Name |
Species |
Comments |
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Least Grebe |
Tachybaptus dominicus |
Small numbers at Hilton Ponds Tobago |
Audubon's Shearwater |
Puffinus lherminieri |
Single bird in nest Little Tobago |
Red-billed Tropicbird |
Phaethon aethereus |
100> birds Little Tobago |
Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus occidentalis |
Common bird around coasts of both Trinidad/Tobago |
Red-footed Booby |
Sula sula |
Small numbers seen nesting on Little Tobago |
Brown Booby |
Sula leucogaster |
Same status as above |
Neotropic Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
Only birds seen at Waterloo in Trinidad |
Anhinga |
Anhinga anhinga |
Odd birds at Bon Accord Tobago |
Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata magnificens |
A common bird around the coast of both Islands |
Cocoi Heron |
Ardea cocoi |
1 bird only at Nariva swamp |
Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
Birds common at suitable sites |
Tricoloured Heron |
Egretta tricolour |
Odd birds encountered on both islands |
Little Blue Heron |
Egretta caerulea |
Small numbers encountered on Trinidad |
Snowy Egret |
Egretta thula |
Small numbers encountered on both islands |
Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
Sighting confined to Tobago water works at Bon Accord |
Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
Very common on both islands |
Striated Heron |
Butorides striata |
Odd birds with sightings restricted to Trinidad |
Green Heron |
Butorides virescens |
A common bird around the water works & Bon Accord |
Yellow-crowned Night-heron |
Nyctanassa violacea |
Seen most days on Tobago |
Scarlet Ibis |
Eudocimus ruber |
Unforgettable scene at Caroni Marsh |
Black-bellied Whistling-duck |
Dendrocygna autumnalis |
30> seen at water works Tobago |
White-cheeked Pintail |
Anas bahamensis |
Only sightings were water works Tobago |
Blue-winged Teal |
Anas discors |
Small numbers at water works Tobago |
Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya collaris |
Only sighting 4 birds Hilton Ponds Tobago |
Black Vulture |
Coragyps atratus |
A very common bird on Trinidad |
Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
Again fair numbers encountered most days Trinidad |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
3 sighting on Tobago & 2 on Trinidad |
Grey-headed Kite |
Leptodon cayanensis |
Singletons on 25th & 26th Trinidad |
White Hawk |
Leucopternis albicollis |
Single bird from Asa Wright Veranda |
Common Black-hawk |
Buteogallus anthracinus |
A fairly common raptor on Trinidad |
Great Black-hawk |
Buteogallus urubitinga |
2 sightings Tobago, 1 Trinidad |
Savannah Hawk |
Buteogallus meridionalis |
Only sighting 2 birds cattle research station Trinidad |
Grey Hawk |
Asturina nitida |
Both sightings restricted to Trinidad |
Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo platypterus |
A sighting of 1 bird on both islands |
Short-tailed Hawk |
Buteo brachyurus |
1 bird only Trinidad |
Zone-tailed Hawk |
Buteo albonotatus |
A single bird 26th on Trinidad |
Crested Caracara |
Caracara cheriway |
Good views of a single bird Nariva Swamp Trinidad |
Yellow-headed Caracara |
Milvago chimachima |
Several sightings all on Trinidad |
Merlin |
Falco columbarius |
1 bird seen 26th Trinidad |
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
1 bird seen hunting the cliffs Little Tobago |
