Trinidad & Tobago · San Juan–Laventille
Caroni Bird Sanctuary visitor centre
200 species and 6,752 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January, April and June, with up to 76 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruber
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Striated HeronButorides striata
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
Straight-billed WoodcreeperDendroplex picus
Black-crested AntshrikeSakesphorus canadensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia69 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 200 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Caroni Swamp2 km282 species
- Caroni Rice Fields4 km205 species
- Mount St. Benedict8 km204 species
- Trincity Sewage Treatment Ponds9 km196 species
- Temple by the Sea14 km183 species
- Orange Valley17 km191 species
All 200 species recorded here
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Masked Cardinal Paroaria nigrogenis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Green-throated Mango Anthracothorax viridigula
- Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Olive-grey Saltator Saltator olivascens
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notata
- Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Lilac-tailed Parrotlet Touit batavicus
- Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
- White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris
- Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
- Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Cocoa Thrush Turdus fumigatus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Golden-headed Manakin Ceratopipra erythrocephala
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Bearded Bellbird Procnias averano
- Rusty-flanked Thrush Turdus albicollis
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Trinidad Motmot Momotus bahamensis
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
- Swallow Tanager Tersina viridis
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Guianan Trogon Trogon violaceus
- Speckled Tanager Ixothraupis guttata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus
- Caribbean Martin Progne dominicensis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Caroni Bird Sanctuary visitor centre?
October–January, April and June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 76 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Caroni Bird Sanctuary visitor centre?
200 species, from 6,752 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Caroni Bird Sanctuary visitor centre in November?
The most recorded in November: Scarlet Ibis, Northern Waterthrush, Little Blue Heron, Tropical Kingbird and Spotted Sandpiper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.