Panama · Panamá Province
Parque Natural Metropolitano
420 species and 120,426 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March and October, with up to 272 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana
White-shouldered TanagerLoriotus luctuosus
Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilus
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus
Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
Golden-fronted GreenletPachysylvia aurantiifrons
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatlSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Parque Natural Metropolitano – Centro de Visitantes1 km341 species
- Antiguo museo de Panama Viejo6 km244 species
- Panamá Viejo7 km296 species
- Costa del Este – Mirador Paseo del Mar9 km345 species
- Summit Rainforest & Golf Resort11 km389 species
- Parque Municipal Summit13 km371 species
All 420 species recorded here
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Lance-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
- Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Southern Bentbill Oncostoma olivaceum
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Rosy Thrush-tanager Rhodinocichla rosea
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Yellow-winged Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird Chlorestes julie
- Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia edward
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Panama Tyrannulet Phylloscartes flavovirens
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus
- Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Buff-breasted Wren Cantorchilus leucotis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant Atalotriccus pilaris
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis
- Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa
- Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Western Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla fulviventris
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Russet-winged Schiffornis Schiffornis stenorhyncha
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Velvety Manakin Lepidothrix velutina
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Blue Cotinga Cotinga nattererii
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Brownish Twistwing Cnipodectes subbrunneus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Slaty-backed Forest Falcon Micrastur mirandollei
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
- Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura typica
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
- Choco Screech Owl Megascops centralis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Parque Natural Metropolitano?
December–March and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 272 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Parque Natural Metropolitano?
420 species, from 120,426 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Parque Natural Metropolitano in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Squirrel Cuckoo, White-shouldered Tanager, Cocoa Woodcreeper, Bay-breasted Warbler and Rufous-breasted Wren.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.