page_title: List of birds of Belize
section_title: Tanagers and allies
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Belize / Tanagers and allies
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: Passeriformes   Family: Thraupidae
  The tanagers are a large group of small to medium-sized passerine birds restricted to the New World, mainly in the tropics. Many species are brightly colored. As a family they are omnivorous, but individual species specialize in eating fruits, seeds, insects, or other types of food. Most have short, rounded wings.
  Golden-hooded tanager, Stilpnia larvata
  Blue-gray tanager, Thraupis episcopus
  Yellow-winged tanager, Thraupis abbas
  Grassland yellow-finch, Sicalis luteola
  Green honeycreeper, Chlorophanes spiza
  Blue-black grassquit, Volatinia jacarina
  Gray-headed tanager, Eucometis penicillata
  Black-throated shrike-tanager, Lanio aurantius
  Crimson-collared tanager, Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
  Scarlet-rumped tanager, Ramphocelus passerinii
  Shining honeycreeper, Cyanerpes lucidus
  Red-legged honeycreeper, Cyanerpes cyaneus
  Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola
  Yellow-faced grassquit, Tiaris olivaceus (A)
  Thick-billed seed-finch, Oryzoborus funereus
  Variable seedeater, Sporophila corvina
  Slate-colored seedeater, Sporophila schistacea
  Morelet's seedeater, Sporophila morelleti
  Black-headed saltator, Saltator atriceps
  Buff-throated saltator, Saltator maximus
  Grayish saltator, Saltator coerulescens
caption: Variable seedeater
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