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Candaba Swamp - Part III

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More wild birds from my recent visit to Candaba Swamp, Pampanga Province, Philippines on November 27, 2004.
Little Egret 

Scientific name: Egretta garzetta 

Habitat: Common in coastal marsh and tidal flats to ricefields.
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Little Egret

Scientific name: Egretta garzetta

Habitat: Common in coastal marsh and tidal flats to ricefields.

Little Grebe (immature)

Scientific name - Tachybaptus ruficollis 

Habitat - Uncommon, in freshwater ponds or marshes. Dives when disturbed by intruders. 

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]
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Little Grebe (immature)

Scientific name - Tachybaptus ruficollis

Habitat - Uncommon, in freshwater ponds or marshes. Dives when disturbed by intruders.

[20D + 400 5.6L, hand held]

Little Grebe (immature) 

Scientific name - Tachybaptus ruficollis 

Habitat - Uncommon, in freshwater ponds or marshes. Dives when disturbed by intruders.
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Little Grebe (immature)

Scientific name - Tachybaptus ruficollis

Habitat - Uncommon, in freshwater ponds or marshes. Dives when disturbed by intruders.

Cattle Egret 

Scientific name: Bubulcus ibis 

Habitat: Common in pastures, ricefields and marshes.
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Cattle Egret

Scientific name: Bubulcus ibis

Habitat: Common in pastures, ricefields and marshes.

Great Egret 

Scientific name - Egretta alba modesta 

Habitat - Uncommon in a variety of wetlands from coastal marshes to ricefields.
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Great Egret

Scientific name - Egretta alba modesta

Habitat - Uncommon in a variety of wetlands from coastal marshes to ricefields.

Great Egret 

Scientific name - Egretta alba modesta 

Habitat - Uncommon in a variety of wetlands from coastal marshes to ricefields.
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Great Egret

Scientific name - Egretta alba modesta

Habitat - Uncommon in a variety of wetlands from coastal marshes to ricefields.

Great Egret 

Scientific name - Egretta alba modesta 

Habitat - Uncommon in a variety of wetlands from coastal marshes to ricefields.
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Great Egret

Scientific name - Egretta alba modesta

Habitat - Uncommon in a variety of wetlands from coastal marshes to ricefields.

Eastern Marsh-Harrier

Scientific name - Circus spilonotus

Habitat - Uncommon, primarily in wetalnds and grasslands.
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Eastern Marsh-Harrier

Scientific name - Circus spilonotus

Habitat - Uncommon, primarily in wetalnds and grasslands.

Eastern Marsh-Harrier

Scientific name - Circus spilonotus

Habitat - Uncommon, primarily in wetalnds and grasslands.
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Eastern Marsh-Harrier

Scientific name - Circus spilonotus

Habitat - Uncommon, primarily in wetalnds and grasslands.

Blue-tailed Bee-eater 

Scientific name - Merops philippinus 

Habitat - Fairly common in open country usually associated with water along rivers, marshes and ricefields.
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Scientific name - Merops philippinus

Habitat - Fairly common in open country usually associated with water along rivers, marshes and ricefields.

White-browed Crake 

Scientific name - Porzana cinerea 

Habitat - Common in wide variety of wetlands from ricefields to tidal marshes and edges to lakes.
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White-browed Crake

Scientific name - Porzana cinerea

Habitat - Common in wide variety of wetlands from ricefields to tidal marshes and edges to lakes.

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Yellow Bittern 

Scientific name: Ixobrychus sinensis 

Habitat: Common in freshwater wetlands
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Yellow Bittern

Scientific name: Ixobrychus sinensis

Habitat: Common in freshwater wetlands

Striated Grassbird 

Scientific name - Megalurus palustris 

Habitat - Common in grasslands, ricefields and open country.
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Striated Grassbird

Scientific name - Megalurus palustris

Habitat - Common in grasslands, ricefields and open country.

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Northern Shoveler

Scientific name - Anas clypeata

Habitat - Uncommon in fresh water marshes and shallow lakes.
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Northern Shoveler

Scientific name - Anas clypeata

Habitat - Uncommon in fresh water marshes and shallow lakes.

Garganey

Scientific name - Anas querquedula

Habitat - Common in fresh water marshes and shallow lakes.
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Garganey

Scientific name - Anas querquedula

Habitat - Common in fresh water marshes and shallow lakes.

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Black-winged Stilt 

Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus 

Habitat: Wetlands from coastal mudflats to ricefields.
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Black-winged Stilt

Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus

Habitat: Wetlands from coastal mudflats to ricefields.

Intermediate Egret

Scientific name - Egretta intermedia

Habitat - Fresh water marshes, ricefields and tidal flats.
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Intermediate Egret

Scientific name - Egretta intermedia

Habitat - Fresh water marshes, ricefields and tidal flats.

Cattle Egret 

Scientific name: Bubulcus ibis 

Habitat: Common in pastures, ricefields and marshes.
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Cattle Egret

Scientific name: Bubulcus ibis

Habitat: Common in pastures, ricefields and marshes.