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Yellowish Bulbul, Hypsipetes everetti. Bislig, Surigao del Sur. March 2026. This is one of the largest bulbuls of the P...
05/08/2026

Yellowish Bulbul, Hypsipetes everetti. Bislig, Surigao del Sur. March 2026.

This is one of the largest bulbuls of the Philippines and is endemic to the Greater (North and East) Mindanao Faunal Region and the Eastern Visayas. The most common forest bulbul, the Philippine Bulbul, is smaller, more rusty brown, and more widespread. It feeds on a variety of fruits such as figs, rattan, and wild berries as well as small lizards and invertebrates,usually in lowland forests.

August 4 is International Owl Awareness Day! Alam nyo ba na may 25 species ng kuwago meron sa Pilipinas. Isa na rito ang...
05/08/2026

August 4 is International Owl Awareness Day! Alam nyo ba na may 25 species ng kuwago meron sa Pilipinas. Isa na rito ang Luzon Scops Owl (Otus longicornis), tinatawag ding KWANGAW sa parte ng Cordillera at Caraballo. Ang KWANGAW ay matatagpuan lamang sa mga matataas na kabundukan ng Luzon, kadalasan nasa mga kagubatan na nasa mula 700 - 1000 metro. Sa ibang kultura, pinaniniwalaan na ang mga kuwago ay simbolo ng karunungan, ngunit sa maraming lugar sa Pilipinas, ang kuwago daw ay mga tigapaghatid ng masamang tanda/signos ng sakit, minsan pa ay kamatayan.

Ang kuhang ito ay mula sa Banaue, Ifugao, parte ng Cordillera Mountain Range.

: Blue-capped Wood Kingfisher, also called Hombron's Kingfisher. Intavas, Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon. This gorgeous kingfi...
03/08/2026

: Blue-capped Wood Kingfisher, also called Hombron's Kingfisher. Intavas, Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon.

This gorgeous kingfisher is just one of two Actenoides forest kingfishers of the Philippines. This Mindanao endemic favors lowland and montane forests and feeds on lizards, snakes, insects, and other invertebrates. It nests on soil banks, where it makes a burrow, and lays its eggs. The other Actenoides kingfisher is the equally stunning Luzon endemic Spotted Wood Kingfisher.

: A Coleto in flight. This strange-looking bird is a (near) Philippine endemic fpund in most islands of the country ex...
31/07/2026

: A Coleto in flight. This strange-looking bird is a (near) Philippine endemic fpund in most islands of the country except Palawan and the Babuyan and Batanes group. It is quite common in lowland to montane forests, feeding mostly on fruits. The pink in the head is actually bare skin, maybe that is why the species epithet is "calvus" which means bald or hairless.

The Coleto is known locally as KULING | SAL-ENG. It belongs to the starling and myna family, related to the Crested Mynas and Apo Mynas and Asian Glossy Starlings.

Coleto, Sarcops calvus
Subic, July 2026

A female Luzon Water Redstart chillin' out on a branch by a mountain stream. The Luzon Water Redstart is a Luzon endemic...
28/12/2025

A female Luzon Water Redstart chillin' out on a branch by a mountain stream.

The Luzon Water Redstart is a Luzon endemic associated with clean, fast-running forest streams. The male is a brighter blue and brown. It hunts for insects such as water striders, small snails by quickly plucking them out of the water and then returning to a small exposed rock or to the river bank.

Luzon Water Redstart, Rhyacornis bicolor
Mountain Province, Cordillera Administrative Region.
November 2024.

Wishing everyone a very birdy Holiday cheer from your friends at Birding Adventure Philippines! May 2026 be a year full ...
24/12/2025

Wishing everyone a very birdy Holiday cheer from your friends at Birding Adventure Philippines!

May 2026 be a year full of lifers and successful birding trips! May we all experience stunning views, the sweetest of light for photos, awesome bird song recordings!

2026, here we come!

Magnificent Sunbird from Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park, Negros

A not-so-distant relative of the 3 Sterrhoptilus babblers posted from the previous days, this one here is a Brown Tit-Ba...
30/10/2025

A not-so-distant relative of the 3 Sterrhoptilus babblers posted from the previous days, this one here is a Brown Tit-Babbler, Macronus striaticeps, a small, active, Southern Philippine endemic bird found only on the islands of Mindanao, Basilan, Bohol, Samar and Leyte.

Trivia: From the early days of ornithology and taxonomy, when scientists were having a hard time placing a bird to a certain family, they classified them as Old World Babblers, making this family one of the most diverse in terms of size, plumage and coloration. A "wastebin taxon" as taxonomists refer to. As the German ornithologist Ernst Hartert said: "Was man nicht unterbringen kann, sieht man als Timalien an." (What one can't place systematically is considered an Old World babbler).

This Brown Tit-Babbler, like the other Philippine babblers are mostly insect-eaters, and are often found in mixed feeding flocks in lowland to montane forests.

Brown Tit-Babbler, Macronus striaticeps
Cinchona Forest Reserve, Mt. Kitanglad Range Natural Park, Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines

This is the 3rd Sterrhoptilus babbler species for this : the Luzon endemic Calabarzon Babbler, *Sterrhoptilus affinis*....
29/10/2025

This is the 3rd Sterrhoptilus babbler species for this : the Luzon endemic Calabarzon Babbler, *Sterrhoptilus affinis*. Photo from the Southern Sierra Madre Mountains of Infanta, Quezon, and Real, Laguna.

The name CALABARZON is an acronym/contraction of the provinces CAvite, LAguna, BAtangas, RiZal, and QuezON, where this endemic babbler can be found. Aside from the CALABARZON area, there are also eBird records further south in Catanduanes and the Bicol region. I prefer the old name: Black-crowned Babbler.

Like its cousins posted in the previous days, the CALABARZON Babbler gleans for insects hiding under the leaves, usually in mixed flocks with Elegant T**s, Blue-headed Fantails, and Lemon-throated Leaf-warblers, among others.

A close relative of yesterday's bird: here is a pair of Rusty-crowned Babblers, Sterrhoptilus capitalis, from the lowlan...
28/10/2025

A close relative of yesterday's bird: here is a pair of Rusty-crowned Babblers, Sterrhoptilus capitalis, from the lowland forests of Bislig, Surigao del Sur in Mindanao.

These birds are endemic to Mindanao, Dinagat and Basilan and are usually found foraging for insects in the canopy together with other mixed flock species like Mindanao Blue Fantail, Philippine Leaf Warbler, Short-tailed Drongo and Rufous Paradise Flycatcher, among others.

A pair of juvenile Golden-crowned Babblers taking a break from pursuing their parents for food. It is my first time to s...
27/10/2025

A pair of juvenile Golden-crowned Babblers taking a break from pursuing their parents for food. It is my first time to see juvenile birds indicated by the not so golden crown and the orangey beak. Adult birds (photo posted in the comments) have a completely black beak and very vibrant golden crown. I am not sure if the juvenile birds have been photo-documented before.

Golden-crowned Babblers, Sterrhoptilus dennistouni, are Luzon endemic birds that prefer good quality forests. They often move in mixed flocks together with other insect eating birds such as Elegant Tit, Blue-headed Fantail, Luzon Striped Babbler, Rufous Paradise Flycatcher, among others.

Golden-crowned Babblers, Sterrhoptilus dennistouni
June 2025.
Villa Aurora Ecotourism Area, Maria Aurora, Aurora Province.

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