5

Endangered
Species
in
the
Philippines
Kriszle E. Laging
4/8/2016

Philippine EagleOwl
(Bubo philippensis)

Common

Scientific

Name
Kuwago/Buk

Name

ao

Bubo
philippensis

Habitat

Threats

Lowland forests on the

Deforestation,

islands of Catanduanes,

Hunting

Samar, Bohol Mindanao,

Luzon, Leyteand possibly
Sibuyan.

Infrastructure
development

and

Philippine FlatHeaded Frog

(Barbourula busuangensis)

Common

Scientific

Name

Name

Busuanga
Jungle

Barbourula
Toad, busuangensis

Philippine

Habitat
Tropical

dry

Threats

forests, Habitat

due

moist lowland forests, mining and logging

moist

mountain

Aquatic

Frog,

forests,

Busuanga

Disk-

intermittent

Tongued

Toad,

the Busuanga, Culion,

Busuanga

Balabac, and Palawan

and

lost

rivers,

Discoglossid

islands

Frog

Philippines

rivers

in

and
of

the

to

Palawan
Flycatcher
Ficedula platenae)

Common

Scientific

Name

Name

N/A

Ficedula
platenae

Habitat
Subtropical
tropical

Threats
or Habitat lost due to

moist deforestation

lowland forests of
the Philippines

Hombron's
Kingfisher
(Actenoides

Common

Scientific

Name
Blue-

Name

Capped
Kingfisher

Actenoides
hombroni

Habitat
Subtropical
tropical,
lowland

Threats
or Habitat lost due to

moist, deforestation

and

forests polluted waters due

and subtropical or to mining run-of

tropical,
mountain

moist,
forests

of the Philippines

Black-Bibbed
Cicadabird
(Coracina mindanensis)

Common

Scientific

Name

Name

Coracina
Blackmindanensis
Bibbed
Cicadabird

Habitat

Threats

Restricted

to Habitat lost due to

subtropical

or deforestation

tropical

moist

lowland

forests

and subtropical or
tropical
montane

moist
forests

of the Philippines
and known to be
elusive and poorly
known