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.

All 95 birds in September

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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Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Ruby-throated HummingbirdSmallest · 7cm
to
Great Blue Heron
Great Blue HeronLargest · 137cm
From the Ruby-throated Hummingbird (7 cm) to the Great Blue Heron (137 cm)32 families

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All 130 birds on the list

Showing 116–130 of 130 species

Black-necked Grebe

Black-necked Grebe

Podiceps nigricollisLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Nov–Jan

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Forster's Tern

Forster's Tern

Sterna forsteriLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Oct–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-billed Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus erythropthalmusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Apr–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
American Herring Gull

American Herring Gull

Larus smithsonianusLC

Winter visitorRare

Regularly Nov–Mar

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Ring-billed Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensisLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Jan

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna bicolorLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Oct–Jan

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Veery

Veery

Catharus fuscescensLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Sep–Oct

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hudsonian Godwit

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemasticaVU

Passage migrantRare

Regularly May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Dunlin

Dunlin

Calidris alpinaLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Gray-cheeked Thrush

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Catharus minimusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Nov–Apr

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Flammulated Owl

Flammulated Owl

Psiloscops flammeolusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Apr–May

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cinnamon Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Spatula cyanopteraLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Nov

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Raven

Common Raven

Corvus coraxLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Feb–Dec

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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Arctic Jaeger

Arctic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticusLC

Passage migrantRare

Regularly Feb–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellusLC

ScarceRare
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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