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La Amistad Heritage Park
Chiriqui Highland Cloud Forest
Panama Birding Destination

Exotic Birding tours that visit La Amistad Heritage Park in Panama
Panama Bird Photography TourFeb 9-17, 2008
Panama Canal Zone & ChiriquiFeb 17-28, 2008
Location of La Amistad Heritage Park in Panama
La Amistad Heritage Park is situated in Chiriqui Province of western Panama. The park entrance at Cerro Punta is about 1 hour from the city of David.
Description of La Amistad Heritage Park

La Amistad Heritage Park encompasses 207,000 hectares of mostly mountainous terrain in Chiriqui Province of western Panama. It protects the watersheds of the Teribe and Changuinola River basins. The park also protects a variety of near-endemic and specialty birds found only in western Panama and the highlands of neigboring Costa Rica. Among these are Chiriqui Quail-dove, White-throated Mountain-gem, and Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher.

 
Partial bird checklist of La Amistad Heritage Park
Bold face indicates species that are localized in distribution within the country, endemic, near endemic, endangered, threatened, or vulnerable to extirpation.
1 Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
2 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
3 White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
4 Double-toothed KiteHarpagus bidentatus
5 Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
6 Northern Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriway
7 Yellow-headed CaracaraMilvago chimachima
8 Black GuanChamaepetes unicolor
9 Rock PigeonColumba livia
10 Buff-fronted Quail-DoveGeotrygon costaricensis
11 Chiriqui Quail-DoveGeotrygon chiriquensis
12 Gray-rumped SwiftChaetura cinereiventris
13 Violet SabrewingCampylopterus hemileucurus
14 Fiery-throated HummingbirdPanterpe insignis
15 Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximia
16 Black-bellied HummingbirdEupherusa nigriventris
17 White-throated Mountain-gemLampornis castaneoventris
18 Purple-throated Mountain-gemLampornis calolaema
19 Gray-tailed Mountain-gemLampornis cinereicauda
20 Green-crowned BrilliantHeliodoxa jacula
21 Magnificent HummingbirdEugenes fulgens
22 Magenta-throated WoodstarCalliphlox bryantae
23 Scintillant HummingbirdSelasphorus scintilla
24 Volcano HummingbirdSelasphorus flammula
25 Black-throated TrogonTrogon rufus
26 Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinno
27 Red-headed BarbetEubucco bourcierii
28 Prong-billed BarbetSemnornis frantzii
29 Emerald ToucanetAulacorhynchus prasinus
30 Fiery-billed AracariPteroglossus frantzii
31 Chestnut-mandibled ToucanRamphastos swainsonii
32 Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
33 Hairy WoodpeckerPicoides villosus
34 Ruddy TreerunnerMargarornis rubiginosus
35 Buffy TuftedcheekPseudocolaptes lawrencii
36 Spotted-crowned WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes affinis
37 Turquoise CotingaCotinga ridgwayi
38 Bare-necked UmbrellabirdCephalopterus glabricollis
39 Three-wattled BellbirdProcnias tricarunculata
40 Mountain ElaeniaElaenia frantzii
41 Torrent TyrannuletSerpophaga cinerea
42 Rufous-browed TyrannuletPhylloscartes superciliaris
43 Paltry TyrannuletZimmerius vilissimus
44 Tufted FlycatcherMitrephanes phaeocercus
45 Dark PeweeContopus lugubris
46 Ochraceous PeweeContopus ochraceus
47 Yellowish FlycatcherEmpidonax flavescens
48 Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
49 Barred BecardPachyramphus versicolor
50 Blue-and-white SwallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca
51 Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcherPhainoptila melanoxantha
52 Long-tailed Silky-flycatcherPtilogonys caudatus
53 American DipperCinclus mexicanus
54 Ochraceous WrenTroglodytes ochraceus
55 Gray-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucophrys
56 Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanops
57 Slaty-backed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus fuscater
58 Black-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus gracilirostris
59 Ruddy-capped Nightingale-ThrushCatharus frantzii
60 Sooty RobinTurdus nigrescens
61 Mountain RobinTurdus plebejus
62 Clay-colored RobinTurdus grayi
63 Silvery-throated JayCyanolyca argentigula
64 Yellow-winged VireoVireo carmioli
65 Brown-capped VireoVireo leucophrys
66 Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
67 Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
68 Yellow-bellied SiskinCarduelis xanthogastra
69 Flame-throated WarblerParula gutturalis
70 Tropical ParulaParula pitiayumi
71 Yellow WarblerDendroica petechia
72 Black-throated Green WarblerDendroica virens
73 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
74 Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
75 Slate-throated WhitestartMyioborus miniatus
76 Collared RedstartMyioborus torquatus
77 Black-cheeked WarblerBasileuterus melanogenys
78 WrenthrushZeledonia coronata
79 Common Bush-TanagerChlorospingus ophthalmicus
80 Sooty-capped Bush-TanagerChlorospingus pileatus
81 Black-and-yellow TanagerChrysothlypis chrysomelaena
82 Flame-colored TanagerPiranga bidentata
83 Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
84 Golden-browed ChlorophoniaChlorophonia callophrys
85 Silver-throated TanagerTangara icterocephala
86 Spangle-cheeked TanagerTangara dowii
87 Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivacea
88 Slaty FlowerpiercerDiglossa plumbea
89 Yellow-thighed FinchPselliophorus tibialis
90 Yellow-throated Brush-FinchAtlapetes gutturalis
91 Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
92 Black-thighed GrosbeakPheucticus tibialis
93 Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus

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