page_title: List of birds of Belize
section_title: Boobies and gannets
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Belize / Boobies and gannets
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Rotfußtölpel Sula sula auf dem Palmyra-Atoll im Pazifik English: Red-footed Booby Sula sula on Palmyra Atoll, Pacific Ocean
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Belize. Belize includes around 450 smaller cays and islands lying in the Caribbean Sea in addition to the mainland. The avifauna of Belize include a total of 608 species as of January 2020, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of these, 91 are rare or accidental and four have been introduced. None are endemic to the country.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, the species on this list are considered to occur regularly in Belize as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes of population status are from Bird Checklists of the World.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Belize
context_section_description: Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae
  The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.
  Masked booby, Sula dactylatra (A)
  Brown booby, Sula leucogaster
  Red-footed booby, Sula sula
caption: Red-footed booby
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