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 Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos New record in October 2013
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus New record in May 1996 pygmeus
PLATE 21 English name in Kennedy
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris Beach Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Split. For details on identification, refer to article in the March 2014 issue of Ebon: https://ebonph.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/ask- the-experts-stilt-identification/ White-headed Stilt Himantopus Split from Black-winged Stilt. See above leucocephalus Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius New records in March 2011 longicaudus
PLATE 22 English name in Kennedy
Vega Gull Larus vegae Herring Gull
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Mew Gull Larus canus New record in December 2013
Lesser Black-backed Larus fuscus New record in January 2014 Gull Saunders's Gull Chroicocephalus New record in January 2015 saundersi Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla New record in February 2013
Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan New record in April 2014
PLATE 23 English name in Kennedy
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Black Noddy Anous minutus
White Tern Gygis alba New record in October 2004
PLATE 24
Whistling Green Pigeon Treron formosae
Thick-billed Green Treron curvirostra Pigeon Philippine Green Pigeon Treron axillaris Pompadour Green-Pigeon. Endemic
Pink-necked Green Treron vernans Pigeon White-eared Brown Phapitreron leucotis Dove Amethyst Brown Dove Phapitreron amethystinus Tawitawi Brown Dove Phapitreron cinereiceps Split from Dark-eared Brown-Dove. Range: Tawi Tawi Mindanao Brown Dove Phapitreron Split from Dark-eared Brown-Dove. Range: brunneiceps Mindanao and Basilan Rock Dove Columba livia Introduced feral pigeon. Not listed in Kennedy
PLATE 25 English name in Kennedy
Flame-breasted Fruit Ptilinopus marchei Dove Cream-breasted Fruit Ptilinopus merrilli Cream-bellied Fruit-Dove Dove Yellow-breasted Fruit Ptilinopus occipitalis Dove Black-chinned Fruit Ptilinopus leclancheri Dove Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
Black-naped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus melanospilus
Negros Fruit Dove Ptilinopus arcanus
PLATE 26
Pink-bellied Imperial Ducula poliocephala Pigeon Mindoro Imperial Pigeon Ducula mindorensis
Spotted Imperial Pigeon Ducula carola
Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
Grey Imperial Pigeon Ducula pickeringii
Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
PLATE 27 English name in Kennedy
Philippine Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia tenuirostris Reddish Cuckoo-Dove. Endemic
Island Collared Dove Streptopelia bitorquata
Red Turtle Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
PLATE 28
Luzon Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica
Mindanao Bleeding- Gallicolumba crinigera heart Sulu Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba menagei
Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi
Mindoro Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba platenae
Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
PLATE 29
Mindanao Lorikeet Trichoglossus johnstoniae Guaiabero Bolbopsittacus lunulatus
Red-vented Cockatoo Cacatua Philippine Cockatoo haematuropygia Great-billed Parrot Tanygnathus megalorynchos Blue-naped Parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis Blue-backed Parrot Tanygnathus sumatranus Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Introduced species not listed in Kennedy
PLATE 30 English name in Kennedy
Green Racket-tail Prioniturus luconensis
Blue-crowned Racket- Prioniturus discurus Split. Range as in Kennedy except Mindoro tail Mindoro Racket-tail Prioniturus mindorensis Split from Blue-crowned Racquet-tail. Range: Mindoro Blue-winged Racket-tail Prioniturus verticalis
Blue-headed Racket-tail Prioniturus platenae
Montane Racket-tail Prioniturus montanus Split. Range: Luzon
Mindanao Racket-tail Prioniturus waterstradti Split from Montane Racquet-tail. Range: Mindanao Philippine Hanging Loriculus philippensis Colasisi in Kennedy. Range: as per Kennedy Parrot/Colasisi except Camiguin Sur Camiguin Hanging Loriculus camiguinensis Newly described species in 2006. Range: Parrot Camiguin Sur
PLATE 31 English name in Kennedy
