Belize · Orange Walk District
New River
319 species and 40,412 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, with up to 192 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Great EgretArdea alba
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Green HeronButorides virescens
LimpkinAramus guarauna
Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dawson Creek & Lamanai savanna12 km342 species
- Lamanai Maya site13 km390 species
- Lamanai Outpost Lodge & Indian Church14 km401 species
- Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary14 km349 species
- Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary – Bird's Eye View Lodge15 km340 species
- Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary – Northern Lagoon16 km285 species
All 319 species recorded here
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Yucatan Woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Yucatan Nightjar Antrostomus badius
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Yucatan Amazon Amazona xantholora
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Hooded Oriole Icterus cucullatus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Yucatan Poorwill Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Grey-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Yucatan Jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Mayan Antthrush Formicarius moniliger
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Botteri's Sparrow Peucaea botterii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yucatan Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Stygian Owl Asio stygius
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at New River?
March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 192 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at New River?
319 species, from 40,412 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at New River in November?
The most recorded in November: Ringed Kingfisher, Mangrove Swallow, Neotropic Cormorant, Osprey and Black Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.