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This page refers to information for Trisdad & Tobago or specific to Trinidad - see the link below to the page for Tobago for information specific only to that island At last count Trinidad and Tobago had 437 officially recorded birds, but this was done in the mid eighties, since then many birds had been added to the list. Recent additions include Black-tailed Godwit, Kelp Gull, Slaty Elaenia, Western Reef-heron (1st for Tobago); and waiting to be confirmed are birds like Cerulean Warbler and Chestnut-sided Warbler. Though a current tally is not available the list is certainly pushing up towards 500. Put all this in a country that speaks English (though at times you may not think so); has a low crime rate, and a people with a vibrant culture, which invented the Steelpan. Where birding is as far as your balcony, or as close as your nose as a hummer zooms past chasing an intrepid interloper while nearly going off with a piece of your nose. Some highlights include male Oropendolas sticking their heads between their legs, rattling their wings and beaks, while giving a most peculiar song to impress the girls, and they do impress them. The females will build meter long nests (some can reach nearly 3 meters long) for the most impressive male who may have a harem of up to 20 females! Then there are Pepershrikes that are often heard but rarely seen, or Woodcreepers and Antbirds following trails of Army Ants. Manakins buzzing about, clearing their own dance spot in the forest floor, or sliding along a thin branch (they invented the moonwalk, not Michael Jackson); again all to impress the ladies. To top it off there are the showy birds like Scarlet Ibis, Red-Breasted Blackbirds, Turquoise Tanagers, Ruby Topaz, White-necked Jacobins, and Red-legged Honeycreepers. Then there are the strange birds like the Bearded Bell Bird that can be heard miles away with its toll like call, or the Antshrikes ending their call with a sound like a windup siren that suddenly lost power. Though the ultimate in the strange category are the Devilbirds or Oilbirds that live like bats in caves going out at night to feed on fruit using echolocation to navigate through the dark forests. (The Fatbirder adds:) Tips: Along with a Richard ffrench I would also carry a good guide to North American birds, and if you have space and money also the Guide To Venezuelan Birds is recommended. Bill Murphy's Guide to Birding in Trinidad and Tobago also has lots of invaluable information. Before coming, check out the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalist Club's website and while there go to the Rare Bird Committee page and find the Bird Alert, it will give the current sightings. Crime in Trinidad is mainly centered around the drug trade and cities. Hence, outside of this crime is relatively low, however, prevention is always the best way to go. Always be courteous and kind to people you meet they will respond with in kind, making you much more of a friend rather than a target. Never flash fancy things around, yes you do have binoculars, scopes etc, but don`t flash money or show off your equipment. Ask locals which areas are safe and which are not. |
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Arima Blanchisseuse Road
Satellite ViewThe road from Asa Wright down to the sea at Blanchisseuse is 19 kilometres of birding, Tanagers and Trogons, Toucans and Manakins, Cuckoos and Jacamars to name just a few. The highest Point of this road where it passes from the leeward to the windward sides is about 2,000 feet above sea level and is know for high elevation birds such as Speckled and Blue Capped Tanagers, and is good for migrant Warblers.
Aripo Savannah and Arena Forest
Satellite ViewThis is an all day trip around the savannah off the Eastern main Road via Cumuto village and Waller Field, culminating with time in the Arena forest after lunch. The morning is leisurely stopping frequently to scan roadside bushes and open areas and takes in Cumutu village for a colony of yellow-rumped caciques. Waller Field has its specialities too, primarily as it has scarce moriche palms attracting turquoise tanagers, sulphury flycatchers and fork-tailed palm swifts. There are also some pools formed from gravel or sand workings and lots of abandoned runways and roads at the old airfield. Lunch is usually taken as you arrive at the Arena forest (where you may see a roosting barn owl in an abandoned house). The forest itself is old plantation and pretty dense. Tape luring usually brings all three trogons down for crippling views, along with woodcreepers, woodpeckers, tanagers and jacamars. (Cumuto is best early morning or late evening when it can also produce many Red-bellied Macaws and Ruby Topaz.)
Asa Wright Nature Centre
Satellite ViewThe most relaxed watching anywhere with veranda feeders, acres of secondary forest to wander and the most accessible colony of oilbirds in the world.
