Scale-feathered Malkoha
(A PHILIPPINE ENDEMIC)

Scientific name - Phaenicophaeus cumingi

Habitat - Fairly common in forest, edge and second growth up to 2000 m.

Spotted Wood-kingfisher
(A PHILIPPINE ENDEMIC)

Scientific name - Actenoides lindsayi

Habitat - Fairly common in lowland forest understory, perches motionless in dark recesses.

Red-bellied Pitta

Scientific name - Pitta erythrogaster

Habitat - Fairly common but inconspicuous when present, yet fairly tame. Forages on the ground in a variety of habitats from scrub to virgin forest, usually below 1000 m.

White-browed Shama
(A PHILIPPINE ENDEMIC)

Scientific name - Copsychus luzoniensis

Habitat - Common near ground in lowland forest below 1000 m.

Scale-feathered Malkoha
(A PHILIPPINE ENDEMIC)

Scientific name - Phaenicophaeus cumingi

Habitat - Fairly common in forest, edge and second growth up to 2000 m.

White-browed Shama
(A PHILIPPINE ENDEMIC)

Scientific name - Copsychus luzoniensis

Habitat - Common near ground in lowland forest below 1000 m.

Spotted Wood-Kingfisher
(A PHILIPPINE ENDEMIC)

Scientific name - Actenoides lindsayi

Habitat - Fairly common in lowland forest understory, perches motionless in dark recesses.

I shoot a BLACK-NAPED MONARCH at the Mud Springs (Mt. Makiling) while Nilo Arribas waits for his turn.
Photo by Jeff Carig, using a Sony FD 95.

Nilo Arribas fires away at a SPOTTED WOOD-KINGFISHER, while I look for a better angle, halfway up the slopes of Mt. Makiling.
Photo by Jeff Carig, using a Sony FD 95

RARE SPECIES AT MT. MAKILING. There are not many wild bird photographers in the Philippines.
Jeff Carig is lucky to shoot two of them (with a Sony FD 95) on this day...8-)

The 4x4 truck of Maxikrete Philippines, Inc. (my company) serves as a mobile shooting platform for birds along the trail.