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

List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

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1Philippine DuckAnas luzonicaManyE
2Palawan Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron napoleonisPIE
3Philippine Collared-DoveStreptopelia dusumieriManyE
4Mindoro Bleeding-heartGallicolumba platenae BC
5Negros Bleeding-heartGallicolumba keayiNI,VIE
6Sulu Bleeding-heartGallicolumba menagei BC
7Luzon Bleeding-heartGallicolumba luzonicaLIE
8Mindanao Bleeding-heartGallicolumba crinigeraBI,MI,VIE
9White-eared Brown-DovePhapitreron leucotisManyE
10Amethyst Brown-DovePhapitreron amethystinusBI,LI,MI,VIE
11Mindanao Brown-DovePhapitreron brunneiceps BC
12Tawitawi Brown-DovePhapitreron cinereiceps BC
13Philippine Green-PigeonTreron axillarisManyE
14Whistling Green-PigeonTreron formosae BC
15Yellow-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus occipitalisManyE
16Flame-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus marcheiLIE
17Cream-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus merrilliLIE
18Black-chinned Fruit-DovePtilinopus leclancheriManyNE
19Negros Fruit-DovePtilinopus arcanusNI,VIE
20Pink-bellied Imperial-PigeonDucula poliocephalaManyE
21Mindoro Imperial-PigeonDucula mindorensis BC
22Spotted Imperial-PigeonDucula carolaManyE
23Rufous CoucalCentropus unirufusLIE
24Black-faced CoucalCentropus melanopsBI,CI,MI,VIE
25Black-hooded CoucalCentropus steeriiMNDE,MNDWE
26Philippine CoucalCentropus viridisManyE
27Red-crested MalkohaDasylophus superciliosusLIE
28Scale-feathered MalkohaDasylophus cumingiLIE
29Philippine Drongo-CuckooSurniculus velutinusManyE
30Philippine Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx pectoralisManyE
31Philippine NightjarCaprimulgus manillensisManyE
32Chirruping NightjarCaprimulgus griseatusManyE
33Philippine FrogmouthBatrachostomus septimusManyE
34Palawan FrogmouthBatrachostomus chaseniPIE
35Philippine SpinetailMearnsia picinaCI,MI,NI,VIE
36Gray-rumped SwiftletCollocalia marginataManyE
37Ridgetop SwiftletCollocalia isonotaManyE
38Pygmy SwiftletCollocalia troglodytesManyE
39Philippine SwiftletAerodramus mearnsiManyE
40Whitehead's SwiftletAerodramus whiteheadiLI,MIE
41Ameline SwiftletAerodramus amelisManyE
42Luzon RailLewinia mirificaLIBC
43Calayan RailGallirallus calayanensis BC
44Philippine SwamphenPorphyrio pulverulentusManyE
45Plain Bush-henAmaurornis olivaceaManyE
46Spotted ButtonquailTurnix ocellatusLIE
47Luzon ButtonquailTurnix worcesteriLIE
48/Schrenck's Bittern/Botaurus eurhythmusManyBC
49Philippine Honey-buzzardPernis steereiManyE
50Philippine Serpent-EagleSpilornis holospilusManyE
51Philippine EaglePithecophaga jefferyiLI,MI,VIE
52Pinsker's Hawk-EagleNisaetus pinskeriBI,MI,NI,VIE
53Philippine Hawk-EagleNisaetus philippensisManyE
54Giant Scops-OwlOtus gurneyiMI,VIE
55Palawan Scops-OwlOtus fuliginosusPIE
56Philippine Scops-OwlOtus megalotisLIE
57Everett's Scops-OwlOtus everettiBI,MI,VIE
58Negros Scops-OwlOtus nigrorumNI,VIE
59Mindoro Scops-OwlOtus mindorensisMNDE,MNDWE
