List of birds of the Philippines
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Philippines. The avifauna of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 includes a total of 612 species, of which 194 are endemic
Endemism in birds
An endemic bird area is a region of the world that contains two or more restricted-range species, while a "secondary area" contains one or more restricted-range species. Both terms were devised by Birdlife International....

, 3 have been introduced
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...

 by humans, and 52 are rare or accidental. 67 species are globally threatened.

This list's taxonomic
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...

 treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements
James Clements
Dr. James Franklin Clements was an ornithologist, author and very successful businessman. He was born in New York....

's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for the Philippines.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.
  • (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in the Philippines.
  • (E) Endemic A species endemic to the Philippines.
  • (I) Introduced A species introduced to the Philippines as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.

Table of contents

Non-passerines:
Grebes .
Shearwaters and Petrels .
Tropicbirds .
Pelicans .
Boobies and Gannets .
Cormorants .
Darters .
Frigatebirds .
Bitterns, Herons and Egrets .
Storks .
Ibises and Spoonbills .
Ducks, Geese and Swans .
Osprey .
Hawks, Kites and Eagles .
Caracaras and Falcons .
Megapodes .
Pheasants and Partridges .
Buttonquails .
Cranes .
Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots .
Jacanas .
Painted snipe .
Avocets and Stilts .
Thick-knees .
Pratincoles and Coursers .
Plovers and Lapwings .
Sandpipers and allies .
Skuas and Jaegers .
Gulls .
Terns .
Pigeons and Doves .
Cockatoos .
Parrots, Macaws and allies .
Cuckoos and Anis .
Barn owls .
Typical owls .
Frogmouths .
Nightjars .
Swifts .
Treeswifts .
Trogons and Quetzals .
Kingfishers .
Bee-eaters .
Typical Rollers .
Hoopoes .
Hornbills .
Barbets .
Woodpeckers and allies .

Passerines:
Broadbills .
Pittas .
Larks .
Swallows and Martins .
Wagtails and Pipits .
Cuckoo-shrikes .
Bulbuls .
Leafbirds .
Ioras .
Thrushes and allies .
Cisticolas and allies .
Old World warblers .
Old World flycatchers .
Fantails .
Monarch flycatchers .
Whistlers and allies .
Babblers .
Thornbills and allies .
Chickadees and Titmice .
Nuthatches .
Philippine creepers .
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters .
Flowerpeckers .
White-eyes .
Old World Orioles .
Fairy-bluebirds .
Shrikes .
Drongos .
Woodswallows .
Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies .
Starlings .
Waxbills and allies .
Buntings, Sparrows, Seedeaters and allies .
Siskins, Crossbills and allies .
Sparrows .

See also       References

Grebes

Order: Podicipediformes. Family: Podicipedidae

Grebe
Grebe
A grebe is a member of the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter...

s are small to medium-large sized freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes, and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. There are 20 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Little Grebe
    Little Grebe
    The Little Grebe , also known as Dabchick, member of the grebe family of water birds. At 23 to 29 cm in length it is the smallest European member of its family. It is commonly found in open bodies of water across most of its range.-Description:The Little Grebe is a small water bird with a pointed...

     Tachybaptus ruficollis
  • Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis (A)

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...

. Family: Procellariidae
Procellariidae
The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes , which also includes the albatrosses, the storm-petrels, and the diving petrels.The procellariids are...



The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized 'true petrels', characterised by united nostrils with a medium septum, and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Tahiti Petrel
    Tahiti Petrel
    The Tahiti Petrel, Pétrel De Tahiti, or Petrel De Tahití is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family....

     Pterodroma rostrata (A)
  • Hawaiian Petrel
    Hawaiian Petrel
    The Hawaiian Petrel or Uau is a large, dark grey-brown and white petrel that is endemic to Hawaii.-Distribution:...

     Pterodroma sandwichensis (A)
  • Bonin Petrel
    Bonin Petrel
    The Bonin Petrel, Pterodroma hypoleuca, is a seabird in the family Procellariidae. It is a small gadfly petrel that lives in the waters of the north west Pacific and nests on islands south of Japan and in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands...

     Pterodroma hypoleuca (A)
  • Streaked Shearwater
    Streaked Shearwater
    The Streaked Shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas is a species of seabird. The bird is 48 cm in size, with a 122 cm wingspan. This species is pelagic, but also occurs in inshore waters. It occurs in the Pacific Ocean, nesting in Japan and many of its offshore islands. After breeding, the Streaked...

     Calonectris leucomelas
  • Wedge-tailed Shearwater
    Wedge-tailed Shearwater
    The Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a Muttonbird, like the Sooty Shearwater of New Zealand and the Short-tailed Shearwater of Australia...

     Puffinus pacificus

Tropicbirds

Order: Pelecaniformes
Pelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbird
Tropicbird
Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds now classified in their own order Phaethontiformes. Their relationship to other living birds is unclear, and they appear to have no close relatives. There are three species in one genus, Phaethon...

s are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings. There are 3 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Red-tailed Tropicbird
    Red-tailed Tropicbird
    The Red-tailed Tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda, is a seabird that nests across the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the rarest of the tropicbirds, yet is still a widespread bird that is not considered threatened. It nests in colonies on oceanic islands....

     Phaethon rubricauda (A)
  • White-tailed Tropicbird
    White-tailed Tropicbird
    The White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus, is a tropicbird, smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It occurs in the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans...

     Phaethon lepturus (A)

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes
Pelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Pelecanidae

Pelican
Pelican
A pelican, derived from the Greek word πελεκυς pelekys is a large water bird with a large throat pouch, belonging to the bird family Pelecanidae....

s are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under the beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes. There are 8 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Spot-billed Pelican
    Spot-billed Pelican
    The Spot-billed Pelican or Grey Pelican is a member of the pelican family. It breeds in southern Asia from southern Pakistan across India east to Indonesia. It is a bird of large inland and coastal waters, especially large lakes...

     Pelecanus philippensis

Boobies and gannets

Order: Pelecaniformes
Pelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Sulidae
Sulidae
The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulidas, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula...



The sulids comprise the gannet
Gannet
Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus, in the family Sulidae, closely related to the boobies.The gannets are large black and white birds with yellow heads. They have long pointed wings and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the North Atlantic, with a wingspan of up...

s and boobies
Booby
A booby is a seabird in the genus Sula, part of the Sulidae family. Boobies are closely related to the gannets , which were formerly included in Sula.-Description:...

. Both groups comprise medium-to-large coastal sea-birds that plunge-dive for fish. There are 9 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Masked Booby
    Masked Booby
    The Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. This species breeds on islands in tropical oceans, except in the eastern Atlantic; in the eastern Pacific it is replaced by the Nazca Booby, Sula granti, which was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Masked Booby...

     Sula dactylatra
  • Red-footed Booby
    Red-footed Booby
    The Red-footed Booby, Sula sula, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings...

     Sula sula
  • Brown Booby
    Brown Booby
    The Brown Booby is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. The adult brown booby reaches about in length. Its head and upper body are covered in dark brown, with the remainder being a contrasting white. The juvenile form is gray-brown with darkening on the head, wings and tail...

     Sula leucogaster

Cormorants

Order: Pelecaniformes
Pelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Phalacrocoracidae

The Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium-to-large coastal, fish-eating sea-birds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black and white, and a few being colourful. There are 38 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Great Cormorant
    Great Cormorant
    The Great Cormorant , known as the Great Black Cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the Black Cormorant in Australia and the Black Shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds...

     Phalacrocorax carbo

Darters

Order: Pelecaniformes
Pelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Anhingidae

Darters are frequently referred to as "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged.
The males have black and dark brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have a much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet, and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving. There are 4 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Darter
    Darter
    The darters or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae. There are four living species, three of which are very common and widespread while the fourth is rarer and classified as near-threatened by the IUCN. The term "snakebird" is usually used without any additions to...

     Anhinga melanogaster

Frigatebirds

Order: Pelecaniformes
Pelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

. Family: Fregatidae

Frigatebird
Frigatebird
The frigatebirds are a family, Fregatidae, of seabirds. There are five species in the single genus Fregata. They are also sometimes called Man of War birds or Pirate birds. Since they are related to the pelicans, the term "frigate pelican" is also a name applied to them...

s are large sea-birds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black and white or completely black, with long wings and deeply-forked tails. The males have inflatable coloured throat pouches. They do not swim or walk, and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan to body weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week. There are 5 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Great Frigatebird
    Great Frigatebird
    The Great Frigatebird is a large dispersive seabird in the frigatebird family. Major nesting populations are found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as a population in the South Atlantic....

     Fregata minor
  • Lesser Frigatebird
    Lesser Frigatebird
    The Lesser Frigatebird, Fregata ariel, is a species of frigatebird.It nests in Australia, among other locations.There is a single record from the Western Palearctic, from Eilat in the Gulf of Aqaba....

     Fregata ariel

Bitterns, herons and egrets

Order: Ciconiiformes
Ciconiiformes
Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...

. Family: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the bittern
Bittern
Bitterns are a classification of birds in the heron family, Ardeidae, a family of wading birds. Species named bitterns tend to be the shorter-necked, often more secretive members of this family...

s, heron
Heron
The herons are long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae. There are 64 recognised species in this family. Some are called "egrets" or "bitterns" instead of "heron"....

s and egret
Egret
An egret is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season. Many egrets are members of the genera Egretta or Ardea which contain other species named as herons rather than egrets...

s. Herons and egrets are medium to large sized wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Unlike other long-necked birds suck as storks, ibises and spoonbills, members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted. There are 61 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
  • Great-billed Heron
    Great-billed Heron
    The Great-billed Heron, Ardea sumatrana is a wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, resident from southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and Australia. Its habitats are largely coastal such as islands, coral reefs, mangroves, large rivers. However, occasionally, it can be found inland in shallow...

     Ardea sumatrana
  • Purple Heron
    Purple Heron
    The Purple Heron is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The European populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa; the more northerly Asian populations also migrate further south within Asia...

     Ardea purpurea
  • Eastern Great Egret
    Eastern Great Egret
    The Eastern Great Egret is a white heron of the genus Ardea, is considered a subspecies of the Great Egret . Although a study argued for full species status in 2005, most taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies...

     Ardea modesta
  • Intermediate Egret
    Intermediate Egret
    The Intermediate Egret, Median Egret, or Yellow-billed Egret is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeder from east Africa across tropical southern Asia to Australia. It often nests in colonies with other herons, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs...

     Egretta intermedia
  • Little Egret
    Little Egret
    The Little Egret is a small white heron. It is the Old World counterpart to the very similar New World Snowy Egret.-Subspecies:Depending on authority, two or three subspecies of Little Egret are currently accepted....

     Egretta garzetta
  • Chinese Egret
    Chinese Egret
    The Chinese Egret or Swinhoe's Egret, Egretta eulophotes, is a full-crested, white egret with yellow bill. It breeds in Russia, North Korea, South Korea and mainland China, and then migrates south through Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia...

     Egretta eulophotes
  • Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
  • Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus (A)
  • Javan Pond-Heron Ardeola speciosa
  • Cattle Egret
    Cattle Egret
    The Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret...

     Bubulcus ibis
  • Striated Heron
    Striated Heron
    The Striated Heron, Butorides striata, also known as Mangrove Heron, Little Heron or Green-backed Heron, is a small heron. Striated Herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to...

     Butorides striata
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Rufous Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
  • Japanese Night-Heron Gorsachius goisagi
  • Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
  • Yellow Bittern
    Yellow Bittern
    The Yellow Bittern is a small bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in much of the Indian Subcontinent, east to Japan and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances...

     Ixobrychus sinensis
  • Schrenck's Bittern
    Schrenck's Bittern
    Von Schrenck's Bittern , also known as Schrenck's Bittern, is a small bittern. It breeds in China and Siberia from March to July, and Japan from May to August. It winters in Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Laos, passing through the rest of South-east Asia...

     Ixobrychus eurhythmus
  • Cinnamon Bittern
    Cinnamon Bittern
    The Cinnamon Bittern or Chestnut Bittern is a small bittern. It is of Old World origins, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan to Sri Lanka east to China and Indonesia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances.This is a small species at 38 cm length, with a...

     Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
  • Black Bittern
    Black Bittern
    The Black Bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis, is a bittern of Old World origin, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia and Australia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances....

     Ixobrychus flavicollis
  • Great Bittern
    Great Bittern
    The Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies.-Etymology:...

     Botaurus stellaris (A)

Storks

Order: Ciconiiformes
Ciconiiformes
Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...

. Family: Ciconiidae

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute; bill-clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory. There are 19 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Woolly-necked Stork
    Woolly-necked Stork
    The Woolly-necked Stork or White necked stork , Ciconia episcopus, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It can also be known as the Espiscopos....

     Ciconia episcopus

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Ciconiiformes
Ciconiiformes
Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...

. Family: Threskiornithidae
Threskiornithidae
The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. It was formerly known as Plataleidae. The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the...



The Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibis
Ibis
The ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae....

es and spoonbill
Spoonbill
Spoonbills are a group of large, long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, which also includes the Ibises.All have large, flat, spatulate bills and feed by wading through shallow water, sweeping the partly opened bill from side to side...

s. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers. There are 36 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Black-headed Ibis
    Black-headed Ibis
    The Black-headed Ibis or Oriental White Ibis is a species of wading bird of the ibis family Threskiornithidae which breeds in South Asia and Southeast Asia from Pakistan to India, Sri Lanka east up to Japan...

     Threskiornis melanocephalus (A)
  • Glossy Ibis
    Glossy Ibis
    The Glossy Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas...

     Plegadis falcinellus
  • Black-faced Spoonbill
    Black-faced Spoonbill
    The Black-faced Spoonbill has the most restricted distribution of all spoonbills, and it is the only one currently regarded as endangered. Confined to the coastal areas of eastern Asia, it seems that it was once common throughout its area of distribution...

     Platalea minor (A)

Ducks, geese and swans

Order: Anseriformes
Anseriformes
The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...

. Family: Anatidae
Anatidae
Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...



The family Anatidae includes the duck
Duck
Duck is the common name for a large number of species in the Anatidae family of birds, which also includes swans and geese. The ducks are divided among several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered...

s and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese
Goose
The word goose is the English name for a group of waterfowl, belonging to the family Anatidae. This family also includes swans, most of which are larger than true geese, and ducks, which are smaller....

 and swan
Swan
Swans, genus Cygnus, are birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily Anserinae where they form the tribe Cygnini. Sometimes, they are considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae...

s. These are birds that are modified for an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating. There are 131 species worldwide and 17 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Spotted Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna guttata
  • Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
  • Common Shelduck
    Common Shelduck
    The Common Shelduck is a waterfowl species shelduck genus Tadorna. It is widespread and common in Eurasia, mainly breeding in temperate and wintering in subtropical regions; in winter, it can also be found in the Maghreb...

     Tadorna tadorna (A)
  • Cotton Pygmy-goose Nettapus coromandelianus
  • Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
  • Gadwall
    Gadwall
    The Gadwall is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae.- Description :The Gadwall is 46–56 cm long with a 78–90 cm wingspan. The male is slightly larger than the female, weighing on average 990 g against her 850 g...

     Anas strepera (A)
  • Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
  • Mallard
    Mallard
    The Mallard , or Wild Duck , is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia....

     Anas platyrhynchos (A)
  • Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
  • Philippine Duck
    Philippine Duck
    The Philippine Duck is a large dabbling duck of the genus Anas. It is endemic to the Philippines. As few as 5,000 may remain. Overhunting and habitat loss has contributed to its decline....

     Anas luzonica (E)
  • Northern Pintail
    Northern Pintail
    The Pintail or Northern Pintail is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator...

     Anas acuta
  • Garganey
    Garganey
    The Garganey is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to southern Africa, India Santragachi and Australasia in winter, where large flocks can occur. This species was first described by Linnaeus in 1758...

     Anas querquedula
  • Northern Shoveler
    Northern Shoveler
    The Northern Shoveler , Northern Shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, and is a rare vagrant to Australia...

     Anas clypeata
  • Common Pochard Aythya ferina (A)
  • Baer's Pochard
    Baer's Pochard
    Baer's Pochard is a diving duck found in eastern Asia. It breeds in southeast Russia and northeast China, migrating in winter to southern China, Vietnam, Japan, and India. The name commemorates the Estonian naturalist Karl Ernst von Baer.At 41–46 cm, it is similar in size and stance to its...

     Aythya baeri (A)
  • Tufted Duck
    Tufted Duck
    The Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula, is a medium-sized diving duck with a population of close to one million birds.- Description :The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill. It has an obvious head tuft that gives the species its name.The adult female is brown with paler...

     Aythya fuligula
  • Greater Scaup
    Greater Scaup
    The Greater Scaup , just Scaup in Europe, or colloquially known as "Bluebill", for its bright blue bill, is small compared to other diving ducks, however it is larger than the closely related Lesser Scaup...

