Great Fruit-eating Bat
Fig trees bear great amounts of fruit and are abundant in the jungle, so they’re a “main dish” for fruit hungry bats.
A Gallery of BIB Rainforest Wildlife & Plants
Mottled Owl
The mottled owl is often heard in the Mayan Foothills, and is one of the few owl species that is not considered threatened. You might spot one at night, hunting from fence posts, low branches or road signs.
Jaguar
One of the wonderful things about Better in Belize is that you might actually see a wild jaguar on your walk early some morning or just before dark. This gives an extra bit of spice to living here that is cherished by most – although it gives others the jitters.
Eastern Kingbird
The best place to see an Eastern Kingbird in the Maya Mountain foothills is to keep an eye out for a flock while on the waterways, because they may perch on branches over water, flying with shallow, fluttery wingbeats as they dart out to snatch large flying insects.
Northern Potoo
Since the potoo is nocturnal, it sits very still in the daytime to avoid detection, and with its mottled gray/brown/cream feathers and stiff posture, it blends perfectly with dead branches.
Tiger Wandering Spider
This is one of Central America’s largest spiders, having a leg-span about two-thirds that of a tarantula but being much lighter-bodied. These are good spiders to welcome to your environment, as they are an important component of the ecosystem and help keep insect populations in check.
Star Sedge
You can tell that the Star Sedge is not a grass by rolling the stem between your fingers – it’s not round, but three-sided.
Ringed Kingfisher
The Ringed Kingfisher is the largest kingfisher in the western hemisphere, found around bodies of water from Texas to the southern tip of South America. It has an amazingly huge beak,
Wire Wis
Wire wis grows at the edges of forest openings, and in disturbed areas, and if it finds anything to climb it will do so, twining around its host until it reaches a height of several yards. Interestingly, the wiry “vine” part is actually the mid-rib of a single hugely long leaf.
Polyphemous Silk Moth – Automeris excreta
This beautiful Automeris silk moth is closely related to the io moth of the US. Its most interesting feature is that while it blends amazingly well with the tree bark when at rest, if it feels endangered it flips its forewings up to reveal huge, startling eyespots on the hindwings.