Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Chestnut-bellied Heron FAMILY - Ardeidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Agamia agami REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 21 Apparently secure in Belize 22 Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 22 Endangered in Belize 21 Threatened in Belize 21 Resident, species present all year. 21 Resident, species present all year. 3 IUCN-1994 Near Threatened 17 District Reference Belize 5 Corozal 9 Orange Walk 8 Stann Creek 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Dry season 9 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 14 Gallon Jug Sighting Dry season 11 Gallon Jug 12 Bladen Nature Reserve Permanent 7 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 18 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 4 Lamanai Archaeological Reserve 8 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 19 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Dry season 5 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop Wet season 11 Private land, see comments Sighting Dry season 6 Private land, see comments Dry season 11 Private land, see comments 10 Private land, see comments 16 Government land Collected as voucher 20 Government land 15 Hydrologic Association Reference Bladen Branch 7 Mussel Creek 5 Sittee River 6 New River 8 Sibun River 16 Elevation Reference 1-200 m 19 1-200 m 20 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 8 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 19 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 12 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 19 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 5 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 10 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 10' to 88 30' 16 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 20 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 18 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 4 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 7 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 18 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 9 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 14 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 20 Subtropical wet 18 Subtropical moist 19 General Distribution Comments 21* Rare northern semideciduous moist forest. Rare southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Rare coastal/low-lands savannas, inc. marshy areas. 16* Oxbow lake on Tounce property near Free Town Sibun. 15* Western Highway, no specific location 11* Toledo Settlement, 4 mi. W of Punta Gorda 10* Big Falls Trail 7* Upper reaches of Quebrada de Oro 6* Possum Point Biological Station 3* Permanent resident, rare northern hardwood forests. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 4 Matola, S., ed. 1990. The Cockscomb Basin Expedition Report June 11-18. Unpublished report 5 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1987. Conservation of a Critical Marsh and Lowland habitat, Mussel Creek drainage system, Belize, C.A. Report to NYZS/Wildlife Conservation Society. 6 Anon. 1993. Bird Checklist for Possum Point Biological Station, Sittee River, Belize 7 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p.38-42. Unpublished report. 8 Noble, B., B. Stewart, J. Dillon. 1994. Lamanai Bird List, Mid-October 1993 - 16 March 1994. 9 Reichelt, B., C. Philcox. 1994. DRAFT - Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve Natural History Studies. Unpublished report. 10 McDuffie, P. 1993. Personal Bird List for Belize: September 1, 1989 - December 15, 1993. Unpublished list. 11 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 12 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 13 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1992. Distributional Notes and New Species Records in Belize. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 1(2):6-25. 14 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 15 Jenkins, P. G. 1982. The Royal Air Force Ornithological Society Belize Expedition, 1981. 80.pp Unpublished report. 16 Platt, Steven. 1994. In Litt. 17 Collar, N.J., P. Andrew. 1988. Birds to Watch, ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. p.259. 18 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 19 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 20 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 21 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p. 22 Miller, B.W., C.M. Miller. 1997. Avian Risk Assessment for Belize, Species at Risk and of Conservation Concern. Report to Programme for Belize/TNC Wings of America Program.
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