You can birdwatch in the Bocas del Toro Archipelago both along the coasts nd in the forests. The big attraction for birdwatchers is perhaps the Red-billed Tropic Bird (Phaeton aethereus), that nests in the Swan Cay, their only known nesting place in the Caribbean.
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Red Billed Tropic Bird |
Brown Pelican |
Swans Cay, a designated Bird Sanctuary, also has brown booby (Sula leucogaster etesiaca), the brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis), the frigate (Fregata magnificens) and many types of gulls and terns.
Along the Mangrove Coasts you can spot sandpipers, various herons and egrets, the neotropic cormorant (Phalocrocorax o. olivaceus), the kiskadee and the kingfisher.
In the forests there are hummingbirds, tiles, hawks, doves, parrots, owls, oropendolas, woodpeckers, toucans (Popa island), tanagers.
In addition in Bocas town you may find the great-tailed grackle (Cassidix mexicanus peruvianus), black-headed vulture (Coragyps atratus) and sparrows.
More information on our Bocas Birds page.