     Aythya marila (A)

Osprey

Order: Falconiformes
Falconiformes
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...

. Family: Pandionidae

The Pandionidae family contains only one species, the Osprey. The Osprey is a medium large raptor
Bird of prey
Birds of prey are birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision. They are defined as birds that primarily hunt vertebrates, including other birds. Their talons and beaks tend to be relatively large, powerful and adapted for tearing and/or piercing flesh....

 which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.
  • Osprey
    Osprey
    The Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...

     Pandion haliaetus

Hawks, kites and eagles

Order: Falconiformes
Falconiformes
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...

. Family: Accipitridae
Accipitridae
The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a...



Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey and include hawk
Hawk
The term hawk can be used in several ways:* In strict usage in Australia and Africa, to mean any of the species in the subfamily Accipitrinae, which comprises the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis and Megatriorchis. The large and widespread Accipiter genus includes goshawks,...

s, eagle
Eagle
Eagles are members of the bird family Accipitridae, and belong to several genera which are not necessarily closely related to each other. Most of the more than 60 species occur in Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just two species can be found in the United States and Canada, nine more in...

s, kites
Kite (bird)
Kites are raptors with long wings and weak legs which spend a great deal of time soaring. Most feed mainly on carrion but some take various amounts of live prey.They are birds of prey which, along with hawks and eagles, are from the family Accipitridae....

, harriers
Harrier (bird)
A harrier is any of the several species of diurnal hawks forming the Circinae sub-family of the Accipitridae family of birds of prey. Harriers characteristically hunt by flying low over open ground, feeding on small mammals, reptiles, or birds....

 and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons, and keen eyesight. There are 233 species worldwide and 23 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Jerdon's Baza
    Jerdon's Baza
    Jerdon's Baza is a moderate sized brown hawk with a thin white-tipped black crest usually held erect. It is found in South-east Asia. It inhabits foothills in the terai and is rarer in evergreen forests and tea estates.-Description:...

     Aviceda jerdoni
  • Barred Honey-buzzard
    Barred Honey-buzzard
    The Barred Honey Buzzard is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...

     Pernis celebensis
  • Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
  • Black-shouldered Kite
    Black-shouldered Kite
    The Black-shouldered Kite or Australian Black-shouldered Kite is a small raptor found in open habitat throughout Australia and resembles similar species found in Eurasia and North America, which have in the past also been named as Black-shouldered Kites...

     Elanus caeruleus
  • Black Kite
    Black Kite
    The Black Kite is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. Unlike others of the group, they are opportunistic hunters and are more likely to scavenge. They spend a lot of time soaring and gliding in thermals in search of food. Their...

     Milvus migrans (A)
  • Brahminy Kite
    Brahminy Kite
    The Brahminy Kite , also known as the Red-backed Sea-eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. They are found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia...

     Haliastur indus
  • White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
  • Gray-headed Fish-Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
  • Crested Serpent-eagle Spilornis cheela
  • Philippine Serpent-eagle Spilornis holospilus (E)
  • Eastern Marsh-Harrier Circus spilonotus
  • Pied Harrier
    Pied Harrier
    The Pied Harrier is an Asian species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is migratory, breeding from Amur valley in eastern Russia and north-eastern China to North Korea. Wintering individuals can be found in a wide area from Pakistan to Philippines...

     Circus melanoleucos (A)
  • Crested Goshawk
    Crested Goshawk
    The Crested Goshawk is a bird of prey from tropical Asia. It is related to other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers, and thus placed in the family Accipitridae.-Description:...

     Accipiter trivirgatus
  • Chinese Goshawk
    Chinese Goshawk
    The Chinese Sparrowhawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. Also called Chinese goshawk....

     Accipiter soloensis
  • Japanese Sparrowhawk
    Japanese Sparrowhawk
    The Japanese Sparrowhawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers....

     Accipiter gularis
  • Besra
    Besra
    The Besra, Accipiter virgatus, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.The Besra is a widespread resident breeder in dense forests throughout south Asia from Pakistan and India to south China and Indonesia. It nests in trees, building a new nest each year...

     Accipiter virgatus
  • Gray-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
  • Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
  • Great Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi (E)
  • Rufous-bellied Eagle
    Rufous-bellied Eagle
    The Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the buzzards, hawks and Old World vultures. It was earlier placed under the genus Hieraaetus but this eagle may well belong to a separate genus. The name of Kienastur had been suggested.Rufous-bellied...

     Aquila kienerii
  • Changeable Hawk-eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus
  • Flores Hawk-eagle
    Flores Hawk-eagle
    The Flores Hawk-eagle, Nisaetus floris , is a fairly large, up to long, raptor in the family Accipitridae. Adults have dark brown upperparts, a brown tail with six bars, a white patch in the wings that is visible in flight, white underparts, and a white head with fine brownish streaks on the crown...

     Spizaetus floris
  • Philippine Hawk-eagle
    Philippine Hawk-eagle
    The Philippine Hawk-Eagle, known in French as aigle des Philippines and in Spanish as aguila-azor Filipina is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family...

     Spizaetus philippensis (E)

Caracaras and falcons

Order: Falconiformes
Falconiformes
The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...

. Family: Falconidae
Falconidae
The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family is divided into two subfamiles, Polyborinae, which includes the caracaras and forest falcons, and Falconinae, the falcons, kestrels and falconets.-Description:Falcons and...



Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles, and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their feet. There are 62 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Philippine Falconet
    Philippine Falconet
    The Philippine Falconet is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Microhierax erythrogenys (E)
  • Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
  • Merlin
    Merlin (bird)
    The Merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere. A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the Merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter.-European and North American...

     Falco columbarius (A)
  • Oriental Hobby
    Oriental Hobby
    The Oriental Hobby is a species of falcon typically 27-30 cm long. It can be found in the northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent, across the eastern Himalayas and ranges southwards through Indochina to Australasia. It has been recorded as a vagrant from Malaysia.-Diet and habitats:The...

     Falco severus
  • Peregrine Falcon
    Peregrine Falcon
    The Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"...

     Falco peregrinus

Megapodes

Order: Galliformes
Galliformes
Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...

. Family: Megapodiidae

The Megapodiidae are stocky, medium-large chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet. All but the Malleefowl
Malleefowl
The Malleefowl is a stocky ground-dwelling Australian bird about the size of a domestic chicken...

 occupy jungle habitats, and most have brown or black colouring. There are 21 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Tabon Scrubfowl
    Tabon Scrubfowl
    The Philippine Megapode , also known as the Philippine Scrubfowl or the Tabon Scrubfowl, is a species of bird in the Megapodiidae family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines...

     Megapodius cumingii

Pheasants and partridges

Order: Galliformes
Galliformes
Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...

. Family: Phasianidae
Phasianidae
The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae...



The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds which consists of quail
Quail
Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally considered in the order Galliformes. Old World quail are found in the family Phasianidae, while New World quail are found in the family Odontophoridae...

s, partridge
Partridge
Partridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migratory Old World group.These are medium-sized birds, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails. Partridges are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East...

s, snowcock
Snowcock
The snowcocks are a group of bird species in the genus Tetraogallus of the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are ground-nesting birds which breed in the mountain ranges of southern Eurasia from the Caucasus to the Himalayas and western China. The Himalayan Snowcock has been introduced...

s, francolin
Francolin
Francolins are birds that traditionally have been placed in the genus Francolinus, but now commonly are divided into multiple genera , although some of the major taxonomic listing sources have yet to divide them. They are members of the pheasant family, Phasianidae...

s, spurfowls, tragopan
Tragopan
Tragopan is a genus of bird in the family Phasianidae. These birds are commonly called "horny pheasants" because of two brightly-colored, fleshy horns on their heads that they can erect during courtship displays...

s, monal
Monal
A Monal is a bird of genus Lophophorus of the Pheasant family, Phasianidae. There are three species and several sub-species within the genus Lophophorus:* Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus* Sclater's Monal Lophophorus sclateri...

s, pheasant
Pheasant
Pheasants refer to some members of the Phasianinae subfamily of Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.Pheasants are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles and long tails. Males are usually larger than females and have...

s, peafowl
Peafowl
Peafowl are two Asiatic species of flying birds in the genus Pavo of the pheasant family, Phasianidae, best known for the male's extravagant eye-spotted tail, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, the female a peahen, and the offspring peachicks. The adult female...

s and jungle fowls. In general, they are plump (although they may vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings. There are 156 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Chinese Francolin
    Chinese Francolin
    The Chinese Francolin is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family.It is found in Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam....

     Francolinus pintadeanus
  • Daurian Partridge
    Daurian Partridge
    The Daurian Partridge Perdix daurica is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The name derives from the "Dauria" region....

     Perdix dauurica
  • Japanese Quail
    Japanese Quail
    The Japanese Quail, also known as Coturnix Quail, Coturnix japonica, is a species of Old World Quail found in East Asia. They are a migratory species, breeding in Manchuria, southeastern Siberia, northern Japan, and the Korean Peninsula, and wintering in the south of Japan and southern China. They...

     Coturnix japonica (A)
  • Blue-breasted Quail Coturnix chinensis
  • Red Junglefowl
    Red Junglefowl
    The Red Junglefowl is a tropical member of the Pheasant family. They are thought to be ancestors of the domestic chicken with some hybridisation with the Grey Junglefowl...

     Gallus gallus
  • Palawan Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron napoleonis (E)

Buttonquails

Order: Gruiformes
Gruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Turnicidae

The buttonquails are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails. The female is the brighter of the sexes, and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young. There are 16 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Small Buttonquail
    Small Buttonquail
    The Kurrichane Buttonquail, Small Buttonquail, Common Buttonquail, or Andalusian Hemipode, Turnix sylvaticus, is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails...

     Turnix sylvatica
  • Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosa
  • Spotted Buttonquail
    Spotted Buttonquail
    The Spotted Buttonquail is a species of bird in the Turnicidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....

     Turnix ocellata (E)
  • Barred Buttonquail
    Barred Buttonquail
    The Barred Buttonquail or Common Bustard-Quail is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails...

     Turnix suscitator
  • Luzon Buttonquail
    Luzon Buttonquail
    The Worcester's Buttonquail or Luzon Buttonquail is a species of bird in the Turnicidae family. It is endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines...

     Turnix worcesteri (E)

Cranes

Order: Gruiformes
Gruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Gruidae

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances". There are 15 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Sarus Crane
    Sarus Crane
    The Sarus Crane is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to 1.8 m , they are conspicuous and iconic species of open wetlands...

     Grus antigone

Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots

Order: Gruiformes
Gruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

. Family: Rallidae
Rallidae
The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...



Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coot
Coot
Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family Rallidae. They constitute the genus Fulica. Coots have predominantly black plumage, and, unlike many of the rails, they are usually easy to see, often swimming in open water...

s, and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps, or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs, and have long toes which are well adapted to soft, uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and be weak fliers. There are 143 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Red-legged Crake
    Red-legged Crake
    The Red-legged Crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.-Description:Medium-large crake . Head, neck and breast red-brown, paler on throat. Upperparts grey-brown. Underparts and underwing barred black and white...

     Rallina fasciata
  • Slaty-legged Crake
    Slaty-legged Crake
    The Slaty-legged Crake or Banded Crake is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.-Distribution and habitat:...

     Rallina eurizonoides
  • Buff-banded Rail
    Buff-banded Rail
    The Buff-banded Rail, Gallirallus philippensis is a distinctively coloured, highly dispersive, medium-sized rail of the family Rallidae....

     Gallirallus philippensis
  • Barred Rail
    Barred Rail
    The Barred Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2008. . Downloaded on 4 November 2008....

     Gallirallus torquatus
  • Calayan Rail
    Calayan Rail
    The Calayan Rail is a flightless bird of the rail, moorhen, and coot family that inhabits Calayan Island in the Philippines. Though well-known to natives of the island as the "piding", it was first observed by ornithologist Carmela Española in May 2004 and the discovery officially announced on...

     Gallirallus calayanensis (E)
  • Slaty-breasted Rail
    Slaty-breasted Rail
    The Slaty-breasted Rail is a species of rail found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.Breeding has been recorded from July in the foothills of the Himalayas from Dehradun in the west....

     Gallirallus striatus
  • Luzon Rail Rallus mirificus (E)
  • Plain Bush-hen Amaurornis olivaceus (E)
  • White-breasted Waterhen
    White-breasted Waterhen
    The White-breasted Waterhen is a waterbird of the rail and crake family Rallidae that is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia. They are dark slaty birds with a clean white face, breast and belly...

     Amaurornis phoenicurus
  • Baillon's Crake
    Baillon's Crake
    The Baillon's Crake is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.-Distribution:Their breeding habitat is sedge beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and across Asia. They used to breed in Great Britain up to the mid-19th century, but the western European population declined through drainage....

     Porzana pusilla
  • Ruddy-breasted Crake
    Ruddy-breasted Crake
    The Ruddy-breasted Crake , or Ruddy Crake, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.Its breeding habitat is swamps and similar wet areas across south Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to south China, Japan and Indonesia. It has been recorded as a vagrant from the Australian...

     Porzana fusca
  • Band-bellied Crake
    Band-bellied Crake
    The Band-bellied Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in China, Indonesia, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Russia, Thailand, and Vietnam.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Porzana paykullii
  • Spotless Crake
    Spotless Crake
    The Spotless Crake is a species of bird in the rail family, Rallidae.It is found in American Samoa, Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Tonga.-References:* BirdLife...

     Porzana tabuensis
  • White-browed Crake
    White-browed Crake
    The White-browed Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu.Its natural...

     Porzana cinerea
  • Watercock
    Watercock
    The Watercock Gallicrex cinerea is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae. It is the only member of the genus Gallicrex....

     Gallicrex cinerea
  • Purple Swamphen
    Purple Swamphen
    The Purple Swamphen , also known as the African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule, Pūkeko or Purple Coot, is a large bird in the family Rallidae . From its name in French, talève sultane, it is also known as the Sultana Bird...

     Porphyrio porphyrio
  • Common Moorhen
    Common Moorhen
    The Common Moorhen is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, however, no other committee has voted to...

     Gallinula chloropus
  • Eurasian Coot
    Eurasian Coot
    The Eurasian Coot, Fulica atra, also known as Coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. The Australian subspecies is known as the Australian Coot.-Distribution:...

     Fulica atra

Jacanas

Order: Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Jacanidae

The jacana
Jacana
The jaçanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone. See Etymology below for pronunciation....

s are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found worldwide in the Tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat. There 8 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Comb-crested Jacana
    Comb-crested Jacana
    The Comb-crested Jacana , also known as the Lotusbird or Lilytrotter, is the only species of jacana in the genus Irediparra...

     Irediparra gallinacea
  • Pheasant-tailed Jacana
    Pheasant-tailed Jacana
    The Pheasant-tailed Jacana is a jacana in the monotypic genus Hydrophasianus. Jacanas are a group of waders in the family Jacanidae that are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their preferred habitat...

     Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Painted snipe

Order: Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Rostratulidae

Painted snipe are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured. There are 2 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis

Avocets and stilts

Order: Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets and the stilts .-Description and diet:...



Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocet
Avocet
The four species of Avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts.Avocets have long legs and long, thin, upcurved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer...

s and the stilt
Stilt
Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates....

s. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. There are 9 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Black-winged Stilt
    Black-winged Stilt
    The Black-winged Stilt or Common Stilt is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family . Opinions differ as to whether the birds treated under the scientific name H. himantopus ought to be treated as a single species and if not, how many species to recognize...

     Himantopus himantopus
  • White-headed Stilt
    White-headed Stilt
    The White-headed Stilt or Pied Stilt is a bird in the Recurvirostridae family. It is sometimes treated as a distinct species Himantopus leucocephalus, sometimes included in the Common or Black-winged Stilt as Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus.This shorebird is found in Australia, Brunei,...

     Himantopus leucocephalus
  • Pied Avocet
    Pied Avocet
    The Pied Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta, is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. They breed in temperate Europe and western and Central Asia. It is a migratory species and most winter in Africa or southern Asia...

     Recurvirostra avosetta (A)

Thick-knees

Order: Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Burhinidae

The thick-knees are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. There are 9 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Beach Thick-knee Burhinus magnirostris

Pratincoles and coursers

Order: Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Glareolidae
Glareolidae
Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The coursers include the atypical Egyptian Plover, Pluvianus aegyptius, which has sometimes been placed in its own family...



Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincole
Pratincole
The Pratincoles or Greywaders are a group of birds which together with the coursers and Egyptian Plover make up the family Glareolidae. They have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails....

s, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the courser
Courser
The Coursers are a group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. They have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards...

s, which have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards. There are 17 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Oriental Pratincole
    Oriental Pratincole
    The Oriental Pratincole , also known as the Grasshopper-Bird or Swallow-Plover is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae....

