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Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
349 species and 132,277 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March, with up to 280 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus rubinus
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Little Blue HeronEgretta caeruleaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary – Bird's Eye View Lodge1 km340 species
- Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary – Northern Lagoon1 km285 species
- Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary – Spanish Creek8 km266 species
- Dawson Creek & Lamanai savanna11 km342 species
- Lamanai Maya site12 km390 species
- Lamanai Outpost Lodge & Indian Church13 km401 species
All 349 species recorded here
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Yucatan Jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yucatan Woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- Yucatan Amazon Amazona xantholora
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Grey-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Yucatan Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Grey-collared Becard Pachyramphus major
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala
- Yucatan Nightjar Antrostomus badius
- Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis
- Yucatan Poorwill Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Mayan Antthrush Formicarius moniliger
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary?
January–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 280 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary?
349 species, from 132,277 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Vermilion Flycatcher, Social Flycatcher, American Redstart, Black Vulture and Great Kiskadee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.