List of Birds of Belize

List Of Birds Of Belize

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Belize which consists of the mainland of Belize and around 450 smaller cays and islands lying in the Caribbean Sea. The avifauna of Belize includes a total of 618 species, of which 4 are globally threatened and 3 have been introduced by humans.


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Non-passerines: Tinamous • Grebes • Shearwaters • Tropicbirds • Pelicans • Boobies • Cormorants • Darters • Frigatebirds • Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets • Storks • Ibises and Spoonbills • Flamingos • Ducks and Geese • New World vultures • Osprey • Hawks, Kites and Eagles • Caracaras and Falcons • Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows • Turkeys • New World quails • Limpkins • Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots • Sungrebe • Sunbittern • Jacanas • Oystercatchers • Stilts and Avocets • Thick-knees • Plovers • Sandpipers, Curlews, Stints, Godwits, Snipes, and Phalaropes • Skuas and Jaegers • Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers • Pigeons and Doves • Parakeets and Parrots • Cuckoos, Roadrunners, and Anis • Barn owls • Typical owls • Potoos • Nightjars • Swifts • Hummingbirds • Trogons and Quetzals • Water Kingfishers • Motmots • Jacamars • Puffbirds • Toucans • Woodpeckers and Sapsuckers

Passerines: Ovenbirds • Woodcreepers • Antbirds • Antthrushes • Antpittas • Cotingas and Pihas • Manakins • Tyrant flycatchers • Tityras and Becards • Swallows and Martins • Waxwings • Wrens • Mockingbirds • Thrushes, Solitaires and Bluebirds • Gnatcatchers • Jays and Ravens • Vireos • New World warblers • Bananaquit • Tanagers • American sparrows, Yellow-finches and Honeycreepers • Cardinals, Saltators, Grosbeaks and North American Buntings • Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, Cowbirds, Grackles, Orioles, Caciques and Oropendolas • Fringilline finches, Cardueline finches and allies • Sparrows

See also References

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total species counts for Belize.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.

  • (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Belize.
  • (I) Introduced A species introduced to Belize as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.


Read more about List Of Birds Of Belize:  Tinamous, Grebes, Shearwaters, Tropicbirds, Pelicans, Boobies, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Flamingos, Ducks and Geese, New World Vultures, Osprey, Hawks, Kites and Eagles, Caracaras and Falcons, Chachalacas, Guans and Curassows, Turkeys, New World Quails, Limpkins, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots, Sungrebe, Sunbittern, Jacanas, Oystercatchers, Avocets and Stilts, Thick-knees, Plovers, Sandpipers, Curlews, Stints, Godwits, Snipes, and Phalaropes, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Terns and Skimmers, Pigeons and Doves, Parakeets and Parrots, Cuckoos and Anis, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Potoos, Nightjars, Swifts, Hummingbirds, Trogons and Quetzals, Water Kingfishers, Motmots, Jacamars, Puffbirds, Toucans, Woodpeckers and Sapsuckers, Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers, Antbirds, Antthrushes, Antpittas, Cotingas and Pihas, Manakins, Tyrant Flycatchers, Tityras and Becards, Swallows and Martins, Waxwings, Wrens, Mockingbirds, Thrushes, Solitaires and Bluebirds, Gnatcatchers, Jays and Ravens, Vireos, New World Warblers, Bananaquit, Tanagers, American Sparrows, Yellow-finches and Honeycreepers, Cardinals, Saltators, Grosbeaks and North American Buntings, Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, Cowbirds, Grackles, Orioles, Caciques and Oropendolas, Fringilline Finches, Cardueline Finches and Allies, Old World Sparrows

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