SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN BIRDS PHOTO GALLERY

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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Gray-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus albigularis)

Adult female with a brood patch at Mount Dillon, Tobago, 21 March 1996 (TTRBC 1998-15). Photo © by William Hayes. First confirmed record for Tobago, where it was thought to have been extirpated by Hurricane Flora in 1963, in nearly a century. This bird was flushed from its cavity nest by Floyd Hayes, Theodore Garnett and Carla Benjamin on 20 March, and captured with a mistnet the following day by William Hayes and Theodore Garnett. For further details on this and subsequent records from Tobago, see: Hayes, F. E., W. K. Hayes, and T. O. Garnett. 1998. Rediscovery of the gray-throated leaftosser (Sclerurus albigularis) on Tobago, West Indies. Caribbean Journal of Science 34:166-168.