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2007 Belize and Tikal Tour Eagle-Eye Tours www.eagle-eye.com [email protected] 1-800-373-5678 Belize January 2007 with Richard Knpaton BIRD SPECIES No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard TINAMOUS 1 Great Tinamou Tinamus major H 2 LittleTinamou Crypturellus soui H GREBES 3 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus X 4 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps X PELICANS 5 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis X GANNETS AND BOOBIES 6 Red-footed Booby Sula sula X CORMORANTS 7 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus X ANHINGAS 8 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga X FRIGATEBIRDS 9 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens X HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS 10 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias X 11 Great Egret Ardea alba X 12 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor X 13 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea X 14 Snowy Egret Egretta thula X 15 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis X 16 Green Heron Butorides virescens X 17 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax X 18 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea X 19 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius X 20 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum X STORKS 21 Wood Stork Mycteria americana X 22 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria X IBIS AND SPOONBILLS 23 WhiteIbis Eudocimus albus X 24 GlossyIbis Plegadis falcinellus X 25 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja X DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS 26 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis X 27 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata X 28 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors X 29 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis X NEW WORLD VULTURES 30 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus X 31 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura X Page 1 of 8 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 32 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus X 33 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa X OSPREY 34 Osprey Pandion haliaetus X HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES 35 Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis X 36 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus X 37 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus X 38 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis X 39 Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus X 40 Plumbeous Kite Ictinea plumbea X 41 White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis X 42 Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus X 43 Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga X 44 Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis X 45 Gray Hawk Asturina nitida X 46 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris X 47 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis X 48 Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus X 49 Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus X 50 Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus X FALCONS AND CARACARAS 51 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans X 52 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus H 53 American Kestrel Falco sparverius X 54 Merlin Falco columbarius X 55 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis X 56 Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus X 57 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus X GUANS, CHACHALACAS, CURASSOWS 58 Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula X 59 Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens X 60 Great Curassow Crax rubra X TURKEYS 61 Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata X NEW WORLD QUAIL 62 Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus H LIMPKIN 63 Limpkin Aramus guarauna X RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS 64 Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber H 65 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea X 66 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica X 67 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus X 68 American Coot Fulica americana X JACANAS 69 Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa X AVOCETS AND STILTS 70 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus X PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS 71 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis X Page 2 of 8 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 72 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus X SANDPIPERS 73 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata X 74 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes X 75 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria X 76 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia X 77 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres X 78 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla X GULLS 79 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis X 80 American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus X 81 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla X TERNS 82 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica X 83 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia X 84 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis X 85 Royal Tern Sterna maxima X PIGEONS AND DOVES 86 Rock Pigeon Columba livia X 87 Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis X 88 Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris X 89 Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris X 90 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica X 91 Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta X 92 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti X 93 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi X 94 Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps X 95 Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassini X 96 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana H PARROTS 97 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao X 98 Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana X 99 Brown-hooded Parrot Pionopsitta haematotis X 100 White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis X 101 White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons X 102 Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis X 103 Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix X 104 Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa X CUCKOOS 105 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana X 106 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris X OWLS 107 Guatemalan (Vermiculated) Screech-Owl Megascops guatemalae X POTOOS 108 Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis X NIGHTJARS 109 Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis X SWIFTS 110 Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi X 111 LesserSwallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis X Page 3 of 8 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard HUMMINGBIRDS 112 Western Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris X 113 Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis X 114 Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii X 115 Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus curvipennis X 116 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora X 117 Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii X 118 Canivet's Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii X 119 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl X 120 Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis X 121 Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila X 122 White-bellied Emerald Agyrtria candida X 123 Azure-crowned Hummingbird Agyrtria cyanocephala X 124 Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti X TROGONS AND QUETZALS 125 Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus X 126 Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus X 127 Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena X KINGFISHERS 128 Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon X 129 Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata X 130 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana X 131 American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea X MOTMOTS 132 Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula H 133 Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota X JACAMARS 134 Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda X PUFFBIRDS 135 White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis X TOUCANS 136 Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus X 137 Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus X WOODPECKERS 138 Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus X 139 Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani X 140 Yucatan Woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus X 141 Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons X 142 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius X 143 Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus X 144 Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus X 145 Chestnut-colored 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amabilis X MANAKINS 163 White-collared Manakin Manacus candei X 164 Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis X TYRANT FLYCATCHERS 165 Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum H 166 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe H 167 Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata X 168 Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster X 169 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus X 170 Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus X 171 Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare X 172 Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris X 173 Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens X 174 Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus X 175 Northern Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus X 176 Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus X 177 Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius X 178 Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus X 179 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris X 180 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus X 181 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans X 182 Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus X 183 Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus X 184 Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis X 185 Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer X 186 GreatCrested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus X 187 Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus X 188 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus X 189 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua X 190 Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis X 191 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus X 192 Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii X 193 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus X 194 Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana X 195 Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdinus X 196 Cinnamon
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