Chestnut-winged Clamator coromandus Cuckoo Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx pectoralis Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus Split from Oriental Cuckoo. Difficult to separate from Oriental Cuckoo in the Philippines. For details on identification, refer to article in the June 2014 issue of Ebon: https://ebonph.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/ask- the-experts-the-oriental-cuckoo-and-other-splits/ Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus Split. See above
Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis Brush Cuckoo
Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus New record in May 2004
Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops New record in February 2011 novaehollandiae
PLATE 32 English name in Kennedy
Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus Little Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo
Philippine Drongo- Surniculus velutinus Split from Drongo Cuckoo. Range: as per Cuckoo Kennedy except Palawan. Endemic Square-tailed Drongo- Surniculus lugubris Split from Drongo Cuckoo. Range: Palawan Cuckoo Asian Koel Eudynamys Common Koel scolopaceus Scale-feathered Dasylophus cumingi Malkoha Chestnut-breasted Phaenicophaeus Malkoha curvirostris Rough-crested Malkoha Dasylophus Red-crested Malkoha superciliosus
PLATE 33
Black-hooded Coucal Centropus steerii
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
Philippine Coucal Centropus viridis
Black-faced Coucal Centropus melanops
Rufous Coucal Centropus unirufus
PLATE 34 English name in Kennedy
Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris Grass Owl
Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius Not in WBCP Checklist (no confirmed record)
Mindanao Scops Owl Otus mirus
Mindoro Scops Owl Otus mindorensis
Luzon Scops Owl Otus longicornis
Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans
Mantanani Scops Owl Otus mantananensis
Palawan Scops Owl Otus fuliginosus
PLATE 35 English name in Kennedy
Philippine Scops Owl Otus megalotis Split. Range: Luzon, Catanduanes and Marinduque Everett's Scops Owl Otus everetti Split from Philippine Scops-Owl. Range: Basilan, Biliran, Bohol, Dinagat, Leyte, Mindanao and Samar. Negros Scops Owl Otus nigrorum Split from Philippine Scops-Owl. Range: Negros and Panay Giant Scops Owl Otus gurneyi
Philippine Eagle-Owl Bubo philippensis
Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata Split. Range: Palawan only. Resident.
Northern Boobook Ninox japonica Split from Brown Hawk-Owl. Subspecies florensis and japonica are migrants, totogo is resident in the Babuyan Islands Chocolate Boobook Ninox randi Split from Brown Hawk-Owl. Near endemic. Difficult to separate from Northern Boobook. Luzon Hawk-Owl Ninox philippensis Split from Philippine Hawk-Owl. Range: Luzon, Leyte, Samar, Masbate, Ticao, Catanduanes, Siquijor, Bohol, Negros and Panay and adjacent islands. Mindanao Hawk-Owl Ninox spilocephala Split from Philippine Hawk-Owl. Range: Basilan, Mindanao, Siargao and Dinagat Mindoro Hawk-Owl Ninox mindorensis Split from Philippine Hawk-Owl. Range: Mindoro
Romblon Hawk-Owl Ninox spilonota Split from Philippine Hawk-Owl. Range: Sibuyan and Tablas Cebu Hawk-Owl Ninox rumseyi Newly described species in 2012. Range: Cebu
Camiguin Hawk-Owl Ninox leventisi Newly described species in 2012. Range: Camiguin Sur Sulu Hawk-Owl Ninox reyi Split from Philippine Hawk-Owl. Range: Sulu Archipelago Spotted Wood Owl Strix seloputo
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
PLATE 36 English name in Kennedy
Philippine Frogmouth Batrachostomus septimus Palawan Frogmouth Batrachostomus Javan Frogmouth. Endemic chaseni Great Eared Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis
Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
Philippine Nightjar Caprimulgus manillensis Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
PLATE 37
Whitehead's Swiftlet Aerodramus whiteheadi
Ameline Swiftlet Aerodramus amelis Island Swiflet. Endemic
Philippine Swiftlet Aerodramus mearnsi
Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana
Germain's Swiftlet Aerodramus germani Edible-nest Swiftlet
Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
Pygmy Swiftlet Collocalia troglodytes
PLATE 38 English name in Kennedy
Philippine Spine-tailed Mearnsia picina Philippine Needletail Swift Brown-backed Hirundapus giganteus Needletail Purple Needletail Hirundapus celebensis
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift
House Swift Apus nipalensis
Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
White-throated Hirundapus caudacutus New record in April 2009 Needletail
PLATE 39
Philippine Trogon Harpactes ardens
Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Dollarbird
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
