Philippines and Borneo

14th - 30th March 2008

Leader: Frank Rheindt

Systematic List

  1. Oriental Darter: Kinabatangan
  2. Purple Heron: Borneo and Philippines
  3. Great Egret: Borneo and Philippines
  4. Intermediate Egret: Borneo
  5. Little Egret: Borneo and Philippines
  6. Eastern Cattle Egret: Borneo and Philippines
  7. Striated Heron: Kinabatangan
  8. Yellow Bittern: PICOP
  9. Black Bittern: PICOP
  10. Storm’s Stork: Kinabatangan
  11. Lesser Adjutant: Kinabatangan
  12. Wandering Whistling-Duck: PICOP
  13. Philippine Duck: PICOP
  14. Osprey: PICOP
  15. Barred Honeybuzzard: PICOP
  16. Black-shouldered Kite: Kinabatangan
  17. Brahminy Kite: Philippines and Borneo
  18. White-bellied Sea-eagle: Borneo
  19. Lesser Fish-eagle: Kinabatangan
  20. Crested Serpent-eagle: Borneo
  21. Philippine Serpent-eagle: Mt Makiling
  22. Crested Goshawk: PICOP and Danum
  23. Rufous-bellied Eagle: Danum
  24. Wallace’s Hawk-eagle: Kinabatangan
  25. Gray-faced Buzzard: Mt Makiling
  26. Philippine Falconet: PICOP
  27. White-fronted Falconet: Kinabatangan and Danum
  28. Barred Buttonquail: Mt Makiling
  29. Spotted Buttonquail: Mt Makiling
  30. Barred Rail: Mt Makiling
  31. White-browed Crake: PICOP
  32. White-breasted Waterhen: Sepilok
  33. Kentish Plover: PICOP
  34. Lesser Sandplover: PICOP
  35. Common Greenshank: PICOP
  36. Common Sandpiper: Borneo
  37. Rufous-necked Stint: PICOP
  38. Whiskered Tern: Mt Makiling
  39. Philippine Green Pigeon: PICOP
  40. Pink-necked Green Pigeon: Kinabatangan
  41. White-eared Brown Dove: Mt Makiling and PICOP
  42. Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove: PICOP
  43. Black-chinned Fruit-Dove: PICOP
  44. Pink-bellied Imperial-Pigeon: PICOP
  45. Green Imperial-Pigeon: Borneo
  46. Spotted Dove: Philippines and Borneo
  47. Emerald Dove: PICOP and Sepilok
  48. Mindanao Bleeding-heart: PICOP
  49. Guaiabero: PICOP
  50. Colasisi: Mt Makiling and PICOP
  51. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot: Borneo
  52. Long-tailed Parakeet: Sepilok and Kinabatangan
  53. Plaintive Cuckoo: PICOP and Kinabatangan
  54. Rusty-breasted Cuckoo: Mt Makiling
  55. Violet Cuckoo: PICOP, Kinabatangan and Danum
  56. Malaysian Bronze-Cuckoo: Danum
  57. Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo: Mt Makiling
  58. Philippine Drongo Cuckoo: PICOP
  59. Asian Drongo-Cuckoo: Sepilok and Danum
  60. Scale-feathered Malkoha: Mt Makiling
  61. Red-crested Malkoha: Mt Makiling
  62. Black-bellied Malkoha: Kinabatangan and Danum
  63. Raffles’s Malkoha: Sepilok and Danum
  64. Red-billed Malkoha: Sepilok
  65. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha: Sepilok and Danum
  66. Philippine Coucal: Mt Makiling and PICOP
  67. Greater Coucal: Borneo
  68. Bornean Ground-Cuckoo: Kinabatangan
  69. Buffy Fish-owl: Danum
  70. Luzon Boobook: Mt Makiling
  71. Philippine Frogmouth: PICOP
  72. Great Eared Nightjar: Philippines
  73. Philippine Nightjar: PICOP
  74. Island Swiftlet: Philippines
  75. Glossy Swiftlet: Philippines and Sepilok
  76. Pygmy Swiftlet: PICOP
  77. Philippine Needletail: PICOP
  78. Purple Needletail: PICOP and Mt Makiling
  79. Brown-backed Needletail: Danum
  80. Silver-rumped Needletail: Danum
  81. House Swift: Mt Makiling
  82. Asian Palm Swift: Mt Makiling and PICOP
  83. Whiskered Treeswift: PICOP and Danum
  84. Grey-rumped Treeswift: Danum
  85. Philippine Trogon: Mt Makiling and PICOP
  86. Diard’s Trogon: Danum
  87. Scarlet-rumped Trogon: Kinabatangan
  88. Blue-throated Bee-eater: Borneo
  89. Dollarbird: Borneo
  90. Indigo-banded Kingfisher: Mt Makiling
  91. Silvery Kingfisher: PICOP
  92. Blue-eared Kingfisher: Kinabatangan
  93. Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher: Sepilok, Danum
  94. Philippine Dwarf-Kingfisher: PICOP
  95. Stork-billed Kingfisher: Kinabatangan
  96. White-throated Kingfisher: Philippines
  97. Rufous-lored Kingfisher: PICOP
  98. Collared Kingfisher: PICOP and Borneo
  99. Spotted Wood-Kingfisher: Mt Makiling
