Photograph at right: 
Orange-breasted Falcon on a temple at Tikal.

Codes:

December 27, 2003 - January 4, 2004

In the Guatemalan highlands (gh),
 including the areas of Antigua, Lake Atitlan, and Verapaz
with some birds in the western lowlands (wl) 
and the eastern lowland desert of the Motagua Valley (mv) 

In the Peten lowlands (pl)
 including areas of Tikal and Rio de la Pasion 
     

     As reference, birds during the previous 2001-02 Guatemala Holiday Tour
     indicated by 1-2. If not during the 2003-04, then 1-2o (for 1-2 only)

(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
(t1): critical     (t2): endangered     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally.
(r/GU): rare in Guatemala
(i): introduced species.
(h): heard only

Links:

Cumulative Lists of Birds during our Guatemala Tours

In cumulative lists of birds, scientific names are given & subspecies are noted.

List of Central American Mammals & Some Other Wildlife

A list of mammals during our Guatemala Holiday Tour '03-'04 follows the bird-list below.

List of Selected Central American Butterflies

Upcoming Tours in Guatemala

Bird-List:

1. Great Tinamou (1-2o)
   
2. Slaty-breasted (or Boucard's) Tinamou - pl
   
3. Pied-billed Grebe - pl (1-2)
   
4. Brown Pelican (1-2o)
   
5. Neotropic Cormorant - pl
   
6. Anhinga - pl
   
7. Great Blue Heron - gh,pl
   
8. Little Blue Heron - pl (1-2)
   
9. Great Egret - gh,pl (1-2)
   
10. Snowy Egret - pl (1-2)
    
11. Cattle Egret - gh,pl (1-2)
    
12. Tricolored Heron - pl (1-2)
    
13. Green Heron - pl (1-2)
    
14. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (1-2o)
    
15. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - pl
     
16. Wood Stork - pl
    
17. Black Vulture - gh,pl (1-2)
    
18. Turkey Vulture - gh,pl (1-2)
    
19. Osprey - pl
    
20. White-tailed Kite - pl
    
21. Sharp-shinned Hawk - gh
    
22. Red-tailed Hawk - gh (1-2)
    
23. Zone-tailed Hawk - gh
    
24. White-tailed Hawk - wl
    
25. Short-tailed Hawk - gh,pl (1-2)
    
26. Broad-winged Hawk (1-2o)
    
27. Roadside Hawk - gh,pl (1-2)
    
28. Gray Hawk - gh,pl (1-2)
    
29. Ornate Hawk-Eagle (1-2o)
    
30. Black Hawk-Eagle - pl (1-2)
    
31. Northern Crested-Caracara - gh
     
32. Laughing Falcon - pl (1-2)
    
33. American Kestrel - gh,pl (1-2)
    
34. Bat Falcon - pl (1-2)
    
35. Orange-breasted Falcon (nt) (r/GU) - pl (a pair at a Tikal temple) (1-2) 
    
36. Crested Guan (1-2o)
    
37. Great Curassow - pl
    
38. Plain Chachalaca - pl
    
39. Highland Guan (formerly called Black Penelopina) - gh
    
40. Ocellated Turkey (nt) - pl
    
41. Limpkin (1-2o)
    
42. Gray-necked Wood-Rail - pl
    
43. Ruddy Crake/Red Rail (1-2o)
    
44. Purple Gallinule - pl
    
45. American Coot (1-2o)
    
46. Sungrebe - pl
    
47. Northern Jacana - pl
    
48. Killdeer (1-2o)
    
49. Lesser Yellowlegs (1-2o)
    
50. Spotted Sandpiper - pl
    
51. Western Sandpiper (1-2o)
    
52. Least Sandpiper (1-2o)
    
53. Laughing Gull - pl (1-2)
    
54. Feral Pigeon (i) - gh,pl (1-2)
    
55. Pale-vented Pigeon - pl (1-2)
    
56. Red-billed Pigeon - gh
    
57. Short-billed Pigeon - pl (1-2)
    
58. White-winged Dove - gh (1-2)
    
59. Inca Dove - gh (1-2)
    
60. Common Ground-Dove - gh,mv (1-2)
    
61. Ruddy Ground-Dove - pl (1-2)
    
62. Blue Ground-Dove - pl
    
63. White-tipped/-fronted Dove - gh (1-2)
    
64. Gray-headed Dove - pl
      
65. Gray-chested Dove - pl
    
66. Ruddy Quail-Dove (1-2o)
    
67. White-faced Quail-Dove (1-2o)
    
68. Pacific (or Green) Parakeet - gh.mv (1-2)
    
69. Aztec (formerly part of Olive-throated) Conure/Parakeet - pl (1-2)
    
70. Orange-chinned (or Tovi) Parakeet - gh
    
71. Brown-hooded Parrot - pl (1-2)
    
72. White-crowned Parrot - pl (1-2)
    
73. White-fronted Parrot (1-2o)
    
74. Red-lored (or Yellow-cheeked) Amazon/Parrot - pl (1-2)
    
75. Mealy (or Blue-crowned) Amazon/Parrot - pl (1-2)
    
76. Squirrel Cuckoo - mv (1-2)
    
77. Groove-billed Ani - gh,mv,pl (1-2)
    
78. Pheasant Cuckoo - pl (seen doing a display on the ground) (1-2)
    
79. Central American Pygmy-Owl (1-2o)
    
80. Mountain Pygmy-Owl - gh
    
81. Mottled Owl  (1-2o)
    
82. Black-and-white Owl  (1-2o)
    
83. Common Nighthawk (1-2o)
    
84. Lesser Nighthawk - gh,pl (1-2)
    
85. Pauraque - gh (1-2)
    
86. Mexican Whip-poor-will (1-2o)
    
87. White-collared Swift (1-2o)
    
88. Vaux's (or Dusky-backed) Swift - gh,pl (1-2)
    
89. White-throated Swift - gh (1-2)
    
90. Western Long-tailed (or Long-billed) Hermit (formerly Long-tailed Hermit) - pl (1-2)
    
91. Stripe-throated Hermit (has been part of Little Hermit now of South America) - pl (1-2)
     
92. Wedge-tailed Sabrewing - pl (1-2)
    
93. Rufous Sabrewing - gh (1-2)
    
94. Green Violet-ear - gh (1-2)
    
95. Brown Violet-ear - gh
    
96. Green-breasted (or Prevost's) Mango (1-2o)
    
97. White-eared Hummingbird - gh (1-2)
    
98. Emerald-chinned (or Abeille's) Hummingbird (1-2o)
    
99. Salvin's (formerly called Fork-tailed) Emerald - gh
    
100. White-bellied Emerald - gh,pl (1-2)
     
101. Azure-crowned Hummingbird (or Red-billed Azurecrown) - gh (1-2)
     
102. Fawn-breasted/Buff-bellied Hummingbird (1-2o)
     
103. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - pl (1-2)
     
104. Cinnamon Hummingbird - wl
     
105. Blue-tailed Hummingbird - wl
     
106. Berylline Hummingbird - mv
     
107. Amethyst-throated (or Cazique) Hummingbird (1-2o)
     
108. Garnet-throated Hummingbird (1-2o)
     
109. Rivoli's) (has been part of Magnificent) Hummingbird (1-2o)
     
110. Purple-crowned Fairy - pl (1-2)
     
111. Long-billed Starthroat - wl
      
112. Slender Sheartail (1-2o)
     
113. Sparkling-tailed/Dupont's Woodstar/Hummingbird (1-2o)
     
114. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - gh (1-2)
     
115. Wine-throated (or Elliot's) Hummingbird (1-2o)
     
116. Resplendent Quetzal (nt) - gh (1-2)
     
117. Slaty-tailed (or Massena) Trogon - pl (1-2)
     
118. Mountain Trogon (1-2o)
     
119. Collared Trogon - pl (1-2)
     
120. Black-headed Trogon - pl
     
121. Northern Violaceous Trogon - pl (1-2)
     
122. Ringed Kingfisher - pl
     
123. Belted Kingfisher - pl (1-2)
     
124. Amazon Kingfisher - pl (1-2)
     
125. Green Kingfisher -pl,wl
     
126. American Pygmy Kingfisher - pl
     
127. Tody Motmot (1-2o)
     
128. Blue-crowned Motmot - pl (1-2)
     
129. Rufous-tailed Jacamar - pl (1-2)
     
130. White-whiskered Puffbird/Softwing - pl
     
131. Emerald Toucanet - gh (1-2)
     
132. Collared Aracari - pl (1-2)
     
133. Keel-billed Toucan - pl (1-2)
     
134. "Guatemalan" (Northern) Flicker - gh (1-2)
     
135. Golden-olive Woodpecker - gh,pl (1-2) (2 races, 1 in the highlands, 1 in the lowlands)
      
136. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker - pl (1-2)
     
