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Birds of Belize, part I

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TINAMOUS (TINAMIDAE) - KINGFISHERS (ALCEDINIDAE)
					District
	English Name	*Scientific name*	Local name(s)	Status	Co	OW	Be	Cy	SC	To

	Great Tinamou	Tinamus major	Blue-footed partridge	R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Little Tinamou	Crypturellus soui	Bawley	R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Thicket Tinamou	Crypturellus cinnamomeus	Perdiz	R	X	X	X	X
	Slaty-breasted Tinamou	Crypturellus boucardi	Red-footed partridge	R		X	X	X	X	X

GREBES - PODICIPEDIDAE
	Least Grebe	Tachybaptus dominicus	Diving dopper, Diving dabbler	R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Pied-billed Grebe	Podilymbus podiceps		WR	X	X	X	X	X	X

PETRELS & SHEARWATERS - PROCELLARIIDAE
	Sooty Shearwater	Puffinus griseus		A
	Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus		A					X
	Audubon's Shearwater	Puffinus lherminieri		A					X

BOOBIES AND GANNETS - SULIDAE
	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra		A			X
	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster		R			X		X	X
	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula		R			X

TROPICBIRDS - PHAETHONTIDAE
	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus					X

PELICANS - PELECANIDAE
	American White Pelican	Pelecanus erythrorhynchos		T	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis	Pelekin	WR	X	X	X	X	X	X

CORMORANTS - PHALACROCORACIDAE
	Double-crested Cormorant	Phalacrocorax auritus	Shag	R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Neotropic Cormorant	Phalacrocorax brasilianus	Shag	R	X	X	X		X	X

ANHINGAS - ANHINGIDAE
	Anhinga	Anhinga anhinga	Snake bird, Shag	R	X	X	X	X	X	X

FRIGATEBIRDS - FREGATIDAE
	Magnificent Frigatebird	Fregata magnificens	Man-o-war, Rabio	R	X	X	X	X	X	X

HERONS - ARDEIDAE
	Pinnated Bittern	Botaurus pinnatus		R		X	X	X		X
	American Bittern	Botaurus lentiginosus		W		X	X	X		X
	Least Bittern	Ixobrychus exilis		R	X	X	X	X
	Bare-throated Tiger Heron	Tigrisoma mexicanum	Barking gaulin	R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias	Full pott, Garza morene	WR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Great Egret	Egretta alba	Gaulin, Garza blanca	WR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Snowy Egret	Egretta thula	White Gaulin, Garza blanca	WR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Little Blue Heron	Egretta caerulea	Blue Gaulin, Garza morene	W	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Tricolored Heron	Egretta tricolor	Crabcatcher, Garza morene	WR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Reddish Egret	Egretta rufescens	Garza morene	R	X	X	X		X	X
	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Gaulin, Garza blanca	WR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Green Heron	Butorides virescens	Green-backed Heron, Poor Joe	WR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Agami Heron	Agamia agami	Blue jacket	R	?	X	X	X	X	X
	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax		WRR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax violaceus	King carpenter	WR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Boat-billed Heron	Cochlearius cochlearius	Spoon-billed carpenter	R	X	X	X	X	X	X

IBISES AND SPOONBILLS - THRESKIORNITHIDAE
	White Ibis	Eudocimus albus	White curlew, Cocito	R	X	X	X		X	X
	Scarlet Ibis	Eudocimus ruber		A						X
	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus		W	?	X	X	X	X	X
	Roseate Spoonbill	Ajaia ajaja	Cuchara	R	X	X	X	?	X	X

STORKS - CICONIIDAE
	Jabiru *	Jabiru mycteria	Turk, Fillymingo	DR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Wood Stork *	Mycteria americana	John Crow Curlew, Galletan	R	X	X	X	X	X	X

AMERICAN VULTURES - CATHARTIDAE
	Black Vulture	Coragyps atratus	John Crow, Sope	WR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Turkey Vulture	Cathartes aura	Doctor John Crow, Sope	WR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture	Cathartes burrovianus	John Crow	R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	King Vulture	Sarcoramphus papa	King John Crow, Sope real	R	X	X	X	X	X	X

FLAMINGOS - PHOENICOPTERIDAE
	American Flamingo	Phoenicopterus ruber		A	X	X	X			X

SWANS, GEESE AND DUCKS - ANATIDAE
	Fulvous Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna bicolor		R		X	X	X
	Black bellied Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna autumnalis		R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons		A			X
	Snow Goose	Anser caerulescens		A		X		X
	Muscovy Duck *	Cairina moschata		R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	American Wigeon	Anas americana		WT	X	X	X	X
	Blue-winged Teal	Anas discors		W	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Cinnamon Teal	Anas cyanoptera		?		X	X	X
	Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata		WT		X	X	X		X
	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta		WT		X	X	X	X
	Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca		W		X	X	X
	Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris		A		X	X	X		X
	Lesser Scaup	Aythya affinis		W	X	X	X		X	X
	Hooded Merganser	Lophodytes cucullatus		A			X
	Red-brested Merganser	Mergus serrator		A			X
	Masked Duck	Nomonyx dominicus		A			X	X

KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES AND ALLIES - ACCIPITRIDAE
	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Billy hawk, Jincho	WR	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Gray-headed Kite	Leptodon cayanensis		R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Hook-billed Kite	Chondrohierax uncinatus		R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Swallow-tailed Kite	Elanoides forficatus	Scissors-tailed hawk	DT	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Black-shouldered Kite	Elanus leucurus	(White-tailed Kite)	R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Snail Kite	Rostrhamus sociabilis		R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Double-toothed Kite	Harpagus bidentatus		R	?	X	?	X	X	X
	Mississippi Kite	Ictinia mississippiensis		T			X	X		X
	Plumbeous Kite	Ictinia plumbea		D	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Black collared Hawk	Busarellus nigricollis	Fishing hawk	R	X	X	X	X	X
	Northern Harrier	Circus cyaneus		W	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Accipiter striatus		W	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Cooper’s Hawk	Accipiter cooperi		W		X	X	X	X	X
	Bicolored Hawk	Accipiter bicolor		R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Crane Hawk	Geranospiza caerulescens		R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	White Hawk	Leucopternis albicollis		R		X	X	X	X	X
	Gray Hawk	Asturina nitidus		R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Common Black-Hawk	Buteogallus anthracinus	Water hawk	R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Great Black-Hawk	Buteogallus urubitinga		R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Solitary Eagle	Harpyhaliaetus solitarius		R				X	X	X
	Roadside Hawk	Buteo magnirostris	Chicken Hawk	R	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Broad-winged Hawk	Buteo platypterus		T	X	X	X	X	X	X
	Short-tailed Hawk