Caroni Rice Fields
Satellite ViewThe entrance to the Rice Fields is just across the highway from the area where you get the boat for the Caroni Swamp tour. It is best during the Hurricane Season from July to November, though is worth a look anytime of the year. It hosts many migrant birds travelling both north and south to and from wintering grounds and some spend the austral winter there. Pintails, Whistling Ducks, Godwits, numerous Sandpipers, Bitterns, Herons and Plovers may be found here.
Caroni Swamp
Satellite ViewTake a boat ride along the blue river into the mangroves, and then into open water with mangrove clad islets to see the spectacular roost of 2,000 scarlet ibis with a supporting cast of boat-billed and tri-coloured herons, potoos and caracaras.
Nariva Swamp
Satellite ViewThere is a seven-mile beach of Cocos Bay on the east coast lined with (so they say) a million coconut palms at the end of which one turns into Nariva Swamp travelling along Bush Bush peninsula that juts out into the Swamp. The swamp itself isn't much of a swamp in the wet season still less in the dry (this is due to unregulated farming in the swamp). There is a creek running beside the very pot-holed road (with fisherman's huts along it) backed by very tall grasses and sedges - The road the creek runs along is called Kernahan Trace. It is the place for the two Gallinules, Pinnated Bittern and Dickcissel. There will be a supporting cast of Herons and Egrets, Tyrants and Yellow-hooded and Red-breasted blackbirds. The trip culminates with rum punch back in the palm trees as dusk approaches and you wait for over 50 Red-bellied Macaws to come into roost in a stand of Moriche palms.
Paria Springs Eco-Community
This is a series of Host Homes located in Brasso Seco, Paria, along with a lodge that will be constructed in 2002. This is a rural community and offers excellent forest birding along roadsides and trails that have little or no traffic. Bellbirds, Toucans, Blue Dacnis, Bay-headed or Turquoise Tanagers, Green Purple or Red-legged Honeycreepers are among the list of showy birds found here. Since this is on the windward side of the Northern Range many Raptors may be see gliding on the thermals. Paria Springs also has a guesthouse in Grande Riverre, Le Grand Almandier, and this area is the best for viewing the Trinidad Piping Guan (Pawi). Also from March to July Leatherback Turtles can be seen nesting on the beach.Pax Guest House
Satellite ViewNot far from Port of Spain, located on the hills overlooking the Caroni Plains it offers, it also offers good birding from its balcony both in its feeders and the forests. A walk along its trails can produce many passerines and at times nesting Raptors may be seen.
Point-a-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust
Satellite ViewDedicated to the conservation of wetland birds, it is located in the centre of an oil refinery. It has a main lagoon, which a guided tour can be taken around and offers good views of Whistling Ducks, Anhingas, Cormorants, Green Herons and sometimes a Red-capped Cardinal or a Saffron Finch may make an appearance.
South Trinidad
The Southern Half of Trinidad has many great birding spots, however, unless you are in Trinidad for a significant amount of time, the birding is not so different to North Trinidad as to be worth the long drive. If you do go down there Fullarton Swamp, Icacos and Trinity Hills can be productive.Tobago
For top sites in Tobago see the separate Tobago page...Trincity Ponds
Satellite ViewNear to the Capital these old sewage ponds should also only be visited as a group as some birders have experienced problems with theft! [I have just been told that recently a fence, with a gate and gateman have been installed so theft is no longer a problem here]. A series of old concrete tanks with waterbirds etc. Great for waders, hirundines, grebes, and passerines. Watch for Caiman, which slide away into the water to get out of your way. Our guide said Look, a caiman. to which an American birder asked Is it in flight?.
Waller Field
Satellite ViewLamping on this old airfield can produce two types of owl, nightjars, paraques and potoos and (surprising to me) roosts of waders such as Southern lapwing and semi-palmated plovers. There will also be the chorus of frogs some of which hop across the runway. This is not somewhere to try when unaccompanied as, it is rumoured, it is still occasionally used as an airport by gentlemen of dubious character importing exotic extracts from South America.
Waterloo (Temple in the Sea)
Satellite ViewThese are mudflats that are exposed at low tide; so check the tide table in the newspapers. This can produce rare Gulls, Terns, Skimmers, Sandpipers, Plovers, Herons and lots more. Often well over 1,000 birds can be seen feeding on the mudflats. If you have the time going further south from here during low tide and check various coastal spots may be rewarding.
