Birds to See in Guatemala in April
113 bird species on our list for Guatemala are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Magnolia Warbler, White-winged Dove, Baltimore Oriole and Turkey Vulture. New this month: Bay-breasted Warbler, Willow Flycatcher, Alder Flycatcher and Dickcissel and 8 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
Swainson's ThrushBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Franklin's GullBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Pectoral SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Solitary SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Common TernBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
From Guatemala’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 113 birds in April
113 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Apr
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.36% in Apr
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Apr
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.90% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Apr
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.79% in Apr- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.75% in Apr
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.69% in Apr
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Apr
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.54% in Apr
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Apr
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Apr
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in Apr
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Apr- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Apr
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Apr
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Apr
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Apr
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Apr
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Apr
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Apr
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Apr- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Apr
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Apr- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Apr
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Apr
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Apr
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Apr
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.04% in Apr
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Apr
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Apr
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr- Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.03% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Apr
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorRare14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Apr
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Apr
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Apr
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in Apr
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Apr
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantRare58–69 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Apr
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Apr
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Apr
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made