PHILIPPINES BIRDING TRIP REPORT
TRIP REPORT
PHILIPPINES
| Start: | 01/30/2016 |
| End: | 02/18/2016 |
| Duration: | 20 days |
| #Species: | 266 |
| #Endemics: | 116 |
| #Heard Only: | 6 |
2016 Philippines Birding Tour
ENDEMIC BIRDS POSSIBLE FOR TOUR
List of endemic and near endemic birds for locations visited on this tour along with which species were actually seen. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN. Endemic birds (E) are those with a restricted range in a single country. Near endemic birds (NE) are those with a restricted range in two (or rarely three) neighboring countries. The right-most column indicates whether species was seen on the tour. If blank, the species wasn't seen.*
| 1 | Philippine Duck | Anas luzonica | E | Y |
| 2 | Palawan Peacock-Pheasant | Polyplectron napoleonis | E | Y |
| 3 | Philippine Collared-Dove | Streptopelia dusumieri | E | |
| 4 | Mindanao Bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba crinigera | E | |
| 5 | White-eared Brown-Dove | Phapitreron leucotis | E | Y |
| 6 | Amethyst Brown-Dove | Phapitreron amethystinus | E | Y |
| 7 | Philippine Green-Pigeon | Treron axillaris | E | Y |
| 8 | Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus occipitalis | E | Y |
| 9 | Black-chinned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus leclancheri | NE | Y |
| 10 | Pink-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula poliocephala | E | |
| 11 | Black-faced Coucal | Centropus melanops | E | Y |
| 12 | Philippine Coucal | Centropus viridis | E | Y |
| 13 | Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus velutinus | E | Y |
| 14 | Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx pectoralis | E | |
| 15 | Philippine Nightjar | Caprimulgus manillensis | E | Y |
| 16 | Chirruping Nightjar | Caprimulgus griseatus | E | |
| 17 | Philippine Frogmouth | Batrachostomus septimus | E | |
| 18 | Palawan Frogmouth | Batrachostomus chaseni | E | Y |
| 19 | Philippine Spinetail | Mearnsia picina | E | |
| 20 | Gray-rumped Swiftlet | Collocalia marginata | E | Y |
| 21 | Ridgetop Swiftlet | Collocalia isonota | E | Y |
| 22 | Pygmy Swiftlet | Collocalia troglodytes | E | Y |
| 23 | Philippine Swiftlet | Aerodramus mearnsi | E | Y |
| 24 | Ameline Swiftlet | Aerodramus amelis | E | Y |
| 25 | Philippine Swamphen | Porphyrio pulverulentus | E | Y |
| 26 | Plain Bush-hen | Amaurornis olivacea | E | Y |
| 27 | Philippine Honey-buzzard | Pernis steerei | E | |
| 28 | Philippine Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis holospilus | E | Y |
| 29 | Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus pinskeri | E | |
| 30 | Philippine Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus philippensis | E | Y |
| 31 | Palawan Scops-Owl | Otus fuliginosus | E | Y |
| 32 | Everett's Scops-Owl | Otus everetti | E | Y |
| 33 | Philippine Eagle-Owl | Ketupa philippensis | E | Y |
| 34 | Luzon Boobook | Ninox philippensis | E | Y |
| 35 | Cebu Boobook | Ninox rumseyi | E | |
| 36 | Philippine Trogon | Harpactes ardens | E | Y |
| 37 | Rufous Hornbill | Buceros hydrocorax | E | |
| 38 | Palawan Hornbill | Anthracoceros marchei | E | Y |
| 39 | Samar Hornbill | Penelopides samarensis | E | Y |
| 40 | Rufous-crowned Bee-eater | Merops americanus | E | Y |
| 41 | Indigo-banded Kingfisher | Ceyx cyanopectus | E | Y |
| 42 | Northern Silvery-Kingfisher | Ceyx flumenicola | E | Y |
| 43 | Dimorphic Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx margarethae | E | |
| 44 | Brown-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon gularis | E | Y |
| 45 | Rufous-lored Kingfisher | Todiramphus winchelli | E | Y |
| 46 | Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus maculatus | E | Y |
| 47 | Spot-throated Flameback | Dinopium everetti | E | Y |
| 48 | Buff-spotted Flameback | Chrysocolaptes lucidus | E | Y |
| 49 | Red-headed Flameback | Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus | E | |
| 50 | Southern Sooty-Woodpecker | Mulleripicus fuliginosus | E | |
| 51 | Philippine Falconet | Microhierax erythrogenys | E | Y |
| 52 | Philippine Cockatoo | Cacatua haematuropygia | E | Y |
| 53 | Blue-headed Racquet-tail | Prioniturus platenae | E | Y |
| 54 | Blue-crowned Racquet-tail | Prioniturus discurus | E | |
| 55 | Philippine Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus philippensis | E | Y |
| 56 | Visayan Broadbill | Sarcophanops samarensis | E | |
| 57 | Azure-breasted Pitta | Pitta steerii | E | |
| 58 | Mindanao Cuckooshrike | Coracina kochii | E | Y |
| 59 | Black-bibbed Cicadabird | Edolisoma mindanense | E | |
