SoberanÃa National Park
The National Park Soberanía is in the middle of Panama, about 25 miles from Panama City, along the eastern side of the Panama Canal, and bordered to the south part of the Camino de Cruces National Park. The National Park Soberanía was founded on 27 May 1980.
Fauna
In the National Park Soberanía live about 105 mammal species, 525 bird species, 79 reptile species, 55 amphibian species and 36 species of freshwater fish.
Here also live alongside Jaguar Jaguarundi, Ocelot and gray fox, white-tailed deer, Central American agouti, paca, collared peccary and raccoon, several species of monkeys such as Geoffroy- Perückenaffe, Panama Nachtaffe, White -headed Capuchin and Mantelbrüllaffe. Both Central American sloth species Braunkehl and Hoffmann- Two -toed Sloth occur as well as Northern Aardvark, winding and Makibär, colored Squirrel, White Elephant trunk coati, Nine-banded Armadillo, and Northern naked -tailed armadillo, the rarer Zwergameisenbär and living in secret tayra. Near the adjacent city Gamboa is also the world's largest rodent, the capybara found, which reaches its northernmost distribution area here. In the rivers of the South American river otter lives
Pipeline Road
The so-called Pipeline Road (Spanish: Camino del Oleoducto ) shall be observed among ornithologists as one of the best areas of the tropical birds of America. Alone on this approximately 17.5 km long road for about 400 different bird species have been sighted. Originally, this was during the Second World War, formerly paved service road that was built for maintenance of a across the entire isthmus of Panama continuous oil pipeline. However, this was never finished. Thus, the road ends today near the Gatúnsees. Meanwhile, it consists mostly of gravel. The first four kilometers, the road is still relatively wide and flat, later they will be hilly and damp. In the second half of the canopy is so dense that it is almost closed, and here is how to find rare and shy birds prefer undisturbed primary forest, such as gray vertex Ameisenvogel, Breitschnabelpipra, River Warbler and Tuberkelhokko and the intersecting streams spear herons and sunbittern.