Guatemala is an attractive birding destination with more than 720 bird species and a high diversity of ecosystems.
This website provides information on birding sites, photo galleries, and general information about land and people.
CAYAYA BIRDING tours are designed for birders, led by Knut Eisermann and Claudia Avendaño. They live and study birds in Guatemala and have published numerous contribitions on Guatemalan ornithology, including an Annotated Checklist of the Birds of Guatemala (Lynx, 2007). Since more than 10 years they enjoy showing Guatemalan birdlife to world birders.
CAYAYA BIRDING Newsletter 8 (April 2013)
Birding in Sanimtacá at Montaña Sacranix.
Reports of the
2012 Christmas Bird Counts at Atitlan Volcano and in Antigua.
Hacienda Tijax birding hotspot (posted Oct 2010)
Important Bird Areas in Guatemala (posted June 2010)
Spider Monkey in Los Andes Reserve in February 2010 (posted June 2010)
Finca Filadelfia birding hotspot (posted February 2010)
New slide show of the
Los Tarrales Reserve (posted October 2009)
Magnificent Hummingbird at the Chelemha Lodge 2009 (posted July 2009)
Hummingbird feeders at the
Chelemha Lodge 2009 (posted July 2009)
Laguna Lodge experienced in May 2009 (posted May 2009)
New slide show of the
Laguna Lodge Eco-Resort and Nature Reserve (posted May 2009)
Rincon Suizo birding hotspot (posted May 2009)
2008 observations in
Chelemhá (posted Dec. 2008)
Stygian Owl at Los Andes (posted Nov. 2008)
"Ciccaba Days" at Los Tarrales (posted May 2008)