Archive for the 'Birds from Panama' Category
Birdwatching Websites on Panama
Some websites listed onDMOZ on Birdwatching in Panama:
Birding Panama – Birding tour company. Birding site information is provided
Birds at Panama’s Canopy Tower – Highlights and photographs of the Canopy Tower bird list.
Birdwatching Reports from Panama – Collection of trip reports and resources.
Panama Audubon Society – Information about birds and conservation issues in [...]
Masked Tityra in Panama
The Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata) is a medium-sized passerine bird. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist mountain forests, and heavily degraded former forest. This one was seen at the entrance of the the Summit Nature Park in Panama where it he also has his nest.
Read More..>>Tyrant Flycatchers in Panama
The tyrant flycatchers (Tyrrannidae) are a family of passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America, but are mainly tropical in distribution. They are now considered the largest family of birds on earth, with around 400 species. As could be expected from a family this large, the members vary greatly both in shape, patterns [...]
Read More..>>Herons and Egrets in Panama
The herons are wading birds in the Ardeidae family. Some are called egrets or bitterns instead of herons. Although herons resemble birds in some other families, such as the storks, ibises and spoonbills, they differ from these in flying with their necks retracted, not outstretched. The members of this family are mostly associated with wetlands, and [...]
Read More..>>Butterflies from Panama
Ok now about another kind of “birds”, wherever you go in Panama watch out for the butterflies, in a country where its name means “abundance of fish and butterflies” in its indigenous language, you can be sure to find plenty of them and in all shapes and forms. From the spectacular Blue Morpho to the [...]
Read More..>>Macaws in Panama
Macaws are small to large, often colorful New World parrots. In Panama mostly in the Darien we find the Blue and Gold Macaw, the Great Green Macaw and the Chestnut Fronted Macaw, the Red and Green Macaw and in the Coiba area and in the Cerro Hoya National Park the Scarlet Macaw. The majority of [...]
Read More..>>Woodpeckers in Panama
Woodpeckers are near passerine birds of the order Piciformes. They are found worldwide and include about 180 species, in Panama they can be found almost anywhere where there are trees and some of the species seen here are: the Linated Woodpecker, the Crimson Crested Woodpecker, the Pale-billed Woodpecker, the Golden Naped Woodpecker, the Red Crowned [...]
Read More..>>Vultures in Panama
There are lots of vultures in Panama mainly American Black Vulture and the Turkey Vulture but there is also the majestic King Vulture and the Lesser Yellow Headed Vulture. Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding mostly on the carcasses of dead animals. A particular characteristic of many vultures is a bald head, devoid of feathers. This [...]
Read More..>>Puffbirds in Panama
Puffbirds in Panama - The Puffbirds and their relatives in the near passerine bird family Bucconidae are tropical near passerine birds breeding from South America up to Mexico. In Panama we find the Black Breasted Puffbird, the White Necked Puffbird, the Barred Puffbird, the White Whiskered Puffbird besides a few others. They feed on insects [...]
Read More..>>Blue Gray Tanager
The Blue Gray Tanager, Thraupis episcopus breeding habitat is open woodland, cultivated areas and gardens. In Panama this Tanager can be seen in almost all parts except in higher elevations. The Blue-gray Tanager lives mainly on fruit, but will also take some nectar and insects. This is a common, restless, noisy and confiding species, usually [...]
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