Birds to See in Belize in March
90 bird species on our list for Belize are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Magnolia Warbler, Gray Catbird and White-winged Dove. New this month: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Upland Sandpiper, Common Tern and American Golden-Plover and 1 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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.
Other months
All 90 birds in March
90 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Mar
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.10% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.08% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.96% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.64% in Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.37% in Mar
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Mar
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Mar
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.15% in Mar
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Mar
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.01% in Mar
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorRare23–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorRare45–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
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