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  1. Black-tailed Trogon

    Black-tailed Trogon

    Black-tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus macroura)
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    • black-tailed trogon gamboa large-tailed trogon panama canal pipeline road soberainia national park trogon melanurus macroura
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  2. Black-tailed Trogon

    Black-tailed Trogon

    Black-tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus macroura) back view.
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    • black-tailed trogon gamboa large-tailed trogon panama panama canal panama province pipeline road soberania national park trogon melanurus macroura
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  3. Brownish Cracker

    Brownish Cracker

    Brownish Cracker (Hamadryas iphthime: Nymphalidae) also known as a blue cracker. Wingspan ca. 7.5 cm (3.0 in).
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    • ammo dump pond blue cracker brownish cracker colon province family nymphalidae gamboa hamadryas iphthime panama panama canal
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  4. Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Ammo Dump Pond.jpg

    Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Ammo Dump Pond.jpg

    Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum lineatum)
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    • ammo dump pond gamboa panama panama canal panama province rufescent tiger heron soberania national park subsp. lineatum tigrisoma lineatum
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  5. Geometer Moth (Idaea helleria: Geometridae)

    Geometer Moth (Idaea helleria: Geometridae)

    Geometer Moth (Idaea helleria: Geometridae)
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    • geometer moth geometridae idaea helleria panama panama canal panama province soberania national park
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  6. White-throated Crake

    White-throated Crake

    White-throated Crake (Laterallus albigularis albigularis)
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    • ammo dump pond gamboa laterallus albigularis panama panama canal panama province soberania national park subsp. albigularis
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  7. Narrow-winged Damselfly

    Narrow-winged Damselfly

    Narrow-winged Damselfly (Argia adamsii: Coenagrionidae) Photographed at Summit Gardens between Gamboa and Panama City, east side of the Panama Canal, Panama Province, Panama. Open park-like setting with native and cultivated trees and shrubs at ca. 93 m (305 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • argia adamsii coenagrionidae gamboa narrow-winged damselfly panama panama canal panama city panama province summit gardens
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Invertebrates
  8. Ruddy Ground Dove

    Ruddy Ground Dove

    Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti rufipennis) Four subspecies are recognized with only subspecies rufipennis being mapped for Panama. Photographed on the northern banks of the Chagras River south of Gamboa and east of the Panama Canal, Coln Province, Panama. River margin at ca. 30 m (100...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • chagras river south of gamboa columbia talpacoti rufipennis panama panama canal ruddy ground dove
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  9. 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.
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    • chagras river gamboa panama canal panama. tyrannulus elatus yellow-crowned tyrannulet
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  10. 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
  11. Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule

    Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) Photographed this Gallinule on a boat dock off of an inlet on the north side of the Chagras River just east of the Panama Canal and just south of Gamboa, in Coln Province, Panama. Riparian habitat at ca. 30 m (100 ft) elevation. Sexes similar.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • chagras river gamboa panama panama canal porphyrio martinica purple gallinule
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  12. Variegated Squirrel

    Variegated Squirrel

    Variegated Squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides melania: Sciuriae) One of fifteen subspecies. This subspecies sports an all black or chocolate colored coat. Photographed in Gamboa, Coln Province, Panama just north of the Panama Canal. Secondary humid forest at ca. 38 m (125 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • gamboa panama panama canal sciuridae sciurus variegatoides melanis variegated squirrel
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  13. Piratic Flycatcher

    Piratic Flycatcher

    Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius leucophaius) Two subspecies are currently recognized with only the nominate being mapped for Panama. Photographed in Gamboa, Coln Province, Panama just north of the Panama Canal. Secondary humid forest at ca. 38 m (125 ft) elevation. It was interesting...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • gamboa legatus leucophaius leucophaius panama panama canal piratic flycatcher
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  14. Gallito

    Gallito

    Gallito, also known as Bois Immortelle, Bucayo, Coral Bean and many other common names (Erythrina fusca: Fabaceae) This beautiful tree grows along coasts and coastal rivers including riverine swamps to an average of 8-15 m (26-49 ft) tall but has been known to reach heights of 26 m (85 ft)...
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    • bois immortelle bucayo chagras river coral bean erythrina fusca fabaceae gallito gamboa panama panama canal
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  15. Tropical Mockingbird

    Tropical Mockingbird

    Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus tolimensis) There are ten recognized subspecies with only subspecies tolimensis being mapped for Panama. Apparently introduced from Colombia in 1932; now common along both slopes of the canal zone. Photographed at Summit Gardens between Gamboa and Panama City...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • gamboa mimus gilvus tolimensis panama panama canal panama city panama province summit gardens tropical mockingbird
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  16. 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
  17. Common Gallinule

    Common Gallinule

    Common Gallinule (Gallinula galeata pauxilla) This bird went through a period of time as being treated conspecific with the Common Moorhen and now has reverted back to being treated as the Common Gallinule. Currently there are seven recognized subspecies with two being mapped for Panama. The...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • chagras river common gallinule gallinula galeata pauxilla gamboa panama panama canal
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  18. Great Potoo

    Great Potoo

    Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis) These Potoos are much larger than the Common Potoo with a vocalization that is very different, so different that it leaves you wondering at how close could these birds actually be. Photographed in Parque Nacional Soberana, ne corner of Ave. Omar Tornijos H. and...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • great potoo nyctibius grandis panama panama canal panama province parque nacional soberana semaphore hill road
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  19. Common Tent-making Bats

    Common Tent-making Bats

    Common Tent-making Bats (Uroderma bilobatum: Phyllostomidae) These bats are ca. 6.5 cm (2.6 in) long weighting ca. 15 g (0.53 oz). They primarily feed on fruit but also eat insects and drink nectar. Tents are made by biting through a leaf, such as a palm until the leaf droops over to form a...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • common tent-making bats gamboa panama canal panama city panama province panama. phyllostomidae summit gardens uroderma bilobatum
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Wild Mammals
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