Birds to See in Belize in February
89 bird species on our list for Belize are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Gray Catbird, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Magnolia Warbler and American Redstart. New this month: Purple Martin and Pectoral Sandpiper.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 89 birds in February
89 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.32% in Feb
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.17% in Feb
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.05% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.65% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.48% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Feb
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in Feb
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Feb
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Feb
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Feb
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Feb
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Feb
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Feb
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Feb
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Feb
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Feb
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.02% in Feb
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorRare23–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorRare45–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorRare34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Feb
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
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