Courtenay Rooks
Managing Director
(Paria Springs Eco-Community)
rooks@pariasprings.comhttp://www.pariasprings.com
Number of bird species: 468
National Bird
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
National Bird
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
Number of endemics: 1
Trinidad Piping-Guan Pipile pipile
Trinidad Piping-Guan Pipile pipile
A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago
Richard ffrench Illustrated by O?Neill & Eckelberry Helm (1991)ISBN: 0713667591
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Bird Song of Trinidad and Tobago: An Aid to Identification
John Hammick and Richard French 3 CDs. Mandarin Productions 2004ISBN: 148017
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Birding Trinidad - in pursuit of Pawi
by malcolm Rymer 90 minsSee Fatbirder Review
ISBN: 143352
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Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
Richard ffrench Series: CARIBBEAN POCKET NATURAL HISTORY SERIES 125 pages, col photos. Macmillan Caribbean 2004ISBN: 0333995848
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Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
Floyd E Hayes, Martyn Kenefick and Robin L Restall Helm 2007ISBN: 0713685441
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Birds of Trinidad and Tobago - Tape
W Murphy 30 mins. Peregrine Enterprises 1997ISBN: 0941475042
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Checklist of Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
WL Murphy 10 pages, fold out format. Peregrine Enterprises 1994ISBN: 54233
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Guides
Here is a list of knowledgeable and environmentally sensitive guides.
David Rooks - P. O. Box 348, Scarborough, Tobago, West Indies (868) 756 8549 and (868) 660 6168 (speciality: birds)
Pioneer Journeys - Pat Turpin, Charlotteville, Tobago, West Indies (868) 660-4327
Renson Jack - Delaford, Tobago, West Indies (868) 660-5175 (speciality: plants)
William Trim - Goldsborough, c/o Goodwood Post Office, Tobago, West Indies (868) 660-5529
Newton George - (868) 660-5463 (specialty: birds)
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Guardian Life Wildlife Fund
WebsiteEstablished in July 1992, the Trust supports the funding of projects to preserve the wildlife heritage of Trinidad and Tobago. Guardian Life of the Caribbean Limited, founder of the Fund, which donated an initial $25,000.00, has pledged to match other contributions up to $1 million over a four year period, begining 1997. This target is attainable. The Fund is managed by five Trustees led by a distinguished retired Professor of Zoology with decades of practical experience in the conservation of the flora and fauna of Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago Rare Bird Committe
WebsiteThe TTRBC evaluates reports of birds with the aim of converting them into documented records that can be used reliably for scientific studies of bird distribution and patterns of avian vagrancy...
Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists Club
WebsiteThe Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists Club, a society for the study of Natural History, is one of the oldest clubs existing in Trinidad and Tobago, having being founded on 10th July 1891. Approximately 250 members share interests in the natural environment such as birding, botany, photography, geology, research and scientific investigation, publication, conservation and protection...
Asa Wright Nature Centre
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The 720-acre nature centre, nestled on the slopes of the Northern Range of the island of Trinidad, quietly has been carving a name for itself over the past 31 years...
Caroni Bird Sanctuary
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...the scarlet ibis spends the day in Venezuela, and flies back home at the end of the afternoon, to spend the night in the Caroni Bird Sanctuary at around 6 pm...
Wetland of International Importance
WebsiteTrinidad and Tobago presently has 1 site designated as a Wetland of International Importance, with a surface area of 6,234 hectares.
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1998 [January] - Fatbirder
ReportFatbirder's own trip...
2000 [June] - Jason Leifester
ReportI`m finally getting busy posting the photos we took during our wonderful trip to Trinidad and Tobago (June 6-17, 2000). I`m going to try my best not to get carried away and write too much. If you want more information about anything, please ask.
2002 [May] - Stephen Janko
ReportTrip was 9 days and 8 nights from New York. Flew from JFK on BWIA to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Spent 3 nights on Trinidad staying at Asa Wright. This was followed by a further 3 nights in Tobago staying in the fishing village of Speyside on the far north corner of the island. Stayed at the Speyside Inn to save some money. Finally, upon returning to Trinidad, stayed 2 more nights at the Pax Guest House...
