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A Scarlet Ibis XI edged their Cocrico XI counterparts by ten runs to win the Tobago Under-21 hardball cricket showcase final.The culmination of the Tobago Women’s Under-21 Cricket Programme saw ...
The scarlet ibis was declared Trinidad’s national bird in 1962. It’s since been illegal to hunt the birds, but poachers still go after their meat for traditional dishes.
(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Two Chi­nese na­tion­als and a Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­al are sched­uled to ap­pear be­fore a Port-of-Spain mag­is­trate to­mor­row charged with pos­ses ...
The Caroni was created in 1953 specifically to protect the scarlet ibis. We all were eagerly anticipating the promised highlight: the daily descent of scarlet ibises into their nightly roosts.
(Trinidad Express) The Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ZSTT) has commended Government for the planned signing of the Legal Notice this Thursday declaring one of our national birds, the ...
Afternoon in Caroni Swamp finds fanny-pack-clad, zoom-lens-toting tourists squeezed into pirogues motoring through the wetlands to catch a glimpse of the scarlet ibis, Trinidad’s national bird ...
The scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber), named after its brilliant scarlet feathers, is no doubt a representation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the only shorebird in the world with a red coloration.
Friday April 2, 2010Friday April 2, 2010 During our stay at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on Trinidad, we did a late afternoon, early evening trip to the Caroni Marsh, a 40-square-mile mangrove swamp ...