Birds in Guatemala
130 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Guatemala has 130 bird species recorded regularly there: 33 residents, 1 summer visitor, 63 winter visitors, 31 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 3.4 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Guatemala in September
95 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Resident

Turkey Vulture
Resident

Baltimore Oriole
Winter visitor

Northern Flicker
Resident

White-winged Dove
Resident

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Winter visitor

Acorn Woodpecker
Resident

Least Flycatcher
Winter visitor
Arriving in September: Baltimore Oriole, Magnolia Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat and 20 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Guatemala each month: most in April (112), fewest in June (48). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Recorded all year

Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostrisLC
Recorded all year

Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year

Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year

Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–May

Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanicaLC
Regularly Sep–May

Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year

Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitusLC
Regularly Aug–May
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Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialisLC
Recorded all year

Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Sep–May

Yellow-rumped Warbler
Setophaga coronataLC
Recorded all year

Mottled Owl
Strix virgataLC
Recorded all year

Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensisLC
Recorded all year

Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalisLC
Regularly Oct–May

Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Aug–May

Painted Bunting
Passerina cirisLC
Regularly Oct–May

Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatusLC
Recorded all year

Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year

Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year

Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year

Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosusLC
Recorded all year

Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceusLC
Recorded all year

Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
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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