Rufous-vented Chachalaca |
Ortalis ruficauda |
3 sightings all on Tobago |
Trinidad Piping-guan |
Pipile pipile |
Only endemic of the trip, 1 bird Blanchisseuse Rd |
Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrio martinica |
2 birds seen, 1 Hilton Ponds Tobago, 1 Nariva Trinidad . |
Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
All sightings restricted to water works Tobago |
Wattled Jacana |
Jacana jacana |
A common bird at suitable locations on both islands |
Southern Lapwing |
Vanellus chilensis |
Birds common at suitable locations |
Grey Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
3 birds at Waterloo Trinidad |
Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius semipalmatus |
Small numbers on the breakwater Tobago & Waterloo |
Killdeer |
Charadrius vociferus |
A singleton at Hilton Ponds Tobago |
Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
Birds encountered on both islands |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
Tringa flavipes |
Several birds resident at Water Works Tobago |
Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa solitaria |
1 at Hilton Ponds Tobago & 1 at Waterloo Trinidad |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis macularia |
Several sightings on both islands |
Willet |
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
A single bird at Waterloo Trinidad |
Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
20> birds Blue Waters Tobago and 4 at Waterloo Trinidad |
Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
A single bird at Coco Reef Tobago |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Calidris pusilla |
1 bird at Waterloo Trinidad |
Western Sandpiper |
Calidris mauri |
A sighting of 1 bird on both islands |
Least Sandpiper |
Calidris minutilla |
2 sightings both on Trinidad |
Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Larus fuscus |
2 birds with Laughing gulls at Waterloo Trinidad |
Laughing Gull |
Larus atricilla |
The most numerous gull of the region |
Sandwich Tern |
Sterna sandvicensis |
1 bird at Waterloo Trinidad |
Royal Tern |
Sterna maxima |
50> birds at Waterloo Trinidad |
Large-billed Tern |
Phaetusa simplex |
20> birds at Waterloo Trinidad |
Black Skimmer |
Rynchops niger |
30> birds loafing on beach Waterloo Trinidad |
Scaled Pigeon |
Patagioenas speciosa |
1 bird at Asa Wright, 2 birds Blanchisseuse Rd Trinidad |
Pale-vented Pigeon |
Patagioenas cayennensis |
1 sighting on Tobago |
Eared Dove |
Zenaida auriculata |
A common dove on Tobago, no sightings Trinidad |
Common Ground-dove |
Columbina passerina |
A couple of birds seen Trinidad |
Ruddy Ground-dove |
Columbina talpacot |
A very common bird on both Tobago & Trinidad |
White-tipped Dove |
Leptotila verreauxi |
A couple of birds seen on Tobago |
Grey-fronted Dove |
Leptotila rufaxilla |
1 sighting only Asa Wright Centre Trinidad |
Red-bellied Macaw |
Orthopsittaca manilata |
Up to 6 birds both visits to Waller Fields Trinidad |
Green-rumped Parrotlet |
Forpus passerinus |
A single sighting on both Islands |
Blue-headed Parrot |
Pionus menstruus |
All sightings restricted to Trinidad |
Yellow-crowned Parrot |
Amazona ochrocephala |
2 birds at Nariva Swamp25th Trinidad |
Orange-winged Parrot |
Amazona amazonica |
Most numerous Parrot seen on both Islands |
Mangrove Cuckoo |
Coccyzus minor |
A single sighting of a pair at Bon Accord |
Little cuckoo |
Piaya minuta |
A single bird seen on 26th Trinidad |
