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TRINIDAD & 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. This bird was flushed from its cavity nest by Floyd Hayes, Theodore Garnett, and Carla Benjamin on 20 March 1996 and captured with a mist net 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.