60Mantanani Scops-OwlOtus mantananensisVINE
61Ryukyu Scops-OwlOtus elegans BC
62Mindanao Scops-OwlOtus mirusMIE
63Luzon Scops-OwlOtus longicornisLIE
64Philippine Eagle-OwlKetupa philippensisBI,LI,MI,VIE
65Chocolate BoobookNinox randiLI,MINE
66Luzon BoobookNinox philippensisBI,LI,NI,VIE
67Mindanao BoobookNinox spilocephalaMIE
68Mindoro BoobookNinox mindorensisMNDE,MNDWE
69Romblon BoobookNinox spilonotus BC
70Cebu BoobookNinox rumseyiCI,VIE
71Carniguin BoobookNinox leventisi BC
72Sulu BoobookNinox reyi BC
73Philippine TrogonHarpactes ardensBI,LI,MI,VIE
74Rufous HornbillBuceros hydrocoraxBI,LI,MI,VIE
75Palawan HornbillAnthracoceros marcheiPIE
76Sulu HornbillAnthracoceros montani BC
77Writhe-billed HornbillRhabdotorrhinus waldeniVIE
78Writhed HornbillRhabdotorrhinus leucocephalusMIE
79Luzon HornbillPenelopides manillaeLIE
80Mindoro HornbillPenelopides mindorensisMNDE,MNDWE
81Visayan HornbillPenelopides paniniNI,VIE
82Samar HornbillPenelopides samarensisBI,VIE
83Mindanao HornbillPenelopides affinisMIE
84Rufous-crowned Bee-eaterMerops americanusManyE
85Indigo-banded KingfisherCeyx cyanopectusManyE
86Northern Silvery-KingfisherCeyx flumenicolaBI,VIE
87Southern Silvery-KingfisherCeyx argentatusMIE
88Philippine Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx melanurusLI,MI,VIE
89Dimorphic Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx margarethaeManyE
90Brown-breasted KingfisherHalcyon gularisBI,LI,NI,VIE
91Rufous-lored KingfisherTodiramphus winchelliManyE
92Spotted KingfisherActenoides lindsayiLI,NI,VIE
93Blue-capped KingfisherActenoides hombroniMIE
94Philippine Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus maculatusManyE
95Sulu Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus ramsayi BC
96Spot-throated FlamebackDinopium everettiPIE
97Luzon FlamebackChrysocolaptes haematribonLIE
98Yellow-faced FlamebackChrysocolaptes xanthocephalusNI,VIE
99Buff-spotted FlamebackChrysocolaptes lucidusBI,MI,VIE
100Red-headed FlamebackChrysocolaptes erythrocephalusPIE
101Northern Sooty-WoodpeckerMulleripicus funebrisLIE
102Southern Sooty-WoodpeckerMulleripicus fuliginosusCI,MI,VIE
103Philippine FalconetMicrohierax erythrogenysManyE
104Philippine CockatooCacatua haematuropygiaPIE
105Mindanao Racquet-tailPrioniturus waterstradtiMIE
106Luzon Racquet-tailPrioniturus montanusLIE
107Blue-headed Racquet-tailPrioniturus platenaePIE
108Mindoro Racquet-tailPrioniturus mindorensisMNDE,MNDWE
109Blue-winged Racquet-tailPrioniturus verticalis BC
110Green Racquet-tailPrioniturus luconensisLIE
111Blue-crowned Racquet-tailPrioniturus discurusManyE
112Azure-rumped ParrotTanygnathus sumatranusLI,MI,NI,VIE
113GuaiaberoBolbopsittacus lunulatusLI,MI,VIE
114Mindanao LorikeetTrichoglossus johnstoniaeMIE
115Philippine Hanging-ParrotLoriculus philippensisManyE
116Camiguin Hanging-ParrotLoriculus camiguinensis BC
117Black-billed Hanging-ParrotLoriculus bonapartei BC
118Visayan BroadbillSarcophanops samarensisBI,VIE
119Wattled BroadbillSarcophanops steeriiMIE
120Whiskered PittaErythropitta kochiLIE
121Azure-breasted PittaPitta steeriiBI,MI,VIE
122Taliabu MyzomelaMyzomela wahe BC
