Uncommon Birds in Belize
Our list for Belize has 57 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 1 summer visitor, 31 winter visitors and 13 passage migrants
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 57, most common first
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentUncommon20–24 cmRecorded all year
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorUncommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
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