipeline and Plantation Roads, and other places in Soberania and Chagres National Parks

CH: Chiriqui Highlands
 

 Birds:

1. Great Tinamou 
2. Brown Pelican 
3. Brown Booby 
4. Neotropic/Olivaceous Cormorant 
5. Anhinga 
6. Magnificent Frigatebird 
7. Cattle Egret 
8. Green Heron 
9. Striated Heron
10. Little Blue Heron 
11. Snowy Egret 
12. Great Egret 
13. Great Blue Heron 
14. Rufescent Tiger-Heron 
15. Boat-billed Heron 
16. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 
17. Turkey Vulture 
18. American Black Vulture 
19. Osprey 
20. Swallow-tailed Kite 
21. White-tailed Kite 
22. Snail Kite 
23. Sharp-shinned Hawk 
24. Tiny Hawk
25. Plumbeous Hawk (nt) 
26. Gray-lined Hawk 
27. Roadside Hawk 
28. Broad-winged Hawk 
29. Swainson's Hawk 
30. Red-tailed Hawk 
31. Black Hawk-Eagle 
32. Yelllow-headed Caracara 
33. Collared Forest-Falcon 
34. Bat Falcon 
35. White-throated Crake 
36. Common Gallinule/Moorhen 
37. American Purple Gallinule 
38. Sunbittern 
39. Northern Jacana 
40. Wattled Jacana
41. Southern Lapwing
42. Solitary Sandpiper 
43. Spotted Sandpiper 
44. Semipalmated Sandpiper 
45. Western Sandpiper 
46. Laughing Gull 
47. Gull-billed Tern 
48. Royal Tern 
49. Feral Pigeon (i) 
50. Band-tailed Pigeon 
51. Pale-vented Pigeon 
52. Ruddy Ground-Dove 
53. White-tipped/-fronted Dove 
54. Sulphur-winged Parakeet 
55. Orange-chinned/Tovi Parakeet 
56. Blue-headed Parrot 
57. Red-lored Parrot/Amazon 
58. Mealy Parrot/Amazon 
59. Squirrel Cuckoo 
60. Greater Ani
61. Groove-billed Ani 
62. Smooth-billed Ani 
63. Striped Cuckoo 
64. Tropical Screech-Owl 
65. Gray (formerly Common) Potoo 
66. Pauraque 
67. Rufous Nightjar 
68. White-collared Swift 
69. Band-rumped Swift 
70. Short-tailed Swift 
71. Long-tailed Hermit 
72. White-necked Jacobin 
73. Green Violetear 
74. Green-breasted/Prevost's Mango
75. Black-throated Mango
76. Violet-bellied Hummingbird
77. Blue-chested Hummingbird
78. Snowy-bellied Hummingbird 
79. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 
80. White-tailed Emerald 
81. Red-footed Plumeleteer 
82. White-throated Mountain-gem 
83. Long-billed Starthroat 
84. Magenta-throated Woodstar (nt) 
85. Scintillant Hummingbird 
86. Volcano Hummingbird 
87. Resplendent Quetzal (nt) 
88. Slaty-tailed/Massena Trogon 
89. Black-tailed Trogon 
90. Black-throated Trogon 
91. Violaceous Trogon 
92. Ringed Kingfisher 
93. Amazon Kingfisher 
94. Green Kingfisher 
95. Broad-billed Motmot 
96. Rufous Motmot 
97. Blue-crowned Motmot 
98. White-necked Puffbird 
99. Black-breasted Puffbird 
100. White-whiskered Puffbird 
101. Collared Aracari 
102. Keel-billed Toucan 
103. Chestnut-mandibled/Swainson's Toucan 
104. Acorn Woodpecker 
105. Black-cheeked Woodpecker 
106. Red-crowned Woodpecker 
107. Rufous-winged Woodpecker 
108. Cinnamon Woodpecker 
109. Crimson-crested Woodpecker 
110. Plain-brown Woodcreeper 
111. Cocoa/Buff-throated Woodcreeper 
112. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper 
113. Plain Xenops 
114. Fasciated Antshrike 
115. Great Antshrike 
116. Barred Antshrike 
117. Western Slaty Antshrike 
118. Plain Antvireo 
119. Pygmy Antwren 
120. White-flanked Antwren 
121. Dot-winged Antwren 
122. Dusky Antbird 
123. White-bellied Antbird 
124. Chestnut-backed Antbird 
125. Bicolored Antbird 
126. Spotted Antbird 
127. Ocellated Antbird 
128. Black-faced Antthrush 
129. Spectacled Antpitta 
130. Silvery-fronted Tapaculo 
131. White-winged Becard 
132. Masked Tityra 
133. Blue Cotinga (t) 
134. Purple-throated Fruitcrow 
135. Three-wattled Bellbird (t3) 
136. Red-capped Manakin 
137. Blue-crowned Manakin 
138. Lance-tailed Manakin 
139. Golden-collared Manakin 
140. Black Phoebe 
141. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 
142. Fork-tailed Flycatcher 
143. Eastern Kingbird 
144. Tropical Kingbird 
145. Gray Kingbird
146. Piratic Flycatcher 
147. Boat-billed Flycatcher 
148. Streaked Flycatcher  
149. Gray-capped Flycatcher 
150. Rusty-margined Flycatcher
151. Social Flycatcher 
152. Great Kiskadee 
153. Lesser Kiskadee
154. Dusky-capped Flycatcher 
155. Bright-rumped Attila 
156. Panama Flycatcher
157. Great Crested Flycatcher
158. Tropical Pewee 
159. Dark Pewee 
160. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 
161. Acadian Flycatcher 
162. Yellowish Flycatcher 
163. Tufted Flycatcher 
164. Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher 
165. (Northern) Royal Flycatcher 
166. Yellow-olive Flycatcher 
167. Yellow-margined Flycatcher 
168. Olivaceous Flatbill 
169. Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher 
170. Common Tody-Flycatcher 
171. Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher 
172. Southern Bentbill 
173. Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant 
174. Yellow Tyrannulet 
175. Yellow-green Tyrannulet
176. Torrent Tyrannulet 
177. Yellow-bellied Elaenia 
178. Lesser Elaenia 
179. Mountain Elaenia 
180. Forest Elaenia 
181. Southern Beardless Tyrannulet 
182. Mistletoe/Paltry Tyrannulet 
183. Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet 
184. Brown-capped Tyrannulet 
185. White-fronted Tyrannulet
186. Mangrove Swallow 
187. Purple Martin 
188. Gray-breasted Martin 
189. Blue-and-white Swallow 
190. Southern Rough-winged Swallow 
191. Barn Swallow 
192. Cliff Swallow 
193. Black-chested Jay 
194. (North) American Dipper 
195. Black-bellied Wren 
196. Rufous-and-white Wren 
197. Plain Wren 
198. (Southern) House Wren 
199. White-breasted Wood-Wren 
200. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren 
201. Song Wren 
202. Tropical Mockingbird (i)
203. Black-faced Solitaire 
204. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush 
205. Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush 
206. Swainson's Thrush 
207. Mountain Thrush/Robin 
208. Clay-colored Thrush/Robin 
209. White-throated Thrush/Robin 
210. Tropical Gnatcatcher 
211. Long-billed Gnatwren
212. Green Shrike-Vireo 
213. Yellow-winged Vireo 
214. Philadelphia Vireo 
215. Red-eyed Vireo 
216. Scrub Greenlet 
217. Golden-fronted Greenlet
218. Lesser/"Gray-headed" Greenlet 
219. Bananaquit 
220. Golden-winged Warbler 
221. Tennessee Warbler N S H 18
222. Tropical Parula N S H 16
223. Yellow Warbler N S H 20
224. Magnolia Warbler N H 3
225. Chestnut-sided Warbler N S H 21
226. Black-throated Green Warbler N S H 19
227. Bay-breasted Warbler N H 2
228. Northern Waterthrush N S H 17
229. Wilson's Warbler N S H 21
230. Slate-throated Redstart/Whitestart N S H 21
231. Golden-crowned Warbler N S H 8
232. Chestnut (formerly Rufous) -capped Warbler N S H 16
233. Black-cheeked Warbler N S H 7
234. Crested Oropendola N S H 7
235. Yellow-rumped Cacique
236. Scarlet-rumped Cacique N S H 12
237. Yellow-billed Cacique N S H 5
238. Yellow-backed Oriole N H 2
239. Baltimore Oriole N S H 21
240. Eastern Meadowlark N S H 21
241. Great-tailed Grackle N S H 23
242. Bronzed/Red-eyed Cowbird N S H 18
243. Rosy Thrush-Tanager
244. Gray-headed Tanager N S H 6
245. White-shouldered Tanager N S H 8
246. White-lined Tanager N S H 13
247. Red-crowned Ant-Tanager N S 3
248. Red-throated Ant-Tanager N H 2
249. Summer Tanager N S H 20
250. Scarlet Tanager N S 6
251. Flame-colored Tanager N S H 12
252. White-winged Tanager N S 6
253. Crimson-backed Tanager N H 14
254. Cherrie's (Scarlet-rumped) Tanager N S H 22
255. Flame-rumped Tanager
256. Blue-gray Tanager N S H 23
257. Palm Tanager N S H 23
258. Thick-billed Euphonia S H 8
259. Blue-hooded/Elegant Euphonia N S H 7
260. Plain-colored Tanager N 2
261. Silver-throated Tanager N S H 19
262. Bay-headed Tanager N S H 18
263. Golden-hooded Tanager N S H 22
264. Scarlet-thighed Dacnis N S H 17
265. Blue Dacnis N S H 15
266. Green Honeycreeper N S H 19
267. Red-legged Honeycreeper N S H 18
268. Buff-throated Saltator N S H 21
269. Streaked Saltator S 4
270. Black-thighed Grosbeak N S H 13
271. Rose-breasted Grosbeak N S H 18
272. Blue-black Grosbeak N S H 11
273. Indigo Bunting N S H 4
274. Yellow-faced Grassquit N S H 22
275. Variable Seedeater S H 9
276. Yellow-bellied Seedeater S 2
277. Ruddy-breasted Seedeater S 1
278. Thick-billed/Lesser Seed-Finch N S H 15
279. Blue-black Grassquit N S H 23
280. Slaty Flower-piercer N S H 18
281. Yellow-throated Brush-Finch N S H 11
282. Orange-billed Sparrow N H 12
283. Black-striped Sparrow N S H 20
284. Rufous-collared Sparrow N S H 23
285. Lesser Goldfinch N S H 5
286. Yellow-bellied Siskin 