123Mindoro CuckooshrikeCoracina mindorensisMNDE,MNDWE
124Visayan CuckooshrikeCoracina panayensisNI,VIE
125Mindanao CuckooshrikeCoracina kochiiBI,MIE
126Sulu CuckooshrikeCoracina guillemardi BC
127McGregor's CuckooshrikeMalindangia mcgregoriMIE
128Black-and-white TrillerLalage melanoleucaLI,MI,MNDE
MNDW
E
129Blackish CuckooshrikeEdolisoma coerulescensLIE
130White-winged CuckooshrikeEdolisoma ostentaNI,VIE
131Black-bibbed CicadabirdEdolisoma mindanenseManyE
132Yellow-bellied WhistlerPachycephala philippinensisBI,LI,MI,VIE
133Green-backed WhistlerPachycephala albiventrisLI,MNDE,MNDWE
134White-vented WhistlerPachycephala homeyeriManyNE
135White-lored OrioleOriolus albilorisLIE
136Philippine OrioleOriolus steeriiManyE
137Isabela OrioleOriolus isabellaeLIE
138Black-and-cinnamon FantailRhipidura nigrocinnamomeaMI,NIE
139Mindanao Blue-FantailRhipidura superciliarisMIE
140Visayan Blue-FantailRhipidura samarensisBI,VIE
141Tablas FantailRhipidura sauli BC
142Visayan FantailRhipidura albiventrisNI,VIE
143Blue-headed FantailRhipidura cyanicepsLIE
144Philippine Pied-FantailRhipidura nigritorquisManyE
145Short-tailed DrongoDicrurus striatusManyE
146Palawan DrongoDicrurus palawanensisPIE
147BalicassiaoDicrurus balicassiusManyE
148Tablas DrongoDicrurus menagei BC
149Short-crested MonarchHypothymis helenaeLI,MI,VIE
150Celestial MonarchHypothymis coelestisLI,MI,VIE
151Blue Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone cyanescensPIE
152Rufous Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone cinnamomeaManyNE
153Mountain ShrikeLanius validirostrisLI,MI,MNDE
MNDW
E
154Sierra Madre CrownCorvus sierramadrensisLIE
155Palawan CrowCorvus pusillusMNDE,MNDW,PIE
156Samar CrowCorvus samarensisMI,NI,VIE
157Large-billed CrowCorvus philippinusManyE
158White-fronted TitSittiparus semilarvatusLI,MIE
159Elegant TitPeriparus elegansManyE
160Palawan TitPeriparus amabilisPIE
161Leyte Plumed-WarblerMicromacronus leytensisVIE
162Mindanao Plumed-WarblerMicromacronus sordidusMIE
163Rufous-fronted TailorbirdOrthotomus frontalisBI,MI,VIE
164Visayan TailorbirdOrthotomus castaneicepsCI,LI,NI,VIE
165Gray-backed TailorbirdOrthotomus derbianusLI,VIE
166Green-backed TailorbirdOrthotomus chloronotusLIE
167Yellow-breasted TailorbirdOrthotomus samarensisBI,VIE
168White-browed TailorbirdOrthotomus nigricepsMIE
169White-eared TailorbirdOrthotomus cinereicepsMIE
170/Streaked Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus sorghophilusBI,LI,VICR
171Cordillera Ground-WarblerRobsonius raboriLIE
172Sierra Madre Ground-WarblerRobsonius thompsoniLIE
173Bicol Ground-WarblerRobsonius sorsogonensisLIE
174Long-tailed Bush WarblerLocustella caudataLI,MIE
175Benguet Bush WarblerLocustella seebohmiLIE
176Gray-throated BulbulAlophoixus fraterPIE
177Sulphur-bellied BulbulIole palawanensisPIE
178Philippine BulbulHypsipetes philippinusManyE
179Mindoro BulbulHypsipetes mindorensisMNDE,MNDWE
180Streak-breasted BulbulHypsipetes siquijorensisCI,VIE
181Visayan BulbulHypsipetes guimarasensisNI,VIE
182Yellowish BulbulHypsipetes everettiMI,VIE
183Camiguin BulbulHypsipetes cafarmanensis BC
