The garden emerald is a small hummingbird that is an endemic resident breeder in Costa Rica and western Panama. The attached image was taken in Altos del Maria, Panama.
Green Thorntail Hummingbird
The green thorntail is a small hummingbird that is a resident breeder from Costa Rica to western Ecuador. It occurs at middle elevations from 700–1,400 m but may descend lower early in the wet season. In Costa Rica and Panama it is confined to the Caribbean slopes. This is a forest canopy species.
Snowy Bellied Hummingbird
The snowy-bellied hummingbird (Amazilia edward), sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is sometimes known by the name snowy-breasted hummingbird. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama and far north-western Colombia, the attached image was taken in Panama.
Twany capped Euphonia
Twany capped Euphonia image taken in Altos del Maria, Panama.
Crimson Backed Tanager
The crimson-backed tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela, and introduced to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. A nickname in Panama is sangre de toro (“Blood of the bull”). The attached image was taken in Altos del Maria, Panama.
Collared Aracaris
Collared Aracaris – (Pteroglossus torquatus)- Altos del Maria, Panama.
Bay headed tanager
This Bay-headed tanager image was taken in Altos del Maria, Panama at around 960 meters above sea level.
Laughing Falcon
The laughing falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans), also called the snake hawk (erroneously, since it is not a hawk), is a medium-sized bird of prey in the falcon family (Falconidae), the only member of the genus Herpetotheres. This Neotropical species is a specialist snake-eater. Its common and scientific names both refer to its distinctive voice.
The attached image was taken near the Summit Ponds
Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
The limpkin (Aramus guarauna), also called carrao, courlan, and crying bird, is a bird that looks like a large rail but is skeletally closer to cranes. It is the only extant species in the genus Aramus and the family Aramidae. It is found mostly in wetlands in warm parts of the Americas, from Florida to northern Argentina. It feeds on molluscs, with the diet dominated by apple snails of the genus Pomacea. Its name derives from its seeming limp when it walks.
Image taken in Panama near Gamboa, note also the green iguana in the background.
Yellow-headed caracara
The yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima) is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in tropical and subtropical South America and the southern portion of Central America. Image taken in Altos del Maria Panama.