Birds to See in Trinidad & Tobago in October
49 bird species on our list for Trinidad & Tobago are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Cattle Egret, Osprey, Great White Egret and Turkey Vulture. New this month: Broad-winged Hawk, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon and Cocoi Heron and 6 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 49 birds in October
49 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.76% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.70% in Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.52% in Oct
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Oct
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.36% in Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Oct
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.29% in Oct
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.27% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.25% in Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.18% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.15% in Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.14% in Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.08% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Cocoi HeronArdea cocoiWinter visitorUncommon95–127 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.04% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Oct
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Oct
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
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