Birds to See in Guatemala in August
68 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
68 bird species on our list for Guatemala are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Northern Flicker, White-winged Dove and Acorn Woodpecker. New this month: American Redstart, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher and Northern Waterthrush and 13 more.
New in August17
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium gnomaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owl
Megascops trichopsisLC
Recorded all year
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(31)Present outside the breeding season
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Aug–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Recorded all year
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Aug–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jul–May
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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