This is the list of all the bird species we have seen from when we started the farm in June 2012 until the present. So far we have seen 74 species. I only included the ones seen inside the farm.
We have more pictures of birds from our farm on the Birds at our farm gallery of our website tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.com
- King Quail Excalfactoria chinensis
- Philippine Duck Anas luzonica
- Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Plain Bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Spotted Buttonquail Turnix ocellatus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Snipe sp. Gallinago sp.
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Island Collared Dove Streptopelia bitorquata
- Red Turtle Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Philippine Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia tenuirostris
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Philippine Coucal Centropus viridis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Rough-crested Malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Philippine Scops Owl Otus megalotis
- Philippine Nightjar Caprimulgus manillensis
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Indigo-banded Kingfisher Ceyx cyanopectus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
- Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos maculatus
- Red-bellied Pitta Erythropitta erythrogaster – heard only
- Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Philippine Pied Fantail Rhipidura nigritorquis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiaivier
- Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
- Striated Swallow Cecropis striolata
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Grey-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus derbianus
- Lowland White-eye Zosterops meyeni
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Philippine Magpie-Robin Copsychus mindanensis
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
- Red-keeled Flowerpecker Dicaeum australe
- Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus



I am so in awe……..no words to describe Tonji’s Karate Kid Owl
Is it just me or does the owl also look like a New York subway flasher?
Hahaha!! That’s a first! Yes, it’s just you! Tonji was able to approach it and it just stayed on the perch. It must have been very sleepy. And Tonji thinks it’s probably used to his presence by now. Here’s a link to a closer shot: http://www.tonjiandsylviasbirdlist.com/Birds-By-Location/Birds-at-Our-Farm/i-bfmTm2J/0/L/owl%20bigger-L.jpg
Really galeng! Thanks for sharing