Island Swiftlet at Paranaque Photo Gallery by romy ocon at pbase.com

Island Swiftlet at Paranaque

A flock of these birds (about 5 - 8 individuals) were hawking insects over our village at Paranaque this morning of October 30th. There are three possibilites on the ID -
the common resident Island Swiftlet, or the rarer Philippine Swiftlet or Whitehead's Swiftlet's (both endemic and normally ranging in higher elevations).
It appears that the latter endemic swiftlets are not yet well documented in photos. Based mainly on range, I'm putting in a provisional ID of Island Swiftlet for these captures.
This ID is subject to possible correction once the experts are more positive on the vetting. Any of the said three swiftlets would be a photo-lifer for me, hence these captures represent my 274th bird. :)

RMO_1259-1200x800.jpg Island Swiftlet (Collocalia vanikorensis, resident, PROVISIONAL ID) Habitat - Forages in open country and forest. Shooting info - Paranaque City, October 30, 2010, 1D4 + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/6.3, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, hand held.	RMO_1215-750x500.jpg Island Swiftlet (Collocalia vanikorensis, resident, PROVISIONAL ID) Habitat - Forages in open country and forest. Shooting info - Paranaque City, October 30, 2010, 1D4 + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/7.1, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, hand held.	RMO_1258-750x500.jpg Island Swiftlet (Collocalia vanikorensis, resident, PROVISIONAL ID) Habitat - Forages in open country and forest. Shooting info - Paranaque City, October 30, 2010, 1D4 + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/6.3, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, hand held.	RMO_1244-750x500.jpg Island Swiftlet (Collocalia vanikorensis, resident, PROVISIONAL ID) Habitat - Forages in open country and forest. Shooting info - Paranaque City, October 30, 2010, 1D4 + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/6.3, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, hand held.	RMO_1205-600x400.jpg Island Swiftlet (Collocalia vanikorensis, resident, PROVISIONAL ID) Habitat - Forages in open country and forest. Shooting info - Paranaque City, October 30, 2010, 1D4 + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/7.1, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, hand held.
RMO_1207-600x400.jpg Island Swiftlet (Collocalia vanikorensis, resident, PROVISIONAL ID) Habitat - Forages in open country and forest. Shooting info - Paranaque City, October 30, 2010, 1D4 + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/7.1, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, hand held.	RMO_1194-600x400.jpg Island Swiftlet (Collocalia vanikorensis, resident, PROVISIONAL ID) Habitat - Forages in open country and forest. Shooting info - Paranaque City, October 30, 2010, 1D4 + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/7.1, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, hand held.	RMO_1201-600x400.jpg Island Swiftlet (Collocalia vanikorensis, resident, PROVISIONAL ID) Habitat - Forages in open country and forest. Shooting info - Paranaque City, October 30, 2010, 1D4 + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/7.1, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, hand held.	RMO_1208-600x450.jpg Island Swiftlet (Collocalia vanikorensis, resident, PROVISIONAL ID) Habitat - Forages in open country and forest. Shooting info - Paranaque City, October 30, 2010, 1D4 + 400 5.6L, 400 mm, f/7.1, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, hand held.

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