List of birds of Trinidad and Tobago

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468 species of birds have been recorded on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. There are few places in the world where so many bird species can be seen in such a small area, many of them unique, very rare, or of particular interest. They range from the many species of hummingbird to the cave-dwelling Oilbird (which uses echo-location to fly in the dark) and the spectacular Scarlet Ibis.

The islands are within a few miles of Venezuela, and the species are therefore typical of tropical South America. However, the number of species is relatively impoverished compared to the mainland, as would be expected with small islands.

The resident breeding birds are augmented in the northern winter by migrants from North America, although the range of migrant passerines is very limited compared to Central America.

Species in the list occur on both islands except where indicated. Tobago has only about half the number of bird species of Trinidad, but 22 birds have occurred only on the smaller island, including 12 breeding species. Some of the smaller islands off Tobago, such as Little Tobago, have important seabird breeding colonies.

Contents

[edit] Tinamiformes

[edit] Podicipediformes

[edit] Procellariiformes

[edit] Pelecaniformes

Red-billed Tropicbird

[edit] Ciconiiformes

[edit] Phoenicopteriformes

[edit] Anseriformes

[edit] Falconiformes

[edit] Galliformes

[edit] Gruiformes

  • Rallidae
    • Gray-breasted Crake, Laterallus exilis Trinidad only
    • Clapper Rail, Rallus longirostris Trinidad only
    • Rufous-necked Wood-Rail, Aramides axillaris Trinidad only
    • Gray-necked Wood-Rail, Aramides cajanea Trinidad only
    • Sora, Porzana carolina
    • Ash-throated Crake, Porzana albicollis Trinidad only
    • Yellow-breasted Crake, Porzana flaviventer Trinidad only
    • Paint-billed Crake, Neocrex erythrops Trinidad only Rare/Accidental
    • Spotted Rail, Pardirallus maculatus
    • American Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica
    • Azure Gallinule, Porphyrio flavirostris Trinidad only
    • Common Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
    • American Coot, Fulica americana Tobago only Rare/Accidental
    • Caribbean Coot, Fulica caribaea Rare/Accidental, Near-threatened

[edit] Charadriiformes

Black Skimmer

[edit] Columbiformes

[edit] Psittaciformes

[edit] Cuculiformes

[edit] Strigiformes

[edit] Caprimulgiformes

  • Caprimulgidae
    • Short-tailed Nighthawk, Lurocalis semitorquatus Trinidad only
    • Lesser Nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis
    • Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor Rare/Accidental
    • Nacunda Nighthawk, Podager nacunda
    • Pauraque, Nyctidromus albicollis Trinidad only
    • Rufous Nightjar, Caprimulgus rufus Trinidad only
    • White-tailed Nightjar, Caprimulgus cayennensis

[edit] Apodiformes

[edit] Trochiliformes

[edit] Trogoniformes

[edit] Coraciiformes

[edit] Piciformes

[edit] Passeriformes

  • Emberizidae
    • Blue-black Grassquit, Volatinia jacarina
    • Slate-colored Seedeater, Sporophila schistacea Trinidad only Rare/Accidental
    • Gray Seedeater, Sporophila intermedia Trinidad only
    • Wing-barred Seedeater, Sporophila americana Tobago only
    • Lesson's Seedeater, Sporophila bouvronides
    • Lined Seedeater, Sporophila lineola Trinidad only
    • Yellow-bellied Seedeater, Sporophila nigricollis
    • Ruddy-breasted Seedeater, Sporophila minuta Trinidad only
    • Large-billed Seed-Finch, Oryzoborus crassirostris Trinidad only
    • Great-billed Seed-Finch, Oryzoborus maximiliani Trinidad only
    • Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch, Oryzoborus angolensis Trinidad only
    • Black-faced Grassquit, Tiaris bicolor Tobago only
    • Sooty Grassquit, Tiaris fuliginosa Trinidad only
    • Saffron Finch, Sicalis flaveola Trinidad only
    • Orange-fronted Yellow Finch, Sicalis columbiana Trinidad only Rare/Accidental
    • Grassland Yellow Finch, Sicalis luteola Trinidad only
    • Red-capped Cardinal, Paroaria gularis Trinidad only

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  • ffrench, Richard. 1991. A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago. 2nd edition. Comstock Publishing. ISBN 0-8014-9792-2.
  • Linblad, Jan. 1966. Journey to red birds. Trans. by Gwynne Vevers. Reprint: Collins, London. 1969.
  • Zahl, Paul A. 1954. Coro-Coro: The World of the Scarlet Ibis. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis / New York.
  • Worth, C. Brooke. 1967. A Naturalist in Trinidad. J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia and New York.
  • Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists - Martin Collinson, British Birds vol 99 (June 2006), 306-323
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