Belize Birds during FONT Tour

Belize Birds
during the FONT Birding
& Nature Tour

in March 2007

List compiled by Armas Hill

Dates:

March 20-30

During FONT birding tours in Belize, 260 species of birds have cumulatively been found.

Upper right photograph: MONTEZUMA OROPENDOLA

LISTS OF MAMMALS & OTHER WILDLIFE DURING THE TOUR, including OFFSHORE MARINE-LIFE,
follow the bird-list.


Codes:

AREAS VISITED DURING THE TOUR:

ah: near the Mayan ruins at Altun Ha

bb: Banana Bank

bi: on & near Bird Island

cb: Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary & Maya Centre

cc: Caye Caulker

ct: vicinity of Crooked Tree

cy: the Cayo District near San Ignacio, including the Macai River valley & the farming are near Spanish Looklout

gp: near Gale's Point (Manatee Lodge)

hh: along the Hummingbird Highway

mp: Mountain Pine Ridge

pc: the coast in & near Placencia


(t):      a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
              (t1): critical   (t2): endangered   (t3): vulnerable
(nt):    a near-threatened species globally.
(i):      an introduced species.

(BZr): rare in Belize

Links:

Mammals & Other Wildlife in Central America

Butterflies in Central America

Previous Belize Tour Highlights

Upcoming Central America Tour Itineraries

Bird-List:

Great Tinamou ______cy,cb
Tinamus major

Little Tinamou ______cy,cb
Crypturellus soui meserythrus

Thicket Tinamou ______ cy
Crypturellus cinnamomeus

Slaty-breasted Tinamou ______ cy
Crypturellus boucardi

Pied-billed Grebe ______ ct
Podilymbus p. podiceps

Brown Pelican ______ pc,bi,cc
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis

Neotropic Cormorant ______ cc (was called Olivaceous Cormorant)
Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus (formerly P. olivaceous)

Double-crested Cormorant ______ cc
Phalacrocorax auritus

Anhinga ______ ah,cy,pc
Anhinga anhinga leucogaster

Magnificent Frigatebird ______ pc,bi,cc
Fregata magnificens (now said to be monotypic)

Cattle Egret ______ ct,ah,cy,hh,pc,cb,cc
Bubulcus i. ibis (the single member of its genus)

Green Heron ______ cy,bb,pc,cc (was at one time considered conspecific with the nearly-cosmopolitan Striated Heron, and was then called Green-backed Heron)
Butorides v. virescens

Little Blue Heron ______ ct,ah,cy,bi,cc
Egretta caerulea (monotypic)

Tricolored Heron ______ cct,bi,cc (was called Louisiana Heron)
Egretta tricolor ruficollis

Snowy Egret ______ ct,ah,cy,bi,cc
Egretta t. thula

Great Egret ______ ct,ah,cy,bi,cc
Ardea (formerly Casmerodius or Egretta) alba egretta

Great Blue Heron ______ ct,cy,bi
Ardea h. herodias

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron ______ cy
Tigrisoma mexicanum (monotypic)

Black-crowned Night-Heron ______ ct,bi
Nyctocorax nyctocorax hoactii

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ______ cc
Nyctanassa v. violacea (the single member of its genus)

Boat-billed Heron ______ bi
Cochlearius cochlearius phillipsi (the single member of its genus)

Jabiru (HNr) ______ cy
Jabiru mycteria (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

Wood Stork ______ ct,ah,cy
Mycteria americana (monotypic)

White Ibis ______ ah
Eudocimus albus (monotypic)

Glossy Ibis ______ ct
Plegadis falcinellus

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ______ ah (at one time called Black-bellied Tree-Duck)
Dendrocygna a. autumnalis

Muscovy Duck ______ bi,cc
Cairina moschata (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

Blue-winged Teal ______ ct,ah,cy
Anas discors (monotypic)

King Vulture ______ bb,gp
Sarcoramphus papa

Turkey Vulture ______ ct,ah,cy,mp,bb,cb,bi
Cathartes a. aura (another subspecies, C. a. meridionalis, from central North America migrates thru Honduras, sometimes in large flocks)

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture ______ ct
Cathartes burrovianus (monotypic)

Black Vulture ______ ct,ah,cy,mp,bb,cb,bi
Coragyps atratus (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)

Osprey ______ ct,bi,cc
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (the single member of its genus)

White-tailed Kite ______ ct,cy,pc
Elanus leucurus majusculus

Swallow-tailed Kite ______ mp
Elanoides forficatus (2 subspecies occur in Belize: E. f. forficatus & E. f. yetapa) (the single member of its genus)

Plumbeous Kite ______ mp,cb
Ictinia plumbea

Snail Kite ______ ct,cy
Rostrhamus s. sociabilis

Black-collared Hawk ______ ct,cy
Busarellus nigricollis

Cooper's Hawk ______ cy
Accipiter cooperii

White Hawk ______ cb
Leucopternis albicollis

Common Black Hawk _____ pc
Buteogallus a. anthracinus

Great Black Hawk ______ ct
Buteogallus urubitinga

Gray-lined Hawk ______ cy (includes "Gray Hawk")
Buteo (or some say Asturina) plagiata (if merged, would be Buteo. or Asturina, nitida plagiata; if Asturina, the single member of its genus)

