The Pectoral Sandpiper is a medium sized shorebird with a distinctive boundary between its pure white underbelly and richly streaked throat and breast. It is a […]

The Olivaceous Woodcreeper is the smallest woodcreeper in T&T. Its diminutive size and habits of hopping up the trunks of large trees in Tobago’s rainforest lend […]

The Oilbird is a large, nocturnal bird that uses echolocation as its main navigation technique. It can still see very well in near total darkness, as […]

The Northern Waterthrush is a migratory visitor to waterways throughout T&T. Most often seen from September through May, it feeds on a variety of invertebrates. It […]

The Muscovy Duck is a large but scarce resident of wetlands on Trinidad. It has long been hunted and as such is extremely wary of human […]

The Masked Cardinal is a resident member of the tanager family occupying wetland habitat on Trinidad. Masked Cardinals on Trinidad form the northernmost extreme of their […]

The Magnificent Frigatebird is unmistakable, even when silhouetted its long, pointed wings and forked tail make identification straightforward. Magnificent Frigatebirds can be found across T&T with […]

The Little Hermit is a small, secretive hummingbird that is often seen feeding from flowering shrubs close to the ground in forested areas on Trinidad. During […]

The Lined Seedeater was a resident of Trinidad’s forests, however pressure from persons keen on trapping them for the cagebird trade has exterminated the breeding population. […]