Living World 2021

The 2021 issue of Living World comprises a Guest Editorial, two Research Papers, five Nature Notes and one Report. The Research Papers are dominated by papers on Lepidoptera and strongly supported by observations made by non-specialists.

Cover Photograph: This year’s cover shows a “rufous morph” female Hook-billed Kite photographed by Kevin Foster along Coora Rd, Siparia on 26 July 2020. Adult male birds tend to have the rufous coloring replaced by gray. This species is an extremely uncommon resident in Trinidad and is seen here feeding on its preferred diet of land snails. Its deeply hooked bill is an adaptation for extracting snails from their shells.