Remote Philippines
3rd - 23rd March 2008
Leader: Rob Hutchinson
Philippine Dwarf-Kingfisher, Zamboanga © Rob Hutchinson / Birdtour Asia
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Systematic List
| Herons, Egrets, Bitterns | ||
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba modesta | |
| Pacific Reef-Egret | Egretta sacra | |
| Intermediate Egret | Egretta intermedia | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus (ibis) coromandus | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| Whistling Ducks, Shelducks | ||
| Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| Dabbling Ducks | ||
| Philippine Duck | Anas luzonica | Philippine endemic |
| Ospreys | ||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| Buzzards, Kites, Eagles, Vultures, Harriers, Hawks | ||
| Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| ssp. philippensis | ||
| Steere's Honey Buzzard | Pernis steerei | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. winkleri | ||
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| ssp. quagga | ||
| Chinese Goshawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Philippine Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis holospilus | Philippine endemic |
| Luzon Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus (philippensis) philippensis | Philippine endemic |
| Philippine Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus (philippensis) pinskeri | Philippine endemic |
| Falconets, Falcons | ||
| Philippine Falconet | Microhierax erythrogenys | Philippine endemic |
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| ssp. calidus | ||
| Junglefowl, Pheasants, Patridges, Quails | ||
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus philippensis | (H) |
| Rails, Crakes, Waterhens, Coots | ||
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis philippensis | (H) |
| Barred Rail | Gallirallus torquatus torqatus | |
| White-browed Crake | Porzana cinerea ocularis | |
| Plain Bush-hen | Amaurornis olivacea | Philippine endemic |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Curlews, Godwits, Sandpipers, Snipes | ||
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Heteroscelus brevipes | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Phalaropes | ||
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Pratincoles | ||
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
| Terns, Noddies | ||
| Great Crested Tern | Sterna bergii | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | |
| Doves, Pigeons | ||
| Philippine Green-Pigeon | Treron (pompadora) axillaris | Philippine endemic |
| Pink-necked Green-Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
| White-eared Brown-Dove | Phapitreron leucotis | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. leucotis | ||
| ssp. nigrorum | ||
| ssp. brevirostris | ||
| Amethyst Brown-Dove | Phapitreron (amethystinus) amethystinus | Philippine endemic |
| Visayan Brown-Dove | Phapitreron (amethystinus) maculipectus | Philippine endemic |
| Flame-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus marchei | Philippine endemic |
| Cream-bellied Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus merrilli | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. Faustinoi | ||
| Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus occipitalis | Philippine endemic |
| Black-chinned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus leclancheri | Near endemic |
| Pink-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula poliocephala | Philippine endemic |
| Spotted Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula carola | Philippine endemic |
| Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
| ssp. aenea / palawanensis | ||
| White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Philippine Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia tenuirostris | Philippine endemic |
| Island Collared-Dove | Streptopelia bitorquata | |
| Red Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Lorikeets, Cockatoos, Parrots, Racquet-tails, Hanging Parrots | ||
| Guaiabero | Bolbopsittacus lunulatus | Philippine endemic |
| Blue-naped Parrot | Tanygnathus lucionensis | Near endemic |
| Blue-backed Parrot | Tanygnathus sumatranus | (H) |
| Blue-crowned Racquet-tail | Prioniturus discurus | Philippine endemic |
| Luzon Montane Racquet-tail | Prioniturus montanus | Philippine endemic |
| Colasisi | Loriculus philippensis | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. philippensis | ||
| ssp. apicalis | ||
| ssp. regulus / bournsi | ||
| ssp. mindorensis | ||
| Cuckoos, Malkohas, Coucals | ||
| Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus pectoralis | Philippine endemic |
