The following is a brief checklist of birds that have been recorded in Belize. TINAMOUS - TINAMIDAE TOUCANS - RAMPHASTIDAE o Great Tinamou Tinamus major o Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus o Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui o Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus o Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus o Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus o Slaty-breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi WOODPECKERS - PICIDAE GREBES - PODICIPEDIDAE o Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus o Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus o Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani o Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps o Red-vented Woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus o Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons SHEARWATERS & PETRELS - o Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius PROCELLARIIDAE o Ladder-backed Woodpecker Picoides scalaris o Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus o Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus o Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus o Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus o Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus BOOBIES & GANNETS - SULIDAE o Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus o Masked Booby Sula dactylatra o Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus o Brown Booby Sula leucogaster guatemalensis o Red-footed Booby Sula sula OVENBIRDS - FURNARIIDAE PELICANS - PELECANIDAE o Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax o American White Pelican Pelecanus o Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia erythrorhynchos variegaticeps o Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis o Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus CORMORANTS - PHALACROCORACIDAE ochrolaemus o Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus o Plain Xenops Xenops minutus o Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus o Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus ANHINGAS - ANHINGIDAE o Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis o Anhinga Anhinga anhinga WOODCREEPERS - DENDROCOLAPTIDAE FRIGATEBIRDS - FREGATIDAE o Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla o Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens anabatina o Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa BITTERNS & HERONS - ARDEIDAE o Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus o Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus o Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus o American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus spirurus o Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis o Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes o Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum promeropirhynchus o Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias o Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes o Great Egret Ardea alba sanctithomae o Snowy Egret Egretta thula o Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus o Little-Blue Heron Egretta caerulea flavigaster o Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor o Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus o Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens erythropygius o Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis o Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes o Green Heron Butorides virescens souleyetii o Agami HeronAgamia agami o Black-crowned night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax ANTTHRUSHES & ANTPITTAS - o Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea FORMICARIIDAE o Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius o Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis IBISES & SPOONBILLS - TYPICAL ANTBIRDS - THAMNOPHILIDAE THRESKIORNITHIDAE o Great Antshrike Taraba major o White Ibis Eudocimus albus o Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus o Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus o Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha o Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja o Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus o Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis STORKS - CICONIIDAE o Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor o Jabiru Jabiru mycteria o Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis o Wood Stork Mycteria Americana o Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina o Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps AMERICAN VULTURES - CATHARTIDAE o Black Vulture Coragyps atratus TYRANT FLYCATCHERS - TYRANNIDAE o Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura o Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum o Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes o Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma burrovianus imberbe o King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa o Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata o Caribbean Elaenia Elaenia martinica FLAMINGOS - PHOENICOPTERIFORMES o Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster o Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber o Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus o Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS - ANATIDAE amaurocephalus o Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna o Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus autumnalis o Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare o Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor o Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus o Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons sylvia o Snow Goose Chen caerulescens o Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum o Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata o Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris o American Wigeon Anas americana o Yellow-olive FlycatcherTolmomyias sulphurescens o Blue-winged Teal Anas discors o Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus o Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanopterav o Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata FLUVICOLINE FLYCATCHERS - o Northern Pintail Anas acuta FLUVICOLINAE o Green-winged Teal Anas crecca o Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus o Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris o Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus o Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis o Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius o Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus sulphureipygius o Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi KITES, EAGLES, HAWKS & ALLIES - o Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax ACCIPITRIDAE o Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens o Osprey Pandion haliaetus o Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus o Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis o Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris o Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus o Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens o Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus o Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii o Black-shouldered Kite (White-tailed Kite) Elanus o White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis leucurus o Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus o Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis o Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans o Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus o Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus o Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis o Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea TYRANNINE FLYCATHERS - o Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis TYRANNINAE o Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus o Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus o Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus o Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra o Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii o Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis o Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor o Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer o Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens o Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus o White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis o Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus o Gray Hawk Asturina nitida o Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus o Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus o Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua o Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga o Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis o Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius o Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus o Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris o Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes o Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus luteiventris o Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus o Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius o Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni o Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus o White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus o Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii o Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus o Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans o Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis o Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus o Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis o Gray Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis o Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja o Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus o Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur o Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana melanoleucus o Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus TITYRAS & BECARDS INCERTAE SEDIS o Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus o Thrush-like Schiffornis Schiffornis turdinus o Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus FALCONS - FALCONIDAE o Speckled Mourner Laniocera rufescens o Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis o Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus o Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus o White-winged Becard Pachyramphus o Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans polychopterus o American Kestrel Falco sparverius o Gray-collared Becard Pachyramphus major o Merlin Falco columbarius o Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae o Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis o Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata o Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis o Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor o Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus o Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus COTINGAS COTINGIDAE o Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus o Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis CURASSOWS & GUANS - CRACIDAE o Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula MANAKINS - PIPRIDAE o Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens o White-collared Manakin Manacus candei o Great Curassow Crax rubra o Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis TURKEYS - PHASIANIDAE VIREOS - VIREONIDAE o Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata o White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus QUAIL - ODONTOPHORIDAE o Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens o Black-throated Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis o Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons o Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus o Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus o Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus o Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius o Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus RAILS, GALLINULES & COOTS - o Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus RALLIDAE o Yellow-green