St. Hermans Blue Hole is located twelve miles southeast of Belmopan. There are two entrances one at the Visitor Center at St. Herman's Cave, and one at the Blue Hole itself. Birding is usually good at both sites, although if there are lots of noisy swimmers in the hole you might spend your time on the trails. I have had good look even in the heat of the day at the St. Herman's Cave site.
Getting There
Both entrances are right on the Hummingbird Highway and you should be able to visit easily by bus. Check bus schedules but there are lots of buses running between Dangriga and Belmopan. Any rental car will be suitable to reach the sites.
Bird List from the Belize Biodiversity Website
| Vaux's Swift Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift White-collared Swift White-bellied Emerald Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Green-breasted Mango Ruby-throated Hummingbird Wedge-tailed Sabrewing White-necked Jacobin Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Long-billed Hermit Stripe-throated Hermit Common Pauraque Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Blue Ground-Dove Ruddy Ground-Dove Ruddy Quail-Dove Gray-chested Dove Gray-headed Dove White-tipped Dove Red-billed Pigeon Short-billed Pigeon Scaled Pigeon Green Kingfisher Tody Motmot Blue-crowned Motmot Groove-billed Ani Squirrel Cuckoo Striped Cuckoo White-tailed Hawk Zone-tailed Hawk Short-tailed Hawk Gray Hawk Common Black-Hawk White Hawk Black Hawk-Eagle Turkey Vulture King Vulture Orange-breasted Falcon Bat Falcon Laughing Falcon Brown Jay Green Jay Orange-billed Sparrow Green-backed Sparrow Variable Seedeater White-collared Seedeater Yellow-faced Grassquit Blue-black Grassquit Black-faced Antthrush Scrub Euphonia Olive-backed Euphonia Yellow-throated Euphonia Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Ruddy Woodcreeper Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Streak-headed Woodcreeper Scaly-throated Leaftosser Olivaceous Woodcreeper Rufous-breasted Spinetail | Plain Xenops Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Ruddy Woodcreeper Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Streak-headed Woodcreeper Scaly-throated Leaftosser Olivaceous Woodcreeper Rufous-breasted Spinetail Plain Xenops Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Northern Rough-winged Swallow Yellow-billed Cacique Melodious Blackbird Hooded Oriole Baltimore Oriole Yellow-tailed Oriole Black-cowled Oriole Orchard Oriole Montezuma Oropendola Great-tailed Grackle Rose-throated Becard Cinnamon Becard White-winged Becard Thrush-like Schiffornis Masked Tityra Gray Catbird Golden-crowned Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler Magnolia Warbler Chesnut-sided Warbler Yellow Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Common Yellowthroat Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat Black-and-white Warbler Kentucky Warbler Northern Parula Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush American Redstart Tennessee Warbler Blue-winged Warbler Hooded Warbler Wilson's Warbler White-collared Manakin Red-capped Manakin Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Long-billed Gnatwren Dusky Antbird Dot-winged Antwren Great Antshrike Barred Antshrike Green Honeycreeper Red-legged Honeycreeper Gray-headed Tanager Red-throated Ant-Tanager Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Black-throated Shrike-Tanager Summer Tanager Passerini's Tanager | Crimson-collared Tanager Golden-hooded Tanager Blue-gray Tanager Band-backed Wren White-breasted Wood-Wren Nightingale Wren Spot-breasted Wren Wood Thrush Clay-colored Thrush Bright-rumped Attila Tropical Pewee Eastern Wood-Pewee Yellow-bellied Elaenia Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Sepia-capped Flycatcher Boat-billed Flycatcher Great Crested Flycatcher Dusky-capped Flycatcher Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Greenish Elaenia Social Flycatcher Northern Bentbill Royal Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Great Kiskadee Stub-tailed Spadebill Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher Eye-ringed Flatbill Rufous Mourner Common Tody-Flycatcher Yellow-olive Flycatcher Couch's Kingbird Tropical Kingbird Lesser Greenlet Tawny-crowned Greenlet Yellow-throated Vireo White-eyed Vireo Green Shrike-Vireo White-whiskered Puffbird Rufous-tailed Jacamar Pale-billed Woodpecker Chesnut-colored Woodpecker Lineated Woodpecker Golden-fronted Woodpecker Black-cheeked Woodpecker Golden-olive Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Smoky-brown Woodpecker Collared Aracari Keel-billed Toucan White-fronted Parrot Red-lored Parrot Mealy Parrot Olive-throated Parakeet White-crowned Parrot Brown-hooded Parrot Black-and-white Owl Mottled Owl Central American Pygmy-Owl Slaty-breasted Tinamou Little Tinamou Slaty-tailed Trogon Black-headed Trogon Violaceous Trogon |
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