Birds to See in Belize in November
103 bird species on our list for Belize are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Gray Catbird, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Magnolia Warbler and American Redstart. New this month: Yellow-rumped Warbler, Franklin's Gull, Northern Pintail and Ring-billed Gull and 5 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Magnolia WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Black-throated Green WarblerBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Grey PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
WilletBusiest month of the year · All year
Ruddy TurnstoneBusiest month of the year · All year
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 103 birds in November
103 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.45% in Nov
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Nov- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.28% in Nov
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.16% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.73% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.70% in Nov
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.49% in Nov
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Nov
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.36% in Nov
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Nov
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Nov
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Nov
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Nov- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov- WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Nov
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Nov
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorRare23–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorRare45–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaScarceRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
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