Panama · Panamá Province
Summit Ponds
423 species and 121,300 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–April, with up to 284 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
Green HeronButorides virescens
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus
Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensis
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Parque Municipal Summit0 km371 species
- Semaphore Hill Road – Parque Nacional Soberanía2 km377 species
- Canopy Tower2 km455 species
- Summit Rainforest & Golf Resort2 km389 species
- Plantation Road – Parque Nacional Soberanía2 km394 species
- Gamboa Rainforest Reserve – Marina8 km355 species
All 423 species recorded here
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Buff-breasted Wren Cantorchilus leucotis
- Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens
- Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Rosy Thrush-tanager Rhodinocichla rosea
- Lance-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Southern Bentbill Oncostoma olivaceum
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
- Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird Chlorestes julie
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus
- Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Yellow-winged Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia edward
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Blue Cotinga Cotinga nattererii
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Velvety Manakin Lepidothrix velutina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- Western Olivaceous Flatbill Rhynchocyclus aequinoctialis
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant Atalotriccus pilaris
- Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla fulviventris
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Black-breasted Puffbird Notharchus pectoralis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus
- Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Panama Tyrannulet Phylloscartes flavovirens
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittatus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Russet-winged Schiffornis Schiffornis stenorhyncha
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Slaty-backed Forest Falcon Micrastur mirandollei
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
- Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes galbinus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps
- Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Choco Elaenia Myiopagis parambae
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Great Jacamar Jacamerops aureus
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Sulphur-rumped Tanager Heterospingus rubrifrons
- Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus
- Choco Screech Owl Megascops centralis
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- White-thighed Swallow Atticora tibialis
- Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
- Speckled Mourner Laniocera rufescens
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura typica
- Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Brownish Twistwing Cnipodectes subbrunneus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
- Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Choco Sirystes Sirystes albogriseus
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Summit Ponds?
January–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 284 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Summit Ponds?
423 species, from 121,300 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Summit Ponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Tropical Kingbird, Boat-billed Heron, Green Heron, Turkey Vulture and Crimson-backed Tanager.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.