Indigo-banded Ceyx cyanopectus Kingfisher Southern Silvery Ceyx argentatus Split from Silvery Kingfisher. Range: Mindanao, Kingfisher Basilan, Dinagat and Siargao Northern Silvery Ceyx flumenicola Split from Silvery Kingfisher. Range: Bohol, Kingfisher Leyte and Samar Dimorphic Dwarf Ceyx margarethae Variable Dwarf-Kingfisher. Endemic Kingfisher Philippine Dwarf Ceyx melanurus Kingfisher Oriental Dwarf Ceyx erithaca Kingfisher
PLATE 40 English name in Kennedy
Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
White-throated Halcyon smyrnensis Kingfisher Black-capped Halcyon pileata Kingfisher Rufous-lored Kingfisher Todiramphus winchelli
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris White-collared Kingfisher
Spotted Wood Actenoides lindsayi Kingfisher Blue-capped Wood Actenoides hombroni Kingfisher
PLATE 41
Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Hoopoe
Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae Split from Tarictic Hornbill. Range: Luzon, Catanduanes, Marinduque and Polillo Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides Split from Tarictic Hornbill. Range: Mindoro mindorensis Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis Split from Tarictic Hornbill. Range: Mindanao, Siargao, Dinagat, Bucas and Basilan Samar Hornbill Penelopides Split from Tarictic Hornbill. Range: Samar, samarensis Leyte, Bohol and Biliran Visayan Hornbill Penelopides panini Split from Tarictic Hornbill. Range: Negros, Panay, Guimaras and Masbate Walden's Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus waldeni Writhed Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus Sulu Hornbill Anthracoceros montani
Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei
Rufous Hornbill Buceros hydrocorax
PLATE 42 English name in Kennedy
Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala Philippine Pygmy Dendrocopos maculatus Split. Range as in Kennedy except Sulu Woodpecker Archipelago Sulu Pygmy Dendrocopos ramsayi Split from Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker. Woodpecker Range: Sulu Archipelago Sooty Woodpecker Mulleripicus funebris
Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus White-bellied Dryocopus javensis Woodpecker Buff-spotted Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus Split from Greater Flameback. Range: Samar, Leyte, Bohol, Mindanao and Basilan, Luzon Flameback Chrysocolaptes Split from Greater Flameback. Range: Luzon, haematribon Catanduanes and Marinduque Yellow-faced Flameback Chrysocolaptes Split from Greater Flameback. Range: Negros, xanthocephalus Panay, Guimaras and Masbate Red-headed Flameback Chrysocolaptes Split from Greater Flameback. Range: Palawan erythrocephalus Spot-throated Dinopium everetti Common Flameback Flameback
PLATE 43
Wattled Broadbill Sarcophanops steerii Split. Range: Mindanao, Basilan, Siargao, Dinaget
Visayan Broadbill Sarcophanops Split from Wattled Broadbill. Range: Bohol. samarensis Leyte and Samar Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
Red-bellied Pitta Erythropitta erythrogaster Whiskered Pitta Erythropitta kochi
Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
Azure-breasted Pitta Pitta steerii Steere's Pitta
Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha New record in September 2013
PLATE 44 English name in Kennedy
Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis Plain Martin
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
Striated Swallow Cecropis striolata Red-rumped Swallow
Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
PLATE 45
Horsfield´s Bush Lark Mirafra javanica Singing Bushlark
Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
Bar-bellied Coracina striata Cuckooshrike Blackish Cuckooshrike Coracina coerulescens
Black-bibbed Coracina mindanensis Cuckooshrike White-winged Coracina ostenta Cuckooshrike McGregor's Coracina mcgregori Cuckooshrike Black-winged Coracina melaschistos New record in December 2004 Cuckooshrike
PLATE 46 English name in Kennedy
Black-and-white Triller Lalage melanoleuca
Pied Triller Lalage nigra
Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus Small Minivet
Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
Philippine Leafbird Chloropsis flavipennis
Yellow-throated Chloropsis Leafbird palawanensis Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
PLATE 47
Black-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps
Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
Yellow-wattled Bulbul Pycnonotus urostictus
Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus Split. Range: Cagayan Sulu Is.
Ashy-fronted Bulbul Pycnonotus cinereifrons Split from Olive-winged Bulbul. Range: Palawan, Busuanga, Culion. Endemic Palawan Bulbul Alophoixus frater Grey-cheeked Bulbul. Endemic
Sulphur-bellied Bulbul Iole palawanensis
Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus Split. Range: as in Kennedy except for Mindoro, Negros, Panay, Guimaras, Masbate and Ticao Mindoro Bulbul Hypsipetes mindorensis Split from Philippine Bulbul. Range: Mindoro
Visayan Bulbul Hypsipetes Split from Philippine Bulbul. Range: Negros, guimarasensis Panay, Guimaras, Masbate and Ticao Zamboanga Bulbul Hypsipetes rufigularis
PLATE 48 English name in Kennedy
Streak-breasted Bulbul Hypsipetes siquijorensis
Yellowish Bulbul Hypsipetes everetti
Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis Chestnut-eared Bulbul
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans
Balicassiao Dicrurus balicassius
Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus Split from Spangled Drongo. Range: as in Kennedy except Tablas Tablas Drongo Dicrurus menagei Split from Spangled Drongo. Range: Tablas
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus New record in September 2001
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Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
Philippine Oriole Oriolus steerii Split. Range: as in Kennedy except Luzon
White-lored Oriole Oriolus albiloris Split from Philippine Oriole. Range: Luzon
Isabela Oriole Oriolus isabellae
Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
Philippine Fairy- Irena cyanogastra bluebird Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca
Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica New record in March 2013
PLATE 50 English name in Kennedy
Elegant Tit Periparus elegans
Palawan Tit Periparus amabilis
White-fronted Tit Parus semilarvatus
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis Split. Range: Palawan
Sulphur-billed Nuthatch Sitta oenochlamys Split from Velvet-fronted Nuthatch. Range as per Kennedy except Palwan Stripe-headed Rhabdornis mystacalis Rhabdornis Grand Rhabdornis Rhabdornis grandis
Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis inornatus Rhabdornis
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Bagobo Babbler Leonardina woodi
Ashy-headed Babbler Malacocincla cinereiceps Melodious Babbler Malacopteron palawanense Falcated Wren-Babbler Ptilocichla falcata Falcated Ground-Babbler
Striated Wren-Babbler Ptilocichla mindanensis Streaked Ground-Babbler
Cordillera Ground Robsonius rabori Split from Rabor's Wren-Babbler. Range: Luzon Warbler (Cordillera) Sierra Madre Ground Robsonius thompsoni Newly described species. Range: Luzon (Sierra Warbler Madre) Bicol Ground Warbler Robsonius Split form Rabor's Wren-Babbler. Range: Central sorsogonensis and Southern Luzon Mindanao Pygmy Dasycrotapha plateni Split from Pygmy Babbler. Range: Mindanao Babbler Visayan Pygmy Babbler Dasycrotapha pygmaea Split from Pygmy Babbler. Range: Leyte and Samar
PLATE 52 English name in Kennedy
Rusty-crowned Babbler Sterrhoptilus capitalis
Black-crowned Babbler Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus Golden-crowned Sterrhoptilus Babbler dennistouni Flame-templed Babbler Dasycrotapha speciosa
Chestnut-faced Babbler Zosterornis whiteheadi
Luzon Striped Babbler Zosterornis striatus
Panay Striped Babbler Zosterornis latistriatus
Negros Striped Babbler Zosterornis nigrorum
Palawan Striped Zosterornis Babbler hypogrammicus
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Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Macronus gularis Split from Striped Tit-Babbler. Range Palawan and Balabac Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Macronus bornensis Split from Striped Tit-Babbler. Range: Cagayan Sulu Brown Tit-Babbler Macronus striaticeps
Visayan Miniature Micromacronus Split from Miniature Tit-Babbler. Range: Leyte Babbler leytensis and Samar Mindanao Miniature Micromacronus Split from Miniature Tit-Babbler. Range: Babbler sordidus Mindanao White-browed Brachypteryx montana Shortwing Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane
PLATE 54 English name in Kennedy
Philippine Magpie-Robin Copsychus Oriental Magpie-Robin. Endemic mindanensis White-browed Shama Copsychus luzoniensis
White-vented Shama Copsychus niger
Black Shama Copsychus cebuensis
Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
Luzon Water Redstart Rhyacornis bicolor
Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri New record in November 2007
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Chestnut-capped Geokichla interpres Chestnut-capped Ground-Thrush Thrush Ashy Thrush Geokichla cinerea Ashy Ground-Thrush
Sunda Thrush Zoothera andromedae Sunda Ground-Thrush
White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Scaly Ground-Thrush
Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus
Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica New record in February 2012
Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus New record in November 2007
Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus New record in January 2013
PLATE 56 English name in Kennedy
Golden-bellied Gerygone sulphurea Golden-bellied Flyeater Gerygone Yellow-breasted Warbler Seicercus montis
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
Ijima's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ijimae
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Split into Arctic, Kamchatka Leaf, and Japanese Leaf Warbler. Can only be separated from calls and songs. For details on identification, refer to article in the May 2014 issue of Ebon: https://ebonph.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/ask- the-experts-the-arctic-warbler-splits/ Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus Split from Arctic Warbler. See above examinandus Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus Split from Arctic Warbler. See above xanthodryas Philippine Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus olivaceus
Lemon-throated Leaf Phylloscopus cebuensis Warbler Negros Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus nigrorum Mountain Leaf-Warbler
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus New record in October 2006
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus New record in November 1994
PLATE 57 English name in Kennedy
Clamorous Reed Acrocephalus Warbler stentoreus Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
Speckled Reed Warbler Acrocephalus Streaked Reed-Warbler sorghophilus Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis
Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
Gray's Grasshopper Locustella fasciolata Warbler Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
Middendorff's Locustella ochotensis Grasshopper Warbler Black-browed Reed Acrocephalus New record in April 2008 Warbler bistrigiceps
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Philippine Tailorbird Orthotomus Split. Range: Negros, Cebu, Panay, Guimaras, castaneiceps Masbate and Ticao Trilling Tailorbird Orthotomus chloronotus Split from Philippine Tailorbird: range: North and Central Luzon (South to Bataan and Quezon Prov.) Rufous-fronted Orthotomus frontalis Split from Philippine Tailorbird. Range: Tailorbird Mindanao, Leyte, Samar, Bohol, Basilan, and adjacent islands Grey-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus derbianus
Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cuculatus Split. Range: Luzon and Palawan
Rufous-headed Phyllergates Split from Mountain Tailorbird. Range: Mindanao Tailorbird heterolaemus Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
Yellow-breasted Orthotomus samarensis Tailorbird Black-headed Tailorbird Orthotomus nigriceps
White-eared Tailorbird Orthotomus cinereiceps
PLATE 59 English name in Kennedy
Golden-headed Cisticola exilis Bright-capped Cisticola Cisticola Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone Split from Oriental Bush-Warbler. For details refer to article in the June 2014 issue of Ebon: https://ebonph.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/ask- the-experts-the-oriental-cuckoo-and-other-splits/ Manchurian Bush Horornis borealis Split from Oriental Bush-Warbler. See above Warbler Philippine Bush Warbler Horornis seebohmi Luzon Bush-Warbler
