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 

c
c: 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:

  1. Great Tinamou ______cy,cb
    Tinamus major

  2. Little Tinamou ______cy,cb
    Crypturellus soui meserythrus

  3. Thicket Tinamou ______ cy
    Crypturellus cinnamomeus

  4. Slaty-breasted Tinamou ______ cy
    Crypturellus boucardi

  5. Pied-billed Grebe ______ ct
    Podilymbus p. podiceps

  6. Brown Pelican ______ pc,bi,cc
    Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis

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

  8. Double-crested Cormorant ______ cc
    Phalacrocorax auritus

  9. Anhinga ______ ah,cy,pc
    Anhinga anhinga leucogaster

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

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

  12. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  24. White Ibis ______ ah
    Eudocimus albus 
    (monotypic)

  25. Glossy Ibis ______ ct
    Plegadis falcinellus 

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

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

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

  29. King Vulture ______ bb,gp
    Sarcoramphus papa

  30. 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) 

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

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

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

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

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

  36. Plumbeous Kite ______ mp,cb
    Ictinia plumbea

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

  38. Black-collared Hawk ______ ct,cy
    Busarellus nigricollis

  39. Cooper's Hawk ______ cy
    Accipiter cooperii

  40. White Hawk ______ cb
    Leucopternis albicollis

  41. Common Black Hawk _____ pc
    Buteogallus a. anthracinus

  42. Great Black Hawk ______ ct
    Buteogallus urubitinga

     
  43. 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)

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

  45. White-tailed Hawk ______ cy
    Buteo albicaudatus hypospodius

  46. 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)

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

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

  49. Merlin ______ bb
    Falco columbarius

     
  50. Bat Falcon ______ ah,cy,cb
    Falco rufigularis petoensis

  51. 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

  52. Plain Chachalaca ______ cy,cb,gp
    Ortalis vetula intermedia

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

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

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

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

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

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

  59. Southern Lapwing  (BZr)  ______ ct
    Vanellus chilensis cayennensis

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

  61. Semipalmated Plover ______ cc
    Charadrius semipalmatus 
    (monotypic)

  62. Killdeer ______ cy
    Charadrius v. vociferus

  63. "American" Whimbrel ______ cc
    Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus

  64. Greater Yellowlegs ______ cc
    Tringa melanoleuca 
    (monotypic)

  65. Lesser Yellowlegs ______ ah
    Tringa flavipes 
    (monotypic)

  66. Solitary Sandpiper ______ ah,cy
    Tringa solitaria

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

  68. Ruddy Turnstone ______ cc
    Arenaria interpres

  69. Sanderling ______ cc
    Calidris alba

  70. Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ cy
    Calidris pusilla 
    (monotypic)

  71. Short-billed Dowitcher ______ cc
    Limnodromus griseus

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

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

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

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

  76. Common Tern ______ gp,cc
    Sterna h. hirundo

  77. Forster's Tern  ______ ct
    Sterna forsteri 
    (monotypic)

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

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

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

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

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

  83. Mourning Dove ______ ct,pc
    Zenaida macroura marginella

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

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

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

  87. Blue Ground-Dove ______ cy,cb
    Claravis pretiosa 

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

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

     
  90. Gray-chested Dove ______ cb
    Leptotila cassinii cerviniventris

  91. Ruddy Quail-Dove ______ cb
    Geotrygon montana

  92. 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

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

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

  95. Squirrel Cuckoo ______ cy,gp
    Piaya cayana thermophila

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

  97. Barn Owl ______  cy
    Tyto alba

  98. Mottled Owl ______ cb
    Ciccaba virgata

  99. Pauraque ______ cy,cb
    Nyctidromus albicollis intercedens

  100. Yucatan Poorwill ______ cy
    Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus

  101. Northern Potoo ______  cy
    Nyctibius jamaicensis

  102. White-collared Swift ______ mp
    Streptoprocne zonaris mexicanus

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

  104. White-necked Jacobin ______ cy
    Florisuga m. mellivora

  105. Green-breasted Mango ______ cc
    Anthracothorax p. prevostii 

  106. White-bellied Emerald ______ cb
    Amazilia c. candida

  107. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ______ ly
    Amazilia t. tzacatl

  108. Cinnamon Hummingbird ______ cc
    Amazilia rutila

  109. Slaty-tailed Trogon ______ cb
    Trogon massena

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

  111. Violaceous Trogon ______ ah,cy
    Trogon
    violaceus braccatus  

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

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

  114. Green Kingfisher ______ cy,gp
    Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis

  115. Blue-crowned Motmot ______ cy,cb
    Momotus momota lessonii

  116. Collared Aracari ______ ct,bb
    Pteroglossus t. torquatus

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

  118. Acorn Woodpecker ______ ct,ah,mp
    Melanerpes formicivorus lineatus

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

  120. Golden-olive Woodpecker ______ cy
    Piculus rubiginosus maximus

  121. Smoky-brown Woodpecker ______ cb
    Veniliornis fumigatus

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

  123. Pale-billed Woodpecker ______ cb
    Campephilus g. guatemalensis

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

  125. Streak-headed Woodcreeper ______ cb
    Lepidocolaptes souleyetii insignis

  126. Barred Antshrike ______ cy,cb
    Thamnophilus doliatus intermedius

  127. Dusky Antbird ______ cb
    Cercomacra tyrannina

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

  129. Cinnamon Becard ______ bb
    Pachyramphus cinnamomeus fulvidior 

  130. Gray-collared Becard ______ bb
    Pachyramphus polychopterus cinereiventris

  131. Masked Tityra ______ cy
    Tityra semifasciata personata

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

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

  134. Couch's Kingbird ______ ct
    Tyrannus couchii

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

  136. Streaked Flycatcher ______ cb
    Myiodynastes maculatus insolens

  137. Boat-billed Flycatcher ______ ah,gp
    Megarynchus pitangua

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

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

  140. Brown-crested Flycatcher ______ cy
    Myiarchus tyrannulus cooperi

  141. Great Crested Flycatcher ______ bb
    Myiarchus crinitus 
    (monotypic)

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

  143. Vermilion Flycatcher ______ ct,ah,cy
    Pyrocephalus rubinus

  144. Black Phoebe ______ gp
    Sayornis nigricans aquaticus

  145. Tropical Pewee ______ ah,cy,cb
    Contopus cinereus brachytarsus

  146. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ______ cy
    Empidonax flaviventis 
    (monotypic)

  147. Least Flycatcher ______ cy
    Empidonax minimus 
    (monotypic)

  148. Common Tody-Flycatcher ______ cb
    Todirostrum cinereum finitimum

  149. Yellow-bellied Elaenia ______ cy,cb
    Elaenia flavogaster subpagana

  150. White-collared Manakin ______ cb
    Manacus candei

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

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

  153. Green Jay ______ cy
    Cyanocorax yncas centralis

  154. Yellow-green Vireo ______ cy,cb
    Vireo flavoviridis

  155. Yucatan Vireo ______ cc
    Vireo magister


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

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

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

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

  160. Black Catbird ______ cc
    Melanoptila glabrirostris

  161. Gray-breasted Martin ______ ct
    Progne c. chalybea

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

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

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

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

  166. Band-backed Wren ______ cy
    Campylorhynchus zonatus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  175. Magnolia Warbler ______ ah,cy,cb
    Dendroica magnolia

