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Achiote Road & Fort Lorenzo
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Exotic Birding tours that visit Achiote Road in Panama
Panama Bird Photography TourFeb 9-17, 2008
Panama Canal Zone & ChiriquiFeb 17-28, 2008
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.

 
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 AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
2 Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
3 Great EgretArdea alba
4 Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
5 Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
6 Snowy EgretEgretta thula
7 Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
8 Green HeronButorides virescens
9 Rufescent Tiger-HeronTigrisoma lineatum
10 Wood StorkMycteria americana
11 Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
12 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
13 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
14 King VultureSarcoramphus papa
15 OspreyPandion haliaetus
16 Gray-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis
17 Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
18 Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
19 White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
20 Double-toothed KiteHarpagus bidentatus
21 Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
22 Bicolored HawkAccipiter bicolor
23 Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
24 Plumbeous HawkLeucopternis plumbeus
25 Semiplumbeous HawkLeucopternis semiplumbeus
26 White HawkLeucopternis albicollis
27 Common Black-HawkButeogallus anthracinus
28 Mangrove Black-HawkButeogallus subtilis
29 Great Black-HawkButeogallus urubitinga
30 Gray HawkAsturina nitida
31 Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
32 Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
33 Black Hawk-EagleSpizaetus tyrannus
34 Northern Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriway
35 Yellow-headed CaracaraMilvago chimachima
36 Slaty-backed Forest-FalconMicrastur mirandollei
37 American KestrelFalco sparverius
38 Gray-headed ChachalacaOrtalis cinereiceps
39 Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens
40 Great CurassowCrax rubra
41 Marbled Wood-QuailOdontophorus gujanensis
42 LimpkinAramus guarauna
43 White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
44 Gray-necked Wood-RailAramides cajanea
45 Uniform CrakeAmaurolimnas concolor
46 Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
47 Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
48 Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
49 Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
50 Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
51 Spotted SandpiperActitis macularia
52 Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
53 White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
54 Rock PigeonColumba livia
55 Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
56 Short-billed PigeonPatagioenas nigrirostris
57 Ruddy Ground-DoveColumbina talpacoti
58 White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
59 Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
60 Brown-hooded ParrotPionopsitta haematotis
61 Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
62 Red-lored ParrotAmazona autumnalis
63 Mealy AmazonAmazona farinosa
64 Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana
65 Greater AniCrotophaga major
66 Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
67 Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
68 Gray-rumped SwiftChaetura cinereiventris
69 Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
70 Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
71 Rufous-breasted HermitGlaucis hirsuta
72 Bronzy HermitGlaucis aenea
73 White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
74 Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
75 Garden EmeraldChlorostilbon assimilis
76 Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
77 Blue-chested HummingbirdPolyerata amabilis
78 Western White-tailed TrogonTrogon chionurus
79 Northern Violaceous TrogonTrogon caligatus
80 Black-throated TrogonTrogon rufus
81 Slaty-tailed TrogonTrogon massena
82 Ringed KingfisherCeryle torquata
83 Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
84 Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
85 Rufous MotmotBaryphthengus martii
86 Broad-billed MotmotElectron platyrhynchum
87 Black-breasted PuffbirdNotharchus pectoralis
88 Pied PuffbirdNotharchus tectus
89 Spot-crowned BarbetCapito maculicoronatus
90 Collared AracariPteroglossus torquatus
91 Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus
92 Chestnut-mandibled ToucanRamphastos swainsonii
93 Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
94 Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
95 Cinnamon WoodpeckerCeleus loricatus
96 Tawny-throated LeaftosserSclerurus mexicanus
97 Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
98 Black-striped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus lachrymosus
99 Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
100 Fasciated AntshrikeCymbilaimus lineatus
101 Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
102 Western Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus atrinucha
103 Checker-throated AntwrenMyrmotherula fulviventris
104 Dot-winged AntwrenMicrorhopias quixensis
105 Jet AntbirdCercomacra nigricans
106 Bare-crowned AntbirdGymnocichla nudiceps
107 Chestnut-backed AntbirdMyrmeciza exsul
108 Spotted AntbirdHylophylax naevioides
109 Black-crowned AntpittaPittasoma michleri
110 Silvery-fronted TapaculoScytalopus argentifrons
111 Blue CotingaCotinga nattererii
112 Purple-throated FruitcrowQuerula purpurata
113 Golden-collared ManakinManacus vitellinus
114 Southern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
115 Yellow TyrannuletCapsiempis flaveola
116 Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatus
117 Forest ElaeniaMyiopagis gaimardii
118 Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
119 Paltry TyrannuletZimmerius vilissimus
120 Common Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
121 Olivaceous FlatbillRhynchocyclus olivaceus
122 Ruddy-tailed FlycatcherTerenotriccus erythrurus
123 Sulphur-rumped FlycatcherMyiobius sulphureipygius
124 Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
125 Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
126 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
127 Long-tailed TyrantColonia colonus
128 Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
129 Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
130 Panama FlycatcherMyiarchus panamensis
131 Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
132 Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
133 Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
134 Gray-capped FlycatcherMyiozetetes granadensis
135 White-ringed FlycatcherConopias albovittata
136 Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
137 Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
138 Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
139 Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
140 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
141 Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
142 Cinnamon BecardPachyramphus cinnamomeus
143 White-winged BecardPachyramphus polychopterus
144 Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
145 Black-crowned TityraTityra inquisitor
146 Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
147 Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
148 Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
149 White-headed WrenCampylorhynchus albobrunneus
150 Bay WrenThryothorus nigricapillus
151 Stripe-breasted WrenThryothorus thoracicus
152 Plain WrenThryothorus modestus
153 House WrenTroglodytes aedon
154 Song WrenCyphorhinus phaeocephalus
155 Clay-colored RobinTurdus grayi
156 Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
157 Black-chested JayCyanocorax affinis
158 House SparrowPasser domesticus
159 Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
160 Lesser GreenletHylophilus decurtatus
161 Northern ParulaParula americana
162 Yellow WarblerDendroica petechia
163 Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
164 Palm WarblerDendroica palmarum
165 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
166 Northern WaterthrushSeiurus noveboracensis
167 Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphia
168 BananaquitCoereba flaveola
169 Dusky-faced TanagerMitrospingus cassinii
170 Sulphur-rumped TanagerHeterospingus rubrifrons
171 White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufus
172 Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
173 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
174 Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus
175 Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus
176 Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
177 Palm TanagerThraupis palmarum
178 Yellow-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia luteicapilla
179 Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris
180 White-vented EuphoniaEuphonia minuta
181 Plain-colored TanagerTangara inornata
182 Golden-hooded TanagerTangara larvata
183 Blue DacnisDacnis cayana
184 Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
185 Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
186 Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
187 Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
188 Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollis
189 Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivacea
190 Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
191 Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
192 Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostris
193 Streaked SaltatorSaltator striatipectus
194 Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
195 Black-headed SaltatorSaltator atriceps
196 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
197 Blue-black GrosbeakCyanocompsa cyanoides
198 Red-breasted BlackbirdSturnella militaris
199 Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
200 Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
201 Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
202 Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
203 Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater
204 Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelas
205 Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
206 Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela
207 Scarlet-rumped CaciqueCacicus microrhynchus
208 Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanus
209 Chestnut-headed OropendolaPsarocolius wagleri
210 Montezuma OropendolaGymnostinops montezuma

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