     Glareola maldivarum

Plovers and lapwings

Order: Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Charadriidae
Charadriidae
The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.- Morphology :They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings, but most species of lapwing may have more rounded wings...



The family Charadriidae includes the plover
Plover
Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfamily, Vanellinae, comprises another 20-odd species.Plovers are found throughout...

s, dotterels, and lapwing
Lapwing
Vanellinae are any of various crested plovers, family Charadriidae, noted for its slow, irregular wingbeat in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. Its length is 10-16 inches. They are a subfamily of medium-sized wading birds which also includes the plovers and dotterels. The Vanellinae are...

s. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water, although there are some exceptions. There are 66 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Gray-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus (A)
  • Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
  • Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
  • Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula (A)
  • Little Ringed Plover
    Little Ringed Plover
    The Little Ringed Plover is a small plover. Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband. They have a brown cap, a white forehead, a black mask around the eyes with white above and a short dark bill...

     Charadrius dubius
  • Snowy Plover
    Snowy Plover
    The Snowy Plover is a small wader in the plover bird family. It breeds in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern and western USA and the Caribbean...

     Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Malaysian Plover
    Malaysian Plover
    The Malaysian Plover is a small wader that nests on beaches and salt flats in Southeast Asia.-Description:...

     Charadrius peronii
  • Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus
  • Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
  • Oriental Plover
    Oriental Plover
    The Oriental Plover, Charadrius veredus, also known as the Oriental Dotterel, is a medium-sized Charadriine plover closely related to the Caspian Plover.- Description :...

     Charadrius veredus

Sandpipers and allies

Order: Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Scolopacidae
Scolopacidae
The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...



The Scolopacidae are a large diverse family of small to medium sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlew
Curlew
The curlews , genus Numenius, are a group of eight species of birds, characterised by long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled brown plumage. They are one of the most ancient lineages of scolopacid waders, together with the godwits which look similar but have straight bills...

s, godwit
Godwit
The godwits are a group of large, long-billed, long-legged and strongly migratory wading birds of the genus Limosa. They form large flocks on coasts and estuaries in winter....

s, shanks
Tringa
Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. They are mainly freshwater birds, often with brightly coloured legs as reflected in the English names of six species, as well as the specific names of two of these and the Green Sandpiper. They are typically associated with northern...

, tattler
Tattler (bird)
The tattlers are the two very similar bird species in the shorebird genus Tringa. They formerly had their own genus, Heteroscelus. The old genus name means "different leg" in Greek, referring to the leg scales that differentiate the tattlers from their close relatives, the shanks.The species are:*...

s, woodcock
Woodcock
The woodcocks are a group of seven or eight very similar living species of wading birds in the genus Scolopax. Only two woodcocks are widespread, the others being localized island endemics. Most are found in the Northern Hemisphere but a few range into Wallacea...

s, snipe
Snipe
A snipe is any of about 25 wading bird species in three genera in the family Scolopacidae. They are characterized by a very long, slender bill and crypsis plumage. The Gallinago snipes have a nearly worldwide distribution, the Lymnocryptes Jack Snipe is restricted to Asia and Europe and the...

s, dowitcher
Dowitcher
The three dowitchers are medium-sized long-billed wading birds. They resemble godwits in body and bill shape, and the reddish underparts in summer, but are much shorter legged, more like snipe to which they are also somewhat closer related...

s and phalarope
Phalarope
A phalarope or wadepiper is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae. They are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek Sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids...

s. The majority of species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enable different species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food. There are 89 species worldwide and 40 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Eurasian Woodcock
    Eurasian Woodcock
    The Eurasian Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia. It has cryptic camouflage to suit its woodland habitat, with reddish-brown upperparts and buff-coloured underparts...

     Scolopax rusticola
  • Bukidnon Woodcock
    Bukidnon Woodcock
    The Bukidnon Woodcock, Scolopax bukidnonensis, is a medium sized wader. It was only described as new to science as recently as 2001, although the initial specimens had been collected on Luzon in the 1960s, these were originally misidentified as Eurasian Woodcock specimens...

     Scolopax bukidnonensis (E)
  • Jack Snipe
    Jack Snipe
    The Jack Snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus is a small stocky wader. It is the smallest snipe, and the only member of the genus Lymnocryptes...

     Lymnocryptes minimus (A)
  • Latham's Snipe
    Latham's Snipe
    Latham's Snipe, Gallinago hardwickii, also known as Japanese Snipe, is a medium-sized , long-billed, migratory wader.-Identification:...

     Gallinago hardwickii
  • Pintail Snipe
    Pintail Snipe
    The Pin-tailed Snipe, Gallinago stenura, also known as the Pintail Snipe, is a small stocky wader. It breeds in northern Russia and migrates to spend the non-breeding season in southern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia. It is the most common migrant snipe in southern India, Sri Lanka and much of...

     Gallinago stenura
  • Swinhoe's Snipe
    Swinhoe's Snipe
    Swinhoe's Snipe, Gallinago megala, also known as Forest Snipe or Chinese Snipe, is a medium-sized , long-billed, migratory wader.-Identification:...

     Gallinago megala
  • Common Snipe
    Common Snipe
    The Common Snipe is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World. The breeding habitat is marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows throughout northern Europe and northern Asia...

     Gallinago gallinago
  • Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
  • Black-tailed Godwit
    Black-tailed Godwit
    The Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa, is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. It is a member of the Limosa genus, the godwits...

     Limosa limosa
  • Bar-tailed Godwit
    Bar-tailed Godwit
    The Bar-tailed Godwit is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae, which breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra mainly in the Old World, and winters on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of the Old World...

     Limosa lapponica
  • Little Curlew
    Little Curlew
    The Little Curlew, Numenius minutus, is a wader in the large bird family Scolopacidae. It is a very small curlew, which breeds in the far north of Siberia. It is closely related to the North American Eskimo Curlew....

     Numenius minutus
  • Whimbrel
    Whimbrel
    The Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the mostwidespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland....

     Numenius phaeopus
  • Bristle-thighed Curlew
    Bristle-thighed Curlew
    The Bristle-thighed Curlew, Numenius tahitiensis, is a large shorebird that breeds in Alaska and winters on tropical Pacific islands. It has a long, decurved bill and bristled feathers at the base of the legs. Its length is about 43 cm and wingspan about 84 cm...

     Numenius tahitiensis (A)
  • Eurasian Curlew
    Eurasian Curlew
    The Eurasian Curlew, Numenius arquata, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of the curlews, breeding across temperate Europe and Asia...

     Numenius arquata
  • Far Eastern Curlew
    Far Eastern Curlew
    The Far Eastern Curlew or Eastern Curlew is a large shorebird most similar in appearance to the Long-billed Curlew, but slightly larger. It is mostly brown in color, differentiated from other curlews by its plain, unpatterned brown underwing...

     Numenius madagascariensis
  • Upland Sandpiper
    Upland Sandpiper
    The Upland Sandpiper is a large shorebird, closely related to the curlews . Older names are the Upland Plover and Bartram's Sandpiper. It is the only member of the genus Bartramia. The genus name and the old common name Bartram's Sandpiper commemorate the American naturalist William Bartram...

     Bartramia longicauda (A)
  • Common Redshank
    Common Redshank
    The Common Redshank or simply Redshank is an Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...

     Tringa totanus
  • Marsh Sandpiper
    Marsh Sandpiper
    The Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis, is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open grassy steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost Europe to central Asia....

     Tringa stagnatilis
  • Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
  • Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer
  • Green Sandpiper
    Green Sandpiper
    The Green Sandpiper is a small wader of the Old World. It represents an ancient lineage of the genus Tringa; its only close living relative is the Solitary Sandpiper . They both have brown wings with little light dots and a delicate but contrasting neck and chest pattern...

     Tringa ochropus
  • Wood Sandpiper
    Wood Sandpiper
    The Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. This Eurasian species is the smallest of the shanks, which are mid-sized long-legged waders of the family Scolopacidae.- Description and systematics :...

     Tringa glareola
  • Terek Sandpiper
    Terek Sandpiper
    The Terek Sandpiper is a small migratory Palearctic wader species, the only member of the genus Xenus.- Description and systematics :...

     Xenus cinereus
  • Common Sandpiper
    Common Sandpiper
    The Common Sandpiper is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the Spotted Sandpiper , make up the genus Actitis. They are parapatric and replace each other geographically; stray birds of either species may settle down with breeders of the other and hybridize...

     Actitis hypoleucos
  • Gray-tailed Tattler Heterosceles brevipes
  • Wandering Tattler
    Wandering Tattler
    The Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana , is a medium-sized wading bird. It is similar in appearance to the closely related Gray-tailed Tattler, T. brevipes...

     Heterosceles incanus
  • Ruddy Turnstone
    Ruddy Turnstone
    The Ruddy Turnstone is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae...

     Arenaria interpres
  • Great Knot
    Great Knot
    The Great Knot, Calidris tenuirostris, is a small wader. It is the largest of the calidrid species.Their breeding habitat is tundra in northeast Siberia. They nest on the ground laying about four eggs in a ground scrape. They are strongly migratory wintering on coasts in southern Asia through to...

     Calidris tenuirostris
  • Red Knot
    Red Knot
    The Red Knot, Calidris canutus , is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot...

     Calidris canutus
  • Sanderling
    Sanderling
    The Sanderling is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia...

     Calidris alba
  • Red-necked Stint
    Red-necked Stint
    The Red-necked Stint is a small migratory wader.- Description :These birds are among the smallest of waders, very similar to the Little Stint, Calidris minuta, with which they were once considered conspecific...

     Calidris ruficollis
  • Little Stint
    Little Stint
    The Little Stint, Calidris minuta , is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia...

     Calidris minuta (A)
  • Temminck's Stint
    Temminck's Stint
    Temminck's Stint, Calidris or Erolia temminckii, is a small wader.This stint's breeding habitat is bogs and marshes in the taiga of Arctic northern Europe and Asia. It will breed in southern Scandinavia and occasionally Scotland. It has a distinctive hovering display flight. It nests in a scrape...

     Calidris temminckii
  • Long-toed Stint
    Long-toed Stint
    The Long-toed Stint, Calidris or Erolia subminuta, is a small wader bird. It breeds across northern Asia and is strongly migratory, wintering in south and south east Asia and Australasia...

     Calidris subminuta
  • Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
    Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
    The Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata is a small wader.- Taxonomy :More recently, a review of new data has indicated that this bird should perhaps better be placed into the genus Philomachus- as P...

     Calidris acuminata
  • Curlew Sandpiper
    Curlew Sandpiper
    The Curlew Sandpiper is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australasia...

     Calidris ferruginea
  • Broad-billed Sandpiper
    Broad-billed Sandpiper
    The Broad-billed Sandpiper is a small wading bird. It is the only member of the genus Limicola; some have proposed that it should be placed in the genus Erolia with the "stint" sandpipers, but more recent research suggests that it is should rather go into the genus Philomachus with the ruff and...

     Limicola falcinellus
  • Ruff Philomachus pugnax
  • Red-necked Phalarope
    Red-necked Phalarope
    The Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans....

     Phalaropus lobatus
  • Red Phalarope
    Red Phalarope
    The Red Phalarope , Phalaropus fulicarius, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia...

     Phalaropus fulicarius (A)

Skuas and jaegers

Order: Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Stercorariidae

The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants. There are 7 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus

Gulls

Order: Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large birds seabirds and includes gull
Gull
Gulls are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders...

s and kittiwake
Kittiwake
The kittiwakes are two closely related seabird species in the gull family Laridae, the Black-legged Kittiwake and the Red-legged Kittiwake . The epithets "Black-legged" and "Red-legged" are used to distinguish the two species in North America, but in Europe, where R...

s. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. There are 55 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Black-tailed Gull
    Black-tailed Gull
    The Black-tailed Gull is a medium-sized gull, with a wingspan of 126-128 cm. The bird is resident in East Asia, including China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. It is a vagrant to Alaska and northeastern North America....

     Larus crassirostris (A)
  • Herring Gull Larus argentatus (A)
  • East Siberian Gull
    East Siberian Gull
    The Vega Gull or East Siberian Gull, Larus vegae, is a large gull of the Herring Gull/Lesser Black-backed Gull complex which breeds in North-east Asia. Its classification is still controversial and uncertain. It is variously treated as a separate species, as a subspecies of American Herring Gull...

     Larus vegae (A)
  • Black-headed Gull
    Black-headed Gull
    The Black-headed Gull is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, wintering further south, but some birds in the milder westernmost areas of Europe are resident...

     Larus ridibundus

Terns

Order: Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

. Family: Sternidae

Tern
Tern
Terns are seabirds in the family Sternidae, previously considered a subfamily of the gull family Laridae . They form a lineage with the gulls and skimmers which in turn is related to skuas and auks...

s are a group of generally general medium to large sea-birds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species now known to live in excess of 25 to 30 years. There are 44 species worldwide and 16 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Gull-billed Tern
    Gull-billed Tern
    The Gull-billed Tern formerly Sterna nilotica , is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...

     Sterna nilotica
  • Caspian Tern
    Caspian Tern
    The Caspian Tern is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no subspecies accepted either...

     Sterna caspia (A)
  • Lesser Crested Tern
    Lesser Crested Tern
    The Lesser Crested Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...

     Sterna bengalensis
  • Chinese Crested Tern
    Chinese Crested Tern
    The Chinese Crested Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae, closely related to Sandwich Tern T. sandvicensis and Lesser Crested Tern T. bengalensis...

     Sterna bernsteini (A)
  • Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii
  • Roseate Tern
    Roseate Tern
    The Roseate Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in bill colour and minor plumage details....

     Sterna dougallii
  • Black-naped Tern
    Black-naped Tern
    The Black-naped Tern is an oceanic tern mostly found in tropical and subtropical areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is rarely found inland....

     Sterna sumatrana
  • Common Tern
    Common Tern
    The Common Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in temperate and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and east and central North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. It is sometimes...

     Sterna hirundo
  • Little Tern
    Little Tern
    The Little Tern, Sternula albifrons or Sterna albifrons, is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It was formerly placed into the genus Sterna, which now is restricted to the large white terns . The former North American and Red Sea S. a...

     Sterna albifrons
  • Aleutian Tern
    Aleutian Tern
    The Aleutian Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae....

     Sterna aleutica (A)
  • Bridled Tern
    Bridled Tern
    The Bridled Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans.-Description:...

     Sterna anaethetus
  • Sooty Tern
    Sooty Tern
    The Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus , is a seabird of the tern family . It is a bird of the tropical oceans, breeding on islands throughout the equatorial zone. Colloquially, it is known as the Wideawake Tern or just wideawake...

     Sterna fuscata
  • Whiskered Tern
    Whiskered Tern
    The Whiskered Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in size and minor plumage details....

     Chlidonias hybridus
  • White-winged Tern
    White-winged Tern
    The White-winged Tern, or White-winged Black Tern, Chlidonias leucopterus, is a small tern generally found in or near bodies of fresh water across from Southeastern Europe east to Australia....

     Chlidonias leucopterus
  • Black Noddy
    Black Noddy
    The Black Noddy or White-capped Noddy is a seabird from the tern family. It resembles the closely related Brown or Common Noddy , but is smaller with darker plumage, a whiter cap, a longer, straighter beak and shorter tail...

     Anous minutus
  • Brown Noddy
    Brown Noddy
    The Brown Noddy or Common Noddy is a seabird from the tern family. The largest of the noddies, it can be told from the closely related Black Noddy by its larger size and plumage, which is dark brown rather than black...

     Anous stolidus

Pigeons and doves

Order: Columbiformes
Columbiformes
Columbiformes are an avian order that includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order....

. Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and dove
Dove
Pigeons and doves constitute the bird family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes, which include some 300 species of near passerines. In general terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used somewhat interchangeably...

s are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere
Cère
The Cère is a long river in south-western France, left tributary of the Dordogne River. Its source is in the south-western Massif Central, near the mountain Plomb du Cantal...

. There are 308 species worldwide and 33 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Island Collared-dove
    Island Collared-dove
    The Island Collared Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.The species has a discontinuous distribution, occurring in the Philippines and in the Indonesian islands from Java to Timor, but absent from Borneo and Sulawesi...

     Streptopelia bitorquata
  • Red Collared-dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
  • Spotted Dove
    Spotted Dove
    The Spotted Dove , also known as the Spotted Turtle Dove, is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in the Indian Subcontinent including India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka east to southern Tibet and Southeast Asia...

     Streptopelia chinensis
  • Philippine Cuckoo-dove
    Philippine Cuckoo-dove
    The Philippine Cuckoo-Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in the Philippines and Taiwan.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....

     Macropygia tenuirostris
  • Emerald Dove
    Emerald Dove
    The Common Emerald Dove is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and east through Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, to northern and eastern Australia. The dove is also known by the names of Green Dove and...