Roadside Hawk ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,pc,cb
Buteo magnirostris griseocauda

White-tailed Hawk ______ cy
Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius

Northern Crested Caracara (BZr) ______ ct (formerly conspecific with the now Southern Caracara, Caracara plancus, of South America, generally south of the Amazon)
Caracara cheriway (monotypic)

Laughing Falcon ______ cy
Herpetotheres cachinnans (the single member of its genus)

American Kestrel ______ cy,bb.pc
Falco sparverius tropicalis

Merlin ______ bb
Falco columbarius

Bat Falcon ______ ah,cy,cb
Falco rufigularis petoensis

Peregrine Falcon ______ bi
Falco peregrinus anatum (subspecies that breeds further north in North America) (Another subspecies that breeds further north in North America occurs in Honduras as a migrant, F. p. tundrius)

Plain Chachalaca ______ cy,cb,gp
Ortalis vetula intermedia

Limpkin ______ ct,cy
Aramus guarauna dolosus (the single member of its genus & family)

Gray-necked Wood-Rail ______ ct,cy
Aramides cajanea albiventris

Ruddy Crake (or Red Rail) ______ cy
Laterallus ruber (monotypic)

Common Moorhen ______ cy (has been called Common Gallinule)
Gallinula chloropus cachinnans

Purple Gallinule ______ ct,cy
Porphyrula martinica (monotypic)

Northern Jacana ______ ct,ah,cy
Jacana s. spinosa

Southern Lapwing (BZr) ______ ct
Vanellus chilensis cayennensis

Gray (or Black-bellied) Plover ______cc
Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae

Semipalmated Plover ______ cc
Charadrius semipalmatus (monotypic)

Killdeer ______ cy
Charadrius v. vociferus

"American" Whimbrel ______ cc
Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus

Greater Yellowlegs ______ cc
Tringa melanoleuca (monotypic)

Lesser Yellowlegs ______ ah
Tringa flavipes (monotypic)

Solitary Sandpiper ______ ah,cy
Tringa solitaria

Spotted Sandpiper ______ ct,cy,pc,gp,cc
Actitis macularia (monotypic)

Ruddy Turnstone ______ cc
Arenaria interpres

Sanderling ______ cc
Calidris alba

Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ cy
Calidris pusilla (monotypic)

Short-billed Dowitcher ______ cc
Limnodromus griseus

Laughing Gull ______ ct,pc,gp,cc
Larus atricilla megalopterus

Gull-billed Tern ______ ct,gp,cc
Gelochelidon (formerly Sterna) nilotica aranea

Royal Tern ______ pc,gp,cc
Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) m. maxima

Sandwich Tern ______ pc,gp,cc
Thalasseus (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavidus

Common Tern ______ gp,cc
Sterna h. hirundo

Forster's Tern ______ ct
Sterna forsteri (monotypic)

Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i) ______ cy,cc
Columba livia

Pale-vented Pigeon ______ cy,gp,bi
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) cayennensis pallidicrissa

White-crowned Pigeon ______ cc
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) leucocephala

Red-billed Pigeon ______ cy
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) f. flavirostris

Short-billed Pigeon ______ cy,cb
Patagioenas (formerly Columba) nigirostris

Mourning Dove ______ ct,pc
Zenaida macroura marginella

White-winged Dove ______ pc,cc
Zenaida a. asiatica

Plain-breasted Ground-Dove ______ cy,bb
Columbina minuta interrupta

Ruddy Ground-Dove ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,pc,cb,gp
Columbina taipacoti rufipennis

Blue Ground-Dove ______ cy,cb
Claravis pretiosa

White-tipped Dove ______ ah,cy (was called White-fronted Dove)
Leptotila verreauxi bangsi

Gray-fronted Dove ______ ah (includes Gray-headed Dove)
Leptotila rufaxilla

Gray-chested Dove ______ cb
Leptotila cassinii cerviniventris

Ruddy Quail-Dove ______ cb
Geotrygon montana

Aztec Parakeet (or Conure) ______ ah,cy,bb,pc,cb (was considered conspecific with the Olive-throated (or Jamaican) Conure, or Parakeet of the West Indies)
Aratinga a. astec

White-fronted Amazon (or Parrot) ______ ct,cy,bb
Amazona albifrons nana

Red-lored Amazon (or Parrot) ______ ct,cb (has also been called Yellow-cheeked Amazon)
Amazona a. autumnalis

Squirrel Cuckoo ______ cy,gp
Piaya cayana thermophila

Groove-billed Ani ______ cy
Crotophaga sulciroxtris (now monotypic, as a "second form" in Mexico has become extinct)

