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Palawan Wild Birds - Irawan Watershed

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Irawan, also to the east of the city proper, is about 45 minutes away and it is Puerto Princesa's watershed area. It's mostly second growth lowland forest crossed by numerous streams.
Blue Paradise-Flycatcher (male) Scientific name - Terpsiphone cyanescens Habitat - Uncommon in lowland forest understory. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]
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Blue Paradise-Flycatcher (male)

Scientific name - Terpsiphone cyanescens

Habitat - Uncommon in lowland forest understory.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]

Black-headed Bulbul Scientific name - Pycnonotous atriceps Habitat - Open country and forest edge. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]
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Black-headed Bulbul

Scientific name - Pycnonotous atriceps

Habitat - Open country and forest edge.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]

Stork-billed Kingfisher Scientific name - Halcyon capensis (endemic gouldi race) Habitat - Uncommon along coasts and estuaries, and large rivers. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]
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Stork-billed Kingfisher

Scientific name - Halcyon capensis (endemic gouldi race)

Habitat - Uncommon along coasts and estuaries, and large rivers.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]

 Olive-winged Bulbul Scientific name - Pycnonotous plumosus Habitat - Early second growth and scrub. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]
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Olive-winged Bulbul

Scientific name - Pycnonotous plumosus

Habitat - Early second growth and scrub.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]

 White-vented Shama (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Copsychus niger Habitat - Dense forest, edge and scrub, in understory. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head, +1.5 stops EC in RAW conversion]
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White-vented Shama
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Copsychus niger

Habitat - Dense forest, edge and scrub, in understory.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head, +1.5 stops EC in RAW conversion]

Lovely Sunbird (a Philippine endemic, male) Scientific name - Aethopyga shelleyi Habitat - Cultivated areas, thickets, forest and edge below 2000 m. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]
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Lovely Sunbird
(a Philippine endemic, male)

Scientific name - Aethopyga shelleyi

Habitat - Cultivated areas, thickets, forest and edge below 2000 m.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]

Grey-cheeked Bulbul Scientific name - Criniger bres Habitat - Lowland forest, edge and second growth. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]
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Grey-cheeked Bulbul

Scientific name - Criniger bres

Habitat - Lowland forest, edge and second growth.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]

Collared Kingfisher Scientific name: Todiramphus chloris Habitat: Coastal areas to open country, but seldom in forest [20D + 500f/4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]
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Collared Kingfisher

Scientific name: Todiramphus chloris

Habitat: Coastal areas to open country, but seldom in forest

[20D + 500f/4 L IS + Canon 1.4x, hand held]

Black-headed Bulbul Scientific name - Pycnonotous atriceps Habitat - Open country and forest edge. [20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]
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Black-headed Bulbul

Scientific name - Pycnonotous atriceps

Habitat - Open country and forest edge.

[20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, tripod/gimbal head]


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