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# Species:692
# Excl Vagrants:586
# Endemics:267
# Near Endemics:7

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1Philippine DuckAnas luzonicaEV
2/Common Pochard/Aythya ferina V
3Palawan Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron napoleonisEV
4Philippine Collared-DoveStreptopelia dusumieriEV
5Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobarica NT
6Mindoro Bleeding-heartGallicolumba platenaeECR
7Negros Bleeding-heartGallicolumba keayiECR
8Sulu Bleeding-heartGallicolumba menageiECR
9Luzon Bleeding-heartGallicolumba luzonicaENT
10Mindanao Bleeding-heartGallicolumba crinigeraEV
11White-eared Brown-DovePhapitreron leucotisE 
12Amethyst Brown-DovePhapitreron amethystinusE 
13Mindanao Brown-DovePhapitreron brunneicepsEV
14Tawitawi Brown-DovePhapitreron cinereicepsEEN
15Philippine Green-PigeonTreron axillarisE 
16Whistling Green-PigeonTreron formosae NT
17Yellow-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus occipitalisE 
18Flame-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus marcheiE 
19Cream-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus merrilliE 
20Black-chinned Fruit-DovePtilinopus leclancheriNE 
21Negros Fruit-DovePtilinopus arcanusECR
22Pink-bellied Imperial-PigeonDucula poliocephalaENT
23Mindoro Imperial-PigeonDucula mindorensisEEN
24Spotted Imperial-PigeonDucula carolaEV
25Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aenea NT
26Gray Imperial-PigeonDucula pickeringii V
27Rufous CoucalCentropus unirufusENT
28Black-faced CoucalCentropus melanopsE 
29Black-hooded CoucalCentropus steeriiECR
30Philippine CoucalCentropus viridisE 
31Red-crested MalkohaDasylophus superciliosusE 
32Scale-feathered MalkohaDasylophus cumingiE 
33Philippine Drongo-CuckooSurniculus velutinusE 
34Philippine Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx pectoralisE 
35Philippine NightjarCaprimulgus manillensisE 
36Chirruping NightjarCaprimulgus griseatusE 
37Philippine FrogmouthBatrachostomus septimusE 
38Palawan FrogmouthBatrachostomus chaseniE 
39Philippine SpinetailMearnsia picinaENT
40Gray-rumped SwiftletCollocalia marginataE 
41Ridgetop SwiftletCollocalia isonotaE 
42Pygmy SwiftletCollocalia troglodytesE 
43Philippine SwiftletAerodramus mearnsiE 
44Whitehead's SwiftletAerodramus whiteheadiE 
45Ameline SwiftletAerodramus amelisE 
46Calayan RailGallirallus calayanensisEV
47Philippine SwamphenPorphyrio pulverulentusE 
48Plain Bush-henAmaurornis olivaceaE 
49Beach Thick-kneeEsacus magnirostris NT
50Malaysian PloverAnarhynchus peronii NT
51/Far Eastern Curlew/Numenius madagascariensis EN
52/Eurasian Curlew/Numenius arquata NT
53/Bar-tailed Godwit/Limosa lapponica NT
54/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
55/Asian Dowitcher/Limnodromus semipalmatus NT
56Bukidnon WoodcockScolopax bukidnonensisE 
57/Gray-tailed Tattler/Tringa brevipes NT
58/Great Knot/Calidris tenuirostris EN
59/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
60/Sharp-tailed Sandpiper/Calidris acuminata V
61/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferruginea NT
62/Red-necked Stint/Calidris ruficollis NT
63Spotted ButtonquailTurnix ocellatusE 
64Luzon ButtonquailTurnix worcesteriE 
65#Streaked Shearwater#Calonectris leucomelas NT
66Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus NT
67Christmas Island FrigatebirdFregata andrewsi V
68Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster NT
69/Japanese Night Heron/Gorsachius goisagi V
70/Chinese Egret/Egretta eulophotes V
71Philippine Honey-buzzardPernis steereiE 
72Philippine Serpent-EagleSpilornis holospilusE 
73Philippine EaglePithecophaga jefferyiECR
74Pinsker's Hawk-EagleNisaetus pinskeriEEN
75Philippine Hawk-EagleNisaetus philippensisEEN
76Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii NT
77Gray-headed Fish-EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetus NT
