Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (male)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[350D + Sigmonster]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Male)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[20D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[20D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[20D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, on tripod]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[20D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, on tripod]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, on tripod]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Female)

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[100-400 L IS + Tamron 2x TC, 740 mm]

Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike

Scientific name - Coracina striata striata

Habitat - Forest and forest edge.

[400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

Blackish Cuckoo-Shrike (Coracina coerulescens, a Philippine endemic)

Habitat - Canopy of forest in the lowlands.

Shooting info - Subic rainforest, Bataan, March 14, 2006, 800 mm, f/9, ISO 200, 1/125 sec, 475B/3421 support

Blackish Cuckoo-Shrike
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Coracina coerulescens

Habitat - Canopy of forest in the lowlands.

[20D + 400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

Black-and-White Triller
(a Philippine endemic, female)

Scientific name - Lalage melanoleuca

Habitat - Fairly noisy in canopy of forests and forest edge in the lowlands below 1000 m.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]

Black-and-White Triller
(a Philippine endemic, male)

Scientific name - Lalage melanoleuca

Habitat - Fairly noisy in canopy of forests and forest edge in the lowlands below 1000 m.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, on tripod]

Pied Triller (male)

Scientific name - Lalage nigra

Habitat - Common in trees in open country, gardens in towns, and open scrub in the lowlands.

Pied Triller (Lalage nigra, migrant, male)

Habitat - Common in trees in open country, gardens in towns, and open scrub in the lowlands.

Shooting Info - Bued River, Rosario, La Union, January 28, 2015, 5D MIII + 400 5.6L, 400 mm,
f/6.3, ISO 640, 1/2000 sec, hand held, major crop.

Pied Triller

Scientific name - Lalage nigra

Habitat - Common in trees in open country, gardens in towns, and open scrub in the lowlands.

Pied Triller

Scientific name - Lalage nigra

Habitat - Common in trees in open country, gardens in towns, and open scrub in the lowlands.

Pied Triller (male)

Scientific name - Lalage nigra

Habitat - Common in trees in open country, gardens in towns, and open scrub in the lowlands.

Pied Triller (male)

Scientific name - Lalage nigra

Habitat - Common in trees in open country, gardens in towns, and open scrub in the lowlands.

Pied Triller (male)

Scientific name - Lalage nigra

Habitat - Common in trees in open country, gardens in towns, and open scrub in the lowlands.

Pied Triller (Lalage nigra, resident, male)

Habitat - Common in trees in open country, gardens in towns, and open scrub in the lowlands.

Shooting info - Caliraya, Cavinti, Laguna, February 25, 2005, 300D + 100-400 L IS + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/11, ISO 400, 1/640 sec, hand held]

Pied Triller (Lalage nigra, resident, male)

Habitat - Common in trees in open country, gardens in towns, and open scrub in the lowlands.

Shooting Info - Bued River, Rosario, La Union, Philippines, November 10, 2016, EOS 7D MII + EF 400 DO IS II,
400 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 sec, ISO 320, manual exposure in available light, hand held, major crop resized to 1200 x 800.

Ashy Minivet, female

Scientific name - Pericrocotus divaricatus

Habitat - Uncommon and sporadic migrant, at canopy of second growth and more open forest.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Ashy Minivet, male

Scientific name - Pericrocotus divaricatus

Habitat - Uncommon and sporadic migrant, at canopy of second growth and more open forest.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Ashy Minivet, female

Scientific name - Pericrocotus divaricatus

Habitat - Uncommon and sporadic migrant, at canopy of second growth and more open forest.

[350D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG)]

Ashy Minivet, male

Scientific name - Pericrocotus divaricatus

Habitat - Uncommon and sporadic migrant, at canopy of second growth and more open forest.

[20D + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC]

Ashy Minivet, female

Scientific name - Pericrocotus divaricatus

Habitat - Uncommon and sporadic migrant, at canopy of second growth and more open forest.

[40D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, Manfrotto 475B tripod/3421 gimbal head]

Note - this individual is missing its long tail.

Ashy Minivet, male

Scientific name - Pericrocotus divaricatus

Habitat - Uncommon and sporadic migrant, at canopy of second growth and more open forest.

[40D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, Manfrotto 475B tripod/3421 gimbal head]

Yellow-throated Leafbird
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Chloropsis palawanensis

Habitat - Canopy of forest and edge.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]

Common Iora

Scientific name - Aegithina tiphia

Habitat - Beach forest, scrub, mangrove and residential areas.

[1DM2 + 100-400 L IS, hand held]