Guatemala · Petén Department
Playa del Pueblo
292 species and 29,023 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–May and October, with up to 141 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Ruddy CrakeLaterallus ruber
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Great EgretArdea alba
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianumSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN Tikal – sitio arqueológico43 km384 species
- PN Tikal – aguada Tikal44 km313 species
- PN Tikal – parqueo, area de camping y restaurantes44 km316 species
- PN Tikal – antigua pista de aterrizaje45 km326 species
- PN Laguna del Tigre – Río Sacluc55 km297 species
- PN Laguna del Tigre – Estación Biológica Las Guacamayas57 km349 species
All 292 species recorded here
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Rufous-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis erythrothorax
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Green Jay Cyanocorax yncas
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- White-bellied Emerald Chlorestes candida
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- White-bellied Wren Uropsila leucogastra
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Yucatan Flycatcher Myiarchus yucatanensis
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa parellina
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Grey-collared Becard Pachyramphus major
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Mayan Antthrush Formicarius moniliger
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Curve-winged Sabrewing Pampa curvipennis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker Dryobates scalaris
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Rose-throated Tanager Piranga roseogularis
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Black Catbird Melanoptila glabrirostris
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Yucatan Bobwhite Colinus nigrogularis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Playa del Pueblo?
December–May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 141 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Playa del Pueblo?
292 species, from 29,023 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Playa del Pueblo in November?
The most recorded in November: Mangrove Warbler, Great-tailed Grackle, Ruddy Crake, Northern Jacana and Great Kiskadee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.