Xenornis

Rafael Luck sent in his photos of the Long-winged Harrier his group (which included Venicio Wilson, Osvaldo Quintero and Jan Axel Cubilla) found in Juan Hombrón yesterday. Comparing the photos with the poor illustrations of the species in South American field guides, and having never seen the species ever, I'd say this is a young dark morph adult (fide the few pale streaks in the underparts). They also had this American Golden-Plover at the same location and later encountered a Northern Harrier in El Coco, for comparison.

This Long-winged Harrier , apparently a dark-phase adult, was photographed yesterday at Juan Hombrón, Coclé: about 100 km west of the westernmost previous records from Tocumen Marsh.  En estos momentos estamos recibiendo reportes de que en la carretera que va a Juan Hombrón, en el área de arrozales, se está observando un Long-winged Harrier. Otras aves vistas incluyen varios Pectoral Sandpipers y un American Golden-Plover . Observadores: Beny Wilson Altamiranda, Rafael Luck, Osvaldo Quintero y Jan Axel Cubilla Rodríguez. More details to come.

On January 30 We went to El Chirú, where we had a brilliant day of birding! First we all got excellent views of Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl and Tropical Screech-Owl... In the same area we have close views of the endemic Veraguan Mango, as well as Crested Bobwhite, Saphire-throated Hummingbird, Red-breasted Blackbird, Rufous-browed Peppershrike... After a great morning we went to Juan Hombrón where we had perfect views of Straight-billed Woodcreeper, Mouse-colored Tyrannulet, Northern Scrub-Flycatcher.... The most amazing thing for us during the day was a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, which is a rare migrant for Panama especially in the Coclé Province. We saw this bird, a juvenile, at El Chirú. Tino Sanchez (Canopy Lodge Top Guide) and I got great views of it. I had the close telescope views so I could see the bright red gorget. We could not take a picture there, but every one in the group got to see it. Once in Juan Hombrón I found another Ruby-throated but this one has less red on the gorg...