Tikal

Parque Tikal - Guatemala
Species:
109; in 1 and 1/2 days (no guide)
94; 1 day high tally
Birding:
***** This was humid lowland birding at its best. With several ponds, a drier scrubbier area, and the lush jungle you can see why there are so many birds here. As with many of the places we visited, we only saw a fraction of what was actually out there, but a great day none the less.
Trails:
Great. You can easily walk the them for days, don’t get lost though!
Where:
El Peten in Northeastern Guatemala, 2 1/2 hours from Belize border.
How Do I get there:
By far the most common way to get there is on a tour package from Flores or Belize. It wasn’t terribly expensive, $7 or so, with a return ride the next day included.
You might be able to take a (chicken) bus to the entrance of the Reserve and then hitch(?) your way the remaining 17kms to the actual park entrance itself. I suppose you could if need be rent a car as well.
Accomodations:
There are several nice places to stay right outside the entrance to park some a bit cheaper than others but all considerably more than outside this touristy area.
We tented it for about $5 a night for the both of us at the Jaguar Inn. They have a nice shower and bathrooms for the tenters. You can also leave your stuff at the front desk if need be.
What to bring:
· Good flashlight/headlamp, it gets very dark in the jungle and its about 300m to the cheaper places to eat.
· Food, if we were to do it again we would probably bring more food in that we did. There are no descent tiendas within walking distance and the food at the restaurants was around $6-8 a meal. Beers for about $2.
· Tent, it worked out great.

Phalacrocoraciadae
1. Neotropical Cormorant Phalacocorax brasilianus
Podicipedidae
2. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
Anhingidae
3. Anhinga Anhinga Anhinga
Ardeidae
4. Great Egret Ardea alba
Cathartidae
5. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
6. Turkey Vulture Carthartes aura
Accipitridae
7. Gray Hawk Asturina nitida
8. Ornate Hawk-eagle Spizaetus ornatus
9. Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
Falconidae
10. Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
11. Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus
12. Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
Cracidae
13. Great Currasow Crax rubra
14. Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
15. Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
Phasianidae
16. Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata
Rallidae
17. Grey-necked Wood-rail Aramides cajanea
Aramidae
18. Limpkin Aramus guarauna
Columbidae
19. Ruddy Ground-dove Columbina talpacoti
Psittacidae
20. Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa
21. Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis
22. Brown-hooded Parrot Pionopsitta haematotis
Cuculidae
23. Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
Strigidae
24. Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
25. Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata
Apodidae
26. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennesis
27. Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi
Trochilidae
28. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
29. Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
30. Canivet’s Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii
31. Little Hermit Pygmornus longuemareus
Trogonidae
32. Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus
33. Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
Momotidae
34. Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula
35. Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota
Alcedinidae
36. Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata
Ramphastidae
37. Keel-billed Toucan Sulfuratus sulfuratus
38. Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
Picidae
39. Smokey-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus
40. Golden-fronted Woodpecker Melanerpes aurifrons
41. Golden-olive Woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
42. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
43. Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
44. Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
Dendrocolaptidae
45. Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus grisicapillus
46. Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Furnariidae
47. Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
Thamnophilidae
48. Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
Tyrannidae
49. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
50. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleaginus
51. Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
52. Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
53. Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
54. Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius
55. Vermillion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
56. Royal Flycatcher Onychorhychus coronatus
57. Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
58. Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similes
59. Couch’s Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
60. Great Kiskadee Piangus sulphuratus
61. Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
62. Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
63. Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
64. Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher Todirostrum sylvia
65. Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
Estrildidae
66. White-collared Mannakin Manacus candei
67. Red-capped Mannakin Mentalis mentalis
Vireonidae
68. Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
69. White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
70. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
71. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
72. Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus 73. decurtatus
Corvidae
73. Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
Hirundinidae
74. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
75. Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
76. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Troglodytidae
77. White-bellied Wren Uropsila lieucogastra
78. White-breasted Wood-wren Henicorhina leucosticte
Sylviidae
79. Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
80. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
Turdidae
81. Wood Thrush Catharus mustelina
Mimidae
82. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Parulidae
83. Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
84. Western Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
85. Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
86. Black-throated-green Warbler Dendroica virens
87. Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica
88. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
89. Tropical Paurla Parula pitiayumi
90. Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus
91. Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina
92. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
93. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
94. Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus
95. Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus
96. Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
97. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
98. Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
Thraupidae
99. Black-throated Shrike-tanager Lanio aurantius
100. Red-crowned Ant-tanager Habia rubica
101. Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
102. Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
103. Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
Cardinalidae
104. Blue Bunting Passerina caerulea
105. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Emerizidae
106. Green-backed Sparrow Arremonops chloronotus
Icteridae
107. Black-cowled Oriole Icterus dominicensis
108. Montezuma Oropendula Psarocolius montezuma
109. Melodious Blackbird Dives dives