Barn Owl ______ cy
Tyto alba

Mottled Owl ______ cb
Ciccaba virgata

Pauraque ______ cy,cb
Nyctidromus albicollis intercedens

Yucatan Poorwill ______ cy
Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus

Northern Potoo ______ cy
Nyctibius jamaicensis

White-collared Swift ______ mp
Streptoprocne zonaris mexicanus

"Dusky-backed" Vaux's Swift ______ ccy,bb
Chaetura vauxi richmondi

White-necked Jacobin ______ cy
Florisuga m. mellivora

Green-breasted Mango ______ cc
Anthracothorax p. prevostii

White-bellied Emerald ______ cb
Amazilia c. candida

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ______ ly
Amazilia t. tzacatl

Cinnamon Hummingbird ______ cc
Amazilia rutila

Slaty-tailed Trogon ______ cb
Trogon massena

Black-headed Trogon ______ ah,cy (was considered conspecific with the Citreoline Trogon of Mexico)
Trogon melanocephalus (now monotypic)

Violaceous Trogon ______ ah,cy
Trogon violaceus braccatus

Ringed Kingfisher ______ ct,cy,gp
Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) t. torquata

Belted Kingfisher ______ gp
Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon (monotypic)

Green Kingfisher ______ cy,gp
Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis

Blue-crowned Motmot ______ cy,cb
Momotus momota lessonii

Collared Aracari ______ ct,bb
Pteroglossus t. torquatus

Keel-billed Toucan ______ ah,cy,cb
Ramphastos s. sulfuratus

Acorn Woodpecker ______ ct,ah,mp
Melanerpes formicivorus lineatus

Golden-fronted Woodpecker ______ct,cy,bb,cb,gp,cc
Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) aurifrons santacruzi

Golden-olive Woodpecker ______ cy
Piculus rubiginosus maximus

Smoky-brown Woodpecker ______ cb
Veniliornis fumigatus

Lineated Woodpecker ______ ct,ah,cy,bb
Dryocopus lineatus similis

Pale-billed Woodpecker ______ cb
Campephilus g. guatemalensis

Ivory-billed (or Laughing) Woodcreeper ______ cy,cb
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster eburneirostris

Streak-headed Woodcreeper ______ cb
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii insignis

Barred Antshrike ______ cy,cb
Thamnophilus doliatus intermedius

Dusky Antbird ______ cb
Cercomacra tyrannina

Rose-throated Becard ______ cy,cb
Pachyramphus aglaiae sumichrasti

Cinnamon Becard ______ bb
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus fulvidior

Gray-collared Becard ______ bb
Pachyramphus polychopterus cinereiventris

Masked Tityra ______ cy
Tityra semifasciata personata

Fork-tailed Flycatcher ______ ct,cy,pc
Tyrannus savana monachus

Tropical Kingbird ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,cb,gp,cc
Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa

Couch's Kingbird ______ ct
Tyrannus couchii

Piratic Flycatcher ______ cy,bb,cb
Legatus leucophaius variegatus (the single member of its genus)

Streaked Flycatcher ______ cb
Myiodynastes maculatus insolens

Boat-billed Flycatcher ______ ah,gp
Megarynchus pitangua

Social Flycatcher ______ ct,ah,cy,mp,cb,gp
Myiozetetes similis texensis

Great Kiskadee ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,cb,gp
Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis

Brown-crested Flycatcher ______ cy
Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi

Great Crested Flycatcher ______ bb
Myiarchus crinitus (monotypic)

Dusky-capped Flycatcher ______ bb,cb
Myiarchus tuberculifer connectens

Vermilion Flycatcher ______ ct,ah,cy
Pyrocephalus rubinus

Black Phoebe ______ gp
Sayornis nigricans aquaticus

Tropical Pewee ______ ah,cy,cb
Contopus cinereus brachytarsus

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ______ cy
Empidonax flaviventis (monotypic)

Least Flycatcher ______ cy
Empidonax minimus (monotypic)

Common Tody-Flycatcher ______ cb
Todirostrum cinereum finitimum

Yellow-bellied Elaenia ______ cy,cb
Elaenia flavogaster subpagana

White-collared Manakin ______ cb
Manacus candei

Thrushlike Schiffornis ______ cb (has been called Thrushlike Manakin & Thrushlike Mourner)
Schiffornis turdinus veraepacis

Brown Jay ______ ah,cy,bb,cb,gp
Cyanocorax m. morio

Green Jay ______ cy
Cyanocorax yncas centralis

Yellow-green Vireo ______ cy,cb
Vireo flavoviridis

Yucatan Vireo ______ cc
Vireo magister

Wood Thrush ______ cy
Hylocichia (formerly Catharus) mustelinus (monotypic, and now the single member of its genus)

Clay-colored Thrush (or Robin) ______ ct,cy,cb
Turdus grayi megas

Tropical Mockingbird ______ ct,ah,bb,pc,gp,cc
Mimus gilvus gracils

Gray Catbird ______ cy,cc
Dumetella carolinensis (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

