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Pipeline Road
Soberania National Park
Panama Birding Destination

Exotic Birding tours that visit Pipeline Road in Panama
Panama Bird Photography TourFeb 9-17, 2008
Panama Canal Zone & ChiriquiFeb 17-28, 2008
Location of Pipeline Road in Panama
Pipeline Road is situated in Soberania National Park.
Description of Pipeline Road

Pipeline Road is considered by many to be one of the best birding locations in all of Central America if not the world. It's possible to see 300 species in a single day, and a world record of 450 species in 24 hrs. was set there in 1985.

The 17 km. road provides access to both forest and wetland birds. Numerous side trails plus 11 creeks and rivers can be followed into the forest. Army ant swarms often attended by antbirds and sometimes Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo are found frequently. Many manakin leks are present right besie the road. Among the many birds seen along the road are 8 species of wrens, 5 species of trogons, 4 species of puffbirds, and 3 species of motmots. All 3 species of Forest-falcons are commonly heard and often seen. Hawks such as Tiny Hawk, Plumbeous Hawk, and Ornate Hawk-eagle are sometimes seen. Nearby wetlands are home to Rufescent Tiger-heron, White-throated Crake, Wattled Jacana, Purple Gallinule, and other aquatic species. Mammals including monkeys and even an occasional Ocelot are also seen along the road, as are various species of frogs.

