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Wildlife of Panama

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Wildlife of Panama

Think a trip; you’ll come face to face with some of the most enticing Wildlife of the Panama Regions.

  • Bradypus sloths

Three sloth species live and thrive in Panama and this country is often regarded as the best in Latin America to spot the easily camouflaged curious creature. The Pygmy sloth is only found in a very restricted area of Panama and is questionably the rarest of its kind, yet on a Panama Bird Photo Tour, you’ll still have a great chance of seeing the Bradypus or brown-throated three-toed sloth.

  • Geoffroy’s spider monkeys

The black-handed spider monkey is one of several species of prelates living in the lush tropical jungles framing the Panama regions. An scarce species due to habitat loss and hunting, Geoffroy’s spider monkey is a daily feeder and comes to ground much more often than his fellow primates, so you’ll have a pretty good chance of spotting one when you visit.

  • Panamanian tamarins

This small black and white monkey thrives in groups of 5-10 mates and is arguably the most common primate to live along the Panama Canal. Part of the same family as the Geoffroy’s spider-monkey, the Panamanian Tamarin is found only in Panama and Colombia yet it’s significantly shorter incubation period means numbers are flourishing in both countries.

  • Panamanian night monkeys

Panama is home to almost a dozen different species of nocturnal monkeys, all of them exhibiting adorable large round eyes which aid their night vision. So elusive is this particular creature that their exact number is actually unknown. For a perfect spot pack a keen eye and book an overnight stay in a Panama Canal jungle lodge.

  • Blue-footed boobys

From the dramatic volcanic islands of the Galapagos to the lush tropical canopies of Panama, the Blue-Footed Booby enjoys quite the vagabonding. Although arguably the most famous bird to live in the Galapagos Islands, the Blue Footed Booby is not actually endemic to the area (although over 50% of pairs prefer to mate there) and can be spotted in several areas of the Americas. Regarded as ‘lords of the dance’, male Boobies love nothing more than to show off their feet when wooing females.

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