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Birds of the Philippines

Photos and videos of wild birds found in the Philippines. We travel all over the Philippines to document and take pictures of birds. Our goal is to make this site a resource of information and images about wild birds of the Philippines.

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Zamboanga Birds

We visited two sites in the Zamboanga Watershed Park over four days. The two sites are the Intake and Baluno. Both sites are near the city proper. Our guide was Joel Baysa. We were with Clemn and Marester Macasiano.

The Intake is an easy 30 minute drive from the city. Near the entrance of the site is a ranger station where we used the bathroom and hut where we left our backpacks. A few steps from the ranger station is where we saw the tailorbirds and the Forest Wagtail. The trail leads to a stream. Before the stream is where the Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher can be found, but we didn't see it during our stay. We had Silvery Kingfisher at the stream. The trail continues past the stream to another ranger station where the Little Spiderhunter and Philippine Needletails can be found.

Baluno, the second site is about an hour's drive from the city. The road to the trail is rutted and requires a 4-wheel drive vehicle. It is a bigger site than the Intake and involves a lot of walking uphill. There are cottages with no electricity where you can stay overnight. The upper part of the trail is where the Mindanao Wattled Broadbill has been seen. We didn't see it during our trip.
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BRAHMINY KITE
<i>Haliastur indus</i>
Baluno, Pasonanca, Zamboanga, Philippines
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BRAHMINY KITE Haliastur indus Baluno, Pasonanca, Zamboanga, Philippines

  • BARRED HONEYBUZZARD
<i>Pernis celebensis</i>
Pasonanca, Zamboanga, Philippines

more pictures in the <a href="http://tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/List/Osprey-Buzzards-Hawks-and/Barred-Honeybuzzard/21917768_7jCPTm">Barred Honeybuzzard gallery</a>
  • BRAHMINY KITE
<i>Haliastur indus</i>
Baluno, Pasonanca, Zamboanga, Philippines
  • PHILIPPINE CUCKOO DOVE
<i>Macropygia tenuirostris</i>
Baluno, Pasonanca, Zamboanga, Philippines

more pictures in the <a href="http://tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/List/Doves-and-Pigeons/Philippine-Cuckoo-Dove/8609354_7KbTgn">Philippine Cuckoo Dove gallery</a>
  • PHILIPPINE SCOPS OWL
<i>Otus megalotis everetti</i>
Pasonanca, Zamboanga, Philippines

more pictures in the <a href="http://tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/List/Owls/Philippine-Scops-Owl/7390503_RzT6X9">Philippine Scops Owl gallery</a>
  • PHILIPPINE NEEDLETAIL
<i>Mearnsia picina</i>
Pasonanca,  Zamboanga

more pictures in the <a href="http://tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/List/Swiftlets-Needletails-Swifts/PN/21880980_b2r885">Philippine Needletail gallery</a>
  • PHILIPPINE NEEDLETAIL
<i>Mearnsia picina</i>
Pasonanca,  Zamboanga

more pictures in the <a href="http://tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/List/Swiftlets-Needletails-Swifts/PN/21880980_b2r885">Philippine Needletail gallery</a>
  • PHILIPPINE PYGMY WOODPECKER
<i>Dendrococopos maculatus fulvifasciatus</i>
Pasonanca, Zamboanga 

There are 7 races of Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker.
  • WHITE-EARED TAILORBIRD
<i>Orthotomus cinereiceps</i>
Pasonanca, Zamboanga, Philippines

more pictures in the <a href="http://tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/List/f-w-g-t/WETB/21896355_TMV6kZ">White-eared Tailorbird gallery</a>
  • ASIAN BROWN FLYCATCHER
<i>Muscicapa dauurica</i>
Pasonanca, Zamboanga, Philippines

more pictures in the <a href="http://tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/List/Fly-Fan/Asian-Brown-Flycatcher/21898915_38bb5d">Asian Brown Flycatcher gallery</a>
  • FOREST WAGTAIL
<i>Dendronanthus indicus</i>
Pasonanca, Zamboanga

more pictures in the <a href="http://tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/List/Wagtails-and-Pipits/Forest-Wagtail/21881463_Kp7rTM">Forest Wagtail gallery</a>
  • LITTLE SPIDERHUNTER, immature
<i>Arachnothera longirostra</i>
Pasonanca, Zamboanga

more pictures in the <a href="http://tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/List/sunbfp/Little-Spiderhunter/13993887_rLn2KW">Little Spiderhunter gallery</a>
  • SULPHUR- BILLED NUTHATCH 
<i>Sitta oenochlamys ssp zamboanga</i>
Baluno, Zamboanga
  • BROWN TIT-BABBLER
<i>Macronous striaticeps</i>
Baluno, Pasonanca, Zamboanga, Philippines

more pictures in the <a href="http://tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/List/Tits-Rhabdornis-and-Babblers/btb/14518696_2DRddq">Brown Tit-Babbler gallery</a>
  • ZAMBOANGA BULBUL
<i>Ixos rufigularis</i>
Baluno, Pasonanca, Zamboanga

more pictures in the <a href="http://tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.smugmug.com/List/Bulbuls/Zamboanga-Bulbul/21919169_FZC5jw">Zamboanga Bulbul gallery</a>
  • GREATER FLAMEBACK
<i>Chrysocolaptes lucidus</i>
Pasonanca, Zamboanga
  • ORANGE-BELLIED FLOWERPECKER, female
<i>Dicaeum trigonostigma cinereigularis</i>
Pasonanca, Zamboanga
  • ORANGE-BELLIED FLOWERPECKER
<i>Dicaeum trigonostigma cinereigularis</i>
Pasonanca, Zamboanga
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