List of Bird Species Observed
on Tobago

February 23 – March 2, 2003


Grebes - Podicipedidae
   Least Grebe
Petrels and Shearwaters - Procellariidae
   Audubon’s Shearwater
Tropicbirds – Phaethontidae
   White-tailed Tropicbird
   Red-billed Tropicbird
Boobies – Sulidae
   Brown Booby
   Red-footed Booby
Pelicans – Pelicanidae
   Brown Pelican
Anhingas – Anhingidae
   Anhinga
Frigatebirds – Fregatidae
   Magnificent Frigatebird
Herons – Ardeidae
   Great Blue Heron
   Great Egret
   Snowy Egret
   Little Blue Heron
   Tricolored Heron
   Cattle Egret
   Green Heron
   Black-crowned Night-Heron
   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Ducks and Geese - Anatidae
   Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
   Blue-winged Teal
   White-cheeked Pintail
Hawks, Kites and Eagles - Accipitridae
   Osprey
   Gray Hawk
   Great Black-Hawk
   Broad-winged Hawk
Falcons and Caracaras - Falconidae
   Yellow-headed Caracara
   Merlin
   Peregrine
Guans and Chachalacas - Cracidae
   Rufous-vented Chachalaca
Gallinules, Rails and Crakes - Rallidae
   Purple Gallinule
   Common Moorhen
   American Coot
Plovers and Lapwings - Charadriidae
   Southern Lapwing
Jacanas - Jacanidae
   Wattled Jacana
Sandpipers - Scolopacidae
   Greater Yellowlegs
   Lesser Yellowlegs
   Spotted Sandpiper
   Whimbrel
   Ruddy Turnstone
Skuas, Gulls and Terns - Laridae
   Laughing Gull
   Royal Tern
Pigeons and Doves - Columbidae
   Rock Dove
   Pale-vented Pigeon
   Eared Dove
   Ruddy Ground-Dove
   White-tipped Dove
Parrots and Macaws - Psittacidae
   Green-rumped Parrotlet
   Orange-winged Parrot
   Yellow-crowned Parrot
New World Cuckoos - Cuculidae
   Yellow-billed Cuckoo
   Smooth billed Ani
Swifts - Apodidae
   Short-tailed Swift
   Gray-rumped Swift
Hummingbirds - Trochilidae
   Rufous-breasted Hermit
   White-tailed Sabrewing
   White-necked Jacobin
   Black-throated Mango
   Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
   Copper-rumped Hummingbird
Trogons - Trogonidae
   Collared Trogon
Motmots - Momotidae
   Blue-crowned Motmot
Kingfishers - Alcedinidae
   Green Kingfisher
Jacamars - Galbulidae
   Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Woodpeckers - Picidae
   Red-crowned Woodpecker
   Red-rumped Woodpecker
   Golden-olive Woodpecker
Ovenbirds - Furnariidae
   Stripe-breasted Spinetail
Woodcreepers - Dendrocolaptidae
   Plain-brown Woodcreeper
   Olivaceous Woodcreeper
   Cocoa Woodcreeper
Antbirds - Thamnophilidae
   Barred Antshrike
   Plain Antvireo
   White-fringed Antwren
Flycatchers - Tyrannidae
   Yellow-bellied Elaenia
   Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
   Ochre-lored Flatbill
   White-throated Spadebill
   Fuscous Flycatcher
   Brown-crested Flycatcher
   Venezuelan Flycatcher
   Streaked Flycatcher
   Tropical Kingbird
   Gray Kingbird
Manakins - Pipridae
   Blue-backed Manakin
Vireos - Vireonidae
   Chivi (Red-eyed) Vireo
   Scrub Greenlet
Swallows and Martins - Hirundinidae
   Caribbean Martin
   Southern Rough-winged Swallow
   Barn Swallow
Wrens - Troglodytidae
   Rufous-breasted Wren
   House Wren
Thrushes - Turdidae
   Yellow-legged Thrush
   Cocoa Thrush
   Bare-eyed Robin
   White-necked Thrush
Mockingbirds - Mimidae
   Tropical Mockingbird
Wood Warblers - Parulidae
   Yellow Warbler
   American Redstart
   Prothonotary Warbler
   Northern Waterthrush
Bananaquits - Coerebidae
   Bananaquit
Tanagers - Thraupidae
   White-lined Tanager
   Blue-gray Tanager
   Palm Tanager
   Violaceous Euphonia
   Red-legged Honeycreeper
Grassquits, Seedeaters and Finches – Emberizidae
   Blue-black Grassquit
   Black-faced Grassquit
Cowbirds, New World Blackbirds and Orioles - Icteridae
   Carib Grackle
   Shiny Cowbird
   Giant Cowbird
   Crested Oropendola