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Blue-crowned Motmot
Momotus momota
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Immature Black and White Owl
Ciccaba nigrolineata
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Pauraque with young
Nyctidromus albicollis
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The Lodge at Big Falls provides an exciting environment for birding and birders. Our property includes a variety of habitats which attract many different species. From sungrebes, herons and kingfishers on the river to oropendolas, woodpeckers and orioles in the orchard. The relative silence of the pre-dawn is broken by the calls of chachalacas, melodious blackbirds, parrots and parakeets among many others.
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FACTS
- 490 species recorded in Toledo district
- 350 species recorded within five miles of the lodge
- 300 species have been observed by Lodge staff.
KEY:
T = Observed in Toledo
LABF = Observed at The Lodge at Big Falls
| Family/Observed |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Habitat |
| Tinamidae |
LABF |
Little Tinamou |
Crypturellus soui |
Nesting September |
| Sulidae |
T |
Brown Booby |
Sula leucogaster |
Cayes |
| Pelecaniformes |
| Pelecanidae |
T |
Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus occidentalis |
Coastal |
| Phalacrocoracidae |
LABF |
Neotropic Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
|
| Anhingidae |
LABF |
Anhinga |
Anhinga anhinga |
River side |
| Fregatidae |
T |
Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata magnificens |
Coastal and cayes |
| Ciconiformes |
| Ardeidae |
LABF |
Bare-throated Tiger Heron |
Tigrisoma mexicanum |
Nesting |
LABF |
Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
open fields |
T |
Snowy Egret |
Egretta thula |
Fields |
LABF |
Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
|
LABF |
Green Heron |
Butorides virescens |
|
LABF |
Black-crowned Night Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
|
LABF |
Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
Nyctanassa violacea |
|
T |
Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias |
Coastal, estuarine |
LABF |
Little Blue Heron |
Egretta caerulia |
Coastal, estuarine |
LABF |
Boat-billed Heron |
Cochlearius cochlearius |
Upper Moho river |
| Threskiornithidae |
T |
White Ibis |
Eudocimus albus |
Mangroves, coastal |
T |
Roseate Spoonbill |
Platalea ajaja |
|
| Ciconiidae |
LABF |
Wood Stork |
Mycteria americana |
Swamps |
| Cathartidae |
LABF |
Black Vulture |
Coragyps atratus |
|
LABF |
Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
|
LABF |
King Vulture |
Sarcoramphus papa |
|
| Anseriformes |
| Anatidae |
LABF |
Black-bellied Whistling duck |
Dendrocygna autumnalis |
Swamps |
T |
Muscovy Duck |
Cairina moschata |
|
| Falconiformes |
| Accipitridae |
T |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
Coastal |
LABF |
Gray-headed Kite |
Leptodon cayanensis |
|
LABF |
Hook-billed Kite |
Chondrohierax uncinatus |
|
T |
Swallow-tailed Kite |
Elanoides forficatus |
Pine ridge savannah |
LABF |
White-tailed Kite |
Elanus leucurus |
|
LABF |
Plumbeous Kite |
Ictinia plumbea |
Forest |
LABF |
Gray Hawk |
Asturina nitida |
Nesting May- June |
LABF |
White Hawk |
Leucopternis albicollis |
|
LABF |
Common Black Hawk |
Buteogallus anthracinus |
|
LABF |
Roadside Hawk |
Buteo magnirostris |
|
LABF |
Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo platypterus |
