Field checklist
Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
316 species with profiles on The Ornithology. Tick what you see; E = found only here.
| Species | Scientific name | Family | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata | Tytonidae | NE | |
| American Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| American Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | Phoenicopteridae | LC | |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Charadriidae | LC | |
| American Pygmy Kingfisher | Chloroceryle aenea | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Parulidae | LC | |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | Anhingidae | LC | |
| Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | Falconidae | LC | |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Band-rumped Swift | Chaetura spinicaudus | Apodidae | LC | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus | Thamnophilidae | LC | |
| Bay-headed Tanager | Tangara gyrola | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Bearded Bellbird | Procnias averano | Cotingidae | LC | |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Bicolored Conebill | Conirostrum bicolor | Thraupidae | NT | |
| Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Laridae | LC | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Laridae | LC | |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | Cathartidae | LC | |
| Black-bellied Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Anatidae | LC | |
| Black-crested Antshrike | Sakesphorus canadensis | Thamnophilidae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-faced Antthrush | Formicarius analis | Formicariidae | LC | |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Black-tailed Tityra | Tityra cayana | Tityridae | NE | |
| Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis | Trochilidae | LC | |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | Vireonidae | LC | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Parulidae | NT | |
| Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Blue Ground Dove | Claravis pretiosa | Columbidae | LC | |
| Blue-backed Manakin | Chiroxiphia pareola | Pipridae | LC | |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Blue-capped Tanager | Sporathraupis cyanocephala | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Blue-grey Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Blue-headed Parrot | Pionus menstruus | Psittacidae | NE | |
| Blue-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus | Trochilidae | NE | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Anatidae | LC | |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus | Icteridae | LC | |
| Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Laridae | LC | |
| Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Laridae | LC | |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Pelecanidae | LC | |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Brown-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula pertinax | Psittacidae | LC | |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Carib Grackle | Quiscalus lugubris | Icteridae | LC | |
| Channel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos vitellinus | Ramphastidae | NE | |
| Chapman’s Swift | Chaetura chapmani | Apodidae | LC | |
| Chestnut Woodpecker | Celeus elegans | Picidae | LC | |
| Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila | Apodidae | LC | |
| Chivi Vireo | Vireo chivi | Vireonidae | LC | |
| Cocoa Thrush | Turdus fumigatus | Turdidae | LC | |
| Cocoa Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus susurrans | Furnariidae | LC | |
| Collared Trogon | Trogon collaris | Trogonidae | LC | |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | Rallidae | LC | |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | Columbidae | LC | |
| Common Potoo | Nyctibius griseus | Nyctibiidae | LC | |
| Common Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Copper-rumped Hummingbird | Saucerottia tobaci | Trochilidae | LC | |
| Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Crested Caracara | Caracara plancus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Crested Oropendola | Psarocolius decumanus | Icteridae | LC | |
| Crimson-crested Woodpecker | Campephilus melanoleucos | Picidae | LC | |
| Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | Columbidae | LC | |
| Epaulet Oriole | Icterus cayanensis | Icteridae | NE | |
| Euler’s Flycatcher | Lathrotriccus euleri | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| Ferruginous Pygmy Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | Strigidae | LC | |
| Forest Elaenia | Myiopagis gaimardii | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Fork-tailed Palm Swift | Tachornis squamata | Apodidae | LC | |
| Franklin’s Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Laridae | LC | |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Anatidae | LC | |
| Fuscous Flycatcher | Cnemotriccus fuscatus | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Giant Cowbird | Molothrus oryzivorus | Icteridae | LC | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus | Parulidae | NE | |
| Golden-fronted Greenlet | Pachysylvia aurantiifrons | Vireonidae | LC | |
| Golden-headed Manakin | Ceratopipra erythrocephala | Pipridae | LC | |
| Golden-olive Woodpecker | Colaptes rubiginosus | Picidae | NE | |
| Grassland Yellow Finch | Sicalis luteola | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Great Antshrike | Taraba major | Thamnophilidae | LC | |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Greater Ani | Crotophaga major | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Green Hermit | Phaethornis guy | Trochilidae | LC | |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Green Honeycreeper | Chlorophanes spiza | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Green-backed Trogon | Trogon viridis | Trogonidae | LC | |
| Green-rumped Parrotlet | Forpus passerinus | Psittacidae | LC | |
| Green-throated Mango | Anthracothorax viridigula | Trochilidae | LC | |
| Grey Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey-breasted Crake | Laterallus exilis | Rallidae | LC | |
| Grey-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Grey-cowled Wood Rail | Aramides cajaneus | Rallidae | LC | |
