Traveling in Central America

A total of 27 species is included.
Traveling in Panama 2020 - Traveling in Costa Rica 2020

Traveling in Panama 2020:

2020-02-01 - 2020-03-11 in Panama
Traveling here was an amazing experience at seeing birds: most dramatically seeing a family of resplendent quetzals at the Pipeline Trail, but also spending every morning at Frank's on the Pacific (Montezuma oropendolas!)

Crimson-backed tanager / Scharlachbauchtangare (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)


Crimson-backed tanager gamboa town. 2020-02-17 17:52:16 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
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Blue-gray tanager / Blautangare (Thraupis episcopus)

Alternate classification: Tangara episcopus

Blue gray tanager. 2020-02-18 09:21:16 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 720
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Red-crowned woodpecker / Rotkappenspecht (Melanerpes rubricapillus)


Red crowned woodpecker. 2020-02-18 09:37:00 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Crimson-backed tanager / Scharlachbauchtangare (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)


Crimson-backed tanager. 2020-02-18 10:48:22 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Golden-hooded tanager / Goldscheiteltangare (Tangara larvata)

Alternate classification: Stilpnia larvata

Zoom one golden-hooded tanager on telephone wire. 2020-02-18 10:52:28 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Keel-billed toucan / Fischertukan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)


Keel billed toucan. 2020-02-19 06:49:02 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Fasciated tiger heron / Streifenreiher (Tigrisoma fasciatum)


Fasciated tiger heron. 2020-02-19 06:59:06 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 1400
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Keel-billed toucan / Fischertukan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)


Two keel billed toucans. 2020-02-19 07:10:20 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Black-billed whistling duck / Kubapfeifgans (Dendrocygna arborea)

Also known as: West Indian whistling duck, West Indian whistling-duck

Black billed whistling duck. 2020-02-19 07:35:22 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 640
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Red-throated ant-tanager (Habia fuscicauda)


Red throated ant tanager maybe. 2020-02-19 07:46:46 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 500
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Roadside hawk / Wegebussard (Buteo magnirostris)

Alternate classification: Rupornis magnirostris, Falco magnirostris
Also known as: Grossschnabelbussard

Roadside hawk. 2020-02-19 10:02:22 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Red-lored amazon / Rotstirnamazone (Amazona autumnalis)

Alternate classification: Amazona aestiva, Psittacus aestivus, Psittacus autumnalis
Also known as: Red-lored parrot

Probably red-lored amazons flying gamboa. 2020-02-19 17:41:24 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 1000
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Red-lored amazon eating blossoms. 2020-02-19 17:42:00 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 2000
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Streaked flycatcher / Südlicher Fleckenmaskentyrann (Myiodynastes maculatus)


Streaked flycatcher. 2020-02-20 14:53:44 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Red-legged honeycreeper / Türkisnaschvogel (Cyanerpes cyaneus)


Red-legged honeycreeper. 2020-02-21 07:42:10 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 560
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Montezuma oropendola / Montezumastirnvogel (Psarocolius montezuma)

Alternate classification: Gymnostinops montezuma

Montezuma oropendola from below. 2020-03-02 08:20:18 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Eastern meadowlark (Sturnella magna)

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Squirrel cuckoo / Eichhornkuckkuck (Piaya cayana)


Squirrel cuckoo. 2020-03-04 09:26:50 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 500
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Resplendent quetzal / Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)


Resplendent quetzal. 2020-03-04 10:43:26 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 1000
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Resplendent quetzal. 2020-03-04 10:44:02 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
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Cattle egret / Kuhreiher (Bubulcus ibis)

Alternate classification: Egretta ibis
Also known as: Western cattle egret

Cow-plus-cattle egret. 2020-03-07 15:17:34 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 450
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Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)


Brown pelican tentative ID. 2020-03-08 13:27:20 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 320
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Montezuma oropendola / Montezumastirnvogel (Psarocolius montezuma)

Alternate classification: Gymnostinops montezuma

Montezuma Oropendola nests on Bastimentos Island, Panama. 2020-03-10 12:04:06 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Montezuma Oropendola building a nest on Bastimentos Island, Panama. 2020-03-10 12:06:54 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Green-breasted mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)

Alternate classification: Trochilus prevostii

Funky bird on Bastimentos Island, Panama, possibly green-breasted mango. 2020-03-10 12:07:52 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Montezuma oropendola / Montezumastirnvogel (Psarocolius montezuma)

Alternate classification: Gymnostinops montezuma

Montezuma Oropendola nests on Bastimentos Island, Panama. 2020-03-10 15:38:20 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Montezuma Oropendola with nests on Bastimentos Island, Panama. 2020-03-10 15:38:48 Panama NIKON D5600 ISO 400
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Traveling in Costa Rica 2020:

2020-03-12 - 2020-03-27 in Costa Rica
Traveling in Costa Rica was just as amazing with birds:In Manzanilla on the Caribbean we watched one bird after another pass by.

Squirrel cuckoo / Eichhornkuckkuck (Piaya cayana)


Squirrel cuckoo in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 08:12:56 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
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Squirrel cuckoo in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 08:13:08 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
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Great kiskadee / Schwefelmaskentyrann (Pitangus sulphuratus)


Great kiskadee in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 09:01:52 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 1250
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Great kiskadee in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 09:01:56 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 2200
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Blue-gray tanager / Blautangare (Thraupis episcopus)

Alternate classification: Tangara episcopus

Blue gray tanager in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 09:08:18 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 2500
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Blue gray tanager in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 09:08:20 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 2200
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Blue gray tanager in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 09:08:22 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 2200
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Black-cowled oriole / Gelbschultertrupial (Icterus prosthemelas)

Alternate classification: Icterus dominicensis prosthemelas

Black-cowled oriole in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 09:34:56 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
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Passerini's tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)

Also known as: Scarlet-rumped tanager

Scarlet-rumped tanager. 2020-03-12 09:50:02 Costa Rica NIKON D5600 ISO 640
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Black-striped woodcreeper / Tränen-Baumsteiger (Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus)


Black-striped woodcreeper in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 09:50:48 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Mealy parrot / Mülleramazone (Amazona farinosa)

Alternate classification: Psittacus farinosus
Also known as: Mealy amazon

Possibly mealy parrots in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-12 17:25:08 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
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Keel-billed toucan / Fischertukan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)


Keel billed toucan in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-13 06:51:14 Costa Rica NIKON D5600 ISO 1400
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Keel billed toucan in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-13 06:51:18 Costa Rica NIKON D5600 ISO 1400
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Yellow-crowned night heron / Krabbenreiher (Nyctanassa violacea)


Juvenile Yellow-crowned night heron in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-13 08:59:00 Costa Rica NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Yellow-crowned night heron in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-13 09:00:32 Costa Rica NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Bird in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-14 13:14:20 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 800
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Hummingbird in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-14 16:10:36 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 3200
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Great kiskadee / Schwefelmaskentyrann (Pitangus sulphuratus)


Probably great kiskadee in Manzanillo, Costa Rica. 2020-03-15 09:21:54 Manzanillo NIKON D5600 ISO 450
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Boat-billed heron / Kahnschnabel (Cochlearius cochlearius)

Alternate classification: Cochlearius cochlearia

Boat billed heron in Cahuita, Costa Rica. 2020-03-17 16:57:49 Costa Rica SM-G975F Shutter speed 1/33
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Black-and-white owl (alternate) / Bindenhalskauz (Strix nigrolineata)

Also known as: Black-and-white owl

Black-and-white owl near Punta Cahuita in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica. 2020-03-18 10:22:31 Costa Rica SM-G975F Shutter speed 0.01
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