Birds to See in Belize in January
90 bird species on our list for Belize are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Gray Catbird, Turkey Vulture, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Magnolia Warbler and American Redstart. New this month: Prothonotary Warbler, Northern Pintail, Cedar Waxwing and Cinnamon Teal.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 90 birds in January
90 birds
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.54% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.26% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.16% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Jan
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.68% in Jan
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jan
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Jan
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.24% in Jan
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Jan
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Jan
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Jan
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Jan
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Jan
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorRare34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorRare23–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorRare45–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Jan
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantRare36–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
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