2003 [January] - John Kricher and Paul Green - Asa Wright
Report...A chorus of crickets welcomed us to the land of the Oilbirds and bellbirds. During the night the resident Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl vocalized from time to time...
2004 [April] - Chris Hall
ReportChirpy little Bananaquits are everywhere, White-necked Jacobin and White-chested Emerald Hummingbirds buzz around the sugar feeders right before our eyes, while under our noses on the terrace below, the melee includes Great Kiskadee, Tropical Mockingbird and House Wren, Greyish Saltator, Bare-eyed Thrush, Ruddy Ground and Grey-fronted Doves, Shiny Cowbird, Violaceous Euphonia, squeaky Palm, Blue-grey, White-lined and Silver-beaked Tanagers and stunning Green, Purple and Red-legged Honeycreepers...
2004 [July] - George Livingston
Report...The birding I undertook was almost exclusively in either rainforest or secondary growth, except for several brief visits to Nariva Swamp and Bucco Marsh. Aside from driving on T&T’s roads, the trip was enjoyable and I would recommend a visit during this period of the year...
2004 [June] - Bill Murphy
Report...more a trip list than a report...
2005 [February] - Bill Murphy
Report...an immature Ornate Hawk-Eagle sitting in a tree far down the valley but clearly visible through the scope. We heard Channel-billed Toucans on this walk and throughout our stay at the Center, but only a few of the group saw them. The same held true for Blue-headed Parrots, which flew over from time to time but were seen up close by only a few members of our group...
2005 [February] - Jim & Nancy DeWitt
ReportIn January - February 2005, we spent two weeks birding the islands on a Caligo Ventures trip. We saw 199 species, many of them from the comfort of the world-famous veranda at Asa Wright Nature Center and the delightful Cuffie River Nature Retreat. This site details some of highlights of the trip...
2006 [February] - Sue & Neil Jervis
ReportThis trip was booked primarily as a beach holiday with a little bird watching thrown in and apart from printing a checklist of Trinidad and Tobago and buying the Birds of the West Indies from the internet, our preparation was limited to packing the binoculars, insect repellent and a note book...
2006 [January] - David Mason
ReportAfter Gambia, Goa and Texas where could we go just after Christmas to provide excellent birding and guarantee a warm sunny break from the English winter? Several options spring to mind, but in the end we chose Trinidad and Tobago, as our friends Pat and Judy were also interested, having read a number of trip reports and visited the Asa Wright web site Although the birding lived up to expectations, the weather on Trinidad didn't.
2006 [January] - Pat & Judy Hayes
Reportobago is the archetypal Caribbean Island, with clear azure waters containing coral reefs, palm fringed white sandy beaches and the types of resorts you'd expect...
2008 [April] - Bill Murphy
ReportThis exceptionally fine trip began with an email from Jay and Carolyn Brown of Palmyra, Virginia, formerly of Bethesda, Maryland, where they lived when I'd seen them last...
2008 [March] - Martyn Kenefick
ReportBirdfinders’ 2008 tour to Trinidad & Tobago was an exceptionally successful tour. The group quickly became a team of friends and we had many sharp pairs of eyes matching their equally sharp wit! There is little or no migration at this time of year and, as always, we missed one or two relatively common species. Nevertheless our luck with traditional “hard to get” birds was almost unequalled and we ended with a total of 229 species...
2009 [November] - Bill Murphy
Report...During the tour we found a grand total of 210 species of birds, including 12 heard-only's, with extraordinarily good views of many, and with sightings of at least six species of birds unusual enough to merit submission of details to the Trinidad and Tobago Rare Bird Committee...
2010 [May] - Bill Murphy
Report...When this trip was first announced, little did we know that Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano, more than 4,000 miles from Trinidad, would pose a significant challenge to the arrival of two of the participants...
2010 [November] -Bill Murphy
Report...During this tour we found a grand total of 211 species of birds, including five "heard-only's," with extraordinarily good views of many and with sightings of at least six species unusual enough to merit submission of details to the Trinidad & Tobago Rare Bird Committee...
2011 [February] - Bill Murphy
Report...This trip was very different from most of the birding trips I’ve led to Trinidad & Tobago. Last year’s drought-induced fires had drastically reduced the numbers of many species, so birding was far more challenging than normal. Moreover, the interests of the group varied widely, so we spent time at several very enjoyable places that hardcore birding rarely permits...
