Common Birds in Trinidad & Tobago
Our list for Trinidad & Tobago has 15 common birds recorded regularly there: 8 residents, 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Trinidad & Tobago in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Dec
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Northern Waterthrush 12–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Palm Tanager 16–18 cm
- Semipalmated Plover 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Rock Dove 29–37 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Lineated Woodpecker 32–38 cm
- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Turkey Vulture 62–81 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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