1. Map of Belize

2. Bird Identification

4. 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

5. Food Habits Frugivore Nectarivore Herbivore Insectivore Piscivore Carnivore

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

7. Pelecaniformes

8. Waders I

9. Waders II

10. Waterfowl

11. Vultures, Hawks, Eagles, and Osprey

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

13. Hawks in Flight

14. Tinamous and Gallinaceous Birds Ground dwellers Seed and arthropod feeders

15. Rails and Crakes

16. Grebes, Sungrebe, Jacana, and Gallinules

17. Plovers

18. Stilt, Avocet, Oystercatcher, and Sandpipers

19. Sandpipers Probe for arthropods in sediments

20. Gulls

21. Terns

22. Pigeons and Doves

23. Terrestrial Doves

24. Parrots Gregarious Frugivores

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

26. Hummingbirds Nectar feeders

27. Trogons, Jacamar, Motmots, and Puffbirds

28. Toucans Frugivores Kingfishers Found near streams and rivers Piscivores

29. Woodpeckers Insect eaters Bark probers and drillers

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

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

32. Tyrant Flycatchers and Mourners Insectivores Often catch prey in flight

33. Empidonax, Pewees, and Myiarchus Flycatchers

34. Kingbirds, Streaked Flycatchers, and Derby Flycatchers

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

36. Vireos

37. Gnatcatchers, Jays, and Mimids

38. Swallows Aerial insectivores

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

40. Waxwings and Thrushes

41. Wood Warblers Insect eaters Bark probers and leaf gleaners

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

43. Bananaquit, Honeycreeper, Euphonias, and others

44. Seedeaters, Buntings, and “Blue” Grosbeaks Seed eaters

45. 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

46. Sparrows and Finches Seed eaters

47. 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

48. Orioles Mixed-species feeding flocks