Trinidad & Tobago · Tunapuna–Piarco
Caroni Rice Fields
205 species and 17,779 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–October, with up to 104 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalus
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Great EgretArdea alba
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
LimpkinAramus guarauna
Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacotiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Caroni Bird Sanctuary visitor centre4 km200 species
- Trincity Sewage Treatment Ponds6 km196 species
- Caroni Swamp6 km282 species
- Mount St. Benedict7 km204 species
- Temple by the Sea15 km183 species
- Hacienda Jacana16 km167 species
All 205 species recorded here
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
- Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Olive-grey Saltator Saltator olivascens
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Stripe-backed Bittern Botaurus involucris
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Green-throated Mango Anthracothorax viridigula
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Masked Cardinal Paroaria nigrogenis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor
- Nacunda Nighthawk Chordeiles nacunda
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Pantanal Snipe Gallinago paraguaiae
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Stripe-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis cinnamomea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Crested Doradito Pseudocolopteryx sclateri
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Caroni Rice Fields?
July–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 104 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Caroni Rice Fields?
205 species, from 17,779 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Caroni Rice Fields in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Cattle Egret, Yellow-hooded Blackbird, Little Blue Heron, Great Egret and Tropical Kingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.