     Chalcophaps indica
  • Zebra Dove
    Zebra Dove
    The Zebra Dove Geopelia striata, also known as Barred Ground Dove, is a bird of the dove family Columbidae, native to South-east Asia. It is closely related to the Peaceful Dove of Australia and New Guinea and the Barred Dove of eastern Indonesia...

     Geopelia striata (I)
  • Nicobar Pigeon
    Nicobar Pigeon
    The Nicobar Pigeon, Caloenas nicobarica, is a pigeon found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Nicobar Islands, east through the Malay Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau. It is the only living member of the genus Caloenas....

     Caloenas nicobarica
  • Luzon Bleeding-heart
    Luzon Bleeding-heart
    The Luzon Bleeding-heart is one of a number of species of ground dove in the genus Gallicolumba that are called "bleeding-hearts".They get this name from a splash of vivid red colour at the centre of their white breasts...

     Gallicolumba luzonica (E)
  • Mindanao Bleeding-heart
    Mindanao Bleeding-heart
    The Mindanao Bleeding-heart is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family . It is endemic to the Philippines. It is so named because of a red blotch on its breast....

     Gallicolumba criniger (E)
  • Mindoro Bleeding-heart
    Mindoro Bleeding-heart
    The Mindoro Bleeding-heart is bird native to the Philippines. It is an endangered species. The Mindoro Bleeding-Heart is a type of ground dove....

     Gallicolumba platenae (E)
  • Negros Bleeding-heart
    Negros Bleeding-heart
    Negros Bleeding-heart is a species of pigeon endemic to the Philippines where it is found on the islands of Negros and Panay.This species has an extremely small, severely fragmented population...

     Gallicolumba keayi (E)
  • Sulu Bleeding-heart
    Sulu Bleeding-heart
    The Sulu Bleeding-heart is one of a number of species of ground doves in the genus Gallicolumba that are called "bleeding-hearts". They get this name from a splash of vivid red colour at the centre of their white breasts...

     Gallicolumba menagei (E)
  • White-eared Brown-dove
    White-eared Brown-dove
    The White-eared Brown Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....

     Phapitreron leucotis (E)
  • Amethyst Brown-dove
    Amethyst Brown-dove
    The Amethyst Brown Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July...

     Phapitreron amethystina (E)
  • Tawitawi Brown-dove
    Tawitawi Brown-dove
    The Tawitawi Brown Dove is a threatened species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to forests in the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines. Until recently it was considered conspecific with the Mindanao Brown Dove...

     Phapitreron cinereiceps (E)
  • Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
  • Pompadour Green Pigeon
    Pompadour Green Pigeon
    The Pompadour Green Pigeon is a pigeon in the genus Treron. It is widespread in forests of southern and southeast Asia...

     Treron pompadora
  • Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
  • Whistling Green Pigeon Treron formosae
  • Yellow-breasted Fruit-dove
    Yellow-breasted Fruit-dove
    The Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Ptilinopus occipitalis (E)
  • Flame-breasted Fruit-dove
    Flame-breasted Fruit-dove
    The Flame-breasted Fruit Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....

     Ptilinopus marchei (E)
  • Cream-bellied Fruit-dove
    Cream-bellied Fruit-dove
    The Cream-breasted Fruit Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Ptilinopus merrilli (E)
  • Black-chinned Fruit-dove
    Black-chinned Fruit-dove
    The Black-chinned Fruit Dove , also known as the Black-throated Fruit Dove or Leclancher's Dove, is a medium-sized bird of the Columbidae family. The male is a colorful bird with a green belly and wings, a brown tail, a whitish grey head and neck with a purple base, red iris and a small black...

     Ptilinopus leclancheri (E)
  • Superb Fruit-dove
    Superb Fruit-Dove
    The Superb Fruit Dove , also known as the Purple-crowned Fruit Dove , is a medium-sized , colourful fruit-dove in the family Columbidae....

     Ptilinopus superbus (A)
  • Black-naped Fruit-dove
    Black-naped Fruit-dove
    The Black-naped Fruit Dove, Ptilinopus melanospilus also known as Black-headed Fruit Dove is a medium-sized, up to 24 cm long, green Fruit dove with yellowish bill and iris. The male has a pale grey head with black nape, yellow throat, and golden yellow and pink undertail coverts...

     Ptilinopus melanospila
  • Negros Fruit-dove
    Negros Fruit-dove
    The Negros Fruit Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. In fact, there have been no recorded sightings of it since 1953; it may or may not be...

     Ptilinopus arcanus (E)
  • Pink-bellied Imperial-pigeon
    Pink-bellied Imperial-pigeon
    The Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon , otherwise known as the Philippine Zone-tailed Imperial Pigeon, the Zone-tailed Pigeon, or the Philippine Imperial Pigeon, is found in the Philippines. It is a fruit-eating bird....

     Ducula poliocephala (E)
  • Mindoro Imperial-pigeon
    Mindoro Imperial-pigeon
    The Mindoro Imperial Pigeon is a bird species in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.It was formerly classified as a...

     Ducula mindorensis (E)
  • Spotted Imperial-pigeon
    Spotted Imperial-pigeon
    The Spotted Imperial Pigeon is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife...

     Ducula carola (E)
  • Green Imperial-pigeon Ducula aenea
  • Grey Imperial-pigeon
    Grey Imperial-pigeon
    The Grey Imperial Pigeon is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations ....

     Ducula pickeringii
  • Pied Imperial-pigeon
    Pied Imperial-Pigeon
    The Pied Imperial Pigeon is a relatively large, pied species of pigeon. It is found in forest, woodland, mangrove, plantations and scrub in Southeast Asia, ranging from Myanmar and Thailand south to Java and east to the Philippines and the Bird's Head Peninsula in New Guinea. It is mainly found on...

     Ducula bicolor

Cockatoos

Order: Psittaciformes. Family: Cacatuidae

The cockatoos share many features with other parrots including the characteristic curved beak shape and a zygodactyl foot, with two forward toes and two backwards toes. They differ, however in a number of characteristics, including the often spectacular movable headcrest. There are 21 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia (E)

Parrots and allies

Order: Psittaciformes. Family: Psittacidae

Parrot
Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...

s are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape. Their upper mandibles have slight mobility in the joint with the skull and the have a generally erect stance. All parrots are zygodactyl, having the four toes on each foot placed two at the front and two back. There are at least 335 species worldwide and 13 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Mindanao Lorikeet
    Mindanao Lorikeet
    The Mindanao Lorikeet or Mount Apo Lorikeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. There are two very similar subspecies, which are both endemic to Mindanao, Philippines....

     Trichoglossus johnstoniae (E)
  • Guaiabero
    Guaiabero
    The Guaiabero is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family, belonging to the monotypic genus Bolbopsittacus and closely related to the lovebirds and hanging parrots . It is endemic to the Philippines...

     Bolbopsittacus lunulatus (E)
  • Luzon Racquet-tail
    Luzon Racquet-tail
    The Montane Racket-tail, also called Luzon Racket-tail is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....

     Prioniturus montanus (E)
  • Mindanao Racquet-tail
    Mindanao Racquet-tail
    The Mindanao Racket-tail, called palette de Mindanao in French and lorito-momoto de Mindanao in Spanish is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Prioniturus waterstradti (E)
  • Blue-headed Racquet-tail
    Blue-headed Racquet-tail
    The Blue-headed Racket-tail, Prioniturus platenae, also known as the Palawan Racket-tail, is a parrot found in the western Philippines around Palawan....

     Prioniturus platenae (E)
  • Green Racquet-tail
    Green Racquet-tail
    The Green Racket-tail is an endemic parrot of the Philippines where it is found on Luzon and Marinduque. This species was once common, but is rapidly declining and is currently classified as vulnerable due to lowland deforestation and capture for cage-bird trade.Males entirely yellow-green, with...

     Prioniturus luconensis (E)
  • Blue-crowned Racquet-tail
    Blue-crowned Racquet-tail
    The Blue-crowned Racket-tail, Prioniturus discurus is a parrot found on all the larger islands of the Philippines not starting with "P" . It is 27 cm, basically green with a blue crown, bluish undertail, whitish beak, and dark underwings with green coverts. The Blue-headed Racket-tail The...

     Prioniturus discurus (E)
  • Blue-winged Racquet-tail
    Blue-winged Racquet-tail
    The Blue-winged Racket-tail, Palette Des Sulu, or Lorito-momoto De Las Sulu is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Prioniturus verticalis (E)
  • Great-billed Parrot
    Great-billed Parrot
    The Great-billed Parrot, Tanygnathus megalorynchos, also known as Moluccan Parrot or Island Parrot, is a medium-large, approximately 38 cm long, green parrot with a massive red bill, cream iris, blackish shoulders, olive green back, pale blue rump and yellowish green underparts...

     Tanygnathus megalorynchos
  • Blue-naped Parrot
    Blue-naped Parrot
    The Blue-naped Parrot , also known as the Blue-crowned Green Parrot, Luzon Parrot, the Philippine Green Parrot, and locally known as Pikoy, is a parrot found throughout the Philippines including the Talaud Islands and islands off north and east Borneo...

     Tanygnathus lucionensis
  • Blue-backed Parrot
    Blue-backed Parrot
    The Blue-backed Parrot, Tanygnathus sumatranus, is also known as Müller's Parrot, or Azure-rumped Parrot. This parrot is endemic to the Philippines, and Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia. It occurs in forest and nearby habitats at altitudes up to 800 m. Flocks are small and often active at...

     Tanygnathus sumatranus
  • Philippine Hanging Parrot Loriculus philippensis (E)
  • Camiguin Hanging Parrot Loriculus (philippensis) camiguinensis (E)

Cuckoos and anis

Order: Cuculiformes
Cuculiformes
The near passerine bird order Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below:* Musophagidae - turacos and allies* Cuculidae - cuckoos, coucals, roadrunners and anis* Opisthocomidae - Hoatzin...

. Family: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoo
Cuckoo
The cuckoos are a family, Cuculidae, of near passerine birds. The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos, also includes the turacos . Some zoologists and taxonomists have also included the unique Hoatzin in the Cuculiformes, but its taxonomy remains in dispute...

s, roadrunner
Geococcyx
The roadrunners are two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North and Central America...

s and anis
Ani (bird)
The anis are the three species of near-passerine birds in the genus Crotophaga of the cuckoo family. They are essentially tropical New world birds, although the range of two species just reaches the United States...

. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Unlike the cuckoo species of the Old World, North American cuckoos are not brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 25 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
    Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
    The Chestnut-winged Cuckoo or Red-winged Crested Cuckoo is a cuckoo found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. It has dark glossy upperparts, a black head with long crest chestnut wings, a long graduated glossy black tail, rufous throat dusky underside and a narrow white nuchal half collar...

     Clamator coromandus
  • Large Hawk-cuckoo
    Large Hawk-cuckoo
    The Large Hawk-Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.They call in summer and the goes on well after dusk....

     Cuculus sparverioides
  • Northern Hawk-cuckoo Cuculus hyperythrus
  • Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo
    Philippine Hawk-cuckoo
    The Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo is a bird belonging to the cuckoo family. It is found only in the Philippines. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo but is now commonly treated as a separate species based on differences in vocalizations.It is a medium-sized cuckoo, about...

     Cuculus pectoralis (E)
  • Indian Cuckoo
    Indian Cuckoo
    The Indian Cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, that is found in Asia from Pakistan and India, Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and north to China and Russia. It is a solitary and shy bird, found in forests and open woodland at up to 3,600 m.-Description:This is a medium...

     Cuculus micropterus
  • Common Cuckoo
    Common Cuckoo
    The Common Cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals....

     Cuculus canorus
  • Oriental Cuckoo
    Oriental Cuckoo
    The Himalayan Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the genus Cuculus. It breeds from the Himalayas eastward to southern China and Taiwan. It migrates to southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands for the winter....

     Cuculus saturatus
  • Horsfield's Cuckoo
    Horsfield's Cuckoo
    The Oriental Cuckoo or Horsfields Cuckoo is a bird belonging to the genus Cuculus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the Himalayan Cuckoo with the name Oriental Cuckoo used for the combined species. Differences in voice and size suggest that they should...

     Cuculus horsfieldi
  • Banded Bay Cuckoo
    Banded Bay Cuckoo
    The Banded Bay Cuckoo or Bay-banded Cuckoo is a species of small cuckoo found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Like others in the genus they have a round nostril. They are usually founded in well wooded areas mainly in the lower hills. Males sing from exposed branches during the...

     Cacomantis sonneratii (A)
  • Plaintive Cuckoo
    Plaintive Cuckoo
    The Plaintive Cuckoo is a species of bird belonging to the genus Cacomantis in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is native to Asia, from India and China to Indonesia.-Description:...

     Cacomantis merulinus
  • Brush Cuckoo
    Brush Cuckoo
    The Brush Cuckoo, Cacomantis variolosus, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the Hoatzin....

     Cacomantis variolosus
  • Little Bronze-cuckoo
    Little Bronze-Cuckoo
    The Little Bronze Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Australia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....

     Chrysococcyx minutillus
  • Violet Cuckoo
    Violet Cuckoo
    The Violet Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....

     Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
  • Asian Drongo-cuckoo
    Asian Drongo-cuckoo
    The Asian Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris is a species of cuckoo that resembles a Black Drongo. It can be easily distinguished by its straight beak and the white barred vent. It is a brood parasite on small babblers...

     Surniculus lugubris
  • Philippine Drongo-cuckoo
    Philippine Drongo-cuckoo
    The Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo is a bird of the cuckoo family found only in the Philippines. It belongs to the genus Surniculus along with the Asian Drongo-Cuckoo . The two were previously classified as a single species but are now often separated based on differences in calls and juvenile...

     Surniculus velutinus (E)
  • Asian Koel
    Asian Koel
    The Asian Koel is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in South Asia, China, and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related Black-billed and Pacific Koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies...

     Eudynamys scolopacea
  • Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
    Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
    The Chestnut-breasted Malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. Found in Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines and Borneo, it is a large cuckoo measuring up to 49 cm with grey and dark green upperparts and chestnut underparts, and a large curved pale...

     Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
  • Red-crested Malkoha
    Red-crested Malkoha
    The Rough-crested Malkoha or Red-crested Malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....

     Phaenicophaeus superciliosus (E)
  • Scale-feathered Malkoha
    Scale-feathered Malkoha
    The Scale-feathered Malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....

     Phaenicophaeus cumingi (E)
  • Rufous Coucal
    Rufous Coucal
    The Rufous Coucal is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...

     Centropus unirufus (E)
  • Black-faced Coucal
    Black-faced Coucal
    The Black-faced Coucal is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Centropus melanops (E)
  • Black-hooded Coucal
    Black-hooded Coucal
    The Black-hooded Coucal is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Centropus steerii (E)
  • Greater Coucal
    Greater Coucal
    The Greater Coucal or Crow Pheasant is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in Asia, from India, east to south China and Indonesia, it is divided into several subspecies, some being treated as full species...

     Centropus sinensis
  • Philippine Coucal
    Philippine Coucal
    The Philippine Coucal is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24 July 2007....

     Centropus viridis (E)
  • Lesser Coucal
    Lesser Coucal
    The Lesser Coucal is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.-References:*...

     Centropus bengalensis

Barn owls

Order: Strigiformes. Family: Tytonidae
Tytonidae
Barn-owls are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons...



Barn owl
Barn Owl
The Barn Owl is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as Common Barn Owl, to distinguish it from other species in the barn-owl family Tytonidae. These form one of two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical...

s are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. There are 16 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Eastern Grass-owl
    Eastern Grass-owl
    The Eastern Grass Owl , or Australian Grass Owl is a species of owl in the Tytonidae family.It is found in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.Though some authorities consider...

     Tyto longimembris
  • Oriental Bay-owl Phodilus badius

Typical owls

Order: Strigiformes. Family: Strigidae

Typical owl
Typical owl
True owl or Typical owl are one of the two generally accepted families of Owls, the other being the barn owls . The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy unites the Caprimulgiformes with the owl order; here, the typical owls are a subfamily Strigidae...

s are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak, and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. There are 195 species worldwide and 17 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Reddish Scops Owl
    Reddish Scops Owl
    The Reddish Scops Owl is an owl found in southeast Asia.-References:*...

     Otus rufescens
  • Palawan Scops Owl Otus fuliginosus (E)
  • Philippine Scops Owl
    Philippine Scops Owl
    The Philippine Scops Owl is a common owl, endemic to the Philippines, belonging to the family of the typical owls Strigidae. It is one of the sixteen owl species in the Philippines....

     Otus megalotis (E)
  • Mindanao Scops Owl Otus mirus (E)
  • Luzon Scops Owl Otus longicornis (E)
  • Mindoro Scops Owl Otus mindorensis (E)
  • Oriental Scops Owl
    Oriental Scops Owl
    The Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia is a species of Scops owl found in South Asia. They are found in dry deciduous forests. They are usually detected by their distinctive call. There have been 2 records of Oriental Scops Owl in Alaska....

     Otus sunia
  • Mantanani Scops Owl
    Mantanani Scops Owl
    The Sula Scops Owl , is a small owl in the scops-owl genus Otus found on the Sula Islands. Taxonomically, some groups consider it to be a distinct species , others a subspecies of the Sulawesi Scops Owl, and yet others a subspecies of the Moluccan Scops Owl.-References:*Clements, J. F., T. S....

     Otus mantananensis (E)
  • Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans
  • Giant Scops-owl
    Giant Scops-owl
    The Giant Scops Owl, Lesser Eagle-Owl, or Mindanao Eagle-Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. Originally described as Pseudoptynx gurneyi, it is now a only species in the genus Mimizuku....

     Mimizuku gurneyi (E)
  • Philippine Eagle Owl
    Philippine Eagle Owl
    The Philippine Eagle-Owl is an vulnerable species of bird belonging to the Strigidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines, where found in lowland forests on the islands of Catanduanes, Samar, Bohol, Mindanao, Luzon, Leyte and possibly Sibuyan...

     Bubo philippensis (E)
  • Spotted Wood Owl Strix seloputo
  • Chocolate Boobook
    Chocolate Boobook
    The Chocolate Boobook is species of bird in the Strigidae family. It was recently split from the Brown Hawk-Owl . It is found in the Philippines on all major islands except Palawan.-External links:...

     Ninox randi (E)
  • Brown Hawk Owl
    Brown Hawk Owl
    The Brown Hawk-Owl is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to western Indonesia and south China....

     Ninox scutulata
  • Philippine Hawk Owl Ninox philippensis (E)
  • Short-eared Owl
    Short-eared Owl
    The Short-eared Owl is a species of typical owl . In Scotland this species of owl is often referred to as a cataface, grass owl or short-horned hootlet. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or may...

     Asio flammeus
  • Northern Boobook
    Northern Boobook
    The Northern Boobook is species of bird in the Strigidae family. It was recently split from the Brown Hawk-Owl...

     Ninox japonica

Frogmouths

Order: Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgiformes
The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...

. Family: Podargidae

The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjar
Nightjar
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some New World species are named as nighthawks...

s. They are named for their large flattened hooked bills and huge frog-like gape, which they use to take insects. There are 12 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Philippine Frogmouth
    Philippine Frogmouth
    The Philippine Frogmouth Batrachostomus septimus is a nocturnal bird that is found throughout the Philippine archipelago. It is common in lowland forests and maturing second growth. Little information is known about the bird since it is active only at night and does not make any calls or songs...

     Batrachostomus septimus (E)
  • Javan Frogmouth
    Javan Frogmouth
    The Javan Frogmouth is a species of bird in the Podargidae family. The species is sometimes known as Horsfield's Frogmouth.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand....

     Batrachostomus javensis
  • Sunda Frogmouth
    Sunda Frogmouth
    The Sunda Frogmouth is a species of bird, typically placed in the family Podargidae of the order Caprimulgiformes. But recent research suggests that the old order Podargiformes should be re-established, wherein like its closest relatives it might be better placed in a distinct family...

     Batrachostomus cornutus

Nightjars

Order: Caprimulgiformes
Caprimulgiformes
The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...

. Family: Caprimulgidae

Nightjar
Nightjar
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills. They are sometimes referred to as goatsuckers from the mistaken belief that they suck milk from goats . Some New World species are named as nighthawks...

s are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long wings, short legs and very short bills that usually nest on the ground. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves. There are 86 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Great Eared-Nightjar
    Great Eared-nightjar
    The Great Eared Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is likely the largest member of its near cosmopolitan family, although a few species, such as the Lyre-tailed Nightjar and Swallow-tailed Nightjar reach a longer total length thanks to their long tail streamers...

     Eurostopodus macrotis
  • Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
  • Large-tailed Nightjar
    Large-tailed Nightjar
    The Large-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats...

     Caprimulgus macrurus
  • Philippine Nightjar
    Philippine Nightjar
    The Philippine Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Caprimulgus manillensis (E)
  • Savanna Nightjar
    Savanna Nightjar
    The Savanna Nightjar, Caprimulgus affinis, is a species of nightjar found in South and Southeast Asia.-References: Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern...

     Caprimulgus affinis

Swifts

Order: Apodiformes
Apodiformes
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts , the tree swifts , and the hummingbirds . In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes...

. Family: Apodidae

Swift
Swift
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are actually not closely related to passerine species at all; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds...

s are small aerial birds, spending the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings that resemble a crescent or a boomerang. There are 98 species worldwide and 15 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Glossy Swiftlet
    Glossy Swiftlet
    The Glossy Swiftlet is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Australia, Brunei, Christmas Island, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Vanuatu.It is shiny black-blue above, including its...

     Collocalia esculenta
  • Pygmy Swiftlet
    Pygmy Swiftlet
    The Pygmy Swiftlet is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. At under 9 cm , it the world's smallest swift....

     Collocalia troglodytes (E)
  • Philippine Swiftlet
    Philippine Swiftlet
    The Philippine Swiftlet is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International...

     Aerodramus mearnsi (E)
  • Whitehead's Swiftlet
    Whitehead's Swiftlet
    The Whitehead's Swiftlet is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Its status is insufficiently known.-Source:...

     Aerodramus whiteheadi (E)
  • Palawan Swiftlet
    Palawan Swiftlet
    The Palawan Swiftlet is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the Uniform Swiftlet. It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Aerodramus palawanensis (E)
  • Mossy-nest Swiftlet
    Mossy-nest Swiftlet
    The Mossy-nest Swiftlet is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the Uniform Swiftlet. It is found in northern Borneo, the Natuna and the Derawan Islands, islands off western Sumatra and Java...

     Aerodramus salangana
  • Black-nest Swiftlet
    Black-nest Swiftlet
    The Black-nest Swiftlet is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....

     Aerodramus maximus
  • Edible-nest Swiftlet
    Edible-nest Swiftlet
    The Edible-nest Swiftlet is a small bird of the swift family which is found in South-east Asia. Its nest is made of solidified saliva and is used to make bird's nest soup.-Description:...

     Aerodramus fuciphagus
  • German's Swiftlet
    German's Swiftlet
    The German's Swiftlet is a species of swift.It is found in China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Description:This swiftlet is...

     Aerodramus germani
  • Philippine Needletail
    Philippine Needletail
    The Philippine Spine-tailed Swift , also known as the Philippine Needletail, is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife...

     Mearnsia picina (E)
  • Brown-backed Needletail
    Brown-backed Needletail
    The Brown-backed Needletail , or Brown Needletail, is a large swift.These birds have very short legs which they use only mainly for clinging to vertical surfaces...

     Hirundapus giganteus
  • Purple Needletail
    Purple Needletail
    The Purple Needletail is the largest swift found in the Old World. This species is distributed from northeastern Sulawesi through the Philippine islands of Luzon, Mindoro, Marinduque, Catanduanes, Calayan, Panay, Negros, Cebu, Leyte, Biliran, Mindanao and Basilan.This bird lives in various forests...

     Hirundapus celebensis
  • Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
  • Fork-tailed Swift
    Fork-tailed Swift
    Fork-tailed Swift is the historic name of a kind of bird which has since been divided taxonomically into four species. It could refer to any of four different species of swifts:*Pacific Swift, Apus pacificus*Salim Ali's Swift, Apus salimali...

     Apus pacificus
  • House Swift
    House Swift
    The House Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Nepal, and Southeast Asia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Little Swift.-References:...

     Apus nipalensis

Treeswifts

Order: Apodiformes
Apodiformes
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts , the tree swifts , and the hummingbirds . In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes...

. Family: Hemiprocnidae

The treeswifts or crested swifts are aerial near passerine
Near passerine
Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms often given to arboreal birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Garrod All near passerines are land birds...

 bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

s, closely related to the true swifts
Swift
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds. They are superficially similar to swallows, but are actually not closely related to passerine species at all; swifts are in the separate order Apodiformes, which they share with hummingbirds...

. They differ from the other swifts in that they have crests, long forked tails and softer plumage. There are 4 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Gray-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis (A)
  • Whiskered Treeswift
    Whiskered Treeswift
    The Whiskered Treeswift is a species of bird in the Hemiprocnidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....

     Hemiprocne comata

Trogons

Order: Trogoniformes. Family: Trogonidae

The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage. There are 33 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Philippine Trogon
    Philippine Trogon
    The Philippine Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....

     Harpactes ardens (E)

Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes
Coraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. There are 93 species worldwide and 16 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
  • Blue-eared Kingfisher
    Blue-eared Kingfisher
    The Blue-eared Kingfisher, Alcedo meninting, is found in south and southeast Asia. This is a small kingfisher almost identical to the Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis...

     Alcedo meninting
  • Indigo-banded Kingfisher
    Indigo-banded Kingfisher
    The Indigo-banded Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is a generally uncommon but locally common resident of the northern and central islands. There are two subspecies, the nominate race, which occurs on Luzon, Polillo, Mindoro,...

     Alcedo cyanopecta (E)
  • Silvery Kingfisher
    Silvery Kingfisher
    The Silvery Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss....

     Alcedo argentata (E)
  • Black-backed Kingfisher
    Black-backed Kingfisher
    The Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher also known as the Black-backed Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family....

     Ceyx erithacus
  • Philippine Kingfisher Ceyx melanurus (E)
  • Rufous-backed Kingfisher
    Rufous-backed Kingfisher
    The Rufous-backed Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand in tropical lowland forests near lakeshores and streamsides...

     Ceyx rufidorsa
  • Variable Kingfisher
    Variable Kingfisher
    The Variable Dwarf Kingfisher , also known as the Chameleon Dwarf Kingfisher, is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:*...

     Ceyx lepidus
  • Stork-billed Kingfisher
    Stork-billed Kingfisher
    The Stork-billed Kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis , is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia. This kingfisher is essentially resident throughout its range.This is a very large...

     Pelargopsis capensis
  • Ruddy Kingfisher
    Ruddy Kingfisher
    The Ruddy Kingfisher is a medium-sized tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in east and southeast Asia, ranging from South Korea and Japan in the north, south through the Philippines to the Sunda Islands, and west to China and India. It is migratory, with birds in the northern part of the...

     Halcyon coromanda
  • White-throated Kingfisher
    White-throated Kingfisher
    The White-throated Kingfisher also known as the White-breasted Kingfisher or Smyrna Kingfisher, is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Eurasia from Bulgaria, Turkey, east through South Asia to the Philippines. This kingfisher is a resident over much of its range, although some populations...

     Halcyon smyrnensis
  • Black-capped Kingfisher
    Black-capped Kingfisher
    The Black-capped Kingfisher, Halcyon pileata, is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia...

     Halcyon pileata
  • Rufous-lored Kingfisher
    Rufous-lored Kingfisher
    Winchell's Kingfisher or Rufous-lored Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 24...

     Todirhamphus winchelli (E)
  • Collared Kingfisher
    Collared Kingfisher
    The Collared Kingfisher is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the family Halcyonidae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the White-collared Kingfisher or Mangrove Kingfisher. It has a wide range extending from the Red Sea across southern Asia and Australasia to Polynesia...

     Todirhamphus chloris
  • Spotted Kingfisher
    Spotted Kingfisher
    The Spotted Wood Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Actenoides lindsayi (E)
  • Blue-capped Kingfisher
    Blue-capped Kingfisher
    The Hombron's Kingfisher or Blue-capped Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Actenoides hombroni (E)

Bee-eaters

Order: Coraciiformes
Coraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Meropidae

The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine
Near passerine
Near passerine or higher land-bird assemblage are terms often given to arboreal birds or those most often believed to be related to the true passerines due to ecological similarities; the group corresponds to some extent with the Anomalogonatae of Garrod All near passerines are land birds...

 birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colorful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar. There are 26 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Blue-throated Bee-eater
    Blue-throated Bee-eater
    The Blue-throated Bee-eater is a species of bird in the Meropidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....

     Merops viridis
  • Blue-tailed Bee-eater
    Blue-tailed Bee-eater
    The Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Merops philippinus is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It breeds in southeastern Asia. It is strongly migratory, seen seasonally in much of peninsular India....

     Merops philippinus

Typical rollers

Order: Coraciiformes
Coraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Coraciidae

Rollers resemble crow
Crow
Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents and several...

s in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfisher
Kingfisher
Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia...

s and bee-eater
Bee-eater
The bee-eaters are a group of near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa and Asia but others occur in southern Europe, Australia, and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies, and usually elongated central tail feathers...

s. They share the colourful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but the outer toe is not. There are 12 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Dollarbird
    Dollarbird
    The Oriental Dollarbird , also known as the Dollar Roller, is a bird of the roller family, so named because of the distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings....

     Eurystomus orientalis

Hoopoes

Order: Coraciiformes
Coraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Upupidae

Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their head. There are 2 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Hoopoe
    Hoopoe
    The Hoopoe is a colourful bird that is found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive 'crown' of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Giant Hoopoe of Saint Helena, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the Hoopoe is sometimes...

     Upupa epops (A)

Hornbills

Order: Coraciiformes
Coraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

. Family: Bucerotidae

Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured. There are 57 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Palawan Hornbill
    Palawan Hornbill
    The Palawan Hornbill , known locally as Talusi in Filipino language, is a smallish forest-dwelling bird. Its plumage is predominantly black with a white tail, a dark green gloss on its upper parts and a large creamy-white beak with a casque typical of the hornbill family...

     Anthracoceros marchei (E)
  • Sulu Hornbill
    Sulu Hornbill
    The Sulu Hornbill or Montano's Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....

     Anthracoceros montani (E)
  • Rufous Hornbill
    Rufous Hornbill
    The Rufous Hornbill , also known as Philippine Hornbill and, locally, as Kalaw is a large species of hornbill.-Distribution and habitat:...

     Buceros hydrocorax (E)
  • Luzon Hornbill
    Luzon Hornbill
    The Luzon Hornbill , sometimes called Luzon Tarictic Hornbill, is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to forests on Luzon and nearby islands in the northern Philippines. As is the case with all Philippine tarictic hornbills, it has been considered a subspecies of P...

     Penelopides manillae (E)
  • Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis (E)
  • Tarictic Hornbill
    Tarictic Hornbill
    The Tarictic Hornbill is a hornbill found in rainforests on the islands of Panay, Negros, Masbate, and Guimaras, and formerly Ticao, in the Philippines...

     Penelopides panini (E)
  • Samar Hornbill
    Samar Hornbill
    The Samar Hornbill The Samar Hornbill The Samar Hornbill (Penelopides samarensis is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is found in forests on the islands of Samar, Calicoan, Leyte and Bohol in the east-central Philippines. As is the case with all Philippine tarictic hornbills, it...

     Penelopides samarensis (E)
  • Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis (E)
  • Writhed-billed Hornbill
    Writhed-billed Hornbill
    The Walden's Hornbill , also known as the Visayan Wrinkled Hornbill, Rufous-headed Hornbill or Writhed-billed Hornbill, is a critically endangered species of hornbill living in the rainforests on the islands of Negros and Panay in the Philippines...

     Aceros waldeni (E)
  • Writhed Hornbill Aceros leucocephalus (E)

Barbets

Order: Piciformes
Piciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

. Family: Capitonidae

The barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured. There are 84 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Coppersmith Barbet
    Coppersmith Barbet
    The Coppersmith Barbet, Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith , is a bird with crimson forehead and throat which is best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. It is a resident found in South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia...

     Megalaima haemacephala

Woodpeckers and allies

Order: Piciformes
Piciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

. Family: Picidae
Picidae
The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...



Woodpeckers are small to medium sized birds with chisel like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward, and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks. There are 218 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Philippine Woodpecker
    Philippine Woodpecker
    The Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker , also known as the Philippine Woodpecker, is a species of bird in the woodpecker family . Its local name in Kapampangan is Anluage.-Taxonomy:...

     Dendrocopos maculatus (E)
  • White-bellied Woodpecker
    White-bellied Woodpecker
    The White-bellied Woodpecker is found in evergreen forests of tropical Asia. It has 14 subspecies, part of a complex including the Andaman Woodpecker . Many island forms are endangered, some are extinct. Populations differ in the distribution and extent of white...

     Dryocopus javensis
  • Common Flameback
    Common Flameback
    The Common Flameback or Common Goldenback is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.-Description and ecology:A medium-sized, golden-backed woodpecker...

     Dinopium javanense
  • Greater Flameback
    Greater Flameback
    The Greater Flameback, Chrysocolaptes lucidus, also known as Greater Goldenback, Large Golden-backed Woodpecker or Malherbe's Golden-backed Woodpecker, is a woodpecker species...

     Chrysocolaptes lucidus
  • Sooty Woodpecker
    Sooty Woodpecker
    The Sooty Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....

     Mulleripicus funebris (E)
  • Great Slaty Woodpecker
    Great Slaty Woodpecker
    The Great Slaty Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland...

     Mulleripicus pulverulentus

Broadbills

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Eurylaimidae

The broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds that feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills. Their habitat is canopies of wet forests. There are 15 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Wattled Broadbill Eurylaimus steerii (E)
  • Visayan Broadbill
    Visayan Broadbill
    The Visayan Broadbill, Eurylaimus samarensis, is a species of bird in the Eurylaimidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Eurylaimus samarensis (E)

Pittas

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Pittidae

Pittas are medium-sized by passerine standards, and stocky, with fairly long, strong legs, short tails and stout bills. Many, but not all, are brightly coloured. They are spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects and similar invertebrate prey which they find there. There are 32 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Hooded Pitta
    Hooded Pitta
    The Hooded Pitta, Pitta sordida, is a passerine bird. It is common in eastern and southeastern Asia and the Maritime Southeast Asia, where it lives in different types of forests as well as on plantations and other cultivated areas....

     Pitta sordida
  • Azure-breasted Pitta
    Azure-breasted Pitta
    The Azure-breasted Pitta, Pitta steerii, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Pitta steerii (E)
  • Whiskered Pitta
    Whiskered Pitta
    The Whiskered Pitta, Pitta kochi, is a rare species of bird in the Pittidae family. It is endemic to Luzon in the Philippines.This bird is 21 centimeters long. It has a brownish head, blue breast, and red belly....

     Pitta kochi (E)
  • Red-bellied Pitta
    Red-bellied Pitta
    The Red-bellied Pitta, Pitta erythrogaster, is a species of bird in the Pittidae family.It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Pitta erythrogaster
  • Blue-winged Pitta
    Blue-winged Pitta
    The Blue-winged Pitta is a passerine bird in the Pittidae family native to Australia and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with three other pittas and has no subspecies.-Taxonomy:...

     Pitta moluccensis (A)

Larks

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Alaudidae

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds. There are 91 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Australasian Bushlark
    Australasian Bushlark
    Horsfield's Bush Lark or Australasian Bushlark, , inhabits grassland throughout most of Australia and much of Southeast Asia.- Identification :M. javanica is brown with grey streaks and mottling.- Range :...

     Mirafra javanica
  • Oriental Skylark
    Oriental Skylark
    The Oriental Skylark , also known as the Oriental Lark or Small Skylark, is a species of skylark found in South Asia and Southeast Asia...

     Alauda gulgula

Swallows and martins

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Hirundinidae

The Hirundinidae family is a group of passerines characterized by their adaptation to aerial feeding. Their adaptations include a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and short bills with wide gape. The feet are designed for perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. There are 75 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
  • Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
  • Barn Swallow
    Barn Swallow
    The Barn Swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas...

     Hirundo rustica
  • Pacific Swallow
    Pacific Swallow
    The Pacific Swallow or Hill Swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in tropical southern Asia from southern India and Sri Lanka across to south east Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. It is resident apart from some local seasonal movements...

     Hirundo tahitica
  • Striated Swallow
    Striated Swallow
    The Striated Swallow is a species of swallow found in open, often hilly areas, clearings and cultivation in South and Southeast Asia from northeastern India and Taiwan south to Timor...

     Cecropis striolata
  • Asian Martin Delichon dasypus

Wagtails and pipits

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Motacillidae
Motacillidae
The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. There are around 65 species in 6 genera and they include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominately found in Europe, Africa and...



The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. There are 54 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Forest Wagtail
    Forest Wagtail
    The Forest Wagtail is a medium-sized passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae. It has a distinctive plumage that sets it apart from other wagtails and has the habit of wagging its tail sideways unlike the usual up and down movements of the other wagtail species. It is the only wagtail...

     Dendronanthus indicus
  • White Wagtail
    White Wagtail
    "Pied Wagtail" redirects here. For the related African bird, see African Pied Wagtail.The White Wagtail is a small passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of Europe and Asia and parts of north Africa...

     Motacilla alba
  • Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
  • Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis (A)
  • Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
  • Oriental Pipit Anthus rufulus
  • Olive-backed Pipit
    Olive-backed Pipit
    The Olive-backed Pipit, Anthus hodgsoni, is a small passerine bird of the pipit genus, which breeds across South, north Central and East Asia, as well as in the northeast of European Russia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to southern Asia and Indonesia...

     Anthus hodgsoni
  • Pechora Pipit
    Pechora Pipit
    The Pechora Pipit is a small passerine bird which breeds in the tundra of northern Asia, eastwards of Russia. It is a long-distance migrant, moving in winter to Indonesia. Rarely in September and October, the Pechora Pipit may be observed in western Europe.-Appearance:A. gustavi is a small pipit,...

     Anthus gustavi
  • Red-throated Pipit
    Red-throated Pipit
    The Red-throated Pipit is a small passerine bird which breeds in the far north of Europe and Asia, with a foothold in northern Alaska. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa, south and east Asia and west coast USA...

     Anthus cervinus

Cuckoo-shrikes

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Campephagidae

The cuckoo-shrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some species are brightly coloured. There are 82 species worldwide and 12 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
    Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
    The Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....

     Coracina striata
  • White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
    White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
    The White-bellied Cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or...

     Coracina papuensis
  • Blackish Cuckoo-shrike
    Blackish Cuckoo-shrike
    The Blackish Cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Coracina coerulescens (E)
  • Black-bibbed Cuckoo-shrike Coracina mindanensis (E)
  • McGregor's Cuckoo-shrike
    McGregor's Cuckoo-shrike
    The Mcgregor's Cuckooshrike or Sharp-tailed Cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Coracina mcgregori (E)
  • White-winged Cuckoo-shrike
    White-winged Cuckoo-shrike
    The White-winged Cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....

     Coracina ostenta (E)
  • Black-and-white Triller
    Black-and-white Triller
    The Black-and-white Triller is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....

     Lalage melanoleuca (E)
  • Pied Triller
    Pied Triller
    The Pied Triller is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.-References:...

     Lalage nigra
  • Ashy Minivet
    Ashy Minivet
    The Ashy Minivet is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the minivet genus Pericrocotus in the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae. While most of the minivets have shades of yellow, orange and red in their plumage, this species has only greys, whites and blacks...

     Pericrocotus divaricatus
  • Small Minivet
    Small Minivet
    The Small Minivet, Pericrocotus cinnamomeus is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to Indonesia....

     Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
  • Fiery Minivet
    Fiery Minivet
    The Fiery Minivet is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....

     Pericrocotus igneus
  • Scarlet Minivet
    Scarlet Minivet
    The Scarlet Minivet, Pericrocotus flammeus is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including...

     Pericrocotus flammeus

Bulbuls

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Pycnonotidae

Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throat or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests. There are 130 species worldwide and 11 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Black-headed Bulbul
    Black-headed Bulbul
    The Black-headed Bulbul is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in forests in south-east Asia. It has a mainly olive-yellow plumage with a glossy bluish-black head. A grey morph where most of the olive-yellow is replaced by grey also exists...

     Pycnonotus atriceps
  • Yellow-wattled Bulbul
    Yellow-wattled Bulbul
    The Yellow-wattled Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Pycnonotus urostictus (E)
  • Yellow-vented Bulbul
    Yellow-vented Bulbul
    The Yellow-vented Bulbul, Pycnonotus goiavier, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is resident breeder in southeast Asia from southern Thailand and Cambodia south to Borneo and the Philippines....

     Pycnonotus goiavier
  • Olive-winged Bulbul
    Olive-winged Bulbul
    The Olive-winged Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....

     Pycnonotus plumosus
  • Gray-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus bres
  • Sulphur-bellied Bulbul
    Sulphur-bellied Bulbul
    The Sulphur-bellied Bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family .It is one of the species of Ixos that might warrant inclusion in the genus Hypsipetes – as long as this is kept separate from Ixos – as it may be a close relative of the Philippine Bulbul The Sulphur-bellied Bulbul...

     Ixos palawanensis (E)
  • Philippine Bulbul
    Philippine Bulbul
    The Philippine Bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family . It is often placed in the genus Ixos, but is better retained in Hypsipetes as long as this is not entirely merged into Ixos, as it is quite closely related to the type species of Hypsipetes, the Black Bulbul The Philippine Bulbul...

     Ixos philippinus (E)
  • Streak-breasted Bulbul
    Streak-breasted Bulbul
    The Streak-breasted Bulbul or Mottle-breasted Bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family ....

     Ixos siquijorensis (E)
  • Brown-eared Bulbul
    Brown-eared Bulbul
    The Brown-eared Bulbul is a medium-sized bulbul which is found from the Russian Far East , northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, south to Taiwan and the Babuyan and Batanes island chains in the north of the Philippines, occasionally being found in Luzon...

     Ixos amaurotis
  • Yellowish Bulbul
    Yellowish Bulbul
    The Yellowish Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.-Distribution and habitat:...

     Ixos everetti (E)
  • Zamboanga Bulbul
    Zamboanga Bulbul
    The Zamboanga Bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family .It is one of the species of Ixos that might warrant inclusion in the genus Hypsipetes – as long as this is kept separate from Ixos – as it may be a close relative of the Philippine Bulbul The Zamboanga Bulbul (Ixos...

     Ixos rufigularis (E)

Leafbirds

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Chloropseidae

The Leafbirds are small, bulbul
Bulbul
Bulbuls are a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds. Many forest species are known as greenbuls. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and north as far as Japan. A few insular species occur on the tropical islands...

-like birds. The males are brightly plumaged, usually in greens and yellows. There are 8 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Philippine Leafbird
    Philippine Leafbird
    The Philippine Leafbird is a species of bird in the Chloropseidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is found in the islands of Mindanao, Leyte, and Cebu....

     Chloropsis flavipennis (E)
  • Yellow-throated Leafbird
    Yellow-throated Leafbird
    The Yellow-throated Leafbird is a species of bird in the Chloropseidae family.It is endemic to the Palawan in the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Chloropsis palawanensis (E)

Ioras

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Aegithinidae

The ioras are bulbul
Bulbul
Bulbuls are a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds. Many forest species are known as greenbuls. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and north as far as Japan. A few insular species occur on the tropical islands...

-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub, but whereas that group tends to be drab in coloration, ioras are sexually dimorphic, with the males being brightly plumaged in yellows and greens. There are 4 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Common Iora
    Common Iora
    The Common Iora is a small passerine bird found across the tropical Indian Subcontinent with populations showing plumage variations, some of which are designated as subspecies. A species found in scrub and forest, it is easily detected from its loud whistles and the bright colours...

     Aegithina tiphia

Thrushes and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Turdidae

The thrushes
Thrush (bird)
The thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur worldwide.-Characteristics:Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. The smallest thrush may be the Forest Rock-thrush, at and...

 are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs. There are 335 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
  • Chestnut-capped Thrush
    Chestnut-capped Thrush
    The Chestnut-capped Thrush lives in forests and woodlands of Southeast Asia. It is a songbird species in the family Turdidae. Traditionally, it has included the Enggano Thrush as a subspecies, but a recent review recommended treating them as separate...

     Zoothera interpres
  • Ashy Thrush
    Ashy Thrush
    The Ashy Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....

     Zoothera cinerea (E)
  • Sunda Thrush
    Sunda Thrush
    The Sunda Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines....

     Zoothera andromedae
  • Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
  • Island Thrush
    Island Thrush
    The Island Thrush is a common forest bird in the thrush family. Almost 50 subspecies have been described, ranging from Taiwan, through South East Asia and Melanesia, to Samoa, exhibiting great differences in plumage...

     Turdus poliocephalus
  • Eyebrowed Thrush
    Eyebrowed Thrush
    The Eyebrowed Thrush, Turdus obscurus, is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.It breeds in dense coniferous forest and taiga eastwards from Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering south to southeast Asia and Indonesia. It is a rare vagrant to western Europe.It nests in trees, laying 4-6...

     Turdus obscurus
  • Pale Thrush
    Pale Thrush
    The Pale Thrush is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the genus Turdus in the thrush family Turdidae. It is closely related to the Eye-browed Thrush and Grey-backed Thrush....

     Turdus pallidus
  • Brown-headed Thrush
    Brown-headed Thrush
    The Brown-headed Thrush , sometimes known as the Brown Thrush, is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, the Philippines, Russia, and Taiwan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...

     Turdus chrysolaus
  • White-browed Shortwing
    White-browed Shortwing
    The White-browed Shortwing is a species of chat. This thrush-like Old World flycatcher is nowadays placed in the family Turdidae....

     Brachypteryx montana

Cisticolas and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Cisticolidae
Cisticolidae
The Cisticolidae family of small passerine birds is a group of about 110 warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are often included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae....



The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub. There are 111 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Zitting Cisticola
    Zitting Cisticola
    The Zitting Cisticola or Streaked Fantail Warbler , is widely distributed Old World warbler whose breeding range includes southern Europe, Africa outside the deserts and rainforest, and southern Asia down to northern Australia...

     Cisticola juncidis
  • Golden-headed Cisticola
    Golden-headed Cisticola
    The Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis, also known as the Bright-headed Cisticola, is a species of warbler found from India to Australia....

     Cisticola exilis

Old World warblers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Sylviidae
Sylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that was part of an assemblage known as the Old World warblers. The family was formerly a wastebin taxon with over 400 species of bird in over 70 genera. The family was poorly defined with many characteristics shared with other families...



The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. The Sylviidae mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs. There are 291 species worldwide and 37 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Timor Stubtail
    Timor Stubtail
    The Timor Stubtail is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found in Indonesia and East Timor.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....

     Urosphena subulata
  • Manchurian Bush-Warbler
    Manchurian Bush-warbler
    The Manchurian Bush-warbler , also known as Korean Bush-warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family....

     Cettia canturians
  • Japanese Bush-Warbler Cettia diphone
  • Philippine Bush-Warbler
    Philippine Bush-warbler
    The Philippine Bush-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found only in the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....

     Cettia seebohmi (E)
  • Sunda Bush-Warbler
    Sunda Bush-warbler
    The Sunda Bush-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....

     Cettia vulcania
  • Russet Bush-Warbler
    Russet Bush-warbler
    The Russet Bush-warbler is a songbird species. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it is now placed in the newly-recognized family Locustellidae. B. mandelli was until recently considered a subspecies of B. seebohmi, and the name "Russet Bush-warbler" was applied to the entire...

     Bradypterus seebohmi
  • Long-tailed Bush-Warbler
    Long-tailed Bush-warbler
    The Long-tailed Bush-warbler is a species of grass warbler . It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.It is found only in the Philippines.-References:...

     Bradypterus caudatus (E)
  • Lanceolated Warbler
    Lanceolated Warbler
    The Lanceolated Warbler is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella. It breeds from northeast European Russia across northern Asia to northern Hokkaidō, Japan...

     Locustella lanceolata
  • Pallas's Warbler
    Pallas's Warbler
    The Pallas's Warbler or Pallas's Leaf Warbler is a leaf warbler which breeds in southern Siberia , northern Mongolia, and northeastern China...

     Locustella certhiola
  • Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler
    Middendorff's Grasshopper-warbler
    The Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Locustellidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, and the United States.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...

     Locustella ochotensis
  • Gray's Warbler Locustella fasciolata
  • Sakhalin Warbler Locustella amnicola
  • Streaked Reed-Warbler
    Streaked Reed-warbler
    The Streaked Reed-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Acrocephalidae family .It is found in China and the Philippines.Its natural habitats are swamps and arable land....

     Acrocephalus sorghophilus
  • Oriental Reed-Warbler
    Oriental Reed-warbler
    The Oriental Reed-warbler is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the reed-warbler genus Acrocephalus. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the Great Reed-warbler of western Eurasia....

     Acrocephalus orientalis
  • Clamorous Reed-Warbler
    Clamorous Reed-Warbler
    The Clamorous Reed Warbler is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds from Egypt eastwards through Pakistan, Afghanistan and northernmost India to south China, southeast Asia and south to Australia...

     Acrocephalus stentoreus
  • Mountain Tailorbird
    Mountain Tailorbird
    The Mountain Tailorbird is a songbird species formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage with the other tailorbirds, but it actually seems to be one of the "pseudo-tailorbirds" which should be considered a genus Phyllergates in the family Cettiidae.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan,...

     Orthotomus cuculatus
  • Rufous-headed Tailorbird
    Rufous-headed Tailorbird
    The Rufous-Headed Tailorbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found only in the Philippines....

     Orthotomus heterolaemus (E)
  • Dark-necked Tailorbird
    Dark-necked Tailorbird
    The Dark-necked Tailorbird is a songbird species. Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it is now placed in the family Cisticolidae....

