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Achiote Road & Fort Lorenzo Lowland Caribbean Birding Panama Birding Destination |
| Exotic Birding tours that visit Achiote Road in Panama |
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| Location of Achiote Road in Panama |
Achiote Road is located in Colon Province on the Caribbean side of Panama, south of the Gatun Locks and en route to the old Spanish fortress Fort Lorenzo. It's about a 2½ drive from Panama City. |
| Description of Achiote Road |
Achiote Road is the site of Panama Audubon Society's world-famed Christmas Bird Count, which regularly reports over 340 species in a 24-hour period. The road goes through more open habitat than birding sites on the Pacific side of Panama but features a variety of Caribbean-side specialties not likely to be seen on the other end of the canal zone.
Fort Lorenzo National Park is a largely grassy area overlooking the Caribbean and is the site of the old Spanish fortress, largely destroyed when the English pirate Henry Morgan captured it in 1670. The park is primarily of historical interest and is not a prime birding location.
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| Partial bird checklist of Achiote Road & Fort Lorenzo |
| Bold face indicates species that are localized in distribution within the country, endemic, near endemic, endangered, threatened, or vulnerable to extirpation. |
| 1 | | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
| 2 | | Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens |
| 3 | | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 4 | | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| 5 | | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| 6 | | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| 7 | | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 8 | | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| 9 | | Rufescent Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum |
| 10 | | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana |
| 11 | | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja |
| 12 | | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| 13 | | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| 14 | | King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa |
| 15 | | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| 16 | | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis |
| 17 | | Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus |
| 18 | | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| 19 | | White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus |
| 20 | | Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus |
| 21 | | Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea |
| 22 | | Bicolored Hawk | Accipiter bicolor |
| 23 | | Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens |
| 24 | | Plumbeous Hawk | Leucopternis plumbeus |
| 25 | | Semiplumbeous Hawk | Leucopternis semiplumbeus |
| 26 | | White Hawk | Leucopternis albicollis |
| 27 | | Common Black-Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus |
| 28 | | Mangrove Black-Hawk | Buteogallus subtilis |
| 29 | | Great Black-Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga |
| 30 | | Gray Hawk | Asturina nitida |
| 31 | | Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| 32 | | Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus |
| 33 | | Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus |
| 34 | | Northern Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway |
| 35 | | Yellow-headed Caracara | Milvago chimachima |
| 36 | | Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon | Micrastur mirandollei |
| 37 | | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| 38 | | Gray-headed Chachalaca | Ortalis cinereiceps |
| 39 | | Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens |
| 40 | | Great Curassow | Crax rubra |
| 41 | | Marbled Wood-Quail | Odontophorus gujanensis |
| 42 | | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna |
| 43 | | White-throated Crake | Laterallus albigularis |
| 44 | | Gray-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides cajanea |
| 45 | | Uniform Crake | Amaurolimnas concolor |
| 46 | | Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus |
| 47 | | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica |
| 48 | | Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana |
| 49 | | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis |
| 50 | | Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| 51 | | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| 52 | | Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| 53 | | White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis |
| 54 | | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 55 | | Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis |
| 56 | | Short-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas nigrirostris |
| 57 | | Ruddy Ground-Dove | Columbina talpacoti |
| 58 | | White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi |
| 59 | | Orange-chinned Parakeet | Brotogeris jugularis |
| 60 | | Brown-hooded Parrot | Pionopsitta haematotis |
| 61 | | Blue-headed Parrot | Pionus menstruus |
| 62 | | Red-lored Parrot | Amazona autumnalis |
| 63 | | Mealy Amazon | Amazona farinosa |
| 64 | | Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana |
| 65 | | Greater Ani | Crotophaga major |
| 66 | | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani |
| 67 | | Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata |
| 68 | | Gray-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris |
| 69 | | Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica |
| 70 | | Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift | Panyptila cayennensis |
| 71 | | Rufous-breasted Hermit | Glaucis hirsuta |
| 72 | | Bronzy Hermit | Glaucis aenea |
| 73 | | White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora |
| 74 | | Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis |
| 75 | | Garden Emerald | Chlorostilbon assimilis |
| 76 | | Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl |
| 77 | | Blue-chested Hummingbird | Polyerata amabilis |
| 78 | | Western White-tailed Trogon | Trogon chionurus |
| 79 | | Northern Violaceous Trogon | Trogon caligatus |
| 80 | | Black-throated Trogon | Trogon rufus |
| 81 | | Slaty-tailed Trogon | Trogon massena |
| 82 | | Ringed Kingfisher | Ceryle torquata |
| 83 | | Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona |
| 84 | | Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana |
| 85 | | Rufous Motmot | Baryphthengus martii |
| 86 | | Broad-billed Motmot | Electron platyrhynchum |
| 87 | | Black-breasted Puffbird | Notharchus pectoralis |
| 88 | | Pied Puffbird | Notharchus tectus |
| 89 | | Spot-crowned Barbet | Capito maculicoronatus |
| 90 | | Collared Aracari | Pteroglossus torquatus |
| 91 | | Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus |
| 92 | | Chestnut-mandibled Toucan | Ramphastos swainsonii |
| 93 | | Black-cheeked Woodpecker | Melanerpes pucherani |
| 94 | | Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus |
| 95 | | Cinnamon Woodpecker | Celeus loricatus |
