9 - 16 March 1996
by Linda Lee Baker
Accommodations:
March 9, 10, 11 -- Crooked Tree Resort
March 12, 13 -- Hidden Valley Inn
March 14, 15 -- Manatee Lodge
Sites visited:
- Crooked Tree Sanctuary & surrounding town
- Baboon Sanctuary in Bermudian Landing Village
- Altan Ha (Mayan archeological site)
- Xunanthunich (Mayan archeological site)
- Cahal Pech (Mayan archeological site)
- Belize City
- Rio Frio Cave
- Rio On Pools
- 1000 Foot Falls
- Tiger Creek Falls
- King Vulture Falls
- canoe paddle on Macal River out of St. Ignacio
- Blue Hole National Park
- Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary/Jaguar Reserve
Trip List:
Great
Tinamou
Tinamus major
Pied-billed
Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Magnificent
Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
Brown
Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
Black-bellied
Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Blue-winged
Teal
Anas discors
Lesser
Scaup
Aythya affinis
Tricolored
Heron
Egretta tricolor
Little Blue
Heron
Egretta caerulea
Snowy
Egret
Egretta thula
Great
Egret
Ardea alba
Great Blue
Heron
Ardea herodias
Cattle
Egret
Bubulcus ibis
Green
Heron
Butorides virescens
Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Bare-throated
Tiger-Heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum
White
Ibis
Eudocimus albus
Glossy
Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Wood
Stork
Mycteria americana
Jabiru
Jabiru mycteria
Black
Vulture
Coragyps atratus
Turkey
Vulture
Cathartes aura
King
Vulture
Sarcoramphus papa
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Swallow-tailed
Kite
Elanoides forficatus
Snail
Kite
Rostrhamus sociabilis
White
Hawk
Leucopternis albicollis
Great
Black-Hawk
Buteogallus urubitinga
Black-collared
Hawk
Busarellus nigricollis
Gray
Hawk
Asturina plagiata
Roadside
Hawk
Buteo magnirostris
Red-tailed
Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Laughing
Falcon
Herpetotheres cachinnans
Orange-breasted
Falcon
Falco deiroleucus
Gray-necked
Wood-Rail
Aramides cajanea
American
Coot
Fulica americana
Limpkin
Aramus guarauna
Northern
Jacana
Jacana spinosa
Common
Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Spotted
Sandpiper
Tringa macularia
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Laughing
Gull
Larus atricilla
Caspian
Tern
Sterna caspia
Royal
Tern
Sterna maxima
Sandwich
Tern
Sterna sandvicensis
Rock
Dove
Columba livia
Ruddy
Ground-Dove
Columbina talpacoti
Blue
Ground-Dove
Claravis pretiosa
White-fronted
Parrot
Amazona albifrons
Yellow-crowned
Parrot
Amazona ochrocephala
Squirrel
Cuckoo
Piaya cayana
Smooth-billed
Ani
Crotophaga ani
Groove-billed
Ani
Crotophaga sulcirostris
Chestnut-collared
Swift
Streptoprocne rutila
Long-tailed
Hermit
Phaethornis superciliosus
Azure-crowned
Hummingbird
Amazilia cyanocephala
Rufous-tailed
Hummingbird
Amazilia tzacatl
Belted
Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon
Ringed
Kingfisher
Ceryle torquata
Amazon
Kingfisher
Chloroceryle amazona
Green
Kingfisher
Chloroceryle americana
American Pygmy
Kingfisher
Chloroceryle aenea
White-necked
Puffbird
Notharchus macrorhynchos
Keel-billed
Toucan
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Acorn
Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorus
Golden-fronted
Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifrons
Lineated
Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatus
Ruddy
Woodcreeper
Dendrocincla homochroa
Spotted
Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
Ruddy-tailed
Flycatcher
Myiobius erythrurus
Sulphur-rumped
Flycatcher
Myiobius barbatus
Tufted
Flycatcher
Mitrephanes phaeocercus
Vermilion
Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus
Dusky-capped
Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Brown-crested
Flycatcher
Myiarchus tyrannulus
Tropical
Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus
Western
Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalis
Fork-tailed
Flycatcher
Tyrannus savana
Boat-billed
Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua
Social
Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Great
Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Rose-throated
Becard
Pachyramphus aglaiae
Masked
Tityra
Tityra semifasciata
Green
Scrub-Jay
Cyanocorax yncas
Brown
Scrub-Jay
Psilorhinus morio
Solitary
Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Clay-colored
Robin
Turdus grayi
Gray
Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Tropical
Mockingbird
Mimus gilvus
Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Mangrove
Swallow
Tachycineta albilinea
Gray-breasted
Martin
Progne chalybea
Barn
Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Tropical
Parula
Parula pitiayumi
Yellow
Warbler
Dendroica petechia
Chestnut-sided
Warbler
Dendroica pensylvanica
Magnolia
Warbler
Dendroica magnolia
Yellow-rumped
Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Townsend's
Warbler
Dendroica townsendi
Black-throated Green
Warbler
Dendroica virens
Blackburnian
Warbler
Dendroica fusca
Yellow-throated
Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Palm
Warbler
Dendroica palmarum
Black-and-white
Warbler
Mniotilta varia
American
Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla
Northern
Waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis
Louisiana
Waterthrush
Seiurus motacilla
Common
Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichas
Hooded
Warbler
Wilsonia citrina
Canada
Warbler
Wilsonia canadensis
Rufous-capped
Warbler
Basileuterus rufifrons
Rufous-crowned
Sparrow
Aimophila ruficeps
Red-crowned
Ant-Tanager
Habia rubica
Red-throated
Ant-Tanager
Habia fuscicauda
Hepatic
Tanager
Piranga flava
Scarlet-rumped
Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Blue-gray
Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Yellow-winged
Tanager
Thraupis abbas
Red-legged
Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
White-collared
Seedeater
Sporophila torqueola
Black-faced
Grosbeak
Caryothraustes poliogaster
Buff-throated
Saltator
Saltator maximus
Blue-black
Grosbeak
Cyanocompsa cyanoides
Indigo
Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Montezuma
Oropendola
Gymnostinops montezuma
Yellow-backed
Oriole
Icterus chrysater
Hooded
Oriole
Icterus cucullatus
Baltimore
Oriole
Icterus galbula
Bullock's
Oriole
Icterus bullockii
Orchard
Oriole
Icterus spurius
Red-winged
Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Melodious
Blackbird
Dives dives
Great-tailed
Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Boat-tailed
Grackle
Quiscalus major
Common
Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula
136 SPECIES