Birds to See in Guatemala in May
101 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.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayAt 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 101 birds in May
101 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in May
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in May
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in May
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in May
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.42% in May
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.36% in May
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in May
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in May
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in May
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in May
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in May
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in May
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in May
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in May
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in May
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in May
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in May
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in May
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in May
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in May
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in May
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in May
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in May
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in May
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in May
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in May
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in May
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in May
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in May
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in May
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in May
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in May
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in May
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly May · 0.01% in May
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in May
Flammulated OwlPsiloscops flammeolusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.01% in May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in May
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.00% in May
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in May
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.00% in 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