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Belize Birds
during FONT Birding 
& Nature Tours 

thru 2007

(during the months of February & March)

 

A Belize bird list compiled by Armas Hill
with photos

Photo at right: a JABIRU in flight   


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

Codes:

ah:   near the Mayan ruins of Altun Ha 
bb:   Banana Bank    
bi:    on & near Bird Island 
cb:   Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary & the nearby Maya Centre  
cc:   the offshore island of Caye Caulker 
ct:    vicinity of Crooked Tree  
cy:   the Cayo District near San Ignacio including the Macal River valley & the farming area near Spanish Lookout
gp:   near Gale's Point (Manatee Lodge)
hh:   along the Hummingbird Highway
mp:  Mountain Pine Ridge 
pc:   the coastal area 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
(BZu): uncommon in Belize


A fine book, "Jungle of the Maya" has recently been published (in 2006) by the University of Texas Press. In it, there some very good photographs of wildlife in Belize, and in nearby Guatemala & Mexico. In the following lists, pages in that book with photos of particular species are referred to with a (p. xx)        

Links:

Mammals & Other Wildlife in Central America 

Butterflies in Central America

Highlights from previous FONT tours in Belize

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Central America
A Feature of Photos from the FONT Belize Tour in March 2007

 

 Bird-List:

  1. Great Tinamou ______ cy,cb
    Tinamus major percautus

  2. Little Tinamou ______ cy,cb
    Crypturellus soui meserythrus
  3. Thicket Tinamou ______ cy
    Crypturellus cinnamomeus goldmani
  4. Slaty-breasted Tinamou ______ cy
    Crypturellus b. boucardi
  5. Plain Chachalaca ______ cy,cb,gp
    Ortalis vetula intermedia

  6. Yucatan Bobwhite ______
    Colinus n. nigrogularis
  7. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck ______ ah  (at one time was called Black-bellied Tree-Duck)
    Dendrocygna a. autumnalis
  8. Fulvous Whistling-Duck ______  (at one time was called Fulvous Tree Duck)
    Dendrocygna bicolor      (although on 3 continents, monotypic)
  9. Muscovy Duck ______ bi,cc
    Cairina moschata      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  10. Blue-winged Teal ______ ct,ah,cy
    Anas discors      (monotypic)
  11. Pied-billed Grebe ______ ct
    Podilymbus p. podiceps

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




    Jabirus at their nest were seen during 
    the FONT Belize Tour in March 2007
     
  13. Wood Stork ______ ct,ah,cy 
    Mycteria americana      (monotypic)
  14. American White Ibis ______ ah,bi 
    Eudocimus albus      (monotypic)
  15. Glossy Ibis ______ ct
    Plegadis falcinellus      (monotypic)
  16. Roseate Spoonbill ______
    Platalea ajaja      (monotypic)

  17. Cattle Egret ______ ct,ah,cy,hh,pc,cb,cc  (p. 74-75)  
    Bubulcus i. ibis      (the single member of its genus)
  18. 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

  19. Reddish Egret ______
    Egretta r. rufescens
  20. Little Blue Heron ______ ct,ah,cy,bi,cc  (p. 64)
    Egretta caerulea      (monotypic)
  21. Tricolored Heron ______ ct,bi,cc  (was called Louisiana Heron)
    Egretta tricolor ruficollis

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

  23. Great Egret ______ ct,ah,cy,bi,cc  (p. 71)
    Ardea     (formerly Casmerodius) alba egretta 
  24. Great Blue Heron ______ ct,cy,bi 
    Ardea h. herodias

  25. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron ______ cy  (p. 70)
    Tigrisoma mexicanum      (monotypic)
  26. Black-crowned Night-Heron ______ ct,bi 
    Nyctocorax nyctocorax hoactii
  27. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron ______ cc  (p. 70)
    Nyctanassa v. violacea      (the single member of its genus)
  28. Boat-billed Heron ______ bi
    Cochlearius cochlearius phillipsi      (the single member of its genus)

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

    Two Magnificent Frigatebirds photographed during the FONT Belize tour
    in March 2007      (photo by Alan Brady) 
  30. Brown Pelican ______ pc,bi,cc
    Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis

  31. Neotropic Cormorant ______ ct,cy  (was called Olivaceous Cormorant)
    Phalacrocorax brasilianus mexicanus      (formerly P. olivaceous)




