Birds to See in Trinidad & Tobago in August
34 bird species on our list for Trinidad & Tobago are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Cattle Egret, Turkey Vulture, Great White Egret and Rock Dove. New this month: Barn Swallow, American Golden-Plover, Broad-winged Hawk and White-rumped Sandpiper and 3 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugFrom 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 34 birds in August
34 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.57% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Aug
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Aug
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.25% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.25% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.20% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.14% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.12% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Aug
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.08% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.08% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
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