Birding
Belize is the perfect place for the avid bird watcher. With more than 550 (arguably) species of birds, spending a few days in the hunt of bird sighting, you are bound to see hundreds of species of Belize’s beautiful birds. Belize comprises many diverse habitats which attracts hundreds of species of birds, which are able to live in their natural environment.
Popular Belize birding sites:
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Aguacate Lagoon Baboon Sanctuary Blue Hole National Park Caracol Cayo District Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuaries. Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Crystal Paradise El Pilar Five Blues Lake National Park Guanacaste National Park |
Half Moon Caye Halfmoon Rookery Jaguar Reserve Lamanai Laughing Caye National Park Macal River Mountain Pine Ridge Red Bank Shipstern Nature Reserve Slate Creek Preserve Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve |
Below are some species of birds that you are likely to see while birding in Belize:
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Anhinga Ani Antshrike Antthrush Bittern Black-Hawk Booby Chat Cormorant Cuckoo Dove Dowitcher Duck Falcon Flamingo Flatbill Flycatcher Frigatebird Gnatcatcher Grebe Gull |
Hawk-Eagle Heron Honeycreeper Hummingbird Ibis Jabiru Jacamar Jaeger Kingfisher Kite Leaftosser Motmot Mourner Noddy Oriole Osprey Oystercatcher Pelican Pigeon Puffbird Shearwater |
Skimmer Spadebill Sparrow Spinetail Stork Striped Owl Swallow Tanager Tern Tinamou Toucan Tropicbird Thrush Vulture Warbler Waxwing Whistling-Duck Woodcreeper Woodpecker Wren Yellowleg |
Belizean bird facts:
- Belize is home to the Jabiru Stock, which stands at a height of 5 feet, which is the largest in this hemisphere.
- Roseate Spoonbills are a fairly rare type of bird, but are slowly on the increase due to the nurturing habitat in Belize.
- Belize is home to over 20 species of hummingbirds.
- Many of the birds from the United States who travel south make their winter home in the warm climate of Belize.
