AMBERGRIS CAYE
BELIZE
LOCALE
| # Species: | 246 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 246 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| 2 | /Blue-winged Teal/ | Spatula discors | |
| 3 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 4 | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
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| 5 | Plain Chachalaca | Ortalis vetula | |
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| 6 | /Pied-billed Grebe/ | Podilymbus podiceps | |
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| 7 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 8 | Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis | |
| 9 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | |
| 10 | Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 11 | Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
| 12 | Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| 13 | Caribbean Dove | Leptotila jamaicensis | |
| 14 | Gray-headed Dove | Leptotila plumbeiceps | |
| 15 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| 16 | |Mourning Dove| | Zenaida macroura | |
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| 17 | /Smooth-billed Ani/ | Crotophaga ani | |
| 18 | Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | |
| 19 | Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | |
| 20 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
| 21 | |Black-billed Cuckoo| | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | |
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| 22 | /Lesser Nighthawk/ | Chordeiles acutipennis | |
| 23 | Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| 24 | Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |
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| 25 | Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis | |
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| 26 | Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | |
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| 27 | Stripe-throated Hermit | Phaethornis striigularis | |
| 28 | Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | |
| 29 | /Ruby-throated Hummingbird/ | Archilochus colubris | |
| 30 | Canivet's Emerald | Cynantus canivetii | |
| 31 | Cinnamon Hummingbird | Amazilia rutila | |
| 32 | Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl | |
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| 33 | Clapper Rail | Rallus crepitans | |
| 34 | Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides axillaris | |
| 35 | Russet-naped Wood-Rail | Aramides albiventris | |
| 36 | /Sora/ | Porzana carolina | |
| 37 | /American Coot/ | Fulica americana | |
| 38 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
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| 39 | Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica | |
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| 40 | /Black-necked Stilt/ | Himantopus mexicanus | |
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| 41 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 42 | |American Golden-Plover| | Pluvialis dominica | |
| 43 | /Killdeer/ | Charadrius vociferus | |
| 44 | /Semipalmated Plover/ | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| 45 | /Wilson's Plover/ | Anarhynchus wilsonia | |
| 46 | Collared Plover | Anarhynchus collaris | |
| 47 | /Snowy Plover/ | Anarhynchus nivosus | |
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| 48 | |Upland Sandpiper| | Bartramia longicauda | |
| 49 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 50 | /Short-billed Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus griseus | |
| 51 | /Wilson's Snipe/ | Gallinago delicata | |
| 52 | /Spotted Sandpiper/ | Actitis macularius | |
| 53 | /Solitary Sandpiper/ | Tringa solitaria | |
| 54 | /Lesser Yellowlegs/ | Tringa flavipes | |
| 55 | /Willet/ | Tringa semipalmata | |
| 56 | /Greater Yellowlegs/ | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| 57 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | |
| 58 | |Stilt Sandpiper| | Calidris himantopus | |
| 59 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba | |
| 60 | Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| 61 | |White-rumped Sandpiper| | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| 62 | /Least Sandpiper/ | Calidris minutilla | |
| 63 | |Pectoral Sandpiper| | Calidris melanotos | |
| 64 | /Western Sandpiper/ | Calidris mauri | |
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| 65 | Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | |
| 66 | /Ring-billed Gull/ | Larus delawarensis | |
| 67 | /Herring Gull/ | Larus argentatus | |
| 68 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
| 69 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 70 | /Caspian Tern/ | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 71 | /Forster's Tern/ | Sterna forsteri | |
| 72 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| 73 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| 74 | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
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| 75 | Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
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| 76 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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| 77 | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | |
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| 78 | Double-crested Cormorant | Nannopterum auritus | |
| 79 | Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianus | |
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| 80 | /American White Pelican/ | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | |
| 81 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| 82 | Bare-throated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum | |
| 83 | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | |
| 84 | American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| 85 | Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
| 86 | Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| 87 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 88 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| 89 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| 90 | Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | |
| 91 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| 92 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| 93 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 94 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 95 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
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| 96 | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | |
| 97 | /Glossy Ibis/ | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 98 | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |
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| 99 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | |
| 100 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| 101 | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | |
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| 102 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 103 | White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | |
| 104 | Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus melanoleucus | |
| 105 | Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus | |
| 106 | Common Black Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |
| 107 | Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | |
| 108 | Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris | |
| 109 | White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus | |
| 110 | Gray Hawk | Buteo plagiatus | |
| 111 | |Broad-winged Hawk| | Buteo platypterus | |
| 112 | Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | |
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| 113 | Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
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| 114 | Black-headed Trogon | Trogon melanocephalus | |
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| 115 | Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | |
| 116 | /Belted Kingfisher/ | Megaceryle alcyon | |
| 117 | Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | |
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| 118 | /Yellow-bellied Sapsucker/ | Sphyrapicus varius | |
| 119 | Yucatan Woodpecker | Melanerpes pygmaeus | |
| 120 | Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Melanerpes aurifrons | |
| 121 | Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Dryobates scalaris | |
| 122 | Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | |
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| 123 | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |
| 124 | /American Kestrel/ | Falco sparverius | |
| 125 | /Merlin/ | Falco columbarius | |
| 126 | /Peregrine Falcon/ | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 127 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | |
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| 128 | Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata | |
| 129 | Rose-throated Becard | Pachyramphus aglaiae | |
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| 130 | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum | |
| 131 | Caribbean Elaenia | Elaenia martinica | |
| 132 | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | |
| 133 | /Olive-sided Flycatcher/ | Contopus cooperi | |
| 134 | Northern Tropical Pewee | Contopus bogotensis | |
| 135 | |Eastern Wood-Pewee| | Contopus virens | |
| 136 | /Yellow-bellied Flycatcher/ | Empidonax flaviventris | |
| 137 | /Alder Flycatcher/ | Empidonax alnorum | |
| 138 | /Least Flycatcher/ | Empidonax minimus | |
| 139 | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | |
| 140 | /Great Crested Flycatcher/ | Myiarchus crinitus | |
| 141 | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | |
| 142 | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | |
| 143 | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | |
| 144 | Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | |
| 145 | Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | |
| 146 | Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris | |
| 147 | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | |
| 148 | Couch's Kingbird | Tyrannus couchii | |
| 149 | |Eastern Kingbird| | Tyrannus tyrannus | |
| 150 | |Gray Kingbird| | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
| 151 | /Scissor-tailed Flycatcher/ | Tyrannus forficatus | |
| 152 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | |
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| 153 | Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis | |
| 154 | /White-eyed Vireo/ | Vireo griseus | |
| 155 | Mangrove Vireo | Vireo pallens | |
| 156 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons | |
| 157 | Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius | |
| 158 | /Philadelphia Vireo/ | Vireo philadelphicus | |
| 159 | /Red-eyed Vireo/ | Vireo olivaceus | |
| 160 | Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis | |
| 161 | Yucatan Vireo | Vireo magister | |
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| 162 | Brown Jay | Psilorhinus morio | |
