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Metropolitan Park
Remnant Lowland Rainforest
Panama Birding Destination

Exotic Birding tours that visit Metropolitan Nature Park in Panama
Panama Bird Photography TourFeb 9-17, 2008
Panama Canal Zone & ChiriquiFeb 17-28, 2008
Location of Metropolitan Park in Panama
Metropolitan Nature Park is situated just outside downtown Panama City near the junction of Amistad Road and Juan Pablo II Avenue. It's about 15 minutes from downtown.
Description of Metropolitan Nature Park

Metropolitan Nature Park is the only urban park in tropical Latin America containing a natural forest. It encompasses about 265 hectares of forest, 192 of which is dry lowland Pacific rainforest.

The park has 3 main trails, all well maintained and easy walking. Lookouts on top of 150 meter tall hills provide a view of the city, bay, and Panama Canal, including a spectacular view from Cerro Mono Titi. They also allow better viewing of canopy birds downslope. Birding in the park is excellent and virtually every guided birding tour includes it on the itinerary. Very few mammals are likely to be seen due to the proximity of human activity.

 
Partial bird checklist of Metropolitan Park
Bold face indicates species that are localized in distribution within the country, endemic, near endemic, endangered, threatened, or vulnerable to extirpation.
1 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
2 Gray-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis
3 White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
4 Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
5 Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
6 Black Hawk-EagleSpizaetus tyrannus
7 Yellow-headed CaracaraMilvago chimachima
8 Slaty-backed Forest-FalconMicrastur mirandollei
9 Collared Forest-FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
10 Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
11 American CootFulica americana
12 Rock PigeonColumba livia
13 Ruddy Ground-DoveColumbina talpacoti
14 Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
15 Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana
16 Pheasant CuckooDromococcyx phasianellus
17 PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
18 Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyura
19 Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
20 Violet-bellied HummingbirdDamophila julie
21 Purple-crowned FairyHeliothryx barroti
22 Black-throated TrogonTrogon rufus
23 Slaty-tailed TrogonTrogon massena
24 Blue-crowned MotmotMomotus momota
25 White-necked PuffbirdNotharchus macrorhynchos
26 Black-breasted PuffbirdNotharchus pectoralis
27 Collared AracariPteroglossus torquatus
28 Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus
29 Chestnut-mandibled ToucanRamphastos swainsonii
30 Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
31 Crimson-crested WoodpeckerCampephilus melanoleucos
32 Plain XenopsXenops minutus
33 Scaly-throated LeaftosserSclerurus guatemalensis
34 Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
35 Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
36 Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
37 Fasciated AntshrikeCymbilaimus lineatus
38 Western Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus atrinucha
39 Slaty AntwrenMyrmotherula schisticolor
40 Dot-winged AntwrenMicrorhopias quixensis
41 Dusky AntbirdCercomacra tyrannina
42 White-bellied AntbirdMyrmeciza longipes
43 Black-faced AntthrushFormicarius analis
44 Lance-tailed ManakinChiroxiphia lanceolata
45 Southern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
46 Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatus
47 Forest ElaeniaMyiopagis gaimardii
48 Yellow-green TyrannuletPhylloscartes flavovirens
49 Southern BentbillOncostoma olivaceum
50 Common Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
51 Ruddy-tailed FlycatcherTerenotriccus erythrurus
52 Black-tailed FlycatcherMyiobius atricaudus
53 Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
54 Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
55 Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
56 Lesser KiskadeePhilohydor lictor
57 Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
58 Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
59 Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
60 Black-crowned TityraTityra inquisitor
61 Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
62 Rufous-breasted WrenThryothorus rutilus
63 Bay WrenThryothorus nigricapillus
64 Rufous-and-white WrenThryothorus rufalbus
65 Plain WrenThryothorus modestus
66 House WrenTroglodytes aedon
67 Long-billed GnatwrenRamphocaenus melanurus
68 Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
69 Golden-fronted GreenletHylophilus aurantiifrons
70 Lesser GreenletHylophilus decurtatus
71 Green Shrike-VireoVireolanius pulchellus
72 Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
73 Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castanea
74 Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
75 Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
76 Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
77 Rosy Thrush-TanagerRhodinocichla rosea
78 White-shouldered TanagerTachyphonus luctuosus
79 Red-crowned Ant-TanagerHabia rubica
80 Red-throated Ant-TanagerHabia fuscicauda
81 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
82 Yellow-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia luteicapilla
83 Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris
84 Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
85 Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minuta
86 Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
87 Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostris
88 Slate-colored GrosbeakSaltator grossus
89 Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
90 Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater
91 Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela

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