Smooth-billed Ani |
Crotophaga ani |
Common bird around coasts of both Trinidad/Tobago |
Striped Cuckoo |
Tapera naevia |
1 bird singing from wires on the Road to Asa Wright |
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl |
Glaucidium brasilianum |
2 birds seen from the veranda of Asa Wright Trinidad |
Oilbird |
Steatornis caripensis |
20> birds seen in Dunston Cave Trinidad |
Common Potoo |
Nyctibius griseus |
1 bird at Asa Wright & 1 bird at Caroni Marsh Trinidad |
Pauraque |
Nyctidromus albicollis |
Several birds seen whilst night watching at Waller fields |
White-tailed Nightjar |
Caprimulgus cayennensis |
Same status as above |
Band-rumped Swift |
Chaetura spinicauda |
Several sightings on Trinidad |
Grey-rumped Swift |
Chaetura cinereiventris |
Only sighting on Tobago |
Short-tailed Swift |
Chaetura brachyura |
Several sightings on Trinidad |
Fork-tailed Palm-swift |
Tachornis squamata |
Several birds seen on 25th & 26th Trinidad |
Rufous-breasted Hermit |
Glaucis hirsuta |
2 sightings on Tobago & 1 on Trinidad |
Green Hermit |
Phaethornis guy |
2 sightings both on Trinidad 25th & 26th |
Little Hermit |
Phaethornis longuemareus |
1 sighting Asa Wright 26th Trinidad |
White-tailed Sabrewing |
Campylopterus ensipennis |
1 bird, rain forest Tobago 18th |
White-necked Jacobin |
Florisuga mellivora |
A common hummingbird with many sightings both islands |
Black-throated Mango |
Anthracothorax nigricollis |
Another common hummingbird of the region |
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird |
Chrysolampis mosquitus |
4 sightings, 3 on Tobago & 1 on Trinidad |
Tufted Coquette |
Lophornis ornatus |
Several birds seen from Asa Wright Veranda most days |
Blue-chinned Sapphire |
Chlorostilbon notatus |
Birds seen on Trinidad 23rd & 24th |
Blue-tailed Emerald |
Chlorostilbon mellisugus |
Also seen on Trinidad 23rd & 24th |
White-chested Emerald |
Agyrtria brevirostris |
Seen at Asa Wright 22nd & 26th Trinidad |
Copper-rumped Hummingbird |
Saucerottia tobaci |
Probably the commonest of all Hummingbirds |
Long-billed Starthroat |
Heliomaster longirostris |
Just 1 sighting Asa Wright Trinidad 26th |
White-tailed Trogon |
Trogon viridis |
2 sightings Trinidad 23rd & 27th |
Violaceous Trogon |
Trogon violaceus |
Single sighting Asa Wright Trinidad 23rd |
Collared Trogon |
Trogon collaris |
1 sighting Gilpin Trace trail 18th Tobago |
Belted Kingfisher |
Ceryle alcyon |
1 sighting at Bon Accord Tobago 18th |
Ringed Kingfisher |
Ceryle torquatus |
A singleton at Waller Fields Trinidad 25th |
Green Kingfisher |
Chloroceryle americana |
A single sighting of a pair near Gilpin Trace Tobago |
Pygmy Kingfisher |
Chloroceryle aenea |
1 bird seen in a small swamp Trinidad |
Blue-crowned Motmot |
Momotus momota |
Sightings on both islands with daily visits to the feeders |
Rufous-tailed Jacamar |
Galbula ruficauda |
Birds observed on both islands |
Channel-billed Toucan |
Ramphastos vitellinus |
3 sightings, 2 from Asa Wright & 1 on Blanchisseuse Rd |
Red-crowned Woodpecker |
Melanerpes rubricapillus |
4 sightings all on Tobago |
Red-rumped Woodpecker |
Veniliornis kirkii |
Seen on 23rd Asa Wright Trinidad |
Golden-olive Woodpecker |
Piculus rubiginosus |
A single sighting on both Islands |
Lineated Woodpecker |
Dryocopus lineatus |
1 bird at Asa Wright & 1 bird at Waller Fields |
Stripe-breasted Spinetail |
Synallaxis cinnamomea |
1 sighting Gilpin Trace trail 18th Tobago |
