Also known as Buteo nitidus and locally as Gavilan Gris. This species hunts the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere. Photo from Copalita Park, southwest Mexico.
Panama's National BirdThe Harpy Eaglethe largest, most powerful eagle in the Americas. Seen deep into Darien Gap Jungle, via Pan American Highway end at Yaviza, canoe trip , jeep trip, then 8 km hike on steep jungle trails, through streams etc. We were up at 04.30 and back exhausted but happy by 20.30 !