Guatemala · Alta Verapaz Department
San Cristóbal Verapaz – Laguna Chichoj
215 species and 30,119 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and October–December, with up to 106 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CootFulica americana
Great EgretArdea alba
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors106 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 215 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- San Cristóbal Verapaz – Laguneta Chichoj1 km225 species
- Paraiso Verde Lodge11 km194 species
- Finca Rubel Chaim13 km300 species
- SFF Setonq13 km208 species
- SFF Setonq – Los Vencejos14 km224 species
- RNP Chajbaoc18 km293 species
All 215 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black-headed Siskin Spinus notatus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Great Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila sanctihieronymi
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Guatemalan Flicker Colaptes mexicanoides
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- White-eared Hummingbird Basilinna leucotis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Green-throated Mountaingem Lampornis viridipallens
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at San Cristóbal Verapaz – Laguna Chichoj?
April and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 106 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at San Cristóbal Verapaz – Laguna Chichoj?
215 species, from 30,119 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at San Cristóbal Verapaz – Laguna Chichoj in November?
The most recorded in November: American Coot, Great Egret, Common Gallinule, Common Yellowthroat and Great-tailed Grackle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.