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romy ocon | profile | all galleries >> Wild Birds of the Philippines (Photos) >> Bird Galleries by Location >> Archives of Older Galleries by Location >> Archives - Part 2 >> Mt. Palay-palay Part II tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Mt. Palay-palay Part II

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Finally got the Elegant Tit, plus another lifer, in this second trip to Mt. Palay-palay, Cavite, Philippines.
Elegant Tit
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Parus elegans

Habitat - Common from lowland to montane mossy forest.
Elegant Tit

Elegant Tit
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Parus elegans

Habitat - Common from lowland to montane mossy forest.

Oriental Honeybuzzard

Scientific name - Pernis ptilorhynchus

Habitat - Common, seen soaring above or near forest below 1500 m.
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Oriental Honeybuzzard

Scientific name - Pernis ptilorhynchus

Habitat - Common, seen soaring above or near forest below 1500 m.

Brahminy Kite 

Scientific name - Haliastur indus 

Habitat - Common in open areas often near water, but also in mountains up to 1500 m.
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Brahminy Kite

Scientific name - Haliastur indus

Habitat - Common in open areas often near water, but also in mountains up to 1500 m.

Whiskered Treeswift 

Scientific name - Hemiprocne comata 

Habitat - Fairly common at forest edge or in new clearings.
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Whiskered Treeswift

Scientific name - Hemiprocne comata

Habitat - Fairly common at forest edge or in new clearings.

Whiskered Treeswift 

Scientific name - Hemiprocne comata 

Habitat - Fairly common at forest edge or in new clearings.
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Whiskered Treeswift

Scientific name - Hemiprocne comata

Habitat - Fairly common at forest edge or in new clearings.

Coleto
(a near Philippine endemic) 

Scientific name - Sarcops calvus 

Habitat - Common in forest, forest edge and clearings.
Coleto

Coleto
(a near Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Sarcops calvus

Habitat - Common in forest, forest edge and clearings.

Long-tailed Shrike 

Scientific name - Lanius schach 

Habitat - Common in open country and scrub where it perches conspicuously on bushes and dead trees, at all elevations.
Long-tailed Shrike

Long-tailed Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius schach

Habitat - Common in open country and scrub where it perches conspicuously on bushes and dead trees, at all elevations.

Long-tailed Shrike 

Scientific name - Lanius schach 

Habitat - Common in open country and scrub where it perches conspicuously on bushes and dead trees, at all elevations.
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Long-tailed Shrike

Scientific name - Lanius schach

Habitat - Common in open country and scrub where it perches conspicuously on bushes and dead trees, at all elevations.

Stripe-headed Rhabdornis 
(A PHILIPPINE ENDEMIC) 

Scientific name - Rhabdornis mystacalis 

Habitat - Common in lowland forest and second growth.
Stripe-headed Rhabdornis

Stripe-headed Rhabdornis
(A PHILIPPINE ENDEMIC)

Scientific name - Rhabdornis mystacalis

Habitat - Common in lowland forest and second growth.

Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker 
(a Philippine endemic) 

Scientific name - Dendrocopos maculatus 

Habitat - Smallest Philippine woodpecker, common in lowland and montane forest and edge, 
in understory and canopy, often in mixed flocks foraging up branches and trees.
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Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Dendrocopos maculatus

Habitat - Smallest Philippine woodpecker, common in lowland and montane forest and edge,
in understory and canopy, often in mixed flocks foraging up branches and trees.