Exotic Birding Tour
2012 Panama Hotspots
Canal Zone & Chiriqui Highlands

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The following is a list of target birds for this tour broken down by locations we visit. Target birds are those we can see only at one or two sites or are range-restricted, endemic, or near endemic in the country. Chances of seeing each bird as indicated in the table are based on the site where we have the best chance and may not be equally good everywhere. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking on its location code above the table or on the its sidebar link. Names in parentheses (if any) are new official names in the revised Clements updates.*

Presence Codes
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Locale Codes
ARP=Achiote Road; DSC=Discovery Center; FR=Fortuna Road; LAHP=La Amistad Heritage Park; MNP=Metropolitan National Park; OGR=Old Gamboa Road & Gamboa Area; PLR=Pipeline Road; WLP=Western Lowlands

Likelihood of Being Seen
AS=Always Seen; US=Usually Seen; SS=Sometimes Seen
OS=Occasionally Seen; RS=Rarely Seen

1	Black Guan	Chamaepetes unicolor	FLP,FR,LAHP	SS
2	Black-breasted Wood-Quail	Odontophorus leucolaemus	FR	RS
3	Spotted Wood-Quail	Odontophorus guttatus	FLP	OS
4	Plumbeous Hawk	Leucopternis plumbeus	ARP	SS
5	Harpy Eagle	Harpia harpyja	PLR	SS
6	White-throated Crake	Laterallus albigularis	OGR	SS
7	Maroon-chested Ground-Dove	Claravis mondetoura	FLP	OS
8	Chiriqui Quail-Dove	Geotrygon chiriquensis	FLP	SS
9	Buff-fronted Quail-Dove	Geotrygon costaricensis	FLP	OS
10	Sulphur-winged Parakeet	Pyrrhura hoffmanni	FLP,FR	SS
11	Crimson-fronted Parakeet	Aratinga finschi	WLP	SS
12	Barred Parakeet	Bolborhynchus lineola	FLP	SS
13	Red-fronted Parrotlet	Touit costaricensis	FR	OS
14	Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo	Neomorphus geoffroyi	PLR	OS
15	Spectacled Owl	Pulsatrix perspicillata	OGR	US
16	Dusky Nightjar	Caprimulgus saturatus	FLP	OS
17	Great Potoo	Nyctibius grandis	OGR,PLR	SS
18	Costa Rican Swift	Chaetura fumosa	WLP	SS
19	Veraguan Mango	Anthracothorax veraguensis	WLP	OS
20	Fiery-throated Hummingbird	Panterpe insignis	LAHP	SS
21	Snowy-bellied Hummingbird	Amazilia edward	FLP	SS
22	Stripe-tailed Hummingbird	Eupherusa eximia	FLP,LAHP	SS
23	Black-bellied Hummingbird	Eupherusa nigriventris	FR	OS
24	White-tailed Emerald	Elvira chionura	FLP	SS
25	White-vented Plumeleteer	Chalybura buffonii	PLR	US
26	White-throated Mountain-gem	Lampornis castaneoventris	FLP,FR,LAHP	US
27	Magenta-throated Woodstar	Calliphlox bryantae	LAHP	OS
28	Scintillant Hummingbird	Selasphorus scintilla	FLP,LAHP	US
29	Resplendent Quetzal	Pharomachrus mocinno	LAHP	US
30	Orange-bellied Trogon	Trogon aurantiiventris	FLP,FR	SS
31	Spot-crowned Barbet	Capito maculicoronatus	ARP	US
32	Prong-billed Barbet	Semnornis frantzii	FR,LAHP	SS
33	Ruddy Treerunner	Margarornis rubiginosus	LAHP	OS
34	Buffy Tuftedcheek	Pseudocolaptes lawrencii	LAHP	OS
35	Streak-breasted Treehunter	Thripadectes rufobrunneus	FLP	SS
36	Spot-crowned Woodcreeper	Lepidocolaptes affinis	FLP,LAHP	US
37	Jet Antbird	Cercomacra nigricans	OGR,PTS	RS
