Birds to See in Trinidad & Tobago in December
44 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in December3
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(10)Recorded all year
Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarumLC
Recorded all year
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes auraLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatusLC
Recorded all year
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianumLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(25)Present outside the breeding season
Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensisLC
Regularly Sep–May
American Redstart
Setophaga ruticillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleucaNT
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipesVU
Regularly Jun–Apr
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Willet
Tringa semipalmataLC
Recorded all year
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Cocoi Heron
Ardea cocoiLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusillaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopusNT
Regularly Jul–Feb
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Dickcissel
Spiza americanaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citreaLC
Regularly Oct–Jan
Short-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus griseusVU
Regularly May–Dec
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollisVU
Regularly Aug–Dec
Blackpoll Warbler
Setophaga striataNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly 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