  176. Grace's Warbler ______ mp
    Dendroica graciae remota

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

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

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

  180. Hooded Warbler ______ bb
    Wilsonia citrina 
    (monotypic)

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

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

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

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

  185. Red-throated Ant-Tanager ______ cy
    Habia fuscicauda salvini

  186. Hepatic Tanager ______ mp
    Piranga hepatica

  187. Summer Tanager ______ cb
    Piranga r. rubra

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

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

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

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

  192. Scrub Euphonia ______ cc
    Euphonia a. affinis

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

  194. Olive-backed Euphonia ______ cb
    Euphonia gouldi

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

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

  197. "Northern" Grayish Saltator ______ ly
    Saltator coerulescens grandis

  198. Northern Cardinal ______ ah
    Cardinalis cardinalis

  199. Rose-breasted Grosbeak ______ cc
    Pheucticus ludovicianus

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

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

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

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

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

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

  206. Rusty Sparrow ______ mp
    Aimophila rufescens

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

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

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

  210. Hooded Oriole _______ ct,bb,hh
    Icterus cucullatus

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

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

  213. Red-winged Blackbird ______ ct
    Agelaius phoeniceus richmondi

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

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

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

  217. Shiny Cowbird  (BZr)  ______ pc
    Molothrus bonariensis

  218. Eastern Meadowlark ______ cy
    Sturnella magna

  219. Black-headed Siskin ______ mp
    Carduelis notata forreri 

 

Mammals & Other Nature 
during our March 2007 tour 

in Belize


Mammals:

  1. Yucatan Black Howler Monkey ______ cy,bb  (in Belize called "Baboon") 
    Alouatta pigra

  2. Red Brocket Deer ______  cb  (in Belize called "Antelope") 
    Mazama americana

  3. White-nosed Coati ______ ah  (in Belize called "Quash")  
    Nasua narica

  4. West Indian Manatee ______ gp  (in Belize called "Sea Cow") 
    Trichechus manatus

  5. Paca ______ ah  (in Belize called "Gibnut")  
    Cuniculus
    (formerly Agouti) paca

  6. 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)
       

  7. Yucatan Squirrel  ______ cy  
    Sciurus yucatanensis

Other Nature:

  1. Black Iguana ______ ct  
    Ctenosaura similis

  2. Green Iguana ______ ct,cy  
    Iguana iguana




    Green Iguana

  3. Brown Basilisk ______ cy  
    Basiliscus vittatus

  4. Yucatan Whiptail ______ ah  
    Cnemidophorus angusticeps

  5. Middle American Ameiva ______ cb,cy  
    Ameiva festiva

  6. Rainbow Ameiva ______ cb  
    Ameiva undulata

  7. House Gecko ______ cb,cy  
    Hemidactylus frenatus

  8. Leaf-cutter and other ants ______ cy

  9. an assortment of butterflies ______ throughout  (a list to come later)

  10. 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):

  11. Rainbow Parrotfish ______  
    Scarus guacamala  
    (one of the largest and most impressive of West Atlantic parrotfishes, up to 4 feet)

  12. 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)   

  13. 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)   

  14. Yellowtail Parrotfish ______  

  15. Light-colored (White) Flounder ______

  16. Great Barracuda ______  
    Sphyraena barracuda  
    (up to 10 feet in length, but rare over 5 feet; larger fish can carry ciguatera toxin) 

  17. Greater Amberjack ______  
    Seriola dumerili  
    (this roving offshore predator is the largest and most common of the Atlantic amberjacks)

  18. French Angelfish ______  
    Pomacanthus paru  
    (a wonderful fish to see on the reef, up to one and a quarter feet in length) 

  19. Foureye Butterflyfish ______  
    Chaetodon capistratus  
    (the most common butterflyfish in the West Atlantic) 

  20. 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)

  21. 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.)     

  22. 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.)

  23. Spiny Lobster ______  
    Panulirus argus  
    (Grows up to 21 inches long)  

  24. Long-spinned Sea Urchin ______  
    Diadema antillarum  
    (With spines up to 15 inches long)

  25. Conch ______

  26. rays ______  (Stingrays, Eagle Rays, and Cownose Rays are common in the tropical West Atlantic.)

  27. 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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