Gamboa bird life

Most of these birds were photographed from Pipeline Road in Parque Nacional Soberania .

Anis are in the cuckoo family.

Greater ani, Crotophaga major

Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani

Antbirds and Antshrikes are small birds with rounded wings and strong legs.

Spotted antbird (males left, female right) Hylophylax naevioides

Bicolored antbird, Gymnopithys bicolor

Fasciated antshrike (male), Cymbilaimus lineatus

Caciques are New World forest blackbirds.

Yellow-rumped cacique, Cacicus cela

Caracaras are South American falcons.

Yellow-headed caracara (adults left, juvenile right), Daptrius chimachima

Chachalacas are noisy social ground-feeding birds found in wooded habitats.

Gray-headed chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps

Cotingas have broad bills with hooked tips, rounded wings, and strong legs. They eat primarily fruits.

Turquoise cotinga (female left, male right), Cotinga ridgwayi

Ducks:

Black-bellied whistling (tree) duck, Dendrocygna autumnalis, is a mis-sized waterfowl.

Euphonias are Neotropical finches.

Thick-billed euphonia, Euphonia laniirostris

Fulvous-vented euphonia (female left, male right), Euphonia fulvicrissa

Flycatchers, kingbirds, and kiskadees are small passerine birds. There are more than four hundred species.

Tropical kingbird, Tyrannus melancholicus

Social flycatcher, Myiozetetes similis

Great crested flycatcher, Myiarchus crinitus

Olive-striped flycatcher, Mionectes galbinus

Boat-billed flycatcher, Megarynchus pitangus

Great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus

Dusky-capped flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer

Streaked flycatcher, Myiodynastes maculatus

Gnatcatchers are small passerine birds related to wrens. There are 21 species.

White-browed gnatcatcher, Polioptila bilineata

Grassquits are small tropical tanagers.

Blue-black grassquit (female), Volatinia jacarina

Grosbeaks:are various species of seed-eating passerine birds with large beaks.

Rose-breasted grosbeak (female), Pheucticus ludovicianus

Hawks are birds of prey.

Common black hawk (juvenile), Buteogallus anthracinus

Herons and egrets: Herons are long-legged, long-necked freshwater and coastal birds. Egrets generally have white or buff plumage,

Rufescent tiger-heron, Tigrisoma lineatum

Little blue heron (adults left, immature right), Egretta caerulea

Snowy egret (immature), Egretta thula

Great egret, Ardea alba

Tricolored heron, Egretta tricolor

Green heron, Butorides virescens

Western cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis

Honeycreepers are small tropical New World birds in the tanager family. They are specialist nectar feeders with long, curved bills.

Red-legged honeycreeper (female left, male right), Cyanerpes cyaneus

Green honeycreeper (nale left, female right), Chlorophanes spiza

Hummingbirds are native to the Americas, mostly found in Central and South America. There are around 366 species. They are capable of rapid, maneuverable flight.

Blue-chested hummingbird (female left, males right), Polyerata amabilis

Long-billed hermit, Phaethornis longirostris

White-necked Jacobin (females left, males right), Florisuga mellivora

Violet-bellied hummingbird, Chlorestes julie

Jacanas and gallinules: The two species of jacanas both have long necks, long yellow bills, frontal shields, and very long toes. Gallinules (moorhens or marsh hens) are medium-sized water birds related to rails and coots. They have short rounded wings and are weak fliers, but have strong legs and long toes.

Wattled jacana (adult left, immature right), Jacana jacana

Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinica

Kites are birds of prey.

Snail kite (immature), Rostrhamus sociabilis

Lapwings are gound-nesting birds related to plovers and dotterels.

Southern lapwing, Vanellus chiliensis

Mockingbirds are New World passerine birds. Some species mimic the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians.

Tropical mockingbird, Mimus gilvus

Motmots are a family of birds related to kingfishers, bee-eaters, and rollers. The 10 species are endemic to Neotropical woodlands and forests, and six are found in Central America. Many have long tails with a distinctive racket-like tip.

Rufous motmot, Baryphthengus martii

Broad-billed motmot, Electron platyrhynchum

Whooping motmot, Momotus subrufescens

Oropendolas are vocal New World blackbirds found in Central and South America. They are large birds with pointed bills and long tails which are at least partially yellow. They are colonial breeders, building woven basket nests hanging from the tips of branches.

Chestnut-headed oropendola, Psarocolius wagleri

Ospreys are large diurnal, fish-eating birds of prey.

Osprey, Pandion haliaetus

Parrots and parakeets: Parrots have a strong, curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. Parakeets are small to medium-sized parrots, generally with long tail feathers.

Red-lored parrot, Amazona autumnalis

Orange-chinned parakeet, Brotogeris jugukaris

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills.

Scaled pigeon, Patagioenas speciosa

Short-billed pigeon, Patagioenas nigrirostris

Ruddy ground dove, Columbina talpacoti

Seedeaters are seed-eating passerine birds with a distinctively conical bill.

Variable seedeater, Sporophila corvina

Tanagers and dacnis: Tanagers are a large family of small to medium-sized brightly-colored fruit-eating Neotropical birds.

Palm tanager, Thraupis palmarum

Plain-colored tanager, Tangara inornata

Summer tanager (female), Piranga rubra

White-shouldered tanager (male), Loriotus luctuosus

Blue-gray tanager, Thraupis episcopus

Blue dacnis (female left, male right), Dacnis cayana

Flame-rumped tanager (female), Ramphocelus flammigerus

Crimson-backed tanager, Ramphocelus dimidiatus

Golden-hooded tanager, Stilpnia larvata

Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged small to medium-sized passerine birds with a worldwide distribution.

Clay-colored thrush (robin), Turdus grayi

Tinamous are shy sedentary ground-dwelling birds that are active during the day and retire to roosts at night. These ancient birds are related to the ostrich and emu. ther are some 45 species.

Great tinamou, Tinamus major

Tityras are medium-sized passerine birds with large bills.

Masked tityra (female), Tityra semifascuata

Toucans and aricaris: Toucans are Neotropical birds related to American barbets. They are brightly colored and have large, often colorful bills. Aricaris are medium-sized toucans.

Keel-billed toucan, Ramphastos sulfuratus