Panama
What is recorded in Panama
- Species
- 4,805
- Grid cells
- 20,731
- Records
- 7,241,411
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 3,029
- Birds 791
- Bony fish 570
- Reptiles 167
- Amphibians 129
- Mammals 88
- Sharks and rays 28
- Chimaeras 3
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Panama, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in Panama, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Blue-grey Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Melanerpes rubricapillus
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Amazilia tzacatl
Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brotogeris jugularis
Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina
Ruddy Ground Dove
Columbina talpacoti
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum
Crimson-backed Tanager
Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Keel-billed Toucan
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Improbable bill, croaking calls above the canopy.
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Panama.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Panama on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.