78Giant Scops-OwlOtus gurneyiEV
79Palawan Scops-OwlOtus fuliginosusENT
80Philippine Scops-OwlOtus megalotisE 
81Everett's Scops-OwlOtus everettiE 
82Negros Scops-OwlOtus nigrorumEV
83Mindoro Scops-OwlOtus mindorensisENT
84Mantanani Scops-OwlOtus mantananensisNENT
85Ryukyu Scops-OwlOtus elegans NT
86Mindanao Scops-OwlOtus mirusENT
87Luzon Scops-OwlOtus longicornisENT
88Philippine Eagle-OwlKetupa philippensisEV
89Chocolate BoobookNinox randiNENT
90Luzon BoobookNinox philippensisE 
91Mindanao BoobookNinox spilocephalaENT
92Mindoro BoobookNinox mindorensisEV
93Romblon BoobookNinox spilonotusEEN
94Cebu BoobookNinox rumseyiEV
95Carniguin BoobookNinox leventisiEV
96Sulu BoobookNinox reyiEV
97Philippine TrogonHarpactes ardensE 
98Rufous HornbillBuceros hydrocoraxEV
99Palawan HornbillAnthracoceros marcheiEV
100Sulu HornbillAnthracoceros montaniECR
101Writhe-billed HornbillRhabdotorrhinus waldeniECR
102Writhed HornbillRhabdotorrhinus leucocephalusENT
103Luzon HornbillPenelopides manillaeE 
104Mindoro HornbillPenelopides mindorensisEEN
105Visayan HornbillPenelopides paniniEEN
106Samar HornbillPenelopides samarensisE 
107Mindanao HornbillPenelopides affinisE 
108Rufous-crowned Bee-eaterMerops americanusE 
109Indigo-banded KingfisherCeyx cyanopectusE 
110Northern Silvery-KingfisherCeyx flumenicolaENT
111Southern Silvery-KingfisherCeyx argentatusENT
112Philippine Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx melanurusEV
113Dimorphic Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx margarethaeE 
114Brown-breasted KingfisherHalcyon gularisE 
115Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileata V
116Rufous-lored KingfisherTodiramphus winchelliEV
117Spotted KingfisherActenoides lindsayiE 
118Blue-capped KingfisherActenoides hombroniEV
119Philippine Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus maculatusE 
120Sulu Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus ramsayiEV
121Spot-throated FlamebackDinopium everettiENT
122Luzon FlamebackChrysocolaptes haematribonE 
123Yellow-faced FlamebackChrysocolaptes xanthocephalusEEN
124Buff-spotted FlamebackChrysocolaptes lucidusE 
125Red-headed FlamebackChrysocolaptes erythrocephalusENT
126Northern Sooty-WoodpeckerMulleripicus funebrisENT
127Southern Sooty-WoodpeckerMulleripicus fuliginosusEV
128Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentus V
129Philippine FalconetMicrohierax erythrogenysE 
130Philippine CockatooCacatua haematuropygiaECR
131Mindanao Racquet-tailPrioniturus waterstradtiENT
132Luzon Racquet-tailPrioniturus montanusENT
133Blue-headed Racquet-tailPrioniturus platenaeEV
134Mindoro Racquet-tailPrioniturus mindorensisEV
135Blue-winged Racquet-tailPrioniturus verticalisECR
136Green Racquet-tailPrioniturus luconensisEEN
137Blue-crowned Racquet-tailPrioniturus discurusE 
138Blue-naped ParrotTanygnathus lucionensis NT
139Azure-rumped ParrotTanygnathus sumatranusE 
140GuaiaberoBolbopsittacus lunulatusE 
141Mindanao LorikeetTrichoglossus johnstoniaeENT
142Philippine Hanging-ParrotLoriculus philippensisE 
143Camiguin Hanging-ParrotLoriculus camiguinensisE 
144Black-billed Hanging-ParrotLoriculus bonaparteiE 
145Visayan BroadbillSarcophanops samarensisEV
146Wattled BroadbillSarcophanops steeriiEV
147Whiskered PittaErythropitta kochiENT
148Azure-breasted PittaPitta steeriiEV
149Taliabu MyzomelaMyzomela waheE 
150Fiery MinivetPericrocotus igneus NT
151Mindoro CuckooshrikeCoracina mindorensisE 
152Visayan CuckooshrikeCoracina panayensisE 
153Mindanao CuckooshrikeCoracina kochiiE 
154Sulu CuckooshrikeCoracina guillemardiE 
155McGregor's CuckooshrikeMalindangia mcgregoriE 
156Black-and-white TrillerLalage melanoleucaE 
157Blackish CuckooshrikeEdolisoma coerulescensE 
158White-winged CuckooshrikeEdolisoma ostentaE 
159Black-bibbed CicadabirdEdolisoma mindanenseEV
160Yellow-bellied WhistlerPachycephala philippinensisE 
161Green-backed WhistlerPachycephala albiventrisE 
162White-vented WhistlerPachycephala homeyeriNE 
