This is a brief summary of our itinerary
· CT - Crooked Tree Lodge - water levels were very high. 2 guided boat trips out on lagoon, and self-walking round the island
· L - Lamanai Outpost Lodge - guided walks most days plus several night boat trips and self-walking
· Belize City - 2 overnight stops to pick up and drop off hire car
· HV - Hidden Valley Inn - car trips to 1,000 foot falls and around reserve tracks. Mountain biking but poor for birding !
· CC - Chan Chich - guided walks, night drives and car trip around the farm and plantations, and self-walking
· Caye - Tree Tops, Caye Caulker - self-walking around the island.
Site Name |
Species Name |
Scientific Name |
CT |
Black-bellied Whistling
Duck (Northern) |
Dendrocygna autumnalis fulgens |
L |
Muscovy Duck |
Cairina
moschata |
HV |
Blue-winged Teal |
Anas
discors |
L,HV |
Plain Chachalaca |
Ortalis
vetula |
CC |
Crested Guan |
Penelope purpurascens |
L, CC |
Great Curassow |
Crax
rubra |
CC |
Ocellated
Turkey |
Meleagris
ocellata |
CT |
Least Grebe |
Tachybaptus dominicus |
CT, L |
Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
CT |
Wood Stork |
Mycteria
americana |
CT, L, Caye |
American White Ibis |
Eudocimus
albus |
CT |
Bare-throated Tiger
Heron |
Tigrisoma
mexicanum |
L |
Black-crowned Night
Heron (American) |
Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli |
CC, Caye |
Yellow-crowned Night
Heron (Yellow-crowned) |
Nyctanassa violacea [violacea-group] |
CT, L, HV |
Green Heron (Eastern) |
Butorides
virescens virescens/maculata |
CT, CC |
Western Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus
ibis |
CT, CC, Caye |
Great Blue Heron (Blue
form) |
Ardea
herodias [herodias-group] |
CT, CC, Caye |
Great Egret (American) |
Ardea
alba egretta |
CT |
Tricolored Heron |
Egretta
tricolor |
CT, CC |
Little Blue Heron |
Egretta
caerulea |
CT, CC |
Snowy Egret |
Egretta
thula |
Belize City, Caye |
Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus
occidentalis |
Belize City, Caye |
Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata
magnificens |
Crooked Tree |
Neotropic
Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
Belize City, Caye |
Double-crested
Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax auritus auritus/floridanus |
CT |
Anhinga |
Anhinga anhinga |
Every day |
Turkey Vulture
(Northern) |
Cathartes
aura [aura-group] |
CT |
Lesser Yellow-headed
Vulture |
Cathartes
burrovianus |
Every day |
Black Vulture |
Coragyps
atratus |
HV |
King Vulture |
Sarcoramphus papa |
CT |
Western Osprey
(American) |
Pandion
haliaetus carolinensis |
Caye
Caulker |
Western Osprey
(Caribbean) |
Pandion
haliaetus ridgwayi |
CC |
White-tailed Kite |
Elanus
leucurus |
CC |
Hook-billed Kite
(Hook-billed) |
Chondrohierax uncinatus uncinatus |
CT |
Black-collared Hawk |
Busarellus nigricollis |
CT, L |
Snail Kite |
Rostrhamus sociabilis |
CT, Caye |
Common Black Hawk
(Common) |
Buteogallus anthracinus anthracinus/utilensis |
Most days |
Roadside Hawk
(Mainland) |
Rupornis
magnirostris [magnirostris-group] |
HV |
White Hawk (Snowy) |
Pseudastur albicollis ghiesbreghti |
L |
Grey-necked Wood Rail |
