Belize · Cayo District
Chaa Creek
358 species and 120,850 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–April and October, with up to 251 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus
Brown JayCyanocorax morio
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifrons
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
Masked TityraTityra semifasciataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Belize Botanic Gardens & duPlooy's Jungle Lodge1 km337 species
- Mystic River Resort2 km309 species
- Crystal Paradise Resort2 km319 species
- Black Rock Road4 km328 species
- Black Rock Lodge7 km386 species
- Xunantunich Maya Site7 km313 species
All 358 species recorded here
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Curve-winged Sabrewing Pampa curvipennis
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Mayan Antthrush Formicarius moniliger
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Black-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio aurantius
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Yucatan Poorwill Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus
- Grey-collared Becard Pachyramphus major
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Grey-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Yucatan Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Slaty-breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Spotted Wood Quail Odontophorus guttatus
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
- Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Central American Pygmy Owl Glaucidium griseiceps
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Yucatan Nightjar Antrostomus badius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chaa Creek?
January–April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 251 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chaa Creek?
358 species, from 120,850 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chaa Creek in November?
The most recorded in November: Great-tailed Grackle, Melodious Blackbird, Social Flycatcher, Keel-billed Toucan and Brown Jay.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.