Izabal, Guatemala: places and wildlife

Browse the published Explore collection for Izabal, Guatemala. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.

Neotropic Cormorant

A versatile diving bird found from Pacific harbors to Amazon rivers, often drying its wings on the nearest exposed perch.

The small, vocal hawk of tropical roadsides often watches from a wire or bare branch before dropping onto prey.

A loud, adaptable tropical flycatcher whose name echoes its ringing kis-ka-dee call.

This crisp gray-and-gold migrant thrives not in deep forest or open field, but in the shifting edge between them—a habitat easy to erase by accident.

Maryland’s orange-and-black state bird whistles from leafy edges and suspends a woven pouch nest near a branch tip.