Motmot
Eduardo Amengual
Hi folks,
I´m back from an exciting birding trip to Cana area in Panama. Weather was excellent all the time (!). We flied to Cana Dec 1st and were back to Panama city on the fifth. All arrangements were made easily with Ancon Expeditions. As said no rain at all, quite sunny and not strong winds, amazing. We birded all the trails in the area and managed to see or at least hear 230 species including some amazing ones. On the trails from the station or the airstrip birding was excellent, Boca de Cupe trail probably the best of all. That means all the lower area of Cana, from 540m above sea level to around 650m. We also birded the cloud forest of Cerro Pirre and the forest on the way up and down to the cerro at 1600m. A long uphill 14kms trail takes you to the cloud forest of Pirre, an excellent birding area with many endemics or near so. There is a tented camp at 1350m where you sleep overnight and get all meals.
I had 46 firsts, some of them after many dips, those were great!
Here´s the list of what we found, hope you´ll enjoy it
H only heard * first
1 Great Tinamou H Cana station trails
2 Little Tinamou H Cana trails
3 Turkey Vulture a few at Cana Station, not common
4 King Vulture 1 juvenile Cana
5 Semiplumbeous Hawk 1 Boca de Cupe trail
6 *Black and White Hawk-Eagle 1 Cana
7 Black Hawk-Eagle 1 pair at Boca de Cupe
8 Ornate Hawk-Eagle H a lot at 1000m
9 Red throated Caracara a few Cana
10 Laughing Falcon 1 1400m
11 Barred Forest Falcon H Cana
12 Collared Forest Falcon H Cana
13 Grey-headed Chachalaca Boca de Cupe
14 Crested Guan Cana, also uphill
15 Marbled Wood-Quail H Cana
16 White-throated Crake H Boca de Cupe
17 * Plumbeous Pigeon 2 Cloud Forest 1500m
18 Ruddy Pigeon a few Cana
19 White-tipped Dove very common Cana
20 Grey-chested Dove common Cana
21 * Blue and yellow Macaw common Cana
22 * Red and Green Macaw a few Cana
23 *Chestnut-fronted Macaw common Cana
24 Orange-chinned Parakeet common Cana
25 *Blue-fronted Parrotlet 3 at 1450m
26 Blue-headed Parrot common Cana
27 Mealy Amazon a few pairs Cana and uphill
28 Squirrel Cuckoo common Cana and uphill
29 * Little Cuckoo a few Cana and Boca de Cupe
30 Smooth-billed Ani common Cana
31 Pauraque common Cana
32 White-tailed Nightjar 1 Cana also H
33 Common Potoo H Cana
34 White-collared Swift common Cana
35 Band-rumped Swift common Cana
36 *Rufous-breasted Hermit 1 Boca de Cupe
37 Band-tailed Barbthroat 1 Boca de Cupe
38 Green Hermit 2 Cloud Forest
39 Western Long-tailed Hermit common Boca de Cupe lek
40 Stripe-throated Hermit lek uphill
41 White-necked Jacobin a few Cana
42 Rufous-crested Coquette 1 male Cana 1 female Boca de Cupe
43 *Green crowned Woodnymph a few uphill
44 Violet-bellied Hummingbird a few Cana
45 *Pirre Hummingbird a few from the tented camp up to the cloud forest
46 Blue-chested Hummingbird common Cana
47 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird common Cana
48 White-vented Plumeleteer common Cana
49 Green-crowned Brilliant a few cloud forest
50 *Greenish Puffleg common cloud forest
51 Purple-crowned Fairy 2 Cana
52 White-tailed Trogon 2 uphill
53 Violaceous Trogon common Cana and uphill
54 Collared Trogon 1 male 1200m
55 Black-throated Trogon 1 male 1000m
56 Slaty-tailed Trogon 1 Boca de Cupe
57 Golden-headed Quetzal H 1350m
58 Tody Motmot 1 uphill 1200m
59 Rufous Motmot 1 Cana
60 *Barred Puffbird a few Cana
61 White-whiskered Puffbird a few Cana and uphill
62 *Grey-cheeked Nunlet 1 Cana 1 Boca de Cupe
63 White-fronted Nunbird a group of 6 Cana
64 *Dusky-backed Jacamar common Cana
65 *Great Jacamar fairly common Cana
66 Spot-crowned Barbet a few Cana and uphill, ssp rubrilateralis
67 Red-headed Barbet a few uphill
68 Emerald Toucanet H 1400m
69 Collared Araçari common Cana
70 Yellow-eared Toucanet H 1200m
71 Keel-billed Toucan fairly common Cana
72 Chestnut-mandibled Toucan common Cana
73 Olivaceous Piculet a few Cana and Boca de Cupe
74 Black-cheeked Woodpecker common Cana
75 Red-rumped Woodpecker 1 Boca de Cupe
76 *Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker a few Cana and uphill
77 Cinnamon Woodpecker a few Cana and uphill
78 Lineated Woodpecker 1 Cana
79 Crimson-bellied Woodpecker 2 Cloud Forest 1600m
80 Crimson-crested Woodpecker a few Cana and uphill
Tomorrow passeriformes
I´m back from an exciting birding trip to Cana area in Panama. Weather was excellent all the time (!). We flied to Cana Dec 1st and were back to Panama city on the fifth. All arrangements were made easily with Ancon Expeditions. As said no rain at all, quite sunny and not strong winds, amazing. We birded all the trails in the area and managed to see or at least hear 230 species including some amazing ones. On the trails from the station or the airstrip birding was excellent, Boca de Cupe trail probably the best of all. That means all the lower area of Cana, from 540m above sea level to around 650m. We also birded the cloud forest of Cerro Pirre and the forest on the way up and down to the cerro at 1600m. A long uphill 14kms trail takes you to the cloud forest of Pirre, an excellent birding area with many endemics or near so. There is a tented camp at 1350m where you sleep overnight and get all meals.