| 96 | | Tawny-throated Leaftosser | Sclerurus mexicanus |
| 97 | | Cocoa Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus susurrans |
| 98 | | Black-striped Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus |
| 99 | | Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii |
| 100 | | Fasciated Antshrike | Cymbilaimus lineatus |
| 101 | | Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus |
| 102 | | Western Slaty-Antshrike | Thamnophilus atrinucha |
| 103 | | Checker-throated Antwren | Myrmotherula fulviventris |
| 104 | | Dot-winged Antwren | Microrhopias quixensis |
| 105 | | Jet Antbird | Cercomacra nigricans |
| 106 | | Bare-crowned Antbird | Gymnocichla nudiceps |
| 107 | | Chestnut-backed Antbird | Myrmeciza exsul |
| 108 | | Spotted Antbird | Hylophylax naevioides |
| 109 | | Black-crowned Antpitta | Pittasoma michleri |
| 110 | | Silvery-fronted Tapaculo | Scytalopus argentifrons |
| 111 | | Blue Cotinga | Cotinga nattererii |
| 112 | | Purple-throated Fruitcrow | Querula purpurata |
| 113 | | Golden-collared Manakin | Manacus vitellinus |
| 114 | | Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum |
| 115 | | Yellow Tyrannulet | Capsiempis flaveola |
| 116 | | Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet | Tyrannulus elatus |
| 117 | | Forest Elaenia | Myiopagis gaimardii |
| 118 | | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster |
| 119 | | Paltry Tyrannulet | Zimmerius vilissimus |
| 120 | | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum |
| 121 | | Olivaceous Flatbill | Rhynchocyclus olivaceus |
| 122 | | Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher | Terenotriccus erythrurus |
| 123 | | Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher | Myiobius sulphureipygius |
| 124 | | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |
| 125 | | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris |
| 126 | | Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens |
| 127 | | Long-tailed Tyrant | Colonia colonus |
| 128 | | Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus |
| 129 | | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer |
| 130 | | Panama Flycatcher | Myiarchus panamensis |
| 131 | | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| 132 | | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua |
| 133 | | Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis |
| 134 | | Gray-capped Flycatcher | Myiozetetes granadensis |
| 135 | | White-ringed Flycatcher | Conopias albovittata |
| 136 | | Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus |
| 137 | | Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris |
| 138 | | Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius |
| 139 | | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| 140 | | Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| 141 | | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana |
| 142 | | Cinnamon Becard | Pachyramphus cinnamomeus |
| 143 | | White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus |
| 144 | | Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata |
| 145 | | Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor |
| 146 | | Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea |
| 147 | | Blue-and-white Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca |
| 148 | | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 149 | | White-headed Wren | Campylorhynchus albobrunneus |
| 150 | | Bay Wren | Thryothorus nigricapillus |
| 151 | | Stripe-breasted Wren | Thryothorus thoracicus |
| 152 | | Plain Wren | Thryothorus modestus |
| 153 | | House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| 154 | | Song Wren | Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus |
| 155 | | Clay-colored Robin | Turdus grayi |
| 156 | | Tropical Gnatcatcher | Polioptila plumbea |
| 157 | | Black-chested Jay | Cyanocorax affinis |
| 158 | | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 159 | | Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis |
| 160 | | Lesser Greenlet | Hylophilus decurtatus |
| 161 | | Northern Parula | Parula americana |
| 162 | | Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia |
| 163 | | Chestnut-sided Warbler | Dendroica pensylvanica |
| 164 | | Palm Warbler | Dendroica palmarum |
| 165 | | Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea |
| 166 | | Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| 167 | | Mourning Warbler | Oporornis philadelphia |
| 168 | | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| 169 | | Dusky-faced Tanager | Mitrospingus cassinii |
| 170 | | Sulphur-rumped Tanager | Heterospingus rubrifrons |
| 171 | | White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus |
| 172 | | Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea |
| 173 | | Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra |
| 174 | | Crimson-backed Tanager | Ramphocelus dimidiatus |
| 175 | | Flame-rumped Tanager | Ramphocelus flammigerus |
| 176 | | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus |
| 177 | | Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum |
| 178 | | Yellow-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia luteicapilla |
| 179 | | Thick-billed Euphonia | Euphonia laniirostris |
| 180 | | White-vented Euphonia | Euphonia minuta |
| 181 | | Plain-colored Tanager | Tangara inornata |
| 182 | | Golden-hooded Tanager | Tangara larvata |
| 183 | | Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana |
| 184 | | Green Honeycreeper | Chlorophanes spiza |
| 185 | | Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus |
| 186 | | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
| 187 | | Variable Seedeater | Sporophila corvina |
| 188 | | Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis |
| 189 | | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivacea |
| 190 | | Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola |
| 191 | | Orange-billed Sparrow | Arremon aurantiirostris |
| 192 | | Black-striped Sparrow | Arremonops conirostris |
| 193 | | Streaked Saltator | Saltator striatipectus |
| 194 | | Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus |
| 195 | | Black-headed Saltator | Saltator atriceps |
| 196 | | Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| 197 | | Blue-black Grosbeak | Cyanocompsa cyanoides |
| 198 | | Red-breasted Blackbird | Sturnella militaris |
| 199 | | Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| 200 | | Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus |
| 201 | | Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus |
| 202 | | Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus |
| 203 | | Yellow-backed Oriole | Icterus chrysater |
| 204 | | Yellow-tailed Oriole | Icterus mesomelas |
| 205 | | Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius |
| 206 | | Yellow-rumped Cacique | Cacicus cela |
| 207 | | Scarlet-rumped Cacique | Cacicus microrhynchus |
| 208 | | Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus |
| 209 | | Chestnut-headed Oropendola | Psarocolius wagleri |
| 210 | | Montezuma Oropendola | Gymnostinops montezuma |
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