AVUELO: Tropical Forest Crown Maps with Tree Species Names, Panama

This dataset contains a map of tree crown polygons and orthomosaics for field sites in Panama across 153.36 ha of mapped plots in old-growth and old secondary forest in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument (BCNM), and San Lorenzo Protected Area (SLPA). Tree crown polygons were developed from orthophoto mosaics of UAV imagery acquired in July 2024, November 2024, and January 2025. Field work verified crown polygons, linked them to tagged trees, and evaluated liana cover, crown intactness, crown illumination, and phenological state (leafing, flowering, fruiting). The dataset covers nine large, partially overlapping forest plots: the Gigante Fertilization plot (38.4 ha), three plots on Barro Colorado Island (BCI; 50-ha, 25-ha, and 10-ha), four additional 6-ha BCI plots (AVA, Pearson, Drayton, and Zetek), and the San Lorenzo plot (5.96 ha, formerly known as the Sherman plot). The 7,688 crown segments represent 204 unique species; 3,838 crowns were liana-free. The resulting dataset is an important resource for linking remote sensing data with tropical tree taxonomic identification. The data are provided in GeoPackage and GeoTIFF formats.