Long Caye and the surrounding areas of Belize are considered to be a birdwatcher's paradise. Here is a list of birds on and around Long Caye.
All of the national parks are excellent locations for bird watching. The following parks are of special interest:
- Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
- Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
- Mountain Pine Ridge
- Silk Grass Creek Road
Nesters
Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Red-footed booby (Sula sula)
Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Frigate bird (Fregata magnificens)
Great blue heron (Ardea herodias)
Green heron (Butorides viriscens)
Little blue heron (Florida caerulea)
Reddish egret (Dichromanassa rufescens)
Common egret (Casmerodius albus)
Snowy egret (Leucophoyx thula)
Tri-colored heron (Hydranssa tricolor)
Least tern (Sterna albifrons)
Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis)
Brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
White-crowned pigeon (Columba leucocephala)
Pale-vented pigeon (Columba cayennesis)
White-winged dove (Zenaida asiactica)
Mangrove cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
Green-breasted mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)
Cinnamon hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)
Golden-fronted woodpeckers (Centurus aurifrons)
Mangrove swallow (Iridoprocne albilinea)
Tropical mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
Mangrove warbler (Dendroica petechia)
Great-tailed grackle (Cassidix mexicanus)
Yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
White ibis (Endocimus albus)
Osprey (Pandion haliatus)
Clapper rail (Rallus longirostris)
Thick-billed plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
Laughing gull (Larus atricilla)
Roseate tern (Sterna dougallii)
Bridled tern (Sterna anaethetus)
Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
Winter Residents
Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
Least sandpiper (Erolia minutilla)
Royal tern (Thalasseus maximus)
Belted kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
Yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
Grey catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Black and white warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Worm-eating warbler (Helmitheros vermivorus)
Blue-winged warbler (Verminvora pinus)
Tennessee warbler (Vermivora peregrina)
Northern parula (Parula americana)
Magnolia warbler (Dendroica magnolia)
Cape May warbler (Dendroica tigrina)
Black-throated blue warbler (Dendroica virens)
Yellow-throated warbler (Dendroica dendroica)
Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapillus)
Northern waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
Common yellowthroat (Geothylpis trichas)
Hooded warbler (Wilsonia citrina)
American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
Visitors
Masked booby (Sula dactylatra)
Brown booby (Sula leugogaster)
Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
Black-bellied plover (Squatarola squatarola)
Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia)
Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Vermillion-crowned flycatcher (Myziozetetes similis)
Melodious blackbird (Dives dives)
Transients
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Sora (Porzana carolina)
Collared plover (Charadrius collaris)
Upland plover (Bartramis longicauda)
Greater yellowlegs (Totanus melanoleucas)
Common snipe (Capella gallinago)
Sanderling (Crocethia alba)
Semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus)
Western sandpiper (Ereunetes mauri)
White-rumped sandpiper (Erolia fuscicollis)
Pectoral sandpiper (Erolia fuscicollis)
Black tern (Chlidonias niger)
Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
Tawny-collared nightjar (Caprimulgus salvini)
Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Eastern kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Piratic flycatcher (Legatus leocophaius)
Sulfur-bellied flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiventris)
Great-crested fltcatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Brown-crested fltcatcher (Myiarchus tyrannulus)
Eastern wood-pewee (Contopus virens)
Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Bank swallow (Riparia riparia)
Wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
Grey-cheeked thrush (Hylocichla minima)
Cedar waxwing (Bomycilla cedrorum)
White-eyed vireo (Vireo griseus)
Yellow-green vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
Red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Golden-winged warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
Cerulea warbler (Dendroica cerulea)
Blackburnian warbler (Dendroica fusca)
Chestnut-sided warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
Bay-breasted warbler (Dendroica castanea)
Prairie warbler (Dendroica discolor)
Louisiana waterthrush (Seiurus motacilla)
Kentucky warbler (Oporornis formosus)
Connecticut warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
Mourning warbler (Oporonis philadelphia)
Wilson’s warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
Canada warbler (Wilsonia canadensis)
Orchard oriole (Icterus spurius)
Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula)
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Summer tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
Blue grosbeak (Guiraca caerulea)
Indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
Grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
Chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Accidentals
Least grebe (Podiceps dominicus)
Olivaceous cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus)
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
Cattle egret (Bulbulcus ibis)
Fork-tailed flyercatcher (Muscivora tyrannus)
Black-whiskered vireo (Vireo altiloquus)
Residents
Common ground dove (Columbina passerina)
Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)
Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Caribbean elaenia (Elaenia martinica)
Black catbird (Melanoptila glabirostris)
Mangrove vireo (Vireo pallens)
Yucatan vireo (Vireo magister)
Ground chat (Chamaethlypis poliocephala)
Hooded oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
Red-throated ant tanager (Habia gutturalis)
White-collared seedeater (Sporophila torqueola)