First Supplement to the Panama

Audubon Society Annotated

Checklist of the Birds of Panama Panama Audubon
George R. Angehr and Darién Montañez. 2009. Society

By which a number of mistakes are corrected, one species is eliminated from a lump,
one species added from a split, and four species added from new records, and thus
brings the total number of bird species recorded from the Republic of Panama to 976.

p. 24 Reverse sequence of Highland and Great Tinamous.

p. 26 Remove period after Christmas Shearwater.

Split Galapagos Shearwater—Pardela de Galápagos—Puffinus subalaris from

Audubon’s Shearwater. Status: Mst, habitat: p, WP: R, CP: r, EL: Cp. Change
Audubon’s Shearwater to status: B, WP: blank, CP: blank, EL: Ra.

p. 29 Change count of Hawks, Eagles, and Kites to 41.

Change Latin name of Slender-billed Kite from Rostrhamus hamatus to Helicolestes

hamatus.

p.30 Lump Mangrove Black-Hawk with Common Black-Hawk.

p. 31 Correct count of Rails, Gallinules and Coots to 16.

p. 34 Change count of Gulls, Terns, and Allies to 31.

Move South Polar Skua, Pomarine Jaeger, Parasitic Jaeger and Long-tailed Jaeger to
family Skuas and Jaegers (4)—Salteadores y Págalos—Stercorariidae, inserted
after Gulls, Terns, and Allies.

p. 35 Change sequence of gulls to Swallow-tailed, Bonaparte’s, Gray-hooded, Gray,

Laughing, Franklin’s, Belcher’s, Ring-billed, Herring, Lesser Black-backed, Kelp,
Sabine’s.

Change genus name of Bonaparte’s and Gray-hooded Gulls from Larus to

Chroicocephalus.

Change genus name of Gray, Laughing and Franklin’s Gulls from Larus to
Leucophaeus.

p. 38 Reverse sequence of Brown-hooded and Saffron-headed Parrots. Change genus

names from Pionopsitta to Pyrilia.

p. 42 Change English name of Brown and Green Violet-Ear to Violetear.

Change name of Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird to Pirre Hummingbird—Colibrí de

Pirre.

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p. 45 Change Latin name of Gray-cheeked Nunlet from Nonnula ruficapilla to Nonnula
frontalis.

p. 46 Change genus name of Golden-olive Woodpecker from Piculus to Colaptes.

p. 47 Lump family Woodcreepers with Ovenbirds and Allies. Change family to Ovenbirds,
Woodcreepers, and Allies (40)—Horneros, Trepatroncos y Aliados—Furnariidae.
Move Tawny-throated, Gray-throated and Scaly-throated Leaftossers to beginning of
family sequence.

p. 49 Change genus name of Checker-throated Antwren from Myrmotherula to

Epinecrophylla. Relocate to follow White-flanked Antwren.

p. 50 Split family Antthrushes and Antpittas. Place antthrushes in Antthrushes (3)—

Formicarios—Formicariidae. Place Black-crowned Antpitta in Gnateaters (1)—
Jejeneros—Conopophagidae. Place other antpittas in Antpittas (1)—Tororois—
Grallariidae.

Change count of Tyrant Flycatchers to 94.

p. 54 Correct genus name of Boat-billed Flycatcher from Megarynchus to Megarhynchus.

Change Latin name of White-ringed Flycatcher from Conopias albovittatus to Conopias

parvus.

Add Crowned Slaty-Flycatcher—Mosquero Coronado—Empidonomus

aurantioatrocristatus after Piratic Flycatcher. Status: V, habitat: f/o/g, CF: X. Single
record from Cerro Azul, December 1, 2007.

Change count of Tyrant Flycatcher Allies to 13.

Move Sapayoa to family Broadbills (1)—Eurilaimos—Eurylaimidae, inserted after

Woodpeckers.

p. 59 Add Northern Wheatear—Collalba Gris—Oenanthe oenanthe before Black-faced

Solitaire. Status: V, habitat: g, WP: X. Single record from Playa La Barqueta, October
23, 2008.

Change count of Thrushes to 17.

p. 62 Correct Spanish name of all Yellowthroats from Antefacito to Antifacito.

p. 64 Change name of Olive Tanager to Carmiol’s Tanager—Tangara de Carmiol.

p. 65 Change sequence of Tangara Tanagers to Gray-and-gold, Golden-hooded, Speckled,

Green-naped, Spangle-cheeked, Plain-colored, Rufous-winged, Bay-headed, Emerald,
Silver-throated.

Change count of Buntings and Allies to 36.

p. 66 Add Large-billed Seed-Finch—Semillero Piquigrande—Oryzoborus crassirostris after

Nicaraguan Seed-Finch. Status: B, habitat: s/g, EL: Re. Species first recorded in El
Real, June 15, 2007

Change genus name of Sooty-faced Finch, Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch and Stripe-

headed Brush-Finch to Arremon. Relocate to follow Orange-billed Sparrow.

p. 67 Correct the Spanish family name of Cardinals and Allies to Cardenales y Aliados.

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 p. 68 Change count of American Orioles and Allies to 22.

Add Yellow-hooded Blackbird—Negro Capuchiamarillo—Agelaius icterocephalus after

Eastern Meadowlark. Status: B, habitat: g, EL: Rw. Species first recorded in El Real,
June 16, 2007.

p. 69 Correct count of Waxbills and Allies to 2.

The Panama Records Committee is evaluating what to do with the Great Tit—Carbonero Común
—Parus major, recorded around Gamboa in November 2006. This bird was most likely ship-
assisted, as are a number of other species currently in the main list.

References
Forty-Eighth Supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-List of North American
Birds, The Auk 124(3):1109–1115, 2007.
Forty-Ninth Supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check-List of North American
Birds, The Auk 125(3):758–768, 2008.

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