Black Catbird ______ cc
Melanoptila glabrirostris

Gray-breasted Martin ______ ct
Progne c. chalybea

Mangrove Swallow ______ ct,cy,pc,gp
Tachycineta albilinea

Northern Rough-winged Swallow ______ mp,cb.gp
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow ______ cy
Stelgidopteryx (serripennis) ridgwayi

Barn Swallow ______ cy,gp,bi,cc
Hirundo rustica

Band-backed Wren ______ cy
Campylorhynchus zonatus

Spot-breasted Wren ______ cb (closely related to Speckle-breasted Wren of South America)
Thryothous maculipectus

"Southern" House Wren ______ ct,ah,bb,cb
Troglodytes (aedon?) musculus intermedius

White-breasted Wood-Wren ______ ah,cb
Henicorhina leucosticta prostheleuca

Black-and-white Warbler ______ cy
Mniotilta varia (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

Prothonotary Warbler ______ cy
Protonotaria citrea (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

Blue-winged Warbler ______ cy
Vermivora pinus (monotypic)

American Yellow Warbler ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,pc,cb,gp,cc
Dendroica petechia

Mangrove Warbler ______ cc (was considered conspecific with the American Yellow Warbler)
Dendroica erithachorides

Magnolia Warbler ______ ah,cy,cb
Dendroica magnolia

Grace's Warbler ______ mp
Dendroica graciae remota

Yellow-throated Warbler ______ ct,cc
Dendroica dominica

Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ ct,ah,mp
Dendroica c. coronata

Northern Waterthrush ______ ah,cy
Seiurus noveboracensis (now said to be monotypic)

Hooded Warbler ______ bb
Wilsonia citrina (monotypic)

Yellow-breasted Chat ______ cy
Icteria v. virens

American Redstart ______ ct,cy,cc
Setophaga ruticilla (now said to be monotypic; the single member of its genus)

Bananaquit ______ cc
Coereba flaveola caboti ("Cozumel Bananaquit")

Red-legged Honeycreeper ______ cy,cb
Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes

Red-throated Ant-Tanager ______ cy
Habia fuscicauda salvini

Hepatic Tanager ______ mp
Piranga hepatica

Summer Tanager ______ cb
Piranga r. rubra

Crimson-collared Tanager ______ cb
Phlogothraupis s. sanguinolenta

Passerini's (formerly part of Scarlet-rumped) Tanager ______ cb
Ramphocelus passerinii (monotypic)

Blue-gray Tanager ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,pc,cb
Thraupis episcopus cana

Yellow-winged Tanager ______ ah,cy,cb
Thraupis abbas (monotypic)

Scrub Euphonia ______ cc
Euphonia a. affinis

Yellow-throated Euphonia ______ cy,bb
Euphonia hirundinacea

Olive-backed Euphonia ______ cb
Euphonia gouldi

Golden-hooded Tanager ______ cy,cb (closely related to the Masked Tanager of South America)
Tangara l. larvata

Black-headed Saltator ______ ah,cy
Saltator a. atriceps

"Northern" Grayish Saltator ______ ly
Saltator coerulescens grandis

Northern Cardinal ______ ah
Cardinalis cardinalis

Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______ cc
Pheucticus ludovicianus

Blue Grosbeak ______ cy,cb
Passerina (formerly Guiraca) caerulea

Indigo Bunting ______ cy,mp,bb
Passerina cyanea (montoypic)

"Black" Variable Seedeater ______ cy,cb
Sporophila aurita corvina

White-collared Seedeater ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,cb,gp
Sporophila torqueola morelleti

Yellow-faced Grassquit ______ cy.mp,cb
Tiaris olivacea pusilla

Blue-black Grassquit ______ cy,bb,pc,cb
Volatinia jacarina splendens (the single member of its genus)

Rusty Sparrow ______ mp
Aimophila rufescens

Montezuma Oropendola ______ ah,cb,gp
Psarocolius montezuma (monotypic)

Black-cowled Oriole ______ ah,cb,gp
Icterus prosthemelas

Yellow-tailed Oriole ______ mp,hh,cp
Icterus mesomelas

Hooded Oriole _______ ct,bb,hh
Icterus cucullatus

Baltimore Oriole ______ ct,bb,hh,cb
Icterus galbula (monotypic)

Orchard Oriole ______ cy,cb
Icterus s. spurius

Red-winged Blackbird ______ ct
Agelaius phoeniceus richmondi

Melodious Blackbird ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,cb
Dives dives (monotypic)

Great-tailed Grackle ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,pc,cb,gp,cc
Quiscalus m. mexicanus

Bronzed (or Red-eyed) Cowbird ______ bb,cb
Molothrus a. aeneus

Shiny Cowbird (BZr) ______ pc
Molothrus bonariensis

Eastern Meadowlark ______ cy
Sturnella magna

Black-headed Siskin ______ mp
Carduelis notata forreri

Mammals & Other Nature
during our March 2007 tour

in Belize

Mammals:

