Panama · Panamá Province
Panamá Viejo
296 species and 29,099 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–March, with up to 109 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Great EgretArdea alba
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
WilletTringa semipalmata
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Rock DoveColumba livia
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Antiguo museo de Panama Viejo1 km244 species
- Costa del Este – Mirador Paseo del Mar2 km345 species
- Parque Natural Metropolitano7 km420 species
- Parque Natural Metropolitano – Centro de Visitantes7 km341 species
- Tocumen Marsh15 km408 species
- Summit Rainforest & Golf Resort17 km389 species
All 296 species recorded here
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Grey Gull Leucophaeus modestus
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Buff-breasted Wren Cantorchilus leucotis
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird Chlorestes julie
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
- White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia edward
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus
- Rosy Thrush-tanager Rhodinocichla rosea
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Choco Screech Owl Megascops centralis
- White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
- Panama Tyrannulet Phylloscartes flavovirens
- Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Panamá Viejo?
October–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 109 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Panamá Viejo?
296 species, from 29,099 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Panamá Viejo in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown Pelican, Black Vulture, Great Egret, Neotropic Cormorant and Turkey Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.