Birds to See in Trinidad & Tobago in September
40 bird species on our list for Trinidad & Tobago are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Palm Tanager, Cattle Egret, Great White Egret, Lesser Yellowlegs and Semipalmated Sandpiper. New this month: Northern Waterthrush, American Redstart, Great Blue Heron and Hudsonian Godwit and 3 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Lesser YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · Jun–Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · All year
Greater YellowlegsBusiest month of the year · All year
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Aug–Jun
Short-billed DowitcherBusiest month of the year · May
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 40 birds in September
40 birds
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Sep- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.95% in Sep
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.88% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Sep- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.58% in Sep
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.54% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.49% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.40% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.36% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.31% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.28% in Sep
Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatusResidentCommon32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.25% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.12% in Sep
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
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