184Zamboanga BulbulHypsipetes rufigularisMIE
185Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis BC
186Yellow-wattled BulbulMicrotarsus urostictusBI,LI,MI,VIE
187Ashy-fronted BulbulPycnonotus cinereifronsPIE
188Lemon-throated Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus cebuensisCI,LI,NI,VIE
189Philippine Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus olivaceusBI,MI,NI,VIE
190/Japanese Leaf Warbler/Phylloscopus xanthodryasBIBC
191Kamchatka Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus examinandus BC
192Negros Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus nigrorumManyE
193Rufous-headed TailorbirdPhyllergates heterolaemusMIE
194Philippine Bush WarblerHorornis seebohmiLIE
195/Japanese Bush Warbler/Horornis diphoneLIBC
196Manchurian Bush WarblerHorornis canturians BC
197Flame-templed BabblerDasycrotapha speciosaNI,VIE
198Visayan Pygmy-BabblerDasycrotapha pygmaeaVIE
199Mindanao Pygmy-BabblerDasycrotapha plateniMIE
200Rusty-crowned BabblerSterrhoptilus capitalisMIE
201Golden-crowned BabblerSterrhoptilus dennistouniLIE
202Calabarzon BabblerSterrhoptilus affinisLIE
203Visayan BabblerSterrhoptilus nigrocapitatusBI,VIE
204Palawan Striped-BabblerZosterornis hypogrammicusPIE
205Luzon Striped-BabblerZosterornis striatusLIE
206Chestnut-faced BabblerZosterornis whiteheadiLIE
207Panay Striped-BabblerZosterornis latistriatusVIE
208Negros Striped-BabblerZosterornis nigrorumNI,VIE
209Mindanao HeleiaHeleia goodfellowiMIE
210Yellowish White-eyeZosterops nigrorumManyE
211Lowland White-eyeZosterops meyeniLI,MNDWNE
212Everett's White-eyeZosterops everettiManyBC
213Brown Tit-BabblerMacronus striaticepsBI,MI,VIE
214Palawan BabblerMalacopteron palawanensePIE
215Ashy-headed BabblerPellorneum cinereicepsPIE
216Striated Wren-BabblerPtilocichla mindanensisBI,MI,VIE
217Falcated Wren-BabblerPtilocichla falcataPIE
218Sulphur-billed NuthatchSitta oenochlamysManyE
219Stripe-sided RhabdornisRhabdornis mystacalisManyE
220Long-billed RhabdornisRhabdornis grandisLIE
221Stripe-breasted RhabdornisRhabdornis inornatusMI,VIE
222Visayan RhabdornisRhabdornis raboriNI,VIBC
223Apo MynaGoodfellowia mirandusMIE
224ColetoSarcops calvusManyNE
225Tenggara Hill MynaGracula venerataPIEN
226Ashy ThrushGeokichla cinereaLI,MNDE,MNDWE
227Chestnut-capped ThrushGeokichla interpresMIEN
228/White's Thrush/Zoothera aureaLI,VIBC
229Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus BC
230Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolausLI,MNDE,MNDWBC
231Mindoro Island-ThrushTurdus mindorensisMNDE,MNDWE
232Luzon Island-ThrushTurdus thomassoniLIE
233Mindanao Island-ThrushTurdus nigrorumMI,NI,VIE
234Ashy-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa randiLI,NI,VIE
235Philippine Magpie-RobinCopsychus mindanensisManyE
236White-browed ShamaCopsychus luzoniensisLIE
237Visayan ShamaCopsychus superciliarisNI,VIE
238White-vented ShamaCopsychus nigerPIE
239Black ShamaCopsychus cebuensisCI,VIE
240Blue-breasted Blue FlycatcherCyornis heriotiLIE
241Rufous-breasted Blue FlycatcherCyornis camarinensisLIE