Aramides
cajaneus |
CT |
American Coot |
Fulica
americana |
L |
Limpkin |
Aramus
guarauna |
Caye
Caulker |
Black-necked Stilt
(Black-necked) |
Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus |
CC |
Killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
CT, L |
Northern Jacana |
Jacana spinosa |
Caye
Caulker |
Whimbrel
(American) |
Numenius
phaeopus hudsonicus/rufiventris |
CC |
Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa
solitaria |
Caye |
Willet |
Tringa
semipalmata |
CT |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis
macularius |
Caye |
Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria
interpres |
Belize City, Caye |
Laughing Gull |
Leucophaeus atricilla |
CT |
Caspian Tern |
Hydroprogne caspia |
Caye
|
Royal Tern (American) |
Thalasseus maximus maximus |
Belize City |
Cabot's Tern (Cabot's) |
Thalasseus acuflavidus acuflavidus |
Belize City |
Rock Dove (Feral) |
Columba livia 'feral' |
Caye
|
White-crowned Pigeon |
Patagioenas leucocephala |
CC |
Scaled Pigeon |
Patagioenas speciosa |
L |
Pale-vented Pigeon |
Patagioenas cayennensis |
CC |
Short-billed Pigeon |
Patagioenas nigrirostris |
CT, Caye |
White-winged Dove |
Zenaida
asiatica |
CC |
Common Ground Dove |
Columbina
passerina |
CC |
Plain-breasted Ground
Dove |
Columbina
minuta |
CT, L, CC |
Ruddy Ground Dove |
Columbina
talpacoti |
CT |
White-tipped Dove
(White-tipped) |
Leptotila
verreauxi [verreauxi-group] |
L |
Grey-chested Dove (cerviniventris) |
Leptotila
cassinii cerviniventris |
CT, L |
Groove-billed Ani |
Crotophaga sulcirostris |
CT, L, CC |
Squirrel Cuckoo
(Middle America) |
Piaya
cayana thermophila |
CC |
Western Barn Owl
(American) |
Tyto
alba [furcata-group] |
HV |
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
(Ridgway's) |
Glaucidium brasilianum [ridgwayi-group] |
L, CC |
Northern Potoo (Middle American) |
Nyctibius
jamaicensis [mexicanus-group] |
L, CC |
Pauraque
|
Nyctidromus albicollis |
L |
Yucatan Nightjar |
Antrostomus badius |
L |
White-collared Swift |
Streptoprocne zonaris |
HV, CC |
Vaux's Swift |
Chaetura
vauxi |
CC |
Lesser Swallow-tailed
Swift |
Panyptila
cayennensis |
CC |
Long-billed Hermit
(Central American) |
Phaethornis longirostris [longirostris-group] |
CC |
Stripe-throated Hermit
|
Phaethornis striigularis |
CC |
White-necked Jacobin |
Florisuga
mellivora |
Caye |
Cinnamon Hummingbird
(Mainland) |
Amazilia
rutila [rutila-group] |
CT, L |
Rufous-tailed
Hummingbird (Rufous-tailed) |
Amazilia
tzacatl [tzacatl-group] |
L, HV |
White-bellied Emerald |
Amazilia
candida |
HV |
Azure-crowned
Hummingbird (Azure-crowned) |
Amazilia
cyanocephala cyanocephala |
CC |
Purple-crowned Fairy |
Heliothryx barroti |
L, CC |
Slaty-tailed
Trogon (Massena) |
Trogon massena massena/hoffmanni |
L, CC |
Black-headed Trogon |
Trogon melanocephalus |
HV, CC |
Gartered Trogon |
Trogon caligatus |
CT, HV |
Green Kingfisher |
Chloroceryle americana |
CT |
Ringed Kingfisher
(Northern) |
Megaceryle torquata torquata/stictipennis |
CT |
Belted Kingfisher |
Megaceryle alcyon |
CC |
Tody
Motmot |
Hylomanes
momotula |
CC |
Blue-diademed Motmot |
Momotus
lessonii |
CC |