137. Lineated Woodpecker wl,pl (1-2)
     
138. Acorn Woodpecker - gh (1-2)
     
139. Golden-fronted Woodpecker - gh,mv,pl (1-2)
     
140. Black-cheeked Woodpecker - pl
     
141. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - gh (1-2)
     
142. Smoky-brown Woodpecker - pl (1-2)
     
143. Hairy Woodpecker (1-2o)
     
144. Pale-/Flint-billed Woodpecker - pl (1-2)
     
145. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper (1-2o)
     
146. Ruddy Woodcreeper (1-2o)
     
147. Olivaceous Woodcreeper - pl (1-2)
     
148. Wedge-billed Woodcreeper - pl (1-2)
     
149. Strong-billed Woodcreeper (1-2o)
     
150. Northern Barred-Woodcreeper - pl (1-2)
     
151. Ivory-billed (or Laughing) Woodcreeper - pl (1-2)
     
152. Spotted Woodcreeper - gh (1-2)
     
153. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper - gh (1-2)
     
154. Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner - pl (1-2)
     
155. Ruddy Foliage-gleaner (1-2o)
     
156. Spectacled (or Scaly-throated) Foliage-gleaner - gh (1-2)
     
157. Plain Xenops - pl (1-2)
     
158. Tawny-throated Leaftosser/Leafscraper (1-2o)
     
159. Scaly-throated Leaftosser/Leafscraper (1-2o)
     
160. Barred Antshrike - pl (1-2)
     
161. Plain Antvireo - pl (1-2)
     
162. Dot-winged Antwren - pl (1-2)
     
163. White-collared Manakin - pl (1-2)
     
164. Red-capped Manakin - pl (1-2)
     
165. Gray-headed Piprites/Manakin (r/GU) - pl
      
166. Thrushlike Schiffornis (has been called Thrushlike Mourner or Manakin) - pl (1-2)
     
167. Rose-throated Becard - gh,pl (1-2)
     
168. Cinnamon Becard - pl
     
169. Masked Tityra - pl (1-2)
     
170. Black Phoebe - gh (1-2)
     
171. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - wl
     
172. Tropical Kingbird - gh,pl,wl (1-2) (may include some sightings of the very-similar Couch's Kingbird, which could winter in areas were were in the Peten)
     
173. Western Kingbird - wl
      
174. Boat-billed Flycatcher - pl (1-2)
     
175. Social Flycatcher - gh,pl,wl (1-2)
     
176. Great Kiskadee - pl
     
177. Dusky-capped Flycatcher - gh,pl (1-2)
     
178. Ash-throated Flycatcher - mv
     
179. Brown-crested Flycatcher - gh (1-2)
     
180. Great Crested Flycatcher - gh (1-2)
     
181. Bright-rumped Attila - pl (1-2)
     
182. Rufous Mourner - pl
     
183. Greater Pewee (has been called Coue's Flycatcher) - gh (1-2)
     
184. Tropical Pewee - gh,pl
     
185. Northern/Common Tufted-Flycatcher - gh (1-2)
     
186. White-throated Flycatcher - gh
      
187. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - pl,wl (1-2)
     
188. Willow Flycatcher (1-2o)
     
189. Least Flycatcher - gh (1-2)
     
190. Hammond's Flycatcher - gh (1-2)
     
191. Yellowish Flycatcher - gh
     
192. Buff-breasted Flycatcher - gh
     
193. Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher - pl (1-2)
     
194. Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher - pl (1-2)
     
195. (Northern) Royal Flycatcher - pl (1-2)
     
196. Stub-tailed (formerly part of White-throated) Spadebill - pl (1-2)
     
197. Northern Bentbill - pl (1-2)
     
198. Yellow-bellied Elaenia - gh (1-2)
     
199. Greenish Elaenia -pl
     
200. Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet - pl (1-2)
     
201. Paltry/Mistletoe Tyrannulet (1-2o)
     
202. Northern Beardless Tyrannulet (1-2o)
     
203. Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher - pl
     
204. Eye-ringed Flatbill - pl (1-2)
     
205. Yellow-olive Flycatcher/Flatbill (1-2o)
     
206. Sepia-capped Flycatcher - pl (1-2)
     
207. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher - pl,wl (1-2)
     
208. Gray-breasted Martin gh,pl
     
209. Northern Rough-winged Swallow - gh,wl (1-2)
     
210. Ridgway's (has been part of Northern) Rough-winged Swallow - pl (1-2)
     
211. Black-capped Swallow - gh (1-2)
     
212. Mangrove Swallow - pl (1-2)
     
213. Violet-green Swallow (1-2o)
     
214. Barn Swallow - gh,wl
     
215. (White-throated) Magpie-Jay - wl (1-2)
     