I had 46 firsts, some of them after many dips, those were great!
Here´s the list of what we found, hope you´ll enjoy it
H only heard * first
1 Great Tinamou H Cana station trails
2 Little Tinamou H Cana trails
3 Turkey Vulture a few at Cana Station, not common
4 King Vulture 1 juvenile Cana
5 Semiplumbeous Hawk 1 Boca de Cupe trail
6 *Black and White Hawk-Eagle 1 Cana
7 Black Hawk-Eagle 1 pair at Boca de Cupe
8 Ornate Hawk-Eagle H a lot at 1000m
9 Red throated Caracara a few Cana
10 Laughing Falcon 1 1400m
11 Barred Forest Falcon H Cana
12 Collared Forest Falcon H Cana
13 Grey-headed Chachalaca Boca de Cupe
14 Crested Guan Cana, also uphill
15 Marbled Wood-Quail H Cana
16 White-throated Crake H Boca de Cupe
17 * Plumbeous Pigeon 2 Cloud Forest 1500m
18 Ruddy Pigeon a few Cana
19 White-tipped Dove very common Cana
20 Grey-chested Dove common Cana
21 * Blue and yellow Macaw common Cana
22 * Red and Green Macaw a few Cana
23 *Chestnut-fronted Macaw common Cana
24 Orange-chinned Parakeet common Cana
25 *Blue-fronted Parrotlet 3 at 1450m
26 Blue-headed Parrot common Cana
27 Mealy Amazon a few pairs Cana and uphill
28 Squirrel Cuckoo common Cana and uphill
29 * Little Cuckoo a few Cana and Boca de Cupe
30 Smooth-billed Ani common Cana
31 Pauraque common Cana
32 White-tailed Nightjar 1 Cana also H
33 Common Potoo H Cana
34 White-collared Swift common Cana
35 Band-rumped Swift common Cana
36 *Rufous-breasted Hermit 1 Boca de Cupe
37 Band-tailed Barbthroat 1 Boca de Cupe
38 Green Hermit 2 Cloud Forest
39 Western Long-tailed Hermit common Boca de Cupe lek
40 Stripe-throated Hermit lek uphill
41 White-necked Jacobin a few Cana
42 Rufous-crested Coquette 1 male Cana 1 female Boca de Cupe
43 *Green crowned Woodnymph a few uphill
44 Violet-bellied Hummingbird a few Cana
45 *Pirre Hummingbird a few from the tented camp up to the cloud forest
46 Blue-chested Hummingbird common Cana
47 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird common Cana
48 White-vented Plumeleteer common Cana
49 Green-crowned Brilliant a few cloud forest
50 *Greenish Puffleg common cloud forest
51 Purple-crowned Fairy 2 Cana
52 White-tailed Trogon 2 uphill
53 Violaceous Trogon common Cana and uphill
54 Collared Trogon 1 male 1200m
55 Black-throated Trogon 1 male 1000m
56 Slaty-tailed Trogon 1 Boca de Cupe
57 Golden-headed Quetzal H 1350m
58 Tody Motmot 1 uphill 1200m
59 Rufous Motmot 1 Cana
60 *Barred Puffbird a few Cana
61 White-whiskered Puffbird a few Cana and uphill
62 *Grey-cheeked Nunlet 1 Cana 1 Boca de Cupe
63 White-fronted Nunbird a group of 6 Cana
64 *Dusky-backed Jacamar common Cana
65 *Great Jacamar fairly common Cana
66 Spot-crowned Barbet a few Cana and uphill, ssp rubrilateralis
67 Red-headed Barbet a few uphill
68 Emerald Toucanet H 1400m
69 Collared Araçari common Cana
70 Yellow-eared Toucanet H 1200m
71 Keel-billed Toucan fairly common Cana
72 Chestnut-mandibled Toucan common Cana
73 Olivaceous Piculet a few Cana and Boca de Cupe
74 Black-cheeked Woodpecker common Cana
75 Red-rumped Woodpecker 1 Boca de Cupe
76 *Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker a few Cana and uphill
77 Cinnamon Woodpecker a few Cana and uphill
78 Lineated Woodpecker 1 Cana
79 Crimson-bellied Woodpecker 2 Cloud Forest 1600m
80 Crimson-crested Woodpecker a few Cana and uphill
Tomorrow passeriformes