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Birds in Belize

Birds in Belize. Bird Diversity in Belize. 540+ species in 8866 square miles Belize is the size of Massachusetts What families are found in Belize but not the United States?. Some bird diversity statistics…. 9748 species in the world in 204 families

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Birds in Belize

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  1. Birds in Belize

  2. Bird Diversity in Belize • 540+ species in 8866 square miles • Belize is the size of Massachusetts • What families are found in Belize but not the United States?

  3. Some bird diversity statistics… 9748 species in the world in 204 families 94 families/1350 species in Mexico/Central America (14% of bird species in 1.5% of the world’s land area) 75 bird families in Belize

  4. Neotropics What is a neotropical migrant?

  5. Tinamous Sungrebe Jacana* Potoos Motmots Puffbirds Jacamars Toucans Ovenbirds Woodcreepers Antbirds Antthrushes Cotingas Manakins Bananaquit* * a single species of this family has occurred as an accidental in U.S.A. Neotropical Bird Families in Belize(families in Belize but not in U.S.A.)

  6. Potoos: Nyctibiidae • Related to Whip-poor-will, nighthawks, et al. - Caprimulgiformes • One species in Belize, the Northern Potoo

  7. Motmots: Momotidae • Three species in Belize • Blue-crowned Motmot (common) • Tody Motmot (Less common) • Keel-billed Motmot (rare)

  8. Jacamars: Galbulidae • One species in Belize, the Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Galbula ruficauda

  9. Toucans: Ramphastidae • Three species in Belize: we are most likely to see the Keel-billed Toucan • Also there are Collared Aracari and Emerald Toucanet

  10. Woodcreepers: Dendrocolaptidae • similar to woodpeckers and Brown Creeper of North America • Several species, all adapted for gleaning insects from bark

  11. Antbirds • they don’t eat ants, they follow them • Ant shrike •  Ant wren

  12. Black-faced Antthrush

  13. So many birds… • Vireos, warblers, wrens, tanagers….

  14. ...Hummingbirds- 22 species Long-tailed hermit Green-breasted mango

  15. White-necked jacobin Purple-crowned fairy

  16. Northern Jacana Lots of hawks Bat falcon Common black-hawk

  17. Trogons Slaty tailed trogon Violaceous trogon

  18. …Lots of flycatchers Tropical flycatcher

  19. Parrots and allies Red-lored mealy

  20. Birds of the Islands

  21. Laughing gull Royal tern

  22. Brown Pelican

  23. Magnificent Frigate Bird

  24. Brown booby

  25. Brown jay

  26. Ecological Roles: some are unique to the Neotropics, some are similar to those seen in temperate areas • Army ant followers • Fruit eaters and dispersers • Nectarivory and pollination • Niche partitioning: hummingbirds, flycatchers, et al.

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