626 BIRDS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA PART 4 



Family PLATALEIDAE: Ibises and Spoonbills; Cocos y 

 Garzas Paletas 



[EUDOCIMUS RUBER (Linnaeus): Scarlet Ibis, Coco Escarlata 



Scolopax rubra Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, p. 145. (Bahamas.) 



This species is known in Panama from the report of an adult seen on 

 the Farfan mudflats at the Pacific entrance to the Canal "on and off" 

 from January 25 to February 17, 1967, and again on March 14 of that 

 year by N. G. Smith (Ridgely, 1976, p. 49) . The Scarlet Ibis, native to 

 Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and eastern Brazil, is often kept in 

 captivity, so the origin of this individual is uncertain.] 



Family ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Eagles, and Allies; Gavilanes, 

 Aguilas, y Especies Afines 



[GAMPSONYX SWAINSONII Vigors: Pearl Kite, Gavilan Aperlado 



Gampsonyx swainsonii Vigors, 1825, Zo61. Journ., 2, p. 69. (Tableland 10 leagues 

 in the interior of Bahia, w.s.w. from the Bay of St. Salvador, Brazil.) 



An individual of this species was seen and photographed by J. Pujals, 

 J. Wall, and D. Wilcove (American Birds, 1977, pp. 1099-1100) near 

 the Empire Range in the southwestern Canal Zone on June 12, 1977. 

 The normal range is in western Nicaragua and in South America from 

 the Santa Marta region of Colombia to Peru, northern Argentina, and 

 Paraguay. Eisenmann believes that the bird seen in Panama probably 

 came from South America because the clearing of forest in north- 

 western Colombia and eastern Panama has removed much of the 

 natural barrier that formerly blocked the northward spread of open- 

 country birds like the Pearl Kite. 



Single individuals have since been noted on several occasions in vari- 

 ous localities in central Panama, and one was also seen near Changui- 

 nola, Bocas del Toro, on April 24, 1980, by N. G. Smith.] 



[ELANUS LEUCURUS (Vieillot): White-tailed Kite, 

 Gavilan Coliblanco 



Milvus leucurus Vieillot, 1818, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., 20, p. 563. (Paraguay.) 



The White-tailed Kite was first noted in Panama in 1967 and has 

 become extremely common and widespread since then. No specimens, 

 however, have been collected in the Republic, so the race to which Pan- 

 ama birds belong cannot be ascertained. Eisenmann (American Birds, 