Yellow-chinned Spinetail |
Certhiaxis cinnamomea |
1 bird 25th Blanchisseuse Rd Trinidad |
Grey-throated Leaftosser |
Sclerurus albigularis |
1 sighting access road to Asa Wright Trinidad |
Plain-brown Woodcreeper |
Dendrocincla fuliginosa |
A single sighting on 23rd Asa Wright trails Trinidad |
Cocoa Woodcreeper |
Xiphorhynchus susurrans |
A single sighting on 25th Blanchisseuse Rd Trinidad |
Great Antshrike |
Taraba major |
A single sighting on 23rd Asa Wright trails Trinidad |
Black-crested Antshrike |
Sakesphorus canadensis |
A singleton on the 26th Waller Fields Trinidad |
Barred Antshrike |
Thamnophilus doliatus |
4 sightings 3 on Tobago & 1 on Trinidad |
Plain Antvireo |
Dysithamnus mentalis |
1 sighting on both islands |
White-flanked Antwren |
Myrmotherula axillaris |
A singleton on Asa Wright Trails, 23rd Trinidad |
White-fringed Antwren |
Formicivora grisea |
2 sightings both on Tobago 17th, 18th |
Silvered Antbird |
Sclateria naevia |
A singleton Nariva swamp 25th Trinidad |
White-bellied Antbird |
Myrmeciza longipes |
A single sighting on Asa Wright Trails |
Bearded Bellbird |
Procnias averano |
Several males seen displaying Asa Wright Trinidad |
White-bearded Manakin |
Manacus manacus |
2 birds seen on Asa Wright Trails, 23rd Trinidad |
Blue-backed Manakin |
Chiroxiphia pareola |
1 Grafton Estate, several forest trail 18th Tobago |
Southern Beardless-tyrannulet |
Camptostoma obsoletum |
1 bird observed at Waller Fields 26th Trinidad |
Forest Elaenia |
Myiopagis gaimardii |
Birds seen 23rd & 24th Asa Wright Trinidad |
Yellow-bellied Elaenia |
Elaenia flavogaster |
3 sightings all on Tobago |
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher |
Mionectes oleagineus |
A common bird on both islands 6 sightings during Trip |
Yellow-breasted Flycatcher |
Tolmomyias flaviventris |
A single sighting on both Islands |
Bran-coloured Flycatcher |
Myiophobus fasciatus |
1 bird observed at Waller Fields 26th Trinidad |
Fuscous Flycatcher |
Cnemotriccus fuscatus |
2 sightings Tobago 17th & 18th |
Euler's Flycatcher |
Lathrotriccus euleri |
Singleton on road near Asa Wright Trinidad |
Surphury Flycatcher |
Tyrannopsis sulphurea |
2 sightings Waller Fields Trinidad |
Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Contopus borealis |
1 bird Asa Wright 23rd Trinidad |
Tropical Pewee |
Contopus cinereus |
4 sightings all on Trinidad |
Pied Water-tyrant |
Fluvicola pica |
A common bird of watery environments |
White-headed Marsh-tyrant |
Arundinicola ieucocephala |
2 sightings both on Trinidad |
Brown-crested Flycatcher |
Myiarchus tyrannulus |
A single bird observed Bon Accord 17th Tobago |
Great Kiskadee |
Pitangus sulphuratus |
A common bird on Trinidad with sightings all days |
Boat-billed Flycatcher |
Megarynchus pitangua |
Several sightings at Asa Wright centre |
Tropical Kingbird |
Tyrannus melancholicus |
A common bird on both islands. |
Grey Kingbird |
Tyrannus dominicensis |
Sightings most days on both islands |
White-winged Becard |
Pachyramphus polychopterus |
1 sighting 26th Trinidad |
Caribbean Martin |
Progne dominicensis |
Birds seen on 3 occasions, Bon Accord & water works |
Grey-breasted Martin |
Progne chalybea |
Seen on 3 occasions on Trinidad |
White-winged Swallow |
Tachycineta albiventer |
Small numbers seen on both Islands |
Southern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis |
Seen on Trinidad 25th & 26th |
Rufous-breasted Wren |
