Birds to See in Guatemala in December
105 bird species on our list for Guatemala are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Magnolia Warbler, Baltimore Oriole and Black-throated Green Warbler. New this month: Northern Cardinal, Palm Warbler, Eurasian Teal and Common Raven.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
Black-throated Green WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Common YellowthroatBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Blue-headed VireoBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Yellow-rumped WarblerBusiest month of the year · All year
Western KingbirdBusiest month of the year · Oct–May
Leaving soon
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 105 birds in December
105 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Dec
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Dec
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.09% in Dec
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.96% in Dec- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.90% in Dec
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.86% in Dec- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.83% in Dec
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.52% in Dec
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Dec
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Dec- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.47% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Dec- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Dec
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Dec
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.36% in Dec
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Dec
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Dec
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Dec- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Dec
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.21% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Dec
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Dec
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Dec
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Dec
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Dec
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Dec
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Dec
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Dec
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Dec
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantRare34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Dec
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Dec
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Dec
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Dec
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Dec
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Dec
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorRare14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Dec
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantRare58–69 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Dec
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Dec
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