Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Boat-billed Flycatcher FAMILY - Tyrannidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Megarynchus pitangua SYNONYMS - Lanius pitangva [sic] - Linnaeus, 1766 REFERENCES - 1 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Resident, species present all year. 45 Resident, species present all year. 44 Apparently secure in Belize 43 Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 43 District Reference Belize 7 Cayo 5 Corozal 15 Orange Walk 9 Stann Creek 8 Toledo 4 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 15 Manatee Forest Reserve Dry season 11 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Dry season 5 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 41 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Heard Wet season 22 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Collected as voucher 39 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 23 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 29 Mango Creek Forest Reserve 7 Columbia River Forest Reserve 6 Chiquibul National Park Sighting August 21 Columbia River Forest Reserve 4 Shipstern Nature Reserve Sighting 34 Shipstern Nature Reserve Dry season 20 Shipstern Nature Reserve 33 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Sighting August 25 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Sighting Wet season 27 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Sighting 34 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Sighting 34 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 37 Gallon Jug Sighting Dry season 26 Gallon Jug Sighting Wet season 9 Gallon Jug Permanent 25 Tapir Mtn. Nature Reserve 31 Chiquibul National Park Dry season 12 Chiquibul National Park 25 Chiquibul National Park 29 Chiquibul National Park Collected as voucher 40 Bladen Nature Reserve 17 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 8 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 36 Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Sighting Dry season 18 Community Baboon Sanctuary 28 Community Baboon Sanctuary 32 Lamanai Archaeological Reserve Sighting Dry season 19 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve 30 Caracol Archaeological Reserve 14 Northern Lagoon/Southern Lagoon (Prop Permanent 25 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher 41 Private land, see comments Sighting Dry season 24 Private land, see comments Dry season 10 Private land, see comments Wet season 13 Private land, see comments 16 Private land, see comments 25 Private land, see comments Sighting 34 Government land Collected as voucher 40 Government land Sighting 34 Government land 30 Government land Sighting 34 Monkey River Special Development Area 35 Hydrologic Association Reference New River Lagoon 37 Belize River 32 Roaring Creek 31 Macal River 29 Mullins River Drainage 11 Bladen Branch 17 Chiquibul River 12 Macal River 5 Cox's Lagoon 7 Belize River 10 Sittee River 16 Sibun River 18 New River 19 Mullins River Drainage 11 Raspaculo River 22 Elevation Reference 1100-1200 m 21 1-200 m 34 1-200 m 37 1-200 m 38 1-200 m 40 1-200 m 41 201-400 m 34 201-400 m 39 201-400 m 40 401-600 m 41 0-100 m 35 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 21 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 19 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 30 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 25 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 26 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 38 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 9 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 38 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 25 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 28 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 30 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 32 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 37 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 30 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 38 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 41 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 9 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 45' to 89 00' 10 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 38 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45' 7 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 13 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 25 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 30 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 31 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 38 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 41 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 9 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 38 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 9 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 25 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 31 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 34 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 40 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 14 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 25 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 29 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 39 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 40 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 25 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 5 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 30' to 88 45' 36 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 31 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 34 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 8 16 30' to 16 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 12 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 17 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 36 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 6 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 20 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 31 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 33 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 34 16 15' to 16 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 35 16 00' to 16 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 25 18 00' to 18 15'; 88 15' to 88 30' 15 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 27 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 31 17 45' to 18 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 34 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 24 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 31 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 34 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical Lower Montane moist 21 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 40 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 39 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 38 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 35 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 34 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 31 Subtropical wet 36 Subtropical moist 41 Subtropical moist 38 Subtropical moist 37 Subtropical moist 34 Subtropical moist 33 Subtropical moist 32 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 41 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 40 General Distribution Comments 45* Common northern semideciduous moist forest. Common southern moist-wet evergreen broadleaf forests. Common Mtn. Pine Ridge/savannas on poor soil. Rare sub-tropical lower montane forest. 