|
LABF |
Short-tailed Hawk |
Buteo brachyurus |
|
LABF |
Black Hawk-Eagle |
Spizaetus tyrannus |
|
| Falconidae |
LABF |
Laughing Falcon |
Herpetotheres cachinanns |
Perching at field edge |
LABF |
Merlin |
Falco columbarius |
|
LABF |
Bat Falcon |
Falco rufigularis |
|
T |
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
|
| Galliformes |
| Cracidae |
LABF |
Plain Chachalaca |
Ortalis vetula |
|
T |
Great Curassow |
Crax rubra |
Open fields |
| Rallidae |
LABF |
Ruddy Crake |
Laterallus ruber |
|
LABF |
Gray-necked Wood Rail |
Aramides cajanea |
|
T |
Sora |
Porzana carolina |
|
T |
Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrio martinica |
|
| Heliornithidae |
LABF |
Sungrebe |
Heliornis fulica |
|
| Aramidae |
T |
Limpkin |
Aramus guarauna |
|
| Charadcriiformes |
| Jacanidae |
T |
Northern Jacana |
Jacana spinosa |
Swamps |
| Scolopacidae |
LABF |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis macularia |
|
| Laridae |
T |
Laughing Gull |
Larus atricilla |
Coastal and cayes |
T |
Royal Tern |
Sterna maxima |
|
| Columbiformes |
| Columbidae |
LABF |
Pale-vented Pigeon |
Columba cayennensis |
|
LABF |
Scaled Pigeon |
Columba speciosa |
|
LABF |
White-crowned Pigeon |
Columba leucocephala |
West Snake Caye |
LABF |
Ruddy Ground Dove |
Columbina talpacoti |
|
LABF |
Blue Ground Dove |
Claravis pretiosa |
|
LABF |
White-winged Dove |
Zenaida asiatica |
|
LABF |
Gray-chested Dove |
Leptotila cassini |
|
| Psittaciformes |
| Psittacidae |
LABF |
Olive-throated Parakeet |
Aratinga nana |
|
|
Scarlet Macaw |
Ara macao |
Red Bank Village |
LABF |
Brown-hooded Parrot |
Pionopsitta haemototis |
|
LABF |
White-crowned Parrot |
Pionus senilis |
|
LABF |
Red-lored Parrot |
Amazona autumnalis |
|
T |
Yellow-headed Parrot |
Amazona oratrix |
Pine savanas |
| Cuculiformes |
| Cuculidae |
LABF |
Squirrel Cuckoo |
Piaya cayana |
|
LABF |
Striped Cuckoo |
Tapera naevia |
|
LABF |
Pheasant Cuckoo |
Dromococcyx phasianellus |
|
LABF |
Groove-billed Ani |
Crotophaga sulcirostris |
|
| Tytonidae |
LABF |
Barn Owl |
Tyto alba |
|
| Strigidae |
|
|
|
LABF |
Mottled Owl |
Ciccaba virgata |
|
LABF |
Black-and-white Owl |
Ciccaba nigrolineata |
|
| Caprimulgiformes |
| Caprimulgidae |
LABF |
Common Nighthawk |
Chordeiles minor |
|
LABF |
Common Pauraque |
Nyctidromus albicollis |
|
LABF |
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift |
Panyptila cayennensis |
|
| Apodiformes |
| Trochilidae |
LABF |
Long-billed Hermit |
Phaethornis superciliosus |
|
LABF |
Stripe-throated Hermit |
Phaethornis longuemareus |
|
LABF |
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird |
Phaeocroa cuvieri |
|
LABF |
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing |
Campylopterus curvipennis |
|
LABF |
Violet Sabrewing |
Campylopterus hemileucurus |
|
LABF |
White-necked Jacobin |
Florisuga mellivora |
|
LABF |
Green-breasted Mango |
Anthracothorax prevostii |
Nesting May |
LABF |
Black-crested Coquette |
Lophornis helenae |
|
T |
Canivet's Emerald |
Chlorostilbon canivetii |
|
LABF |
Blue-throated Goldentail |
Hylocharis eliciae |
31.05.07 Very rare |
LABF |
White-bellied Emerald |
Amazilia candida |
|
LABF |
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird |
Amazilia tzacatl |
|
LABF |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Atthis ellioti |
|
| Trogoniformes |
| Trogonidae |
LABF |
Black-headed Trogon |
Trogon melanocephalus |
|
LABF |
Violaceous Trogon |