| Grey-fronted Dove | Leptotila rufaxilla | Columbidae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Grey-lined Hawk | Buteo nitidus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Grey-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris | Apodidae | LC | |
| Grey-throated Leaftosser | Sclerurus albigularis | Furnariidae | LC | |
| Guianan Trogon | Trogon violaceus | Trogonidae | NE | |
| Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava | Cardinalidae | NE | |
| Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | Laridae | LC | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Laridae | LC | |
| Leach’s Storm Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Hydrobatidae | VU | |
| Least Bittern | Botaurus exilis | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | Podicipedidae | LC | |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Elaenia | Elaenia chiriquensis | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift | Panyptila cayennensis | Apodidae | LC | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Lesson’s Seedeater | Sporophila bouvronides | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Lilac-tailed Parrotlet | Touit batavicus | Psittacidae | LC | |
| Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | Picidae | NE | |
| Lined Quail-Dove | Zentrygon linearis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Little Cuckoo | Coccycua minuta | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Hermit | Phaethornis longuemareus | Trochilidae | LC | |
| Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui | Tinamidae | LC | |
| Long-billed Starthroat | Heliomaster longirostris | Trochilidae | LC | |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Mangrove Rail | Rallus longirostris | Rallidae | LC | |
| Mangrove Warbler | Setophaga petechia | Parulidae | NE | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Sulidae | LC | |
| Masked Cardinal | Paroaria nigrogenis | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | Anatidae | LC | |
| Masked Yellowthroat | Geothlypis aequinoctialis | Parulidae | NE | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Falconidae | LC | |
| Mottled Owl | Strix virgata | Strigidae | LC | |
| Mouse-colored Tyrannulet | Nesotriccus murinus | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Nacunda Nighthawk | Chordeiles nacunda | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Nannopterum brasilianum | Phalacrocoracidae | LC | |
| Northern Scrub Flycatcher | Sublegatus arenarum | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Parulidae | LC | |
| Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Ochre-lored Flatbill | Tolmomyias flaviventris | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis | Steatornithidae | LC | |
| Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | Furnariidae | NE | |
| Olive-grey Saltator | Saltator olivascens | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Tyrannidae | NT | |
| Olive-striped Flycatcher | Mionectes olivaceus | Tyrannidae | NE | |
| Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus aurantiirostris | Turdidae | LC | |
| Orange-winged Amazon | Amazona amazonica | Psittacidae | LC | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Pandionidae | LC | |
| Pale-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albescens | Furnariidae | LC | |
| Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Pantanal Snipe | Gallinago paraguaiae | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Pearl Kite | Gampsonyx swainsonii | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Pied Water Tyrant | Fluvicola pica | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Podicipedidae | LC | |
| Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinnatus | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Plain Antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis | Thamnophilidae | LC | |
| Plain-breasted Ground Dove | Columbina minuta | Columbidae | LC | |
| Plain-brown Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla fuliginosa | Furnariidae | NE | |
| Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Parulidae | LC | |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Rallidae | LC | |
| Purple Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes caeruleus | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Red-bellied Macaw | Orthopsittaca manilatus | Psittacidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Red-crowned Ant Tanager | Habia rubica | Cardinalidae | LC | |
| Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus | Picidae | LC | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Vireonidae | LC | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Sulidae | LC | |
| Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Red-rumped Woodpecker | Veniliornis kirkii | Picidae | LC | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Laridae | LC | |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | Laridae | NE | |
| Ruby-topaz Hummingbird | Chrysolampis mosquitus | Trochilidae | LC | |
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | Columbidae | LC | |
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | Columbidae | LC | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Ruddy-breasted Seedeater | Sporophila minuta | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Rufescent Tiger Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Rufous Crab Hawk | Buteogallus aequinoctialis | Accipitridae | NT | |
| Rufous Nightjar | Antrostomus rufus | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Rufous-breasted Hermit | Glaucis hirsutus | Trochilidae | LC | |
| Rufous-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius rutilus | Troglodytidae | LC | |
| Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis | Vireonidae | LC | |
| Rufous-necked Wood Rail | Aramides axillaris | Rallidae | LC | |
| Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | Galbulidae | LC | |
| Rufous-vented Chachalaca | Ortalis ruficauda | Cracidae | LC | |
| Saffron Finch | Sicalis flaveola | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Laridae | LC | |
| Sargasso Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | Procellariidae | NE | |
| Savanna Hawk | Buteogallus meridionalis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Scaled Dove | Columbina squammata | Columbidae | LC | |
| Scaled Pigeon | Patagioenas speciosa | Columbidae | LC | |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | Columbidae | LC | |
| Scrub Greenlet | Hylophilus flavipes | Vireonidae | NE | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Shiny Cowbird | Molothrus bonariensis | Icteridae | LC | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant | Myiornis ecaudatus | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura | Apodidae | LC | |
| Silver-beaked Tanager | Ramphocelus carbo | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Silvered Antbird | Sclateria naevia | Thamnophilidae | LC | |
| Slaty-capped Flycatcher | Leptopogon superciliaris | Tyrannidae | NE | |
| Small-billed Elaenia | Elaenia parvirostris | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sooty Grassquit | Asemospiza fuliginosa | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Sora | Porzana carolina | Rallidae | LC | |
| Southern Beardless Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Southern House Wren | Troglodytes musculus | Troglodytidae | NE | |
| Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Southern Tropical Pewee | Contopus cinereus | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Southern White-fringed Antwren | Formicivora grisea | Thamnophilidae | LC | |
| Speckled Tanager | Ixothraupis guttata | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata | Strigidae | LC | |
| Spectacled Thrush | Turdus nudigenis | Turdidae | LC | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Spotted Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum maculatum | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Straight-billed Woodcreeper | Dendroplex picus | Furnariidae | LC | |
| Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii | Furnariidae | LC | |
| Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | Tyrannidae | NE | |
| Streaked Saltator | Saltator striatipectus | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Streaked Xenops | Xenops rutilans | Furnariidae | LC | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Stripe-backed Bittern | Botaurus involucris | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Stripe-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis cinnamomea | Furnariidae | LC | |
| Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Striped Owl | Asio clamator | Strigidae | LC | |
| Sulphury Flycatcher | Tyrannopsis sulphurea | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Cardinalidae | LC | |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Trilling Gnatwren | Ramphocaenus melanurus | Polioptilidae | NE | |
| Trinidad Euphonia | Euphonia trinitatis | Fringillidae | LC | |
| Trinidad Motmot E | Momotus bahamensis | Momotidae | LC | |
| Trinidad Piping Guan E | Pipile pipile | Cracidae | CR | |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Tropical Mockingbird | Mimus gilvus | Mimidae | LC | |
| Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi | Parulidae | NE | |
| Tropical Screech Owl | Megascops choliba | Strigidae | LC | |
| Tufted Coquette | Lophornis ornatus | Trochilidae | LC | |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Cathartidae | LC | |
| Turquoise Tanager | Tangara mexicana | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Variegated Flycatcher | Empidonomus varius | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Venezuelan Flycatcher | Myiarchus venezuelensis | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Violaceous Euphonia | Euphonia violacea | Fringillidae | LC | |
| Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana | Jacanidae | LC | |
| Western Cattle Egret | Ardea ibis | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| White Hawk | Pseudastur albicollis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| White-bearded Manakin | Manacus manacus | Pipridae | LC | |
| White-bellied Antbird | Myrmeciza longipes | Thamnophilidae | LC | |
| White-cheeked Pintail | Anas bahamensis | Anatidae | LC | |
| White-chested Emerald | Chrysuronia brevirostris | Trochilidae | LC | |
| White-eyed Parakeet | Psittacara leucophthalmus | Psittacidae | LC | |
| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Anatidae | LC | |
| White-flanked Antwren | Myrmotherula axillaris | Thamnophilidae | NE | |
| White-headed Marsh Tyrant | Arundinicola leucocephala | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus | Thraupidae | LC | |
| White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | Trochilidae | LC | |
| White-necked Thrush | Turdus albicollis | Turdidae | NE | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| White-shouldered Tanager | Loriotus luctuosus | Thraupidae | LC | |
| White-tailed Goldenthroat | Polytmus guainumbi | Trochilidae | LC | |
| White-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| White-tailed Sabrewing | Campylopterus ensipennis | Trochilidae | NT | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| White-throated Spadebill | Platyrinchus mystaceus | Tyrannidae | NE | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | Columbidae | LC | |
| White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus | Tityridae | LC | |
| White-winged Swallow | Tachycineta albiventer | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Wilson’s Plover | Anarhynchus wilsonia | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Wilson’s Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Yellow Oriole | Icterus nigrogularis | Icteridae | LC | |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Yellow-billed Tern | Sternula superciliaris | Laridae | LC | |
| Yellow-chinned Spinetail | Certhiaxis cinnamomeus | Furnariidae | LC | |
| Yellow-crowned Amazon | Amazona ochrocephala | Psittacidae | LC | |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Yellow-headed Caracara | Daptrius chimachima | Falconidae | LC | |
| Yellow-hooded Blackbird | Chrysomus icterocephalus | Icteridae | LC | |
| Yellow-legged Thrush | Turdus flavipes | Turdidae | LC | |
| Yellow-olive Flatbill | Tolmomyias sulphurescens | Tyrannidae | LC | |
| Yellow-rumped Cacique | Cacicus cela | Icteridae | NE | |
| Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | Accipitridae | LC |
This checklist lists the species that have profiles on this site, not every species ever recorded in the country. Taxonomy: AviList. Status: IUCN Red List category.