38	White-bellied Antbird	Myrmeciza longipes	OGR,PLR	SS
39	Ocellated Antbird	Phaenostictus mcleannani	PLR,PTS	OS
40	Streak-chested Antpitta	Hylopezus perspicillatus	PLR	OS
41	Silvery-fronted Tapaculo	Scytalopus argentifrons	FLP,LAHP	OS
42	Mountain Elaenia	Elaenia frantzii	FLP,FR,LAHP	US
43	Yellow-green Tyrannulet	Phylloscartes flavovirens	MNP,PLR	SS
44	Northern Scrub-Flycatcher	Sublegatus arenarum	WLP	SS
45	Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant	Atalotriccus pilaris	WLP	OS
46	Brownish Twistwing	Cnipodectes subbrunneus	PLR	SS
47	Dark Pewee	Contopus lugubris	FLP,LAHP	SS
48	Yellowish Flycatcher	Empidonax flavescens	FLP,LAHP	SS
49	Golden-bellied Flycatcher	Myiodynastes hemichrysus	FR	SS
50	Bare-necked Umbrellabird	Cephalopterus glabricollis	FR	RS
51	Blue Cotinga	Cotinga nattererii	ARP	US
52	Three-wattled Bellbird	Procnias tricarunculatus	FLP,FR	OS
53	Golden-collared Manakin	Manacus vitellinus	PLR	US
54	Lance-tailed Manakin	Chiroxiphia lanceolata	MNP,OGR,WLP	SS
55	Speckled Mourner	Laniocera rufescens	ARP	RS
56	Yellow-winged Vireo	Vireo carmioli	FLP,LAHP	US
57	Golden-fronted Greenlet	Hylophilus aurantiifrons	MNP	SS
58	Black-chested Jay	Cyanocorax affinis	ARP	US
59	Azure-hooded Jay	Cyanolyca cucullata	FR	OS
60	Silvery-throated Jay	Cyanolyca argentigula	FLP,LAHP	OS
61	Rufous-breasted Wren	Thryothorus rutilus	MNP	SS
62	Rufous-and-white Wren	Thryothorus rufalbus	MNP	SS
63	Ochraceous Wren	Troglodytes ochraceus	FLP,LAHP	SS
64	Black-faced Solitaire	Myadestes melanops	FLP,LAHP	SS
65	Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus gracilirostris	FLP,LAHP	SS
66	Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus aurantiirostris	FLP	SS
67	Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus frantzii	FLP,LAHP	US
68	Sooty Thrush	Turdus nigrescens	LAHP	SS
69	Mountain Thrush	Turdus plebejus	FLP,LAHP	US
70	Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher	Phainoptila melanoxantha	LAHP	SS
71	Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher	Ptilogonys caudatus	FLP,LAHP	US
72	Flame-throated Warbler	Parula gutturalis	FLP,FR,LAHP	US
73	Collared Redstart	Myioborus torquatus	FLP,LAHP	US
74	Black-cheeked Warbler	Basileuterus melanogenys	FLP,LAHP	US
75	Wrenthrush	Zeledonia coronata	LAHP	RS
76	Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager	Chlorospingus pileatus	LAHP	US
77	Rosy Thrush-Tanager	Rhodinocichla rosea	FLP,MNP,OGR PTS	SS
78	Cherrie's Tanager	Ramphocelus costaricensis	FR	SS
79	Lemon-rumped Tanager**	Ramphocelus icteronotus	ARP	AS
80	Blue-and-gold Tanager	Bangsia arcaei	FR	SS
81	Spangle-cheeked Tanager	Tangara dowii	FLP,FR	SS
82	Slaty Flowerpiercer	Diglossa plumbea	FLP,FR,LAHP	SS
83	Yellow-thighed Finch	Pselliophorus tibialis	FLP,LAHP	AS
84	Large-footed Finch	Pezopetes capitalis	FLP,LAHP	SS
85	Sooty-faced Finch	Arremon crassirostris	FR	OS
86	Black-thighed Grosbeak	Pheucticus tibialis	FLP	OS
87	Elegant Euphonia	Euphonia elegantissima	FLP	SS

* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through December 2009 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees.
** Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.