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Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Water Wonderland Belize Birding Destination |
| Exotic Birding tours that visit Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary in Belize |
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| Location of Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary in Belize |
 Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary is located about 30 minutes north of the Belize International Airport not far off the Northern Highway in the Orange Walk District. The small village of Crooked Tree is located on an island surrounded by several lagoons and rivers that comprise the sanctuary. |
| Description of Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary\ |
Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary consists primarily of several lagoons and connecting rivers whose water levels fluctuate throughout the year. During the wet season, water levels are raised and many water birds such as Jabirus that depend on shallow water leave the area. Late in the dry season, water levels may become too low for boats to navigate through the channels. The largest section of the sanctuary consists of 6 inter-connected lagoons which are accessible by boat, and boat tours onto the lagoon and connecting waterways are the best way to see the birds in the sanctuary. Much of the lagoons are covered by floating vegetation, home to a myriad of aquatic birds and hawks.
In addition to the lagoon, a number of trails wend through secondary forest around the village of Crooked Tree. These trails offer opportunities for seeing a variety of land birds that inhabit the area.
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| Partial bird checklist of Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Bold face indicates species that are localized in distribution within the country, endemic, near endemic, endangered, threatened, or vulnerable to extirpation. |
| 1 | | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| 2 | | Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
| 3 | | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
| 4 | | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| 5 | | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 6 | | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| 7 | | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| 8 | | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| 9 | | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 10 | | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| 11 | | Agami Heron | Agamia agami |
| 12 | | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 13 | | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| 14 | | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius |
| 15 | | Bare-throated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum |
| 16 | | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana |
| 17 | | Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria |
| 18 | | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus |
| 19 | | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 20 | | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja |
| 21 | | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| 22 | | Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata |
| 23 | | Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors |
| 24 | | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| 25 | | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| 26 | | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus |
| 27 | | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| 28 | | Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis |
| 29 | | Great Black-Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga |
| 30 | | Black-collared Hawk | Busarellus nigricollis |
| 31 | | Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris |
| 32 | | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans |
| 33 | | Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus |
| 34 | | Plain Chachalaca | Ortalis vetula |
| 35 | | Black-throated (Yucatan) Bobwhite | Colinus nigrogularis |
| 36 | | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna |
| 37 | | Gray-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides cajanea |
| 38 | | Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 39 | | American Coot | Fulica americana |
| 40 | | Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica |
| 41 | | Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa |
| 42 | | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis |
| 43 | | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| 44 | | Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria |
| 45 | | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| 46 | | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla |
| 47 | | Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| 48 | | Gull-billed Tern | Sterna nilotica |
| 49 | | Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia |
| 50 | | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 51 | | Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis |
| 52 | | Red-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas flavirostris |
| 53 | | Ruddy Ground-Dove | Columbina talpacoti |
| 54 | | Olive-throated (Aztec) Parakeet | Aratinga nana |
| 55 | | White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons |
| 56 | | Red-lored Parrot | Amazona autumnalis |
| 57 | | Yellow-headed Parrot | Amazona oratrix |
| 58 | | Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana |
| 59 | | Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris |
| 60 | | Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia |
| 61 | | Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis |
| 62 | | Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl |
| 63 | | Belted Kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon |
| 64 | | Ringed Kingfisher | Ceryle torquata |
| 65 | | Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana |
| 66 | | American Pygmy Kingfisher | Chloroceryle aenea |
| 67 | | Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus |
| 68 | | Black-cheeked Woodpecker | Melanerpes pucherani |
| 69 | | Yucatan Woodpecker | Melanerpes pygmaeus |
| 70 | | Ladder-backed Woodpecker | Picoides scalaris |
| 71 | | Golden-olive Woodpecker | Piculus rubiginosus |
| 72 | | Rufous-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis erythrothorax |
| 73 | | Ivory-billed Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus flavigaster |
| 74 | | Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii |
| 75 | | Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus |
| 76 | | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster |
| 77 | | Northern Bentbill | Oncostoma cinereigulare |
| 78 | | Vermillion Flycatcher | Pyrocephalus rubinus |
| 79 | | Yucatan Flycatcher | Myiarchus yucatanensis |
| 80 | | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer |
| 81 | | Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis |
| 82 | | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| 83 | | Couch's Kingbird | Tyrannus couchii |
| 84 | | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana |
| 85 | | Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata |
| 86 | | Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea |
| 87 | | Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| 88 | | Mangrove Swallow | Tachycineta albilinea |
| 89 | | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| 90 | | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 91 | | Spot-breasted Wren | Thryothorus maculipectus |
| 92 | | Plain Wren | Thryothorus modestus |
| 93 | | House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| 94 | | Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis |
| 95 | | Black Catbird | Melanoptila glabrirostris |
| 96 | | Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus |
| 97 | | Clay-colored Robin | Turdus grayi |
| 98 | | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea |
| 99 | | Brown Jay | Cyanocorax morio |
| 100 | | Yucatan Jay | Cyanocorax yucatanicus |
| 101 | | Mangrove Vireo | Vireo pallens |
| 102 | | Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis |
| 103 | | Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia |
| 104 | | Magnolia Warbler | Dendroica magnolia |
| 105 | | Black-throated Green Warbler | Dendroica virens |
| 106 | | Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| 107 | | American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| 108 | | Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea |
| 109 | | Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| 110 | | Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| 111 | | Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens |
| 112 | | Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra |
| 113 | | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus |
| 114 | | Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis |
| 115 | | White-collared Seedeater | Sporophila torqueola |
| 116 | | Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina |
| 117 | | Grayish Saltator | Saltator coerulescens |
| 118 | | Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis |
| 119 | | Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| 120 | | Melodious Blackbird | Dives dives |
| 121 | | Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus |
| 122 | | Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus |
| 123 | | Yellow-tailed Oriole | Icterus mesomelas |
| 124 | | Altamira Oriole | Icterus gularis |
| 125 | | Hooded Oriole | Icterus cucullatus |
| 126 | | Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula |
| 127 | | Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius |
| 128 | | Black-cowled Oriole | Icterus prosthemelas |
| 129 | | Yellow-billed Cacique | Amblycercus holosericeus |
| 130 | | Montezuma Oropendola | Gymnostinops montezuma |
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