    A Neotropic Cormorant photographed during the FONT Belize tour
    in March 2007, at the fresh-water Crooked Tree Lagoon.
    Along the seacoast, the Cormorants were Double-crested.
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
  32. Double-crested Cormorant ______ cc
    Phalacrocorax auritus floridanus
  33. Anhinga ______ ah,cy,pc
    Anhinga anhinga leucogaster

    34.
  34. King Vulture ______ bb,gp  (p. 105)
    Sarcoramphus papa      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  35. 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) 
  36. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture ______ ct
    Cathartes burrovianus      (monotypic)
  37. Black Vulture ______ ct,ah,cy,mp,bb,cb,bi
    Coragyps atratus      (now said to be monotypic) (the single member of its genus)
  38. Northern Crested Caracara  (BZr) ______ hc,cc  (formerly conspecific with what's now the Southern Crested Caracara, Caracara plancus, of South America, generally south of the Amazon)
    Caracara cheriway      (monotypic)

  39. Laughing Falcon ______ cy,bb,cb  (p. 23)
    Herpetotheres cachinnans      (the single member of its genus)

  40. American Kestrel ______ cy,bb,pc
    Falco sparverius tropicalis

  41. Merlin ______ bb
    Falco c. columbarius
  42. Bat Falcon ______ ah,cy,cb  (p. 99)
    Falco rufigularis petoensis
  43. 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) 
  44. Osprey ______ ct,bi,cc
    Pandion haliaetus carolinensis      (the single member of its genus) (another subspecies, P.h. ridgwayi, also in eastern Honduras near the Caribbean)
  45. Gray-headed Kite ______  (has also been called Cayenne Kite)
    Leptodon c. cayanensis

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

  47. Swallow-tailed Kite ______ mp
    Elanoides forficatus      (2 subspecies occur in Belize: E. f. forficatus & E. f. yetapa)
  48. Plumbeous Kite ______ mp,cb
    Ictinia plumbea      (monotypic)

  49. Snail Kite ______ ct,cy
    Rostrhamus s. sociabilis 




    A female Snail Kite photographed during a FONT tour
  50. Black-collared Hawk ______ ct,cy
    Busarellus n. nigricollis

    A Black-collared Hawk photographed during a FONT tour
  51. Northern Harrier ______
    Circus cyaneus hudsonius
     
  52. Sharp-shinned Hawk ______ 
    Accipiter striatus chionogaster

  53. Cooper's Hawk ______ cy
    Accipiter cooperii      (monotypic)

  54. White Hawk ______ cb  (p. 99)
    Leucopternis albicollis ghiebreghti
  55. Common Black Hawk ______ pc
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus




    A Common Black Hawk photographed during the March 2007 FONT Tour in Belize
    (photo by Alan Brady)
  56. Great Black Hawk ______ ct
    Buteogallus urubitinga ridgwayi
  57. Gray-lined Hawk ______ cy  (p. 23)  (in northern part of its range, has been called Gray Hawk)
    Buteo nitida plagiata  




    A Gray-lined Hawk photographed during the March 2007 FONT tour in Belize 
     (photo by Alan Brady)

     
  58. Roadside Hawk ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,pc,cb  (p.23)
    Buteo magnirostris griseocauda

  59. White-tailed Hawk ______ cy
    Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius

  60. Gray-necked Wood-Rail ______ ct,cy  (p. 70)
    Aramides cajanea albiventris




    A Gray-necked Wood Rail photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
  61. Ruddy Crake ______ cy  (has also been called "Red Rail")
    Laterallus ruber      (monotypic)

  62. Common Gallinule (or Moorhen) ______ cy
    Gallinula chloropus cachinnans

  63. Purple Gallinule ______ ct,cy
    Porphyrula martinica      (monotypic)




    A Purple Gallinule photographed during a FONT tour
         (photo by Marie Gardner)
  64. American Coot ______ 
    Fulica a. americana

  65. Sungrebe ______
    Heliornis fulica      (monotypic)

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




    A Limpkin photographed during a FONT tour
  67. Southern Lapwing  (BZr)  ______ ct
    Vanellus chilensis cayennensis

    Southern Lapwings have been spreading north.
    One was seen during the FONT tour in Belize 
    in March 2007.
     
