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These dainty birds resemble Old World warblers in their build and habits, moving restlessly through the foliage seeking insects. The gnatcatchers and gnatwrens are mainly soft bluish gray in color and have the typical insectivore's long sharp bill. They are birds of fairly open woodland or scrub, which nest in bushes or trees.
Important Bird Areas of Trinidad and Tobago (4 P) Pages in category "Birds of Trinidad and Tobago" The following 189 pages are in this category, out of 189 total.
The Trinidad piping guan (Pipile pipile) locally known as the pawi, [3] is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae, endemic to the island of Trinidad.It is a large bird, somewhat resembling a turkey in appearance, and research has shown that its nearest living relative is the blue-throated piping guan from South America.
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Trinidad and Tobago is home to about 99 species of terrestrial mammals. About 65 of the mammalian species in the islands are bats (including cave roosting, tree and cavity roosting bats and even foliage-tent-making bats; all with widely differing diets from nectar and fruit, to insects, small vertebrates such as fish, frogs, small birds and rodents and even those that consume vertebrate blood).
The Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) makes its home in the Caroni Bird Sanctuary in the Caroni Swamp—an area set aside by the government for the protection of these colourful birds. [8] [9] National instrument: Steelpan: National Colours of Trinidad and Tobago [] Red, White and Black National Watchwords Discipline, Production, Tolerance. []
Trinidad and Tobago, [a] officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean.Comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with numerous smaller islands, it is located 11 kilometres (6 nautical miles) northeast off the coast of Venezuela, 130 kilometres (70 nautical miles) south of Grenada, and west of Barbados.
The island of Trinidad has a rich biodiversity. [19] The fauna is overwhelmingly of South American origin. There are about 100 species of mammals including the Guyanese red howler monkey, the collared peccary, the red brocket deer, the ocelot and about 70 species of bats. [20] There are over 400 species of birds including the endemic Trinidad ...