| Horsfield's Cuckoo | Cuculus horsfieldi | |
| Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
| Rusty-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis sepucralis | |
| Violet Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | |
| Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus velutinus | Philippine endemic |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | (H) |
| Scale-feathered Malkoha | Lepidogrammus cumingi | Philippine endemic |
| Red-crested Malkoha | Dasylophus superciliosus | Philippine endemic |
| Black-hooded Coucal | Centropus steerii | Philippine endemic |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| Philippine Coucal | Centropus viridis | Philippine endemic |
| Mindoro' Coucal | Centropus (viridis) mindorensis | Philippine endemic |
| Black-faced Coucal | Centropus melanops | Philippine endemic |
| Rufous Coucal | Centropus unirufus | Philippine endemic |
| Grass Owls | ||
| Eastern Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis amauronota | |
| Owls | ||
| Mantanani Scops Owl | Otus mantananensis | Near endemic |
| Philippine Scops Owl | Otus megalotis | Philippine endemic |
| Negros Scops Owl | Otus (megalotis) negrorum | Philippine endemic (H) |
| Giant Scops Owl | Mimizuku gurneyi | Philippine endemic (H) |
| Chocolate Boobook | Ninox randi | Near endemic |
| Philippine Boobook | Ninox (philippensis) philippensis | Philippine endemic |
| Mindoro Boobook | Ninox (philippensis) mindorensis | Philippine endemic |
| Visayan Boobook | Ninox (philippensis) spilonota | Philippine endemic |
| Mindanao Boobook | Ninox (philippensis) spilocephala | Philippine endemic (H) |
| Nightjars | ||
| Great Eared Nightjar | Eurostopodus macrotis | |
| Philippine Nightjar | Caprimulgus manillensis | Philippine endemic |
| Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
| Swifts, Needletails | ||
| Island Swiflet | Aerodramus amelis | Philippine endemic |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Grey-rumped Swiftlet | Collocalia marginata | Philippine endemic |
| Pygmy Swiftlet | Collocalia troglodytes | Philippine endemic |
| Philippine Needletail | Mearnsia picina | Philippine endemic |
| Purple Needletail | Hirundapus celebensis | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
| Asian Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
| Treeswifts | ||
| Whiskered Treeswift | Hemiprocne comata major | |
| Trogons | ||
| Philippine Trogon | Harpactes ardens | Philippine endemic |
| Rollers | ||
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
| Kingfishers | ||
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis bengalensis | |
| Indigo-banded Kingfisher | Alcedo cyanopectus | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. nigrirostris | ||
| Mindanao Silvery Kingfisher | Alcedo (argentata) argentata | Philippine endemic |
| Philippine' Variable Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx (lepidus) margarethae | Philippine endemic |
| Philippine Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx melanurus | Philippine endemic |
| Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| ssp. gigantea | ||
| White-throated' Kingfisher | Halcyon (smyrnensis) gularis | |
| Rufous-lored Kingfisher | Todirhamphus winchelli | Philippine endemic |
| White-collared Kingfisher | Todirhamphus chloris | |
| Spotted Wood-Kingfisher | Actenoides lindsayi | Philippine endemic |
| Bee-eaters | ||
| Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis | |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
| Hornbills | ||
| Luzon Hornbill | Penelopides manillae | Philippine endemic |
| Mindanao Hornbill | Penelopides affinis | Philippine endemic |
| Visayan Hornbill | Penelopides panini | Philippine endemic |
| Mindoro Hornbill | Penelopides mindorensis | Philippine endemic |
| Walden's Hornbill | Aceros waldeni | Philippine endemic |
| Writhed Hornbilll | Aceros leucocephalus | Philippine endemic |
| Rufous Hornbill | Buceros hydrocorax | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. hydrocorax | ||
| ssp. mindanensis | ||
| Barbets | ||
| Coppersmith Barbet | Megalaima haemacephala | |
| ssp. haemacephala | ||
| ssp. mindanensis | ||
| ssp. intermedia | ||
| ssp. homochroa | ||
| Woodpeckers | ||
| Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos maculatus | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. validirostris / malulatus | ||
| ssp. fulvifasciatus / leytensis | ||
| Sooty Woodpecker | Mulleripicus funebris | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. funebris | ||
| ssp. fuliginosus | ||
| White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javensis | |