| 60 | Yellow-bellied Whistler | Pachycephala philippinensis | E | Y |
| 61 | White-vented Whistler | Pachycephala homeyeri | NE | Y |
| 62 | Philippine Oriole | Oriolus steerii | E | Y |
| 63 | Visayan Blue-Fantail | Rhipidura samarensis | E | |
| 64 | Philippine Pied-Fantail | Rhipidura nigritorquis | E | Y |
| 65 | Short-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus striatus | E | Y |
| 66 | Palawan Drongo | Dicrurus palawanensis | E | Y |
| 67 | Balicassiao | Dicrurus balicassius | E | Y |
| 68 | Blue Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone cyanescens | E | Y |
| 69 | Rufous Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone cinnamomea | NE | |
| 70 | Palawan Crow | Corvus pusillus | E | Y |
| 71 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus philippinus | E | Y |
| 72 | Elegant Tit | Periparus elegans | E | Y |
| 73 | Palawan Tit | Periparus amabilis | E | Y |
| 74 | Rufous-fronted Tailorbird | Orthotomus frontalis | E | Y |
| 75 | Visayan Tailorbird | Orthotomus castaneiceps | E | Y |
| 76 | Yellow-breasted Tailorbird | Orthotomus samarensis | E | Y |
| 77 | Gray-throated Bulbul | Alophoixus frater | E | Y |
| 78 | Sulphur-bellied Bulbul | Iole palawanensis | E | Y |
| 79 | Philippine Bulbul | Hypsipetes philippinus | E | Y |
| 80 | Streak-breasted Bulbul | Hypsipetes siquijorensis | E | |
| 81 | Yellow-wattled Bulbul | Microtarsus urostictus | E | Y |
| 82 | Ashy-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus cinereifrons | E | Y |
| 83 | Lemon-throated Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus cebuensis | E | |
| 84 | Philippine Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus olivaceus | E | Y |
| 85 | Negros Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus nigrorum | E | Y |
| 86 | Visayan Babbler | Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus | E | |
| 87 | Palawan Striped-Babbler | Zosterornis hypogrammicus | E | |
| 88 | Brown Tit-Babbler | Macronus striaticeps | E | Y |
| 89 | Palawan Babbler | Malacopteron palawanense | E | Y |
| 90 | Ashy-headed Babbler | Pellorneum cinereiceps | E | Y |
| 91 | Striated Wren-Babbler | Ptilocichla mindanensis | E | Y |
| 92 | Falcated Wren-Babbler | Ptilocichla falcata | E | |
| 93 | Sulphur-billed Nuthatch | Sitta oenochlamys | E | |
| 94 | Stripe-sided Rhabdornis | Rhabdornis mystacalis | E | Y |
| 95 | Coleto | Sarcops calvus | NE | Y |
| 96 | Philippine Magpie-Robin | Copsychus mindanensis | E | Y |
| 97 | White-vented Shama | Copsychus niger | E | Y |
| 98 | Black Shama | Copsychus cebuensis | E | Y |
| 99 | Palawan Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis lemprieri | E | Y |
| 100 | Chestnut-tailed Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis ruficauda | E | Y |
| 101 | Philippine Shortwing | Brachypteryx poliogyna | E | Y |
| 102 | Palawan Flycatcher | Ficedula platenae | E | Y |
| 103 | Bundok Flycatcher | Ficedula luzoniensis | E | |
| 104 | Palawan Flowerpecker | Prionochilus plateni | E | |
| 105 | Olive-backed Flowerpecker | Pachyglossa olivaceus | E | |
| 106 | Bicolored Flowerpecker | Dicaeum bicolor | E | |
| 107 | Cebu Flowerpecker | Dicaeum quadricolor | E | |
| 108 | Black-belted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum haematostictum | E | Y |
| 109 | Buzzing Flowerpecker | Dicaeum hypoleucum | E | Y |
| 110 | Pygmy Flowerpecker | Dicaeum pygmaeum | E | Y |
| 111 | Gray-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes griseigularis | E | Y |
| 112 | Purple-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma sperata | E | Y |
| 113 | Garden Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | E | Y |
| 114 | Lovely Sunbird | Aethopyga shelleyi | E | Y |
| 115 | Magnificent Sunbird | Aethopyga magnifica | E | Y |
| 116 | Handsome Sunbird | Aethopyga bella | E | Y |
| 117 | Maroon-naped Sunbird | Aethopyga guimarasensis | E | |
| 118 | Metallic-winged Sunbird | Aethopyga pulcherrima | E | Y |
| 119 | Orange-tufted Spiderhunter | Arachnothera flammifera | E | |
| 120 | Pale Spiderhunter | Arachnothera dilutior | E | Y |
| 121 | Palawan Fairy-bluebird | Irena tweeddalii | E | Y |
| 122 | Philippine Fairy-bluebird | Irena cyanogastra | E | |
| 123 | Philippine Leafbird | Chloropsis flavipennis | E | |
| 124 | Yellow-throated Leafbird | Chloropsis palawanensis | E | Y |
*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.
BIRDING LOCALES
ENDEMIC CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 120 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 4 |