Trip List: Customized 14-Day Birding Tour (12-24 November 2017)
Participants: Jochen Baurmeister and Frauke Jordt. Tour leader: Knut Eisermann.
This target trip included eleven sites in the Guatemalan highlands and Tikal and Yaxhá in the lowlands of northern Guatemala, visited from 12 to 24 November 2017.
A total of 323 bird species were seen, and an additional 12 species were heard only.
"We spent two weeks in Guatemala to see the specialty birds of the region. It was the right decision to ask CAYAYA BIRDING to organize our tour. Knut Eisermann was a perfect guide knowing all the birds, the secret places and the culture of the people. He involves local guides which helps finding the birds and supporting the communities. We did see all the special birds of the region we were hoping for plus several real rarities like Unspotted Saw-whet Owl. Being impressed by the incredible landscape, the friendliness of the people, the Mayan historical sites and the many birds, we will come back to Guatemala and we will definitely contact CAYAYA BIRDING again to organize our next trip."
Jochen Baurmeister Frauke Jordt, Pennsylvania, USA, and Frankfurt, Germany.
It follows a list of all species observed (Nomenclature according to AOU, including the 2017 update: Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's check-list of North American birds. Auk 134: 751-773). Species which were heard only are marked with "(H)".
- Tinamidae
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major (H)
- Anatidae
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Cracidae
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Highland Guan Penelopina nigra (H)
- Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus
- Odontophoridae
- Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys
- Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus
- Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus (H)
- Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus (H)
- Phasianidae
- Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata
- Podicipedidae
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Columbidae
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Cuculidae
- Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Caprimulgidae
- Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae
- Apodidae
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- White-throated Swift Aeronautes saxatalis
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Trochilidae
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Rivoli's Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens
- Amethyst-throated Hummingbird Lampornis amethystinus
- Garnet-throated Hummingbird Lamprolaima rhami
- Slender Sheartail Doricha enicura
- Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird Tilmatura dupontii
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Wine-throated Hummingbird Atthis ellioti
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird Selasphorus platycercus
- Emerald-chinned Hummingbird Abeillia abeillei
- Wedge-tailed Sabrewing Campylopterus curvipennis
- Rufous Sabrewing Campylopterus rufus
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- White-bellied Emerald Amazilia candida
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird Amazilia cyanocephala
- Berylline Hummingbird Amazilia beryllina
- Blue-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia cyanura
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Blue-throated Goldentail Hylocharis eliciae
- White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis
- Rallidae
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Russet-naped Wood-Rail Aramides albiventris
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Aramidae
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Charadriidae
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Jacanidae
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Scolopacidae
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Laridae
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
- Anhingidae
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Ardeidae
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Cathartidae
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Accipitridae
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Strigidae
- Whiskered Screech-Owl Megascops trichopsis
- Vermiculated Screech-Owl Megascops guatemalae
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus (H)
- Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma cobanense
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
- Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata
- Fulvous Owl Strix fulvescens
- Unspotted Saw-whet Owl Aegolius ridgwayi
- Trogonidae
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Momotidae
- Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula
- Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Alcedinidae
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Galbulidae
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Ramphastidae
- Northern Emerald-Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Picidae
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Picoides fumigatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Falconidae
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Psittacidae
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Pacific Parakeet Psittacara strenuus
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons
- Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis
- Yellow-naped Parrot Amazona auropalliata
- Thamnophilidae
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Formicariidae
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- Furnariidae
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
- Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
- Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
- Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis rubiginosus (H)
- Tyrannidae
- Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Belted Flycatcher Xenotriccus callizonus
- Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Tityridae
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Pipridae
- Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
- Vireonidae
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus (H)
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Hutton's Vireo Vireo huttoni
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Corvidae
- Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Calocitta formosa
- Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio
- Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Unicolored Jay Aphelocoma unicolor
- Hirundinidae
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Aegithalidae
- Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Certhiidae
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Troglodytidae
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Rufous-naped Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
- White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta (H)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Polioptilidae
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Regulidae
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Turdidae
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris (H)
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Rufous-collared Robin Turdus rufitorques
- Mimidae
- Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus
- Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Ptiliogonatidae
- Gray Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus
- Peucedramidae
- Olive Warbler Peucedramus taeniatus
- Passeridae
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Fringillidae
- Blue-crowned Chlorophonia Chlorophonia occipitalis (H)
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima (H)
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Hooded Grosbeak Coccothraustes abeillei
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Black-capped Siskin Spinus atriceps
- Black-headed Siskin Spinus notatus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Passerellidae
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- White-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes albinucha
- White-eared Ground-Sparrow Melozone leucotis
- White-faced Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuata
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Icteriidae
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens (H)
- Icteridae
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Parulidae
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa
- Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
- Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
- Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Goldman's Warbler Setophaga c. goldmani
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Fan-tailed Warbler Basileuterus lachrymosus
- Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
- Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Pink-headed Warbler Cardellina versicolor
- Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus
- Cardinalidae
- Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Red-crowned Ant-Tanager Habia rubica
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Thraupidae
- Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Azure-rumped Tanager Tangara cabanisi
- Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula
- Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Black-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio aurantius
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens
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