Yucatan Black Howler Monkey ______ cy,bb (in Belize called "Baboon")
Alouatta pigra
Red Brocket Deer ______ cb (in Belize called "Antelope")
Mazama americana
White-nosed Coati ______ ah (in Belize called "Quash")
Nasua narica
West Indian Manatee ______ gp (in Belize called "Sea Cow")
Trichechus manatus
Paca ______ ah (in Belize called "Gibnut")
Cuniculus (formerly Agouti) paca
fresh track of a Jaguar ______ gp (in Belize called "Tiger")
Panthera (formerly Jaguarius) onca

A photo of the Jaguar track that we saw
during our Belize tour in March 2007
(photo by Sally Brady)
Yucatan Squirrel ______ cy
Sciurus yucatanensis

Other Nature:

Black Iguana ______ ct
Ctenosaura similis
Green Iguana ______ ct,cy
Iguana iguana

Green Iguana
Brown Basilisk ______ cy
Basiliscus vittatus
Yucatan Whiptail ______ ah
Cnemidophorus angusticeps
Middle American Ameiva ______ cb,cy
Ameiva festiva
Rainbow Ameiva ______ cb
Ameiva undulata
House Gecko ______ cb,cy
Hemidactylus frenatus
Leaf-cutter and other ants ______ cy
an assortment of butterflies ______ throughout (a list to come later)
Tarpon ______ gp
Megatops atlantica
(a number of 200-pound Tarpon have been taken by fisherman, but the record is an 8-foot giant that weighed 340 pounds)

Marine Life (tropical fish, sea-turtle, & rays at reef off Caulker Caye):
Rainbow Parrotfish ______
Scarus guacamala
(one of the largest and most impressive of West Atlantic parrotfishes, up to 4 feet)
Stoplight Parrotfish ______
Sparisoma viride
(the harlequin-garbed red-bellied female and immature male are lovely creatures to see on the reef; supermales are distinguished from the others by their lunate, flowing tails)
Queen Parrotfish ______
Scarus vetula
(so different are the male & female that earlier fish experts assumed they were two different species; this fish has been seen to occur in "harems" of 3 or 4 females to one supermale, grazing together like cows & a bull)
Yellowtail Parrotfish ______
Light-colored (White) Flounder ______
Great Barracuda ______
Sphyraena barracuda
(up to 10 feet in length, but rare over 5 feet; larger fish can carry ciguatera toxin)
Greater Amberjack ______
Seriola dumerili
(this roving offshore predator is the largest and most common of the Atlantic amberjacks)
French Angelfish ______
Pomacanthus paru
(a wonderful fish to see on the reef, up to one and a quarter feet in length)
Foureye Butterflyfish ______
Chaetodon capistratus
(the most common butterflyfish in the West Atlantic)
Yellowtail Damselfish ______
Microspathodon chrysurus
(common on coral reefs; both adults & juveniles are splendid with their bright blue or white spots set like rhinestones across their bodies)
Bluehead ______
Thalassoma bifasciatum
(One of the most successful fish in the tropical West Atlantic, with representatives of the species seemingly "everywhere". Their brilliant yellow bodies dart in & out of coral reefs. The name "bluehead" is a misnomer, since only the terminal-phase male, about 4 per cent of the population, has a blue head.)
Queen Triggerfish, or "Old Wife" ______
Balistes vetula
(Unmistakable, this mostly-yellow fish has a blue-striped head and long, trailing fin filaments. It has a special fondness for sea urchins. This fish is a reef dweller, but it also ventures into sand, seagrass, and rubble habitats. A good food fish, it's called "Turbot" in the West Indies due to its resemblance to the flatfish when skinned.)
Spiny Lobster ______
Panulirus argus
(Grows up to 21 inches long)
Long-spinned Sea Urchin ______
Diadema antillarum
(With spines up to 15 inches long)
Conch ______
rays ______ (Stingrays, Eagle Rays, and Cownose Rays are common in the tropical West Atlantic.)
Hawksbill Sea Turtle ______
Eretmochelys i. imbricata
(Favors, among other places, coral reefs. Has a varied diet. Able to digest sponges. Has a long beak and two pairs of prefrontals.)

Birds at Various Places during our Belize Tour

March 20-30, 2007

The area of CROOKED TREE:

