| Most viewed - Wild birds of the Philippines by Romy Ocon |
Guaiabero (a Philippine endemic)643 viewsScientific name - Bolbopsittacos lunulatus
Habitat - Common, in forest and forest edge, usually below 1000 m, singly or in pairs, or in groups especially at feeding trees. Very plump, short tail with very fast bullet-like flight.
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Black-naped Monarch640 viewsScientific name - Hypothymis azurea
Habitat - Common resident all over the Philippines, in disturbed forest.
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Zitting Cisticola582 viewsScientific name - Cisticola jundicis
Habitat - Common in ricefields and wetter grassy areas.
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Philippine Eagle-Owl (Philippine endemic)496 viewsScientific name - Bubo philippensis
Habitat - Uncommon, poorly known, occurs in forest and forest edge often near water and in coconut plantations with patches of second growth.
[NOTE - TAKEN IN CAPTIVITY, Montalban Zoo, Rizal, Philippines)
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White-eared Brown-dove (a Philippine endemic)487 viewsScientific name - Phapitreron leucotis
Habitat - Common in a wide range, from second growth to montane forest to 1600 m.
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Purple-throated Sunbird454 viewsScietific name - Nectarinia sperata
Habitat - Common in lowlands in mangroves, coconut groves, second growth and cultivated areas.
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Long-Tailed Shrike432 viewsScientific name - Lanius schach
Habitat - Common in open country and scrub where it perches conspicuously on bushes and dead trees, at all elevations.
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Bright-Capped Cisticola (Breeding male)425 viewsScientific name - Cisticola exilis
Habitat - Common in drier grasslands and ricefields.
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White-breasted Wood-swallow405 viewsScientific name - Artamus leucorynchus
Habitat - Common, from open country to clearings at forest edge up to 1800 m.
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Red-Crested Malkoha (a Philippine endemic)393 viewsScientific name - Phaenicophaeus superciliosus
Habitat - Fairly common in lowland forest, edge and second growth.
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White-Breasted Waterhen389 viewsScientific name - Amaurornis phoenicurus
Habitat - Common in wetter areas - grasslands, marshes and mangroves.
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Whiskered Tern378 viewsScientific name: Chlidonias hybridus
Habitat: Bays, tidal flats to ricefields.
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Scale-feathered Malkoha (Philippine endemic)375 viewsScientific name - Phaenicophaeus cumingi
Habitat - Fairly common in forest, edge and second growth up to 2000 m.
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Richard's Pipit361 viewsScientific name - Anthus novaeseelandiae
Habitat - Stays on the ground in open country, grasslands, ricefields and parks.
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Little Grebe357 viewsScientific name - Tachybaptus ruficollis
Habitat - Uncommon, in freshwater ponds or marshes. Dives when disturbed by intruders.
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Cattle Egret342 viewsScientific name: Bubulcus ibis
Habitat: Common in pastures, ricefields and marshes.
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