Birds to See in Guatemala in February
104 bird species on our list for Guatemala are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Magnolia Warbler, Baltimore Oriole and White-winged Dove. New this month: Dickcissel, Common Raven and Arctic Jaeger.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
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.
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All 104 birds in February
104 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Feb
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.00% in Feb
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.91% in Feb
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Feb
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.82% in Feb
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.65% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.56% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.47% in Feb
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.44% in Feb
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Feb
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.35% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Feb
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Feb
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Feb
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Feb
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Feb
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Feb
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Feb
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Feb
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Feb
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Feb
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Feb
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Feb
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Feb
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorRare14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantRare58–69 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Feb
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Feb
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Feb
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Feb
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
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