Birds to See in Belize in April
96 bird species on our list for Belize are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Magnolia Warbler, White-winged Dove and American Redstart. New this month: Swainson's Thrush, Dickcissel, Scarlet Tanager and Bay-breasted Warbler and 10 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Belize’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 96 birds in April
96 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.97% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.84% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.80% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.53% in Apr
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.42% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Apr
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Apr
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.21% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.03% in Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.02% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Apr
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorRare23–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Apr
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.00% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorRare45–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made