Bird List, Trinidad & Tobago
September 27 - October 7, 1991
Leader: Bill Murphy
Itinerary:
September 28 -- Asa Wright Nature Center and vicinity
September 29 -- Blanchisseuse Road
September 30 -- Agric. Research Center & Nariva Swamp
October 1 -- (Free day) AWNC and Port-of-Spain
October 2 -- Wallerfield, Arena Forest, Trincity Ponds
October 3 -- P.O.S. Ponds, Caroni Swamp
October 4 -- AWNC in a.m.; Tobago: Buccoo Marsh
October 5 -- (Free day) Grafton Estate in p.m.
October 6 -- Gilpin Trace, Little Tobago Island
TINAMOU
Little Tinamou
GREBES
Least Grebe
BOOBIES
Brown Booby
PELICAN
Brown Pelican
ANHINGA
Anhinga
FRIGATEBIRD
Magnificent Frigatebird
BITTERNS & HERONS
Pinnated Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green-backed Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
IBISES
Scarlet Ibis
DUCKS & GEESE
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
White-cheeked Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
OSPREY, HAWKS, & EAGLES
Osprey
Gray-headed Kite
Pearl Kite
Double-toothed Kite
White Hawk
Common Black-Hawk
Great Black-Hawk
Savanna Hawk
Gray Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
CARACARAS & FALCONS
Yellow-headed Caracara
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
CHACHALACA & GUAN
Rufous-vented Chachalaca
CRAKES, RAILS, GALLINULES, & COOT
Clapper Rail
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
LAPWING & PLOVERS
Southern Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover
Lesser Golden-Plover
Collared Plover
Semipalmated Plover
STILT
Black-necked Stilt
JACANA
Wattled Jacana
SANDPIPERS & RELATIVES
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Common Snipe
JAEGERS, GULLS, & TERNS
Laughing Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Royal Tern
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
Least Tern
Yellow-billed Tern
Large-billed Tern
Brown Noddy
Black Skimmer
DOVES & PIGEONS
Rock Dove
Pale-vented Pigeon
Scaled Pigeon
Eared Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Ruddy Ground-Dove
White-tipped Dove
MACAWS, PARROTLETS, & PARROTS
Red-bellied Macaw
Green-rumped Parrotlet
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet
Blue-headed Parrot
Orange-winged Parrot
CUCKOOS & ANIS
Squirrel Cuckoo
Striped Cuckoo
Smooth-billed Ani
BARN-OWL
Common Barn-Owl
OWLS
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
POTOO
Common Potoo
OILBIRD
Oilbird
SWIFTS
White-collared Swift
Short-tailed Swift
Band-rumped Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Fork-tailed Palm-Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Rufous-breasted Hermit
Green Hermit
Little Hermit
White-necked Jacobin
Black-throated Mango
Tufted Coquette
Blue-chinned Sapphire
White-chested Emerald
Copper-rumped Hummingbird
Long-billed Starthroat
White-tailed Sabrewing
TROGONS
White-tailed Trogon
Violaceous Trogon
Collared Trogon
MOTMOT
Blue-crowned Motmot
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
JACAMAR
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
TOUCAN
Channel-billed Toucan
WOODPECKERS
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Chestnut Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Crimson-crested Woodpecker
SPINETAILS & RELATIVES
Pale-breasted Spinetail
Stripe-breasted Spinetail
Yellow-throated Spinetail
Streaked Xenops
WOODCREEPERS
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Straight-billed Woodcreeper
Buff-throated Woodcreeper
ANTBIRDS
Great Antshrike
Black-crested Antshrike
Barred Antshrike
White-flanked Antwren
White-fringed Antwren
Silvered Antbird
Black-faced Antthrush
TYRANT-FLYCATCHERS
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Forest Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Lesser Elaenia
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Yellow-breasted Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Tropical Pewee
Fuscous Flycatcher
Pied Water-Tyrant
White-headed Marsh-Tyrant
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
COTINGAS
Black-tailed Tityra
Bearded Bellbird
MANAKINS
White-bearded Manakin
Blue-backed Manakin
Golden-headed Manakin
SWALLOWS
Caribbean Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
White-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
WRENS
Rufous-breasted Wren
House Wren
GNATWREN & THRUSHES
Long-billed Gnatwren
Yellow-legged Thrush
Cocoa Thrush
Silvered Antbird
Black-faced Antthrush
Bare-eyed Thrush
White-necked Thrush
MOCKINGBIRD
Tropical Mockingbird
VIREOS & RELATIVES
Chivi Vireo
Scrub Greenlet
Golden-fronted Greenlet
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
WOOD WARBLERS
Tropical Parula
Yellow Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Masked Yellowthroat
Golden-crowned Warbler
HONEYCREEPERS & TANAGERS
Bananaquit
Speckled Tanager
Turquoise Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Blue Dacnis
Green Honeycreeper
Purple Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Trinidad Euphonia
Violaceous Euphonia
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Blue-capped Tanager
Silver-beaked Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Hepatic Tanager
GROSBEAKS & BUNTINGS
Grayish Saltator
Red-capped Cardinal
Blue-black Grassquit
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Black-faced Grassquit
BLACKBIRDS
Red-breasted Blackbird
Yellow-hooded Blackbird
Carib Grackle
Shiny Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Yellow Oriole
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Crested Oropendola
Total Number of Species: 215
How that compares with previous trips:
| February 1991 |
180 |
| September 1990 |
215 |
| March 1990 |
182 |
| November 1989 |
184 |
| February 1988 |
189 |
| September 1987 |
205 |
Bird Species of Particular Note:
- Little Tinamou: Often heard but seldom seen; observed at Asa Wright Nature Centre.
- Little Egret: A European species, accidental in the New World, observed on both islands.
- Scarlet Ibis: Largest flocks in recent years, observed in Caroni Swamp.
- Pearl Kite: First observation of this species north of the Eastern Main Road.
- Common Barn-Owl: A common but rarely seen species, seen twice on our trip.
- Common Potoo: Very close looks at this bizarre nocturnal goatsucker.
- Oilbird: A unique species seen deep within Guacharo Cave.
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker: A "first" for any of our trips, excellent look along Plum-Mitan Road.
- Silvered Antbird: A very difficult species to see, observed along Blanchisseuse Road.
- Yellow-legged Thrush: Another "first" for our trip, a flock of 3-4 observed at AWNC.
- Chivi Vireo: Fine looks at an individual of this this seldom-seen species at Grafton Estate.
- Blue-capped Tanager: A brief look at this rare high-elevation species along Blanchisseuse Road.
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater: A single male of this rare species observed on power lines at Crown Point Airport.
Other Wildlife Observations of Note:
Agoutis, squirrels, speckled caiman, fer-de-lance (caught on AWNC property), bats including fruit bats at Grafton Estate, four-eyed fish, giant marine toads, tiny black cricket frogs, Tego and Ameiva lizards, geckos, and several kinds of crabs.
And of course . . .
Our guides Robert Radix, Jogie and Roodal Ramlal, Elias Mitchell, Winston Nanan, and Adolphus James; our driver on Trinidad, Tony; and our Tobago lecturer, David Rooks. And the food -- spicy roti, doubles, breadfruit casserole, whipped eggplant, okra, callaloo soup, curried dishes of all sorts, Carib and Stag beer, and Vat 19 and Old Oak rum.
