Mt. Palay-palay Part II
Elegant TitElegant Tit
(a Philippine endemic)
Scientific name - Parus elegans
Habitat - Common from lowland to montane mossy forest. |
IMG_8353.jpgOriental Honeybuzzard
Scientific name - Pernis ptilorhynchus
Habitat - Common, seen soaring above or near forest below 1500 m. |
IMG_8289.jpgBrahminy Kite
Scientific name - Haliastur indus
Habitat - Common in open areas often near water, but also in mountains up to 1500 m.
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IMG_8414.jpgWhiskered Treeswift
Scientific name - Hemiprocne comata
Habitat - Fairly common at forest edge or in new clearings.
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IMG_8391.jpgWhiskered Treeswift
Scientific name - Hemiprocne comata
Habitat - Fairly common at forest edge or in new clearings.
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ColetoColeto
(a near Philippine endemic)
Scientific name - Sarcops calvus
Habitat - Common in forest, forest edge and clearings.
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Long-tailed ShrikeLong-tailed Shrike
Scientific name - Lanius schach
Habitat - Common in open country and scrub where it perches conspicuously on bushes and dead trees, at all elevations.
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IMG_8425.jpgLong-tailed Shrike
Scientific name - Lanius schach
Habitat - Common in open country and scrub where it perches conspicuously on bushes and dead trees, at all elevations.
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Stripe-headed RhabdornisStripe-headed Rhabdornis
(A PHILIPPINE ENDEMIC)
Scientific name - Rhabdornis mystacalis
Habitat - Common in lowland forest and second growth.
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IMG_8374.jpgPhilippine Pygmy Woodpecker
(a Philippine endemic)
Scientific name - Dendrocopos maculatus
Habitat - Smallest Philippine woodpecker, common in lowland and montane forest and edge,
in understory and canopy, often in mixed flocks foraging up branches and trees.
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