Herons & Egrets in Trinidad & Tobago
Our list for Trinidad & Tobago has 7 herons & egrets recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 3 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 7, most common first
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiWinter visitorUncommon95–127 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorRare55–65 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantRare90–98 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Cattle Egret 46–56 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
- Cocoi Heron 95–127 cm
- Great Blue Heron 91–137 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