Panama · Bocas del Toro Province
California – San San-Pond Sak
305 species and 25,225 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and October, with up to 188 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Red-breasted MeadowlarkLeistes militaris
Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
Great EgretArdea alba
Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni98 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 305 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Río Changuinola y Desembocadura18 km299 species
- Changuinola Canal – San San-Pond Sak23 km360 species
- Rinconcito de Macca Bite57 km231 species
- Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge57 km309 species
- Camino Punta Róbalo – Palma Real65 km275 species
- Mount Totumas Cloud Forest Reserve74 km342 species
All 305 species recorded here
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Nicaraguan Seed Finch Sporophila nuttingi
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at California – San San-Pond Sak?
May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 188 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at California – San San-Pond Sak?
305 species, from 25,225 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at California – San San-Pond Sak in November?
The most recorded in November: Turkey Vulture, Northern Jacana, Tropical Kingbird, Red-breasted Meadowlark and Melodious Blackbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.