Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis) - HBW 9, p. 433
French: Tyran du Panama
German: Panamaschopftyrann
Spanish: Copetón Panameño
Taxonomy: Myiarchus panamensis Lawrence, 1860, Atlantic slope of Canal Zone on Panama Railroad, Isthmus of Panama.
Formerly treated as a race of M. ferox, but the two differ in vocalizations and do not respond to playback of voice of each other; similarly, species-level separation from M. venezuelensis argued on basis of sympatry in extreme NW Venezuela (near Cerro Alto del Cedro) and in N Colombia (Cansoma, in Bolívar). Analyses of morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA indicate close affinities with those two species and also with M. phaeocephalus, but precise relationships within that group unclear. Careful ecological and genetic study in zones of parapatry and sympatry wo.. View all taxonomy...
Formerly treated as a race of M. ferox, but the two differ in vocalizations and do not respond to playback of voice of each other; similarly, species-level separation from M. venezuelensis argued on basis of sympatry in extreme NW Venezuela (near Cerro Alto del Cedro) and in N Colombia (Cansoma, in Bolívar). Analyses of morphological characters and mitochondrial DNA indicate close affinities with those two species and also with M. phaeocephalus, but precise relationships within that group unclear. Careful ecological and genetic study in zones of parapatry and sympatry would be rewarding. Re-examination of geographical distributions of these taxa and their ecology and taxonomy, especially S & E of L Maracaibo (W Venezuela), is warranted. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- actiosus Ridgway, 1906 - Pacific coast of Costa Rica (Gulf of Nicoya S to point N of Osa Peninsula).
- panamensis Lawrence, 1860 - extreme SW Costa Rica (Rincón de Osa, Puerto Jiménez), Panama (Caribbean slope in W Bocas del Toro and from N Coclé E to San Blas, lowlands and foothills on Pacific coast, also Pearl Is, Coiba I, Taboga I and other smaller islands), N & W Colombia (E to Guajira Peninsula, S to Tumaco, in SW Nariño, lower Cauca Valley and upper Magdalena Valley at least to Neiva and Villavieja) and Maracaibo region of NW Venezuela.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult arriving to its nest with material to add Locality El Paujil Natural Reserve, Colombia (ssp panamensis)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2007 6 years ago 30 sec 4.7 -
An adult arriving to its nest with material to add Locality El Paujil Natural Reserve, Colombia (ssp panamensis)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2007 5 years ago 33 sec 4.6 -
A ringed adult with nest material perched close to its nest and flying away Locality El Paujil Natural Reserve, Colombia (ssp panamensis)
Josep del Hoyo 2 February 2007 5 years ago 27 sec 4.6 -
perched on top of a branch Locality Minca, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Wim ten Have 9 March 2011 9 weeks ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird looking around in a tree Locality Flamingos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, La Guajira Department, Colombia (ssp panamensis)
Luis Eduardo Urueña 31 January 2008 5 years ago 7 sec 2
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A perched bird
Locality El Paujil Natural Reserve, Colombia (ssp panamensis)
Jim Watt 17 March 2011 1 year ago 4.6 -
A bird perched on a branch of a mangrove tree.
Locality Parque Nacional Marino Ballena, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp actiosus)
manuel retana 9 July 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
On a branch
Locality Flamingos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary, La Guajira Department, Colombia
Guy Poisson 30 July 2012 40 weeks ago 3.7 -
Bird perching on branch.
Locality Caldera, Chiriquí Province, Panama
lcripe 30 July 2010 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird perched on a mangrove tree.
Locality Parque Nacional Marino Ballena, Osa Canton, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp actiosus)
manuel retana 9 July 2009 3 years ago 3.5 -
perched on an electrix wire
Locality Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (ssp actiosus)
Georges Olioso 11 December 2004 4 years ago 3
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Call and response from a pair of birds in mangroves beside the beach. Locality Tárcoles, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
(Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 7 February 2010 3 years ago 4
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