Birds to See in Trinidad & Tobago in February
38 bird species on our list for Trinidad & Tobago are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Cattle Egret, Turkey Vulture, Great White Egret and Osprey.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebAt their peak
Leaving soon
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 38 birds in February
38 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.54% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Feb
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Feb
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Feb
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Feb
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Feb
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiWinter visitorUncommon95–127 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Feb
Mottled OwlStrix virgataPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.01% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Feb
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