Saturday, December 14, 2024

The Piping Guan: A Rare and Endangered Bird

 

Trinidad Piping Guan


We are now staying on the north shore of the island of Trinidad, around 3 hours drive from the airport, where we stayed last night. Our reason for coming here is to see the Trinidad Piping Guan, a rare and endangered bird. The 500-600 surviving members of this endemic species live in the northern part of the island, and nowhere else. Happily, we found several of the birds feeding in some fruit trees at a location close to our hotel. Obviously, our excellent guides knew exactly where to find them! 




Photos © 2024 mae sander

7 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello,
I am glad you found your target bird the Trinidad Piping Guan.
It reminds me of a turkey. Great photos. Take care, have a great day!

David M. Gascoigne, said...

We got up at 4:00 am and drove a couple of hours to see the Trinidad Piping Guan - and I’m glad we did. Our guide/driver was Dave Ramlal and I am told by friends who were recently in Trinidad that he is still guiding down there.

My name is Erika. said...

I'm glad you found this bird. Hopefully their numbers will go up, but it seems these days that it is more rare when that does happen. It does looks slightly like a turkey. Thanks for sharing Mae.

Emma at Words And Peace / France Book Tours said...

so glad you can do these birding trips. It's some of my dreams, but our budget will never allow it. So thanks for sharing your adventure, I can enjoy these unusual birds through you!

Iris Flavia said...

Sad so many animals are "endangered". Just what do "we" do here...

Hena Tayeb said...

Happy to hear that you were able to see the bird.Sorry to hear there are so few of them left.

Carola Bartz said...

How wonderful that you were able to see this rare bird. It's sad that it is endangered like so many species.