1 - Pied-billed Grebe
2 - Neotropic Cormorant
3 - Great Blue Heron
4 - Great Egret
5 - Snowy Egret
6 - Little Blue Heron
7 - Tricolored Heron
8 - Cattle Egret
9 - Black-crowned Night Heron
10 - Glossy Ibis
11 - Wood Stork
12 - Blue-winged Teal
13 - Black Vulture
14 - Turkey Vulture
15 - Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
16 - Osprey
17 - White-tailed Kite
18 - Snail Kite
19 - Black-collared Hawk
20 - Great Black Hawk
21 - Roadside Hawk
22 - Northern Crested Caracara (rare in Belize)
23 - Gray-necked Wood Rail
24 - Purple Gallinule
25 - Limpkin
26 - Northern Jacana
27 - SOUTHERN LAPWING (rare in Belize)
28 - Spotted Sandpiper
29 - Laughing Gull
30 - Gull-billed Tern
31 - Forster's Tern
32 - Mourning Dove
33 - Ruddy Ground Dove
34 - White-fronted Amazon
35 - Red-lored Amazon
36 - Ringed Kingfisher
37 - Collared Aracari
38 - Acorn Woodpecker
39 - Golden-fronted Woodpecker
40 - Lineated Woodpecker
41 - Fork-tailed Flycatcher
42 - Tropical Kingbird
43 - Couch's Kingbird
44 - Social Flycatcher
45 - Great Kiskadee
46 - Vermilion Flycatcher
47 - Clay-colored Thrush
48 - Tropical Mockingbird
49 - Gray-breasted Martin
50 - Mangrove Swallow
51 - "Southern" House Wren
52 - Yellow Warbler
53 - "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler
54 - Yellow-throated Warbler (with us on the porch at breakfast)
55 - American Redstart
56 - Blue-gray Tanager
57 - White-collared Seedeater
58 - Great-tailed Grackle
59 - Melodious Blackbird
60 - Red-winged Blackbird
61 - Baltimore Oriole
62 - Hooded Oriole

The vicinity of ALTUN HA
(Mayan ruins north of Belize City)

1 - Anhinga
2 - Great Egret
3 - Snowy Egret
4 - Little Blue Heron
5 - Cattle Egret
6 - American White Ibis
7 - Wood Stork
8 - Black-bellied Whistling Duck
9 - Black Vulture
10 - Turkey Vulture
11 - Roadside Hawk
12 - Bat Falcon
13 - Lesser Yellowlegs
14 - Solitary Sandpiper
15 - White-tipped Dove
16 - Gray-fronted Dove
17 - Aztec Parakeet
18 - Black-headed Trogon
19 - Violaceous Trogon
20 - Keel-billed Toucan
21 - Acorn Woodpecker
22 - Lineated Woodpecker
23 - Tropical Kingbird
24 - Boat-billed Flycatcher
25 - Social Flycatcher
26 - Great Kiskadee
27 - Vermilion Flycatcher
28 - Tropical Pewee
29 - Brown Jay
30 - Tropical Mockingbird
31 - "Southern" House Wren
32 - White-breasted Wood Wren
33 - Yellow Warbler
34 - Magnolia Warbler
35 - "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler
36 - Northern Waterthrush
37 - Blue-gray Tanager
38 - Yellow-winged Tanager
39 - Black-headed Saltator
40 - Northern Cardinal
41 - White-collared Seedeater
42 - Great-tailed Grackle
43 - Melodious Blackbird
44 - Black-cowled Oriole
45 - Montezuma Oropendola

The CAYO DISTRICT of western Belize

1 - Great Tinamou
2 - Little Tinamou
3 - Thicket Tinamou
4 - Slaty-breasted Tinamou
(all 4 tinamous were heard)
5 - Neotropic Cormorant
6 - Anhinga
7 - Great Blue Heron
8 - Great Egret
9 - Snowy Egret
10 - Little Blue Heron
11 - Cattle Egret
12 - Green Heron
13 - Bare-throated Tiger Heron
14 - JABIRU (at nest)
15 - Wood Stork
16 - Blue-winged Teal
17 - Black Vulture
18 - Turkey Vulture
19 - White-tailed Kite
20 - Snail Kite
21 - Black-collared Hawk
22 - Cooper's Hawk
23 - Gray Hawk
24 - Roadside Hawk
25 - White-tailed Hawk
26 - Laughing Falcon
27 - American Kestrel
28 - Bat Falcon
29 - Plain Chachalaca
30 - Ruddy Crake
31 - Gray-necked Wood Rail
32 - Purple Gallinule
33 - Common Moorhen
34 - Limpkin
35 - Northern Jacana
36 - Killdeer
37 - Solitary Sandpiper
38 - Spotted Sandpiper
39 - Semipalmated Sandpiper
40 - Common (or Feral) Pigeon
41 - Pale-vented Pigeon
42 - Short-billed Pigeon
43 - Plain-breasted Ground Dove
44 - Ruddy Ground Dove
45 - BLUE GROUND DOVE (about 3 dozen together)
46 - White-tipped Dove
47 - Aztec Parakeet
48 - White-fronted Amazon
49 - Squirrel Cuckoo
50 - Groove-billed Ani
51 - Barn Owl (6 on fenceposts, in less than a mile)
52 - Pauraque
53 - Yucatan Poorwill
54 - NORTHERN POTOO
55 - Vaux's Swift
56 - White-necked Jacobin
57 - Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
58 - Black-headed Trogon
59 - Violaceous Trogon
60 - Blue-crowned Motmot
61 - Ringed Kingfisher
62 - Green Kingfisher
63 - Keel-billed Toucan
64 - Golden-fronted Woodpecker
65 - Golden-olive Woodpecker
66 - Lineated Woodpecker
67 - Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
68 - Barred Antshrike
69 - Fork-tailed Flycatcher
70 - Tropical Kingbird
71 - Piratic Flycatcher
72 - Social Flycatcher
73 - Great Kiskadee
74 - Brown-crested Flycatcher
75 - Vermilion Flycatcher
76 - Least Flycatcher
77 - Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
78 - Tropical Pewee
79 - Yellow-bellied Elaenia
80 - Rose-throated Becard
81 - Masked Tityra
82 - Yellow-green Vireo
83 - Green Jay
84 - Brown Jay
85 - Wood Thrush
86 - Clay-colored Thrush
87 - Gray Catbird
88 - Mangrove Swallow
89 - Ridgways' Rough-winged Swallow
90 - Barn Swallow
91 - Band-backed Wren
92 - Black-and-white Warbler
93 - Prothonotary Warbler
94 - Blue-winged Warbler
95 - Yellow Warbler
96 - Magnolia Warbler
97 - Northern Waterthrush
98 - American Redstart
99 - Yellow-breasted Chat
100 - Red-legged Honeycreeper
101 - Yellow-throated Euphonia
102 - Golden-hooded Tanager
103 - Blue-gray Tanager
104 - Yellow-winged Tanager
105 - Red-throated Ant Tanager
106 - Black-headed Saltator
107 - "Northern" Grayish Saltator
108 - Blue Grosbeak
109 - Indigo Bunting
110 - "Black" Variable Seedeater
111 - White-collared Seedeater
112 - Blue-black Grassquit
113 - Yellow-faced Grassquit
114 - Eastern Meadowlark
115 - Great-tailed Grackle
116 - Melodious Blackbird
117 - Orchard Oriole