Trogon violaceous |
|
T |
Slaty-tailed Trogon |
Trogon massena |
|
| Coraciiformes |
| Momotidae |
T |
Tody Motmot |
Hylomanes momotula |
Broadleaf forest |
T |
Blue-crowned Motmot |
Momotus momota |
Broadleaf forest |
| Alcedinidae |
|
|
|
LABF |
Ringed Kingfisher |
Ceryle torquata |
Nesting |
LABF |
Belted Kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
|
LABF |
Amazon Kingfisher |
Chloroceryle amazona |
|
| Piciformes |
| Ramphastidae |
LABF |
Collared Aracari |
Pteroglossus torquata |
|
LABF |
Keel-billed Toucan |
Ramphastos sulfuratus |
|
| Picidae |
|
|
|
T |
Acorn Woodpecker |
Melanerpes formicivorus |
|
LABF |
Black-cheeked Woodpecker |
Melanerpes pucherani |
|
LABF |
Golden-Fronted
Woodpecker |
Melanerpes aurifrons |
|
LABF |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
Sphyrapicus varius |
|
T |
Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
Picoides scalaris |
Savanna |
LABF |
Smoky-brown Woodpecker |
Veniliornis fumigatus |
|
LABF |
Golden-olive Woodpecker |
Piculus rubiginosus |
|
LABF |
Lineated Woodpecker |
Dryocopus lineatus |
|
LABF |
Pale-billed Woodpecker |
Campephilus guatemalensis |
|
| Passeriformes |
| Furnariidae |
LABF |
Rufous-breasted Spinetail |
Sunallaxis erythrothorax |
|
| Dendrocolaptidae |
LABF |
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper |
Glyphorhynchus spirurus |
|
LABF |
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper |
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster |
|
T |
Streak-headed Woodcreeper |
Lepidocolaptes souleytii |
Pine Forest |
| Thamnophilidae |
LABF |
Great Antshrike |
Taraba major |
|
LABF |
Barred Antshrike |
Thamnophilus doliatus |
|
LABF |
Dusky Antbird |
Cercomacra tyrannina |
|
| Formicariidae |
LABF |
Black-faced Antthrush |
Formicarius analis |
|
| Tyrannidae |
| Elaeniinae |
LABF |
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet |
Onithion semiflavum |
|
LABF |
Greenish Elaenia |
Myiopagis viridicata |
|
LABF |
Caribbean Elaenia |
Elaenia martinica |
Nesting May |
LABF |
Yellow-bellied Elaenia |
Elaenia flavogaster |
|
LABF |
Yellow Olive Flycatcher |
Tolmlmyias sulphurescet |
River bank |
LABF |
Stub-tailed Spadebill |
Platyrinchus cancrominus |
|
| Platyrinchinae |
LABF |
Northern Bentbill |
Oncostoma cinereigulare |
|
LABF |
Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher |
Poecilotriccus sylvia |
|
LABF |
Common Tody Flycatcher |
Todirostrum cinereum |
Nesting |
LABF |
Eastern Wood Pewee |
Contopus virens |
|
LABF |
Tropical Pewee |
Contopus cinereus |
|
LABF |
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
Empidonax flaviventris |
|
T |
White-throated Flycatcher |
Empidonax albigularis |
|
LABF |
Least Flycatcher |
Empidonax minimus |
|
| Fluvicolinae |
T |
Black Phoebe |
Sayornis nigricans |
River banks |
LABF |
Bright-rumped Attila |
Attila spadiceus |
|
T |
Rufous Mourner |
Rhytipterna holerythra |
Broadleaf forest |
| Tyranninae |
LABF |
Dusky-capped Flycatcher |
Myiarchus tuberculifer |
|
LABF |
Great Kiskadee |
Pitangus sulphuratus |
|
LABF |
Boat-billed Flycatcher |
Megarynchus pitangua |
|
LABF |
Social Flycatcher |
Myiozetetes similis |
|
LABF |
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher |
Myiodynastes luteiventris |
Nesting |
LABF |
Tropical Kingbird |
Tyrannus melancholicus |
|
LABF |
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
Tyrannus forficatus |
|
LABF |
Fork-tailed Flycatcher |
Tyrannus savana |
|
| Genera incertae sedis |
