Trip List: Customized 15-Day Birding Tour (15-29 April 2013)
Participants: Dave Sargeant and Ian Harrison. Tour leader: Knut Eisermann.
This target trip included seven sites in the Guatemalan highlands and Tikal in the lowlands of northern Guatemala, visited from 15-29 April 2013.
A total of 348 bird species were observed during this trip.
"A great trip with an excellent guide. Our trip went smoothly and we saw more speciality species than we expected."
Dave Sargeant, UK and Thailand.
"We found Knut Eisermann an extremely knowledgable, enthusiastic, patient and attentive leader. He knows the birds, the locations, the people. He involves local guides that he trained himself wherever possible - we were impressed by this. His sense of humour is also an asset."
Ian D. Harrison, Aberaeron, UK.
It follows a list of all species recorded (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
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Anatidae
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Cracidae
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- White-bellied Chachalaca Ortalis leucogastra
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Highland Guan Penelopina nigra
- Horned Guan Oreophasis derbianus
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Odontophoridae
- Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys
- Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus
- Ocellated Quail Cyrtonyx ocellatus
- Singing Quail Dactylortyx thoracicus
- Phasianidae
- Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata
- Podicipedidae
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Columbidae
- Rock Pigeon Columba livia
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina
- Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Maroon-chested Ground-Dove Claravis mondetoura
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- White-faced Quail-Dove Zentrygon albifacies
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Cuculidae
- Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Caprimulgidae
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Yucatan Poorwill Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus
- Mexican Whip-poor-will Antrostomus arizonae
- Apodidae
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- 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
- Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens
- Amethyst-throated Hummingbird Lampornis amethystinus
- Garnet-throated Hummingbird Lamprolaima rhami
- Wine-throated Hummingbird Atthis ellioti
- 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
- Blue-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia cyanura
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- White-eared Hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis
- Rallidae
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Russet-naped Wood-Rail Aramides albiventris
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus
- Anhingidae
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Ardeidae
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Cathartidae
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Accipitridae
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
- Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Strigidae
- Whiskered Screech-Owl Megascops trichopsis
- Bearded Screech-Owl Megascops barbarus
- Vermiculated Screech-Owl Megascops guatemalae
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
- 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
- Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno
- Momotidae
- Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula
- Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis
- Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Alcedinidae
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- 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
- 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
- Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
- 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
- Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa
- Yellow-naped Parrot Amazona auropalliata
- Thamnophilidae
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Formicariidae
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- Furnariidae
- Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
- 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
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
- Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
- Ruddy Foliage-gleaner Clibanornis rubiginosus
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
- Tyrannidae
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- 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
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Belted Flycatcher Xenotriccus callizonus
- Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
- Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Pine Flycatcher Empidonax affinis
- Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens
- Buff-breasted Flycatcher Empidonax fulvifrons
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Tityridae
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Pipridae
- Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Vireonidae
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius melitophrys
- Tawny-crowned Greenlet Tunchiornis ochraceiceps
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Plumbeous Vireo Vireo plumbeus
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Corvidae
- Black-throated Jay Cyanolyca pumilo
- Azure-hooded Jay Cyanolyca cucullata
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Calocitta formosa
- Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio
- Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
- Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
- Hirundinidae
- Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Aegithalidae
- Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus
- Certhiidae
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Troglodytidae
- Nightingale Wren Microcerculus philomela
- House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Rufous-browed Wren Troglodytes rufociliatus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- 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-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Polioptilidae
- Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Turdidae
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
- Slate-colored Solitaire Myadestes unicolor
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus
- Spotted Nightingale-Thrush Catharus dryas
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black Thrush Turdus infuscatus
- Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus
- 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
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Hooded Grosbeak Coccothraustes abeillei
- Black-headed Siskin Spinus notatus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Passerellidae
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- White-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes albinucha
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
- White-eared Ground-Sparrow Melozone leucotis
- White-faced Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuata
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Yellow-eyed Junco Junco phaeonotus
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Icteridae
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Bar-winged Oriole Icterus maculialatus
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Altamira Oriole Icterus gularis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Parulidae
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Crescent-chested Warbler Oreothlypis superciliosa
- Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina
- Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
- Golden-browed Warbler Basileuterus belli
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Red-faced Warbler Cardellina rubrifrons
- Pink-headed Warbler Cardellina versicolor
- Slate-throated Redstart Myioborus miniatus
- Cardinalidae
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Gray-throated Chat Granatellus sallaei
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides
- 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
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens
Knut Eisermann