ECOTOURISM:

THE AVIFAUNA OF THE PHILIPPINES

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 PHILIPPINE AVIFAUNA FACTS

TOTAL BIRD SPECIES 612

ENDEMIC 194
INTRODUCED BY HUMANS
RARE
3 OR ACCIDENTAL 52
GLOBALLY THREATENED 67

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 ENDEMISM OF BIRDS
Palaearctic Western Palearctic  · Japan
Afrotropic Western, Central & Southern Africa ·
Madagascar Region
Indomalaya South Asia · Andamans and Nicobars · Borneo ·
Philippines · Taiwan
Australasia Australia
Oceania New Zealand · New Caledonia · Hawaii
Nearctic Eastern North America · West Indies ·
Western North America · Mexico and northern
Central America
Neotropic Galápagos Islands

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ENDEMIC BIRDS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Philippine Eagle
Pithecophaga jefferyi

Bird Facts:
‘Monkey-eating Eagle’
Breeding cycle is 2 years (Sep-Feb)
8-10 days before egg is laid
58-68 days to incubate egg
Monogamous

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ENDEMIC BIRDS IN THE PHILIPPINES
Philippine Hawk-Eagle
Nisaetus philippensis

Bird Facts:
‘Monkey-eating Eagle’
Breeding cycle is 2 years (Sep-Feb)
8-10 days before egg is laid
58-68 days to incubate egg
Monogamous

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THE AVIFAUNA OF THE PHILIPPINES
Grebes (2) Buttonquails (5)
Shearwaters and Petrels (5) Megapodes (1)
Tropicbirds (2) Frigate birds (2)
Pelicans (1) Bitterns Herons and Egrets (21)
Boobies and Gannets (3) Storks (1)
Cormorants (1) Ibises and Spoonbills (3)
Darters (1) Ducks, Geese and Swans (17)
Caracaras and Falcons (5) Osprey
Megapodes (1) Hawks, Kites and Eagles (23)
Pheasants and Partridges (6)

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Cranes (1) Pigeons and Doves (33)
Jacanas (2) Cockatoos (1)
Painted snipe (1) Parrots, Macaws and allies
Avocets and Stilts (3) (13)
Thick-knees (1) Cuckoos and Anis (25)
Pratincoles and Coursers (1) Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, an
Plovers and Lapwings (10) d Coots
Sandpipers and allies (40) (18)
Skuas and Jaegers (1) Barn owls (2)
Gulls (4) Typical owls (17)
Terns (16) Frogmouths (3)

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THE AVIFAUNA OF THE PHILIPPINES
Nightjars (5)
Swifts (15) Typical Rollers (1)
Treeswifts (2) Hoopoes (1)
Trogons and Quetzals (1) Hornbills (10)
Kingfishers (16) Barbets (1)
Bee-eaters (2) Woodpeckers and allies (6)

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THE AVIFAUNA OF THE PHILIPPINES
Barn owls als
Typical owls Kingfishers
Frogmouths Bee-eaters
Nightjars Typical Rollers
Swifts Hoopoes
Treeswifts Hornbills
Trogons and Quetz Barbets
Woodpeckers and
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