LABF |
Cinnamon Becard |
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus |
|
LABF |
White-winged Becard |
Pachyramphus polychopterus |
|
LABF |
Masked Tityra |
Tityra semifasciata |
Nesting |
LABF |
Black-crowned Tityra |
Tityra inquisitor |
Nesting |
| Pipridae |
LABF |
White-collared Manakin |
Manacus candei |
|
LABF |
Red Capped Manakin |
Pipra mentalis |
|
| Vireonidae |
LABF |
White-eyed Vireo |
Vireo griseus |
|
LABF |
Lesser Greenlet |
Hylophilus decurtatus |
|
| Corvidae |
LABF |
Brown Jay |
Cyanocorax morio |
Nesting |
| Hirundinidae |
LABF |
Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
|
| Troglodytidae |
LABF |
Spot-breasted Wren |
Thryothorus maculipectus |
|
LABF |
House Wren |
Troglodytes aedon |
|
T |
Sedge Wren |
Cistothorus platensis |
Savanna |
LABF |
Long-billed Gnatwren |
Ramphocaenus melanurus |
|
| Sylviidae |
LABF |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
Polioptila caerulea |
|
LABF |
Black-capped Gnatcatcher |
Polioptila nigriceps |
|
| Turdidae |
|
|
|
LABF |
Veery |
Catharus fuscescens |
|
LABF |
Swainson's Thrush |
Catharus ustulatus |
|
LABF |
Wood Thrush |
Hylocichla mustelina |
|
LABF |
Clay-coloured Robin |
Turdus grayi |
|
| Mimidae |
|
|
|
LABF |
Gray Catbird |
Dumetella carolinensis |
|
T |
Tropical Mockingbird |
Mimus gilvus |
Pine savannas |
| Parulidae |
LABF |
Blue-winged Warbler |
Vermiora pinus |
|
LABF |
Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
|
LABF |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Dendroica pensylvanica |
|
LABF |
Magnolia Warbler |
Dendroica magnolia |
|
LABF |
Blackburnian Warbler |
Dendroica fusca |
|
LABF |
Yellow-throated Warbler |
Dendroica dominica |
|
T |
Grace's Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
Pine forests |
LABF |
Black-and-white Warbler |
Mniotilta varia |
|
LABF |
American Redstart |
Setophaga ruticilla |
|
LABF |
Worm-eating Warbler |
Helmitheros vermivorus |
|
T |
Swaison's Warbler |
Limnothlypis swainsonii |
|
LABF |
Ovenbird |
Seirus aurocapilla |
|
LABF |
Northern Waterthrush |
Seiurus noveboracensis |
River meadow |
LABF |
Louisiana Waterthrush |
Seiurus motacilla |
River side |
LABF |
Kentucky Warbler |
Oporornis formosus |
|
LABF |
Common Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis trichas |
|
LABF |
Hooded Warbler |
Wilsonia citrina |
|
LABF |
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Icteria virens |
|
| Coeribidae |
LABF |
Bananaquit |
Coereba flaveola |
|
| Thraupidae |
LABF |
Gray-headed Tanager |
Eucometis penicillata |
|
LABF |
Red-throated Ant Tanager |
Habia fuscicauda |
|
T |
Hepatic Tanager |
Piranga flava |
Pine ridge |
LABF |
Summer Tanager |
Piranga rubra |
|
LABF |
Scarlet Tanager |
Piranga olivacea |
|
LABF |
Crimson-collared Tanager |
Ramphocelus sanguinolentus |
|
LABF |
Passerini's Tanager |
Ramphocelus passerinii |
|
LABF |
Blue-grey Tanager |
Thraupis episcopus |
|
LABF |
Yellow-winged Tanager |
Thraupis abbas |
|
LABF |
Scrub Euphonia |
Euphonia affinis |
|
LABF |
Yellow-throated Euphonia |
Euphonia hirundinacea |
|
LABF |
Golden-hooded Tanager |
Tangara larvata |
Nesting May |
LABF |
Green Honeycreeper |
Chlorophanes spiza |
|
LABF |
Red-legged Honeycreeper |
Cyanerpes cyaneus |
Nesting |
| Emberizidae |
LABF |
Blue-black Grassquit |
Volatinia jacarina |
|
LABF |
Variable Seedeater |
Sporophila americana |
|
LABF |
White-collared Seedeater |
Sporophila torqueola |
|
LABF |
Thick-billed Seed Finch |
