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Samal Island Birds

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Wild birds from this Island Garden City off Davao City.
Common Emerald-Dove

Scientific name - Chalcophaps indica

Habitat - Common but shy in forests up to 1000 m.
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Common Emerald-Dove

Scientific name - Chalcophaps indica

Habitat - Common but shy in forests up to 1000 m.

Brown Tit-Babbler
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Macronous striaticeps mindanensis

Habitat - Common in noisy, active groups through dense foliage in forest up to 1500 m.
Brown Tit-Babbler

Brown Tit-Babbler
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Macronous striaticeps mindanensis

Habitat - Common in noisy, active groups through dense foliage in forest up to 1500 m.

Black-naped Monarch (Female) 

Scientific name - Hypothymis azurea 

Habitat - Common resident all over the Philippines, in disturbed forest.
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Black-naped Monarch (Female)

Scientific name - Hypothymis azurea

Habitat - Common resident all over the Philippines, in disturbed forest.

Oriental Magpie-Robin (Female)

Scientific name - Copsychus saularis mindanensis

Habitat - Uncommon, in all levels of second growth and cultivated areas in the lowlands.
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Oriental Magpie-Robin (Female)

Scientific name - Copsychus saularis mindanensis

Habitat - Uncommon, in all levels of second growth and cultivated areas in the lowlands.

Oriental Magpie-Robin (Male) 

Scientific name - Copsychus saularis mindanensis 

Habitat - Uncommon, in all levels of second growth and cultivated areas in the lowlands.
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Oriental Magpie-Robin (Male)

Scientific name - Copsychus saularis mindanensis

Habitat - Uncommon, in all levels of second growth and cultivated areas in the lowlands.

Olive-backed Sunbird 

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis 

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird
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Olive-backed Sunbird

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird

Olive-backed Sunbird 

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird
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Olive-backed Sunbird

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird

Pacific Swallow 

Scientific name - Hirundo tahitica 

Habitat - Common along coasts, in towns and open country, rarely over forest.
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Pacific Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo tahitica

Habitat - Common along coasts, in towns and open country, rarely over forest.

White-collared Kingfisher 

Scientific name: Halcyon chloris 

Habitat: Coastal areas to open country, but seldom in forest.
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White-collared Kingfisher

Scientific name: Halcyon chloris

Habitat: Coastal areas to open country, but seldom in forest.

Plain-throated Sunbird

Scientific name - Anthreptes malacensis

Habitat - Coconut groves, mangroves, second growth near coast and forest.
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Plain-throated Sunbird

Scientific name - Anthreptes malacensis

Habitat - Coconut groves, mangroves, second growth near coast and forest.

Olive-backed Sunbird (Male)

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis 

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird
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Olive-backed Sunbird (Male)

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird

Plain-throated Sunbird

Scientific name - Anthreptes malacensis

Habitat - Coconut groves, mangroves, second growth near coast and forest.
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Plain-throated Sunbird

Scientific name - Anthreptes malacensis

Habitat - Coconut groves, mangroves, second growth near coast and forest.

Plain-throated Sunbird

Scientific name - Anthreptes malacensis

Habitat - Coconut groves, mangroves, second growth near coast and forest.
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Plain-throated Sunbird

Scientific name - Anthreptes malacensis

Habitat - Coconut groves, mangroves, second growth near coast and forest.

Olive-backed Sunbird 

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis 

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird
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Olive-backed Sunbird

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird

Common Emerald-Dove 

Scientific name - Chalcophaps indica 

Habitat - Common but shy in forests up to 1000 m.
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Common Emerald-Dove

Scientific name - Chalcophaps indica

Habitat - Common but shy in forests up to 1000 m.

Asian Glossy Starling 
(Immature) 

Scientific name - Aplonis payanensis 

Habitat - Common in the lowlands from second growth to downtown in cities.
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Asian Glossy Starling
(Immature)

Scientific name - Aplonis payanensis

Habitat - Common in the lowlands from second growth to downtown in cities.

Brown Tit-Babbler 
(a Philippine endemic) 

Scientific name - Macronous striaticeps mindanensis 

Habitat - Common in noisy, active groups through dense foliage in forest up to 1500 m.
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Brown Tit-Babbler
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Macronous striaticeps mindanensis

Habitat - Common in noisy, active groups through dense foliage in forest up to 1500 m.

Olive-backed Sunbird 

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis 

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird
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Olive-backed Sunbird

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird

Olive-backed Sunbird 

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis 

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird
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Olive-backed Sunbird

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird

Olive-backed Sunbird 

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis 

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird
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Olive-backed Sunbird

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis jugularis

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird

Red-keeled Flowerpecker 
(a Philippine endemic) 

Scientific name - Dicaeum australe australe 

Habitat - common in canopy of forest, edge and flowering trees.
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Red-keeled Flowerpecker
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Dicaeum australe australe

Habitat - common in canopy of forest, edge and flowering trees.

Oriental Magpie-Robin (Female) 

Scientific name - Copsychus saularis mindanensis 

Habitat - Uncommon, in all levels of second growth and cultivated areas in the lowlands.
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Oriental Magpie-Robin (Female)

Scientific name - Copsychus saularis mindanensis

Habitat - Uncommon, in all levels of second growth and cultivated areas in the lowlands.

Asian Glossy Starling 
(Adults) 

Scientific name - Aplonis payanensis 

Habitat - Common in the lowlands from second growth to downtown in cities.
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Asian Glossy Starling
(Adults)

Scientific name - Aplonis payanensis

Habitat - Common in the lowlands from second growth to downtown in cities.

Black-naped Monarch (Female) 

Scientific name - Hypothymis azurea 

Habitat - Common resident all over the Philippines, in disturbed forest.
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Black-naped Monarch (Female)

Scientific name - Hypothymis azurea

Habitat - Common resident all over the Philippines, in disturbed forest.

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