| 163 | Yucatan Jay | Cyanocorax yucatanicus | |
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| 164 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 165 | /Tree Swallow/ | Tachycineta bicolor | |
| 166 | Mangrove Swallow | Tachycineta albilinea | |
| 167 | Purple Martin | Progne subis | |
| 168 | Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | |
| 169 | /Northern Rough-winged Swallow/ | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | |
| 170 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 171 | /Cliff Swallow/ | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
| 172 | /Cave Swallow/ | Petrochelidon fulva | |
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| 173 | Black Catbird | Melanoptila glabrirostris | |
| 174 | /Gray Catbird/ | Dumetella carolinensis | |
| 175 | Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | |
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| 176 | |Veery| | Catharus fuscescens | |
| 177 | |Gray-cheeked Thrush| | Catharus minimus | |
| 178 | |Swainson's Thrush| | Catharus ustulatus | |
| 179 | /Wood Thrush/ | Hylocichla mustelina | |
| 180 | Clay-colored Thrush | Turdus grayi | |
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| 181 | /Cedar Waxwing/ | Bombycilla cedrorum | |
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| 182 | Green-backed Sparrow | Arremonops chloronotus | |
| 183 | Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | |
| 184 | Clay-colored Sparrow | Spizella pallida | |
| 185 | |Lark Sparrow| | Chondestes grammacus | |
| 186 | /Savannah Sparrow/ | Passerculus sandwichensis | |
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| 187 | |Bobolink| | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | |
| 188 | Yellow-billed Cacique | Amblycercus holosericeus | |
| 189 | Chestnut-headed Oropendola | Psarocolius wagleri | |
| 190 | Black-cowled Oriole | Icterus prosthemelas | |
| 191 | /Orchard Oriole/ | Icterus spurius | |
| 192 | Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus | |
| 193 | Yellow-backed Oriole | Icterus chrysater | |
| 194 | Orange Oriole | Icterus auratus | |
| 195 | Altamira Oriole | Icterus gularis | |
| 196 | /Baltimore Oriole/ | Icterus galbula | |
| 197 | Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | |
| 198 | Melodious Blackbird | Dives dives | |
| 199 | Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | |
| 200 | /Yellow-breasted Chat/ | Icteria virens | |
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| 201 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| 202 | /Worm-eating Warbler/ | Helmitheros vermivorum | |
| 203 | /Louisiana Waterthrush/ | Parkesia motacilla | |
| 204 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| 205 | /Blue-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora cyanoptera | |
| 206 | /Black-and-white Warbler/ | Mniotilta varia | |
| 207 | |Prothonotary Warbler| | Protonotaria citrea | |
| 208 | /Swainson's Warbler/ | Limnothlypis swainsonii | |
| 209 | /Tennessee Warbler/ | Leiothlypis peregrina | |
| 210 | Gray-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis poliocephala | |
| 211 | |Mourning Warbler| | Geothlypis philadelphia | |
| 212 | /Common Yellowthroat/ | Geothlypis trichas | |
| 213 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina | |
| 214 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| 215 | /Cape May Warbler/ | Setophaga tigrina | |
| 216 | /Northern Parula/ | Setophaga americana | |
| 217 | |Magnolia Warbler| | Setophaga magnolia | |
| 218 | |Bay-breasted Warbler| | Setophaga castanea | |
| 219 | |Blackburnian Warbler| | Setophaga fusca | |
| 220 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia | |
| 221 | /Chestnut-sided Warbler/ | Setophaga pensylvanica | |
| 222 | /Black-throated Blue Warbler/ | Setophaga caerulescens | |
| 223 | /Palm Warbler/ | Setophaga palmarum | |
| 224 | Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | |
| 225 | /Yellow-rumped Warbler/ | Setophaga coronata | |
| 226 | /Yellow-throated Warbler/ | Setophaga dominica | |
| 227 | /Prairie Warbler/ | Setophaga discolor | |
| 228 | Townsend's Warbler | Setophaga townsendi | |
| 229 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens | |
| 230 | |Canada Warbler| | Cardellina canadensis | |
| 231 | /Wilson's Warbler/ | Cardellina pusilla | |
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| 232 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra | |
| 233 | |Scarlet Tanager| | Piranga olivacea | |
| 234 | /Rose-breasted Grosbeak/ | Pheucticus ludovicianus | |
| 235 | /Blue Grosbeak/ | Passerina caerulea | |
| 236 | /Indigo Bunting/ | Passerina cyanea | |
| 237 | |Painted Bunting| | Passerina ciris | |
| 238 | |Dickcissel| | Spiza americana | |
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| 239 | Crimson-collared Tanager | Ramphocelus sanguinolentus | |
| 240 | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | |
| 241 | Morelet's Seedeater | Sporophila morelleti | |
| 242 | <Slate-colored Seedeater> | Sporophila schistacea | |
| 243 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| 244 | Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus | |
| 245 | Black-headed Saltator | Saltator atriceps | |
| 246 | Cinnamon-bellied Saltator | Saltator grandis | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 88 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 25 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 2 |
| [] | Accidental | 2 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 6 |
| V | Vulnerable | 1 |
| EN | Endangered | 0 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.