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Tikal, Guatemala (
Center on Interactive Map
)
Map of Tikal, Guatemala
Map of Tikal, Guatemala
Restrictions
Tikal Temple
View From Temple IV
Ocellated Turkey (
Agriocharis ocellata
)
White-nosed Coati (
Nasua narica
)
White-whiskered Puffbird (
Malacoptila panamensis
) - Female
Barred Woodcreeper (
Dendrocolaptes certhia
)
Ruddy Woodcreeper (
Dendrocincla homochroa
)
Kentucky Warbler (
Oporornis formosus
)
Blue-crowned Motmot (
Momotus lessenii
)
Bright-rumped Attila (
Attila spadiceus
)
Lesser Greenlet (
Pachysylvia decurtata
)
Brown Jay (
Psilorhinus morio
)
Morelet's Crocodile (
Crocodylus moreletii
)
Collared Aracari (
Pteroglossus torquatus
)
White-nosed Coati (
Nasua narica
)
Orange-breasted Falcon (
Falco deiroleucus
)
Mexican black howler monkey (
Alouatta pigra
)
Central American spider monkey (
Ateles geoffroyi
)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (
Empidonax flaviventris
)
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper (
Dendrocincla anabatina
)
Green-backed Sparrow (
Arremonops chloronotus
)
Black-throated Shrike-Tanager (
Lanio aurantius
) - Female
Yellow-throated Vireo (
Vireo flavifrons
)
Collared Trogon (
Trogon collaris
) - Male
Tikal is national park protecting extensive Mayan ruins as well as the surrounding forest.
Trips
Mexico to Panama
1/28/2009
: Tikal contains some of the better Mayan ruins that I have visited. We camped for a night here and spent a full day wandering around the ruins and surrounding forest. The highlight for me was randomly finding an Orange-breasted Falcon on Temple IV after not seeing the same bird the previous day at a Mountain Pine Ridge nesting site (due to fog). The lowlight was getting scammed by Cesar Carrera and San Juan Travel (after reading the recommendation to use them in the Lonely Planet guidebook... one of many lowlights provided by the Lonely Planet)
Previous Visit (Barton Creek: 1/27/2009)
Next Visit (Flores: 1/29/2009)
Species Recorded (42)
Birds ( 37 )
Herons ( Ardeidae )
Green Heron -
Butorides virescens
Falcons and Allies ( Falconidae )
Orange-breasted Falcon -
Falco deiroleucus
Laughing Falcon -
Herpetotheres cachinnans
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows ( Cracidae )
Great Curassow -
Crax rubra
Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies ( Phasianidae )
Ocellated Turkey -
Meleagris ocellata
New World Parrots ( Psittacidae )
Mealy Parrot -
Amazona farinosa
White-crowned Parrot -
Pionus senilis
Swifts ( Apodidae )
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift -
Panyptila cayennensis
Hummingbirds ( Trochilidae )
Buff-bellied Hummingbird -
Amazilia yucatanensis
Green-breasted Mango -
Anthracothorax prevostii
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing -
Pampa curvipennis
Stripe-throated Hermit -
Phaethornis striigularis
Trogons ( Trogonidae )
Collared Trogon -
Trogon collaris
Motmots ( Momotidae )
Lessen's Motmot -
Momotus lessonii
Puffbirds ( Bucconidae )
White-whiskered Puffbird -
Malacoptila panamensis
Toucans ( Ramphastidae )
Collared Aracari -
Pteroglossus torquatus
Keel-billed Toucan -
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Ovenbirds ( Furnariidae )
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper -
Dendrocincla anabatina
Ruddy Woodcreeper -
Dendrocincla homochroa
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper -
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
Plain Xenops -
Xenops minutus
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper -
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Tyrant Flycatchers ( Tyrannidae )
Bright-rumped Attila -
Attila spadiceus
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet -
Camptostoma imberbe
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher -
Empidonax flaviventris
Couch's Kingbird -
Tyrannus couchii
Swallows ( Hirundinidae )
Tree Swallow -
Tachycineta bicolor
Jays and Crows ( Corvidae )
Brown Jay -
Psilorhinus morio
Vireos ( Vireonidae )
Lesser Greenlet -
Pachysylvia decurtata
Yellow-throated Vireo -
Vireo flavifrons
Wood-warblers ( Parulidae )
Kentucky Warbler -
Geothlypis formosa
Ovenbird -
Seiurus aurocapilla
Black-throated Green Warbler -
Setophaga virens
Tanagers ( Thraupidae )
Black-throated Shrike-Tanager -
Lanio aurantius
Morelet's Seedeater -
Sporophila morelleti
Brushfinches, Seedeaters, Sparrows, and Allies ( Emberizinae )
Green-backed Sparrow -
Arremonops chloronotus
American Blackbirds and Orioles ( Icteridae )
Montezuma Oropendola -
Psarocolius montezuma
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