216. Brown Jay - pl (1-2)
     
217. Green Jay (1-2o)
     
218. Bushy-crested Jay - gh (1-2)
     
219. Unicolored Jay - gh (1-2)
     
220. Azure-hooded Jay (1-2o)
     
221. Steller's Jay - gh (1-2)
     
222. (Black-eared form of the Common) Bushtit - gh (1-2)
     
223. Brown Creeper - gh (1-2)
     
224. Band-backed (or Barred) Wren - gh (1-2)
     
225. Plain Wren - gh (1-2)
     
226. Rufous-and-white Wren (1-2o)
     
227. "Southern" House Wren - gh (1-2)
     
228. White-bellied Wren - pl (1-2)
     
229. White-browed Wren - pl
     
230. Rufous-browed Wren - gh (1-2)
     
231. Rufous-naped Wren - mv,wl
     
232. Spot-breasted Wren - pl
      
233. White-breasted Wood-Wren - pl (1-2)
     
234. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren - gh (1-2)
     
235. Tropical Mockingbird - gh (1-2)
     
236. Gray Catbird - pl (1-2)
     
237. Rufous-collared Thrush/Robin - gh (1-2)
     
238. Clay-colored Thrush/Robin - gh,pl,wl (1-2)
     
239. Mountain Thrush/Robin (1-2o)
     
240. Black Thrush/Robin (1-2o)
     
241. White-throated Thrush/Robin (1-2o)
     
242. Brown-backed Solitaire - gh (1-2)
     
243. Slate-colored Solitaire - gh (1-2)
     
244. Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush - gh (1-2)
     
245. Wood Thrush - pl  (1-2)
     
246. Swainson's Thrush - gh (1-2)
     
247. Eastern Bluebird - gh (1-2)
     
248. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - pl (1-2)
     
249. White-lored Gnatcatcher - mv
      
250. Tropical Gnatcatcher (1-2o)
     
251. Long-billed Gnatwren - pl (1-2)
     
252. Ruby-crowned Kinglet - gh (1-2)
     
253. Gray Silky (-Flycatcher) - gh (1-2)
     
254. Rufous-browed Peppershrike -gh (1-2)
     
255. Green Shrike-Vireo - pl
     
256. White-eyed Vireo - pl (1-2)
     
257. Mangrove Vireo - pl (1-2)
     
258. Blue-headed (formerly part of Solitary) Vireo - gh
      
259. Plumbeous (formerly part of Solitary) Vireo  (1-2o)
     
260. Hutton's Vireo (1-2o)
     
261. Yellow-throated Vireo - pl
     
262. Yellow-green Vireo (1-2o)
     
263. Warbling Vireo - gh,pl
     
264. Tawny-crowned Greenlet - pl (1-2)
     
265. Lesser/Gray-headed Greenlet - pl (1-2)
     
266. Black-and-white Warbler - gh,pl (1-2)
     
267. Blue-winged Warbler (1-2o)
     
268. Golden-winged Warbler - gh
      
269. Worm-eating Warbler - pl (1-2)
     
270. Tennessee Warbler - gh,pl (1-2)
     
271. Nashville Warbler - gh (1-2)
     
272. Orange-crowned Warbler - gh
     
273. Northern Parula  (1-2o)
     
274. Crescent-chested Warbler - gh (1-2)
     
275. Yellow Warbler - gh.pl (1-2)
     
276. Magnolia Warbler - pl,wl (1-2)
     
277. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler - gh (1-2)
     
