Belize · Stann Creek District
Hopkins Wetlands
278 species and 21,876 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–March, with up to 120 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Green HeronButorides virescens
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
American White IbisEudocimus albus102 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 278 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mayflower Bocawina NP12 km315 species
- Bocawina Rainforest Resort & Adventures13 km289 species
- Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary19 km361 species
- Cockscomb Basin W.S. – Visitor Centre20 km311 species
- Toucan Ridge Ecology and Education Society36 km327 species
- St. Herman's Blue Hole NP53 km311 species
All 278 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yucatan Vireo Vireo magister
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hopkins Wetlands?
November–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 120 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hopkins Wetlands?
278 species, from 21,876 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hopkins Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Wood Stork, Little Blue Heron, Tricolored Heron and Roseate Spoonbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.