Bird AlbumPanama · Panamá Province
Tocumen Marsh
408 species and 27,396 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March and September–October, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
Sapphire-throated HummingbirdChrysuronia coeruleogularis
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Rock DoveColumba livia
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogasterSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Costa del Este – Mirador Paseo del Mar13 km345 species
- Panamá Viejo15 km296 species
- Antiguo museo de Panama Viejo16 km244 species
- Los Altos de Cerro Azul18 km400 species
- Parque Natural Metropolitano22 km420 species
- Parque Natural Metropolitano – Centro de Visitantes22 km341 species
All 408 species recorded here
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher Myiozetetes cayanensis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Spot-breasted Woodpecker Colaptes punctigula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Lesser Kiskadee Philohydor lictor
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Buff-breasted Wren Cantorchilus leucotis
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Capped Heron Pilherodius pileatus
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Mouse-colored Tyrannulet Nesotriccus murinus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Pale-bellied Hermit Phaethornis anthophilus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
- Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant Atalotriccus pilaris
- Yellowish Pipit Anthus chii
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Lance-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
- Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia edward
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Fulvous-vented Euphonia Euphonia fulvicrissa
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Yellow-eared Toucanet Selenidera spectabilis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Blue Cotinga Cotinga nattererii
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Black-chested Jay Cyanocorax affinis
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Southern Bentbill Oncostoma olivaceum
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
- Golden-collared Manakin Manacus vitellinus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Rosy Thrush-tanager Rhodinocichla rosea
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird Chlorestes julie
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Yellow-winged Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Flame-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus flammigerus
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus
- Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii
- Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
- Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla fulviventris
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Velvety Manakin Lepidothrix velutina
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Orange-crowned Oriole Icterus auricapillus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tocumen Marsh?
January–March and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tocumen Marsh?
408 species, from 27,396 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tocumen Marsh in November?
The most recorded in November: Ruddy Ground Dove, Sapphire-throated Hummingbird, Black Vulture, Blue-grey Tanager and Rufous-tailed Hummingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.