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? It is organized taxonomically, with families identified by first scientific and then popular name.

Trinidad 190

Trinidad Birds South America Research 190

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2013

And while we didn’t see or hear a ton of species (29 by my tally) there were some pretty darn good birds in that small total. More interesting to the non-birders were the Rufous-tailed Jacamar and Trinidad Motmots that we saw, though they did stay rather distant. We saw several feeding on strangler fig. She was very cooperative.

Trinidad 185

Trinidad Birds Venezuela Protection 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

They are one of the most famous families of birds, and for good reason. Trinidad and Tobago has historically had seventeen species on record, sixteen on Trinidad and six on Tobago. Oftentimes even the uncommon to scarce residents play nice, one can easily view fifteen species on a single visit to the twin island republic.

Trinidad 256

Trinidad South America Venezuela 2019 256

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2019

Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire) and that border is known as the Bond’s line. Within its 400 pages, the Birds of the West Indies covers 712 species, 550 of them regularly occurring and 190 of those endemic to the region, many of them to single islands. If a species is monotypic, this is clearly stated.

Saint Kitts and Nevis 153

Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Cuba 153