Birds to See in Guatemala in September
96 bird species on our list for Guatemala are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Turkey Vulture, Baltimore Oriole, Northern Flicker and White-winged Dove. New this month: Baltimore Oriole, Magnolia Warbler, Tennessee Warbler and Black-throated Green Warbler and 24 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Least FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
WhimbrelBusiest month of the year · All year
Grey PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
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 96 birds in September
96 birds
Golden-fronted WoodpeckerMelanerpes aurifronsResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.82% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.66% in Sep
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusResidentCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.54% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaWinter visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Sep
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentUncommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostrisResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusWinter visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentUncommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaWinter visitorCommon10–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Sep- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentUncommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Sep
Mottled OwlStrix virgataResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisWinter visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaWinter visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Sep
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentUncommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentUncommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.07% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsResidentUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusResidentUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Whiskered Screech-owlMegascops trichopsisResidentRare18–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Sep
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Great CurassowCrax rubraResidentRare84–92 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Sep
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianusResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorRare31–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraWinter visitorUncommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantRare58–69 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentRare21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Sep
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