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  1. Gray-headed Chachalaca

    Gray-headed Chachalaca

    Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • canopy lodge cocle province el valle de anton gray-headed chachalaca ortalis cinereiceps panama.
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  2. Malachite

    Malachite

    Malachite (Siproeta stelenes: Nymphalidae) Wingspan 8.5-10.0 cm (3.3-3.9 in).
    • Stanley Jones
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    • gamboa malachite nymphalidae panama province panama. pipeline road siproeta stelenes soberania national park
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  3. Red-throated Ant Tanager (male)

    Red-throated Ant Tanager (male)

    Red-throated Ant Tanager (Habia fuscicauda) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Metropolitan Park, Panama City, Panama Province, Panama. Tropical lowland rainforest (mixed evergreen and deciduous forest) at 29 m (95 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • habia fuscicauda metropolitan park panama city panama province panama. red-throated ant tanager
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  4. Centipede

    Centipede

    Centipede. This centipede was ca. 6.4 cm long (2.5 in) long Photographed at night at our lodge in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Ro Guayabo riparian surrounded by secondary humid forest at ca. 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • centipede panama. province
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Invertebrates
  5. Rosy Thrush-tanager

    Rosy Thrush-tanager

    Rosy Thrush-tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea eximia) Five subspecies are recognized with only subspecies eximia mapped for Panama. Species sexually dimorphic. Photographed in El Valle de Antn, Cocl, Province, Panama. Riparian of Ro Guayabo, secondary humid forest at ca. 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • eximia panama. province rhodinocichla rosea rosy thrush-tanager
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  6. Bay Wren

    Bay Wren

    Bay Wren (Thryothorus nigricapillus castaneus) Seven subspecies are recognized with five of them being mapped for Panama. Subspecies castaneus is mapped from the Province of Veraguas to the Canal Zone. Photographed in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Ro Guayabo riparian, secondary...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • bay cantorchilus nigricapillus castaneus nigricapillus panama. province thryothorus wren
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  7. Gray-headed Kite

    Gray-headed Kite

    Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis cayanensis) Two subspecies are recognized with only the nominate being mapped for Panama. Photographed around La Mesa, north of El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Secondary humid forest at ca. 823 m (2,700 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cayanensis gray-headed kite la mesa leptodon panama. province
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  8. Barred Puffbird

    Barred Puffbird

    Barred Puffbird (Nystalus radiatus) Along Ro Indio Road near Jordinal, north of El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Secondary rain forest at ca. 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation, Caribbean-slope.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • barred jordinal nystalus nystalus radiatus panama. province puffbird radiatus
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  9. Brown-throated Parakeets

    Brown-throated Parakeets

    Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax ocularis) Fourteen subspecies are recognized with only subspecies ocularis being mapped for Panama. Foraging on gucimo (Guazuma ulmifolia: Sterculiaceae) fruits. Photographed in semi-open ranch land grazed by cattle with secondary growth along a one...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • aratinga brown-throated el chiru oculars panama. parakeet pertinax
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  10. Common Pauraque

    Common Pauraque

    Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis gilvus) Seven subspecies have been described with all seven currently being recognized. Two are mapped for Panama, subspecies gilvus is mapped from Central Panama eastward while subspecies intercedens is mapped for western Panama. Photographed in the Los...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • albicollis common gilvus nyctidromus panama. pauraque province
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  11. Red-crowned Ant Tanager (female)

    Red-crowned Ant Tanager (female)

    Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica vinacea) Seventeen subspecies have been described and all are currently recognized with only subspecies vinacea being mapped for Panama. Species sexually dimorphic. Photographed in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Riparian of Ro Guayabo. Secondary...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • ant habia panama. province red-crowned rubica tanager vinacea
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  12. Tortoise Shell Beetle

    Tortoise Shell Beetle

    Tortoise Shell Beetle (Family: Chrysomelidae) I estimate this beetle to be ca. 1 cm long (0.39 in) and a little less in width. Photographed at Ro Macho de Monte east of Cuesta de Piedra, Chiriqui Province, Panama. Southern foothills of Volcn Baru at ca. 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation. Disturbed...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • chiriqui province chrysomelidae cuesta de piedra panama. tortoise shell beetle
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Invertebrates
  13. Black-hooded Antshrike

    Black-hooded Antshrike

    Black-hooded Antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi) Photographed along Ro Guanbana south of Puerto Armuelies on the Burica Peninsula, Chiriqui Province, Panama. Riparian tropical rainforest at ca. 2 m (6.6 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • black-hooded antshrike burica peninsula chiriqui province panama. puerto armuelies ro guanbana thamnophilus bridgesi
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  14. Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet

    Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet

    Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (Tyrannulus elatus) Photographed along the margins of the Chagras River just east of the Panama Canal and south of Gamboa in Coln Province, Panama. Riverine at ca. 30 m (100 ft) elevation. Sexes similar.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • chagras river gamboa panama canal panama. tyrannulus elatus yellow-crowned tyrannulet
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  15. Ornate Slider

    Ornate Slider

    Ornate Slider also known as the Mesoamerian Slider (Trachemys scripta ornata: Emydidae) Photographed in an inlet of the Chagras River just east of the Panama Canal and south of Gamboa in Coln Province, Panama. River inlet at ca. 30 m (100 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • chagras river emydidae gamboa ornate slider panama canal panama. trachemys scripta ornata
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Reptiles
  16. Blue-chested Hummingbird

    Blue-chested Hummingbird

    Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis) Photographed at Canopy Tower, Panama Province, Panama. Humid forest at ca. 228 m (750 ft) elevation. Species sexually dimorphic. I am unsure of the sex.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • amazilia amabilis blue-chested hummingbird canopy tower panama province panama. polyerata amabilis
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  17. Rufous Motmot

    Rufous Motmot

    Rufous Motmot (Baryphtengus martii) This large Motmot was common on the grounds at Canopy Lodge in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Bridge over......Rio Guayabo, riparian surrounded by secondary humid forest at ca. 622 m (2,042 ft) elevation. Sexes similar.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • baryphthengus martii panama. rufous motmot
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  18. Flame-rumped Tanager (female)

    Flame-rumped Tanager (female)

    Flame-rumped Tanager with this subspecies being called the Lemon-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus icteronotus) This is a distinct taxon and whether one opts to treat it at the species level (R. icteronotus) or at the subspecies level under the Flame-rumped Tanager (R. flammigerus...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • canopy lodge flame-rumped tanager lemon-rumped tanager panama. ramphocelus flammigerus icteronotus
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  19. Tropical Kingbird

    Tropical Kingbird

    Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa) Three subspecies are currently recognized with only subspecies satrapa being mapped for Panama. An additional three subspecies have been described with all three of these subspecies being synonymized under subspecies satrapa. One of these...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • el chiru panama. tropical kingbird tyrannus melancholicus satrapa
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  20. Southern Lapwing

    Southern Lapwing

    Southern Lapwing also known as the Chilean Lapwing. This subspecies is sometimes referred to as the Northern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis cayennensis) Four subspecies are recognized but only subspecies cayennensis is mapped for Panama. Photographed on the northern banks of the Chagras River...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • chagras river gamboa panama canal panama. southern lapwing vanellus chilensis cayennensis
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  21. Wattled Jacana

    Wattled Jacana

    Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana hypomelaena) Six subspecies are recognized with subspecies hypomelaena being the only one mapped for Panama. Photographed foraging in Giant Salvinia or Kariba-weed (Salvinia molesta: Salviniaceae) at Ammo Dump Ponds, Coln Province, Panama. This aquatic fern is...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • ammo dump ponds jacana jacana hypomelaena panama. wattled jacana
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  22. Flame-rumped Tanager (male)

    Flame-rumped Tanager (male)

    Flame-rumped Tanager with this subspecies being called the Lemon-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus icteronotus) This is a distinct taxon and whether one opts to treat it at the species level or at the subspecies level under the Flame-rumped Tanager (R. flammigerus icteronotus) is...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • canopy lodge flame-rumped tanager lemon-rumped tanager panama. ramphocelus flammigerus icteronotus
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  23. Bananaquit

    Bananaquit

    Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola mexicana). An astonishing 41 subspecies are recognized broken into two groups. These subspecies vary in song and plumage. There is the Caribbean Group, represented by 16 subspecies and the Inland Group which is represented by 25. Fortunately, the only subspecies...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • bananaquit canopy lodge coereba flaveola mexicana panama.
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  24. Pale-vented Pigeon

    Pale-vented Pigeon

    Pale-vented Pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis pallidicrissa) Eight subspecies have been described, two have been synonymized leaving six recognized subspecies by most authors with the exclusion of Clements (2007) which only recognizes five subspecies. Only subspecies pallidicrissa is mapped for...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • ammo dump ponds pale-vented pigeon panama. patagioenas cayennensis pallidicrissa
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  25. Emerald Toucanet

    Emerald Toucanet

    Emerald Toucanet. This subspecies is also known as the Blue-throated Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus caeruleogularis) Seventeen subspecies have been described with three being placed in synonym leaving fourteen subspecies recognized of this beautiful Toucanet. Two are found in Panama. The...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • blue-throated toucanet emerald toucanet la mesa panama.
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
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