2011 [February] - Gary & Marlene Babic
ReportOn this short trip we spent three nights at the famous Asa Wright Nature Center, one night in Grand Riviere which is the best site for Trinidad Piping-guan, and three nights at Blue Waters Inn in Tobago. We had approximately 30 target birds for the trip. By good fortune we had previously met Martyn Kenefick, the author of the newest field guide to Trinidad, and he kindly gave us advice on best places to see our birds...
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Tour Operator...The Asa Wright Nature Centre, which is located at 1200 feet in Trinidad's North Range. Asa Wright is a place of luxuriant beauty and home to an important and easily observed colony of rare Oilbirds. Birding from the veranda is an unforgettable experience...
Birder Bill
Tour OperatorReserve your spot now on Bill Murphy's next Trinidad & Tobago tour... ...this site also has a lot of good info and pictures.
Birdfinders
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Birding Ecotours
Tour OperatorA wonderful introduction to the birds of South America. Numerous highlights: Scarlet Ibis, Oilbirds, motmots, hummingbirds, nightjars, potoos, antbirds, jacamars, etc... not to mention agoutis, tropical butterflies, flowering plants, and a glass-bottomed boat over a superb coral reef. A perennial favourite with birders and naturalists everywhere!
Birding Pal
InformationLocal birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...
Caligo Ventures
Tour OperatorCaligo Ventures is the Asa Wright Nature Centre's representative, responsible for providing first-class tour and travel programming to the Centre for over 25 years. In addition to your stay at the Centre you will also be taken to several of Trinidad's best birding spots, including the magnificent Caroni Marsh, to watch the incredible spectacle of hundreds of Scarlet Ibis returning to their roosts at sunset. Comprehensive 10-day tours of Trinidad & Tobago are conducted throughout the year as are shorter 7-day Trinidad-Only tours. If group travel isn't your thing, consider our Birding Ventures program for independent travellers or simply make room reservations for a stay at the Centre on your own. We also offer Centre tours for affinity groups such as Audubon Chapters, science centres, hiking clubs, zoos, and nature centres. Our low group size of only 10 paying participants helps make this a very successful undertaking...
Eco-Adventures
Tour Operator...Almost 400 bird species (more than any other Caribbean island), 620 butterfly species, 2,300 flowering plants – including 700 orchids – 108 recorded mammal species, 57 of them bats, 70 different reptiles...
Exotic Birding
Tour OperatorOcassional trips to T&T...
Field Guides
Tour OperatorWonderful introduction to South America`s bird riches (including bellbirds, toucans, manakins & motmots)...
Motmot Travel
Tour Operator...small travel company based in the UK and specialising in Nature and Birding Holidays in Trinidad & Tobago...
Nature Trek
Tour Operator...A 14-day birdwatching and natural history holiday to Trinidad & Tobago, including an 8-day stay at the renowned Asa Wright Nature Centre...
Responsible Travel
Tour Operator...14-day birdwatching and natural history holiday to Trinidad & Tobago, including an 8-day stay at the renowned Asa Wright Nature Centre...
Rockjumper Birding Tours
Tour OperatorOver 460 bird species have been recorded in Trinidad & Tobago, and there are few places where such a high diversity of birds can be found in such a small area. Our tour covers the entirety of these beautiful tropical islands, utilizing fantastic accommodations in prime birding habitat, while the photographic opportunities are simply spectacular!
Roger Neckles - Avifauna Tours
GuideIt is said that I am Trinidad & Tobago's Leading Wildlife Photographer. My pictures have been published on every major newspaper in Trinidad & Tobago, in Business calendars and annual reports, company advertisements, billboards and brochures...
Tacaribe Tour Operators Ltd
Tour OperatorTacaribe Tour Operators Ltd is an inbound tour operator`s company engaged in ecotourism and agritourism in Trinidad and Tobago. We are also involved in community development...
TNT Adventures
Tour Operatore.g. Morne Catherine Tour - Trinidad`s most recently discovered birding hot spot. Located in Chaguaramas on the country`s north-western peninsula, the trail meanders gracefully, sometimes rising sharply as it progresses towards its summit. The area is a restricted one and entry is gained by permits only, so prior notification is necessary. Over 100 species of birds can be found in this area. The occurrence of vagrants and other migrants from the mainland continent is frequent because of the area`s close proximity to Venezuela. Best seen from 6:30 a.m. to noon...
