List of Birds of Panama

List Of Birds Of Panama

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Panama. The avifauna of Panama includes a total of 972 species, of which 12 are endemic, 6 have been introduced by humans, and 120 are rare or accidental. 20 species are globally threatened. The total figure includes a number of species whose occurrence in the country is considered hypothetical: no specimen or photograph has been taken in the country and they are known only from sight records.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) mainly follows the conventions of Clements's 5th edition although a few species have been split or lumped to correspond with the Panama Audubon Society checklist. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Panama.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories, but not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring, native species.

  • (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Panama.
  • (E) Endemic A species endemic to Panama.
  • (I) Introduced A species introduced to Panama as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.


Table of contents

Non-passerines: Tinamous . Penguins . Grebes . Albatrosses . Shearwaters and petrels . Storm-Petrels . Tropicbirds . Pelicans . Boobies . Cormorants . Darters . Frigatebirds . Bitterns, herons and egrets . Storks . Ibises and spoonbills . Ducks . New World vultures . Osprey . Hawks, kites and eagles . Caracaras and falcons . Guans, chachalacas and allies . New World quails . Limpkins . Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots . Sungrebe . Sunbittern . Jacanas . Oystercatchers . Avocets and stilts . Plovers and lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Skuas and jaegers . Gulls . Terns . Skimmers . Pigeons and doves . Parrots, macaws and allies . Cuckoos and anis . Barn owls . Typical owls . Oilbird . Potoos . Nightjars . Swifts . Hummingbirds . Trogons and quetzals . Kingfishers . Motmots . Jacamars . Puffbirds . Barbets . Toucans . Woodpeckers and allies .

Passerines: Ovenbirds . Woodcreepers . Typical antbirds . Antthrushes and antpittas . Tapaculos . Cotingas . Manakins . Tyrant flycatchers . Swallows and martins . Pipits . Silky-flycatchers . Waxwings . Dippers . Wrens . Mockingbirds and allies . Thrushes and allies . Gnatcatchers . Crows and jays . Starlings . Vireos . New World warblers . Bananaquit . Tanagers . Buntings, sparrows, seedeaters and allies . Saltators, cardinals and allies . Troupials and allies . Siskins and goldfinches . Old World sparrows .

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Read more about List Of Birds Of Panama:  Tinamous, Penguins, Grebes, Albatrosses, Shearwaters and Petrels, Storm-Petrels, Tropicbirds, Pelicans, Boobies, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Ducks, New World Vultures, Osprey, Hawks, Kites and Eagles, Caracaras and Falcons, Guans, Chachalacas and Allies, New World Quails, Limpkins, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots, Sungrebe, Sunbittern, Jacanas, Oystercatchers, Avocets and Stilts, Plovers and Lapwings, Sandpipers and Allies, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers, Pigeons and Doves, Parrots, Macaws and Allies, Cuckoos and Anis, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Oilbird, Potoos, Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Trogons and Quetzals, Kingfishers, Motmots, Jacamars, Puffbirds, Barbets, Toucans, Woodpeckers and Allies, Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers, Typical Antbirds, Antthrushes, Gnateaters, Antpittas, Tapaculos, Cotingas, Manakins, Sapayoa, Tyrant Flycatchers, Tityras and Becards, Sharpbill, Swallows and Martins, Pipits, Silky-flycatchers, Waxwings, Dippers, Wrens, Mockingbirds and Allies, Donacobius, Thrushes and Allies, Gnatcatchers, Crows and Jays, Starlings, Vireos, New World Warblers, Bananaquit, Tanagers, Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and Allies, Saltators, Cardinals and Allies, Troupials and Allies, Siskins and Goldfinches, Old World Sparrows, Waxbills and Allies

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