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Guatemala
Birds
during FONT Birding
& Nature Tours
1991 thru 2008
(during the months
of January, February,
March, April, June, July, December)
A Guatemala bird list compiled by Armas Hill
with photos
Photo at right: the RESPLENDENT QUETZAL, the national bird of Guatemala
549 species of birds have
cumulatively been found during 14 FONT birding & nature tours in Guatemala. Two additional subspecies brings the following list to
551.
Codes:
hi: in the highlands, including:
the western
mountains, from Antigua north to Quetzaltenango,
including areas
of Lake Atitlan and Fuentes Georginas,
the highlands of Verapaz, including
the Biotopo del Quetzal
the (mountains) Sierra de las
Minas
lw: in the lowlands, including:
near the Caribbean Seacoast, along the
Rio Dulce,
the arid Motagua Valley (in eastern Guatemala),
and in the Pacific lowlands.
ps: the Pacific Slope of western Guatemala, a transitional subtropical
zone ranging from about 2500 feet to 5000 feet above sea level (above
that, up to 7000 ft considered highlands - hi)
pt: in the Peten region, including:
Tikal, and the road east to
Belize,
south of Flores, along the Rio
de la Pasion, and the areas
of the Reserva Aguateca dos Pilas and
the Ceibal National Park
gc: in Guatemala City
(t): a globally threatened or
rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
(t1): critical
(t2): endangered (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species
globally.
(i): an introduced species.
(GUr): rare in Guatemala
A fine book, "Jungle of the
Maya" has recently been published (in 2006) by the University of Texas
Press. In it, there some very good photographs of wildlife in Belize, and in
nearby Guatemala & Mexico. In the following lists, pages in that book with
photos of particular species are referred to with a (p. xx)
Links:
Butterflies in Central America
Previous FONT Guatemala Tour Highlights
Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Central America
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