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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Belize in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 52, most common first
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorRare45–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRegularly May–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Nov
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–May
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisScarceRare43–51 cmRegularly Jul
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraPassage migrantRare36–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Dec
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusPassage migrantRare58–85 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorRare12–15 cmRegularly Dec–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