Panama Birding

Boquete and Caldera offer world-class bird-watching opportunities! Below is a list of birds seen at Rancho de Caldera by guests - it is by no means comprehensive and hopefully will continue to grow. We welcome bird pictures from guests and are happy to display them on our website!

Species List

Egrets/Herons

  • Cattle Egret
  • Great Egret
  • Green-Backed Heron

Vultures

  • Black Vulture
  • Turkey Vulture

Hawks/Kites/Falcons

  • Yellow-Headed Caracara
  • Roadside Hawk
  • Osprey

Chachalaca/Guans

  • Grey-Headed Chachalaca

Rails/Jacanas/Stilts

  • Northern Jacana
  • Purple Galinule

Doves/Pigeons

  • Pale-Vented Pigeon
  • Ruddy Ground-Dove
  • White-Tipped Dove

Parrots/Parakeets

  • Orange-Chinned Parakeet
  • Brown-Throated Parakeet

Cuckoos/Anis

  • Squirrel Cuckoo
  • Smooth-Billed Ani

Nighthawks

  • ??? Nighthawk

Swifts

  • White-Collared Swift

Hummingbirds

  • Long-Billed Starthroat
  • Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird
  • Snowy-Bellied Hummingbird
  • Garden Emerald

Trogans

  • Violaceous Trogon

Kingfishers

  • Ringed Kingfisher

Motmots

  • Blue-Crowned Motmot

Barbets

  • Prong-Billed Barbet

Toucans

  • Emerald Toucanet

Woodpeckers

  • Red-Crowned Woodpecker
  • Lineated Woodpecker

Becards/Tityras

  • Black-Crowned Tityra
  • Masked Tityra

Manakins

  • Lance-Tailed Manakin

Flycatchers

  • Tropical Kingbird
  • Black Phoebe
  • Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
  • Social Flycatcher
  • Streaked Flycatcher
  • Panama Flycatcher
  • Great-Crested Flycatcher
  • Great Kiskadee
  • Lesser Elaenia
  • Yellow-Bellied Elaenia
  • Tody Flycatcher

Swallows/Martins

  • Blue And White Swallow

Wrens

  • House Wren
  • Rufous And White Wren

Thrushes

  • Clay-Colored Thrush
  • Swainson's Thrush

Vireos/Greenlets

  • Lesser Greenlet
  • Philadelphia Vireo
  • Yellow-Throated Vireo

Warblers

  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Yellow Warbler
  • Chestnut-Sided Warbler
  • Rufous-Capped Warbler
  • Northern Waterthrush

Blackbirds/Orioles/Oropendulas

  • Great-tailed Grackle
  • Crested Oropendula

Tanagers

  • Summer Tanager
  • Crimson-Backed Tanager
  • Blue-Gray Tanager
  • Palm Tanager

Euphonias

  • Thick-Billed Euphonia

Honeycreepers/Dacnis

  • Red-Legged Honeycreeper

Saltators/Grosbeaks/Sparrows/Finches

  • Streaked Saltator
  • Buff-Throated Saltator
  • Black-Striped Sparrow
  • Blue Black Grosbeak
  • Lesser Seed-Finch
  • Yellow-Faced Grassquit
  • Blue-Black Grasquit
  • Rufous-Collared Sparrow