Site Report: Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama
Red-throated Ant-Tanager (Habia fuscicauda) - Male
White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)
White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus macrorhynchos)
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Red-throated Ant-Tanager (Habia fuscicauda) - Male
White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)
White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus macrorhynchos)
The park is essentially in the middle of Panama City, and from the mirador, you can see the skyscrapers of the downtown area.
Visits
- 2009-03-08: This was the last day of independent adventures on our trip, and we took a taxi to the Parque Natural Metropolitano. Barbara and I arrived just as the park was opening in the early morning. We hiked around for a couple of hours before meeting our transfer to the Holiday Inn.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (25 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(25 records)
Class: Birds
(23 records)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Common Squirrel-Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(16 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis)
- Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)
- Red-crowned Ant-Tanager (Habia rubica)
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager (Driophlox fuscicauda)
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- White-shouldered Tanager (Loriotus luctuosus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Northern Scrub-Flycatcher (Sublegatus arenarum)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
(3 records)
- Family: Puffbirds
- White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Procyonidae
- White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Agoutis
- Brown Agouti (Dasyprocta variegata)