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This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Philippines. The avifauna of the Philippines include a total of 743 species, of which 229 are endemic , five have been introduced by humans. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the ...
The Wild Bird Club of the Philippines has a checklist of the birds of the Philippines which follows the IOC World Bird List. Of these 260 bird species endemic to the Philippines. Many of these are restricted to specific islands, particularly Luzon, Mindanao, and Palawan. [1]
Philippine-hanging parrots are still recorded on the island however many of these birds display features different from the subspecies, it is likely that these birds are escapees or have hybridized with the native population. L. p. bournsi McGregor 1905 — Found on Sibuyan; reduced red on the crown and has a smaller yellow patch
The blue-naped parrot (Tanygnathus lucionensis), also known as the blue-crowned green parrot, Luzon parrot, the Philippine green parrot, and locally known as pikoy, is a parrot native throughout the Philippines and the Talaud Islands of Indonesia. It is threatened by habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade.
The Palawan peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis) is a medium-sized (up to 50cm long) bird in the family Phasianidae endemic to the island of Palawan in the Philippines. The spectacular male has a black body with blue marks on the wings, a grayish, finely speckled back and tail with blue peacock “eyes,” white marks on the face, and a ...
The bird is listed as an EDGE species under the analysis of the Zoological Society of London. [4] It is considered one of the Western Visayas Big 5 which includes the Walden's hornbill, Visayan spotted deer, Visayan hornbill and the Visayan warty pig. [5] It is illegal to hunt, capture or possess Negros bleeding-hearts under Philippine Law RA ...
Imports from Australia of wild and domestic birds, including poultry meat, day-old chicks, eggs and semen will be immediately stopped, the ministry said on Saturday. Philippines bans imports of ...
The Negros fruit dove is believed to be endemic to the island of Negros in the central part of the Philippines. [8] However, some hope exists that the bird may persist undetected on a nearby island. [8] The only known birds were collected from a forest at the edge of a clearing on Mount Kanlaon at an elevation of about 1,100 m (3,600 ft). [8]