Animals of Trinidad & Tobago

Known locally as the twenty-four hours gecko, the African Woodslave is a nocturnal house gecko introduced to the Americas from Africa centuries ago,…

The Amazon Kingfisher is the largest of the green kingfishers found in Trinidad, a striking bottle-green and white bird typically seen perched motionless…

The American Kestrel is the smallest and most colourful falcon in the Americas and one of the most familiar raptors of open country in Trinidad and…

The American Oystercatcher is a large, boldly patterned shorebird of Trinidad and Tobago's rocky and sandy coastlines, easily identified by its long,…

The American Pygmy Kingfisher is the smallest kingfisher in Trinidad, a tiny jewel-toned bird easily mistaken for a large hummingbird as it darts along…

The American Wigeon is a dabbling duck that visits Trinidad's freshwater wetlands during the northern winter, males recognisable by a broad white crown…

The Anaconda is Trinidad's largest snake and one of the heaviest snakes in the world, found in the rivers, swamps, and lagoons of the island's eastern and…

The Anhinga, known locally in Trinidad and Tobago as the Snake Bird, is one of the most distinctive waterbirds of T&T's freshwater and coastal wetlands.…

The Bananaquit is a tiny, restless nectar-feeding songbird and one of the most familiar garden birds of the Caribbean and tropical America. Known locally…

The Band-rumped Swift is a small aerial insectivore of Trinidad's forest airspace, another member of the Chaetura swift group most reliably told apart…

The Bare-eyed Thrush is a common, plain brown thrush of gardens and forest edge across Trinidad and Tobago, readily identified by a distinctive patch of…

The Barn Owl is a pale, long-legged owl best known for its distinctive heart-shaped facial disc and ghostly, silent flight. A resident breeder on both…

The Barn Swallow is the most widely distributed and abundant swallow in the world, and one of the most recognisable migratory birds to visit Trinidad and…

The Barred Antshrike is one of the most frequently heard birds of Trinidad and Tobago's thickets and forest edge, a boldly barred black-and-white bird…

The Bat Falcon is a small, powerful, and handsomely marked forest falcon present on both Trinidad and Tobago, named for its habit of hunting bats at dusk…

The Bay-headed Tanager is one of the most vividly coloured songbirds in Trinidad's forest canopy, combining a rich chestnut head with brilliant green body…

The Bearded Bellbird is one of the most acoustically extraordinary birds in the world and a flagship species of Trinidad's Northern Range forests. The…

The Beh-Belle Chemin is a small, slender, diurnal colubrid found on both Trinidad and Tobago. Its local French Creole name translates loosely as "stays on…

The Belted Kingfisher is a large, crested, blue-grey kingfisher that visits Trinidad and Tobago as a non-breeding migrant from North America, typically…

The Black and White Worm Lizard is a burrowing reptile that looks more like a giant earthworm or a snake than a lizard. It belongs to the amphisbaenians,…

The Black Cribo is one of the most ecologically important snakes in Trinidad, a large, powerful colubrid that preys extensively on other snakes, including…

The Black Swift is a large, all-dark swift recorded over Trinidad, part of a genus known for extraordinarily long migratory flights and for nesting behind…

The Black Vulture is the most abundant vulture in the Americas and one of the most familiar large birds of T&T's open country, commonly seen soaring on…

The Black-bellied Plover is a large, robust shorebird that visits Trinidad's coastal mudflats each year after breeding on high Arctic tundra, its plain…