Trinidad and Tobago Ramsar wetland
Nariva Swamp
235 bird species recorded; the most in April and in July.
Grueslayer · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
154 species in January.147 species in February.140 species in March.163 species in April.128 species in May.126 species in June.177 species in July.114 species in August.119 species in September.139 species in October.138 species in November.139 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
235 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 235Speciesrecorded more than once
- 77Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 7,766Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 25Raptors
- 5Owls
- 18Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 2Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 98Songbirds
- 66Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 235 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors25 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Long-winged HarrierCircus buffoni
- Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsonii
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Grey-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Leucopternis albicollisLeucopternis albicollis
- Rufous Crab-hawkButeogallus aequinoctialisNT
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Black Hawk-eagleSpizaetus tyrannus
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Double-toothed KiteHarpagus bidentatus
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- Tropical Screech-OwlMegascops choliba
- Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- Mottled OwlStrix virgata
Waders18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaNT
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaNT
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Least TernSternula antillarum
Ducks & geese2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatus
- Cocoi HeronArdea cocoi
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Phalacrocorax brasilianusPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- JabiruJabiru mycteria
Songbirds98 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Pied Water TyrantFluvicola pica
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Black-crested AntshrikeSakesphorus canadensis
- White-headed Marsh TyrantArundinicola leucocephala
- Thraupis palmarumThraupis palmarum
- Yellow-hooded BlackbirdChrysomus icterocephalus
- Gray-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Carib GrackleQuiscalus lugubris
- Yellow OrioleIcterus nigrogularis
- Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanus
- Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Yellow-rumped CaciqueCacicus cela
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Yellow-chinned SpinetailCerthiaxis cinnamomeus
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Silvered AntbirdSclateria naevia
- White-winged SwallowTachycineta albiventer
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Golden-fronted GreenletHylophilus aurantiifrons
- Yellow-breasted FlycatcherTolmomyias flaviventris
- Silver-beaked TanagerRamphocelus carbo
- Red-breasted MeadowlarkSturnella militaris
- Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescens
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Masked YellowthroatGeothlypis aequinoctialis
- White-bearded ManakinManacus manacus
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Bicolored ConebillConirostrum bicolorNT
- Violaceous EuphoniaEuphonia violacea
- Olive-grey SaltatorSaltator olivascens
- Ramphocaenus melanurusRamphocaenus melanurus
- Spectacled ThrushTurdus nudigenis
- Southern Beardless-tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufus
- Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
- Forest ElaeniaMyiopagis gaimardii
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Golden-headed ManakinPipra erythrocephala
- Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Plain AntvireoDysithamnus mentalis
- White-flanked AntwrenMyrmotherula axillaris
- Turquoise TanagerTangara mexicana
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Northern Scrub-FlycatcherSublegatus arenarum
- Cocoa ThrushTurdus fumigatus
- Sulphury FlycatcherTyrannopsis sulphurea
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Blue DacnisDacnis cayana
- Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosa
- Trinidad EuphoniaEuphonia trinitatis
- White-bellied AntbirdMyrmeciza longipes
- Streaked XenopsXenops rutilans
- Loriotus luctuosusLoriotus luctuosus
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Bearded BellbirdProcnias averanoNT
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Epaulet OrioleIcterus cayanensis
- White-wingedPachyramphus polychopterus
- Platyrinchus mystaceusPlatyrinchus mystaceus
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Black-tailed TityraTityra cayana
- Purple HoneycreeperCyanerpes caeruleus
- Lesson's SeedeaterSporophila bouvronides
- Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Masked CardinalParoaria nigrogenis
- Sooty GrassquitAsemospiza fuliginosa
- Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
- Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minuta
- Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
- Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
- Xiphorhynchus picusXiphorhynchus picus
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrola
- Grassland Yellow-FinchSicalis luteola
- Grey-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularis
- Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
- Black-faced AntthrushFormicarius analis
- Grey SeedeaterSporophila intermedia
- Olive-Sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Other birds66 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Orange-winged AmazonAmazona amazonica
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Red-bellied MacawOrthopsittaca manilata
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Blue-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna
- Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephala
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Saucerottia tobaciSaucerottia tobaci
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Short-tailed SwiftChaetura brachyura
- Green-rumped ParrotletForpus passerinus
- Red-rumped WoodpeckerVeniliornis kirkii
- Black-throated MangoAnthracothorax nigricollis
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Fork-tailed Palm-swiftTachornis squamata
- Rufous-tailed JacamarGalbula ruficauda
- Channel-billed ToucanRamphastos vitellinus
- Green-backed TrogonTrogon viridis
- Crimson-crested WoodpeckerCampephilus melanoleucos
- Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa
- Plain-breasted Ground-DoveColumbina minuta
- Blue-chinned SapphireChlorestes notata
- White-tailed GoldenthroatPolytmus guainumbi
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana
- Chrysuronia brevirostrisChrysuronia brevirostris
- Grey-fronted DoveLeptotila rufaxilla
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Little HermitPhaethornis longuemareus
- Azure GallinulePorphyrio flavirostris
- Ruby TopazChrysolampis mosquitus
- Piaya minutaPiaya minuta
- Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
- Common Ground-DoveColumbina passerina
- White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
- Guianan TrogonTrogon violaceus
- Green HermitPhaethornis guy
- Gray-rumped SwiftChaetura cinereiventris
- Aramides cajaneaAramides cajanea
- Green-throated MangoAnthracothorax viridigula
- Rufous-breasted HermitGlaucis hirsutus
- Tufted CoquetteLophornis ornatus
- White-tailed NightjarHydropsalis cayennensis
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Trinidad MotmotMomotus bahamensis
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
- Lilac-tailed ParrotletTouit batavicus
- Collared TrogonTrogon collaris
- Red-and-green MacawAra chloropterus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
- Common PotooNyctibius griseus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Band-rumped SwiftChaetura spinicaudus
- Rufous NightjarAntrostomus rufus
- Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostris
- Eared DoveZenaida auriculata
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in April and in July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/23°100 mm
- Feb29°/23°61 mm
- Mar30°/24°52 mm
- Apr31°/24°56 mm
- May30°/25°117 mm
- Jun29°/25°222 mm
- Jul29°/25°202 mm
- Aug29°/25°202 mm
- Sep30°/25°141 mm
- Oct29°/25°176 mm
- Nov29°/24°213 mm
- Dec28°/24°178 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Nariva Swamp.
Freshwater wetland in Trinidad and Tobago
Nariva Swamp is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Trinidad and Tobago.
235 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 7,766 open records.
The most recorded are the Smooth-billed Ani, the Turkey Vulture and the Black Vulture.
38 species come for the summer, 37 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Lesser yellowlegs and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in April and in July.
Get there and watch
- Brent campcampsite · 9.2 km · 2 within 10 km
- Rio Claronearest town · 16 km in a straight line
- Piarco International Airport (POS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight lineCar hire at POS airport (Port of Spain)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2campsites within 10 kmBrent camp, Claudy camp
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Nariva Swamp.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas9 mountains within 25 kmMount Harris · 6.6 kmBrigand Hill · 8.6 kmIsmael Hill · 12 kmTamana Hill · 13 kmMount Tamana · 14 kmNariva Hill · 17 kmSaddle Hills · 19 kmLong Mountain · 24 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmTamana caves · 13 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Nariva Swamp
Trinidad and Tobago
- 66Birdyas Score
- 235Species
- 77Migrants
- 2Threatened
Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary
Barbados · 338 km
- 64Birdyas Score
- 134Species
- 47Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6965994) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 7,766 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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