Bird Island in Bocas del Toro

Bird Island in Bocas del Toro

Visit the charming Bird Island, also known as Cayo Swan or Swan's Cay, which is located near Isla Colon in Bocas del Toro Province and is one of the most beautiful islands of the archipelago. Here you can enjoy crystal clear waters, spectacular scenery and one of the most impressive bird sanctuaries in the country. A unique and protected now, since you have to get permission to land on the island, the purpose is to protect the wide variety of birds that live in it, such as pelicans, gulls, frigate birds and pelicans.

Birds Island is visited by Panamanian foreign scientists interested in its variety of flora and fauna, where you can also see beautiful starfish all along the shore of the beach, coral reefs, mangroves and rock formations in its clear waters. There also reach sea turtles and other aquatic life species nesting seasons.