Rufous-tailed
Jacamar (Black-chinned) |
Galbula
ruficauda melanogenia |
L |
White-necked Puffbird |
Notharchus hyperrhynchus |
CC |
White-whiskered Puffbird |
Malacoptila panamensis |
CC |
Emerald Toucanet |
Aulacorhynchus prasinus |
L, CC |
Collared Aracari |
Pteroglossus torquatus |
L, HV, CC |
Keel-billed Toucan |
Ramphastos sulfuratus |
CT, HV |
Acorn Woodpecker
(Acorn) |
Melanerpes formicivorus [formicivorus-group] |
CC |
Black-cheeked
Woodpecker |
Melanerpes pucherani |
CT, L, CC |
Velasquez's Woodpecker
|
Melanerpes santacruzi |
HV |
Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker |
Sphyrapicus varius |
L |
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
|
Picoides
fumigatus |
L, HV |
Golden-olive
Woodpecker (Golden-olive) |
Colaptes
rubiginosus [rubiginosus-group] |
CC |
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker |
Celeus
castaneus |
HV, CC |
Lineated Woodpecker
(Lineated) |
Dryocopus
lineatus [lineatus-group] |
Most days |
Pale-billed Woodpecker
|
Campephilus guatemalensis |
HV |
Laughing Falcon |
Herpetotheres cachinnans |
HV, CC |
American Kestrel
(Northern) |
Falco
sparverius [sparverius-group] |
CT |
Bat Falcon |
Falco
rufigularis |
HV |
Orange-breasted Falcon |
Falco
deiroleucus |
CT, L, CC |
Olive-throated
Parakeet (Aztec) |
Eupsittula nana astec/vicinalis |
CC |
Brown-hooded Parrot |
Pyrilia
haematotis |
CT, L |
White-fronted Amazon |
Amazona
albifrons |
Most days |
Red-lored Amazon (Red-lored) |
Amazona
autumnalis autumnalis/salvini |
CT |
Yellow-headed Amazon |
Amazona
oratrix |
CC |
Mealy Amazon
(Northern) |
Amazona
farinosa guatemalae/virenticeps |
L |
Plain Xenops |
Xenops
minutus |
L, HV, CC |
Olivaceous Woodcreeper (Greyish) |
Sittasomus griseicapillus [griseus-group] |
CC |
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper |
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster |
L |
Streak-headed Woodcreeper |
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii |
CT |
Barred Antshrike (Barred) |
Thamnophilus doliatus [doliatus-group] |
CC |
Dot-winged Antwren |
Microrhopias quixensis |
L, CC |
Northern Bentbill |
Oncostoma
cinereigulare |
L, CC |
Yellow-olive Flatbill (Grey-headed) |
Tolmomyias sulphurescens cinereiceps |
CC |
Stub-tailed Spadebill |
Platyrinchus cancrominus |
HV, CC |
Tropical Pewee
(Short-legged) |
Contopus
cinereus [brachytarsus-group] |
L, CC |
Least Flycatcher |
Empidonax
minimus |
CT |
Vermilion Flycatcher
(Vermilion) |
Pyrocephalus rubinus [obscurus-group] |
Most days |
Social Flycatcher
(Vermilion-crowned) |
Myiozetetes similis [texensis-group] |
CT, L |
Great Kiskadee |
Pitangus
sulphuratus |
HV |
Boat-billed Flycatcher
(Northern) |
Megarynchus pitangua [mexicanus-group] |
Most days |
Tropical Kingbird |
Tyrannus
melancholicus |
HV |
Couch's Kingbird |
Tyrannus
couchii |
Belize City |
Scissor-tailed
Flycatcher |
Tyrannus
forficatus |
CT, CC |
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
(monachus) |
Tyrannus
savana monachus |
HV |
Dusky-capped
Flycatcher |
Myiarchus
tuberculifer |
CT |
Brown-crested
Flycatcher |
Myiarchus
tyrannulus |
L, CC |
Bright-rumped Attila (Northern) |