Oryzoborus funereus |
|
LABF |
Yellow-faced Grassquit |
Tiaris olivacea |
|
T |
Orange-billed Sparrow |
Arremon aurantiirostris |
|
LABF |
Green-backed Sparrow |
Arremonops chloronotus |
Nesting |
LABF |
Olive Sparrow |
Arremonops rufivirgatus |
|
T |
Rusty Sparrow |
Aimophila rufescens |
Savanna |
T |
Savannah Sparrow |
Passerculis sandwichensis |
Savanna |
| Cardinalidae |
LABF |
Buff-throated Saltator |
Saltator maximus |
|
LABF |
Black-headed Saltator |
Saltator atriceps |
|
LABF |
Black-faced Grosbeak |
Caryothraustes poliogaster |
|
LABF |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Pheucticus ludovicianus |
|
LABF |
Blue-black Grosbeak |
Cyanocompsa cyanoides |
|
LABF |
Blue Grosbeak |
Passerina caerulea |
|
LABF |
Indigo Bunting |
Passerina cyanea |
|
LABF |
Painted Bunting |
Passerina ciris |
|
| Icteridae |
T |
Eastern Meadowlark |
Sturnella magna |
Savanna |
LABF |
Melodious Blackbird |
Dives dives |
|
LABF |
Great-tailed Grackle |
Quiscalus mexicanus |
|
LABF |
Bronzed Cowbird |
Molothrus aeneus |
|
LABF |
Black-cowled Oriole |
Icterus dominicensis |
|
LABF |
Orchard Oriole |
Icterus spurious |
|
LABF |
Baltimore Oriole |
Icterus galbula |
|
LABF |
Yellow-billed Cacique |
Amblycercus holosericeus |
|
LABF |
Montezuma Oropendula |
Psarocolius montezuma |
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7 Night Mountain To Mangroves Birding Package
4 Nights at The Lodge at Big Falls and 3 Nights at Hidden Valley Inn
The Mountain Pine Ridge and Caracol area of Belize is a prime bird watching destination and Hidden Valley Inn offers birding tours to view the many species of rare birds. Birders will marvel at the colourful array of tropical birds. Darting hummingbirds, Green Jay, Blue-Crowned Mot-Mot, Golden Hooded Tanager, Hepatic Tanager, Montezuma's Oropendula, Keel-Billed Toucan and Crested Guan are just a few of the flamboyant species you may encounter in the area. Highlights for birders from all over the world include King Vulture, Stygian Owl, Laughing Falcon, Grace's Warbler, Lovely Cotinga and Tody Motmot. The jungle around the Mayan Site of Caracol provides regular views of the exquisite Keel Billed Motmot.
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Birding Package Includes:
. A road transfer between Belize City & Hidden Valley Inn
. 4 nights accommodations at Hidden Valley Inn & 3 nights at Lodge at Big Falls
. A full day birding tour on Hidden Valley Inn's private reserve
. Tour of Caracol, Rio Frio Caves and Rio On Pools
. 2 on property guided walks (choice of morning or night walks)
. Dinner, lunch and breakfast at Hidden Valley Inn
. Service charge at Hidden Valley Inn
. Road transfer between Hidden Valley Inn and the Lodge at Big Falls
. Guided morning bird walk at the Lodge at Big Falls
. Tour of Lubaantun Mayan Ruin and the waterfalls of San Antonio and Rio Blanco National Park
. Dinner, lunch and breakfast at the Lodge at Big Falls
. Road transfer to Punta Gorda
. Flight to Belize International Airport
. All taxes
Package does not include:
. Gratuities for the guides
. Gratuities at the Lodge at Big Falls (no service charge is levied)
. Any purchases from the bar or gift shop
. Airport departure tax (US$35)
. Entrance fees to sites where applicable
Prices are in US dollars per person sharing accommodations:
1 May 2011 - 31 Oct 2011 |
1 Nov 2010-30 Apr 2011 |
$2,255.00 US per person |
$2,410.00.00 US per person |
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