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.

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 ...

Scarlet Ibis poachers fined $800, instead of $100,000 Rickie Ramdass Oct 15, 2018 1 min to read ...

(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 ...

On April 27, Cabinet approved the designation of the scarlet ibis as an environmentally sensitive species (ESS), bringing with it an increase in fines for the possession of the national bird (or ...

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 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 ...