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KENNEDY SUPPLEMENT 2016 WBCP CHECKLIST OF BIRDS OF THE PHILIPPINES 2016 PRESENTED IN THE SEQUENCE AND PAGINATION OF THE KENNEDY GUIDE Highlighting taxonomic and name changes, new records, and newly described species Edited by Christian Perez WBCP Records Committee February 2016 NOTES: 1. All the species listed in the WBCP Checklist of Birds of the Philippines 2016 are shown in the sequence and pagination of “A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines”, by Kennedy et al, 2000, grouped by plate number 2. Species that have not changed are shown in black without any comment. 3. Minor differences such as spelling and removal of the dash are not considered name changes and are not highlighted 4. Taxonomic changes and name changes are highlighted in dark red 5. Species that were split into two or more species are listed in the place of the original species 6. New country records (and one newly described species) are highlighted in blue and shown at the bottom of the relevant plate 7. For resident split species, the range of the new species is indicated (usually the main islands only) to allow identification in the field based on location 8. For migrant split species, a reference is given when possible to a guide for identification in the field PLATE 1 English name in Kennedy Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata Hawaiian Petrel Pterodroma Dark-rumped Petrel sandwichensis Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Wedge-tailed Puffinus pacificus Shearwater Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris New record in April 2012 Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis New record in May 2013 Leach's Storm Petrel Oceanodroma New record in April 2014 leucorhoa Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis New record in January 2014 PLATE 2 English name in Kennedy Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster Darter Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Red-footed Booby Sula sula Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus New record in January 2009 Christmas Island Fregata andrewsi New record in May 1995 Frigatebird PLATE 3 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Great Egret Ardea alba Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra Eastern Reef-Egret Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes Little Egret Egretta garzetta PLATE 4 English name in Kennedy Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus Japanese Night Heron Gorsachius goisagi Striated Heron Butorides striata Little Heron Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus Cattle Egret Black-crowned Night Nycticorax nycticorax Heron Rufous Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus PLATE 5 Von Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus Schrenck's Bittern Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris Great Bittern Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia New record in December 2007 Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana New record in April 1997 PLATE 6 English name in Kennedy Spotted Whistling Duck Dendrocygna guttata Wandering Whistling Dendrocygna arcuata Duck Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea Northern Pintail Anas acuta Eurasian Teal Anas crecca Green-winged Teal Eastern Spot-billed Anas zonorhyncha Spot-billed Duck Duck Philippine Duck Anas luzonica Gadwall Anas strepera Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris New record in March 2010 Greater White-fronted Anser albifrons New record in December 2010 Goose Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus New record in February 2006 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata New record in November 2013 PLATE 7 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Garganey Anas querquedula Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus Common Pochard Aythya ferina Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri Greater Scaup Aythya marila Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula PLATE 8 English name in Kennedy Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus Osprey Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus Oriental Honeybuzzard Philippine Honey Pernis steerei Barred Honeybuzzard. Endemic Buzzard Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Black-shouldered Kite Black Kite Milvus migrans Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus New record in September 2002 PLATE 9 White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Grey-headed Fish Eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis Besra Accipiter virgatus Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis Chinese Goshawk Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus PLATE 10 English name in Kennedy Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela Split. Range: Palawan Philippine Serpent Spilornis holospilus Split from Crested Serpent-Eagle. Range: as in Eagle Kennedy except Palawan. Endemic Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus Common Buzzard Philippine Eagle Pithecophaga jefferyi Rufous-bellied Hawk- Lophotriorchis kienerii Rufous-bellied Eagle Eagle Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus Philippine Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus philippensis Split. Range: Luzon Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus pinskeri Split from Philippine Hawk-Eagle. Range as in Kennedy except Luzon. PLATE 11 Philippine Falconet Microhierax erythrogenys Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Eurasian Kestrel Merlin Falco columbarius Oriental Hobby Falco severus Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Philippine Megapode Megapodius cumingii Tabon Scrubfowl Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus Palawan Peacock- Polyplectron napoleonis Pheasant Amur Falcon Falco amurensis New record in November 2014 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo New record in September 1994 PLATE 12 English name in Kennedy Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus Daurian Partridge Perdix daurica Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica King Quail Excalfactoria chinensis Blue-breasted Quail Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus Small Buttonquail Worcester's Buttonquail Turnix worcesteri Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator Spotted Buttonquail Turnix ocellatus PLATE 13 Sarus Crane Grus antigone Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus Brown-banded Rail Lewinia mirificus Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo New record in July 2008 Calayan Rail Gallirallus calayanensis New species described in May 2004 PLATE 14 English name in Kennedy Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca Spotless Crake Porzana tabuensis White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea Plain Bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea White-breasted Amaurornis Waterhen phoenicurus Watercock Gallicrex cinerea PLATE 15 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Philippine Swamphen Porphyrio pulverulentus Purple Swamphen. Endemic Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus New record in January 2000 PLATE 16 English name in Kennedy Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Asian Golden-Plover Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus PLATE 17 Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Little Curlew Numenius minutus Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa PLATE 18 English name in Kennedy Common Redshank Tringa totanus Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Nordmann's Tringa guttifer Greenshank Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis PLATE 19 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii Japanese Snipe Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Bukidnon Woodcock Scolopax bukidnonensis Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Not in WBCP Checklist (no confirmed record) Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus New record in January 2008 scolopaceus PLATE 20 English name in Kennedy Red Knot Calidris canutus Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Sanderling Calidris alba Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Rufous-necked Stint Little Stint Calidris minuta Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Ruff Philomachus pugnax Broad-billed
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