Birds of Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago hosts 395 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Trinidad & Tobago
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Palm TanagerThraupis palmarum
- Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonica
- Copper-rumped HummingbirdSaucerottia tobaci
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanus
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenis
- White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufus
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
- Silver-beaked TanagerRamphocelus carbo
- Violaceous EuphoniaEuphonia violacea
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
- Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularis
- White-chested EmeraldChrysuronia brevirostris
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Purple HoneycreeperCyanerpes caeruleus
- Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
- Rufous-breasted HermitGlaucis hirsutus
- Trinidad MotmotMomotus bahamensis
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Cocoa ThrushTurdus fumigatus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- White-winged SwallowTachycineta albiventer
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Tufted CoquetteLophornis ornatus
- Blue-chinned SapphireChlorestes notata
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Grey-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilus
- White-bearded ManakinManacus manacus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Bearded BellbirdProcnias averano
- Channel-billed ToucanRamphastos vitellinus
- Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyura
- Rufous-tailed JacamarGalbula ruficauda
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Green-rumped ParrotletForpus passerinus
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
- Turquoise TanagerTangara mexicana
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrola
- Green HermitPhaethornis guy
- Ruby-topaz HummingbirdChrysolampis mosquitus
- Rufous-vented ChachalacaOrtalis ruficauda
- Olive-grey SaltatorSaltator olivascens
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Pied Water TyrantFluvicola pica
- White-necked ThrushTurdus albicollis
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Ochre-lored FlatbillTolmomyias flaviventris
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
- Guianan TrogonTrogon violaceus
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalus
- Little HermitPhaethornis longuemareus
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Grey-rumped SwiftChaetura cinereiventris
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Grey-fronted DoveLeptotila rufaxilla
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Green-backed TrogonTrogon viridis
- Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostris
- Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Collared TrogonTrogon collaris
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela
- Trilling GnatwrenRamphocaenus melanurus
- White-headed Marsh TyrantArundinicola leucocephala
- Blue DacnisDacnis cayana
- Black-faced GrassquitMelanospiza bicolor
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
- Fork-tailed Palm SwiftTachornis squamata
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Yellow-chinned SpinetailCerthiaxis cinnamomeus
- Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Southern Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
- Black-crested AntshrikeSakesphorus canadensis
- Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Scrub GreenletHylophilus flavipes
- Northern White-fringed AntwrenFormicivora intermedia
- Common Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana
- Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosa
- White-tailed SabrewingCampylopterus ensipennis
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Blue-backed ManakinChiroxiphia pareola
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Southern Beardless TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Forest ElaeniaMyiopagis gaimardii
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Common PotooNyctibius griseus
- Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- White-flanked AntwrenMyrmotherula axillaris
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis
- Band-rumped SwiftChaetura spinicaudus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Saffron FinchSicalis flaveola
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoni
- Stripe-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis cinnamomea
- White-bellied AntbirdMyrmeciza longipes
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Bicolored ConebillConirostrum bicolor
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Trinidad EuphoniaEuphonia trinitatis
- Black-tailed TityraTityra cayana
- White-tailed NightjarHydropsalis cayennensis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Red-crowned Ant TanagerHabia rubica
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Brown VioletearColibri delphinae
- Masked CardinalParoaria nigrogenis
- Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
- Green-throated MangoAnthracothorax viridigula
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
- OilbirdSteatornis caripensis
- Euler's FlycatcherLathrotriccus euleri
- Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplex
- Red-rumped WoodpeckerVeniliornis kirkii
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Tropical Screech OwlMegascops choliba
- Fuscous FlycatcherCnemotriccus fuscatus
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Plain AntvireoDysithamnus mentalis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Black-faced AntthrushFormicarius analis
- Grey-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis
- Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescens
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Yellow-legged ThrushTurdus flavipes
- Masked YellowthroatGeothlypis aequinoctialis
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- White-shouldered TanagerLoriotus luctuosus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
- Lilac-tailed ParrotletTouit batavicus
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Streaked XenopsXenops rutilans
- Crimson-crested WoodpeckerCampephilus melanoleucos
- Venezuelan FlycatcherMyiarchus venezuelensis
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsonii
- Speckled TanagerIxothraupis guttata
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Chestnut WoodpeckerCeleus elegans
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Grey-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularis
- Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatus
- Trinidad Piping GuanPipile pipile
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephala
- Silvered AntbirdSclateria naevia
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- Sulphury FlycatcherTyrannopsis sulphurea
- White-winged BecardPachyramphus polychopterus
- Slaty-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon superciliaris
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus
- Sooty GrassquitAsemospiza fuliginosa
- Double-toothed KiteHarpagus bidentatus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black Hawk-EagleSpizaetus tyrannus
- Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Grassland Yellow FinchSicalis luteola
- Blue-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- White-tailed GoldenthroatPolytmus guainumbi
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Northern Scrub FlycatcherSublegatus arenarum
- Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliaris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Swallow TanagerTersina viridis
- Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca
- Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Short-tailed NighthawkLurocalis semitorquatus
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
- White-throated SpadebillPlatyrinchus mystaceus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensis
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Spotted Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum maculatum
- Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Scaly-naped PigeonPatagioenas squamosa
- Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minuta
- Hepatic TanagerPiranga flava
- Mangrove RailRallus longirostris
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Plain-breasted Ground DoveColumbina minuta
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Mottled OwlStrix virgata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Rufous Crab HawkButeogallus aequinoctialis
- Variegated FlycatcherEmpidonomus varius
- Rufous NightjarAntrostomus rufus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Red-and-green MacawAra chloropterus
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Scaled DoveColumbina squammata
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollis
- Azure GallinulePorphyrio flavirostris
- Short-tailed Pygmy TyrantMyiornis ecaudatus
- Blue-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon mellisugus
- Nacunda NighthawkChordeiles nacunda
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Grey-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilis
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- American CootFulica americana
- Pantanal SnipeGallinago paraguaiae
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Small-billed ElaeniaElaenia parvirostris
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- Rufous-necked Wood RailAramides axillaris
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
- Lined SeedeaterSporophila lineola
- Orange-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus aurantiirostris
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Grey SeedeaterSporophila intermedia
- Amethyst WoodstarCalliphlox amethystina
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Streaked SaltatorSaltator striatipectus
- Blue-capped TanagerSporathraupis cyanocephala
- Lesson's SeedeaterSporophila bouvronides
- Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensis
- Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- SungrebeHeliornis fulica
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- JabiruJabiru mycteria
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Chestnut-bellied Seed FinchSporophila angolensis
- Comb DuckSarkidiornis sylvicola
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Rufous-shafted WoodstarChaetocercus jourdanii
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Festive AmazonAmazona festiva
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Scaled AntpittaGrallaria guatimalensis
- Slender-billed KiteHelicolestes hamatus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Crested DoraditoPseudocolopteryx sclateri
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsii
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Scarlet MacawAra macao
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Venezuelan TroupialIcterus icterus
- Black-headed ParrotPionites melanocephalus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Glittering-throated EmeraldChionomesa fimbriata
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis
- Maguari StorkCiconia maguari
- Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus