Jungle Birds of Belize and Guatemala
collared aracari preening
 
 

This strange looking bird, high up in a cecropia tree, is a collared aracari.

Aracaris belong to the same family as toucans and toucanettes. 
 

 collared aracari
keel-billed toucan
 

A keel-billed toucan, the national bird of Belize
 

keel-billed toucan taking off from a branch

 keel-billed toucan
violaceous trogon
 

violaceous trogon rear view
ocellated turkey side view
In an unusual reversal of roles, this turkey associates dinner with humans. 
 

This is an ocellated turkey, one of only two varieties of wild turkey in the world.   It's more colorful than its North American counterpart, but that head takes a bit of getting used to!

 ocellated turkey front view
male lineated woodpecker A lineated woodpecker, one of the 179 members of the woodpecker family around the world.
hummingbird in flight drinking from a flower
For some reason, hummingbirds prefer red flowers, such as these.
 
hummingbird in flight (rear view)
tropical kingbird

tropical kingbird

 mangrove swallows standing on wooden post

mangrove swallows

 common tody flycatcher

common tody flycatcher
American redstart

American redstart

 hooded oriole
male hooded oriole
male hooded oriole
 
Great Kiskadee
Great Kiskadee
 
Great Kiskadees, like the ones above, eat insects and fish, diving into water like kingfishers.
 
 		 attractive chocolate colored bird which looks like a small crow

female great-tailed grackle

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