Wings
Tour OperatorTrinidad and Tobago, the beautiful, mountainous green islands off South America's northeast coast, are widely celebrated among birdwatchers, for which they have an enduring and particular appeal...
Adventure Eco Villas
AccommodationAdventure Eco Villas is nestled amongst the Tropical Flora and Fauna of a twelve-acre nature reserve and organic farm. Only minutes away from palm-fringed beaches with excellent snorkeling. You will appreciate the elegant comfort, serenity and nature of this unique jewel of Tobago...
Asa Wright Nature Centre
AccommodationThe continental origin and proximity of Trinidad to South America, along with its many varied habitats, has resulted in an unusually diverse fauna. The species lists for this island are impressive: 108 mammals; 400 birds; 55 reptiles; 25 amphibians; and 617 butterflies! No other area in the West Indies, and few if any areas of comparable size anywhere in tropical America, can match this spectacular diversity of species. It is 50 miles long by about 37 miles wide with varied landscape features, including its Northern Range rising to a little over 3,000 feet, most of which is covered by one or another form of tropical rainforest. It is here, in this rich tropical part of this beautiful island, that you will find the magical Asa Wright Nature Centre. Recommended by the Fat Birder who spent a week in this Paradise in 1998.
Carnetta's Inn
AccommodationSee blue-grey and palm tanagers, banaquits, tropical mocking-birds, great kiskadees, hummingbirds, orioles, flycatchers, ruddy ground doves, crested oropendolas all sharing our garden. Indeed, Carnetta's is a haven for the ecotourist...
Paria Springs Eco Community
AccommodationParia Springs, a nature lodge in Trinidad, the Caribbean`s best eco-tourism destination, where you experience South America`s vast diversity of flora and fauna on a Caribbean Island. The best of both worlds.
Plantation House
AccommodationPlantation house is located in the Santa Barbara estate in the Maracas Valley, an area of outstanding natural beauty. Set on a hill, in 15 acres of a former cocoa and citrus plantation, there are panoramic views in every direction. It`s a place to rest, relax and unwind.
South Caribbean Bird Alert
Mailing ListThe Southeastern Caribbean Bird Alert is published weekly on the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club website, and is also available via email. Its aim is to promote birding and ornithology in the southeastern Caribbean by fostering communication among resident and visiting birders...
Checklist - Birds of Trinidad
ChecklistDiscovering the Birds of Trinidad & Tobago
WebsiteDiscovering the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago will provide hundreds of photographs, images and descriptions of tropical birds plus added bonus features. Trinidad and Tobago has been described as a tropical bird watchers paradise with over 400 different species of neo-tropical birds, making it one of the richest birding countries per square mile with avian spectacles at every turn. Trinidad and Tobago are just off the coast of Venezuela and were once connected to the South American mainland...
Exploring the natural side of Trinidad
WebsiteOne of the most famous nature destinations is the Caroni Swamp, where you can see Trinidad and Tobago`s national bird, the scarlet ibis...
The flaming trees of Trinidad
WebsiteOur tour boat quietly pulls up to a clump of mangrove trees along the edge of a lagoon in Trinidad`s Caroni Lagoon National Park and Bird Sanctuary...
Trinidad Birding
Website...violaceous euphonia hopped up in a glorious streak of iridescent blue and a yellow-breasted bananaquit appeared--these are known widely around the Caribbean and are often cheeky enough to steal the sugar from your breakfast table. An orange flambeau butterfly passed across the veranda...
Trinidad Birding
WebsiteTrinidad birds - if you are searching for concise, accurate information about this tropical paradise, look no further! This site is sure to become your #1 bookmark. Here you'll find everything you could want to know about books, audio tapes, checklists, trip reports, and loads of links to other Trinidad websites. You'll discover an easy to use, information-packed web site.
Photographer - Roger Neckles
GalleryIt is said that I am Trinidad & Tobago's Leading Wildlife Photographer. My pictures have been published on every major newspaper in Trinidad & Tobago, in Business calendars and annual reports, company advertisements, billboards and brochures...
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