Sunda Bush Warbler Horornis vulcanius
Benguet Bush Warbler Locustella seebohmi
Long-tailed Bush Locustella caudata Long-tailed Ground-Warbler Warbler Asian Stubtail Urosphena New record in October 1999 squameiceps
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Rufous-tailed Jungle Cyornis ruficauda Flycatcher White-throated Jungle Vauriella albigularis Flycatcher White-browed Jungle Vauriella insignis Luzon Jungle-Flycatcher Flycatcher Slaty-backed Jungle Vauriella goodfellowi Goodfellow's Jungle-Flycatcher Flycatcher Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
Ashy-breasted Muscicapa randi Flycatcher Grey-streaked Muscicapa griseisticta Flycatcher Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
PLATE 61 English name in Kennedy
Turquoise Flycatcher Eumyias panayensis Mountain Verditer-Flycatcher
Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
Bundok Flycatcher Ficedula luzoniensis Snowy-browed Flycatcher. Endemic
Little Slaty Flycatcher Ficedula basilanica
Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Red-breasted Flycatcher
Palawan Flycatcher Ficedula platenae
Furtive Flycatcher Ficedula disposita
Cryptic Flycatcher Ficedula crypta
Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica New record in February 2003
Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus New record in May 2004
Yellow-rumped Ficedula zanthopygia New record in October 1999 Flycatcher
PLATE 62 English name in Kennedy
Blue-and-white Cyanoptila Split. For details refer to article in the June 2014 Flycatcher cyanomelana issue of Ebon: https://ebonph.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/ask- the-experts-the-oriental-cuckoo-and-other-splits/ Zappey's Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis Split from Blue-and-white Flycatcher. See above
Blue-breasted Blue Cyornis herioti Blue-breasted Flycatcher Flycatcher Palawan Blue Cyornis lemprieri Flycatcher Mangrove Blue Cyornis rufigastra Flycatcher Citrine Canary- Culicicapa helianthea flycatcher Philippine Pied Fantail Rhipidura nigritorquis Pied Fantail. Endemic
Mindanao Blue Fantail Rhipidura superciliaris Split from Blue Fantail. Range: Mindanao and Basilan Visayan Blue Fantail Rhipidura samarensis Split from Blue Fantail. Range: Bohol, Leyte and Samar Blue-headed Fantail Rhipidura cyaniceps Split. Range: Luzon and Catanduanes
Tablas Fantail Rhipidura sauli Split from Blue-headed Fantail. Range: Tablas
Visayan Fantail Rhipidura albiventris Split from Blue-headed Fantail. Range: Negros, Panay, Guimaras, Masbate and Ticao Black-and-cinnamon Rhipidura Fantail nigrocinnamomea
PLATE 63 English name in Kennedy
Rufous Paradise Terpsiphone Flycatcher cinnamomea Japanese Paradise Terpsiphone Flycatcher atrocaudata Blue Paradise Terpsiphone Flycatcher cyanescens Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
Celestial Monarch Hypothymis coelestis
Short-crested Monarch Hypothymis helenae
Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
Green-backed Whistler Pachycephala albiventris White-vented Whistler Pachycephala homeyeri
Yellow-bellied Whistler Pachycephala philippinensis
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Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus Richard's Pipit
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni Olive Tree-Pipit
Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola New record in April 2012
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi Split from the species described in Kennedy. Rare, only one record in the Philippines in October 2013
PLATE 65 English name in Kennedy
White-breasted Artamus leucorynchus Woodswallow Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
Mountain Shrike Lanius validirostris
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
Short-tailed Starling Aplonis minor Short-tailed Glossy Starling
Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
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Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus Silky Starling