  68. Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover ______cc
    Pluvialis squatarola cynosurae

  69. Semipalmated Plover ______ cc
    Charadrius semipalmatus      (monotypic)
  70. Killdeer ______ cy
    Charadrius v. vociferus

  71. Northern Jacana ______ ct,ah,cy  (p. 15 & 66)
    Jacana s. spinosa




    A Northern Jacana during the March 2007 FONT tour in Belize
      
  72. "American" Whimbrel ______ cc
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
  73. Greater Yellowlegs ______ cc
    Tringa melanoleuca      (monotypic)
  74. Lesser Yellowlegs ______ ah
    Tringa flavipes      (monotypic)

  75. Solitary Sandpiper ______ ah,cy
    Tringa solitaria

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

  77. Ruddy Turnstone ______ cc
    Arenaria interpres morinella
  78. Sanderling ______ cc
    Calidris alba rubida
  79. Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ cy
    Calidris pusilla      (monotypic)

  80. Least Sandpiper ______
    Calidris minutilla

  81. Short-billed Dowitcher ______ cc
    Limnodromus griseus

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

  83. Gull-billed Tern ______ ct,gp,cc
    Gelochelidon     (formerly Sterna) nilotica aranea
  84. Caspian Tern ______ cc
    Hydroprogne     (formerly Sterna) caspia  (monotypic)

  85. Royal Tern ______ pc,cc
    Thalasseus     (formerly Sterna) m. maxima
  86. Sandwich Tern ______ pc,cc
    Thalasseus     (formerly Sterna) sandvicensis acuflavidus
  87. Common Tern ______ cc
    Sterna h. hirundo
  88. Forster's Tern  ______ ct
    Sterna forsteri      (monotypic)

  89. Black Tern ______ 
    Chlidonias niger

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

  91. Pale-vented Pigeon ______ cy,gp.bi
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) cayennensis pallidicrissa
  92. White-crowned Pigeon ______ cc
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) leucocephala
     
  93. Red-billed Pigeon ______ cy
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) f. flavirostris
  94. Short-billed Pigeon ______ cy,cb
    Patagioenas     (formerly Columba) nigrirostris
  95. Mourning Dove ______ ct,pc
    Zenaida macroura marginella
  96. White-winged Dove ______ pc,cc
    Zenaida a. asiatica

  97. Common Ground-Dove ______  
    Columbina passerina pallescens

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

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

  100. Blue Ground-Dove ______ cy,cb
    Claravis pretiosa
  101. White-tipped Dove ______ ah,cy  (was called White-fronted Dove)
    Leptotila verreauxi bangsi

  102. Gray-fronted (including Gray-headed) Dove ______ ah
    Leptotila rufaxilla
  103. Gray-chested Dove ______ cb
    Leptotila cassinii cerviniventris
  104. Ruddy Quail-Dove ______ cb
    Geotrygon montana
  105. Aztec Parakeet ______  ah,cy,bb,pc,cb  (was considered conspecific with what's now the Jamaican Parakeet of the West Indies; when merged, was known as the Olive-throated Parakeet)
    Aratinga a. astec

  106. White-fronted Amazon  ______ ct,cy,bb
    Amazona albifrons nana

  107. Red-lored Amazon  ______ ct,cb  (p. 17)  (has also been called Yellow-cheeked Amazon)
    Amazona a. autumnalis

  108. Squirrel Cuckoo ______ cy,gb
    Piaya cayana thermophila

  109. Groove-billed Ani ______ cy
    Crotophaga sulciroxtris      (now monotypic, as a "second form" in Mexico has become extinct)
  110. Barn Owl ______ cy
    Tyto alba




    During one evening, as we drove along a road in Belize in March 2007,
    we saw 6 Barn Owls on fence posts.
  111. "Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl ______  (considered part of Ferruginous Pygmy Owl of South America)
    Glaucicium r. ridgwayi




    Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
         (photo by Alan Brady) 

  112. Mottled Owl ______ cb
    Ciccaba virgata

  113. Lesser Nighthawk ______ 
    Chordeiles acutipennis 
  114. Pauraque ______ cy,cb
    Nyctidromus albicollis intercedens
  115. Yucatan Poorwill  ______ cy 
    Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
  116. Northern Potoo ______ cy
    Nyctibius jamaicensis



    A Northern Potoo at rest during the day,
    photographed during the FONT March '07 Belize Tour
      
