Panama · Colón Province
Gamboa
440 species and 62,932 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, with up to 279 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarum
Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Grey-headed ChachalacaOrtalis cinereiceps
Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
Yellow-headed CaracaraDaptrius chimachima
Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus162 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 440 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gamboa Rainforest Reserve – Marina1 km355 species
- Gamboa Rainforest Reserve1 km455 species
- Ammo Dump Ponds1 km437 species
- Gamboa – Sendero La Chunga2 km336 species
- Pipeline Road2 km437 species
- Panama Rainforest Discovery Center3 km433 species
All 440 species recorded here
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird Chlorestes julie
- Buff-breasted Wren Cantorchilus leucotis
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
- Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia edward
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Southern Bentbill Oncostoma olivaceum
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Yellow-winged Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Velvety Manakin Lepidothrix velutina
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla fulviventris
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Choco Screech Owl Megascops centralis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa
- Lance-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Blue Cotinga Cotinga nattererii
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- American Coot Fulica americana
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Black-breasted Puffbird Notharchus pectoralis
- Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Rosy Thrush-tanager Rhodinocichla rosea
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Western Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
- Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura typica
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Choco Elaenia Myiopagis parambae
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Sulphur-rumped Tanager Heterospingus rubrifrons
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Speckled Mourner Laniocera rufescens
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Southern Martin Progne elegans
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittatus
- Brownish Twistwing Cnipodectes subbrunneus
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- White-thighed Swallow Atticora tibialis
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus
- Slaty-backed Forest Falcon Micrastur mirandollei
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Marbled Wood Quail Odontophorus gujanensis
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
- Dull-mantled Antbird Sipia laemosticta
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant Atalotriccus pilaris
- Olive-backed Quail-Dove Leptotrygon veraguensis
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Panama Tyrannulet Phylloscartes flavovirens
- Russet-winged Schiffornis Schiffornis stenorhyncha
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Plumbeous Hawk Cryptoleucopteryx plumbea
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gamboa?
February–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 279 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gamboa?
440 species, from 62,932 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gamboa in November?
The most recorded in November: Tropical Kingbird, Clay-colored Thrush, Black Vulture, Red-crowned Woodpecker and Tropical Mockingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.