Trinidad & Tobago · Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo
Temple by the Sea
183 species and 9,170 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September, with up to 86 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Great EgretArdea alba
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
Large-billed TernPhaetusa simplex
WilletTringa semipalmata
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Orange Valley2 km191 species
- Caroni Swamp13 km282 species
- Caroni Bird Sanctuary visitor centre14 km200 species
- Caroni Rice Fields15 km205 species
- Trincity Sewage Treatment Ponds20 km196 species
- Mount St. Benedict22 km204 species
All 183 species recorded here
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Carib Grackle Quiscalus lugubris
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-winged Swallow Tachycineta albiventer
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Large-billed Tern Phaetusa simplex
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Spectacled Thrush Turdus nudigenis
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Saffron Finch Sicalis flaveola
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Fork-tailed Palm Swift Tachornis squamata
- Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Yellow-billed Tern Sternula superciliaris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Bicolored Conebill Conirostrum bicolor
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Crested Oropendola Psarocolius decumanus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Yellow-hooded Blackbird Chrysomus icterocephalus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Long-winged Harrier Circus buffoni
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Short-tailed Swift Chaetura brachyura
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Masked Yellowthroat Geothlypis aequinoctialis
- Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica
- Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Olive-grey Saltator Saltator olivascens
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Green-throated Mango Anthracothorax viridigula
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Eared Dove Zenaida auriculata
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Orange-winged Amazon Amazona amazonica
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Ochre-lored Flatbill Tolmomyias flaviventris
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Yellow-chinned Spinetail Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Trinidad Euphonia Euphonia trinitatis
- Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea
- Grey-fronted Dove Leptotila rufaxilla
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Savanna Hawk Buteogallus meridionalis
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorestes notata
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Silver-beaked Tanager Ramphocelus carbo
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Rusty-flanked Thrush Turdus albicollis
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus
- Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Golden-fronted Greenlet Pachysylvia aurantiifrons
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant Arundinicola leucocephala
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Red-rumped Woodpecker Veniliornis kirkii
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Cocoa Thrush Turdus fumigatus
- Yellow-rumped Cacique Cacicus cela
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Sooty Grassquit Asemospiza fuliginosa
- Yellow-crowned Amazon Amazona ochrocephala
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Chivi Vireo Vireo chivi
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Temple by the Sea?
September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 86 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Temple by the Sea?
183 species, from 9,170 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Temple by the Sea in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown Pelican, Ruddy Turnstone, Carib Grackle, Snowy Egret and Osprey.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.