Birds to See in Guatemala in May
100 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
100 bird species on our list for Guatemala are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, White-winged Dove, Turkey Vulture, Northern Flicker and Acorn Woodpecker. New this month: White-rumped Sandpiper and Hudsonian Godwit.
New in May2
Residents
(33)Recorded all year
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium gnomaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owl
Megascops trichopsisLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Recorded all year
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinusLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerinaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(50)Present outside the breeding season
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcanLC
Regularly Oct–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Aug–May
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Recorded all year
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Aug–May
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus forficatusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Painted Bunting
Passerina cirisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jul–May
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolniiLC
Regularly Oct–May
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteriLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(16)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Bay-breasted Warbler
Setophaga castaneaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Sep–May
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly May
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemasticaVU
Regularly May
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominicaLC
Regularly Mar–May
Flammulated Owl
Psiloscops flammeolusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Mar–May
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