44* Uncommon in northern hardwood forests, uncommon in southern hardwood forests. 31* NE portion TMNR, base camp Pook's Hill 30* Airport Camp; Big Falls Rice Farm; Holdfast Camp 29* Guacamallo 25* Toledo Settlement; Augustine; Camp VI 24* Gold Button Ranch 17* Richardson Creek & Bladen Br. upstream to Calera caves; lower Quebrada de Oro and Bladen from Calera to Hellgate; rare in upper reaches of Quebrada de Oro 16* Possum Point Biological Station 12* Puente Natural 13* Sighted at or within 5 mile radius of Chaa Creek Cottages 10* Banana Bank Ranch 5* Francelia Camp and Rubber Camp 4* Rare at Union Camp; Recorded at American Camp. References 1 A.O.U. 1983. Checklist of North American Birds. 6th Ed. 2 A.O.U. 1985, 1987, 1989. 35th-37th Supplements. 3 Howard, R. and A. Moore. 1980. A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Oxford. 4 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.71-78 5 Miller, B.W.; C.M. Miller. 1992. Preliminary Avian Survey of the Upper Macal River: Rubber Camp and Francelia Camp, pp.55-63. in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Vol. II of III 6 Matola, S., ed. 1990. The Columbia River Forest Reserve Expedition 9-16 December. Appendix II. pp.43-45. Unpub. report 7 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.4-8 8 Matola, S., ed. 1990. The Cockscomb Basin Expedition Report June 11-18. Unpublished report 9 Miller, B. W., 1994. Belize Christmas Bird Counts, Twenty Year Summary. in prep. 10 Duncan, M., W. Duncan. 1993. Banana Bank, Nov. 1, Checklist provided in lit. 11 Miller, C., B. Miller. 1994. Avian Studies in the Upper Mullins River Basin, Feb. and May. Unpublished Report. 12 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1992. Biodiversity Reconnaissance in Chiquibul National Park, 13-19 July. Unpublished report. 13 Carnegie Ornithological Group and Mass Audubon Ornithological Group, compilers. 1993. Chaa Creek Bird List. Unpublished list. 14 Miller, B. W., C. M. Miller. 1994, Birds of Caracol, 1988 - 1993. in prep. 15 Miller, C., B. Miller. 1994. Avian Surveys: Freshwater Creek Forest Reserve 1-10 March. Unpublished Report to the Forestry Dept. 16 Anon. 1993. Bird Checklist for Possum Point Biological Station, Sittee River, Belize 17 Brokaw, N. L. V., T. L. Lloyd-Evans. 1987. The Bladen Branch Wilderness. p.38-42. Unpublished report. 18 Anon. 1994. Monkey Bay Checklist of Birds. Unpublished list. 19 Noble, B., B. Stewart, J. Dillon. 1994. Lamanai Bird List, Mid-October 1993 - 16 March 1994. 20 Meerman, J. 1993. Checklist of the Birds of the Shipstern Nature Reserve, Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2(10). pp. 71-81. 21 Matola, S., compiler. 1989. Doyle's Delight, 20 - 31 August. Unpublished report. 22 Mallory, E. 1991. Survey of Birds and their Habitats, of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to Upper Raspaculo, Maya Mountains, Belize. 23 Mallory, E. 1993. Birds of the Upper Raspaculo, Belize: JSSEUR II. Unpublished report. 24 Platt, S. 1993. Wildlife Survey of Gold Button Ranch, Belize. Unpublished report. 25 Russell, S. M. 1964. A Distributional Study of the Birds of British Honduras. Ornithological Monographs No. 1, A.O.U. 26 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1994. A working checklist of the birds of Gallon Jug. Unpublished list. 27 Anon. 1994 (August). Working Checklist, Birds of Rio Bravo Conservation Management Area. Unpublished list. 28 O'Connell, S. 1987. in Horwich, R. H. and J. Lyon. The Community Baboon Sanctuary, A Guide Book. Orangu-tan Press, Gays Mills, WI. pp. 113. 29 Counsell, D.J.R., B. Etheridge. 1986. RAFOS Expedition to Belize. Unpublished report. 30 Hallchurch, T.T., compiler. 1982. Exercise King Vulture Belize 23 Feb.- 16 March. Unpub. report for the British Army Bird Watching Society. 31 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994. Preliminary Faunal Surveys at Tapir Mt. Nature Reserve, 27 Nov.-5 Dec., 1994. Unpublished report for BAS. 32 James, D., J. Bider. 1993. Bird List: Community Baboon Sanctuary, 1989- 1993 (derived from banding & census data, field notes). Unpublished data 33 Quigley, H. B., B. W. Miller, C. M. Miller. 1995. Mammal Survey, Shipstern Nature Reserve, April 4-13, 1995. Unpublished report for ITCF. 34 Robbins, Chandler. 1996. U.S.F.& Wildlife Service Wintering Bird Surveys for Belize. Unpublished data provided by C. Robbins. 35 Meerman, J.C. ed. 1995. Monkey River Special Development Area Stann Creek District, Belize. Belize Tropical Forest Studies Publication #5. Unpublished Technical report for B.E.S.T. 36 Kamstra, J. May 1987. An Ecological Survey of the Cockscomb Basin, Belize. Masters Thesis. York University, Ontario, Canada 37 Vallely, A. C., A. A. Whitman. 1996. The birds of Hill Bank, northern Belize. Unpublished report for Programme for Belize. 38 Miller, B. W. 1997. Belize Christmas Bird Count Summary 1970-1995. Data from American Birds Vol. 28-50 including 1973-1996. 39 ROM. 1997. Royal Ontario Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jan. 1, 1997. Provided by Brad Millen. 40 Panza, R. 1997. Carnegie Museum, Division of Birds, Holdings of Belize specimens through Jun. 1, 1997. 41 Hinshaw, J. 1997. University of Michigan Museum of Zoology bird holdings through Jun. 1, 1997. 42 Howell, S. N. G., S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. New York. Oxford University Press. 43 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. 44 Wood, D.S.,R. C. Leberman, and D. Weyer. 1986. Checklist of Birds of Belize. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 12. 45 Garcia, J., S. Matola, M. Meadows, and C. Wright. 1994. A Checklist of the Birds of Belize. WWF-US. 35p.
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