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Encyclopedia > Caroni Swamp

The Caroni Swamp is the largest mangrove wetland in Trinidad and Tobago. It is located on the west coast of Trinidad, south of Port-of-Spain and northwest of Chaguanas, where the Caroni River meets the Gulf of Paria. The Caroni Swamp is an important tourist attraction and provides important habitat for the Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber), one of the national birds of Trinidad and Tobago. Above and below water view at the edge of the mangal Mangrove are woody trees or shrubs that grow in coastal habitats or mangal (Hogarth, 1999), for which the term mangrove swamp also would apply. ... A subtropical wetland in Florida, USA, with an endangered American Crocodile. ... This article refers to the island comprising part of the country Trinidad and Tobago; for other meanings, see Trinidad (disambiguation). ... Port-of-Spain, population 49,000 (metro: 300,000) (2000), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. ... The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest (67,000, 2000 census) and fastest-growing town in Trinidad and Tobago. ... The Gulf of Paria (Golfo de Paria in Spanish) is a shallow inland sea between the island of Trinidad (Republic of Trinidad and Tobago) and the east coast of Venezuela. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Binomial name Eudocimus ruber Linnaeus, 1758 Scarlet Ibis range The Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) is a species of ibis that occurs in tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. ...


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Trinidad and Tobago 1998 (4746 words)
One was seen at Mount St Benedict on 31/10, one at Grande Riviere on 1/11, one perched in mangroves in the Caroni Swamp on 2/11 and three from the Blanchisseuse Road on 4/11.
One bird roosting in the mangroves at Caroni Swamp on 2/11.
Three were in the Caroni Swamp mangroves on 2/11, five seen from the Blanchisseuse Road on 4/11 and singles at Asa Wright Nature Centre on 10/11 and 11/11.
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