Birds to See in Trinidad & Tobago in July
31 bird species on our list for Trinidad & Tobago are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Cattle Egret, Turkey Vulture, Rock Dove and Great White Egret. New this month: Semipalmated Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Pectoral Sandpiper and Least Sandpiper and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
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.
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All 31 birds in July
31 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jul
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.30% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.07% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.06% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.04% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.02% in Jul
Mottled OwlStrix virgataPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jan–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
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