The Spring 2000 Bulletin Vol. There are 386 known species of birds in The Toledo district of southern Belize. Birding is a good place to start.
Birds provide a key that can open the secrets of environmental health and degradation.
They are easy and enjoyable to observe. There are 386 known species of birds in the Toledo District. Of special interest to birders and environmentalists in the United States are the neo-tropical migrants. These are warblers, vireos, and others that breed in the mature hardwood forests of the United States and either winter in or pass through the mature hardwood forests of the Toledo District. The integrity of Belizean ecosystems is vital to the future of neo-tropical migrant birds from the United States.