  100. Luzon Tarictic Hornbill: Mt Makiling
  101. Mindanao Tarictic Hornbill: PICOP
  102. Oriental Pied Hornbill: Kinabatangan
  103. Black Hornbill: Sepilok and Kinabatangan
  104. Writhed Hornbill: PICOP
  105. Wrinkled Hornbill: Kinabatangan
  106. Bushy-crested Hornbill: Danum
  107. Rufous Hornbill: PICOP
  108. Rhinoceros Hornbill: Borneo
  109. Blue-eared Barbet: Kinabatangan
  110. Brown Barbet: Danum
  111. Coppersmith Barbet: Philippines
  112. Rufous Piculet: Danum
  113. Gray-capped Woodpecker: Sepilok
  114. Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker: Mt Makiling
  115. White-bellied Woodpecker: PICOP and Kinabatangan
  116. Mindanao Flameback: PICOP
  117. Banded Woodpecker: Sepilok
  118. Crimson-winged Woodpecker: Danum
  119. Maroon Woodpecker: Kinabatangan and Danum
  120. Orange-backed Woodpecker: Danum
  121. Buff-rumped Woodpecker: Sepilok and Danum
  122. Buff-necked Woodpecker: Danum
  123. Gray-and-buff Woodpecker: Danum
  124. Great Slaty Woodpecker: Borneo
  125. Dusky Broadbill: Danum
  126. Black-and-red Broadbill: Borneo
  127. Banded Broadbill: Sepilok and Danum
  128. Black-and-yellow Broadbill: Borneo
  129. Blue-headed Pitta: Sepilok and Kinabatangan
  130. Hooded Pitta: Kinabatangan
  131. Black-crowned Pitta: Danum
  132. Red-bellied Pitta: PICOP
  133. Steere’s Pitta: PICOP
  134. Barn Swallow: Philippines and Borneo
  135. Pacific Swallow: Borneo and Philippines
  136. Striated Swallow: Mt Makiling
  137. Paddyfield Pipit: Lahad Datu Airport
  138. Oriental Skylark: Clark Airport
  139. Gray Wagtail: Mt Makiling
  140. Eastern Yellow Wagtail: PICOP
  141. Forest Wagtail: Mt Makiling
  142. Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike: Mt Makiling
  143. Black-bibbed Cuckooshrike: PICOP
  144. Lesser Cuckooshrike: Danum
  145. Ashy Minivet: Mt Makiling
  146. Scarlet Minivet: PICOP and Sepilok
  147. Fiery Minivet: Kinabatangan
  148. Black-winged Flycatcher-Shrike: Borneo
  149. Greater Green Leafbird: Borneo
  150. Lesser Green Leafbird: Borneo
  151. Philippine Leafbird: PICOP
  152. Yellow-vented Bulbul: Borneo and Philippines
  153. Yellow-wattled Bulbul: Mt Makiling and PICOP
  154. Philippine Bulbul: Mt Makiling and PICOP
  155. Yellowish Bulbul: PICOP
  156. Straw-headed Bulbul: Danum
  157. Black-headed Bulbul: Kinabatangan
  158. Gray-bellied Bulbul: Danum
  159. Puff-backed Bulbul: Danum
  160. Olive-winged Bulbul: Borneo
  161. Cream-vented Bulbul: Borneo
  162. Red-eyed Bulbul: Borneo
  163. Spectacled Bulbul: Borneo
  164. Gray-cheeked Bulbul: Danum
  165. Yellow-bellied Bulbul: Kinabatangan and Danum
  166. Hairy-backed Bulbul: Sepilok and Danum
  167. Buff-vented Bullbul: Borneo
  168. Green Iora: Borneo
  169. Asian Fairy-Bluebird: Danum
  170. Balicassiao: Mt Makiling
  171. Mindanao Drongo: PICOP
  172. Bronzed Drongo: Danum
  173. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo: Sepilok and Danum
  174. Rufous-winged Philentoma: Danum
  175. Philippine Oriole: PICOP
  176. Black-naped Oriole: PICOP
  177. Dark-throated Oriole: Sepilok and Danum
  178. Large-billed Crow: Philippines and Sepilok
  179. Slender-billed Crow: Danum
  180. Bornean Black Magpie: Sepilok and Danum
  181. Elegant Tit: Mt Makiling
  182. Stripe-headed Rhabdornis: Mt Makiling
  183. Streaked Ground-Babbler: PICOP
  184. Pygmy Babbler: PICOP
  185. Rusty-crowned Babbler: PICOP
  186. Brown Tit-Babbler: PICOP
  187. White-chested Babbler: Kinabatangan
  188. Ferruginous Babbler: Danum
  189. Abbott’s Babbler: Danum
  190. Black-capped Babbler: Sepilok and Danum
  191. Moustached Babbler: Danum
  192. Sooty-capped Babbler: Danum
  193. Scaly-crowned Babbler: Danum
  194. Rufous-crowned Babbler: Danum
  195. Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler: Danum
  196. Rufous-fronted Babbler: Sepilok
  197. Gray-headed Babbler: Danum
  198. Black-throated Babbler: Kinabatangan
  199. Chestnut-rumped Babbler: Danum
  200. Chestnut-winged Babbler: Borneo