  117. White-collared Swift ______ mp
    Streptoprocne zonaris mexicanus

  118. "Dusky-backed" Vaux's Swift ______ cy,bb
    Chaetura vauxi richmondi

  119. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift ______
    Panyptila cayennensis
  120. Long-billed Hermit ______  (p. 30)  (formerly part of a wider-ranging Long-tailed Hermit; that species now restricted to South America)
    Phaethornis l. longirostris

  121. White-necked Jacobin ______ cy
    Florisuga m. mellivora
  122. Green-breasted Mango ______ cc
    Anthracothorax p. prevostii 

  123. White-bellied Emerald ______ cb  (p. 31)
    Amazilia c. candida

  124. Cinnamon Hummingbird ______ cc
    Amazilia rutila corallirostris

  125. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ______ cy,cb  (p. 31)
    Amazilia t. tzacatl




    Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
  126. Slaty-tailed Trogon ______ cb  (p. 13)
    Trogon m. massena
  127. Black-headed Trogon ______ ah,cy  (was considered conspecific with the Citreoline Trogon of Mexico)
    Trogon melanocephalus      (now monotypic)




    Black-headed Trogon
  128. Violaceous Trogon ______ ah,cy  (p. 46)
    Trogon violaceus     braccatus  

  129. Ringed Kingfisher ______ ct,cy,gp  (p. 68)
    Megaceryle     (formerly Ceryle) t. torquata 
  130. Belted Kingfisher ______ gp
    Megaceryle     (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)

  131. Amazon Kingfisher ______ 
    Chloroceryle amazona      (now monotypic)

  132. Green Kingfisher ______ cy,gp  (p. 69)
    Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis




    A Green Kingfisher photographed during a FONT tour
         (photo by Andy Smith)
     
  133. Blue-crowned Motmot ______ cy,cb  (p. 13)
    Momotus momota lessonii

    A Blue-crowned Motmot photographed during a FONT tour
         (photo by Marie Gardner)
  134. Collared Aracari ______ ct,bb  (p. 16)
    Pteroglossus t. torquatus




    A Collared Aracari photographed during a FONT tour
         (photographed by Marie Gardner) 
      
  135. Keel-billed Toucan ______ ah,cy,cb  (p. v)
    Ramphastos s. sulfuratus




    Keel-billed Toucan (the "national bird" of Belize)
    (photo by Sally Brady)
  136. Acorn Woodpecker ______ ct,ah,mp
    Melanerpes formicivorus lineatus

  137. Golden-fronted Woodpecker ______ct,cy,bb,cb,gp,cc
    Melanerpes     (formerly Centurus) aurifrons santacruzi
  138. Black-cheeked Woodpecker ______  (p. 27)
    Melanerpes     (formerly Centurus or Tripsurus) pucherani  (monotypic)

  139. Golden-olive Woodpecker ______ cy
    Piculus rubiginosus maximus
  140. Smoky-brown Woodpecker ______ cb
    Veniliornis fumigatus
  141. Lineated Woodpecker ______ ct,ah,cy,bb  (p. 5)
    Dryocopus lineatus similis
  142. Pale-billed Woodpecker ______ cb
    Campephilus g. guatemalensis
  143. White-collared Manakin ______ cb  (p. 19: male & female, & 132)
    Manacus candei

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

  145. Masked Tityra ______ cy
    Tityra semifasciata personata

  146. Rose-throated Becard ______ cy,cb
    Pachyramphus aglaiae sumichrasti

  147. Cinnamon Becard ______ bb
    Pachyramphus cinnamomeus fulvidior 

  148. Gray-collared Becard ______ bb
    Pachyramphus major

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




    A Fork-tailed Flycatcher photographed 
    during the March 2007 FONT tour in Belize
     (photo by Alan Brady)
  150. Tropical Kingbird ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,cb,gp,cc  (p. 48 & 126)
    Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa

  151. Couch's Kingbird  ______ ct
    Tyrannus couchii
  152. Piratic Flycatcher ______ cy,bb,cb
    Legatus leucophaius
  153. Streaked Flycatcher ______ cb
    Myiodynastes maculatus insolens
  154. Boat-billed Flycatcher ______ ah,gp
    Megarynchus pitangua

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

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

  157. Brown-crested Flycatcher ______ cy
    Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi
  158. Great Crested Flycatcher ______ bb
    Myiarchus crinitus      (monotypic)

  159. Dusky-capped Flycatcher ______ bb,cb
    Myiarchus tuberculifer connectens

  160. Vermilion Flycatcher  ______ ct,ah,cy
    Pyrocephalus rubinus
  161. Black Phoebe ______ gp
    Sayornis nigricans aquaticus
  162. Tropical Pewee ______ ah,cy,cb
    Contopus cinereus brachytarsus

