Birds to See in Guatemala in January
109 bird species on our list for Guatemala are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Baltimore Oriole, Magnolia Warbler and Tennessee Warbler. New this month: Cedar Waxwing, Purple Martin, Wilson's Phalarope and Mourning Warbler and 2 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Great Blue HeronBusiest month of the year · All year
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
WilletBusiest month of the year · All year
Nashville WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Western SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jul–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 109 birds in January
109 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Jan
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Jan
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.00% in Jan
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.89% in Jan
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.89% in Jan
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Jan
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.66% in Jan
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Jan
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Jan
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jan
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Jan- Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jan
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Jan
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Jan
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Jan
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Jan
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Jan
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Jan
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Jan
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Jan
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Jan- WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Jan
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Jan
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Jan- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Jan
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Jan
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Jan
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Jan
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Jan
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jan
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.02% in Jan
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorRare14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaWinter visitorRare19–25 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Jan
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Jan
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jan
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantRare34–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantRare43–54 cmRegularly Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantRare45–53 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.00% in Jan
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Jan
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
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