Kansas Birders in Panama
January 8 – 22, 2009
Bob Gress, Kevin & Laura Groeneweg, Jay Newton,
Chuck & Jaye Otte, & Barb Robbins
Guided by Guido Berguido & Venicio "Beny" Wilson
The following list is the composite list of both seen (340 species) and heard only species (44 species). They had to be definitively seen or heard by someone other than the guides to be included on this list. And until you spend an hour after dinner with this group and a few Panama beers discussing the list, you haven’t truly enjoyed birding!
Composite Trip List – Seen (340)
Little Tinamou
Blue-winged Teal
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Brown Pelican
Neotropic Cormorant
Magnificent Frigatebird
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
White Ibis
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
King Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
White-tailed Kite
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
White Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Harpy Eagle
Black Hawk-Eagle
Red-throated Caracara
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
Laughing Falcon
American Kestrel
Bat Falcon
Gray-necked Wood-Rail
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Southern Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover
Black-necked Stilt
Northern Jacana
Wattled Jacana
Greater Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Western Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Rock Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Dusky Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Sulphur-winged Parakeet
Brown-throated Parakeet
Great Green Macaw
Blue-and-yellow Macaw
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Blue-headed Parrot
Red-lored Amazon
Mealy Amazon
Yellow-crowned Amazon
Mangrove Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Greater Ani
Smooth-billed Ani
Barn Owl
Tropical Screech-Owl
Vermiculated Screech-Owl
Common Pauraque
White-collared Swift
Short-tailed Swift
Band-rumped Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
Rufous-breasted Hermit
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Green Hermit
Long-billed Hermit
Pale-bellied Hermit
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Violet Sabrewing
White-necked Jacobin
Green Violet-ear
Black-throated Mango
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Garden Emerald
Violet-crowned Woodnymph
Green-crowned Woodnymph
Violet-bellied Hummingbird
Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
White-vented Plumeleteer
White-throated Mountain-gem
Magnificent Hummingbird
Purple-crowned Fairy
Long-billed Starthroat
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Volcano Hummingbird
Scintillant Hummingbird
White-tailed Trogon
Violaceous Trogon
Black-throated Trogon
Black-tailed Trogon
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Resplendent Quetzal
Blue-crowned Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Ringed Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Pied Puffbird
Great Jacamar
Spot-crowned Barbet
Blue-throated Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Fiery-billed Aracari
Keel-billed Toucan
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Acorn Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Spot-breasted Woodpecker
Cinnamon Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Crimson-crested Woodpecker
Slaty Spinetail
Red-faced Spinetail
Plain Xenops
Scaly-throated Leaftosser
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Black-striped Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Fasciated Antshrike
Barred Antshrike
Black Antshrike
Western Slaty-Antshrike
Plain Antvireo
Checker-throated Antwren
White-flanked Antwren
Dot-winged Antwren
White-fringed Antwren
Dusky Antbird
Jet Antbird
White-bellied Antbird
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Spotted Antbird
Black-crowned Antpitta
Brown-capped Tyrannulet
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Forest Elaenia
Gray Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
Torrent Tyrannulet
Olive-striped Flycatcher
Paltry Tyrannulet
Northern Scrub-Flycatcher
Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant
Southern Bentbill
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Olivaceous Flatbill
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
White-throated Spadebill
Golden-crowned Spadebill
Royal Flycatcher
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
Tropical Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Yellowish Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Long-tailed Tyrant
Bright-rumped Attila
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Lesser Kiskadee
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Thrush-like Schiffornis
Rufous Piha
Speckled Mourner
Cinnamon Becard
White-winged Becard
Masked Tityra
Turquoise Cotinga
Blue Cotinga
Golden-collared Manakin
White-ruffed Manakin
Blue-crowned Manakin
Golden-headed Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Yellow-throated Vireo
Brown-capped Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Scrub Greenlet
Golden-fronted Greenlet
Lesser Greenlet
Green Shrike-Vireo
Black-chested Jay
Gray-breasted Martin
Mangrove Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
White-headed Wren
Black-bellied Wren
Bay Wren
Rufous-breasted Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Buff-breasted Wren
House Wren
Ochraceous Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Southern Nightingale-Wren
Song Wren
Tawny-faced Gnatwren
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Black-faced Solitaire
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
Mountain Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Tropical Mockingbird
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher
Tennessee Warbler
Tropical Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Mourning Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Slate-throated Redstart
Golden-crowned Warbler
Rufous-capped Warbler
Black-cheeked Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Bananaquit
Common Bush-Tanager
Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager
Dusky-faced Tanager
Olive Tanager
Gray-headed Tanager
White-shouldered Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
Crimson-backed Tanager
Cherrie’s Tanager
Flame-rumped Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Plain-colored Tanager
Emerald Tanager
Silver-throated Tanager
Speckled Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Blue Dacnis
Green Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grassquit
Variable Seedeater
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Lesser Seed-Finch
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Slaty Flowerpiercer
Yellow-thighed Finch
White-naped Brush-Finch
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch
Stripe-headed Brush-Finch
Orange-billed Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Streaked Saltator
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Red-breasted Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Great-tailed Grackle
Shiny Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-backed Oriole
Orange-crowned Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Crested Oropendola
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Black Oropendola
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Elegant Euphonia
Fulvous-vented Euphonia
Yellow-bellied Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Composite Trip List – Heard Only (44)
Great Tinamou
Marbled Wood-Quail
Black-breasted Wood-Quail
Spotted Wood-Quail
Bare-crowned Antbird
Gray-headed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Barred Forest-Falcon
White-throated Crake
Scaled Pigeon
Plumbeous Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Blue Ground-Dove
White-crowned Parrot
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Barred Puffbird
Black-breasted Puffbird
Gray-cheeked Nunlet
White-fronted Nunbird
Hairy Woodpecker
Great Antshrike
Bicolored Antbird
Black-faced Antthrush
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-green Tyrannulet
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
Yellow-margined Flycatcher
Yellow-breasted Flycatcher
Rufous Mourner
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Riverside Wren
Plain Wren
Long-billed Gnatwren
White-throated Thrush
Rosy Thrush-Tanager
Blue-black Grosbeak
Golden-browed Chlorophonia