CEBU ISLAND
PHILIPPINES
LOCALE
| # Species: | 229 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 229 |
| # Endemics: | 50 |
| # Near Endemics: | 4 |
| Habitat: Lowland forest patches | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata |
| 2 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula |
| 3 | Philippine Duck | Anas luzonica |
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| 4 | Philippine Megapode | Megapodius cumingii |
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| 5 | Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus |
| 6 | Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis |
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| 7 | Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis |
| 8 | Sunda Collared-Dove | Streptopelia bitorquata |
| 9 | Philippine Collared-Dove | Streptopelia dusumieri |
| 10 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
| 11 | Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica |
| 12 | Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata |
| 13 | Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica |
| 14 | White-eared Brown-Dove | Phapitreron leucotis |
| 15 | Pink-necked Green-Pigeon | Treron vernans |
| 16 | Philippine Green-Pigeon | Treron axillaris |
| 17 | Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus occipitalis |
| 18 | Black-chinned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus leclancheri |
| 19 | Pink-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula poliocephala |
| 20 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea |
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| 21 | /Indian Cuckoo/ | Cuculus micropterus |
| 22 | /Himalayan Cuckoo/ | Cuculus saturatus |
| 23 | Black-faced Coucal | Centropus melanops |
| 24 | Philippine Coucal | Centropus viridis |
| 25 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis |
| 26 | /Chestnut-winged Cuckoo/ | Clamator coromandus |
| 27 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus |
| 28 | Violet Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus |
| 29 | Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris |
| 30 | /Large Hawk-Cuckoo/ | Hierococcyx sparverioides |
| 31 | Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx pectoralis |
| 32 | Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus |
| 33 | Sahul Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus |
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| 34 | /Gray Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus jotaka |
| 35 | Philippine Nightjar | Caprimulgus manillensis |
| 36 | Chirruping Nightjar | Caprimulgus griseatus |
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| 37 | Philippine Spinetail | Mearnsia picina |
| 38 | Purple Needletail | Hirundapus celebensis |
| 39 | Gray-rumped Swiftlet | Collocalia marginata |
| 40 | Pygmy Swiftlet | Collocalia troglodytes |
| 41 | Philippine Swiftlet | Aerodramus mearnsi |
| 42 | Ameline Swiftlet | Aerodramus amelis |
| 43 | Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis |
| 44 | Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus |
| 45 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis |
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| 46 | Whiskered Treeswift | Hemiprocne comata |
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| 47 | Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striatus |
| 48 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis |
| 49 | Barred Rail | Gallirallus torquatus |
| 50 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 51 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinerea |
| 52 | Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea |
| 53 | Plain Bush-hen | Amaurornis olivacea |
| 54 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
| 55 | Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides |
| 56 | Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca |
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| 57 | Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris |
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| 58 | /Pacific Golden-Plover/ | Pluvialis fulva |
| 59 | Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius |
| 60 | Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus |
| 61 | /Greater Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus leschenaultii |
| 62 | Malaysian Plover | Anarhynchus peronii |
| 63 | /Kentish Plover/ | Anarhynchus alexandrinus |
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| 64 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
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| 65 | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
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| 66 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus |
| 67 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata |
| 68 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica |
| 69 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa |
| 70 | /Asian Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus semipalmatus |
| 71 | /Swinhoe's Snipe/ | Gallinago megala |
| 72 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 73 | /Gray-tailed Tattler/ | Tringa brevipes |
| 74 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 75 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 76 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 77 | /Great Knot/ | Calidris tenuirostris |
| 78 | /Sharp-tailed Sandpiper/ | Calidris acuminata |
| 79 | /Long-toed Stint/ | Calidris subminuta |
| 80 | /Red-necked Stint/ | Calidris ruficollis |
| 81 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba |
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| 82 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator |
| 83 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus |
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| 84 | #Pomarine Jaeger# | Stercorarius pomarinus |
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| 85 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| 86 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons |
| 87 | /Whiskered Tern/ | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 88 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 89 | Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| 90 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 91 | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana |
| 92 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
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| 93 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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| 94 | Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda |
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| 95 | Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii |
| 96 | #Streaked Shearwater# | Calonectris leucomelas |
| 97 | #Wedge-tailed Shearwater# | Ardenna pacificus |
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| 98 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus |
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| 99 | #Lesser Frigatebird# | Fregata ariel |
| 100 | #Great Frigatebird# | Fregata minor |
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| 101 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
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| 102 | Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis |
| 103 | Cinnamon Bittern | Botaurus cinnamomeus |
| 104 | /Schrenck's Bittern/ | Botaurus eurhythmus |
| 105 | Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis |
| 106 | Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus |
| 107 | Malayan Night Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus |
| 108 | /Japanese Night Heron/ | Gorsachius goisagi |
| 109 | Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra |
| 110 | /Chinese Egret/ | Egretta eulophotes |
| 111 | /Little Egret/ | Egretta garzetta |
| 112 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 113 | Javan Pond-Heron | Ardeola speciosa |
| 114 | Eastern Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
| 115 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 116 | /Medium Egret/ | Ardea intermedia |
| 117 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
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| 118 | Philippine Honey-buzzard | Pernis steerei |
| 119 | Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus |
| 120 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela |
| 121 | Philippine Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis holospilus |
| 122 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii |
| 123 | Crested Goshawk | Lophospiza trivirgatus |
| 124 | Besra | Tachyspiza virgatus |
| 125 | /Japanese Sparrowhawk/ | Tachyspiza gularis |
