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Pook's Hill
Lowland Forest Preserve
Belize Birding Destination |
| Exotic Birding tours that visit Pook's Hill in Belize |
| No scheduled tours. Future tours may visit this area. |
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| Location of Pook's Hill Reserve |
 Pook's Hill is a private bird sanctuary located about an hour west of the Belize International Airport not far off the Western Highway in the Cayo District of Belize. |
| Description of Pook's Hill Reserve |
Pook's Hill is a 300-acre private nature reserve that offers accommodation in small circular cabinas and wonderful lowland broadleaf forest birding. The access road into the reserve offers some fine roadside birding, while the numerous trails and open areas within the reserve afford excellent opportunities for seeing both rainforest and open habitat birds.
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| Partial bird checklist of Pook's Hill |
| Bold face indicates species that are localized in distribution within the country, endemic, near endemic, endangered, threatened, or vulnerable to extirpation. |
| 1 | | Great Tinamou | Tinamus major |
| 2 | | Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui |
| 3 | | Slaty-breasted Tinamou | Crypturellus boucardi |
| 4 | | Gray Hawk | Asturina nitida |
| 5 | | Barred Forest-Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis |
| 6 | | Orange-chinned Parakeet | Brotogeris jugularis |
| 7 | | Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata |
| 8 | | Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum |
| 9 | | Scaly-breasted Hummingbird | Phaeochroa cuvierii |
| 10 | | White-bellied Emerald | Agyrtria candida |
| 11 | | Azure-crowned Hummingbird | Agyrtria cyanocephala |
| 12 | | Black-headed Trogon | Trogon melanocephalus |
| 13 | | Northern Violaceous Trogon | Trogon caligatus |
| 14 | | Collared Trogon | Trogon collaris |
| 15 | | Slaty-tailed Trogon | Trogon massena |
| 16 | | White-whiskered Puffbird | Malacoptila panamensis |
| 17 | | Collared Aracari | Pteroglossus torquatus |
| 18 | | Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus |
| 19 | | Smoky-brown Woodpecker | Veniliornis fumigatus |
| 20 | | Crimson-collared Tanager | Ramphocelus sanguinolentus |
| 21 | | Yellow-tailed Oriole | Icterus mesomelas |
| 22 | | Black-cowled Oriole | Icterus prosthemelas |
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