163Ventriloquial OrioleOriolus consobrinus NT
164White-lored OrioleOriolus albilorisE 
165Philippine OrioleOriolus steeriiE 
166Isabela OrioleOriolus isabellaeECR
167Black-and-cinnamon FantailRhipidura nigrocinnamomeaE 
168Mindanao Blue-FantailRhipidura superciliarisE 
169Visayan Blue-FantailRhipidura samarensisE 
170Tablas FantailRhipidura sauliEV
171Visayan FantailRhipidura albiventrisE 
172Blue-headed FantailRhipidura cyanicepsE 
173Philippine Pied-FantailRhipidura nigritorquisE 
174Short-tailed DrongoDicrurus striatusE 
175Palawan DrongoDicrurus palawanensisE 
176BalicassiaoDicrurus balicassiusE 
177Tablas DrongoDicrurus menageiEEN
178Short-crested MonarchHypothymis helenaeENT
179Celestial MonarchHypothymis coelestisEV
180Blue Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone cyanescensE 
181Japanese Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrocaudata NT
182Rufous Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone cinnamomeaNE 
183Mountain ShrikeLanius validirostrisE 
184Palawan CrowCorvus pusillusE 
185Sierra Madre CrownCorvus sierramadrensisE 
186Samar CrowCorvus samarensisE 
187Large-billed CrowCorvus philippinusE 
188White-fronted TitSittiparus semilarvatusENT
189Elegant TitPeriparus elegansE 
190Palawan TitPeriparus amabilisENT
191Leyte Plumed-WarblerMicromacronus leytensisENT
192Mindanao Plumed-WarblerMicromacronus sordidusENT
193Rufous-fronted TailorbirdOrthotomus frontalisE 
194Visayan TailorbirdOrthotomus castaneicepsE 
195Gray-backed TailorbirdOrthotomus derbianusE 
196Green-backed TailorbirdOrthotomus chloronotusE 
197Yellow-breasted TailorbirdOrthotomus samarensisENT
198White-browed TailorbirdOrthotomus nigricepsE 
199White-eared TailorbirdOrthotomus cinereicepsE 
200/Streaked Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus sorghophilus CR
201Cordillera Ground-WarblerRobsonius raboriEV
202Sierra Madre Ground-WarblerRobsonius thompsoniE 
203Bicol Ground-WarblerRobsonius sorsogonensisENT
204Long-tailed Bush WarblerLocustella caudataE 
205Benguet Bush WarblerLocustella seebohmiE 
206Gray-throated MartinRiparia chinensisLC 
207/Prigogine's Greenbul/Chlorocichla prigoginei EN
208Gray-throated BulbulAlophoixus fraterE 
209Sulphur-bellied BulbulIole palawanensisE 
210Philippine BulbulHypsipetes philippinusE 
211Mindoro BulbulHypsipetes mindorensisE 
212Streak-breasted BulbulHypsipetes siquijorensisEEN
213Visayan BulbulHypsipetes guimarasensisE 
214Yellowish BulbulHypsipetes everettiE 
215Camiguin BulbulHypsipetes cafarmanensisE 
216Zamboanga BulbulHypsipetes rufigularisENT
217Yellow-wattled BulbulMicrotarsus urostictusE 
218Ashy-fronted BulbulPycnonotus cinereifronsE 
219Lemon-throated Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus cebuensisE 
220Philippine Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus olivaceusE 
221Negros Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus nigrorumE 
222Rufous-headed TailorbirdPhyllergates heterolaemusE 
223Philippine Bush WarblerHorornis seebohmiE 
224Flame-templed BabblerDasycrotapha speciosaEEN
225Visayan Pygmy-BabblerDasycrotapha pygmaeaENT
226Mindanao Pygmy-BabblerDasycrotapha plateniENT
227Rusty-crowned BabblerSterrhoptilus capitalisE 
228Golden-crowned BabblerSterrhoptilus dennistouniENT
229Calabarzon BabblerSterrhoptilus affinisE 
230Visayan BabblerSterrhoptilus nigrocapitatusE 
231Palawan Striped-BabblerZosterornis hypogrammicusE 
232Luzon Striped-BabblerZosterornis striatusE 
233Chestnut-faced BabblerZosterornis whiteheadiE 
234Panay Striped-BabblerZosterornis latistriatusE 
235Negros Striped-BabblerZosterornis nigrorumEEN
236Mindanao HeleiaHeleia goodfellowiE 
237Yellowish White-eyeZosterops nigrorumE 
238Lowland White-eyeZosterops meyeniNE 
239Brown Tit-BabblerMacronus striaticepsE 
240Palawan BabblerMalacopteron palawanenseENT
241Ashy-headed BabblerPellorneum cinereicepsE 
242Striated Wren-BabblerPtilocichla mindanensisE 
