Belize · Cayo District
BWSL Ponds
275 species and 37,255 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–April and October–November, with up to 150 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi128 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 275 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jade Jungle Resort14 km321 species
- Ian Anderson's Caves Branch Jungle Lodge15 km320 species
- St. Herman's Blue Hole NP15 km311 species
- Rio Maya Farm22 km293 species
- Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary25 km337 species
- Mountain Equestrian Trails26 km305 species
All 275 species recorded here
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Mayan Antthrush Formicarius moniliger
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Yucatan Poorwill Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at BWSL Ponds?
January–April and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 150 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at BWSL Ponds?
275 species, from 37,255 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at BWSL Ponds in November?
The most recorded in November: Morelet's Seedeater, Northern Jacana, Great-tailed Grackle, Spotted Sandpiper and Little Blue Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.