White-shouldered Sturnia sinensis Starling Chestnut-cheeked Agropsar philippensis Starling White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus Grey Starling
Coleto Sarcops calvus
Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
Apo Myna Basilornis mirandus
Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa Hill Myna
Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus New record in October 1991
Rosy Starling Pastor roseus New record in May 2009
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris New record in Februsry 2007
PLATE 67 English name in Kennedy
Grey-throated Sunbird Anthreptes griseigularis Split from Plain-throated Sunbird. Range: Luzon, Mindoro, samar, Leyte and Northeast Mindanao Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis Split from Plain-throated Sunbird. Range: rest of the Philippines. Copper-throated Leptocoma calcostetha Sunbird Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
Purple-throated Sunbird Leptocoma sperata Endemic
Flaming Sunbird Aethopyga flagrans Split. Range: Luzon and Catanduanes
Maroon-naped Sunbird Aethopyga Split from Flaming Sunbird. Range: Negros, guamarasensis Panay, Guimaras Grey-hooded Sunbird Aethopyga primigenia
Metallic-winged Sunbird Aethopyga pulcherrima Split. Range: Mindanao, Leyte, Samar and Basilan Luzon Sunbird Aethopyga jefferyi Split from Metallic-winged Sunbird. Range: Luzon Bohol Sunbird Aethopyga decorosa Split from Metallic-winged Sunbird. Range: Bohol Apo Sunbird Aethopyga boltoni
Lina's Sunbird Aethopyga linaraborae
PLATE 68 English name in Kennedy
Lovely Sunbird Aethopyga shelleyi Split. Range: Palawan
Handsome Sunbird Aethopyga bella Split from Lovely Sunbird. Range: rest of the Philippines Magnificent Sunbird Aethopyga magnifica Crimson Sunbird in Kennedy. Endemic
Naked-faced Arachnothera clarae Spiderhunter Orange-tufted Arachnothera Split from Little Spiderhunter. Range: Mindanao, Spiderhunter flammifera Leyte, Samar, Bohol and Basilan. Endemic Pale Spiderhunter Arachnothera dilutior Split from Little Spiderhunter. Range: Palawan. Endemic Olive-backed Prionochilus olivaceus Flowerpecker Palawan Flowerpecker Prionochilus plateni
Striped Flowerpecker Dicaeum aeruginosum
Olive-capped Dicaeum nigrilore Flowerpecker Flame-crowned Dicaeum anthonyi Flowerpecker
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Bicolored Flowerpecker Dicaeum bicolor
Whiskered Dicaeum proprium Flowerpecker Cebu Flowerpecker Dicaeum quadricolor
Black-belted Dicaeum Split from Red-keeled Flowerpecker. Range: Flowerpecker haematostictum Negros, Panay and Guimaras Red-keeled Dicaeum australe Split. Range: rest of the Philippines Flowerpecker Scarlet-collared Dicaeum retrocinctum Flowerpecker Buzzing Flowerpecker Dicaeum hypoleucum
Orange-bellied Dicaeum trigonostigma Flowerpecker Fire-breasted Dicaeum ignipectus Flowerpecker Pygmy Flowerpecker Dicaeum pygmaeum
PLATE 70 English name in Kennedy
Lowland White-eye Zosterops meyeni
Everett's White-eye Zosterops everetti
Yellowish White-eye Zosterops nigrorum
Mountain White-eye Zosterops montanus
Mindanao White-eye Lophozosterops Black-masked White-eye goodfellowi Cinnamon Ibon Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Red Avadavat Amandava amandava Not in WBCP Checklist (no confirmed record)
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Tawny-breasted Erythrura hyperythra Parrotfinch Green-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura viridifacies
Red-eared Parrotfinch Erythrura coloria
Java Sparrow Lonchura oryzivora
White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina New record in May 1983
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Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Mountain Serin Chrysocorythus estherae Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
White-cheeked Bullfinch Pyrrhula leucogenis
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
Yellow-breasted Emberiza aureola Bunting Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza New record in February 1996 melanocephala Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria New record in October 1991