Birds to See in Guatemala in September
95 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
95 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.
New in September28
- Baltimore Oriole
- Magnolia Warbler
- Tennessee Warbler
- Black-throated Green Warbler
- Swainson's Thrush
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Ovenbird
- Common Yellowthroat
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Broad-winged Hawk
- Nashville Warbler
- Philadelphia Vireo
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Northern Shoveler
- American Avocet
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Scarlet Tanager
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Upland Sandpiper
- Mourning Warbler
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Northern Cardinal
- Red Knot
- Baird's Sandpiper
- Black-billed Cuckoo
- Veery
- Common Raven
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(32)Recorded all year
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifronsLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratusLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiaticaLC
Recorded all year
Acorn Woodpecker
Melanerpes formicivorusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year
Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Pine Siskin
Spinus pinusLC
Recorded all year
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianusLC
Recorded all year
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podicepsLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium gnomaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatusLC
Recorded all year
Whiskered Screech-owl
Megascops trichopsisLC
Recorded all year
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Dryobates scalarisLC
Recorded all year
Great Curassow
Crax rubraVU
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(48)Present outside the breeding season
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbulaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventrisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax minimusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Aug–May
Magnolia Warbler
Setophaga magnoliaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapillaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrinaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga virensLC
Regularly Sep–May
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubrisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoaVU
Recorded all year
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Willow Flycatcher
Empidonax trailliiLC
Regularly Aug–May
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Aug–May
Common Yellowthroat
Geothlypis trichasLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly Jul–May
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Sep–Feb
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Aug–May
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis ruficapillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macrouraLC
Recorded all year
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Philadelphia Vireo
Vireo philadelphicusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Black Tern
Chlidonias nigerLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Alder Flycatcher
Empidonax alnorumLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Purple Martin
Progne subisLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolorLC
Regularly Sep–May
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicaudaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Mourning Warbler
Geothlypis philadelphiaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Sep–May
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdiiLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Veery
Catharus fuscescensLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivaceaLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
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