Birds to See in Guatemala in October
110 bird species on our list for Guatemala are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Baltimore Oriole, Magnolia Warbler, Turkey Vulture and Tennessee Warbler. New this month: Gray Catbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Western Kingbird and Painted Bunting and 10 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
Baltimore OrioleBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Magnolia WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
OvenbirdBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Chestnut-sided WarblerBusiest month of the year · Sep–May
Great Crested FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Aug–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 110 birds in October
110 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Oct- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.45% in Oct
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.39% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Oct
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.81% in Oct- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.70% in Oct
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.61% in Oct
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.59% in Oct
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.58% in Oct- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.53% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Oct
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Oct
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Oct
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Oct- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Oct- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Oct
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusWinter visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Oct
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Oct
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Oct
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Oct
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Oct
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Oct
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Oct
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Oct
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Oct
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.03% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Oct
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanWinter visitorUncommon32–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Oct
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Oct
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Oct
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentRare12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Oct
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorPassage migrantRare45–53 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Oct
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorRare33–36 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Oct
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Oct
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantRare58–69 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Oct
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