Site Report: Crooked Tree

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Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) - Male

Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)

Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)

Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) Male

Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)

Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)

Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) Juvenile

Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) - Female

Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor) - Male

White-fronted Parrot (Amazona albifrons)

Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)

Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus) - Immature Male

Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor) - Female

Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)

Crooked Tree is a rural island with a few remnant forest patches and plenty of fresh-water marsh.

2009-01-20: After living it up for a couple of days on the touristy trip to Lamanai Ruins, we took a short detour to the backwoods swamp known as Crooked Tree. From Orange Walk, we rode an old school bus to the crossroads where we hitched a ride into Crooked Tree. This area is supposed to be famous for birds, and the birding was not bad... but it was not spectacular either. We might have seen all the birds on our previous boat trip. Plenty of dogs and chickens kept us company, and the best place to eat was a very low-key restaurant called Carrie's. Still, the vibe and friendly people here made this little town one of my favorite spots in Belize.

Kingdom: Animals (39 records)

Phylum: Chordates (39 records)

Class: Birds (39 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Limpkin
- Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)

Order: Cuckoos (1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (3 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Canivet's Emerald (Cynanthus canivetii)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)

Order: Parrots (2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- White-fronted Parrot (Amazona albifrons)
- Yellow-headed Parrot (Amazona oratrix)

Order: Perching Birds (25 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus)
- Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
- Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
- Family: Cotingas
- Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus flavigaster)
- Family: Swallows
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Morelet's Seedeater (Sporophila morelleti)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor)
- Family: Wrens
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)

Order: Trogons (1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)

Order: Vultures (1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)