Photograph at right: 
Resplendent Quetzal, 
the national bird of Guatemala.

Dates:

March 30 - April 9, 2005 

Codes:

1: 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) 

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

(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
(r/pt): rare in the Peten region 
(u/pt): uncommon in Peten region
(i): introduced species.

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 March/April '05 Guatemala Tour follows the bird-list below.

List of Selected Central American Butterflies

Upcoming Guatemala Tours

Bird-List:

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

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 Mar-Apr 05 Tour

Yucatan Black Howler Monkey - 2:pl

Central American Spider Monkey - 2:pl

Central American Agouti - 2:pl

White-tailed Deer - 2:pl

Mexican Gray Squirrel - 1:gh

Yucatan Squirrel - 2:pl

Deppe's Squirrel - 1:gh

Other Wildlife

caiman

lizards 

fresh-water turtle 

Leaf-cutter and other ants 

various butterflies