Rare Birds in Belize
Our list for Belize has 52 rare birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 16 winter visitors, 25 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belize in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 52, most common first
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorRare23–34 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Nov–May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorScarceRare52–58 cmRegularly Dec
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Mar–May
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Dec
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Jan–May
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Apr–May
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorRare34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–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