Map of the Philippines and the Best Birding Sites
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
Listing of birds (other than parrots) native to, or found in, the Philippines:
Photos of Birds
A - N (below) or O - Z
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
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