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Animal Crossing Sign. Found this sign posted along a roadway near Gamboa, Coln Province, Panama. It has a silhouette of an Agouti. February 2011

Iguana Crossing Sign. Found this sign posted along a roadway near Gamboa, Coln Province, Panama. February 2011

Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus dimidiatus) Five subspecies have been described, three are mapped for Panama. Subspecies arestus and limatus are even said to be endemic. However, no distribution within Panama is provided nor are there any phenotypic characters stated to...

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.

Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor panamensis) Two subspecies are recognized with only subspecies panamensis being mapped for Panama. Photographed along the margins of a swampy-marsh at Ammo Dump Ponds, Coln Province, Panama. Swampy-marsh surrounded by a secondary humid forest at ca. 38 m (125...

Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum atripennis) Four subspecies are recognized, subspecies atripennis is the only subspecies mapped for Panama. Photographed at Canopy Lodge in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Riparian along Rio Guayabo, surrounded by secondary humid forest at ca. 622 m...

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...

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra rubra) Two subspecies are recognized including the nominate. Only the nominate winters in Panama. Photographed at Ammo Dump Ponds, Coln Province, Panama. Swampy-marsh surrounded by a secondary humid forest at ca. 38 m (125 ft) elevation. Species sexually dimorphic.

Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum lineatum) Two subspecies are recognized with only the nominate being mapped for Panama. Photographed at Ammo Dump Ponds, Coln Province, Panama. Swampy-marsh surrounded by a secondary humid forest at ca. 38 m (125 ft) elevation. Canon EOS 50D, Canon EF...

Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons mesochrysus) Eight subspecies are recognized with two being mapped for Panama. Subspecies mesochrysus in found inland through most or all of inland Panama while subspecies actuosus is restricted to Coiba Island. This common little warbler was...

Great Antshrike (Taraba major obscurus) Two of the ten recognized subspecies are mapped for Panama. Subspecies obscurus is widespread in Panama but is replaced by subspeces melanocrissus in the northwest in Bocas del Toro Province in the Almirante Bay Region. Photographed this little skulker...

Red Passion Fruit or Grape-leaved Passion Fruit (Passiflora vitifolia: Passifloraceae) These native perennial vines grow 4.6-6.1 m (15-20 ft) long producing show flowers up to 9 cm (3.5 in) across. The flowers yield 5 cm (2 in) long by 3 cm (1.2 in) wide fruits that are green speckled white...

Purple-throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata) Such an amazing common name for a bird that does not have a purple throat but a dark red or firebrick-red colored throat. They are not crows but Cotingas. They do eat fruit but probably consume more insects than fruit by sallying out to take them...

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.

Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza argutus) Seven subspecies are recognized with only subspecies argutus being mapped for Panama. Photographed from top of the Canopy Tower at canopy level in a Guacimo Colorado Tree (Luehea seemannii: Tiliaceae) Panama Province, Panama. Humid forest at ca...

White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi verreauxi) Fourteen subspecies are recognized and only the nominate is mapped for Panama. Species similar. Photographed at Canopy Lodge in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Riparian along Rio Guayabo, surrounded by secondary humid forest at ca. 622...

Lance-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata) This beautiful bird hung around long enough for good views but I was too slow to capture any frontal or side views. I was ecstatic just to see it. Photographed this male in El Valle de Antn, Cocl Province, Panama. Secondary humid forest at ca. 622...