Uncommon Birds in Trinidad & Tobago
Our list for Trinidad & Tobago has 34 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 18 winter visitors, 12 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
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 34, most common first
Ferruginous Pygmy-owlGlaucidium brasilianumResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common PotooNyctibius griseusResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasWinter visitorUncommon91–137 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
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