After moving to Trinidad in August 2002, I quickly discovered that the
island is a birder's paradise. The diversity of birds has sparked
my own interest and the images below depict the species I've found so
far. Some of these species also appear on my Birds
of Tobago page and more bird pictures appear on the Pointe-a-Pierre
Wild Fowl Trust page. I will continue to update this gallery
with new species and new images. Please let me know if I have made
identification errors! My email is hillj@orst.edu.
All images are copyrighted. Do not use them without permission.
Copper-
rumped
Hummingbird
White-chested
Emerald
White-necked
Jacobin
(male)
Tufted Coquette
(female)
Long-billed
Starthroat
White-necked
Jacobin
(female)
West Indian
Whistling
Duck
West Indian
Whistling
Ducklings
Wild
Muscovy
Duck
Purple
Gallinule
(Male)
Purple
Gallinule
(female)
Purple
Gallinule
(juvenile)
Wattle
Jacana
Click on the
thumbnail images
to see larger
versions.
Scarlet
Ibis
Black-necked
Stilt
Great Egret
Snowy
Egret
Tri-colored
Heron
Striated
Heron
Anhinga
Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Common Black
Hawk
Blue-gray
Tanager
Silver-beaked
Tanager
(female)
Silver-beaked
Tanager
(male)
Palm Tanager
White-lined
Tanager
(female)
White-lined
Tanager
(male)
Bay-headed
Tanager
Crested
Oropendola
with nest
Crested
Oropendola
Golden-headed
Manakin
(female)
Golden-headed
Manakin
(male)
Ruddy
Ground
Dove
Purple
Honeycreeper
(male)
Purple
Honeycreeper
(female and
juvenile)
Purple
Honeycreeper
(juvenile male)
Violaceous
Euphonia
(male)
Green
Honeycreeper
(female)
Green
Honeycreeper
(male)
Bananaquit
Great
Kiskadee
White-headed
Marsh-Tyrant
(male)
Bearded Bellbird
(female)
Buff-Throated
Woodcreeper
Chestnut
Woodpecker
Violaceous
Trogon
Trinidad has
many migratory
visitors!
Great Antshrike
(female)
Red-breasted
Blackbird
Carib
Grackle
Yellow-hooded
Blackbird
Tropical
Mockingbird
Yellow Oriole
Bare-eyed
Thrush
Useful Resources:
A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago,
2nd ed. by Richard ffrench, 1991, Comstock Publishing Associates
Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: A Photographic Atlas (2nd ed.), by Russell
Barrow, 1997