Birdwatching In Panama

Audubon Singing Bird Clock

Please check out this cool Audubon Singing Bird Clock – 12 of the most popular North American birds are featured on this 13″ Audubon Singing Bird Clock framed in Green Matte. Each hour is announced by the beautiful song of that particular bird — a different song every hour. Light sensor deactivates the sounds when the room is dark. Officially licensed by the National Audubon Society. I think I am gona buy one of these cool clocks myself!

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The Golden-headed Quetzal

From Wikipedia: “The Golden-Headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) is a colorful bird native to highlands forests in South America.”
In Panama as far as I know the Golden headed Quetzal is only at home in the area of the Darien National Park close to the Colombian Border.

The image of this Golden-headed Quetzal was taken at the Zoo in Zurich, Switzerland.

The King Vulture

This King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) image was taken at the Summit Nature Park in Panama. Excluding the two species of condors, the King Vulture is the largest of the New World vultures.

Bay-headed Tanager Panama

The Bay-headed Tanager, Tangara gyrola, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This Bay-headed Tanager seen here eating some fruit from a tree, seen in the mountains of Altos del Maria in Cocle, Panama.

Collared Aracari, Pipelineroad

This Collared Aracari surprised me on my hike along the Pipeline Road, yes I do see them often there but mostly flying way up in the canopy, but this one was just about 6 meters away from me almost at my eyes height and not sure realy if myself or him was more surprised about this encounter. Unfortunately he only gave me a few seconds of prime time for this shot and off he went. But those seconds where worth allot to me and its this kind of encounters that makes those walks so wonderful! For more info about the Collared Aracari please see also this page here.

What connects Panama to UAE?

Connect the World continues its series of connecting two countries with one another. See what connects Panama and UAE.

Bird Images courtesy from Yours Truly

Related Books: Living in Panama

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Squirrel Cuckoo

This Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) image was taken in Panama City along the Panama Canal. They feed on large insects such as cicadas, wasps and caterpillars (including those with stinging hairs or spines), and occasionally spiders and small lizards, rarely taking fruit.

Woodcreeper

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The woodcreepers (Dendrocolaptinae) comprise a subfamily of sub-oscine passerine birds endemic to the Neotropics. They were formerly considered a distinct family Dendrocolaptidae, but are now placed as a subfamily of the ovenbirds (Furnariidae). They superficially resemble the Old World treecreepers, but they are unrelated and the similarities are due to convergent evolution. The subfamily contains around 57 species in 15 to 20 genera.

Woodcreepers range from 14 to 35 centimetres in length. Generally brownish birds, the true woodcreepers maintain an upright vertical posture, supported by their stiff tail vanes.

They feed mainly on insects taken from tree trunks. However, woodcreepers often form part of the core group at the center of flocks attending army ant swarms. Woodcreepers are arboreal cavity-nesting birds; 2-3 white eggs are laid and incubated for about 15 to 21 days.

These birds can be difficult to identify in that they tend to have similar brown upperparts, and the more distinctive underparts are hard to see on a bird pressed against a trunk in deep forest shade. The bill shape, extend/shape of spots/streaks, and call are useful aids to determining species.

Image of this Woodcreeper was taken along the Pipeline Road in the Soberania National Park in Panama.

Slaty tailed Trogon

The Slaty-tailed Trogon, Trogon massena, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. Slaty-tailed Trogons feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. The attached images where taken not long ago in the Soberania National Park in Panama along the Pipeline Road where you can see them often.