Site Report: Lamanai Ruins River Trip
Lamanai Pyramid
Lamanai Sculpture
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
Mexican black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra)
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa) Juvenile
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
Russet-naped Wood-Rail (Aramides albiventris)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
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Lamanai Pyramid
Lamanai Sculpture
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
Mexican black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra)
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa) Juvenile
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
Russet-naped Wood-Rail (Aramides albiventris)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
The Lamanai river which passes the edge of town, creates a wildlife-rich freshwater marsh, and it is pretty easy to get a boat trip up to river to the Lamanai Mayan Ruins. The ruins among the better Mayan ruins, and are in a nice patch of forest
Visits
- 2009-01-18: We stayed in Orange Walk for a few nights where we met friendly and interesting Belizeans. The weather was good, and the sunshine brought out the turtles and crocodiles. We found a couple troops of howler monkeys in a loud howl-off at the ruin site. The trip to the ruins was topped off with the traditional rum punch sundowner.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (49 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(49 records)
Class: Birds
(45 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Sora (Porzana carolina)
- Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
- Russet-naped Wood-Rail (Aramides albiventris)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
- Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(18 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
- Family: Herons
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Family: Jacanas
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
- Family: Storks
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)
- Order: Perching Birds
(13 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Family: Vireos
- Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata)
- Order: Trogons (2 records)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Primates (2 records)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Crocodiles
- Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Mesoamerican Slider (Trachemys scryta)