Rare Birds in Guatemala
Our list for Guatemala has 45 rare birds recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 13 winter visitors, 24 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guatemala in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 45, most common first
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorRare24–33 cmRegularly Oct–May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–May
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Mar–May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Mar–May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorRare14–18 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
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