| Greater Flameback | Chrysocolaptes lucidus | |
| ssp. haematribon | ||
| ssp. montanus / lucidus | ||
| ssp. xanthocephalus | ||
| Pittas | ||
| Red-bellied Pitta | Pitta erythrogaster | |
| ssp. erythrogaster | ||
| Whiskered Pitta | Pitta kochi | Philippine endemic |
| Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
| ssp. sordida | ||
| Martins, Swallows | ||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata | |
| Larks | ||
| Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
| Cuckoo-shrikes, Trillers, Minivets | ||
| Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina striata | |
| ssp. difficilis / striata | ||
| ssp. boholensis / kochii / panayensis | ||
| ssp. guillemardi / mindorensis | ||
| Blackish Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina coerulescens | Philippine endemic |
| Black-bibbed Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina mindanensis | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. elusa | ||
| White-winged Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina ostenta | |
| Black-and-white Triller | Lalage melanoleuca | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. melanoleuca | ||
| Pied Triller | Lalage nigra chilensis | |
| Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
| Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus flammeus | |
| ssp. novus / leytensis | ||
| ssp. nigroluteus | ||
| Bulbuls | ||
| Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
| Yellow-wattled Bulbul | Pycnonotus urostictus | |
| Philippine Bulbul | Ixos philippinus | Philippine endemic |
| Zamboanga Bulbul | Ixos rufigularis | Philippine endemic |
| Tablas Bulbul | Ixos (siquijorensis) cinereiceps | Philippine endemic |
| Camiguin Sur' Yellowish Bulbul | Ixos (everetti) catarmanensis | Philippine endemic |
| Drongos | ||
| Luzon Balicassiao | Dicrurus (balicassius) balicassius | Philippine endemic |
| Tablas Drongo | Dicrurus (hottentottus) menagei | Philippine endemic |
| Mindanao Drongo | Dicrurus (bracteatus) striatus | Philippine endemic |
| Orioles, Fairy-Bluebirds | ||
| Philippine Oriole | Oriolus steerii | Philippine endemic (H) |
| White-lored Oriole | Oriolus albiloris | Philippine endemic |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
| Philippine Fairy-Bluebird | Irena cyanogastra | Philippine endemic |
| Crows | ||
| Sierra Madre Crow | Corvus sierramadrensis | Philippine endemic |
| Palawan Crow | Corvus pusillus | Philippine endemic |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
| Tits | ||
| Elegant Tit | Parus elegans | Philippine endemic |
| Luzon White-fronted Tit | Parus (semilarvatus) semilarvatus | Philippine endemic |
| Nuthatches | ||
| Sulphur-billed Nuthatch | Sitta oenochlamys | Philippine endemic |
| Rhabdornis (Creepers) | ||
| Stripe-headed Rhabdornis | Rhabdornis mystacalis | Philippine endemic |
| Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis | Rhabdornis inornatus | Philippine endemic |
| Babblers | ||
| Streaked Ground-Babbler | Ptilocichla mindanensis | Philippine endemic |
| Rusty-faced Babbler | Napothera rabori | Philippine endemic |
| Mindanao Pygmy Babbler | Stachyris plateni | Philippine endemic |
| Rusty-crowned Babbler | Stachyris capitalis | Philippine endemic |
| Golden-crowned Babbler | Stachyris dennistouni | Philippine endemic |
| Luzon Striped-Babbler | Stachyris striata | Philippine endemic |
| Brown Tit-Babbler | Macronous striaticeps | Philippine endemic |
| Robins, Shamas, Thrushes | ||
| White-browed Shortwing | Brachypteryx montana | |
| ssp. poliogyna | ||
| Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis deuteronymus | |
| White-browed Shama | Copsychus (luzoniensis) luzoniensis | Philippine endemic |
| Visayan Shama | Copsychus (luzoniensis) superciliaris | Philippine endemic |
| Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius philippensis | |
| Ashy Ground-Thrush | Zoothera cinerea | Philippine endemic |
| Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
| Old World Warblers | ||
| Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | |
| Philippine Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus olivaceus | Philippine endemic |
| Lemon-throated Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus cebuensis | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. luzonensis | ||
| Mountain Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus trivirgatus | |
| ssp. mindanensis / diuatae | ||
| Oriental Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
| Tawny Grassbird | Megalurus timoriensis | |
| Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris forbesi | |
| Philippine Tailorbird | Orthotomus castaneiceps | Philippine endemic |
