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Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed in the wild of Mount Palay-Palay National Park
The Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus), also known as the Red-backed Sea-eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards and harriers. They are found in the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia and Australia. They are found mainly on the coast and in inland wetlands where it feeds on dead fish and other prey. Adults have a reddish brown plumage and a contrasting white head and breast which makes them easy to distinguish from other birds of prey.
Source:
Brahminy Kite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Immature Chestnut Munia by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed in the wilds of Cebu Light Industrial Park
The Black-headed Munia, Lonchura atricapilla (formerly considered as a subspecies of the Tricoloured Munia Lonchura malacca atricapilla) also known as Chestnut Munia, is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, & Vietnam. Known as maya pula ("red maya", to distinguish it from the predominantly brownish Tree Sparrow which is also called maya) in the Philippines, this bird was the former national bird of the Philippines (the Philippine national bird is now the Philippine eagle)
Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed in the wilds of Muntinlupa City
The Coppersmith Barbet, Crimson-breasted Barbet or Coppersmith (Megalaima haemacephala), is a bird with crimson forehead and throat which is best known for its metronomic call that has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. It is a resident found in South Asia and parts of Southeast Asia. Like other barbets, they chisel out a hole inside a tree to build their nest. They are mainly fruit eating but will take sometimes insects, especially winged termites.
Source:
Coppersmith Barbet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus) by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed in the wilds of Candaba, Pampanga
The
Whiskered Tern (
Chlidonias hybridus) is a
seabird of the
tern family Sternidae. This
bird has a number of geographical races, differing mainly in size and minor plumage details.
C. h. hybridus breeds in warmer parts of
Europe and
Asia. The smaller-billed and darker
C. h. delalandii is found in east and south
Africa, and the paler
C. h. javanicus from
Java to
Australia.
The tropical forms are resident, but European and Asian birds
winter south to Africa and southern Asia.
This species breeds in colonies on inland marshes, sometimes amongst
Black-headed Gulls, which provide some protection. The scientific name arises from the fact that this, the largest
marsh tern, show similarities in appearance to both the white
Sterna terns and to Black Tern.
Source:
Whiskered Tern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brown Shrike by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed in the wilds of
Olango Island
Wildlife Sanctuary
The Brown Shrike, Lanius cristatus is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely-related Red-backed Shrike, L. collurio, and Isabelline Shrike, L. isabellinus. Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye. and is found mainly in open scrub habitats, where it perches on the tops of thorny bushes in search of prey. Several populations of this widespread species form distinctive subspecies which breed in temperate Asia and migrate to their winter quarters in tropical Asia. They are sometimes found as vagrants in Europe and North America.
Source:
Brown Shrike - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis) by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed in the wilds between Palo & Tacloban on Leyte Island
The Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Source:
Lesser Coucal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black-naped Oriole, (Oriolus Chinensis) by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed in the wilds of Muntinlupa City
The Black-naped Oriole, Oriolus chinensis, is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds found in south Asia. This is easily differentiated from the Golden Oriole by the broad black eye stripe continuing to join on the nape. The bill is also stouter than that of the former species.It breeds from June to December seasons. The female has the mantle colour more greenish or olive. The species is resident in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The races here are O. c. andamanensis and O. c. macrourus and differ in the pattern of yellow on the wings and tail as well as in the size of the bill. There is a possibility of cryptic species within this group.[1]
They are migrants in most parts of South India and are most regularly seen in the Western Ghats.
Like other orioles they feed on insects and fruit. The nest is a deep cup in a fork of a tree.
Source:
Black-naped Oriole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis sensu stricto) by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed in the wilds of Candaba, Pampanga
This bird was front page news for being the first sighted in the Philippines.
Read about it at
Bird from Europe finds home in Candaba swamp - 4/03/10
Philippine Fairy-bluebird (Irena cyanogastra) by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed in the wilds of Agusan del Sur
The Philippine Fairy-bluebird (Irena cyanogastra) is a species of bird in the Irenidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Source:
Philippine Fairy-bluebird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Farting by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed in the wilds of Muntinlupa City
The Common Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa), sometimes spelled "mynah" and formerly simply known as "Hill Myna", is the myna bird most commonly seen in aviculture, where it is often simply referred to by the latter two names. It is a member of the starling family (Sturnidae), resident in hill regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia. The Sri Lanka Hill Myna, a former subspecies of G. religiosa, is generally accepted as a separate species G. ptilogenys nowadays. The Enggano Hill Myna (G. enganensis) and Nias Hill Myna (G. robusta) are also widely accepted as specifically distinct, and many authors favor treating the Southern Hill Myna (G. r. indica) from the Nilgiris and elsewhere in the Western Ghats of India as a separate species also.
Source:
Common Hill Myna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) by
alabang, on Flickr
The Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) is a species of starling native to southeastern China and Indochina. Unlike other similar mynas, its bill is dull whitish rather than orange-yellow.
Source:
Crested Myna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia