Bird Species Philippines
Busuanga Island Philippines Bird Species
Thomas Braile – Research Associate
University of Alaska Museum
National Museum of the Philippines
1.) Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana)+
2.) Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)+
3.) Eastern Reef-Egret (Egretta sacra)+
4.) Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia)*#
5.) Malayan Night-Heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)+
6.) Little Heron (Butorides striatus)+*
7.) Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)+*
8.) Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)+
9.) Cinnamon Bittern (Ixorychus cinnamomeus)*#
10.) Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)*#
11.) Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica)*#
12.) Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)+
13.) Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
14.) Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)+*
15.) White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogastur)+*
16.) Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivigatus)*#
17.) Changeable Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus philippensis)*#
18.) Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)+
19.) Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela)*#
20.) Changleable Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus)+*
21.) Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnuculus)+
22.) Oriental Hobby (Falco servus)+
23.) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)+
24.) Tabon Scrubfowl (Mesapodius cemingii)+
25.) Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)+*
26.) Blue-breasted Quail (Coturnix chinensis)+
27.) Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)+*
28.) Slatty-breasted Rail (Gallirallus striatus)+*
29.0 Red-legged Crake (Rallina fasciata)+
30.) White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)+
31.) Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)+
32.) Asian Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)+
33.) Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)*#
34.) Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)+
35.) Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)+*
36.) Great Crested Tern (Sterna bergii)+
37.) Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans)+
38.) Black-chinned Fruit Dove (Ptilinpus leclancheri)+*
39.) Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea)+
40.) Metallic Pigeon (Columba vitiensis)+
41.) Reddish Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia phasianella)+
42.) Island Collared-Dove (Steptopelia bitorquata)+
43.) Spotted Dove (Steptopelia chinensis)+*
44.) Common Emerald-Dove (Chalcophaps indica)+*
45.) Philippine Cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia)+
46.) Blue-napped Parrot (Tanygnathus lucionensis)+
47.) Blue-headed Racquet-tail (Prioniturus platenae)+*
48.) Large Hawk-Cuckoo (Cuculs sparveriodes)+
49.) Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus)+
50.) Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)*#
51.) Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)+*
52.) Lesser Coucal (Centropus sinensis)+*
53.) Grass Owl (Tyto capensis)+
54.) Philippine Hawk-Owl (Ninox philippensis)*#
55.) Spotted Wood-Owl (Strix seloputo)+*
56.) Javan Frogmouth (Batrachostomus javensis)+*
57.) Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)+*
58.) Glossy Swiftlet (Collacalia esculenta)+*
59.) Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)+*
60.) Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)+*
61.) Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meniting)+*
62.) Stork-billed Kingfisher (Halcyon capensis)+*
63.) White-collared Kingfisher (Halcyon chloris)+*
64.) Oriental Dwarf-Kingfisher (Ceyx erithacus)*#
65.) Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)*#
66.) Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis)+*
67.) Palawan Hornbill (Anthracoceros marchei)+*
68.) Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)+*
69.) Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense)+*
70.) Red-bellied Pitta (Pitta erythrogaster)+*
71.) Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida)+*
72.) Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)+*
73.) Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)*#
74.) Bar-bellied Cuckoo-Shrike (Coracina striata)+*
75.) Pied Triller (Lalage nigra)+
76.) Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)+
77.) Yellow-throated Leafbird (Chloropsis palawanensis)+*
78.) Black-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus atriceps)+
79.) Olive-winged Bulbul (Pycnonotus plomosus)+*
80.) Grey-checked Bulbul (Criniger bres)+*
81.) Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)+*
82.) Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)+*
83.) Asian Fairy-Bluebird (Irena puella)+*
84.) Black-napped Oriole (Oriolus chinnensis)+*
85.) Slender-billed Crow (Corvus enca)+*
86.) Palawan Tit (Parvus amabilis)+
87.) White-vented Shama (Copsychus niger)+*
88.) Blue Rock-thrush (Monticola solitarius)+
89.) Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscrurus)+
90.) Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)+*
91.) Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus)+*
92.) Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)+
93.) Snowy-browed Flycathcer (Ficedula hyperuthra)+*
94.) Grey-streaked Flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta)+
95.) Palawan Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis lemprieri)+
96.) Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica)+*
97.) Blue Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone cyamescens)+*
98.) Black-napped Monarch (Hypothymis coelextis)+*
99.) Grey Wagtail (Moticilla cinerea)+*
100.) Yellow Wagtail (Moticilla flava)+*
101.) Richard’s Pipit (Anthus novaesulardrae)+
102.) Pechora Pipit (Anthus gustavi)*#
103.) White-breasted Wood-swallow (Artamus leucorynchus)+*
104.) Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)+
105.) Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)+*
106.) Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)+*
107.) Hill Myna (Gracula reliosa)+*
108.) Plain-throated Sunbird (Antreptes malacensis)+*
109.) Purple-throated Sunbird (Nectarinia sperata)+
110.) Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis)+*
111.) Lovely Sunbird (Aethopyga shelleyi)+*
112.) Palwan Flowerpecker (Prionochilus plateni)+*
113.) Pygmy Flowerpecker (Dicaeum pygmaeum)+*
114.) Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)+*
115.) White-bellied Munia (Lonchura leucogastra)+*
116.) Scaly-breased Munia (Lonchura punctulata)+*
117.) Chestnut Munia (Lonchura malacca)+*
+Indicates records compiled from A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines (Kennedy et al. 2000).
*Inidicates 76 records from the Kingfisher Biodiversity Park (Vicente and Carmen Reyes Biodiversity Park)
#Inidicates 14 new island records for Busuanga by Thomas Braile
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