     Orthotomus atrogularis
  • Philippine Tailorbird
    Philippine Tailorbird
    The Philippine Tailorbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family. It is found only in the Philippines....

     Orthotomus castaneiceps (E)
  • Rufous-fronted Tailorbird
    Rufous-fronted Tailorbird
    The Rufous-Fronted Tailorbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found only in the Philippines....

     Orthotomus frontalis (E)
  • Gray-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus derbianus (E)
  • Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
    Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
    The Rufous-Tailed Tailorbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....

     Orthotomus sericeus
  • Ashy Tailorbird
    Ashy Tailorbird
    The Ashy Tailorbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand, Vietnam....

     Orthotomus ruficeps
  • Yellow-breasted Tailorbird
    Yellow-breasted Tailorbird
    The Yellow-Breasted Tailorbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found only in the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....

     Orthotomus samarensis (E)
  • White-browed Tailorbird Orthotomus nigriceps (E)
  • White-eared Tailorbird
    White-eared Tailorbird
    The White-Eared Tailorbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family.It is found only in the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....

     Orthotomus cinereiceps (E)
  • Dusky Warbler
    Dusky Warbler
    The Dusky Warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus, is a leaf warbler which breeds in east Asia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in southeast Asia. It has a foothold in North America in Alaska, and has also occurred in California...

     Phylloscopus fuscatus (A)
  • Radde's Warbler
    Radde's Warbler
    Radde's Warbler, Phylloscopus schwarzi, is a leaf warbler which breeds in Siberia. This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in southeast Asia....

     Phylloscopus schwarzi (A)
  • Arctic Warbler
    Arctic Warbler
    The Arctic Warbler, Phylloscopus borealis, is a widespread leaf warbler in birch or mixed birch forest near water throughout its breeding range in Fennoscandia and northern Asia. It has established a foothold in North America, breeding in Alaska. This warbler is strongly migratory; the entire...

     Phylloscopus borealis
  • Ijima's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus ijimae
  • Sulphur-breasted Warbler
    Sulphur-breasted Warbler
    The Sulphur-breasted Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family.It is found in China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam....

     Phylloscopus ricketti
  • Lemon-throated Warbler Phylloscopus cebuensis (E)
  • Mountain Warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus
  • Philippine Leaf-Warbler
    Philippine Leaf-warbler
    The Philippine Leaf-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family.It is found only in the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....

     Phylloscopus olivaceus (E)
  • Yellow-breasted Warbler
    Yellow-breasted Warbler
    The Yellow-breasted Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Phylloscopidae family.It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines....

     Seicercus montis
  • Tawny Grassbird
    Tawny Grassbird
    The Tawny Grassbird is a songbird species of the grass- and bush-warbler family . It was formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage....

     Megalurus timoriensis
  • Striated Grassbird
    Striated Grassbird
    The Striated Grassbird is an "Old World warbler" species in the family Locustellidae. It was formerly placed in the Sylviidae....

     Megalurus palustris

Old World flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Muscicapidae

Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is very varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls. There 274 species worldwide and 35 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Chestnut-tailed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias ruficauda
  • Rusty-flanked Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias insignis (E)
  • Negros Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias albigularis (E)
  • Mindanao Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias goodfellowi (E)
  • Gray-spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
  • Siberian Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
  • Asian Brown Flycatcher
    Asian Brown Flycatcher
    The Asian Brown Flycatcher, Muscicapa dauurica, is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It includes the Brown-streaked Flycatcher, which is sometimes considered a distinct species Muscicapa williamsoni....

     Muscicapa dauurica
  • Ash-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa randi (E)
  • Ferruginous Flycatcher
    Ferruginous Flycatcher
    The Ferruginous Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, India, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane...

     Muscicapa ferruginea
  • Korean Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
  • Narcissus Flycatcher
    Narcissus Flycatcher
    The Narcissus Flycatcher is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It is native to east Asia, from Sakhalin to the north, through Japan across through Korea, mainland China, and Taiwan, wintering in southeast Asia, including the Philippines and Borneo...

     Ficedula narcissina
  • Mugimaki Flycatcher
    Mugimaki Flycatcher
    The Mugimaki Flycatcher is a small passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the genus Ficedula in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. The name "mugimaki" comes from Japanese and means "wheat-sower". The bird is also known as the Robin Flycatcher.It is 13 to 13.5 centimetres long. It...

     Ficedula mugimaki
  • Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla (A)
  • Snowy-browed Flycatcher
    Snowy-browed Flycatcher
    The Snowy-browed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam...

     Ficedula hyperythra
  • Little Slaty Flycatcher
    Little Slaty Flycatcher
    The Little Slaty Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Ficedula basilanica (E)
  • Palawan Flycatcher
    Palawan Flycatcher
    The Palawan Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Ficedula platenae (E)
  • Russet-tailed Flycatcher Ficedula crypta (E)
  • Furtive Flycatcher
    Furtive Flycatcher
    The Furtive Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....

     Ficedula disposita (E)
  • Little Pied Flycatcher
    Little Pied Flycatcher
    The Little Pied Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are...

     Ficedula westermanni
  • Blue-and-white Flycatcher
    Blue-and-White Flycatcher
    The Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana is a migratory songbird. It breeds in Japan, Korea, and in parts of China and Russia. It winters in South East Asia, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo.-References:...

     Cyanoptila cyanomelana
  • Island Flycatcher
    Island Flycatcher
    The Turquoise Flycatcher , also known as the Island Flycatcher, is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....

     Eumyias panayensis
  • Blue-breasted Flycatcher
    Blue-breasted Flycatcher
    The Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher , also known as the Blue-breasted Flycatcher, is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on...

     Cyornis herioti (E)
  • Palawan Blue-flycatcher
    Palawan Blue-flycatcher
    The Palawan Blue-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Cyornis lemprieri (E)
  • Mangrove Blue-flycatcher
    Mangrove Blue-flycatcher
    The Mangrove Blue-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests....

     Cyornis rufigastra
  • Citrine Canary-flycatcher
    Citrine Canary-flycatcher
    The Citrine Canary-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Stenostiridae family. The term citrine refers to its yellowish colouration. It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...

     Culicicapa helianthea
  • Siberian Rubythroat
    Siberian Rubythroat
    The Siberian Rubythroat, Luscinia calliope, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...

     Luscinia calliope
  • Siberian Blue Robin
    Siberian Blue Robin
    The Siberian Blue Robin, Luscinia cyane, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, family Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats...

     Luscinia cyane
  • Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
  • White-browed Shama
    White-browed Shama
    The White-browed Shama is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....

     Copsychus luzoniensis (E)
  • White-vented Shama
    White-vented Shama
    The White-vented Shama is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 25 July 2007....

     Copsychus niger (E)
  • Black Shama
    Black Shama
    The Black Shama is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.It is endemic to the island of Cebu, Philippines....

     Copsychus cebuensis (E)
  • Luzon Redstart Rhyacornis bicolor (E)
  • Siberian Stonechat
    Siberian Stonechat
    The Siberian Stonechat or Asian Stonechat is a recently-validated species of the Old World flycatcher family . Like the other thrush-like flycatchers, it was often placed in the Turdidae in the past...

     Saxicola maura
  • Pied Bushchat
    Pied Bushchat
    The Pied Bushchat is a small passerine bird found ranging from West and Central Asia to South and Southeast Asia. About sixteen subspecies are recognized through its wide range with many island forms...

     Saxicola caprata
  • Northern Wheatear
    Northern Wheatear
    The Northern Wheatear or Wheatear is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae...

     Oenanthe oenanthe (A)

Fantails

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Rhipiduridae

The Fantails are small insectivorous birds which are specialist aerial feeders. There are 44 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Blue Fantail
    Blue Fantail
    The Blue Fantail is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family.It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Rhipidura superciliaris (E)
  • Blue-headed Fantail
    Blue-headed Fantail
    The Blue-headed Fantail Rhipidura cyaniceps is a fantail endemic to the Philippines.-External links:*...

     Rhipidura cyaniceps (E)
  • Black-and-cinnamon Fantail
    Black-and-cinnamon Fantail
    The Black-and-cinnamon Fantail is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....

     Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea (E)
  • Pied Fantail
    Pied Fantail
    The Pied Fantail is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam....

     Rhipidura javanica

Monarch flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Monarchidae

The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines, which hunt by flycatching. There are 99 species worldwide and 6 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Short-crested Monarch
    Short-crested Monarch
    The Short-crested Monarch is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Hypothymis helenae (E)
  • Black-naped Monarch
    Black-naped Monarch
    The Black-naped Monarch or Black-naped Blue Flycatcher is a slim and agile passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers. They are sexually dimorphic with males having a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar while the female is duller and...

     Hypothymis azurea
  • Celestial Monarch
    Celestial Monarch
    The Celestial Monarch is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family, and one of the most attractive of all the monarch flycatchers, with its spectacular blue crest and large yellow eye-ring. It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Hypothymis coelestis (E)
  • Japanese Paradise-flycatcher
    Japanese Paradise-flycatcher
    The Japanese Paradise-flycatcher , also called the Black Paradise-flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird...

     Terpsiphone atrocaudata
  • Blue Paradise-flycatcher
    Blue Paradise-flycatcher
    The Blue Paradise-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss....

     Terpsiphone cyanescens (E)
  • Rufous Paradise-flycatcher
    Rufous Paradise-flycatcher
    The Rufous Paradise-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family.It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Terpsiphone cinnamomea

Whistlers and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Pachycephalidae
Pachycephalidae
The family Pachycephalidae, collectively the whistlers, includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and Crested Bellbird, and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation of songbirds. Its members range from small to medium in size, and occupy most of Australasia...



The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and Crested Bellbird. There are 57 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Mangrove Whistler
    Mangrove Whistler
    The Mangrove Whistler is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.-References:...

     Pachycephala grisola
  • Green-backed Whistler
    Green-backed Whistler
    The Green-backed Whistler is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Pachycephala albiventris (E)
  • White-vented Whistler
    White-vented Whistler
    The White-vented Whistler is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family.It is found in Malaysia and the Philippines....

     Pachycephala homeyeri (E)
  • Yellow-bellied Whistler
    Yellow-bellied Whistler
    The Yellow-bellied Whistler is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Pachycephala philippinensis (E)

Babblers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Timaliidae

The babblers or timaliids are somewhat diverse in size and coloration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage. There are 270 species worldwide and 19 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Bagobo Babbler
    Bagobo Babbler
    The Bagobo Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....

     Trichastoma woodi (E)
  • Ashy-headed Babbler
    Ashy-headed Babbler
    The Ashy-headed Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July 2007....

     Malacocincla cinereiceps (E)
  • Palawan Babbler Malacopteron palawanense (E)
  • Striated Wren-babbler
    Striated Wren-babbler
    The Striated Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Ptilocichla mindanensis (E)
  • Falcated Wren-babbler
    Falcated Wren-babbler
    The Falcated Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Ptilocichla falcata (E)
  • Luzon Wren-babbler
    Luzon Wren-babbler
    The Luzon Wren-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Napothera rabori (E)
  • Pygmy Babbler Stachyris plateni (E)
  • Golden-crowned Babbler
    Golden-crowned Babbler
    The Golden-crowned Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss....

     Stachyris dennistouni (E)
  • Black-crowned Babbler
    Black-crowned Babbler
    The Black-crowned Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Stachyris nigrocapitata (E)
  • Rusty-crowned Babbler
    Rusty-crowned Babbler
    The Rusty-crowned Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Stachyris capitalis (E)
  • Flame-templed Babbler
    Flame-templed Babbler
    The Flame-templed Babbler is a species of bird of the Timaliidae family, in the monotypic genus Dasycrotapha. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Further reading:* Collar, N. J. & Robson, C. 2007...

     Stachyris speciosa (E)
  • Chestnut-faced Babbler
    Chestnut-faced Babbler
    The Chestnut-faced Babbler is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.It is endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. There are two subspecies, Z. w. whiteheadi in northern and central Luzon, and Z. w. sorsogonensis in south eastern Luzon...

     Stachyris whiteheadi (E)
  • Luzon Striped-babbler
    Luzon Striped-babbler
    The Luzon Striped-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Stachyris striata (E)
  • Panay Striped-babbler
    Panay Striped-babbler
    The Panay Striped-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Stachyris latistriata (E)
  • Negros Striped-babbler
    Negros Striped-babbler
    The Negros Striped-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Stachyris nigrorum (E)
  • Palawan Striped-babbler
    Palawan Striped-babbler
    The Palawan Striped-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Stachyris hypogrammica (E)
  • Striped Tit-babbler
    Striped Tit-babbler
    The Pin-striped Tit-babbler also known as the Yellow Breasted Babbler is a species of Old World babbler found in South and Southeast Asia.-Description:...

     Macronous gularis
  • Brown Tit-babbler
    Brown Tit-babbler
    The Brown Tit-babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...

     Macronous striaticeps (E)
  • Miniature Tit-babbler Micromacronus leytensis (E)

Thornbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Acanthizidae
Acanthizidae
The Acanthizidae, also known as the Australasian warblers, are a family of passerine birds which include gerygones, thornbills, and scrubwrens. The Acanthizidae consists of small to medium passerine birds, with a total length varying between 8 and 19 cm. They have short rounded wings, slender...



Thornbills are small passerine birds, similar in habits to the tits. There are 65 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Golden-bellied Gerygone
    Golden-bellied Gerygone
    The Golden-bellied Gerygone is a species of bird in the Acanthizidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.-References:*...

     Gerygone sulphurea

Chickadees and titmice

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Paridae

The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects. There are species 59 worldwide and 3 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Elegant Tit
    Elegant Tit
    The Elegant Tit is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. The species was formerly included in the much larger genus Parus, and some authorities have suggested that along with the closely related Palawan Tit and Yellow-bellied Tit it should be placed in a new genus, Pardaliparus...

     Pardaliparus elegans (E)
  • Palawan Tit
    Palawan Tit
    The Palawan Tit is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae.It is endemic to Palawan and the smaller islands of Calauit and Balabac in the Philippines. Within its range it is found in lowland forest habitats, including secondary forests, forest edge, swamps as well as submontane forest. It...

     Pardaliparus amabilis (E)
  • White-fronted Tit
    White-fronted Tit
    The White-fronted Tit is a species of bird in the Paridae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...

     Sittiparus semilarvatus (E)

Nuthatches

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Sittidae
Sittidae
Sittidae is a family of small passerine birds which contains the single genus Sitta containing about 24 species of nuthatches, which are found across Eurasia and North America....



Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails and powerful bills and feet. There are 24 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
    Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
    The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, Sitta frontalis, is a small passerine bird found in southern Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to south China and Indonesia...

     Sitta frontalis
  • Sulphur-billed Nuthatch
    Sulphur-billed Nuthatch
    The Sulphur-billed Nuthatch is a species of bird in the Sittidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....

     Sitta oenochlamys (E)

Philippine creepers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Rhabdornithidae

The Philippine creepers are similar to treecreeper
Treecreeper
The treecreepers are a family, Certhiidae, of small passerine birds, widespread in wooded regions of the Northern Hemisphere and sub-Saharan Africa. The family contains ten species in two genera, Certhia and Salpornis...

s. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they can use to extricate insects from bark, but they have brush-like tongues, which enable them to also feed on nectar. There are 3 species which are endemic to the Philippines.
  • Stripe-sided Rhabdornis
    Stripe-sided Rhabdornis
    The Stripe-headed Creeper , also known as the Stripe-headed Rhabdornis or Stripe-sided Rhabdornis, is a species of bird in the Philippine creeper family, Rhabdornithidae. It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Rhabdornis mysticalis (E)
  • Long-billed Rhabdornis
    Long-billed Rhabdornis
    The Gus-billed Creeper , also known as the Gus-billed Lester or Grand Pedo, is a species of creeper in the californian creeper family, Pedolocus. It is endemic to California Island in the [United States of America]]. It sometimes sneaks into closets to wait for children.-References:* BirdLife...

     Rhabdornis grandis (E)
  • Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis
    Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis
    The Stripe-breasted Creeper , also known as the Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis or Plain-headed Creeper, is a species of bird in the Philippine creeper family, Rhabdornithidae. It is endemic to the southern and central Philippines. The Long-billed Creeper The Stripe-breasted Creeper (Rhabdornis...

     Rhabdornis inornatus (E)

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Nectariniidae

The sunbirds and spiderhunters are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed. There are 131 species worldwide and 15 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Plain-throated Sunbird
    Plain-throated Sunbird
    The Brown-throated Sunbird , also known as the Plain-throated Sunbird, is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats in south-east Asia, ranging from Myanmar to the Lesser Sundas and west Philippines...

     Anthreptes malacensis
  • Copper-throated Sunbird
    Copper-throated Sunbird
    The Copper-throated Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam....

     Leptocoma calcostetha
  • Purple-throated Sunbird
    Purple-throated Sunbird
    The Purple-throated Sunbird , also known as Van Hasselt's Sunbird, is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family...

