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SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN BIRDS PHOTO GALLERY |
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Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club Southeastern Caribbean Bird Alert Trinidad and Tobago Rare Bird Committee |
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RARITIES (records accepted by the Trinidad and Tobago Rare Bird Committee are provided with TTRBC numbers) Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea): dead on beach in Trinidad White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus): 2nd for T&T in Little Tobago Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra): St. Giles Islands Stripe-backed Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis): Trinidad Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea): 3rd for T&T and 5th for South America in Trinidad Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi): immature in Trinidad Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea): 1st for T&T and 2nd for South America in Trinidad Little Egret (Egretta garzetta): Trinidad and Tobago Western Reef-Heron (Egretta gularis): 1st and 2nd for T&T and South America in Tobago Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber): nesting in Trinidad Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia): 1st for T&T and New World in Tobago Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja): Trinidad Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria): 1st for T&T in Tobago Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) Maguari Stork (Ciconia maguari): 1st for T&T in Trinidad Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber): 4th for T&T in Trinidad White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata): 1st juveniles for T&T in Trinidad Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos): 3rd and 4th for T&T in Trinidad Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata): Trinidad Northern Pintail (Anas acuta): 1st for T&T in Trinidad Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris): 4th for Tobago Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis): Trinidad Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens): 1st for T&T in Trinidad White-tailed Hawk (Buteo albicaudatus): Trinidad Rufous Crab-Hawk (Buteogallus aequinoctialis): Trinidad Black Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus): Trinidad Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima): Tobago Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus): 1st for T&T, 2nd for South America in Trinidad Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis): Trinidad Trinidad Piping-Guan (Pipile pipile): Trinidad Yellow-breasted Crake (Porzana flaviventer): 1st for Tobago; Trinidad Paint-billed Crake (Neocrex erythrops): 2nd for T&T in Trinidad Double-striped Thick-knee (Burhinus bistriatus): 1st for Tobago Pied Lapwing (Hoploxypterus cayanus): 1st for T&T in Trinidad Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola): 1st for T&T and South America in Tobago Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda): Trinidad Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa): 1st for T&T and South America in Trinidad Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica): Trinidad Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa): Trinidad Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis): Tobago Ruff (Philomachus pugnax): Trinidad and Tobago Wilson's Phalarope (Steganopus tricolor): 2nd for Trinidad, 3rd for T&T Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus): Trinidad Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan): 2nd and 3rd for T&T in Trinidad Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus): Tobago Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis): Trinidad Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus): 1st for T&T in Trinidad Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus): Trinidad Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini): 2nd for T&T and Atlantic Coast of South America in Trinidad Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto): 1st for T&T in Trinidad Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus): Trinidad Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao): Trinidad Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor): 5th and additional for Tobago Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus): 2nd for T&T in Trinidad Striped Owl (Asio clamator): Tobago Gray-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus albigularis): 'rediscovered' for Tobago Straight-billed Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus picus): 2nd for Bocas Islands Variegated Flycatcher (Empidonomus varius): Trinidad Caribbean Martin (Progne dominicensis): 2nd for Trinidad White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer): 1st for Tobago Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota): Trinidad Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica): Trinidad Cape May Warbler (Dendroica tigrina): 2nd for Trinidad; Tobago Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea): 1st for Bocas Islands Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus): Trinidad Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris): Tobago House Sparrow (Passer domesticus): 1st for Trinidad IDENTIFICATION ESSAYS (photographic essays of challenging identification problems) Little Egret and Snowy Egret (Egretta garzetta and E. thula) Green Heron and Striated Heron (Butorides virescens and B. striatus) Sandwich Tern and Cayenne Tern (Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida and S. s. eurygnatha) Least Tern and Yellow-billed Tern (Sterna antillarum and S. superciliarus) Caribbean Martin and Gray-breasted Martin (Progne dominicensis and P. chalybea) BIZARRE BIRDS (mystery birds, abnormally plumaged birds, deformed birds or bizarre bird mortalities) 'Mystery Egret' (Egretta sp.): deformed bill on Little Egret (E. garzetta) or Snowy Egret (E. thula) [comments] 'Mystery Egrets' (Egretta sp.): two possible hybrids with apparent dark feathering; one may be a white-morph Western Reef-Heron (E. gularis) [comments] Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis): oiled adult Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus): killed by collision with aircraft Mystery Hawk (Buteo sp.): suspected Red-tailed Hawk (B. jamaicensis) Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla): orange on face Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus): oiled individual Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla): deformed bill 'Mystery Gulls' (Larus sp.): suspected immature Kelp Gulls (L. dominicanus), June 2000 [comments] Common Tern (S. hirundo): short legs with missing foot 'Mystery Tern' (Sterna / Chlidonia sp.): suspected Common Tern (S. hirundo) with odd plumage [comments] Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger): missing most of lower bill 'Mystery Tanager' (Thraupis sp.): possible hybrid Blue-gray � Palm Tanager (T. episcopus � palmarum) or aberrant plumaged Palm Tanager |
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