Panama Birding Tours
Host: Jose Carlos GarcíaWhen: Upon request Languages: English. We are bilingual bird guides Length: Half day or full day. Number of guests: min. 2 persons, max 4. Prices per day: see below.
Introduction:
You are invited to use the following program descriptions to propose a visit that will make the best use of your time and take advantage of our local knowledge and experience. 
Birding Pipeline road - Old Gamboa Road
We'll leave this morning for the famous Pipeline Road, in search of the birds of the Panama Canal rainforest. We'll cover several aquatic habitats around Gamboa, searching for Rufescent-tiger-Heron, Yellow-tailed Oriole, Limpkin, and many Flycatchers. Many fruit eaters are commonly seen at the Pipeline such as Collared Aracaris, Chestnut-mandible Toucan, Purple-throated Fruitcrows and more. We will have a picnic lunch at the Summit Gardens. In the Afternoon we will explore the more semidecidious forests of the Panama Canal (Old Gamboa Road), looking for Spectacle Owls, Fasciated Antshrike and Blue-crowned Motmot. We'll scan the summit ponds for Kingfishers and nesting Boat-billed Night-Herons.
Rate (as of 2008): $75 per person half day (6 hours) / Full day $95 per person / Min 2 persons Max 4 / Contact us below for group rates
Cerro Azul & Cerro Jefe Foothills
North east of Panama City are Cerro Azul Foothills, contiguous to the Chagres National Park. These foothills are very good to find species not found in the canal corridor. We'll go around searching for White-tipped Sicklebill, Rufous-crested Coquette, Violet-capped Hummingbird, and Scaled Pigeons. Soaring Black-and-white-Hawk Eagle are often seen at Cerro Azul. In the afternoon we'll go around Cerro Jefe (1,000m) an area that has Elfin forest dominated by a particular palm tree. Cerro Jefe is good to find specialties of Eastern Panama, such as Tacarcuna bush-Tanagers, Black-and-yellow Tanager, Three-striped Warbler and Purplish-backed Quail-Dove.
Rate (as of 2008): $85 per person half day (6 hours) / Full day $95 per person / Min 2 persons Max 4 / Contact us below for group rates
Achiote Road - Birds of the Atlantic Side of the Canal
Achiote Road is well known for its raptors and many other typical wet-forest species. We'll spend the day on the western Caribbean bank of the Panama Canal. We'll go in the morning to Achiote Road; an early start will put us on the road, watching for Spot-crowned Barbet, Pied Puffbird, Gray-headed Kite, Bay Wren and more. At mid-morning, we'll go to the Trogon Trail, a short loop under evergreen forests to look for forest-interior birds such as Chestnut-backed Antbird, Bicolored Antbird, Olivaceous Flatbill, Plumbeous Hawk, and several species of trogons, like White-tailed Trogon, Violaceous Trogon and Black-throated Trogon. We'll have lunch in a local restaurant at Achiote, and we'll visit El Tucán Visitor Center, a Community Based Ecotourism Project (CEASPA). This institution works to maintain the trails and the restaurant we'll visit.
Rate (as of 2008): $85 per person half day (6 hours) / Full day $100 per person / Min 2 persons Max 4 / Contact us below for group rates
Metropolitan Park
This day is dedicated to find birds of dry and second-growth forest of the Pacific of Panama. We'll drive for 10 minutes from the city to find ourselves into the metropark looking for Pacific-slope specialties like: the Panama endemic Yellow-green Tyrannulet (rare), Lance-tailed Manakin, Rosy-thrush Tanager, Rufous-and-white Wren, White-bellied Antbird, several Euphonias, White-necked Puffbird, Short-tailed Hawk and many more.
Rate (as of 2008): $75 per person half day (6 hours) / Full day $95 per person / Min 2 persons Max 4 / Contact us below for group rates |
