Image Gallery Index

Birds of Trinidad and Tobago


Ducks and Geese - Anatidae
Muscovy Duck; Cairina moschata
White-cheeked Pintail; Anas bahamensis
Masked Duck; Nomonyx dominicus
Guans and Chachalacas - Cracidae
Trinidad Piping-Guan; Pipile pipile
Grebes - Podicipedidae
Pied-billed Grebe; Podilymbus podiceps
Flamingoes - Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo; Phoenicopterus ruber
Herons - Ardeidae
Rufescent Tiger-heron; Tigrisoma lineatum
Pinnated Bittern; Botaurus pinnatus
Least Bittern; Ixobrychus exilis
Stripe-backed Bittern; Ixobrychus involucris
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron; Nyctanassa viola
Striated Heron; Butorides striata
Cattle Egret; Bubulcus ibis
Cocoi Heron; Ardea cocoi
Little Blue Heron; Egretta caerulea
Ibises and Spoonbills - Threskiornithidae
Scarlet Ibis; Eudocimus ruber
Glossy Ibis; Plegadis falcinellus
Storks - Ciconiidae
Jabiru; Jabiru mycteria
Wood Stork; Mycteria americana
New World Vultures - Cathartidae
Turkey Vulture; Cathartes aura
Black Vulture; Coragyps atratus
Ospreys - Pandionidae
Osprey; Pandion haliaetus
Hawks, Kites and Eagles - Accipitridae
Grey-headed Kite; Leptodon cayanensis
Hook-billed Kite; Chondrohierax uncinatus
Pearl Kite; Gampsonyx swainsonii
Plumbeous Kite; Ictinia plumbea
Long-winged Harrier; Circus buffoni
Crane Hawk; Geranospiza caerulescens
White Hawk; Leucopternis albicollis
Common Black-Hawk; Buteogallus anthracinus
Rufous Crab-Hawk; Buteogallus aequinoctialis
Savannah Hawk; Buteogallus meridionalis
Broad-winged Hawk; Buteo platypterus
Gray Hawk; Buteo nitidus
Short-tailed Hawk; Buteo brachyurus
Black Hawk-Eagle; Spizaetus tyrannus
Ornate Hawk-Eagle; Spizaetus ornatus
Falcons and Caracaras - Falconidae
Crested Caracara; Caracara cheriway
Yellow-headed Caracara; Milvago chimach
Merlin; Falco columbarius
Bat Falcon; Falco rufigularis
Peregrine; Falco peregrinus
Gallinules, Rails and Crakes - Rallidae
Clapper Rail; Rallus longirostris
Gray-necked Wood-Rail; Aramides cajane
Yellow-breasted Crake; Porzana flavivente
Common Moorhen; Gallinula chloropus
Purple Gallinule; Porphyrio martinica
Plovers and Lapwings - Charadriidae
Southern Lapwing; Vanellus chilensis
Semi-palmated Plover; Charadrius semipalmatus
Collared Plover; Charadrius collaris
Stilts and Avocets - Recurvirostridae
Black-necked Stilt; Himantopus mexicanus
Sandpipers - Scolopacidae
Wilson’s Snipe; Gallinago delicata
Short-billed Dowitcher; Limnodromus griseus
Whimbrel; Numenius phaeopus
Upland Sandpiper; Bartramia longicauda
Terek Sandpiper; Xenus cinereus
Spotted Sandpiper; Actitis macularius
Greater Yellowlegs; Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs; Tringa flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper; Tringa solitaria
Willet; Tringa semipalmata
Ruddy Turnstone; Arenaria interpres
Jacanas - Jacanidae
Wattled Jacana; Jacana jacana
Gulls and Terns - Laridae
Common Black-headed Gull; Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Laughing Gull; Leucophaeus atricilla
Ring-billed Gull; Larus delawarensis
Lesser Black-backed Gull; Larus fuscus
Large-billed Tern; Phaetusa simplex
Gull-billed Tern; Gelochelidon nilotica
Common Tern; Sterna hirundo
Greater Black-backed Gull; Larus marinus
Skimmers - Rhynchopidae
Black Skimmer; Rynchops niger
Pigeons and Doves - Columbidae
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove; Columbina minuta
Ruddy Ground-Dove; Columbina talpacoti
White-tipped Dove; Leptotila verreauxi
Gray-fronted Dove; Leptotila rufaxilla
Parrots and Macaws - Psittacidae
Yellow-crowned Parrot; Amazona ochrocephala
New World Cuckoos - Cuculidae
Greater Ani; Crotophaga major
Smooth-billed Ani; Crotophaga ani
Striped Cuckoo; Tapera naevia
Barn Owls - Tytonidae
Barn Owl; Tyto alba
Owls - Strigidae
Tropical Screech-owl; Megascops choliba
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl; Glaucidium brasilianum
Nightjars and Nighthawks- Caprimulgidae
Nacunda Nighthawk; Podager nacunda
Hummingbirds - Trochilidae
White-necked Jacobin; Florisuga mellivora
White-tailed Goldenthroat; Polytmus guainumbi
Ruby Topaz; Chrysolampis mosquitus
Green-throated Mango; Anthracothorax viridigula
Tufted Coquette; Lophornis ornatus
Blue-chinned Sapphire; Chlorestes notata
White-chested Emerald; Amazilia brevirostris
Copper-rumped Hummingbird; Amazilia tobaci
Trogons - Trogonidae
White-tailed Trogon; Trogon viridis
Violaceous Trogon; Trogon violaceus
Kingfishers - Alcedinidae
Ringed Kingfisher; Megaeryle torquata
Green Kingfisher; Chloroceryle americana
American Pygmy Kingfisher; Chloroceryle aenea
Motmots - Momotidae
Blue-crowned Motmot; Momotus momota
Jacamars - Galbulidae
Rufous-tailed Jacamar; Galbula ruficauda
Woodpeckers - Picidae
Lineated Woodpecker; Dryocopus lineatus
Crimson-crested Woodpecker; Campephilus melanoleucos
Ovenbirds - Furnariidae
Pale-breasted Spinetail; Synallaxis albescens
Yellow-chinned Spinetail; Certhiaxis cinnamomeus
Streaked Xenops; Xenops rutilans
Woodcreepers - Dendrocolaptidae
Plain-brown Woodcreeper; Dendrocincla fuliginosa
Cocoa Woodcreeper; Xiphorhynchus susurrans
Streak-headed Woodcreeper; Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Flycatchers - Tyrannidae
Yellow-olive Flycatcher; Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Yellow-breasted Flycatcher; Tolmonyias flaviventris
White-throated Spadebill; Platyrinchus mystaceus
Bran-colored Flycatcher; Myiophobus fasciatus
Euler’s Flycatcher; Lathrotriccus euleri
Tropical Pewee; Contopus cinereus
Pied Water-tyrant; Fluvicola pica
White-headed Marsh-tyrant; Arundinicola leucocephala
Great Kiskadee; Pitangus sulphuratus
Streaked Flycatcher; Myiodynastes maculatus
Tropical Kingbird; Tyrannus melancholicus
Gray Kingbird; Tyrannus dominicensis
Dusky-capped Flycatcher; Myiarchus tuberculifer
Brown-crested Flycatcher; Myiarchus tyrannulus
Bright-rumped Attila; Attila spadiceus
Manakins - Pipridae
White-bearded Manakin; Manacus manacus
Swallows and Martins - Hirundinidae
White-winged Swallow; Tachycineta albiventer
Southern Rough-winged Swallow; Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Barn Swallow; Hirundo rustica
Wrens - Troglodytidae
House Wren; Troglodytes aedon
Thrushes - Turdidae
Bare-eyed Thrush; Turdus nudigenis
Mockingbirds - Mimidae
Tropical Mockingbird; Mimus gilvus
Tanagers - Thraupidae
Red-capped Cardinal; Paroaria gularis
White-lined Tanager; Tachyphonus rufus
Silver-beaked Tanager; Ramphocelus carbo
Blue-gray Tanager; Thraupis episcopus
Palm Tanager; Thraupis palmarum
Turquoise Tanager; Tangara mexicana
Blue Dacnis; Dacnis cayana
Purple Honeycreeper; Cyanerpes caeruleus
Red-legged Honeycreeper; Cyanerpes cyaneus
Green Honeycreeper; Chlorophanes spiza
Bicolored Conebill; Conirostrum bicolor
Genera Incertia Sedis
Bananaquit; Coereba flaveola
Sooty Grassquit; Tiaris fuliginosus
Sparrows, Finches and allies - Emberizidae
Blue-black Grassquit; Volatinia jacarina
Lesson’s Seedeater; Sporophila bouvronides
Lined Seedeater; Sporophila lineola
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater; Sporophila minuta
Wood Warblers - Parulidae
Yellow Warbler; Dendroica petechia
Blackpoll Warbler; Dendroica striata
Northern Waterthrush; Seiurus noveboracensis
Masked Yellowthroat; Geothlypis aequinoctialis
Hooded Warbler; Wilsonia citrina
Cowbirds, New World Blackbirds and Orioles - Icteridae
Moriche Oriole; Icterus chrysocephalus
Yellow Oriole; Icterus nigrogularis
Yellow-hooded Blackbird; Chrysomus icterocephalus
Giant Cowbird; Molothrus oryzivorus
Carib Grackle; Quiscalus lugubris
Bobolink; Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Siskins - Fringillidae
Lesser Goldfinch; Carduelis psaltria
Euphonias - Euphoniinae
Violaceous Euphonia; Euphonia violacea
Waxbills - Estrildidae
Common Waxbill; Estrilda astrild

Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago

Brassolidae
Opsiphanes cassina merianae
Caligo illioneus
Ithomiidae
Ithomia agnosia pellucida
Mechanitis polymnia kayei
Lycaenidae
Pseudolycaena marsyas
Allosmaita strophius
Calycopis cyphara
Calycopsis demonassa
Hemiargus ceraunus gyas
Calycopis isobeon
Lamprospilus collucia
Panthiades bitias
Parrhasius orgia
Siderus philinna
Strymon echion
Ziegleria hesperitis
Leptotes cassius
Nymphalidae
Anartia amathea amathea
Anartia jatrophae jatrophae
Callicore astarte
Colobura dirce dirce
Dynamine postverta
Hamadryas feronia farinulenta
Siproeta stelenes
Papilionidae
Parides sesostris
Peridae
Melete lycimnia harti
Riodinidae
Janatella leucodesma
Napaea eucharila
Nymphidium mantus
Juditha molpe
Gray Theope
Riodina lysippus
Nymphidium lisimon
Satyridae
Cissia palladia
Cissia penelope
Pareuptychia ocirrhoe ocirrhoe
Pierella hyalinus fusimaculata
Taygetis laches
Taygetis penelea
Hermeuptychia hermes
Heliconidae
Dione juno juno
Heliconius doris
Dryadula phaetusa
Agraulis vanillae vanillae