| Rufous-fronted Tailorbird | Orthotomus frontalis | Philippine endemic (H) |
| Grey-backed Tailorbird | Orthotomus derbianus | Philippine endemic |
| White-eared Tailorbird | Orthotomus cinereiceps | Philippine endemic |
| Bright-capped Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
| Flycatchers | ||
| Rufous-tailed Jungle-Flycatcher | Rhinomyias ruficauda zamboanga | |
| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Mountain Verditer-Flycatcher | Eumyias panayensis | (H) |
| ssp. nigrimentalis | ||
| Little Slaty Flycatcher | Ficedula basilanica | Philippine endemic |
| Blue-breasted Flycatcher | Cyornis herioti | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. herioti | ||
| Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | |
| ssp. philippensis | ||
| Citrine Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa helianthea | |
| Pied Fantail | Rhipidura javanica | |
| Blue Fantail | Rhipidura superciliaris | Philippine endemic |
| Luzon Blue-headed Fantail | Rhipidura (cyaniceps) cyaniceps | Philippine endemic |
| Visayan Blue-headed Fantail | Rhipidura (cyaniceps) albiventris | |
| Mindanao Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone (cinnamomea) cinnamomea | Near endemic |
| Rufous Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone (cinnamomea) unirufa | Philippine endemic |
| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
| ssp. azurea | ||
| ssp. catarmanensis | ||
| Whistlers | ||
| White-vented Whistler | Pachycephala homeyeri | |
| ssp. winchelli | ||
| Yellow-bellied Whistler | Pachycephala philippinensis | Philippine endemic |
| Wagtails, Pipits | ||
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis simillima | |
| Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus lugubris | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | (H) |
| Wood-swallows | ||
| White-breasted Wood-swallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
| Shrikes | ||
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach nasutus | |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
| Starlings | ||
| Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
| Coleto | Sarcops calvus | Philippine endemic |
| Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | |
| Sunbirds, Spiderhunters | ||
| Plain-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
| Grey-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes griseigularis | |
| Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
| Purple-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma sperata | |
| ssp. sperata / trochilus | ||
| ssp. juliae | ||
| Flaming Sunbird | Aethopyga flagrans | Philippine endemic |
| Metallic-winged Sunbird | Aethopyga pulcherrima | Philippine endemic |
| Handsome Sunbird | Aethopyga bella | Philippine endemic |
| Magnificent Sunbird | Aethopyga (siparaja) magnifica | |
| Naked-faced Spiderhunter | Arachnothera clarae | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. clarae / malindangensis | ||
| Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | |
| ssp. flammifera | ||
| Flowerpeckers | ||
| Olive-backed Flowerpecker | Prionochilus olivaceus | Philippine endemic |
| Striped Flowerpecker | Dicaeum aeruginosum | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. striatissimum / aeruginosum | ||
| Bicolored Flowerpecker | Dicaeum bicolor | Philippine endemic |
| Visayan Flowerpecker | Dicaeum haematostictum | |
| Red-keeled Flowerpecker | Dicaeum australe | Philippine endemic |
| Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker | Dicaeum retrocinctum | |
| Buzzing Flowerpecker | Dicaeum hypoleucum | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. cagayanensis / obscurum | ||
| ssp. pontifex / mindanense / hypoleucum | ||
| Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trigonostigma | |
| Pygmy Flowerpecker | Dicaeum pygmaeum | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. pygmaeum | ||
| ssp. davao | ||
| White-eyes | ||
| Lowland White-eye | Zosterops meyeni | Philippine endemic |
| Everett's White-eye | Zosterops everetti | |
| Yellowish White-eye | Zosterops nigrorum | Philippine endemic |
| ssp. innominatus | ||
| ssp. catarmanensis | ||
| Mountain White-eye | Zosterops montanus | |
| ssp. diuatae / vulcani | ||
| Old World Sparrows, Weavers | ||
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
| Avadavats, Parrotfinches, Munias | ||
| White-bellied Munia | Lonchura leucogastra | |
| Black-headed Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | |
| 243 Species recorded of which 11 heard only | ||
| including 104 Philippine Endemics with 5 heard only | ||
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