Birds to See in Belize in September
88 bird species on our list for Belize are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Barn Swallow, Roadside Hawk and Northern Waterthrush. New this month: Magnolia Warbler, Baltimore Oriole, Tennessee Warbler and Swainson's Thrush and 31 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Prothonotary WarblerBusiest month of the year · Jan–Apr
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Sand MartinBusiest month of the year · Apr–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 88 birds in September
88 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Sep- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.02% in Sep
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.66% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.32% in Sep- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Sep
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Sep- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Sep
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Sep- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Sep- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Sep
- Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Sep
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.06% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentRare16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusResidentRare41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentRare14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorRare44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.01% in Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentRare45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantRare31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorRare45–65 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
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