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Guatemala's Birds (735 Sp.) Download Complete Species List

K'uk' in Maya

Female

Male

Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) Guatemala's National Bird  its feathers were sign of Nobility among the Maya

Mo' in Maya
Scarlet Macaw
T'ut'  in Maya
Amazona farinosa guatemalae

Scarlet and Green Macaws  
Scarlet  Macaw and Green Macaw
(Military Macaw) in Guatemala Guacamaya Soldado
Emerald Toucanet
Diferent Toucan Species (12 in Guatemala)
Pa'n in Maya

Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
Pip in Maya (Used for several birds of pray)
American Kestrel
 (Falco sparverius),
 T'iwit' in Maya
Aguila Arpía, Harpy Eagle
(The Largest in the Eagles Family)

Aguila Arpía, Harpy Eagle
(The Largest in the Eagles Family)


Horned Guan
 Endemic


 Harpy Eagle
(The Largest in the Eagles Family)

K'aw  in Maya 
Black Hawk
, Buteogallus anthracinus

Muwan in Maya
Ornate Hawk-Eagle , (Spizaetus ornatus)

Muwan in Maya
Red Wing Falcon

Xiiq in Maya
Red Tail Falcon


Common Black-Hawk
Buteogallus anthracinus
  C'hel in Maya
Green Parakeet
   
    Blue head Parrot

Yellow and Blue Macaw

Pacific Parakeet
 
Acorn Woodpecker
Arcon woodpecker
 (Melanerpes formicivorus)

Ulum in Maya
Ocelade Turkey (endemic in Petén)


Toucanet (small Toucan)


Green Toucanet

K'uch in Maya
Rey Zope, Cóndor Centroamericano
Sarcoramphus papa
King Vulture, Central American Condor

Pech' in Maya
Dendrocygna autumnalis

Pijije Común,
Black-bellied Whistling Duck

 

Hohmay in Maya
Great Egret

 

B'ak in Maya
Great Blue Heron


Bat Falcon (Nesting in Tikal)


Great Kiskadee

Sak Chik in Maya
Blue Motmot

Yuxan in Maya
Oriol


Mangrove Swallow

B'uus  in Maya
American Red start (Setophaga  ruticilla)


Woodpecker

Ch'ejeb' in Maya
Red Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)

Hummingbirds

Tz'unun in Maya

14 Varieties in Guatemala

Xoch' in Maya
Pacific Screech Owl,

Iki Kuy in Maya
Fulvous Owl, Tecolote


Horned Owl

Tz'uchin in Maya
Ocelated Quail, (Endemic)


Long Tailed Manikin (Chiroxiphia linearis)

Xaar in Maya
Blue and White Mokingbird (Turdus assiminis)

Ku'kum in Maya
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
'Joj in Maya
Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

Crested eagle (Morphnus guianensis)

Sharp-shinned hawk Suchitán Hawklet (Accipiter striatus chionogaster) Endemic

Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsonii)

Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus)

Trogon Massena

Trogon elegans

Black Headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus)

Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)

Black belled whistling duck
(Dendrocygna autumnalis)

 Giant Kingfisher (Ceryle torquatus)


Great curassow (Crax rubra)

Kuts in Maya
Ocelated Turkey (Meleagris
ocellata).


Guatemalan screech owl (Otus guatemalae)

 

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