Guatemala · Alta Verapaz Department
San Cristóbal Verapaz – Laguneta Chichoj
225 species and 17,717 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March and October, with up to 108 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American CootFulica americana
Great EgretArdea alba
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Ruddy CrakeLaterallus ruber
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas85 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 225 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 – Laguna Chichoj1 km215 species
- Paraiso Verde Lodge10 km194 species
- Finca Rubel Chaim13 km300 species
- SFF Setonq13 km208 species
- SFF Setonq – Los Vencejos13 km224 species
- RNP Chajbaoc18 km293 species
All 225 species recorded here
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Greater Pewee Contopus pertinax
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Brown-backed Solitaire Myadestes occidentalis
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Bushy-crested Jay Cyanocorax melanocyaneus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Grace's Warbler Setophaga graciae
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Guatemalan Flicker Colaptes mexicanoides
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Black-headed Siskin Spinus notatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Guatemalan Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black-capped Swallow Atticora pileata
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Yellow-backed Oriole Icterus chrysater
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Grey Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys cinereus
- Prevost's Ground Sparrow Melozone biarcuata
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Elegant Euphonia Chlorophonia elegantissima
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Rusty Sparrow Aimophila rufescens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-vented Oriole Icterus wagleri
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Slate-colored Solitaire Myadestes unicolor
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Blue-and-white Mockingbird Melanotis hypoleucus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- White-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes albinucha
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Green-throated Mountaingem Lampornis viridipallens
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
- Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Great Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila sanctihieronymi
- Hooded Grosbeak Hesperiphona abeillei
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Redhead Aythya americana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at San Cristóbal Verapaz – Laguneta Chichoj?
December–March and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 108 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at San Cristóbal Verapaz – Laguneta Chichoj?
225 species, from 17,717 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at San Cristóbal Verapaz – Laguneta Chichoj in November?
The most recorded in November: American Coot, Great Egret, Great-tailed Grackle, Common Gallinule and Black Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.