Map of Belize

Bird Identification

Habitat Types Cloud Forest Submontane Broadleaf Forest Lowland Broadleaf Forest Submontane Pine Woodland Lowland Pine Woodland and Savanna Seasonally Wet Meadow Marshes and Lagoons Mangrove and Littoral Forests Human-altered Habitats

Food Habits Frugivore Nectarivore Herbivore Insectivore Piscivore Carnivore

Feeding Behavior Ground foraging Bark drillers and probers Foliage gleaning Flycatching Ant followers Sit and wait predators

Pelecaniformes

Waders I

Waders II

Waterfowl

Vultures, Hawks, Eagles, and Osprey

Open-country Kites, Laughing Falcon, Crane Hawk, and Harrier

Hawks in Flight

Tinamous and Gallinaceous Birds Ground dwellers Seed and arthropod feeders

Rails and Crakes

Grebes, Sungrebe, Jacana, and Gallinules

Plovers

Stilt, Avocet, Oystercatcher, and Sandpipers

Sandpipers Probe for arthropods in sediments

Gulls

Terns

Pigeons and Doves

Terrestrial Doves

Parrots Gregarious Frugivores

Cuckoos and Anis Cuckoos are usually arboreal and insectivorous Anis are gregarious and forage in groups, mostly on insects

Hummingbirds Nectar feeders

Trogons, Jacamar, Motmots, and Puffbirds

Toucans Frugivores Kingfishers Found near streams and rivers Piscivores

Woodpeckers Insect eaters Bark probers and drillers

Woodcreepers, Foliage-Gleaners, and Leaftossers Insect eaters Bark probers and drillers or gleaners

Xenops, Spinetail, Antbirds, and Antthrush Follow ant swarms Glean foliage for insects

Tyrant Flycatchers and Mourners Insectivores Often catch prey in flight

Empidonax, Pewees, and Myiarchus Flycatchers

Kingbirds, Streaked Flycatchers, and Derby Flycatchers

Manakins, Becards, Cotingas, and Tityras Frugivores Some exhibit lek behavior

Vireos

Gnatcatchers, Jays, and Mimids

Swallows Aerial insectivores

Wrens and Gnatwrens Insectivores Low levels of the forest, thickets, grasslands, and marshes

Waxwings and Thrushes

Wood Warblers Insect eaters Bark probers and leaf gleaners

Tanagers Common along forest edges Feed on fruits, nectar, and insects Often in mixed flocks and important seed dispersers

Bananaquit, Honeycreeper, Euphonias, and others

Seedeaters, Buntings, and “Blue” Grosbeaks Seed eaters

Saltators, Grosbeaks, and Sparrows Mostly seed eaters but some species may also take fruit and insects Typically found in open areas and forage on the ground

Sparrows and Finches Seed eaters

Blackbirds Occur in many habitat types, especially open areas Eat a wide variety of food types Oropendolas and caciques breed in colonies Cow birds are brood parasites

Orioles Mixed-species feeding flocks