Attila spadiceus [flammulatus-group] |
L |
White-collared Manakin |
Manacus
candei |
L, CC |
Red-capped Manakin |
Dixiphia
mentalis |
L |
Northern Royal
Flycatcher |
Onychorhynchus mexicanus |
CT |
Black-crowned Tityra |
Tityra
inquisitor |
L, CC |
Masked Tityra |
Tityra
semifasciata |
CC |
Cinnamon Becard |
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus |
CC |
White-winged Becard |
Pachyramphus polychopterus |
L, HV, CC |
Rose-throated Becard |
Pachyramphus aglaiae |
CT |
Rufous-browed
Peppershrike (Northern) |
Cyclarhis
gujanensis [gujanensis-group] |
L, HV, CC |
White-eyed Vireo
(White-eyed) |
Vireo griseus [griseus-group] |
CT, L |
Mangrove Vireo
(Northern Central America) |
Vireo pallens ochraceus/semiflavus |
L, HV, CC |
Yellow-throated Vireo |
Vireo flavifrons |
HV |
Plumbeous
Vireo (Central American) |
Vireo plumbeus notius/montanus |
L, HV, CC |
Lesser Greenlet (Northern) |
Hylophilus decurtatus [decurtatus-group] |
HV |
Green Jay |
Cyanocorax luxuosus |
Most days |
Brown Jay |
Psilorhinus morio |
CT |
Tree Swallow |
Tachycineta bicolor |
CT, L |
Mangrove Swallow |
Tachycineta albilinea |
L, HV, CC |
Northern Rough-winged
Swallow (Northern) |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis [serripennis-group] |
L, CC |
Spot-breasted Wren |
Pheugopedius maculipectus |
CC |
House Wren (Southern) |
Troglodytes aedon [musculus-group] |
CT |
White-bellied Wren
(Middle America) |
Uropsila
leucogastra [leucogastra-group] |
L |
White-breasted Wood
Wren (Sclater's) |
Henicorhina leucosticta [prostheleuca-group] |
CT, L, HV |
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher |
Polioptila caerulea |
HV |
Tropical Gnatcatcher
(White-browed) |
Polioptila plumbea [bilineata-group] |
L, HV, CC |
Grey Catbird |
Dumetella
carolinensis |
CT, Caye |
Tropical Mockingbird
(Tropical) |
Mimus
gilvus [gilvus-group] |
L, CC |
Wood Thrush |
Hylocichla mustelina |
CT, HV |
Clay-colored Thrush |
Turdus
grayi |
L, HV, CC |
Yellow-throated Euphonia |
Euphonia
hirundinacea |
CC |
Olive-backed Euphonia |
Euphonia
gouldi |
CT, Caye |
Ovenbird |
Seiurus
aurocapilla |
CC |
Louisiana Waterthrush |
Parkesia
motacilla |
CT, L |
Northern Waterthrush |
Parkesia
noveboracensis |
L |
Blue-winged Warbler |
Vermivora
cyanoptera |
Most days |
Black-and-white
Warbler |
Mniotilta
varia |
HV, CC |
Grey-crowned
Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis poliocephala |
CT, L |
Common Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis trichas |
Most days |
Hooded Warbler |
Setophaga
citrina |
CT, L, CC |
American Redstart |
Setophaga
ruticilla |
CT |
Northern Parula |
Setophaga
americana |
Most days |
Magnolia Warbler |
Setophaga
magnolia |
Most days |
American Yellow
Warbler |
Setophaga
aestiva |
Caye |
Mangrove Warbler
(Mangrove) |
Setophaga
petechia [erithachorides-group] |
CT, CC |
Yellow-throated
Warbler (White-lored) |
Setophaga
dominica albilora |
HV |
Grace's Warbler |
Setophaga
graciae |
CT, L, HV |
Black-throated Green
Warbler |
Setophaga
virens |
HV |
Rufous-capped
Warbler (South Mexico) |
Basileuterus rufifrons salvini |
CC |
Eastern Meadowlark
(Eastern) |
