Birds to See in Trinidad & Tobago in April
36 bird species on our list for Trinidad & Tobago are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Turkey Vulture, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret and Rock Dove. New this month: Roseate Tern.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprFrom Trinidad & Tobago’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 36 birds in April
36 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Apr
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.62% in Apr
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Apr
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Apr
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiWinter visitorUncommon95–127 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.05% in Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Apr
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.05% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Mottled OwlStrix virgataPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.01% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made