BIRDS LIST
Some of the bird species we have recorded over recent visits to the Darien lowlands around La Marea village are:

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TINAMIDAE
Great Tinamou - Tinamus major
Little Tinamou - Crypturellus soui
ANATIDAE -
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna autumnalis
CRACIDAE -
Gray-headed Chachalaca - Ortalis cinereiceps
Crested Guan - Penelope purpurascens
Great Curassow - Crax rubra
ODONTOPHORIDAE -
Marbled Wood-Quail - Odontophorus gujanensis
PELECANIDAE -
Brown Pelican - Pelecanus occidentalis
PHALACROCORACIDAE -
Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus
ANHINGIDAE -
Anhinga - Anhinga anhinga
FREGATIDAE -
Magnificent Frigatebird - Fregata magnificens
ARDEIDAE -
Rufescent Tiger-Heron - Tigrisoma lineatum
Great Blue Heron - Ardea herodias
Cocoi Heron - Ardea cocoi
Great Egret - Ardea alba
Snowy Egret - Egretta thula
Little Blue Heron - Egretta caerulea
Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis
Capped Heron - Pilherodius pileatus
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Nyctanassa violacea
THRESKIORNITHIDAE -
White Ibis - Eudocimus albus
Green Ibis - Mesembrinibis cayennensis
CATHARTIDAE -
Black Vulture - Coragyps atratus
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura
King Vulture - Sarcoramphus papa
ACCIPITRIDAE -
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus
Gray-headed Kite - Leptodon cayanensis
Swallow-tailed Kite - Elanoides forficatus
White Hawk - Leucopternis albicollis
Mangrove Black-Hawk - Buteogallus subtilis
Roadside Hawk - Buteo magnirostris
Broad-winged Hawk - Buteo platypterus
Gray Hawk - Buteo nitidus
Swainson’s Hawk - Buteo swainsoni
Harpy Eagle - Harpia harpyja
Black Hawk-Eagle - Spizaetus tyrannus
Ornate Hawk-Eagle - Spizaetus ornatus
FALCONIDAE -
Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon - Micrastur mirandollei
Red-throated Caracara - Ibycter americanus
Yellow-headed Caracara - Milvago chimachima
Laughing Falcon - Herpetotheres cachinnans
Bat Falcon - Falco rufigularis
Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus
RALLIDAE -
White-throated Crake - Laterallus albigularis
Gray-necked Wood-Rail - Aramides cajanea
JACANIDAE -
Wattled Jacana - Jacana jacana
SCOLOPACIDAE -
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
Willet - Tringa semipalmata
Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus
LARIDAE -
Laughing Gull - Larus atricilla
Common Tern - Sterna hirundo
COLUMBIDAE -
Pale-vented Pigeon - Patagioenas cayennensis
Plumbeous Pigeon - Patagioenas plumbea
Ruddy Ground-Dove - Columbina talpacoti
Blue Ground-Dove - Claravis pretiosa
White-tipped Dove - Leptotila verreauxi
Gray-chested Dove - Leptotila cassini
Olive-backed Quail-Dove - Geotrygon veraguensis
PSITTACIDAE -
Great Green Macaw - Ara ambiguus
Red-and-green Macaw - Ara chloropterus
Blue-and-yellow Macaw - Ara ararauna
Orange-chinned Parakeet - Brotogeris jugularis
Brown-hooded Parrot - Pionopsitta haematotis
Blue-headed Parrot - Pionus menstruus
Red-lored Parrot - Amazona autumnalis
Mealy Parrot - Amazona farinosa
CUCULIDAE -
Squirrel Cuckoo - Piaya cayana
Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo - Neomorphus geoffroyi
Greater Ani - Crotophaga major
Smooth-billed Ani - Crotophaga ani
STRIGIDAE -
Vermiculated Screech-Owl - Megascops guatemalae
Crested Owl - Lophostrix cristata
CAPRIMULGIDAE -
Common Pauraque - Nyctidromus albicollis
APODIDAE -
White-collared Swift - Streptoprocne zonaris
Chimney Swift - Chaetura pelagica
Short-tailed Swift - Chaetura brachyura
Band-rumped Swift - Chaetura spinicaudus
TROCHILIDAE -
Rufous-breasted Hermit - Glaucis hirsutus
Long-billed Hermit - Phaethornis longirostris
Pale-bellied Hermit - Phaethornis anthophilus
Stripe-throated Hermit - Phaethornis striigularis
White-necked Jacobin - Florisuga mellivora
Black-throated Mango - Anthracothorax nigricollis
Green-crowned Woodnymph - Thalurania fannyi
Violet-bellied Hummingbird - Damophila julie
Blue-chested Hummingbird - Amazilia amabilis
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - Amazilia tzacatl
White-vented Plumeleteer - Chalybura buffonii
Purple-crowned Fairy - Heliothryx barroti
Long-billed Starthroat - Heliomaster longirostris
TROGONIDAE -
White-tailed Trogon - Trogon viridis
Violaceous Trogon - Trogon violaceus
