RED-THROATED ANT-TANAGER, PIPELINE ROAD,GAMBOA,PANAMA, 5/25/2019

CRIMSON-BACKED TANAGER (RAMPHOCELUS DIMIDIATUS), PIPELINE ROAD,GAMBOA,PANAMA, 5/25/2019

      We can ID this Tanager as a male Crimson-backed Tanager as follows:

• Bright crimson lower rump and underparts
• Duller red head, upper back as much as see can see) and upper breast
• Wings and tail are dark
• Stout bill with lower mandible enlarged at base (you can see this in second photo)

      The Crimson-backed Tanager is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 893.

SOUTHERN BENTBILL (ONCOSTOMA OLIVACEUM), PIPELINE ROAD,GAMBOA,PANAMA, 5/25/2019

      We can ID this bird as a Southern Bentbill as follows:

• Small size - about 4"
• Distinctive thick, downward-curving bill, bent like a broken nose
• Yellowish irises and whitish lores
• Yellowish underparts, including throat

      The Southern Bentbill is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 892.

COCOA WOODCREEPER (XIPHORHYNCHUS SUSURRANS), PIPELINE ROAD,GAMBOA,PANAMA, 5/25/2019

      We can ID this Woodcreeper as a Cocoa Woodcreeper as follows:

• Brownish overall with rufous wings and tail
• Head and neck are dark brown with buff streaks
• Almost straight, fairly thick, bicolored bill

      The Cocoa Woodcreeper is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 891.

WHITE-TAILED LIZARD, PIPELINE ROAD,GAMBOA,PANAMA, 5/25/2019

GRAY-HEADED TANAGER, PIPELINE ROAD,GAMBOA,PANAMA, 5/25/2019

FEMALE BLACK-CROWNED ANTSHRIKE (THAMNOPHILUS ATRINUCHA),

      We can ID this bird as a female Black-crowned Antshrike (also called Western Slaty-Antshrike) as follows:

• Drab brownish overall, with paler underparts
• Whitish edgings to wings and two whitish wingbars
• Chestnut crown
• Hooked bill

      The Black-crowned Antshrike is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 890.