Sturnella
magna [magna-group] |
L, CC |
Montezuma Oropendola |
Psarocolius montezuma |
HV, CC |
Yellow-backed Oriole |
Icterus
chrysater |
L |
Altamira Oriole |
Icterus
gularis |
HV, CC |
Baltimore Oriole |
Icterus
galbula |
HV |
Yellow-tailed Oriole |
Icterus
mesomelas |
CT, L |
Hooded Oriole
(Yucatan) |
Icterus
cucullatus igneus |
L, CC |
Black-cowled Oriole |
Icterus
prosthemelas |
L |
Orchard Oriole |
Icterus
spurius |
CT |
Red-winged Blackbird
(Red-winged) |
Agelaius
phoeniceus [phoeniceus-group] |
CT, HV, CC |
Melodious Blackbird |
Dives dives |
Most days |
Great-tailed Grackle
(Great-tailed) |
Quiscalus
mexicanus [mexicanus-group] |
HV |
Rusty Sparrow |
Aimophila
rufescens |
L |
Black-throated
Shrike-tanager |
Lanio
aurantius |
CT, L |
Blue-grey Tanager |
Thraupis
episcopus |
L, CC |
Yellow-winged Tanager |
Thraupis
abbas |
CC |
Golden-hooded Tanager |
Tangara
larvata |
L |
Red-legged
Honeycreeper |
Cyanerpes
cyaneus |
HV |
Grassland Yellow Finch
(Northern) |
Sicalis
luteola [chrysops-group] |
L |
Blue-black Grassquit |
Volatinia
jacarina |
CC |
Variable Seedeater
(Black) |
Sporophila corvina corvina |
Most days |
White-collared
Seedeater (White-collared) |
Sporophila torqueola [morelleti-group] |
HV |
Yellow-faced Grassquit |
Tiaris
olivaceus |
HV, CC |
Hepatic Tanager |
Piranga
hepatica |
Most days |
Summer Tanager
(Eastern) |
Piranga
rubra rubra |
L, CC |
Red-throated Ant
Tanager (Salvin's) |
Habia
fuscicauda [salvini-group] |
L, CC |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Pheucticus ludovicianus |
L |
Northern Cardinal
(Common) |
Cardinalis cardinalis [cardinalis-group] |
HV |
Black-faced Grosbeak |
Caryothraustes poliogaster |
L, HV |
Black-headed Saltator |
Saltator
atriceps |
CC |
Greyish Saltator (Middle American) |
Saltator
coerulescens [grandis-group] |
CC |
Blue-black Grosbeak |
Cyanocompsa cyanoides |
L,CC |
Blue Bunting (Middle America)
|
Cyanocompsa parellina [parellina-group] |
Notes:- Couch's Kingbird is impossible to ID by sight alone and I only counted it where an experienced guide heard the call.
Caye Caulker was very disappointing in terms of birdlife and sun-bathing opportunities. The 'reserve' is heavily encroached, and most birds were seen alongside the runway or in the mangroves
Site Name |
Species Name |
Scientific Name |
CT, L |
Yucatan Squirrel |
Sciurus
yucatanensis |
L |
Virginia Opossum |
Didelphis
virginiana |
L |
Proboscis Bat |
Rhynchonycteris naso |
L |
Greater Bulldog Bat |
Noctilio
leporinus |
L |
Guatemalan Black
Howler |
Alouatta
pigra |
L |
Nine-banded Armadillo |
Dasypus
novemcinctus |
L |
Mexican Hairy Dwarf
Porcupine |
Sphiggurus mexicanus |
L |
Central American
Agouti |
Dasyprocta punctata |
L |
White-nosed Coati |
Nasua
narica |
L |
Kinkajou |
Potos
flavus |
CC |
Guatemalan Black
Howler |
Alouatta
pigra |
CC |
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey |
Ateles
geoffroyi |
CC |
Deppe's
Squirrel |
Sciurus
deppei |
CC |
Grey Fox |
Urocyon
cinereoargenteus |
CC |
Common Raccoon |
Procyon
lotor |
CC |
White-tailed Deer |
Odocoileus virginianus |
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