Black-throated Trogon - Trogon rufus
Black-tailed Trogon - Trogon melanurus
MOMOTIDAE -
Blue-crowned Motmot - Momotus momota
Rufous Motmot - Baryphthengus martii
ALCEDINIDAE -
Ringed Kingfisher - Megaceryle torquata
Amazon Kingfisher - Chloroceryle amazona
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher - Chloroceryle inda
BUCCONIDAE -
Barred Puffbird - Nystalus radiatus
White-necked Puffbird - Notharchus macrorhynchos
Black-breasted Puffbird - Notharchus pectoralis
Pied Puffbird - Notharchus tectus
White-whiskered Puffbird - Malacoptila panamensis
Gray-cheeked Nunlet - Nonnula ruficapilla
White-fronted Nunbird - Monasa morphoeus
GALBULIDAE -
Great Jacamar - Jacamerops aureus
RAMPHASTIDAE -
Spot-crowned Barbet - Capito maculicoronatus
Collared Aracari - Pteroglossus torquatus
Keel-billed Toucan - Ramphastos sulfuratus
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan - Ramphastos swainsonii
PICIDAE -
Olivaceous Piculet - Picumnus olivaceus
Black-cheeked Woodpecker - Melanerpes pucherani
Red-crowned Woodpecker - Melanerpes rubricapillus
Spot-breasted Woodpecker - Colaptes punctigula
Cinnamon Woodpecker - Celeus loricatus
Lineated Woodpecker - Dryocopus lineatus
Crimson-crested Woodpecker - Campephilus melanoleucos
FURNARIIDAE -
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner - Automolus ochrolaemus
Plain Xenops - Xenops minutus
Plain-brown Woodcreeper - Dendrocincla fuliginosa
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper - Glyphorynchus spirurus
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper - Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
Cocoa Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Black-striped Woodcreeper - Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
Streak-headed Woodcreeper - Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
THAMNOPHILIDAE -
Fasciated Antshrike - Cymbilaimus lineatus
Great Antshrike - Taraba major
Barred Antshrike - Thamnophilus doliatus
Black Antshrike - Thamnophilus nigriceps
Western Slaty-Antshrike - Thamnophilus atrinucha
Russet Antshrike - Thamnistes anabatinus
Spot-crowned Antvireo - Dysithamnus puncticeps
Moustached Antwren - Myrmotherula ignota
Checker-throated Antwren - Myrmotherula fulviventris
White-flanked Antwren - Myrmotherula axillaris
Dusky Antbird - Cercomacra tyrannina
Jet Antbird - Cercomacra nigricans
Bare-crowned Antbird - Gymnocichla nudiceps
Chestnut-backed Antbird - Myrmeciza exsul
Dull-mantled Antbird - Myrmeciza laemosticta
Spotted Antbird - Hylophylax naevioides
Wing-banded Antbird - Myrmornis torquata
Bicolored Antbird - Gymnopithys leucaspis
Ocellated Antbird - Phaenostictus mcleannani
FORMICARIIDAE -
Black-faced Antthrush - Formicarius analis
Black-crowned Antpitta - Pittasoma michleri
Streak-chested Antpitta - Hylopezus perspicillatus
TYRANNIDAE -
Brown-capped Tyrannulet - Ornithion brunneicapillus
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet - Camptostoma obsoletum
Yellow Tyrannulet - Capsiempis flaveola
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet - Tyrannulus elatus
Forest Elaenia - Myiopagis gaimardii
Gray Elaenia - Myiopagis caniceps
Yellow-bellied Elaenia - Elaenia flavogaster
Olive-striped Flycatcher - Mionectes olivaceus
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher - Mionectes oleagineus
Paltry Tyrannulet - Zimmerius vilissimus
Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant - Myiornis atricapillus
Southern Bentbill - Oncostoma olivaceum
Common Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum cinereum
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher - Todirostrum nigriceps
Brownish Flycatcher - Cnipodectes subbrunneus
Olivaceous Flatbill - Rhynchocyclus olivaceus
Yellow-margined Flycatcher - Tolmomyias assimilis
Yellow breasted Flycatcher - Tolmomyias flaviventris
Golden-crowned Spadebill - Platyrinchus coronatus
Royal Flycatcher - Onychorhynchus coronatus
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher - Terenotriccus erythrurus
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher - Myiobius sulphureipygius
Olive-sided Flycatcher - Contopus cooperi
Eastern Wood-Pewee - Contopus virens
Acadian Flycatcher - Empidonax virescens
Long-tailed Tyrant - Colonia colonus
Bright-rumped Attila - Attila spadiceus
Sirystes - Sirystes sibilator
