Birds to See in Belize in October
103 bird species on our list for Belize are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Magnolia Warbler, Golden-fronted Woodpecker, American Redstart and Gray Catbird. New this month: Gray Catbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Black-throated Green Warbler and Bay-breasted Warbler and 14 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
Gray CatbirdRegular from October · Oct–Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakRegular from October · Oct–Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerRegular from October · Oct–Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkRegular from October · Oct–Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerRegular from October · Apr–May
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherRegular from October · Oct–Apr
At their peak
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Baltimore OrioleBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Tennessee WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
OvenbirdBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
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 October
103 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.25% in Oct
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.13% in Oct- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.88% in Oct
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.85% in Oct
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.80% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.65% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in Oct
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.47% in Oct- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Oct
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Oct
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.38% in Oct- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.32% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Oct- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Oct- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.14% in Oct
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Oct
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Oct
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Oct
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Oct
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Oct- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Oct
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorRare23–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.01% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantRare36–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorRare45–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusPassage migrantRare14–18 cmRegularly Oct · 0.00% in Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
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