Birds around the Soberania Research Station

The following 170 bird species have been recorded from the backyard of our Soberania Research Station, Gamboa up to January 14th, 2006; please report your sightings.

Great Tinamou - Tinamus major
Little Tinamou - Crypturellus soui

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis

Gray-headed Chachalaca - Ortalis cinereiceps

Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis

Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga

Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens

Rufescent Tiger-Heron - Tigrisoma lineatum
Great Egret - Ardea alba
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis

Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
King Vulture - Sarcoramphus papa

Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
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Gray-headed Kite - Leptodon cayanensis
Double-toothed Kite - Harpagus bidentatus
Gray Hawk - Asturina nitida
Short-tailed Hawk - Buteo brachyurus
Swainson’s Hawk - Buteo swainsoni

Collared Forest-Falcon - Micrastur semitorquatus

Yellow-headed Caracara - Milvago chimachima

White-throated Crake - Laterallus albigularis

Southern Lapwing - Vanellus chilensis

Pale-vented Pigeon - Patagioenas cayennensis
Ruddy Ground-Dove - Columbina talpacoti
White-tipped Dove - Leptotila verreauxi

Orange-chinned Parakeet - Brotogeris jugularis
Brown-hooded Parrot - Pionopsitta haematotis
Blue-headed Parrot - Pionus menstruus
Red-lored Parrot - Amazona autumnalis
Mealy Parrot - Amazona farinosa

Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana

Greater Ani - Crotophaga major
Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani

Spectacled Owl - Pulsatrix perspicillata
Mottled Owl - Ciccaba virgata

Common Pauraque - Nyctidromus albicollis

Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica
Vaux’s Swift - Chaetura vauxi
Short-tailed Swift - Chaetura brachyura
Band-rumped Swift - Chaetura spinicaudus

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift - Panyptila cayennensis

Long-billed Hermit - Phaethornis longirostris
Stripe-throated Hermit - Phaethornis striigularis

White-necked Jacobin - Florisuga mellivora
Black-throated Mango - Anthracothorax nigricollis
Violet-crowned Woodnymph - Thalurania colombica
Violet-bellied Hummingbird - Damophila julie
Sapphire-throated Hummingbird - Lepidopyga coeruleogularis
Blue-chested Hummingbird - Amazilia amabilis
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia edward
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - Amazilia tzacatl
White-vented Plumeleteer - Chalybura buffonii
Purple-crowned Fairy - Heliothryx barroti

Violaceous Trogon - Trogon violaceus
Black-throated Trogon - Trogon rufus
Slaty-tailed Trogon - Trogon massena

Blue-crowned Motmot - Momotus momota
Broad-billed Motmot - Electron platyrhynchum

Ringed Kingfisher - Ceryle torquatus

Black-breasted Puffbird - Notharchus pectoralis

Collared Aracari - Pteroglossus torquatus
Keel-billed Toucan - Ramphastos sulfuratus
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan - Ramphastos swainsonii

Black-cheeked Woodpecker - Melanerpes pucherani
Red-crowned Woodpecker - Melanerpes rubricapillus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius
Cinnamon Woodpecker - Celeus loricatus
Lineated Woodpecker - Dryocopus lineatus
Crimson-crested Woodpecker - Campephilus melanoleucos

Cocoa Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus susurrans

Fasciated Antshrike - Cymbilaimus lineatus
Barred Antshrike - Thamnophilus doliatus
Western Slaty-Antshrike - Thamnophilus atrinucha
Dusky Antbird - Cercomacra tyrannina
White-bellied Antbird - Myrmeciza longipes
Chestnut-backed Antbird - Myrmeciza exsul
Spotted Antbird - Hylophylax naevioides

Black-faced Antthrush - Formicarius analis

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet - Camptostoma obsoletum
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet - Tyrannulus elatus
Greenish Elaenia - Myiopagis viridicata
Yellow-bellied Elaenia - Elaenia flavogaster
Paltry Tyrannulet - Zimmerius vilissimus

Common Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum cinereum
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens
Acadian Flycatcher - Empidonax virescens

Bright-rumped Attila - Attila spadiceus
Dusky-capped Flycatcher - Myiarchus tuberculifer
Panama Flycatcher - Myiarchus panamensis
Lesser Kiskadee - Pitangus lictor
Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus
Boat-billed Flycatcher - Megarynchus pitangua
Rusty-margined Flycatcher - Myiozetetes cayanensis
Social Flycatcher - Myiozetetes similis
Streaked Flycatcher - Myiodynastes maculatus
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher - Myiodynastes luteiventris
Piratic Flycatcher - Legatus leucophaius
Tropical Kingbird - Tyrannus melancholicus
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
Fork-tailed Flycatcher - Tyrannus savana

White-winged Becard - Pachyramphus polychopterus
Masked Tityra - Tityra semifasciata

Purple-throated Fruitcrow - Querula purpurata

Golden-collared Manakin - Manacus vitellinus
Blue-crowned Manakin - Pipra coronata
Red-capped Manakin - Pipra mentalis

Philadelphia Vireo - Vireo philadelphicus
Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus
Yellow-green Vireo - Vireo flavoviridis
Scrub Greenlet - Hylophilus flavipes
Golden-fronted Greenlet - Hylophilus aurantiifrons
Lesser Greenlet - Hylophilus decurtatus
Green Shrike-Vireo - Vireolanius pulchellus

Black-chested Jay - Cyanocorax affinis

Gray-breasted Martin - Progne chalybea
Southern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica

Rufous-breasted Wren - Thryothorus rutilus
Buff-breasted Wren - Thryothorus leucotis
Plain Wren - Thryothorus modestus
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon

Tropical Gnatcatcher - Polioptila plumbea

Swainson’s Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
Clay-colored Robin - Turdus grayi

Tropical Mockingbird - Mimus gilvus

Tennessee Warbler - Vermivora peregrina
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia
Chestnut-sided Warbler - Dendroica pensylvanica
Bay-breasted Warbler - Dendroica castanea
Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia
Northern Waterthrush - Seiurus noveboracensis

Gray-headed Tanager - Eucometis penicillata
White-shouldered Tanager - Tachyphonus luctuosus
Red-throated Ant-Tanager - Habia fuscicauda
Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra
Crimson-backed Tanager - Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Flame-rumped Tanager - Ramphocelus flammigerus
Blue-gray Tanager - Thraupis episcopus
Palm Tanager - Thraupis palmarum
Plain-colored Tanager - Tangara inornata
Golden-hooded Tanager - Tangara larvata
Blue Dacnis - Dacnis cayana
Green Honeycreeper - Chlorophanes spiza
Shining Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes lucidus
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus

Blue-black Grassquit - Volatinia jacarina
Variable Seedeater - Sporophila americana
Yellow-bellied Seedeater - Sporophila nigricollis
Thick-billed Seed-Finch - Oryzoborus funereus
Black-striped Sparrow - Arremonops conirostris

Streaked Saltator - Saltator striatipectus
Buff-throated Saltator - Saltator maximus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus
Blue-black Grosbeak - Cyanocompsa cyanoides

Great-tailed Grackle - Quiscalus mexicanus
Orchard Oriole - Icterus spurius
Yellow-tailed Oriole - Icterus mesomelas
Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula
Scarlet-rumped Cacique - Cacicus uropygialis
Yellow-rumped Cacique - Cacicus cela
Chestnut-headed Oropendola - Psarocolius wagleri

Yellow-crowned Euphonia - Euphonia luteicapilla
Thick-billed Euphonia - Euphonia laniirostris

Lesser Goldfinch - Carduelis psaltria