  163. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ______ cy
    Empidonax flaviventis  (monotypic)
  164. Least Flycatcher ______ cy
    Empidonax minimus      (monotypic)

  165. Northern Royal Flycatcher ______ bb   (p. 20)  (was conspecific with these related South American species: the Amazonian Royal Flycatcher, Pacific Royal Flycatcher, and Atlantic Royal Flycatcher) 
    Onychorhynchus mexicanus  

  166. Common Tody-Flycatcher ______ cb
    Todirostrum cinereum finitimum

  167. Yellow-bellied Elaenia ______ cy,cb  (p. 20)
    Elaenia flavogaster subpagana

  168. Sepia-capped Flycatcher ______ 
    Leptopogon amaurocephalus

  169. Great Antshrike ______
    Taraba major
  170. Barred Antshrike ______ cy,cb
    Thamnophilus doliatus intermedius
  171. Dusky Antbird ______ cb
    Cercomacra tyrannina
  172. "Mexican" Black-faced Antthrush ______ 
    Formicarius analis
  173. Ivory-billed (or Laughing) Woodcreeper ______ cy,cb
    Xiphorhynchus flavigaster eburneirostris

  174. Streak-headed Woodcreeper ______ cb
    Lepidocolaptes souleyetii insignis

  175. White-eyed Vireo ______
    Vireo griseus
  176. Mangrove Vireo ______
    Vireo pallens
  177. Yellow-throated Vireo ______ 
    Vireo flavifrons      (monotypic)

  178. Yellow-green Vireo ______ cy,cb
    Vireo f. flavoviridis  (cb)
    Vireo flavoviridis perplexa  (cy)

  179. Yucatan Vireo ______ cc
    Vireo magister decoloratus

  180. "Gray-headed" Lesser Greenlet ______ 
    Hylophilus d. decurtatus

  181. Brown Jay ______ ah,cy,bbcb,gp
    Cyanocorax m. morio

  182. Green Jay ______ cy
    Cyanocorax yncas centralis
  183. Gray-breasted Martin ______ ct
    Progne c. chalybea

  184. Mangrove Swallow ______ ct,cy,pc,gp
    Tachycineta bicolor  (monotypic)

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

  186. Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow ______ cy
    Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi
  187. Barn Swallow ______ cy,gp,bi,cc
    Hirundo rustica 

  188. Band-backed Wren ______ cy
    Campylorhynchus zonatus
  189. Spot-breasted Wren ______ cb  (closely related to the Speckle-breasted Wren of South America)
    Thryothous maculipectus

  190. "Southern" House Wren ______ ct,ah,bb,cb
    Troglodytes (aedon?) musculus intermedius
  191. White-breasted Wood-Wren ______ ah,cb
    Henicorhina leucosticta prostheleuca

  192. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ______ 
    Polioptila caerulea

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

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

  195. Black Catbird ______ cc
    Melanoptila glabrirostris      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

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

  197. Clay-colored Thrush  ______ ct,cy,cb  (has been called Clay-colored Robin) 
    Turdus grayi megas

  198. House Sparrow (i) ______ 
    Passer domesticus 

  199. Scrub Euphonia ______ cc
    Euphonia a. affinis

  200. Yellow-throated Euphonia ______ cy,bb
    Euphonia hirundinacea

  201. Olive-backed Euphonia ______ cb  (p. 20)
    Euphonia gouldi

  202. Black-headed Siskin ______ mp
    Carduelis notata forreri

  203. Black-and-white Warbler ______ cy
    Mniotilta varia      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  204. Prothonotary Warbler ______ cy
    Protonotaria citrea      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)  

  205. Worm-eating Warbler ______ 
    Helmitheros vermivorus 

  206. Blue-winged Warbler ______ cy
    Vermivora pinus  (monotypic)

  207. Nashville Warbler ______
    Vermivora ruficapilla

  208. Northern Parula ______ 
    Parula pitiayumi nigrilora

  209. Yellow Warbler ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,pc,cb,gp,cc
    Dendroica aestiva      (was Dendroica petechia when Mangrove Warbler not split) 

