Family Groups of Birds found in the Philippines:
Parrots … Seabirds, Waders, Wetland and Inland Water Birds … Doves and Pigeons … Cuckoos and Coucals
Babblers … Bulbuls … Kingfishers … Swifts and Swiftlets … White-eyes
The Philippines is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean, situated south of Taiwan, east of Vietnam and north of New Guinea. It offers unique birding opportunities.
Listing of birds (other than parrots) native to, or found in, the Philippines:
Photos of Birds
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) – Winters in the Philippines
Bar-bellied Cuckooshrikes (Coracina striata)
Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
Black-and-white Triller (Lalage melanoleuca) – Endemic forest bird
Black-bibbed Cicadabirds (Coracina mindanensis) – Endemic forest birds
Black-headed Munia or Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla, formerly Lonchura malacca atricapilla)
Blackish Cuckooshrike (Coracina coerulescens) – Endemic
Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea) aka Black-naped Blue Monarch
Black Shama (Copsychus cebuensis) – Endemic to the island of Cebu, Philippines. Most important sites: the Central Cebu Protected Landscape, the forests of Alcoy and Argao, and the shrublands of Casili, Consolacion – Forest bird
Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps) – Forest bird
Celestial Monarch / Flycatcher (Hypothymis coelestis) – Endemic
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) – Western Philippines
Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
Dark-throated Oriole (Oriolus xanthonotus)
Fiery Minivet (Pericrocotus igneus)
Green-backed Whistler (Pachycephala albiventris) – Endemic
Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus) aka Large Golden-backed Woodpecker or Malherbe’s Golden-backed Woodpecker
Isabela Oriole (Oriolus isabellae) – Luzon, the Philippines
Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus)
Javan Frogmouth (Batrachostomus javensis)
Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
Long-billed Rhabdornis (Rhabdornis grandis) – Endemic
Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala grisola)
McGregor’s Cuckooshrikes or Sharp-tailed Cuckooshrikes (Coracina mcgregori) – Endemic
Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina) – Range: Winters in Philippines
Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) – Winters across Asia, from peninsular India, east to southeast Asia and the Philippines.
Olive-backed Sunbird aka Yellow-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)
Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis)
Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)
Palawan Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis) aka Napoleon Peacock Pheasant – Palawan Island in the Philippines Archipelago
Parrot Finches
Philippine Creepers or Rhabdornises
Philippine Frogmouth (Batrachostomus septimus) – A nocturnal bird that is found throughout the Philippine archipelago. Common in lowland forests and maturing second growth
Philippine Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus olivaceus)
Philippine Megapode (Megapodius cumingii) – also known as the Philippine Scrubfowl or the Tabon Scrubfowl
Pied Triller (Lalage nigra)
Red-crested Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus superciliosus) – Endemic
Rufous Hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax), also known as Philippine Hornbill or Kalaw: Found in Luzon and Marinduque, Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Panaon, Biliran, Calicoan and Buad, Dinagat, Siargao, Mindanao (plus Balut, Bucas and Talicud) and Basilan. It is still common locally, notably in the Sierra Madre of Luzon.
Scale-feathered Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus cumingi) – Endemic
Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus)
Short-crested Monarch (Hypothymis helenae) – Endemic
Sulu Hornbill or Montano’s Hornbill (Anthracoceros montani)
Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis or Plain-headed Creeper (Rhabdornis inornatus) – Endemic
Stripe-headed Creepers or Stripe-headed Rhabdornises (Rhabdornis mysticalis) – Range: Philippine Islands of Luzon, Negros, Panay, Masbate, Contanduenes, Leyte, Mindanao, Samar, Basilan, Bohol, Calicoan and Dinagat
White-browed Shama (Copsychus luzoniensis)
White-cheeked Bullfinch (Pyrrhula leucogenis)
White-fronted Tit (Cyanistes semilarvatus) – Endemic
White-lored Oriole (Oriolus albiloris)
White-vented Shama (Copsychus niger) es
White-vented Whistler (Pachycephala homeyeri)
White-winged Cuckooshrike (Coracina ostenta) – Endemic
Yellow-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala philippinensis)