242Palawan Blue FlycatcherCyornis lemprieriPIE
243Chestnut-tailed Jungle FlycatcherCyornis ruficaudaBI,MI,NI,VIE
244Bagobo BabblerLeonardina woodiMIE
245Rusty-flanked Jungle FlycatcherVauriella insignisLIBC
246Negros Jungle FlycatcherVauriella albigularisNI,VIE
247Mindanao Jungle FlycatcherVauriella goodfellowiMIE
248Philippine ShortwingBrachypteryx poliogynaManyE
249Palawan FlycatcherFicedula platenaePIE
250Furtive FlycatcherFicedula dispositaLIE
251Little Slaty FlycatcherFicedula basilanicaMI,VIE
252Cryptic FlycatcherFicedula cryptaMIE
253Bundok FlycatcherFicedula luzoniensisManyE
254Luzon RedstartPhoenicurus bicolorLIE
255Palawan FlowerpeckerPrionochilus plateniPIE
256Olive-backed FlowerpeckerPachyglossa olivaceusBI,LI,MI,VIE
257Whiskered FlowerpeckerPachyglossa propriumMIE
258Olive-capped FlowerpeckerDicaeum nigriloreMIE
259Yellow-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum anthonyiLIE
260Flame-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum kampaliliMIE
261Bicolored FlowerpeckerDicaeum bicolorManyE
262Cebu FlowerpeckerDicaeum quadricolorCI,VIE
263Red-keeled FlowerpeckerDicaeum australeManyBC
264Black-belted FlowerpeckerDicaeum haematostictumBI,CI,NI,VIE
265Scarlet-collared FlowerpeckerDicaeum retrocinctumMNDE,MNDWE
266Buzzing FlowerpeckerDicaeum hypoleucumBI,LI,MI,VIE
267Pygmy FlowerpeckerDicaeum pygmaeumManyE
268Fire-throated FlowerpeckerDicaeum luzoniensisLI,MI,NI,VIE
269Gray-throated SunbirdAnthreptes griseigularisManyE
270Purple-throated SunbirdLeptocoma sperataManyE
271Garden SunbirdCinnyris jugularisManyE
272Palawan SunbirdCinnyris auroraPIBC
273Lovely SunbirdAethopyga shelleyiPIE
274Magnificent SunbirdAethopyga magnificaCI,NI,VIE
275Handsome SunbirdAethopyga bellaManyE
276Flaming SunbirdAethopyga flagransLIE
277Maroon-naped SunbirdAethopyga guimarasensisCI,NI,VIE
278Metallic-winged SunbirdAethopyga pulcherrimaBI,LI,MI,VIE
279Lina's SunbirdAethopyga linaraboraeMIE
280Gray-hooded SunbirdAethopyga primigeniaMIE
281Apo SunbirdAethopyga boltoniMIE
282Orange-tufted SpiderhunterArachnothera flammiferaBI,MI,VIE
283Pale SpiderhunterArachnothera dilutiorPIE
284Naked-faced SpiderhunterArachnothera claraeLI,MI,VIE
285Palawan Fairy-bluebirdIrena tweeddaliiPIE
286Philippine Fairy-bluebirdIrena cyanogastraBI,LI,MI,VIE
287Philippine LeafbirdChloropsis flavipennisCI,MI,VIE
288Yellow-throated LeafbirdChloropsis palawanensisPIE
289&Green-faced ParrotfinchlErythrura viridifaciesLI,NI,VIE
290Red-eared ParrotfinchErythrura coloriaLI,MIE
291Cinnamon IbonHypocryptadius cinnamomeusMIE
292White-cheeked BullfinchPyrrhula leucogenisLI,MIE
293Mindanao SerinChrysocorythus mindanensisMIE
294/Yellow Bunting/Emberiza sulphurataLI,MNDE,MNDWBC

 

 *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.

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REASON CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic266
NENear Endemic7
CRCritically Endangered1
ENEndangered2
BCBest Seen in This Country18
ATAlways a Target0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.

§ 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