Thryothorus rutilus |
3 sightings between both islands |
House Wren |
Troglodytes aedon |
Common on both islands |
Tropical Mockingbird |
Mimus gilvus |
A very common bird with several seen every day |
Yellow-legged Thrush |
Platycichla flavipes |
1 sighting on Tobago |
Cocoa Thrush |
Turdus fumigatus |
Common around Asa Wright |
Bare-eyed Robin |
Turdus nudigenis |
Commonest thrush encountered during trip |
White-necked Thrush |
Turdus albicollis |
3 sightings on Trinidad |
Long-billed Gnatwren |
Ramphocaenus melanurus |
1 sighting Trinidad |
Red-eyed Vireo |
Vireo olivaceus |
1 sighting Trinidad 26th |
Scrub Greenlet |
Hylophilus flavipes |
3 sightings all on Tobago |
Golden-fronted Greenlet |
Hylophilus aurantiifrons |
3 sightings all on Trinidad |
Rufous-browed Peppershrike |
Cyclarhis gujanensis |
A single sighting Trinidad 26th |
Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
Singleton 26th Trinidad |
Golden-crowned Warbler |
Basileuterus culicivorus |
Seen on Asa Wright Trails 27th Trinidad |
Northern Waterthrush |
Seiurus noveboracensis |
Common on both islands |
Bananaquit |
Coereba flaveola |
Probably the commonest birds seen during the trip |
Bicoloured Conebill |
Conirostrum bicolor |
Singleton 27th Trinidad |
White-lined Tanager |
Tachyphonus rufus |
Very common on both islands |
Red-crowned Ant-tanager |
Habia rubica |
Singleton 27th Trinidad |
Silver-beaked Tanager |
Ramphocelus carbo |
A common bird on Asa Wright feeders |
Blue-grey Tanager |
Thraupis episcopus |
Common on both islands |
Palm Tanager |
Thraupis palmarum |
Common on both islands |
Trinidad Euphonia |
Euphonia trinitatis |
Singleton 26th Trinidad |
Violaceous Euphonia |
Euphonia violacea |
A common bird on Asa Wright feeders |
Turquoise Tanager |
Tangara mexicana |
5 sightings all on Trinidad |
Speckled Tanager |
Tangara guttata |
A single bird Blanchisseuse Rd Trinidad |
Bay-headed Tanager |
Tangara gyrola |
A common bird on Asa Wright feeders |
Blue Dacnis |
Dacnis cayana |
Only 2 birds seen both at Asa Wright Trinidad |
Green Honeycreeper |
Chlorophanes spiza |
A common bird on Asa Wright feeders |
Purple Honeycreeper |
Cyanerpes caeruleus |
A common bird on Asa Wright feeders |
Red-legged Honeycreeper |
Cyanerpes cyaneus |
1 sighting Tobago 18th |
Blue-black Grassquit |
Volatinia jacarina |
Common on both islands, locally called Johnny-jump-up |
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater |
Sporophila minuta |
Only sighting, Aripo Livestock Research Station, Trinidad |
Black-faced Grassquit |
Tiaris bicolor |
Several birds in Coco Reef grounds |
Grassland Yellow-finch |
Sicalis luteola |
Only sighting 25th Trinidad |
Red-capped Cardinal |
Paroaria gularis |
A single bird on the car park Caroni Marsh |
Greyish Saltator |
Saltator coerulescens |
Birds on the Asa Wright feeders every day |
Yellow-hooded Blackbird |
Chrysomus icterocephalus |
2 sightings both on Trinidad 25th & 26th |
Red-breasted Blackbird |
Sturnella militaris |
Singleton 25th Trinidad |
Carib Grackle |
Quiscalus lugubris |
Very common on both islands |
Shiny Cowbird |
Molothrus bonariensis |
5 sightings mostly on Tobago |
Giant Cowbird |
Molothrus oryzivorus |
4 sightings, 2 on both Islands |
Yellow Oriole |
Icterus nigrogularis |
Seen most days at Asa Wright |
Yellow-rumped Cacique |
Cacicus cela |
Birds seen 25th & 26th Trinidad |
Crested Oropendola |
Psarocolius decumanus |
Breeding colony at Asa Wright |