  201. Bold-striped Tit-Babbler: Borneo
  202. Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler: Borneo
  203. Brown Fulvetta: Borneo
  204. Erpornis: Sepilok
  205. Oriental Magpie-Robin: Borneo
  206. White-crowned Shama: Kinabatangan and Danum
  207. Rufous-tailed Shama: Danum
  208. White-browed Shama: Mt Makiling
  209. Chestnut-naped Forktail: Danum
  210. White-crowned Forktail: Danum
  211. Pied Bushchat: PICOP
  212. Lemon-throated Leaf-Warbler: Mt Makiling
  213. Arctic Warbler: Danum
  214. Striated Grassbird: Philippines and Borneo
  215. Dark-necked Tailorbird: Borneo
  216. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird: Sepilok
  217. Ashy Tailorbird: Borneo
  218. Rufous-fronted Tailorbird: PICOP
  219. Gray-backed Tailorbird: Mt Makiling
  220. Black-headed Tailorbird: PICOP
  221. Bright-capped Cisticola: PICOP
  222. Zitting Cisticola: Mt Makiling and PICOP
  223. Yellow-bellied Prinia: Danum
  224. Large-billed Blue-Flycatcher: Danum
  225. Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher: Danum and Kinabatangan
  226. Rufous-tailed Jungle-Flycatcher: PICOP
  227. Gray-streaked Flycatcher: Philippines
  228. Little Slaty Flycatcher: PICOP
  229. Verditer Flycatcher: Danum and Sepilok
  230. Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher: Danum
  231. Pied Fantail: Borneo
  232. Spotted Fantail: Danum
  233. Blue Fantail: PICOP
  234. Black-naped Monarch: Kinabatangan and Philippines
  235. Short-crested Monarch: PICOP
  236. Asian Paradise-Flycatcher: Kinabatangan and Danum
  237. Rufous Paradise-Flycatcher: PICOP
  238. Yellow-bellied Whistler: PICOP and Mt Makiling
  239. White-breasted Wood-Swallow: Philippines
  240. Long-tailed Shrike: Mt Makiling
  241. Brown Shrike: Philippines
  242. Asian Glossy Starling: Philippines and Borneo
  243. Hill Myna: Kinabatangan and Danum
  244. Crested Myna: Borneo
  245. Coleto: PICOP
  246. Gray-throated Sunbird: Philippines
  247. Olive-backed Sunbird: Philippines
  248. Purple-throated Sunbird: Philippines and Sepilok
  249. Crimson Sunbird: Sepilok and Danum
  250. Flaming Sunbird: Mt Makiling
  251. Metallic-winged Sunbird: PICOP
  252. Handsome Sunbird: Philippines
  253. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird: Borneo
  254. Plain Sunbird: Danum
  255. Red-throated Sunbird: Sepilok and Danum
  256. Purple-naped Sunbird: Danum and Sepilok
  257. Naked-faced Spiderhunter: PICOP
  258. Little Spiderhunter: PICOP and Borneo
  259. Thick-billed Spiderhunter: Sepilok and Danum
  260. Spectacled Spiderhunter: Danum
  261. Yellow-eared Spiderhunter: Sepilok
  262. Gray-breasted Spiderhunter: Danum
  263. Olive-backed Flowerpecker: PICOP
  264. Striped Flowerpecker: Mt Makiling
  265. Bicolored Flowerpecker: Mt Makiling
  266. Red-keeled Flowerpecker: Philippines
  267. Buzzing Flowerpecker: Mt Makiling
  268. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker: Philippines
  269. Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker: Danum
  270. Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker: Danum and Sepilok
  271. Lowland White-eye: Mt Makiling
  272. Yellowish White-eye: Mt Makiling
  273. Tree Sparrow: Philippines and Borneo
  274. Scaly-breasted Munia: Mt Makiling
  275. Black-headed Munia: PICOP and Borneo
  276. Dusky Munia: Borneo

Birds heard only:

  1. Red Junglefowl: Mt Makiling
  2. Chestnut-necklaced Partridge: Danum
  3. Plain Bush-hen: Mt Makiling
  4. Amethyst Brown Dove: PICOP
  5. Banded Bay Cuckoo: Borneo
  6. Indian Cuckoo: Danum
  7. Common Koel: PICOP
  8. Black-faced Coucal: PICOP
  9. Philippine Scops Owl: Mt Makiling
  10. Chocolate Boobook: PICOP
  11. Red-naped Trogon: Danum
  12. Gold-whiskered Barbet: Danum
  13. Yellow-crowned Barbet: Danum
  14. Luzon Flameback: Mt Makiling
  15. Philippine Fairy-Bluebird: PICOP
  16. Sulphur-billed Nuthatch: Mt Makiling

Bird of the Trip (Philippines): Mindanao Bleeding-heart
Bird of the Trip (Borneo): Bornean Ground-Cuckoo

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