  210. Mangrove Warbler ______ cc
    Dendroica erithachorides
     
  211. Magnolia Warbler ______ ah,cy,cb
    Dendroica magnolia

  212. Grace's Warbler ______ mp
    Dendroica graciae remota

  213. Yellow-throated Warbler ______ ct,cc
    Dendroica dominica




    A Yellow-throated Warbler
    One joined us every morning at breakfast at Crooked Tree
    during our Belize tour in March 2007
     
  214. Palm Warbler ______ 
    Dendroica palmarum

  215. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ ct,ah,mp
    Dendroica c. coronata
  216. Northern Waterthrush ______ ah,cy
    Seiurus noveboracensis      (now said to be monotypic)
  217. Louisiana Waterthrush ______   (p. 67)
    Seiurus motacilla

  218. Common Yellowthroat ______ 
    Geothlypis trichas      (2 subspecies winter in Central America)

  219. Kentucky Warbler ______  (p. 67)
    Oporornis formosus      (monotypic)

  220. Hooded Warbler ______ bb
    Wilsonia citrina      (monotypic)

  221. American Redstart ______ ct,cy,cc  (p. 67)
    Setophaga ruticilla      (now said to be monotypic; the single member of its genus)

  222. Yellow-breasted Chat ______ cy
    Icteria v. virens

  223. Montezuma Oropendola ______ ah,cb,gp  (p. 18)
    Psarocolius montezuma      (monotypic)




    A Montezuma Oropendola photographed during a FONT tour
         (photo by Marie Gardner)
  224. Black-cowled Oriole ______ ah,cb,gp
    Icterus prosthemelas
  225. Altamira Oriole ______ 
    Icterus gularis gigas

  226. Hooded Oriole ______ ct,bb
    Icterus cucullatus
  227. Yellow-tailed Oriole ______ mp,hh,cp
    Icterus mesomelas

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

  229. Orchard Oriole ______ cy,cb
    Icterus s. spurius

  230. Red-winged Blackbird ______ ct
    Agelaius phoeniceus richmondi

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

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

  233. Bronzed Cowbird ______ bb,cb  (has also been called "Red-eyed Cowbird") 
    Molothrus a. aeneus

  234. Shiny Cowbird  (BZr)  ______ pc
    Molothrus bonariensis
  235. Eastern Meadowlark ______ cy
    Sturnella magna alticola

    The resident race of the Eastern Meadowlark in the farmland of Belize
         (photographed by Alan Brady during the March 2007 FONT tour)
      
  236. Bananaquit  ______ cc
    Coereba flaveola caboti
  237. Red-crowned Ant-Tanager ______ cs
    Habia rubica rubicoides
  238. Red-throated Ant-Tanager ______ cy
    Habia fuscicauda salvini

  239. Hepatic Tanager ______ mp
    Piranga hepatica

  240. Summer Tanager ______ cb
    Piranga r. rubra

  241. Crimson-collared Tanager ______ cb
    Phlogothraupis s. sanguinolenta

  242. Passerini's Tanager ______ cb  (was called Scarlet-rumped Tanager when it was conspecific with what's now the more-southerly Cherrie's Tanager)  
    Ramphocelus passerinii      (monotypic)

  243. Blue-gray Tanager ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,pc,cb  (p. 20) 
    Thraupis episcopus cana

  244. Yellow-winged Tanager ______ ah,cy,cb  (p. 20)
    Thraupis abbas      (monotypic)

  245. Golden-hooded Tanager ______ cy,cb  (p. 26)  (closely related to the Masked Tanager of South America)
    Tangara l. larvata

  246. Red-legged Honeycreeper ______ cy,cb
    Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes

  247. "Yucatan" Olive Sparrow ______
    Arremonops rufivirgatus

  248. Green-backed Sparrow ______  (closely related to Black-striped Sparrow of southern Central America)
    Arremonops chloronotus 

  249. Rusty Sparrow ______ mp
    Aimophila rufescens

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




    The nearly all-black race of the Variable Seedeater,
    photographed during the March 2007 FONT tour in Belize
     (photo by Alan Brady)
  251. White-collared Seedeater ______ ct,ah,cy,bb,cb,gp  (p. 20)
    Sporophila torqueola morelleti

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

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

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

  255. Buff-throated Saltator ______  
    Saltator maximus magnoides

  256. "Northern" Grayish Saltator ______ cy
    Saltator coerulescens grandis
  257. Northern Cardinal ______ ah
    Cardinalis cardinalis
  258. Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______ cc
    Pheucticus ludovicianus

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

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