Birds to See in Belize in September
87 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
87 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.
New in September35
- Magnolia Warbler
- Baltimore Oriole
- Tennessee Warbler
- Swainson's Thrush
- Common Yellowthroat
- Ovenbird
- Peregrine Falcon
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Dickcissel
- Merlin
- Scarlet Tanager
- Alder Flycatcher
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Palm Warbler
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Gray-cheeked Thrush
- Veery
- Cape May Warbler
- Northern Shoveler
- Upland Sandpiper
- Common Tern
- Stilt Sandpiper
- Black-throated Blue Warbler
- Willow Flycatcher
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Lark Sparrow
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Red Crossbill
- Bobolink
- Nashville Warbler
- Roseate Tern
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(28)Recorded all year
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Stygian Owl
Asio stygiusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(39)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jul–May
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubrisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Sep–May
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Palm Warbler
Setophaga palmarumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(19)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Veery
Catharus fuscescensLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Catharus minimusLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Sep
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacusLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly Apr–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