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The return of the Old Man

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Conservation efforts have been sufficiently successful for the bird’s status to be downlisted, in 2018, from Critically Endangered to Endangered. In 2018, there were 1,745 birds living in 92 different zoos and collections. Such an intimate encounter with one of the world’s rarest birds was a memorable experience.

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Owling in Trinidad & Tobago

10,000 Birds

Today, Barn Owls can be found across both islands, hunting open fields at twilight or comfortably resting in abandoned relics of the sugar cane industry. They are sometimes chased by superstitious resident humans, believing them to be harbingers of doom or even the souls of the departed. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl.

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