Rufous Mourner - Rhytipterna holerythra
Dusky-capped Flycatcher - Myiarchus tuberculifer
Great Crested Flycatcher - Myiarchus crinitus
Lesser Kiskadee - Pitangus lictor
Great Kiskadee - Pitangus sulphuratus
Boat-billed Flycatcher - Megarynchus pitangua
Rusty-margined Flycatcher - Myiozetetes cayanensis
White-ringed Flycatcher - Conopias albovittatus
Streaked Flycatcher - Myiodynastes maculatus
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher - Myiodynastes luteiventris
Piratic Flycatcher - Legatus leucophaius
Tropical Kingbird - Tyrannus melancholicus
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
Sapayoa - Sapayoa aenigma
Thrush-like Schiffornis - Schiffornis turdina
Rufous Piha - Lipaugus unirufus
Speckled Mourner - Laniocera rufescens
Cinnamon Becard - Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
White-winged Becard - Pachyramphus polychopterus
Masked Tityra - Tityra semifasciata
Black-crowned Tityra - Tityra inquisitor
COTINGIDAE -
Blue Cotinga - Cotinga nattererii
PIPRIDAE -
Golden-collared Manakin - Manacus vitellinus
Blue-crowned Manakin - Pipra coronata
Golden-headed Manakin - Pipra erythrocephala
VIREONIDAE -
Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus
Yellow-green Vireo - Vireo flavoviridis
Tawny-crowned Greenlet - Hylophilus ochraceiceps
Lesser Greenlet - Hylophilus decurtatus
Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo - Vireolanius eximius
Rufous-browed Peppershrike - Cyclarhis gujanensis
CORVIDAE -
Black-chested Jay - Cyanocorax affinis
HIRUNDINIDAE -
Gray-breasted Martin - Progne chalybea
Mangrove Swallow - Tachycineta albilinea
Southern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
Genus INCERTAE SEDIS -
TROGLODYTIDAE -
White-headed Wren - Campylorhynchus albobrunneus
Black-bellied Wren - Thryothorus fasciatoventris
Bay Wren - Thryothorus nigricapillus
Stripe-throated Wren - Thryothorus leucopogon
Buff-breasted Wren - Thryothorus leucotis
House Wren - Troglodytes aedon
White-breasted Wood-Wren - Henicorhina leucosticta
Scaly-breasted Wren - Microcerculus marginatus
Song Wren - Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
CINCLIDAE -
Tawny-faced Gnatwren - Microbates cinereiventris
Long-billed Gnatwren - Ramphocaenus melanurus
Tropical Gnatcatcher - Polioptila plumbea
TURDIDAE -
Swainson’s Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
Clay-colored Robin - Turdus grayi
MIMIDAE -
Tropical Mockingbird - Mimus gilvus
PARULIDAE -
Tennessee Warbler - Vermivora peregrina
Yellow Warbler - Dendroica petechia
Blackburnian Warbler - Dendroica fusca
Bay-breasted Warbler - Dendroica castanea
Black-and-white Warbler - Mniotilta varia
Northern Waterthrush - Seiurus noveboracensis
Mourning Warbler - Oporornis philadelphia
Canada Warbler - Wilsonia canadensis
Buff-rumped Warbler - Phaeothlypis fulvicauda
Genus INCERTAE SEDIS -
Bananaquit - Coereba flaveola
THRAUPIDAE -
White-eared Conebill - Conirostrum leucogenys
White-shouldered Tanager - Tachyphonus luctuosus
Summer Tanager - Piranga rubra
Crimson-backed Tanager - Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Blue-gray Tanager - Thraupis episcopus
Palm Tanager - Thraupis palmarum
Plain-colored Tanager - Tangara inornata
Golden-hooded Tanager - Tangara larvata
Blue Dacnis - Dacnis cayana
Red-legged Honeycreeper - Cyanerpes cyaneus
EMBERIZIDAE -
Blue-black Grassquit - Volatinia jacarina
Thick-billed Seed-Finch - Oryzoborus funereus
Orange-billed Sparrow - Arremon aurantiirostris
Black-striped Sparrow - Arremonops conirostris
CARDINALIDAE -
Buff-throated Saltator - Saltator maximus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - Pheucticus ludovicianus
Blue-black Grosbeak - Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Dickcissel - Spiza americana
ICTERIDAE -
Giant Cowbird - Molothrus oryzivorus
Orange-crowned Oriole - Icterus auricapillus
Baltimore Oriole - Icterus galbula
Scarlet-rumped Cacique - Cacicus uropygialis
Yellow-rumped Cacique - Cacicus cela
Crested Oropendola - Psarocolius decumanus
Chestnut-headed Oropendola - Psarocolius wagleri
Black Oropendola - Psarocolius guatimozinus
FRINGILLIDAE -
Yellow-crowned Euphonia - Euphonia luteicapilla
Thick-billed Euphonia - Euphonia laniirostris
Fulvous-vented Euphonia - Euphonia fulvicrissa

A total of 269 different species of birds as of Nov 5th, 2007.