Bird stamps of Trinidad & Tobago
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1960 Definitives Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci  1960 Definitives Lesser Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea minor  1962 Independence 5v set Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1962 Independence 5v set
Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda  1969 Definitives Green Hermit Phaethornis guy  1969 Definitives Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1969 Definitives Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1979 Sir Rowland Hill, stamp on stamp 3v set, p 13
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1979 Sir Rowland Hill, stamp on stamp 3v sheet, p 13½x14 Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1980 Scarlet Ibis Strip Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1980 Scarlet Ibis Strip Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1980 Scarlet Ibis Strip Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1980 Scarlet Ibis Strip
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1980 Scarlet Ibis Strip Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1981 Environmental protection 3v set Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis  1986 Dr Eric Williams 5v set Trinidad Piping Guan Pipile pipile  1989 Rare fauna of Trinidad & Tobago 5v set
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1990 WWF Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1990 WWF Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1990 WWF Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  1990 WWF
Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis  1990 Birds Script wmk Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus  1990 Birds Script wmk Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana  1990 Birds Script wmk Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci  1990 Birds Script wmk Bananaquit Coereba flaveola  1990 Birds Script wmk
Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea  1990 Birds Script wmk Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus  1990 Birds Script wmk Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola  1990 Birds Script wmk Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza  1990 Birds Script wmk Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis  1990 Birds Script wmk
Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus  1990 Birds Script wmk Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus  1990 Birds Script wmk Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza  1997 Hong Kong 97 Block wmk MS Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana  1999 Surcharge on 1990.02, 1999.01 Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana  1999 Surcharge on 1990.02, 1999.01
Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus  2001 Surcharge on 1990.02 Trinidad Piping Guan Pipile pipile  2001 Definitives 10v set Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus  2002 Hummingbirds Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis  2002 Hummingbirds Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus  2002 Hummingbirds
White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris  2002 Hummingbirds Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus  2002 Hummingbirds 5x1$ booklet Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus  2002 Hummingbirds 10x1$ booklet Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus  2002 Hummingbirds 20x1$ booklet Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus  2002 Hummingbirds 10x3.25$ booklet
Trinidad Motmot Momotus bahamensis  2003 Treasures of the rainforest 10v booklet, sa Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus  2003 Treasures of the rainforest 10v booklet, sa Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus  2003 Treasures of the rainforest 10v booklet, sa Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  2009 CHOGM 5v set Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus  2010 LONDON 2010/Biodiversity 10v sheet Trinidad Piping Guan Pipile pipile  2010 LONDON 2010/Biodiversity 10v sheet
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus  2010 LONDON 2010/Biodiversity 10v sheet White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris  2010 LONDON 2010/Biodiversity 10v sheet Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus  2012 Surcharge on 1990.02 Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola  2013 Surcharge on 1990.02 Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola  2013 Surcharge on 1990.02
Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  2013 CARICOM, surcharge on 2009.01 4v set Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola  2014 Surcharge on 1990.02 Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis  2014 Diplomatic relations Trinidad and China 4v set Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  2014 Diplomatic relations Trinidad and China 4v set
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis  2014 Diplomatic relations Trinidad and China Sheet Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber  2014 Diplomatic relations Trinidad and China Sheet Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola  2017 Surcharge on 1990.02 Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza  2017 Surcharge on 1990.02 Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis  2017 Surcharge on 2002.01
White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris  2017 Surcharge on 2002.01 Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana  2018 Surcharge on 1990.02 Trinidad Piping Guan Pipile pipile  2019 Surcharge on 2010.01 10v sheet Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus  2019 Surcharge on 2010.01 10v sheet Black Vulture Coragyps atratus  2019 Surcharge on 2010.02 10v sheet
White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris  2019 Surcharge on 2010.02 10v sheet
Trinidad and Tobago map

Location: Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean
Population: 1 million
Climate: tropical; rainy season
Terrain: mostly plains with some hills and low mountains

Birds: 468 species. 1 endemic species: Trinidad Piping-Guan, on 1989 Rare fauna of Trinidad & Tobago and on 2001 Definitives.
National bird: Scarlet Ibis (Trinidad), Rufous-vented Chacalaca (Tobago)

Links:
TTPost postal administration website
Where do you want to go birding today?
Dr Eric Williams web search



BIRD SPECIES SHOWN

Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
Copper-rumped Hummingbird Saucerottia tobaci
Lesser Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea minor
Rufous-vented Chachalaca Ortalis ruficauda
Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Trinidad Piping Guan Pipile pipile
Yellow Oriole Icterus nigrogularis
Green-rumped Parrotlet Forpus passerinus
Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
Violaceous Euphonia Euphonia violacea
Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus
Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsutus
Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus
White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris
Trinidad Motmot Momotus bahamensis
Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis


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