"Over 300 species in a week is typical on most Panama birding trips!"
Day 1:  Arrival in Panama City (PTY airport code) and
transfer to your hotel.
Day 2:  Metropolitan Nature Park...Panama City sites
Day 3:  Pipeline Road and Discovery Center Tower
Day 4:  Old Gamboa Road and Plantation Road.
Transfer to the Atlantic side of the Canal.
Day 5:  Achiote Road and San Lorenzo National Park
Day 6:  Sierra Llorona for more Caribbean Slope birding.
Then to Panama City's mudflats for shorebird viewing
before heading to Cerro Azul for the night.
Day 7:  Cerro Azul Foothills and Birder's View at
Chagres National Park
Day 8:  Cerro Azul Foothills and Cerro Jefe at Chagres
National Park
Day 9:  Departure

Extension to consider:  
  • Western Darién province.  Add four days to your
    journey with a drive into eastern Panama.  You
    could add more than 75 birds to your trip list.
Brief Itinerary
Trip Description
For More Information or to Register for this Trip, call Charles at 888-203-7464
or direct at 720-320-1974 or by email at info@PIBird.com.
8 Days Birding in Central Panama
Why go to Panama and only visit the central part of the
country?  Because over 500 species of birds live here
during part of the year.  Three Christmas Bird Counts are
conducted in the area annually - yielding well over 300
species each season.  With a well-guided tour, you can
expect to see that many during this trip.

Central Panama primarily means birding within an hour of  
the Canal, so you'll spend less of your valuable time
traveling and more time actually birding.  With hundreds of
birds to be seen within the short drive from Panama City,
you are sure to go away with an impressive number of
additions to your life list, including a good chance at two
endemics: Yellow-green Tyrannulet and Stripe-cheeked
Woodpecker.
More Details on This Trip
Current Schedule
for this Route
We hope to run at least 2 Panama trips each year.  
Birding Central Panama
Canal Zone and Rainforest (Metropolitan Park, Pipeline Road & Discovery
Center Tower, Plantation Road & Old Gamboa Road)
Atlantic Side of Canal (Achiote Road, Sierra Llorona)
Cerro Azul Foothills & Chagres National Park

Extensions to Darién or Chiriquí Highlands
Red-capped Manakin, Pipra mentalis
Harpy Eagle, Harpia harpyja