| 126 | Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos |
| 127 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus |
| 128 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster |
| 129 | Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus |
| 130 | /Gray-faced Buzzard/ | Butastur indicus |
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| 131 | Australasian Grass-Owl | Tyto longimembris |
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| 132 | /Brown Boobook/ | Ninox scutulata |
| 133 | Cebu Boobook | Ninox rumseyi |
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| 134 | Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis |
| 135 | Rufous-crowned Bee-eater | Merops americanus |
| 136 | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus |
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| 137 | /Common Kingfisher/ | Alcedo atthis |
| 138 | Indigo-banded Kingfisher | Ceyx cyanopectus |
| 139 | Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca |
| 140 | Dimorphic Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx margarethae |
| 141 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis |
| 142 | Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda |
| 143 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis |
| 144 | Rufous-lored Kingfisher | Todiramphus winchelli |
| 145 | Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris |
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| 146 | Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
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| 147 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus |
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| 148 | Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus maculatus |
| 149 | Southern Sooty-Woodpecker | Mulleripicus fuliginosus |
| 150 | White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javensis |
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| 151 | Philippine Falconet | Microhierax erythrogenys |
| 152 | Oriental Hobby | Falco severus |
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| 153 | Blue-crowned Racquet-tail | Prioniturus discurus |
| 154 | Blue-naped Parrot | Tanygnathus lucionensis |
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| 155 | Philippine Pitta | Erythropitta erythrogaster |
| 156 | Western Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida |
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| 157 | Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea |
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| 158 | Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus |
| 159 | Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina striata |
| 160 | Pied Triller | Lalage nigra |
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| 161 | White-vented Whistler | Pachycephala homeyeri |
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| 162 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis |
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| 163 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus |
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| 164 | Philippine Pied-Fantail | Rhipidura nigritorquis |
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| 165 | Short-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus striatus |
| 166 | Balicassiao | Dicrurus balicassius |
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| 167 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea |
| 168 | Rufous Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone cinnamomea |
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| 169 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus |
| 170 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach |
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| 171 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus philippinus |
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| 172 | Citrine Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa helianthea |
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| 173 | Elegant Tit | Periparus elegans |
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| 174 | Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica |
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| 175 | Visayan Tailorbird | Orthotomus castaneiceps |
| 176 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis |
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| 177 | /Oriental Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus orientalis |
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| 178 | /Gray's Grasshopper Warbler/ | Helopsaltes fasciolata |
| 179 | /Lanceolated Warbler/ | Locustella lanceolata |
| 180 | Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris |
| 181 | Tawny Grassbird | Cincloramphus timoriensis |
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| 182 | Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica |
| 183 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 184 | Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus |
| 185 | Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata |
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| 186 | Philippine Bulbul | Hypsipetes philippinus |
| 187 | Streak-breasted Bulbul | Hypsipetes siquijorensis |
| 188 | Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier |
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| 189 | Lemon-throated Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus cebuensis |
| 190 | Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis |
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| 191 | Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus |
| 192 | Everett's White-eye | Zosterops everetti |
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| 193 | Sulphur-billed Nuthatch | Sitta oenochlamys |
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| 194 | Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis |
| 195 | Coleto | Sarcops calvus |
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| 196 | /Eyebrowed Thrush/ | Turdus obscurus |
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| 197 | /Gray-streaked Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa griseisticta |
| 198 | Philippine Magpie-Robin | Copsychus mindanensis |
| 199 | Black Shama | Copsychus cebuensis |
| 200 | Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra |
| 201 | /Siberian Rubythroat/ | Calliope calliope |
| 202 | /Narcissus Flycatcher/ | Ficedula narcissina |
| 203 | /Mugimaki Flycatcher/ | Ficedula mugimaki |
| 204 | Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni |
| 205 | Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius |
| 206 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata |
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| 207 | Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Pachyglossa agile |
| 208 | Cebu Flowerpecker | Dicaeum quadricolor |
| 209 | Red-keeled Flowerpecker | Dicaeum australe |
| 210 | Black-belted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum haematostictum |
| 211 | Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trigonostigma |
| 212 | Pygmy Flowerpecker | Dicaeum pygmaeum |
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| 213 | Gray-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes griseigularis |
| 214 | Purple-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma sperata |
| 215 | Garden Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis |
| 216 | Magnificent Sunbird | Aethopyga magnifica |
| 217 | Handsome Sunbird | Aethopyga bella |
| 218 | Maroon-naped Sunbird | Aethopyga guimarasensis |
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| 219 | Philippine Leafbird | Chloropsis flavipennis |
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| 220 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata |
| 221 | White-bellied Munia | Lonchura leucogastra |
| 222 | Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla |
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| 223 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
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| 224 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea |
| 225 | /Eastern Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla tschutschensis |
| 226 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus |
| 227 | /Olive-backed Pipit/ | Anthus hodgsoni |
| 228 | /Pechora Pipit/ | Anthus gustavi |
| 229 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 50 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 0 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 5 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 2 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 17 |
| V | Vulnerable | 9 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.