The area of MOUNTAIN PINE RIDGE

1 - Black Vulture
2 - Turkey Vulture
3 - Swallow-tailed Kite
4 - Plumbeous Kite
5 - White-collared Swift
6 - Acorn Woodpecker
7 - Social Flycatcher
8 - Northern Rough-winged Swallow
9 - Grace's Warbler
10 - Hepatic Tanager
11 - Indigo Bunting
12 - Yellow-faced Grassquit
13 - Rusty Sparrow
14 - Yellow-tailed Oriole
15 - Black-headed Siskin

The area of BANANA BANK

1 - Green Heron
2 - KING VULTURE (a black juvenile)
3 - Black Vulture
4 - Turkey Vulture
5 - Roadside Hawk
6 - Laughing Falcon
7 - American Kestrel
8 - Merlin
9 - Ruddy Ground Dove
10 - Aztec Parakeet
11 - Vaux's Swift
12 - Collared Aracari
13 - Golden-fronted Woodpecker
14 - Lineated Woodpecker
15 - Tropical Kingbird
16 - Piratic Flycatcher
17 - Great Kiskadee
18 - Great Crested Flycatcher
19 - Dusky-capped Flycatcher
20 - Cinnamon Becard
21 - Gray-collared Becard
22 - Brown Jay
23 - Tropical Mockingbird
24 - "Southern" House Wren
25 - Yellow Warbler
26 - Hooded Warbler
27 - Yellow-throated Euphonia
28 - Blue-gray Tanager
29 - Indigo Bunting
30 - White-collared Seedeater
31 - Blue-black Grassquit
32 - Great-tailed Grackle
33 - Melodious Blackbird
34 - Bronzed Cowbird
35 - Baltimore Oriole
36 - Hooded Oriole

Along the HUMMINGBIRD HIGHWAY

1 - Cattle Egret
2 - Baltimore Oriole
3 - Yellow-tailed Oriole
4 - Hooded Oriole
(yes, there were others, but not that many as it rained, and it was a quick pm drive)

Along the coast in & near PLACENICA

1 - Brown Pelican
2 - Anhinga
3 - Magnificent Frigatebird
4 - Cattle Egret
5 - Green Heron
6 - White-tailed Kite
7 - Common Black Hawk
8 - Roadside Hawk
9 - American Kestrel
10 - Spotted Sandpiper
11 - Sandwich Tern
12 - Royal Tern
13 - White-winged Dove
14 - Mourning Dove
15 - Ruddy Ground Dove
16 - Aztec Parakeet
17 - Fork-tailed Flycatcher
18 - Tropical Mockingbird
19 - Mangrove Swallow
20 - Yellow Warbler
21 - Blue-gray Tanager
22 - Blue-black Grassquit
23 - Great-tailed Grackle
24 - SHINY COWBIRD

The area of COCKSCOMB BASIN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY

1 - Great Tinamou
2 - Little Tinamou
3 - Black Vulture
4 - Turkey Vulture
5 - Plumbeous Kite
6 - WHITE HAWK
7 - Laughing Falcon
8 - Bat Falcon
9 - Plain Chachalaca
10 - Ruddy Ground Dove
11 - Blue Ground Dove
12 - Gray-chested Dove
13 - Ruddy Quail-Dove
14 - Red-lored Amazon
15 - Pauraque
16 - White-bellied Emerald
17 - Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
18 - Slaty-tailed Trogon
19 - Blue-crowned Motmot
20 - Keel-billed Toucan
21 - Golden-fronted Woodpecker
22 - Smoky-brown Woodpecker
23 - Pale-billed Woodpecker
24 - Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
25 - Streak-headed Woodcreeper
26 - Barred Antshrike
27 - Dusky Antbird
28 - Tropical Kingbird
29 - Piratic Flycatcher
30 - Streaked Flycatcher
31 - Social Flycatcher
32 - Great Kiskadee
33 - Dusky-capped Flycatcher
34 - Tropical Pewee
35 - Common Tody-Flycatcher
36 - Yellow-bellied Elaenia
37 - Thrushlike Schiffornis
38 - Rose-throated Becard
39 - White-collared Manakin
40 - Yellow-green Vireo
41 - Brown Jay
42 - Clay-colored Thrush
43 - Northern Rough-winged Swallow
44 - Spot-breasted Wren
45 - "Southern" House Wren
46 - White-breasted Wood Wren
47 - Yellow Warbler
48 - Magnolia Warbler
49 - Red-legged Honeycreeper
50 - Olive-backed Euphonia
51 - Golden-hooded Tanager
52 - Blue-gray Tanager
53 - Yellow-winged Tanager
54 - Passerini's Tanager
55 - Crimson-collared Tanager
56 - Summer Tanager
57 - Blue Grosbeak
58 - "Black" Variable Seedeater
59 - White-collared Seedeater
60 - Blue-black Grassquit
61 - Yellow-faced Grassquit
62 - Great-tailed Grackle
63 - Melodious Blackbird
64 - Bronzed Cowbird
65 - Black-cowled Oriole
66 - Baltimore Oriole
67 - Orchard Oriole
68 - Montezuma Oropendola

The vicinity of GALE'S POINT (Manatee Lodge)

1 - KING VULTURE (a black juvenile)
2 - Plain Chachalaca
3 - Spotted Sandpiper
4 - Laughing Gull
5 - Gull-billed Tern
6 - Sandwich Tern
7 - Royal Tern
8 - Common Tern
9 - Pale-vented Pigeon
10 - Ruddy Ground Dove
11 - Squirrel Cuckoo
12 - Ringed Kingfisher
13 - Belted Kingfisher
14 - Green Kingfisher
15 - Golden-fronted Woodpecker
16 - Tropical Kingbird
17 - Boat-billed Flycatcher
18 - Social Flycatcher
19 - Great Kiskadee
20 - Black Phoebe
21 - Brown Jay
22 - Tropical Mockingbird
23 - Mangrove Swallow
24 - Northern Rough-winged Swallow
25 - Barn Swallow
26 - Yellow Warbler
27 - White-collared Seedeater
28 - Great-tailed Grackle
29 - Black-cowled Oriole
30 - Montezuma Oropendola

West Indian Manatee
track of the Jaguar

At & near BIRD ISLAND

1 - Brown Pelican
2 - Magnificent Frigtebird
3 - Great Blue Heron
4 - Great Egret
5 - Snowy Egret
6 - Little Blue Heron
7 - Tricolored Heron
8 - Black-crowned Night Heron
9 - BOAT-BILLED HERON
10 - White Ibis
11 - Muscovy Duck
12 - Black Vulture
13 - Turkey Vulture
14 - Osprey
15 - Peregrine Falcon
16 - Barn Swallow

The offshore island of CAYE CAULKER

1 - Brown Pelican
2 - Double-crested Cormorant
3 - Magnificent Frigatebird
4 - Great Egret
5 - Snowy Egret
6 - Little Blue Heron
7 - Tricolored Heron
8 - Cattle Egret
9 - Green Heron
10 - Yellow-crowned Night Heron
11 - Muscovy Duck
12 - Osprey
13 - Black-bellied Plover
14 - Semipalmated Plover
15 - Greater Yellowlegs
16 - Spotted Sandpiper
17 - Whimbrel
18 - Ruddy Turnstone
19 - Sanderling
20 - Short-billed Dowitcher
21 - Laughing Gull
22 - Gull-billed Tern
23 - Sandwich Tern
24 - Royal Tern
25 - Common Tern
26 - Common (or Feral) Pigeon
27 - WHITE-CROWNED PIGEON
28 - White-winged Dove
29 - Green-breasted Mango
30 - Cinnamon Hummingbird
31 - Golden-fronted Woodpecker
32 - Tropical Kingbird
33 - YUCATAN VIREO
34 - Tropical Mockingbird
35 - Gray Catbird
36 - BLACK CATBIRD
37 - Barn Swallow
38 - Yellow Warbler
39 - MANGROVE WARBLER
40 - Yellow-throated Warbler
41 - American Redstart
42 - Bananaquit (the Yucatan race)
43 - SCRUB EUPHONIA (rare on offshore islands)
44 - Rose-breasted Grosbeak
45 - Great-tailed Grackle

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