 
Partial bird checklist of Pipeline Road
Bold face indicates species that are localized in distribution within the country, endemic, near endemic, endangered, threatened, or vulnerable to extirpation.
1 Great TinamouTinamus major
2 Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
3 Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
4 Great EgretArdea alba
5 Rufescent Tiger-HeronTigrisoma lineatum
6 Black VultureCoragyps atratus
7 Turkey VultureCathartes aura
8 King VultureSarcoramphus papa
9 OspreyPandion haliaetus
10 Gray-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis
11 Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
12 Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
13 Tiny HawkAccipiter superciliosus
14 Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
15 Plumbeous HawkLeucopternis plumbeus
16 Semiplumbeous HawkLeucopternis semiplumbeus
17 White HawkLeucopternis albicollis
18 Great Black-HawkButeogallus urubitinga
19 Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
20 Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
21 Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis
22 Black Hawk-EagleSpizaetus tyrannus
23 Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus
24 Barred Forest-FalconMicrastur ruficollis
25 Slaty-backed Forest-FalconMicrastur mirandollei
26 Collared Forest-FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
27 Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
28 Gray-headed ChachalacaOrtalis cinereiceps
29 Great CurassowCrax rubra
30 White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
31 Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
32 SunbitternEurypyga helias
33 Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
34 Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
35 Ruddy Ground-DoveColumbina talpacoti
36 Blue Ground-DoveClaravis pretiosa
37 White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
38 Gray-chested DoveLeptotila cassini
39 Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
40 Brown-hooded ParrotPionopsitta haematotis
41 Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
42 Red-lored ParrotAmazona autumnalis
43 Mealy AmazonAmazona farinosa
44 Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana
45 Greater AniCrotophaga major
46 Pheasant CuckooDromococcyx phasianellus
47 Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi
48 Mottled OwlCiccaba virgata
49 Black-and-white OwlCiccaba nigrolineata
50 Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
51 Great PotooNyctibius grandis
52 Common PotooNyctibius griseus
53 Short-tailed NighthawkLurocalis semitorquatus
54 PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
55 Chuck-will's-widowCaprimulgus carolinensis
56 Band-rumped SwiftChaetura spinicaudus
57 Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
58 Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyura
59 Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
60 Western Long-tailed HermitPhaethornis longirostris
61 Little HermitPhaethornis longuemareus
62 Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
63 Rufous-crested CoquetteLophornis delattrei
64 Violet-bellied HummingbirdDamophila julie
65 Blue-chested HummingbirdPolyerata amabilis
66 White-vented PlumeleteerChalybura buffonii
67 Bronze-tailed PlumeleteerChalybura urochrysia
68 Western White-tailed TrogonTrogon chionurus
69 Northern Violaceous TrogonTrogon caligatus
70 Black-throated TrogonTrogon rufus
71 Black-tailed TrogonTrogon melanurus
72 Slaty-tailed TrogonTrogon massena
73 Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
74 American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
75 Blue-crowned MotmotMomotus momota
76 Rufous MotmotBaryphthengus martii
77 Broad-billed MotmotElectron platyrhynchum
78 Great JacamarJacamerops aureus
79 Black-breasted PuffbirdNotharchus pectoralis
80 Pied PuffbirdNotharchus tectus
81 White-whiskered PuffbirdMalacoptila panamensis
82 Collared AracariPteroglossus torquatus
83 Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus
84 Chestnut-mandibled ToucanRamphastos swainsonii
85 Olivaceous PiculetPicumnus olivaceus
86 Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
87 Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
88 Cinnamon WoodpeckerCeleus loricatus
89 Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
90 Plain XenopsXenops minutus
91 Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosa
92 Wedge-billed WoodcreeperGlyphorynchus spirurus
93 Northern Barred-WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes sanctithomae
94 Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
95 Black-striped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus lachrymosus
96 Fasciated AntshrikeCymbilaimus lineatus
97 Great AntshrikeTaraba major
98 Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
99 Western Slaty-AntshrikeThamnophilus atrinucha
100 White-flanked AntwrenMyrmotherula axillaris
101 Dot-winged AntwrenMicrorhopias quixensis
102 White-fringed AntwrenFormicivora grisea
103 Dusky AntbirdCercomacra tyrannina
104 White-bellied AntbirdMyrmeciza longipes
105 Chestnut-backed AntbirdMyrmeciza exsul
106 Bicolored AntbirdGymnopithys leucaspis
107 Spotted AntbirdHylophylax naevioides
108 Ocellated AntbirdPhaenostictus mcleannani
109 Black-faced AntthrushFormicarius analis
110 Black-crowned AntpittaPittasoma michleri
111 Streak-chested AntpittaHylopezus perspicillatus
112 Blue CotingaCotinga nattererii
113 Purple-throated FruitcrowQuerula purpurata
114 Golden-collared ManakinManacus vitellinus
115 Red-capped ManakinPipra mentalis
116 Blue-crowned ManakinLepidothrix coronata
117 SapayoaSapayoa aenigma
118 Thrush-like SchiffornisSchiffornis turdinus
119 Brown-capped TyrannuletOrnithion brunneicapillus
120 Southern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
121 Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatus
122 Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
123 Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
124 Yellow-green TyrannuletPhylloscartes flavovirens
125 Paltry TyrannuletZimmerius vilissimus
126 Black-capped Pygmy-TyrantMyiornis atricapillus
127 Southern BentbillOncostoma olivaceum
128 Slate-headed Tody-TyrantPoecilotriccus sylvia
129 Black-headed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum nigriceps
130 Common Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
131 Brownish FlycatcherCnipodectes subbrunneus
132 Olivaceous FlatbillRhynchocyclus olivaceus
133 Yellow-olive FlycatcherTolmomyias sulphurescens
134 Yellow-margined FlycatcherTolmomyias assimilis
135 Golden-crowned SpadebillPlatyrinchus coronatus
136 Northern Royal-FlycatcherOnychorhynchus mexicanus
137 Ruddy-tailed FlycatcherTerenotriccus erythrurus
138 Black-tailed FlycatcherMyiobius atricaudus
139 Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
140 Rufous MournerRhytipterna holerythra
141 Panama FlycatcherMyiarchus panamensis
142 Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
143 Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
144 Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
145 Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
146 Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
147 Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
148 White-winged BecardPachyramphus polychopterus
149 Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
150 Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
151 Black-bellied WrenThryothorus fasciatoventris
152 Bay WrenThryothorus nigricapillus
153 Plain WrenThryothorus modestus
154 Buff-breasted WrenThryothorus leucotis
155 White-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucosticta
156 Song WrenCyphorhinus phaeocephalus
157 Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
158 Clay-colored RobinTurdus grayi
159 Long-billed GnatwrenRamphocaenus melanurus
160 Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
161 Black-chested JayCyanocorax affinis
162 Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
163 Yellow WarblerDendroica petechia
164 Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica
165 Bay-breasted WarblerDendroica castanea
166 Kentucky WarblerOporornis formosus
167 Mourning WarblerOporornis philadelphia
168 Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
169 Buff-rumped WarblerBasileuterus fulvicauda
170 Olive TanagerChlorothraupis carmioli
171 Gray-headed TanagerEucometis penicillata
172 Sulphur-rumped TanagerHeterospingus rubrifrons
173 White-shouldered TanagerTachyphonus luctuosus
174 Tawny-crested TanagerTachyphonus delatrii
175 Red-throated Ant-TanagerHabia fuscicauda
176 Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
177 Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus
178 Yellow-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia luteicapilla
179 Fulvous-vented EuphoniaEuphonia fulvicrissa
180 White-vented EuphoniaEuphonia minuta
181 Plain-colored TanagerTangara inornata
182 Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrola
183 Golden-hooded TanagerTangara larvata
184 Scarlet-thighed DacnisDacnis venusta
185 Blue DacnisDacnis cayana
186 Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
187 Shining HoneycreeperCyanerpes lucidus
188 Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
189 Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
190 Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
191 Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostris
192 Slate-colored GrosbeakSaltator grossus
193 Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
194 Blue-black GrosbeakCyanocompsa cyanoides
195 Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater

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