Birds to See in Guatemala in March
104 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.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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.
Other months
All 104 birds in March
104 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.27% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.85% in Mar
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.80% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.75% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.62% in Mar
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.57% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.43% in Mar
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.34% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Mar
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Mar
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Mar
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Mar
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Mar
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorRare14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantRare58–69 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Mar
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