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The scarlet ibis (above) and rufous-vented chachalaca (below) are the national birds of Trinidad and Tobago. The South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society lists 489 species of birds that have been confirmed on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago as of July 2024.
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.
Pages in category "Endemic birds of Trinidad and Tobago" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
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 ...
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 Trinidad motmot is a member of the order Coraciiformes, which includes the kingfishers, rollers, motmots, bee-eaters, and todies, and the genus Momotus, or motmots.. Before the 21st Century, this species was widely thought to be conspecific with the blue-capped motmot, Lesson’s motmot, whooping motmot, Amazonian motmot, and Andean mot
The Trinidad euphonia is found in northern Colombia, northern Venezuela, and Trinidad. A single Tobago record is regarded as a probable escaped cage bird. [14] On Trinidad, it is found primarily in second growth and hill forest near mistletoe and in cultivated areas with large trees, though on the west coast it is also found in mangroves.