243Falcated Wren-BabblerPtilocichla falcataEV
244Sulphur-billed NuthatchSitta oenochlamysE 
245Stripe-sided RhabdornisRhabdornis mystacalisE 
246Long-billed RhabdornisRhabdornis grandisE 
247Stripe-breasted RhabdornisRhabdornis inornatusE 
248Apo MynaGoodfellowia mirandusENT
249ColetoSarcops calvusNE 
250Tenggara Hill MynaGracula venerata EN
251Ashy ThrushGeokichla cinereaEV
252Chestnut-capped ThrushGeokichla interpres EN
253Mindoro Island-ThrushTurdus mindorensisE 
254Luzon Island-ThrushTurdus thomassoniE 
255Mindanao Island-ThrushTurdus nigrorumE 
256Ashy-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa randiEV
257Philippine Magpie-RobinCopsychus mindanensisE 
258White-browed ShamaCopsychus luzoniensisE 
259Visayan ShamaCopsychus superciliarisE 
260White-vented ShamaCopsychus nigerE 
261Black ShamaCopsychus cebuensisEEN
262Blue-breasted Blue FlycatcherCyornis heriotiENT
263Rufous-breasted Blue FlycatcherCyornis camarinensisEV
264Palawan Blue FlycatcherCyornis lemprieriENT
265Chestnut-tailed Jungle FlycatcherCyornis ruficaudaE 
266Bagobo BabblerLeonardina woodiE 
267Rusty-flanked Jungle FlycatcherVauriella insignis V
268Negros Jungle FlycatcherVauriella albigularisEEN
269Mindanao Jungle FlycatcherVauriella goodfellowiENT
270Philippine ShortwingBrachypteryx poliogynaE 
271Palawan FlycatcherFicedula platenaeEV
272Furtive FlycatcherFicedula dispositaENT
273Little Slaty FlycatcherFicedula basilanicaEV
274Cryptic FlycatcherFicedula cryptaE 
275Bundok FlycatcherFicedula luzoniensisE 
276Luzon RedstartPhoenicurus bicolorENT
277Palawan FlowerpeckerPrionochilus plateniE 
278Olive-backed FlowerpeckerPachyglossa olivaceusE 
279Whiskered FlowerpeckerPachyglossa propriumE 
280Olive-capped FlowerpeckerDicaeum nigriloreE 
281Yellow-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum anthonyiENT
282Flame-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum kampaliliENT
283Bicolored FlowerpeckerDicaeum bicolorE 
284Cebu FlowerpeckerDicaeum quadricolorECR
285Black-belted FlowerpeckerDicaeum haematostictumE 
286Scarlet-collared FlowerpeckerDicaeum retrocinctumEV
287Buzzing FlowerpeckerDicaeum hypoleucumE 
288Pygmy FlowerpeckerDicaeum pygmaeumE 
289Fire-throated FlowerpeckerDicaeum luzoniensisE 
290Gray-throated SunbirdAnthreptes griseigularisE 
291Purple-throated SunbirdLeptocoma sperataE 
292Garden SunbirdCinnyris jugularisE 
293Lovely SunbirdAethopyga shelleyiE 
294Magnificent SunbirdAethopyga magnificaE 
295Handsome SunbirdAethopyga bellaE 
296Flaming SunbirdAethopyga flagransE 
297Maroon-naped SunbirdAethopyga guimarasensisE 
298Metallic-winged SunbirdAethopyga pulcherrimaE 
299Lina's SunbirdAethopyga linaraboraeENT
300Gray-hooded SunbirdAethopyga primigeniaE 
301Apo SunbirdAethopyga boltoniE 
302Orange-tufted SpiderhunterArachnothera flammiferaE 
303Pale SpiderhunterArachnothera dilutiorE 
304Naked-faced SpiderhunterArachnothera claraeE 
305Palawan Fairy-bluebirdIrena tweeddaliiE 
306Philippine Fairy-bluebirdIrena cyanogastraENT
307Philippine LeafbirdChloropsis flavipennisEV
308Yellow-throated LeafbirdChloropsis palawanensisE 
309Java SparrowPadda oryzivora EN
310&Green-faced ParrotfinchlErythrura viridifaciesEV
311Red-eared ParrotfinchErythrura coloriaE 
312Cinnamon IbonHypocryptadius cinnamomeusE 
313White-cheeked BullfinchPyrrhula leucogenisE 
314Mindanao SerinChrysocorythus mindanensisE 

 

 *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 COUNTRIESIN ASIA

BIRDING LOCALES

§ Includes Sarawak, Sabah, & Kalimantan
§§ Excludes Taiwan
§§§ Includes Wallacea but excludes Kalimantan (Borneo) and West Papua New Guinea & nearby islands
§§§§ Excludes Sarawak and Sabah on Borneo

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic267
LCLocal1
NENear Endemic7
RRRestricted Range0

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened43
VVulnerable39
ENEndangered15
CRCritically Endangered12

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.