Bird AlbumPanama · Bocas del Toro Province
Río Changuinola y Desembocadura
299 species and 27,915 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–April, September–October and December, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Great EgretArdea alba
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Royal TernThalasseus maximus
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Green HeronButorides virescens
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Black VultureCoragyps atratus110 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 299 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Changuinola Canal – San San-Pond Sak6 km360 species
- California – San San-Pond Sak18 km305 species
- Rinconcito de Macca Bite39 km231 species
- Tranquilo Bay Eco-Adventure Lodge40 km309 species
- Camino Punta Róbalo – Palma Real49 km275 species
- Mount Totumas Cloud Forest Reserve67 km342 species
All 299 species recorded here
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Thicket Antpitta Myrmothera dives
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Nicaraguan Seed Finch Sporophila nuttingi
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Río Changuinola y Desembocadura?
February–April, September–October and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Río Changuinola y Desembocadura?
299 species, from 27,915 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Río Changuinola y Desembocadura in November?
The most recorded in November: Snowy Egret, Neotropic Cormorant, Spotted Sandpiper, Brown Pelican and Great Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.