278. Black-throated Blue Warbler (r/GU) - gh
      
279. Grace's Warbler - gh
     
280. Townsend's Warbler - gh (1-2)
     
281. Black-throated Green Warbler - gh (1-2)
     
282. Golden-cheeked Warbler (t2) (1-2o)
     
283. Hermit Warbler - gh (1-2)
     
284. Chestnut-sided Warbler (1-2o)
     
285. Ovenbird - pl (1-2)
     
286. Northern Waterthrush - pl (1-2)
     
287. Louisiana Waterthrush - gh (1-2)
     
288. Wilson's Warbler - gh (1-2)
     
289. Hooded Warbler - pl (1-2)
     
290. Kentucky Warbler - pl (1-2)
     
291. MacGillivray's Warbler - gh (1-2)
     
292. Common Yellowthroat - pl (1-2)
     
293. Gray-crowned Yellowthroat - pl
      
294. Yellow-breasted Chat - pl (1-2)
     
295. Red-faced Warbler (1-2o)
     
296. American Redstart - pl (1-2)
     
297. Painted Redstart - gh (1-2)
     
298. Slate-throated Redstart - gh (1-2)
     
299. Pink-headed Warbler (nt) - gh (1-2)
     
300. Golden-crowned Warbler - pl (1-2)
     
301. Golden-browed/Bell's Warbler - gh (1-2)
     
302. Rufous-capped Warbler - gh (1-2)
     
303. Olive Warbler - gh (1-2)
     
304. Montezuma Oropendola - pl (1-2)
     
305. Bronzed/Red-eyed Cowbird - gh (1-2)
     
306. Great-tailed Grackle - gh,pl,wl (1-2)
     
307. Melodious Blackbird - gh,pl (1-2)
     
308. Red-winged Blackbird - pl
     
309. Black-cowled Oriole - pl (1-2)
     
310. Baltimore Oriole - gh (1-2)
     
311. Orchard Oriole - gh (1-2)
     
312. Black-vented/Wagler's Oriole - gh (1-2)
     
313. Altamira Oriole - mv
     
314. Yellow-tailed Oriole - pl
     
315. Cinnamon(-bellied) Flower-piercer (1-2o)
     
316. Red-legged Honeycreeper - pl (1-2)
     
317. Yellow-throated Euphonia - pl
     
318. Blue-hooded (or Elegant) Euphonia (1-2o)
     
319. Blue-gray Tanager - gh,pl  (1-2)
     
320. Yellow-winged Tanager - gh (1-2)
     
321. Northern Hepatic-Tanager (1-2o)
     
322. Summer Tanager - gh,pl (1-2)
     
323. Western Tanager - gh (1-2)
     
324. Flame-colored (or Striped) Tanager (1-2o)
     
325. White-winged Tanager (1-2o)
     
326. Red-crowned Ant-Tanager - pl (1-2)
     
327. Red-throated Ant-Tanager - pl (1-2)
     
328. Crimson-collared Tanager - pl
     
329. Gray-headed Tanager (1-2o)
     
330. Black-throated Shrike-Tanager - pl (1-2)
     
331. Common Bush-Tanager - gh (1-2)
     
332. Black-headed Saltator - pl (1-2)
     
333. Black-faced Grosbeak (1-2o)
     
334. Rose-breasted Grosbeak - gh (1-2)
     
335. Blue Grosbeak - pl
     
336. Blue Bunting (1-2o)
     
337. Indigo Bunting (1-2o)
     
338. White-collared Seedeater - gh,pl (1-2)
     
339. Variable Seedeater - pl
     
340. Blue-black Grassquit (1-2o)
     
341. Yellow-throated Brush-Finch - gh (1-2)
     
342. Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch (1-2o)
     
343. Green-backed Sparrow - pl (1-2)
     
344. Prevost's Ground-Sparrow - gh
     
345. Spotted Towhee (1-2o)
     
346. Rusty Sparrow - gh (1-2)
     
347. Rufous-collared Sparrow - gh (1-2)
     
348. Red Crossbill (1-2o)
     
349. Black-capped Siskin (nt) (1-2o)
     
350. Black-headed Siskin - gh (1-2)
     
351. Lesser/Dark-backed Goldfinch - gh (1-2)
     
352. House Sparrow (i) - gh,pl (1-2)

Taxonomy in large part conforms with "A Guide to the Birds of Mexico & Northern Central America", by Steve Howell & Sophie Webb.

Mammals during the FONT Guatemala Dec 03 -Jan 04 Holiday Tour

Noting also those during the previous Dec 2001-Jan 2002 tour: 
(+1-2) also in 2001-2002
(1-2o) in 2001-2002 only (not in 2003-2004)

Mexican Black Howler Monkey - (+1-2)
Central American Spider Monkey - (+1-2)
Central American Agouti - (+1-2)
White-nosed Coati - (+1-2) 
Kinkajou - (1-2o)
Gray Fox - (+1-2)
Ocelot 
White-tailed Deer - (+1-2)
Mexican Gray Squirrel (has been called Red-bellied Squirrel) - (+1-2)  
Yucatan Squirrel - (+1-2)
Deppe's Squirrel 
Guatemalan Vole - (1-2o)
various bats (sp.) - (+1-2) 

Other Wildlife

Caiman 
Iguana 
fresh-water turtle 
Leaf-cutter and other ants (+1-2)
various butterflies (including Morphos) (+1-2)