10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2022
The exploration of triads within the avifauna of Trinidad and Tobago has taken me through various families and species groups on this blog. On the smaller island of Tobago there are three species of woodpeckers and three species of woodcreepers – one of each is found on Tobago but not Trinidad. Golden-olive Woodpecker.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) 3) What was the best guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago? 2) Which hummingbird was more beautiful—Tufted Coquette or Ruby-topaz Hummingbird? (3)
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2013
The Trincity Sewage Ponds in Trinidad and Tobago are no exception. My visit to the best sewage ponds for birding on the island of Trinidad was on 19 July 2013. The (non-birding) group I was with was on our way to the Caroni Swamp when our guide suggested a quick stop at the Trincity Sewage Ponds so I could see a few cool birds.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
The first is that the illustrations by Dale Dyer are based, and largely seem to be the same, as the illustrations for his previous guide Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama (co-authored with Andrew Vallely, PUP, 2018). Doing this work takes time!
10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2012
The island paradise of Trinidad boasts three bands of mountains running east to west. The latter reason explains why I joined a group of North American birders in an early morning assault on the birds of the Northern Range. I blame Larry, who took pains to prepare us to not see Trinidad’s only non-motmot endemic.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 18, 2012
If you haven’t been to Trinidad and Tobago, you’re missing out on a country that combines many of the best qualities of the Caribbean and South America. The Southern Lapwing ( Vanellus chilensis ) is big, beefy plover that thrives throughout South and even part of Central America.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2015
This bunch of possible Costa Rican crypto birds can be grouped into four main categories: (1). A species that lives in both Costa Rica and South America but might be two separate species. (3). However, the paper didn’t deal with birds from southern Central America. A Common Chlorospingus from Costa Rica.
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