Panama Ramsar wetland
Punta Patiño
197 bird species recorded; the most in February and in December.
Laura Patiño C. · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
115 species in January.126 species in February.12 species in March.29 species in April.33 species in May.0 species in June.7 species in July.112 species in August.18 species in September.73 species in October.14 species in November.116 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
NT
VU
NT
No records for this month.
NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
197 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 197Speciesrecorded more than once
- 78Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,542Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 59 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 17Raptors
- 1Owls
- 7Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 92Songbirds
- 58Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 197 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Collared Forest FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Harpy EagleHarpia harpyjaVU
- King VultureSarcoramphus papa
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Red-throated CaracaraIbycter americanus
- Grey-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis
- Leucopternis albicollisLeucopternis albicollis
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Slaty-backed Forest-FalconMicrastur mirandollei
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tropical Screech-OwlMegascops choliba
Waders7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White IbisEudocimus albus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Green IbisMesembrinibis cayennensis
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Fasciated Tiger-heronTigrisoma fasciatum
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Green HeronButorides virescens
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
Songbirds92 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanus
- Lance-tailed ManakinChiroxiphia lanceolata
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Dusky AntbirdCercomacra tyrannina
- Western Slaty-antshrikeThamnophilus atrinucha
- Black-chested JayCyanocorax affinis
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Chestnut-backed AntbirdMyrmeciza exsul
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Long-tailed TyrantColonia colonus
- Thraupis palmarumThraupis palmarum
- Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus
- Spotted AntbirdHylophylax naevioides
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
- Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- White-ringed FlycatcherConopias albovittatus
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Black OropendolaPsarocolius guatimozinus
- Blue DacnisDacnis cayana
- Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
- Loriotus luctuosusLoriotus luctuosus
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris
- Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Quiscalus mexicanusQuiscalus mexicanus
- Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensis
- Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
- Panama FlycatcherMyiarchus panamensis
- Chestnut-headed OropendolaPsarocolius wagleri
- Golden-headed ManakinPipra erythrocephala
- Yellow-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia luteicapilla
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Southern BentbillOncostoma olivaceum
- Cabanis's WrenCantorchilus modestus
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Plain-coloured TanagerTangara inornata
- Grey-headed TanagerEucometis penicillata
- White-flanked AntwrenMyrmotherula axillaris
- Buff-breasted WrenCantorchilus leucotis
- Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
- Black-bellied WrenPheugopedius fasciatoventris
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Forest ElaeniaMyiopagis gaimardii
- Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosa
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Dot-winged AntwrenMicrorhopias quixensis
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
- Bay WrenCantorchilus nigricapillus
- Ramphocaenus melanurusRamphocaenus melanurus
- Lesser KiskadeePitangus lictor
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Black-tailed MyiobiusMyiobius atricaudus
- Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatus
- Wedge-billed WoodcreeperGlyphorynchus spirurus
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Purple-throated FruitcrowQuerula purpurata
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- Golden-collared ManakinManacus vitellinus
- Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater
- Cinnamon BecardPachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Blue CotingaCotinga nattererii
- Lesser GreenletHylophilus decurtatus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Stilpnia larvataStilpnia larvata
- Whiskered MyiobiusMyiobius barbatus
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Northern Barred WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
- Fulvous-vented EuphoniaEuphonia fulvicrissa
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Olivaceous FlatbillRhynchocyclus olivaceus
- Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
- Black-striped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
- Black AntshrikeThamnophilus nigriceps
Other birds58 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
- Trogon melanurusTrogon melanurus
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
- Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratusNT
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
- Crimson-crested WoodpeckerCampephilus melanoleucos
- Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Chrysuronia coeruleogularisChrysuronia coeruleogularis
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Whooping MotmotMomotus subrufescens
- Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Olivaceous PiculetPicumnus olivaceus
- White-necked PuffbirdNotharchus hyperrhynchus
- Chlorestes julieChlorestes julie
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
- Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus
- Pale-bellied HermitPhaethornis anthophilus
- Great TinamouTinamus major
- Band-rumped SwiftChaetura spinicaudus
- Gray-headed ChachalacaOrtalis cinereiceps
- Southern Mealy AmazonAmazona farinosa
- Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa
- Polyerata amabilisPolyerata amabilis
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Collared AraçariPteroglossus torquatus
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Rufous MotmotBaryphthengus martii
- Garden EmeraldChlorostilbon assimilis
- White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
- Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
- Pionopsitta haematotisPionopsitta haematotis
- Crested GuanPenelope purpurascensNT
- Short-billed PigeonPatagioenas nigrirostris
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Slaty-tailed TrogonTrogon massena
- Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyura
- Grey-cheeked NunletNonnula frontalis
- Crowned WoodnymphThalurania colombica
- Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularis
- Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostris
- Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
- Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinacea
- Band-tailed BarbthroatThrenetes ruckeri
- Cinnamon WoodpeckerCeleus loricatus
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Western White-tailed TrogonTrogon chionurus
- Rufous NightjarAntrostomus rufus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in February and in December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan29°/22°60 mm
- Feb31°/22°24 mm
- Mar32°/22°70 mm
- Apr30°/23°188 mm
- May28°/24°283 mm
- Jun28°/24°269 mm
- Jul28°/24°242 mm
- Aug28°/23°239 mm
- Sep27°/23°272 mm
- Oct27°/23°261 mm
- Nov27°/23°256 mm
- Dec28°/22°173 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Punta Patiño.
Nature reserve in Panama
Punta Patiño is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Panama.
197 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,542 open records.
The most recorded are the Black Vulture, the White Ibis and the Orange-chinned Parakeet.
13 species come for the summer, 57 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover and Harpy Eagle.
The most species are recorded in February and in December.
Get there and watch
- Punta Patiño Lodgeplace to stay · 6.2 km · 1 within 10 km
- Pueblo Nuevonearest town · 9.4 km in a straight line
- Tocumen International Airport (PTY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 159 km in a straight lineCar hire at PTY airport (Tocumen)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1places to stay within 10 kmPunta Patiño Lodge
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Punta Patiño.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas4 mountains within 25 kmLoma Mogocénega · 11 kmLoma Cocobolo · 13 kmCerro Bruva · 17 kmFuerte de Setegantí · 18 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmPlaya Brava · 8.1 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q21065799) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,542 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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