Site Report: Lamanai Ruins River Trip, Belize
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
- Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
- Russet-naped Wood-Rail (Aramides albiventris)
- Sora (Porzana carolina)
- 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
- Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
- Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
- 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
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Family: Jacanas
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
- Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)
- Family: Storks
- Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)
- Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
- Order: Perching Birds
(13 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Family: Swallows
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- 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)