Other Wildlife/Nature during FONT's Costa Rica Tours,
including 41 species of mammals (+ or - with the bats) 

 Codes:

N: Northern CR Birding Tours (March, April, July, December-January)

S: Southern CR Birding Tours (March, January)

H: Holiday Birding Tours (December-January)

The number, in the right-most column, indicates the number of tours during which the bird has been found (out of 23). Not all tours have been to the same areas, so individual tour-lists have varied.

total eclipse of the Sun N 1

earthquake tremors N H 4

active volcano (by day and/or night) N H 11

hot sulphur/volcanic springs N 1

magnificent rainbows N 4

Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (a) (b) N 1

Leatherback Sea Turtle (b) N H 4

1. Mantled Howler Monkey N S 19
2. White-faced/-throated Capuchin (Monkey) N S 14
3. Central American Spider Monkey N S 11
4. Central American Squirrel Monkey S 5
5. Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth N H 7
6. Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth N S H 7
7. Nine-banded Long-nosed Armadillo N H 6
8. Mexican Hairy (long-haired, prehensile-tailed) Porcupine N H 1
9. Common Opossum N H 3
10. Virginia Opossum N 1
11. Kinkajou N 2
12. Central American Agouti N S H 8
13. Northern Racoon N H 2
14. White-nosed Coati/Coatimundi N S H 5
15. Northern Tamandua/Banded Anteater N S H 5
16. Cacomistle S 1
17. Long-tailed Weasel N 1
18. Tayra S 2
19. Southern River Otter N S H 3
20. Striped Hog-nosed Skunk (s) N S H 6
21. Baird's Tapir S 2
22. Collared Peccary N 3
23. peccary (sp.) S 1
24. White-tailed Deer N 1
25. Red Brocket Deer S 1
26. (Eastern) Cottontail Rabbit N 1
27. Tropical Cottontail Rabbit/Tapiti/Brazilian Rabbit N 3
28. Dice's Mountain Rabbit N 1
29. Red-tailed Squirrel N S H 14
30. Variegated Squirrel N S H 13
31. Central American Dwarf/Alfari's Pygmy Squirrel N 3
32. Coyote (h) N H 3
33. Spiny Rat (sp.) N 1
34. mouse (sp.) N 1
35. vole (sp.) S 1
36. Long-nosed Bat N 2
37. White-lined Sac-winged Bat N S 7
38. Black Myotis N H 1
39. various other bats (small & large) N S 15
40. "Costa Rican" Spinner Dolphin S 2
41. Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin N H 1

Manta Ray (a) S 2

American/Morelet's Crocodile N H 9

Caiman N S H 13

Iguanas N S H 18

Basilisk ("Jesus Christ Lizard") S 5

various other lizards N S H 16

various fresh-water turtles N H 10

colorful "upland" crabs S 3

various "beach" crabs, including Hermit, Ghost, & Sally light-foots S 3

various other crabs N 3

Poison Dart Frogs (red ; green & black) N H 10

tree frogs (sp.) S 2

various other toads and frogs N S H 13

(including a bufus frog on a tree-limb disrupting hummingbirds, manakins, and trogons (in S CR))

small marine creatures of tidal pools S 2

Boa Constrictor N S 2

snake (salmon-colored) S 1

snake (brown tree) S 1

Morpho Butterflies N S H 14

Owl Butterfly N H 3

(for some other butterflies, see below)

various other butterflies & moths N S H 17

Leaf-cutter and other rainforest ants N S H 16

Dung Beetles N 1

Jellyfish (in mangrove area) N 1

Some other notable sightings of nature:

stellar constellations, particularly brilliant in a clear sky above a dark beach, also: meteors ("falling stars");

At other times: earthshine on the moon, Pacific sunsets with the "green flash".

Notes:

(a): sometimes (in south CR) seen from low-flying airplane

(b): after dark at nesting-site on beach. Also, at times, hatchlings seen.

(h): sometimes heard

(s): sometimes detected by smell

The data in this listing is incomplete. More information (as available) may yet be included in the compilation.

Some of the Butterflies during our Costa Rica tours (these in Dec/Jan):

(in addition to Blue morpho & Owl butterfly, noted above)

1. Zebra longwing
2. Brown peacock
3. Wood nymph (sp.),
4. Tiger swallowtail
5. Pieridae, orange (sp.)
6. Pieridae, white (sp.)
7. Orange longwing
8. Malachite green
9. sulphur (sp.)
10. Monarch
11. Checkered skipper (sp.)
12. Blue skipper (sp.)
13. Fritillary (sp.)
14. Long-tailed skipper (sp.)
15. Buckeye
16. Little elf
17. White peacock
18. Emperor