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Birding
Grab your binoculars and get ready for some of the best avian diversity in the world. From coastal Caribbean water birds to magnificent many-hued forest birds, Belize will delight bird lovers and orinthologists alike.

Birding in Belize
Belize is truely one of the world's best bird watching paradises, with over 540 species and numerous varieties of tropical birds living in a diverse range of habitats.

Visitors to IZE Belize's coastal island, South Water Caye, will enjoy the abundance of water birds found on and around the remote island. Some you may spot include the brown booby, magnificent frigatebird, royal turn, brown pelican, anhingas or "snake birds", the rare jabiru stork, snowy egret, green heron, black-bellied plover, and sanderling.

Further inland near Blue Creek Rainforest Lodge there are spectacular forest birds, such as the scarlet macaw, purple-crowned fairy, toucans, trogons, and tanagers. One of the best times for birding in Belize is late March and early April as the broadleaf trees lose their leaves, migrant birds pass by on their trips northward, and lakes and lagoons recede, concentrating wildlife.