This is the most current list of the birds we have seen at the farm.
MAY 2026
Bird #122 – White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea
FEBRUARY 2026
Bird #121 – Balicassiao Dicrurus balicassius
JANUARY 2026 – 7 new birds!
Bird #114 Garganey Spatula querquedula
Bird #115 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Bird #116 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Bird #117 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Bird #118 Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
Bird #119 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
Bird #120 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
October 2025
Bird #113 – Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
May 2025
Bird #112 – Common Moorhen Galinula chloropus
March 2025
Bird #111 – Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
January 2025
Bird #110 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
October 2024
Bird #109 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Fourth duck species for the refuge! There were 2 female Northen Pintails in the Big Pond. This was after we had Typhoon Kristine, a big typhoon.
March 2024
Bird # 108 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
picture to follow!
November 2023
Bird #107 Northern Shoveler Spatula clepeata
Our third duck species! There was only one Northern Shoveler. It was in the water lily pond.
October 2023
BIRD#106 Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
This was very exciting. There were flocks of them flying from tree to tree!
BIRD#105 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Our first plover species!
March 2023
BIRD #104 Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
(no photo)
September 2020
Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
June 2020
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
This bird was formerly known as Brush Cuckoo.
February 2019
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
August 2018
- Coleto Sarcops calvus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca
September 2017
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
August 2017 - Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephaus stentoreus
- Yellow-wattled Bulbul Pycnonotus urosticus
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura locugastra
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Ponzana fusca
- Philippine Green Pigeon (formerly known as Pompadour Green Pigeon) Treron axillaris
- added Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus that was seen previously by Tonji but we forgot to add to the list
- changed snipe sp. to Swinhoe’s Snipe after Tonji saw one and was able to identify it from the call
These are some photos taken on site of the birds at the farm. More bird photos on Tonji and Sylvia’s Bird List.
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Philippine Duck Anas luzonica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- King Quail (Blue-breasted Quail) Excalfactoria chinensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
- Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eastern Cattle Egret (Cattle Egret) Bubulcus coromandus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Philippine Serpent Eagle (Crested Serpent-Eagle) Spilornis holospilus HO
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Plain Bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca
- White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Spotted Buttonquail Turnix ocellatus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
- GREATER PAINTED-SNIPE Rostratula benghalensis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Swinhoe’s Snipe Gallinago megala
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- 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
- White-eared Brown Dove Phapitreron leucotis
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Philippine Green Pigeon Treron axillaris
- Philippine Coucal Centropus viridis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Rough-crested Malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Rusty-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx pectoralis
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Philippine Scops Owl Otus megalotis
- Philippine Nightjar Caprimulgus manillensis
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Grey-rumped Swiftlet Collocalia marginata
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Collared Kingfisher (White-collared Kingfisher) Todiramphus chloris
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Indigo-banded Kingfisher Ceyx cyanopectus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
- Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos maculatus
- Common Kestrel (Eurasian Kestrel) Falco tinnunculus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Philippine Hanging Parrot/Colasisi Loriculus philippensis
- Philippine Pitta Erythropitta erythrogaster
- Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- 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-wattled Bulbul Pycnonotus urostictus
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
- Striated Swallow (Red-rumped Swallow) Cecropis striolata
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus (possible Oriental Reed Warbler or maybe Gray’s Grasshopper Warbler but we’re calling it Clamorous)
- 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
- Coleto Sarcops calvus
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Stripe-headed Rhabdornis Rhabdornis mystacalis
- Philippine Magpie-Robin Copsychus mindanensis
- White-browed Shama Copsychus luzoniensis
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
- Red-keeled Flowerpecker Dicaeum australe
- Pygmy Flowerpecker Dicaeum pygmaeum
- Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Paddyfield Pipit (Richard’s Pipit) Anthus rufulus
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