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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 12 >> Mangrove Birds of Pinagbayanan tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Mangrove Birds of Pinagbayanan

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Just came back from a visit to the mangroves of Pinagbayanan, San Juan, Batangas. Here are a few captures. :)
Collared Kingfisher Scientific name: Todiramphus chloris Habitat: Coastal areas to open country, but seldom in forest [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
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Collared Kingfisher

Scientific name: Todiramphus chloris

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

[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

Pygmy Flowerpecker (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Dicaeum pygmaeum Habitat - Forest, edge and second growth [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS, 475B/3421 support]
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Pygmy Flowerpecker
(a Philippine endemic)

Scientific name - Dicaeum pygmaeum

Habitat - Forest, edge and second growth

[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS, 475B/3421 support]

Rufous Night-Heron Scietific name - Nycticorax caledonicus Habitat - Marshes, rice paddies, mangroves. [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
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Rufous Night-Heron

Scietific name - Nycticorax caledonicus

Habitat - Marshes, rice paddies, mangroves.


[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

 Collared Kingfisher Scientific name: Todiramphus chloris Habitat: Coastal areas to open country, but seldom in forest [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
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Collared Kingfisher

Scientific name: Todiramphus chloris

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

[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

Little Heron Scientific name - Butorides striatus Habitat - Exposed coral reefs, tidal flats, mangroves, fishponds and streams. [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
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Little Heron

Scientific name - Butorides striatus

Habitat - Exposed coral reefs, tidal flats, mangroves, fishponds and streams.

[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

Rufous Night-Heron Scietific name - Nycticorax caledonicus Habitat - Marshes, rice paddies, mangroves. [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS, hand held]
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Rufous Night-Heron

Scietific name - Nycticorax caledonicus

Habitat - Marshes, rice paddies, mangroves.

[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS, hand held]

Pacific Swallow Scientific name - Hirundo tahitica Habitat - Common along coasts, in towns and open country, rarely over forest. [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
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Pacific Swallow

Scientific name - Hirundo tahitica

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

[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

Olive-backed Sunbird (Female) Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis Habitat - Common lowland sunbird [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS, 475B/3421 support]
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Olive-backed Sunbird (Female)

Scientific name - Nectarinia jugularis

Habitat - Common lowland sunbird

[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS, 475B/3421 support]

Black-crowned Night-Heron Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax Habitat - Variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves. [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + stacked Canon 2x/1.4x TCs, 1400 mm, f/16, 475B/3421 support, near full frame]
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Black-crowned Night-Heron

Scientific name - Nycticorax nycticorax

Habitat - Variety of wetlands from ricefields to mangroves.

[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + stacked Canon 2x/1.4x TCs, 1400 mm, f/16, 475B/3421 support, near full frame]

 Oriental Magpie-Robin (Male) Scientific name - Copsychus saularis deuteronymus (endemic race) Habitat - Uncommon, in all levels of second growth and cultivated areas in the lowlands. [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
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Oriental Magpie-Robin (Male)

Scientific name - Copsychus saularis deuteronymus (endemic race)

Habitat - Uncommon, in all levels of second growth and cultivated areas in the lowlands.

[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]

Rufous Night-Heron Scietific name - Nycticorax caledonicus Habitat - Marshes, rice paddies, mangroves. [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS, 475B/3421 support]
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Rufous Night-Heron

Scietific name - Nycticorax caledonicus

Habitat - Marshes, rice paddies, mangroves.

[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS, 475B/3421 support]

Little Heron Scientific name - Butorides striatus Habitat - Exposed coral reefs, tidal flats, mangroves, fishponds and streams. [PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]
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Little Heron

Scientific name - Butorides striatus

Habitat - Exposed coral reefs, tidal flats, mangroves, fishponds and streams.

[PINAGBAYANAN, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS, 5DM2 + 500 f4 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support]


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