Panama · Bocas del Toro Province
Changuinola Canal – San San-Pond Sak
360 species and 50,268 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and November, with up to 242 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
Scarlet-rumped TanagerRamphocelus passerinii
Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
Common Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa224 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 360 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 Desembocadura6 km299 species
- California – San San-Pond Sak23 km305 species
- Rinconcito de Macca Bite34 km231 species
- Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge34 km309 species
- Camino Punta Róbalo – Palma Real45 km275 species
- Pipeline Trail67 km358 species
All 360 species recorded here
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Nicaraguan Seed Finch Sporophila nuttingi
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Thicket Antpitta Myrmothera dives
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
- Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Olive-backed Quail-Dove Leptotrygon veraguensis
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Changuinola Canal – San San-Pond Sak?
March and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 242 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Changuinola Canal – San San-Pond Sak?
360 species, from 50,268 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Changuinola Canal – San San-Pond Sak in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Kiskadee, Little Blue Heron, Pale-vented Pigeon, Scarlet-rumped Tanager and Amazon Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.