     Leptocoma sperata
  • Olive-backed Sunbird
    Olive-backed Sunbird
    The Olive-backed Sunbird, Cinnyris jugularis, also known as the Yellow-bellied Sunbird, is a species of sunbird found from Southern Asia to Australia....

     Cinnyris jugularis
  • Gray-hooded Sunbird Aethopyga primigenius (E)
  • Mount Apo Sunbird Aethopyga boltoni (E)
  • Lina's Sunbird
    Lina's Sunbird
    The Lina's Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines....

     Aethopyga linaraborae (E)
  • Flaming Sunbird
    Flaming Sunbird
    The Flaming Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Aethopyga flagrans (E)
  • Metallic-winged Sunbird
    Metallic-winged Sunbird
    The Metallic-winged Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines....

     Aethopyga pulcherrima (E)
  • Lovely Sunbird
    Lovely Sunbird
    The Lovely Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....

     Aethopyga shelleyi (E)
  • Handsome Sunbird
    Handsome Sunbird
    The Handsome Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....

     Aethopyga bella (E)
  • Crimson Sunbird
    Crimson Sunbird
    The Crimson Sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja, is a sunbird. The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings...

     Aethopyga siparaja
  • Fire-tailed Sunbird
    Fire-tailed Sunbird
    The Fire-tailed Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...

     Aethopyga ignicauda
  • Little Spiderhunter
    Little Spiderhunter
    The Little Spiderhunter is a species of long-billed nectar feeding bird in the Nectariniidae family found in the moist forests of South and Southeast Asia. Unlike typical sunbirds, males and females are very similar in plumage...

     Arachnothera longirostra
  • Naked-faced Spiderhunter
    Naked-faced Spiderhunter
    The Naked-faced Spiderhunter is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Arachnothera clarae (E)

Flowerpeckers

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Dicaeidae

The flowerpeckers are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, with short tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues. There are 44 species worldwide and 15 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Olive-backed Flowerpecker
    Olive-backed Flowerpecker
    The Olive-backed Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Prionochilus olivaceus (E)
  • Palawan Flowerpecker
    Palawan Flowerpecker
    The Palawan Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....

     Prionochilus plateni (E)
  • Thick-billed Flowerpecker
    Thick-billed Flowerpecker
    The Thick-billed Flowerpecker is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker group. They feed predominantly on fruits and are active birds that are mainly seen in the tops of trees in forests...

     Dicaeum agile
  • Whiskered Flowerpecker
    Whiskered Flowerpecker
    The Whiskered Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines....

     Dicaeum proprium (E)
  • Olive-capped Flowerpecker
    Olive-capped Flowerpecker
    The Olive-capped Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...

     Dicaeum nigrilore (E)
  • Flame-crowned Flowerpecker
    Flame-crowned Flowerpecker
    The Flame-crowned Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss....

     Dicaeum anthonyi (E)
  • Bicolored Flowerpecker Dicaeum bicolor (E)
  • Cebu Flowerpecker
    Cebu Flowerpecker
    The Cebu Flowerpecker is a small passerine bird. It is endemic to Cebu Island in the Philippines.The Cebu Flowerpecker is a critically endangered breeding bird...

     Dicaeum quadricolor (E)
  • Red-striped Flowerpecker
    Red-striped Flowerpecker
    The Red-keeled Flowerpecker or Red-striped Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The Black-belted Flowerpecker The Red-keeled Flowerpecker or Red-striped Flowerpecker...

     Dicaeum australe (E)
  • Red-keeled Flowerpecker Dicaeum haematostictum (E)
  • Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker
    Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker
    The Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss....

     Dicaeum retrocinctum (E)
  • Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
    Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
    The Orange-bellied Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....

     Dicaeum trigonostigma
  • White-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum hypoleucum (E)
  • Pygmy Flowerpecker
    Pygmy Flowerpecker
    The Pygmy Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....

     Dicaeum pygmaeum (E)
  • Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
    Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
    The Fire-breasted Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family found in South and Southeast Asia. Like other flowerpeckers, this tiny bird feeds on fruits and plays an important role in the dispersal of fruiting plants...

     Dicaeum ignipectus

White-eyes

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Zosteropidae

The white-eyes are small and are mostly of undistinguished appearance, the plumage above being generally either some dull color like greenish olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As their name suggests many species have a white ring around the eyes. There are 96 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Japanese White-eye
    Japanese White-eye
    The Japanese White-eye , also known as the mejiro , is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. The specific epithet is occasionally written japonica, but this is incorrect due to the gender of the genus. Its native range includes much of east Asia, including Japan, China, Vietnam, Taiwan,...

     Zosterops japonicus
  • Lowland White-eye
    Lowland White-eye
    The Lowland White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Zosterops meyeni (E)
  • Everett's White-eye
    Everett's White-eye
    The Everett's White-eye is a bird species in the disputed family Zosteropidae, which might belong with the Old World babblers . The name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia,...

     Zosterops everetti
  • Yellowish White-eye Zosterops nigrorum (E)
  • Mountain White-eye
    Mountain White-eye
    The Mountain White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family.It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27 July 2007....

     Zosterops montanus
  • Mindanao White-eye Lophozosterops goodfellowi (E)
  • Cinnamon White-eye Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus (E)

Old World orioles

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Oriolidae

The Old World Orioles are colourful passerine birds. They are not related to the New World orioles. There are 29 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Dark-throated Oriole
    Dark-throated Oriole
    The Dark-throated Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....

     Oriolus xanthonotus
  • White-lored Oriole
    White-lored Oriole
    The White-lored Oriole is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July 2007....

     Oriolus albiloris (E)
  • Philippine Oriole
    Philippine Oriole
    The Philippine Oriole tyler is a species of bird in the Oriolidae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Though the species is fairly common throughout its range, the Cebu race The Philippine Oriole tyler (Oriolus steerii) is a...

     Oriolus steerii (E)
  • Isabela Oriole
    Isabela Oriole
    The Isabela Oriole is an endemic species of the Oriole family found on Luzon, the Philippines. The bird that was presumed extinct for many years until it rediscovery in December 1993 near Diffun, Quirino, and in Mansarong, Baggao, Cagayan in September 1994...

     Oriolus isabellae (E)
  • Black-naped Oriole
    Black-naped Oriole
    The Black-naped Oriole is a bird of the oriole family and is found in many parts of Asia. There are several distinctive populations within wide distribution range of the species and in the past the Slender-billed Oriole was included as a subspecies...

     Oriolus chinensis

Fairy-bluebirds

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Irenidae

The Fairy-bluebirds are bubbul-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub. The males are dark-blue and the females a duller green. There are 2 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
  • Philippine Fairy-bluebird
    Philippine Fairy-bluebird
    The Philippine Fairy-bluebird is a species of bird in the Irenidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26...

     Irena cyanogaster (E)

Shrikes

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Laniidae

Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey. There are 31 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Tiger Shrike
    Tiger Shrike
    The Tiger Shrike or Thick-billed Shrike is a small passerine bird which belongs to the genus Lanius in the shrike family, Laniidae. It is found in wooded habitats across eastern Asia. It is a shy, often solitary bird which is less conspicuous than most other shrikes. Like other shrikes it is...

     Lanius tigrinus (A)
  • Brown Shrike
    Brown Shrike
    The Brown Shrike is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the Red-backed Shrike and Isabelline Shrike . Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye...

     Lanius cristatus
  • Long-tailed Shrike
    Long-tailed Shrike
    The Long-tailed Shrike or the Rufous-backed Shrike is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes. The eastern or Himalayan race, L. s...

     Lanius schach
  • Gray-capped Shrike
    Mountain Shrike
    The Mountain Shrike is a species of bird in the Laniidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International...

     Lanius validirostris (E)

Drongos

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Dicruridae

The drongos are mostly are black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright whilst perched, like a shrike. They flycatch or take prey from the ground. There are 24 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Ashy Drongo
    Ashy Drongo
    The Ashy Drongo is a species of bird in the drongo family Dicruridae. It is found widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia with several populations that vary in the shade of grey, migration patterns and in the size or presence of a white patch around the eye.-Description:The adult Ashy...

     Dicrurus leucophaeus
  • Crow-billed Drongo
    Crow-billed Drongo
    The Crow-billed Drongo is a species of bird in the Dicruridae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland...

     Dicrurus annectans
  • Hair-crested Drongo
    Hair-crested Drongo
    The Hair-crested Drongo is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae. This species was formerly considered conspecific with Dicrurus bracteatus, for which the name "Spangled Drongo" – formerly used for both – is now usually reserved. Some authorities include the Sumatran Drongo in D...

     Dicrurus hottentottus
  • Balicassiao
    Balicassiao
    The Balicassiao is a species of bird in the Dicruridae family.It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...

     Dicrurus balicassius (E)
  • Spangled Drongo
    Spangled Drongo
    The Spangled Drongo is a bird of the family Dicruridae.The Spangled Drongo is the only Drongo to be found in Australia...

     Dicrurus bracteatus

Woodswallows

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Artamidae
Artamidae
The family Artamidae gathers together 20 species of mostly crow-like birds native to Australasia and nearby areas.There are two subfamilies: Artaminae, the woodswallows, are sombre-coloured, soft-plumaged birds that have a brush-tipped tongue but seldom use it for gathering nectar. Instead, they...



The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings. There are 11 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • White-breasted Woodswallow
    White-breasted Woodswallow
    The White-breasted Woodswallow, Artamus leucorynchus, is a small passerine bird which breeds from the Andaman Islands east through Indonesia and northern Australia. The name "woodswallow" is a misnomer as they are not closely related to true swallows...

     Artamus leucorynchus

Crows, jays, ravens and magpies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Corvidae
Corvidae
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species...



The Corvidae family includes crow
Crow
Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents and several...

s, raven
Raven
Raven is the common name given to several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus—but in Europe and North America the Common Raven is normally implied...

s, jay
Jay
The jays are several species of medium-sized, usually colorful and noisy, passerine birds in the crow family Corvidae. The names jay and magpie are somewhat interchangeable, and the evolutionary relationships are rather complex...

s, chough
Chough
The Red-billed Chough or Chough , Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, is a bird in the crow family; it is one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax...

s, magpie
Magpie
Magpies are passerine birds of the crow family, Corvidae.In Europe, "magpie" is often used by English speakers as a synonym for the European Magpie, as there are no other magpies in Europe outside Iberia...

s, treepie
Treepie
The treepies comprise four closely related genera of long-tailed passerine birds in the family Corvidae...

s, nutcracker
Nutcracker (bird)
The nutcrackers are a genus of two species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. One, the Spotted Nutcracker , occurs in Europe and Asia, the other, Clark's Nutcracker , in western North America.The most important food resources for both these species are the...

s, and ground jay
Ground jay
The ground jays or ground choughs belong to a distinct group of the passerine order of birds in the genus Podoces of the crow family Corvidae...

s. Corvids are above average in size for the bird order Passeriformes. Some of the larger species show high levels of learning behavior. There are 120 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Slender-billed Crow
    Slender-billed Crow
    The Slender-billed Crow is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. Its eastern populations are called Violaceous Crow and sometimes separated as Corvus violaceus....

     Corvus enca
  • Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos

Starlings

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Sturnidae

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct, and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen. There are 125 species worldwide and 10 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Asian Glossy Starling
    Asian Glossy Starling
    The Asian Glossy Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand....

     Aplonis panayensis
  • Short-tailed Starling
    Short-tailed Starling
    The Short-tailed Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines....

     Aplonis minor
  • Apo Myna
    Apo Myna
    The Apo Myna is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.- References :...

     Basilornis miranda (E)
  • Coleto
    Coleto
    The Coleto is a starling species in the monotypic genus Sarcops. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International...

     Sarcops calvus (E)
  • Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
  • Crested Myna
    Crested Myna
    The Crested Myna is a species of starling native to southeastern China and Indochina. Unlike other similar mynas, its bill is dull whitish rather than orange-yellow....

     Acridotheres cristatellus (I)
  • Chestnut-cheeked Starling
    Chestnut-cheeked Starling
    The Chestnut-cheeked Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan....

     Sturnia philippensis
  • White-shouldered Starling
    White-shouldered Starling
    The White-shouldered Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam....

     Sturnia sinensis (A)
  • Red-billed Starling
    Red-billed Starling
    The Red-billed Starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family.It is found in China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.-References:...

     Sturnus sericeus (A)
  • White-cheeked Starling
    White-cheeked Starling
    The White-cheeked Starling or Grey Starling is a passerine bird of the starling family. It is native to eastern Asia where it is a common and well-known bird in much of its range. Usually, it is placed in the genus Sturnus, but sometimes it is united with the typical mynas in Acridotheres...

     Sturnus cineraceus (A)

Waxbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Estrildidae

The estrildid finch
Estrildid finch
The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They can be classified as the family Estrildidae , or as a sub-group within the family Passeridae, which also includes the true sparrows....

es are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia
Australasia
Australasia is a region of Oceania comprising Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes...

. They are gregarious and often colonial seed-eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have a wide variation in plumage colours and pattern. There are 141 species worldwide and 9 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
  • Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch
    Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch
    The Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch, Erythrura hyperythra, is a common species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000 - 10,000,000 km²....

     Erythrura hyperythra
  • Green-faced Parrotfinch
    Green-faced Parrotfinch
    The Green-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura viridifacies is a species of estrildid finch found in northern Philippines, around Luzon, Negros and Panay.-Identification:...

     Erythrura viridifacies (E)
  • Red-eared Parrotfinch
    Red-eared Parrotfinch
    The Red-eared Parrotfinch Erythrura coloria is a species of estrildid finch endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines.-Habitats:The species inhabits forest understorey and edge, second growth and grassy clearings at altitude over 1,000 m...

     Erythrura coloria (E)
  • Dusky Munia
    Dusky Munia
    The Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans is a species of estrildid finch found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. It is found in subtropical/ tropical lowland shrubland, forest and grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.-References:*...

     Lonchura fuscans
  • Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata
  • White-bellied Munia
    White-bellied Munia
    The White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra is a species of estrildid finch found in most of the Southeast asia countries. For example, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma, Philippines and Thailand. It is found in subtropical/ tropical lowland moist forest habitat. The status of the species is...

     Lonchura leucogastra
  • Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
  • Java Sparrow
    Java Sparrow
    The Java Sparrow, Padda oryzivora also known as Java Finch, Java Rice Sparrow or Java Rice Bird is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Java, Bali and Bawean in Indonesia. It is a popular cagebird, and has been introduced in a large number of other...

     Padda oryzivora (I)

Buntings, sparrows, seedeaters and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Emberizidae
Emberizidae
The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...



The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill. In Europe, most species are named as buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as Sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns. There are species 275 worldwide and 3 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Little Bunting
    Little Bunting
    The Little Bunting, Emberiza pusilla, is a passerine bird. It belongs to the bunting and American sparrow family , a group separated by most modern authors from the true finches .-Description:...

     Emberiza pusilla (A)
  • Yellow-breasted Bunting
    Yellow-breasted Bunting
    The Yellow-breasted Bunting, Emberiza aureola, is an Eurasian passerine bird in the bunting family .This bird is similar in size to a Reed Bunting, but longer-billed...

     Emberiza aureola (A)
  • Yellow Bunting
    Yellow Bunting
    The Yellow Bunting or Japanese Yellow Bunting is a passerine bird of eastern Asia which belongs to the genus Emberiza in the bunting family Emberizidae....

     Emberiza sulphurata

Siskins, crossbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Fringillidae

Finch
Finch
The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. They are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, but one subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics, one to the Hawaiian Islands, and one subfamily – monotypic at genus level – is found...

es are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide and 5 species which occur in the Philippines.
  • Brambling
    Brambling
    The Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.- Etymology :The common English name is probably derived from the German "brâma", meaning bramble or a thorny bush. It has also been called the Cock o' the North and the Mountain Finch.- Description...

     Fringilla montifringilla (A)
  • Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
  • Eurasian Siskin
    Eurasian Siskin
    The Eurasian Siskin is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is also called the European Siskin, Common Siskin or just Siskin. Other names include Black-headed Goldfinch, barley bird and aberdevine. It is very common throughout Europe and Asia...

     Carduelis spinus (A)
  • Mountain Serin
    Mountain Serin
    The Mountain Serin is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude...

     Serinus estherae
  • White-cheeked Bullfinch
    White-cheeked Bullfinch
    The White-cheeked Bullfinch is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found only in the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...

     Pyrrhula leucogenis (E)

Sparrows

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Passeridae

Sparrow
Sparrow
The sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae. They are also known as true sparrows, or Old World sparrows, names also used for a genus of the family, Passer...

s are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed-eaters, and they also consume small insects. There are 35 species worldwide and 1 species which occurs in the Philippines.
  • Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
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