Belize
What is recorded in Belize
- Species
- 1,609
- Grid cells
- 8,712
- Records
- 5,342,652
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 588
- Bony fish 440
- Birds 408
- Reptiles 73
- Mammals 58
- Amphibians 35
- Sharks and rays 7
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Belize, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in Belize, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis
Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives
Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila morelleti
Brown Jay
Cyanocorax morio
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Amazilia tzacatl
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Spot-breasted Wren
Pheugopedius maculipectus
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifrons
Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Olive-throated Parakeet
Eupsittula nana
Red-lored Amazon
Amazona autumnalis
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Belize.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Belize on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.