Trinidad & Tobago · Mayaro-Rio Claro
Nariva Swamp
271 species and 20,845 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–April, with up to 148 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Striated HeronButorides striata
Yellow-headed CaracaraDaptrius chimachima
Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
Pied Water TyrantFluvicola pica
Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalus
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
Great EgretArdea alba
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Black VultureCoragyps atratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Aripo Savannah – Cumuto Road30 km236 species
- Hacienda Jacana31 km167 species
- Waller Field34 km228 species
- Aripo Livestock (Agriculture Research) Station37 km241 species
- Trincity Sewage Treatment Ponds45 km196 species
- Brasso Seco48 km186 species
All 271 species recorded here
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Red-bellied Macaw Orthopsittaca manilatus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Olive-grey Saltator Saltator olivascens
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Turquoise Tanager Tangara mexicana
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Azure Gallinule Porphyrio flavirostris
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notata
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus
- Rufous Crab Hawk Buteogallus aequinoctialis
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker Campephilus melanoleucos
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris
- Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Purple Honeycreeper Cyanerpes caeruleus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
- Cocoa Thrush Turdus fumigatus
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- White-bearded Manakin Manacus manacus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Sulphury Flycatcher Tyrannopsis sulphurea
- Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Trinidad Motmot Momotus bahamensis
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Grassland Yellow Finch Sicalis luteola
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Guianan Trogon Trogon violaceus
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Golden-headed Manakin Ceratopipra erythrocephala
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicaudus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Green-throated Mango Anthracothorax viridigula
- White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Chestnut Woodpecker Celeus elegans
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Epaulet Oriole Icterus cayanensis
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Bearded Bellbird Procnias averano
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Rusty-flanked Thrush Turdus albicollis
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Lesson's Seedeater Sporophila bouvronides
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Variegated Flycatcher Empidonomus varius
- Black-tailed Tityra Tityra cayana
- Lilac-tailed Parrotlet Touit batavicus
- Sooty Grassquit Asemospiza fuliginosa
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus
- Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Euler's Flycatcher Lathrotriccus euleri
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Fuscous Flycatcher Cnemotriccus fuscatus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Grey-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Small-billed Elaenia Elaenia parvirostris
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola
- Stripe-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis cinnamomea
- Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nariva Swamp?
November–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 148 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nariva Swamp?
271 species, from 20,845 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nariva Swamp in November?
The most recorded in November: Striated Heron, Yellow-headed Caracara, Wattled Jacana, Western Cattle Egret and Smooth-billed Ani.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.