Bird AlbumBelize · Cayo District
Spanish Lookout – Rice Fields
342 species and 50,645 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 239 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Great EgretArdea alba
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Green HeronButorides virescens
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Wood StorkMycteria americana
LimpkinAramus guarauna
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius203 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 342 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Aguacate Lagoon6 km345 species
- Chan Chich Lodge19 km370 species
- Rio Maya Farm19 km293 species
- Crystal Paradise Resort28 km319 species
- Chaa Creek30 km358 species
- Belize Botanic Gardens & duPlooy's Jungle Lodge31 km337 species
All 342 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Mayan Antthrush Formicarius moniliger
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Yucatan Woodpecker Melanerpes pygmaeus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Yucatan Jay Cyanocorax yucatanicus
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Curve-winged Sabrewing Pampa curvipennis
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- White-crowned Pigeon Patagioenas leucocephala
- Yucatan Nightjar Antrostomus badius
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis
- Yucatan Amazon Amazona xantholora
- Spotted Wood Quail Odontophorus guttatus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Spanish Lookout – Rice Fields?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 239 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Spanish Lookout – Rice Fields?
342 species, from 50,645 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Spanish Lookout – Rice Fields in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Blue Heron, Great Egret, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret and Black-necked Stilt.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.