Birds to See in Guatemala in March
103 species listed for March · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
103 bird species on our list for Guatemala are recorded regularly in March. Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Magnolia Warbler, Turkey Vulture, Baltimore Oriole and Tennessee Warbler. New this month: Black Tern, Pectoral Sandpiper, Mourning Warbler and American Golden-Plover and 2 more.
Residents
(33)Recorded all year
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium gnomaLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owl
Megascops trichopsisLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(58)Present outside the breeding season
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubrisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Painted Bunting
Passerina cirisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Aug–May
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolniiLC
Regularly Oct–May
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus variusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jul–May
Cape May Warbler
Setophaga tigrinaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hermit Thrush
Catharus guttatusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Passage migrants
(11)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorumLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Feb–Mar
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Setophaga caerulescensLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–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