Birds of Trinidad & Tobago

Endemic to Trinidad & Tobago

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Trinidad MotmotMomotus bahamensis

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
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
• White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
• Silver-beaked TanagerRamphocelus carbo
• Violaceous EuphoniaEuphonia violacea
• Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
• Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularis
• Mangrove HummingbirdChrysuronia boucardi
• White-chested EmeraldChrysuronia brevirostris
• Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
• Purple HoneycreeperCyanerpes caeruleus
• Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
• Rufous-breasted HermitGlaucis hirsutus
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• 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
• Golden-headed ManakinCeratopipra erythrocephala
• 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
• Golden-fronted GreenletPachysylvia aurantiifrons
• 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 GallinuleGallinula galeata
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Green-backed TrogonTrogon viridis
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• 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
• Chivi VireoVireo chivi
• Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa
• Great AntshrikeTaraba major
• White HawkPseudastur albicollis
• Southern Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
• Northern Tropical PeweeContopus bogotensis
• 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
• Red-breasted MeadowlarkLeistes militaris
• 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
• Neotropic CormorantNannopterum brasilianum
• 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
• Long-trained NightjarHydropsalis forcipata
• 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
• Straight-billed WoodcreeperDendroplex picus
• 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
• Red-bellied MacawOrthopsittaca manilatus
• 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
• Grey-cowled Wood RailAramides cajaneus
• 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
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• 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
• Little CuckooCoccycua minuta
• 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
• Yellow-breasted CrakeLaterallus flaviventer
• 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
• Speckled RailLaterallus notatus
• Nacunda NighthawkChordeiles nacunda
• Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
• American WigeonMareca americana
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Grey-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilis
• Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
• White-eyed ParakeetPsittacara leucophthalmus
• American CootFulica americana
• Pantanal SnipeGallinago paraguaiae
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinax
• 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
• White-tailed HawkGeranoaetus albicaudatus
• 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
• Striped OwlAsio clamator
• Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
• Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Mouse-colored TyrannuletNesotriccus murinus
• Streaked SaltatorSaltator striatipectus
• Blue-capped TanagerSporathraupis cyanocephala
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
• Lesson's SeedeaterSporophila bouvronides
• Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensis
• Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
• Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
• Blue-and-white SwallowPygochelidon cyanoleuca
• 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
• Paint-billed CrakeMustelirallus erythrops

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
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
• Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis
• Maguari StorkCiconia maguari
• Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
• Black-hooded TanagerStilpnia whitelyi
• Kalinago WrenTroglodytes martinicensis
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis