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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Belize in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusPassage migrantUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentUncommon84–92 cmRecorded all year
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusWinter visitorUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
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