Birds to See in Trinidad & Tobago in December
44 bird species on our list for Trinidad & Tobago are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Turkey Vulture, Northern Waterthrush, Cattle Egret and Great White Egret. New this month: Dickcissel, Prothonotary Warbler and Red Junglefowl.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From 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 44 birds in December
44 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Dec
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Dec
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.01% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Dec
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.45% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.24% in Dec
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Dec
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Dec
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Dec
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Dec
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiWinter visitorUncommon95–127 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.08% in Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantRare42–75 cmRegularly Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Dec
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