Black-naped Oriole

Scientific name - Oriolus chinensis

Habitat - Early second growth, open scrub and gardens.

[100-400 L IS + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm focal length, hand held]

Black-naped Oriole

Scientific name - Oriolus chinensis

Habitat - Early second growth, open scrub and gardens.

[100-400 L IS + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm focal length, hand held]

Black-naped Oriole

Scientific name - Oriolus chinensis

Habitat - Early second growth, open scrub and gardens.

[100-400 L IS + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm focal length, hand held]

Stripe-headed Rhabdornis
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Rhabdornis mystacalis

Habitat - Lowland forest and second growth.

[400 5.6L + Tamron 1.4x TC, hand held]

Pacific Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo tahitica

Habitat - Common along coasts, in towns and open country, rarely over forest.

[100-400 L IS + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

Red Turtle-Dove

Scientific name - Streptopelia tranquebarica humilis

Habitat - Fairly common in open country or lawns.

[400 5.6L in AI servo]

Red Turtle-Dove

Scientific name - Streptopelia tranquebarica humilis

Habitat - Fairly common in open country or lawns.

[400 5.6L in AI servo]

Red Turtle-Dove

Scientific name - Streptopelia tranquebarica humilis

Habitat - Fairly common in open country or lawns.

[400 5.6L in AI servo]

Red Turtle-Dove

Scientific name - Streptopelia tranquebarica humilis

Habitat - Fairly common in open country or lawns.

[400 5.6L in AI servo]

Pied Fantail

Scientific name: Rhipidura javanica

Habitat: Common in parks, residential areas, thickets and mangroves.

[400 5.6L in AI Servo]

Pied Triller (Lalage nigra, resident, male)

Habitat - Common in trees in open country, gardens in towns, and open scrub in the lowlands.

Shooting info - Caliraya, Cavinti, Laguna, February 25, 2005, 300D + 100-400 L IS + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, f/11, ISO 400, 1/640 sec, hand held]

Grey-streaked Flycatcher

Scientific name - Muscicapa griseisticta

Habitat - Conspicuously perches in tops of trees in forest, edge and open areas.

[100-400 L IS + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

Lowland White-Eye
(a near Philippine endemic)

Scientific name: Zosterops meyeni

Habitat: Common in lowlands in second growth, scrub and gardens.

[100-400 L IS + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

Common Kingfisher

Scientific Name - Alcedo atthis

Habitat - Along coasts, fish ponds and open rivers.

[100-400 L IS + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]

White-throated Kingfisher

Scientific name - Halcyon smyrnensis

Habitat - Clearings, along large streams and rivers, and in open country.

[100-400 L IS + Tamron 1.4x TC, 560 mm, hand held]