Birding Trinidad & Tobago 2005
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The trip list has 199 species. We did not count either the Tropical Screech-owl or the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, although we heard them both several times. The list was created using Avisys. If you are a birder and aren't familiar with Avisys, you should take a look at the program.

GREBES

Least Grebe

SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS

Audubon's Shearwater

TROPICBIRDS

Red-billed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird

PELICANS

Brown Pelican

GANNETS AND BOOBIES

Masked Booby
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby

CORMORANTS

Neotropic Cormorant

ANHINGAS

Anhinga

FRIGATEBIRDS

Magnificent Frigatebird

HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS

Great Blue Heron
Cocoi Heron
Great Egret
Tricolored Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

IBIS AND SPOONBILLS

Scarlet Ibis

DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
White-cheeked Pintail
Ring-necked Duck

NEW WORLD VULTURES

Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture

OSPREY

Osprey

HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES

Gray-headed Kite
Pearl Kite
Long-winged Harrier
White Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Savanna Hawk
Gray Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Ornate Hawk-Eagle

FALCONS AND CARACARAS

Yellow-headed Caracara
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon

GUANS, CHACHALACAS, CURASSOWS

Rufous-vented Chachalaca

LIMPKIN

Limpkin

RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS

Clapper Rail
Gray-necked Wood-Rail (voice only)
Purple Gallinule

JACANAS

Wattled Jacana

PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS

Southern Lapwing

SANDPIPERS

Wilson's Snipe
Greater Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Least Sandpiper

GULLS

Laughing Gull

PIGEONS AND DOVES

Rock Dove
Scaled Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Eared Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-fronted Dove

PARROTS

Red-bellied Macaw
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Green-rumped Parrotlet
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet
Blue-headed Parrot
Yellow-crowned Parrot
Orange-winged Parrot

CUCKOOS

Squirrel Cuckoo
Greater Ani
Smooth-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo

OILBIRD

Oilbird

POTOOS

Common Poto

NIGHTJARS

Pauraque
White-tailed Nightjar

SWIFTS

Gray-rumped Swift
Short-tailed Swift
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

HUMMINGBIRDS

Rufous-breasted Hermit
Green Hermit
White-tailed Sabrewing
White-necked Jacobin
Green-throated Mango
Black-throated Mango
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
Tufted Coquette
Blue-chinned Sapphire
White-chested Emerald
Copper-rumped Hummingbird

SWALLOWS

Caribbean Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
White-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow

TROGONS AND QUETZALS

White-tailed Trogon
Violaceous Trogon
Collared Trogon

KINGFISHERS

Green Kingfisher

MOTMOTS

Blue-crowned Motmot

JACAMARS

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

TOUCANS

Channel-billed Toucan

WOODPECKERS

Red-crowned Woodpecker
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Chestnut Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Crimson-crested Woodpecker

OVENBIRDS

Stripe-breasted Spinetail
Yellow-chinned Spinetail
Streaked Xenops

WOODCREEPERS

Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper

TYPICAL ANTBIRDS

Great Antshrike
Black-crested Antshrike
Barred Antshrike
White-flanked Antwren
White-fringed Antwren

ANTTHRUSHES AND ANTPITTAS

Black-faced Antthrush

COTINGAS

Bearded Bellbird

MANAKINS

White-bearded Manakin
Blue-backed Manakin
Golden-headed Manakin

TYRANT FLYCATCHERS

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Yellow-breasted Flycatcher
Bran-colored Flycatcher
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
Fuscous Flycatcher
Euler's Flycatcher
Gray-breasted Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Tropical Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Pied Water-Tyrant
White-headed Marsh-Tyrant
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Sulphury Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Black-tailed Tityra

SWALLOWS

Caribbean Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
White-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow

WRENS

Rufous-breasted Wren
House Wren

MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS

Tropical Mockingbird

THRUSHES

Cocoa Thrush
Bare-eyed Thrush
White-throated Thrush

GNATCATCHERS

Long-billed Gnatwren

VIREOS AND ALLIES

Red-eyed Vireo
Golden-fronted Greenlet
Rufous-browed Peppershrike

WOOD WARBLERS

Tropical Parula
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Masked Yellowthroat
Golden-crowned Warbler

BANANAQUIT

Bananaquit

TANAGERS AND ALLIES

White-shouldered Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Silver-beaked Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Violaceous Euphonia
Turquoise Tanager
Speckled Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Blue Dacnis
Green Honeycreeper
Purple Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper

BUNTINGS, SEEDEATERS, ALLIES

Blue-black Grassquit
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Black-faced Grassquit
Sooty Grassquit
Grassland Yellow-Finch
Red-capped Cardinal

SALTATORS, CARDINALS AND ALLIES

Grayish Saltator
Black-faced Grosbeak

BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, GRACKLES, ETC.

Yellow-hooded Blackbird
Red-breasted Blackbird
Carib Grackle
Shiny Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Yellow Oriole
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Crested Oropendola

-------- STATISTICS --------

Species seen - 199

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Updated Sat, Mar 5, 2005