Uncommon Birds in Guatemala
Our list for Guatemala has 67 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 1 summer visitor, 39 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Guatemala in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 67, most common first
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern Pygmy-owlGlaucidium gnomaResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisResidentUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Stygian OwlAsio stygiusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRecorded all year
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Apr
Ladder-backed WoodpeckerDryobates scalarisResidentUncommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
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